Nightfall, the howling wind made the less than sturdy windows rattled, as though it would break the window anytime now . Murong Yun Shu could somewhat feel the greyish floorboard vibrating under her feet . She didn't even need to close her eyes to imagine a building like this sitting on top of a desolate cliff; it was quite a chilling thought .
Opening up the window, icy cold wind hit her face, Murong Yun Shu shuddered . May was always over, but it's still frigid in the mountains . Fog at the bottom, clear moon in the sky, sudden she felt that she was up on the top of the world and a sense of contentment washed over her .
Murong Yun Shu was startled by the sudden send of contentment . She laughed silently to herself; she wondered if she would feel even more contended if she just took a leap from here . . . .
While random thoughts raced through her head, she smelled an ever so light hint of fragrance in the air, gone before one could catch it . Then the sound of the bolt on the door being juggled opened, Murong Yun shu frowned lightly, a ever so light smile spread from her brows .
A squeak, and the door was opened .
"Didn't your dad teach you that you should always knock before entering a room?" said Murong Yun Shu in a steady tone . She turned around slowly and looked at the intruder with her bright eyes and a barely detectable smile .
The intruder was quite surprised that she was still conscious after the fragrance, let alone her tone as though she has been expecting her . She was dumbfounded for a few seconds, then noticed the wide opened window behind her, "You lucked out . "
"My luck has always been quite good," Murong Yun Shu stealthily moved her left hand behind her body steady herself on the window rim . The wind blew away most of the fragrance, but she did inhale a little after all . She felt a little dizzy, but luckily she was still conscious .
Murong Yun Shu shook her head, the moonlight allowed her to take a look at the intruder . Her body shape suggested that it's a female, with a limp, since he has a cane in one hand . Her face was masked, but from her eyes Murong Yun Shu determined that she was about 30 or 40 years old .
"So what's the purpose of your visit at this hour in the night?"
"Hrm, too kill you, of course," said the woman .
"Then do it . "
The masked woman was surprised, then sneered, "Aren't you going to ask me why?"
"Would that change your mind if I ask?"
"No, still going to kill you!"
That made Murong Yun Shu laughed, "Then why would I want to bother?"
The masked woman was taken aback, "Aren't you afraid?"
Murong Yun Shu smiled and ignored her question . She was unruffled, her smile that of a tranquil lake, deep and bottomless .
The masked woman hesitated briefly before slowly approaching her with her cane . She stared at her intently, watching out for any tricks .
One step, two, three, four, five . . . . all of a sudden, her cane slipped and she took a nose dive down, a loud thud . She immediately tried to get back up, but slipped again and feel back onto the ground .
"You . . . . " A strike to the head before she could finish her words, and she was out cold .
Light was restored in the room, Lu'er with a chair above her head was ever so proud of herself, "Miss, I wasn't half bad, right?" Lu'er was the one who delivered the fast, accurate, and ruthless strike .
"How come its you?" Asked Murong Yun Shu .
"Nie Qing said he refuses to hit women . "
Murong Yun Shu raised her brows and looked at the masculine man holding the candle, "Good practice . "
Nie Qing snickered and turned away coolly .
"Miss, what did you put on the bed sheet?" asked Lu'er, referring to the dusty bed sheet under the masked woman .
"Ice . "
"Where did you get ice from in this season?" She didn't even know miss had left her room at all .
Nie Qing was quite curious how she accomplished that as well . When she asked him to grab a chair, hide in the corner, and "play it by the ear", he was expecting hand-to-hand combat . He didn't expect victory to come so easily .
Murong Yun Shu lowered her head and said feebly, "It's not strange to have ice when it's bone-chilling cold in the mountains . " Not to mention the cliff outside the window, one could practically die from hypothermia . The fragrance was really getting to her now, she just wanted to lie down and sleep . As to her preparation for the night, she soaked the bed sheet in water, then dangled it out with a rope and a teapot at the end out into the fog . When she pulled it back up an hour ago it was already covered in ice . She laid it out onto the floor and covered it up with dirt so it looked like regular floor -- there was no need to explain this to anyone2 .
"You two didn't inhale any poisonous fragrance?" She was feeling dizzier but the other two were unaffected . She wasn't happy about that .
"No," Lu'er shook her head . Qie Ning expressed that he had never heard of such a thing .
Seems she wasn't lucky enough after all, she shouldn't have stood in front of the window . She sighed and rubbed between her eyes . "Tie her up, then wake her up for interrogation," said Murong Yun Shu referring to the masked woman on the floor .
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