At midnight, when all things were silent, the landscape lights along the western shore of Rongcheng Lake had been extinguished. A few drunken men occasionally staggered past on the road, their steps distorted, their destinations unknown.
Sun Liuying had also fallen asleep. Her snow-white thighs peeked out from her wide sleeping robe as she slept soundly, clutching the blanket.
Suddenly, a cold wind swept through, causing the curtains to sway gently.
*Tap, tap, tap...*
Beneath the pale moonlight, a pair of red embroidered shoes appeared abruptly at the windowsill!
The embroidered shoes were no more than three inches long, their tips pointed directly at Sun Liuying on the bed, as if an ancient woman wearing heavy makeup stood at the windowsill, staring intently at Sun Liuying.
Sun Liuying seemed to notice nothing. She merely turned over in her sleep, making a few smacking sounds.
The embroidered shoes moved. They leaped lightly to the foot of the bed and then forcefully slipped onto Sun Liuying's feet!
Sun Liuying's feet were not bound, so they were naturally too large for the embroidered shoes.
Terrifyingly, the embroidered shoes seemed like two pythons, opening their mouths wide to swallow Sun Liuying's feet, then squeezing them ferociously!
*Crack!*
Sun Liuying's foot bones suddenly shattered!
"Ah!!!"
The intense pain instantly woke Sun Liuying!
She saw a pair of red embroidered shoes on her feet, and her face turned deathly pale. She was so terrified that she even forgot to cry for help!
The embroidered shoes continued to squeeze and torment her feet!
Sun Liuying's feet were continuously compressed, her bones inside snapping completely, as they were engulfed by the embroidered shoes!
The next second, Sun Liuying's expression suddenly turned calm.
Her pupils became dilated, and the pain vanished from her face. She seemed to be under someone's control.
After a few moments of daze, Sun Liuying slowly got out of bed. Wearing the embroidered shoes, she walked to the balcony outside the window.
After waiting for a few more seconds, Sun Liuying actually climbed over the railing and leaped from the third floor!
*Crack—*
Falling from the third floor, her mortal body naturally couldn't withstand it. Upon hitting the ground, Sun Liuying's lower leg bones snapped directly, sharp bone fragments piercing out from her knee!
Blood flowed freely.
Yet, Sun Liuying seemed to feel no pain. After a few struggles, she began to walk, her target being the residence of Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong!
At the same time, Wei Changqing, who was sleeping in his own residence, suddenly opened his eyes.
Sensing something was wrong, he immediately rolled out of bed, threw on a robe, and went to the balcony. He looked down and saw Sun Liuying advancing in a contorted posture.
The moment he saw the red embroidered shoes, Wei Changqing had a rough idea of what was happening.
He remained silent for a while, choosing not to intervene, and quietly followed behind Sun Liuying.
Sun Liuying proceeded along the small path, passing by the entrance of the Corpse Raising Courtyard.
Luo Ning was raising corpses in the courtyard when she suddenly smelled a pungent scent of blood. Her ears twitched, and she heard the commotion outside.
Just as she was about to open the door to investigate, a wooden bird suddenly landed in front of her.
"Let her go," Wei Changqing's voice came from the wooden bird.
Luo Ning frowned, "Why?"
"A blessing in disguise, who can tell if it's misfortune or good fortune," Wei Changqing left only these words.
Luo Ning pondered for a moment, nodded silently, and pretended she hadn't heard anything. She returned to her position and continued raising corpses.
Sun Liuying finally arrived at the residence of Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong.
The third-floor window was open. Sun Liuying glanced up, bent her legs slightly, and then leaped up, landing on the third-floor balcony.
The red embroidered shoes landed on the ground, making almost no sound.
Sun Liuying's vacant eyes looked into the room and indeed saw Yan Shouyi and Lin Zitong sleeping soundly.
The couple's hands were gently resting on Lin Zitong's abdomen, as if they were already protecting the child in her womb.
Sun Liuying tiptoed into the room, glanced around, and spotted a fruit knife on the coffee table.
Grinning sinisterly, she picked up the fruit knife and went to Lin Zitong's side.
Aiming at Lin Zitong's abdomen, Sun Liuying gripped the fruit knife with both hands and stabbed down fiercely!
Suddenly!
Yan Shouyi, who had been asleep in the previous moment, abruptly opened his eyes.
His hand, which had been on Lin Zitong's abdomen, directly gripped the handle of the fruit knife!
His body as a Heavenly Fiend Corpse Puppet made him invulnerable to blades and arrows; a mere fruit knife could not harm him in the slightest!
Yan Shouyi applied a little force, and the sharp blade of the fruit knife was instantly twisted into a spiral!
Seeing this, Sun Liuying's expression changed slightly. She immediately abandoned the fruit knife and resorted to punching Lin Zitong's abdomen!
But how could Yan Shouyi let her succeed?!
He braced himself on the bed, rose, and kicked Sun Liuying in the abdomen!
The immense force sent Sun Liuying screaming and flying directly out of the room. She flew over the balcony railing and splashed into the West Lake with a *plop*!
*Plop!*
The fall of a living person into the water created quite a splash. Lin Zitong was instantly awakened. Seeing the bent fruit knife in Yan Shouyi's hand, she instinctively protected her abdomen, "What happened!?"
Yan Shouyi threw away the fruit knife and said in a deep voice, "Sun Liuying wanted to harm our child."
"What!?" Lin Zitong's face changed, filled with lingering fear.
Yan Shouyi jumped out of bed without a word, walked to the balcony with a stern expression, and saw Sun Liuying struggling in the lake. The red embroidered shoes on her feet had long since disappeared.
"Help! ... Help!!" Sun Liuying struggled desperately, as she couldn't swim at all.
Yan Shouyi didn't rush to save her. Instead, he looked around and spotted Wei Changqing standing not far away, watching the commotion.
Did Second Uncle also notice that Sun Liuying was coming to assassinate them?
Yan Shouyi's mind raced, and then he seemed to understand something, a hint of pleasant surprise appearing on his face.
"Lu Xin, Lu Xin, the more you try, the more you fail! You've mishandled a good hand so badly!"
Yan Shouyi summoned Yan Gui and ordered him to rescue the drowning Sun Liuying from the water.
At the same time, he took out his phone and dialed his assistant, Lin Yu.
"Hello, Lin Yu, go inform Grandpa Ye and the others to invite all the guests to the assembly hall! ... Yes, right now!"
After hanging up, Yan Shouyi looked towards Wei Changqing's direction again and found that Wei Changqing had already disappeared.
"Hoo..."
Yan Shouyi let out a long breath and turned back into the bedroom.
He saw Lin Zitong sitting on the bed, her expression solemn, seemingly pondering a problem.
"What's wrong?" Yan Shouyi asked with concern.
Lin Zitong asked, "Sun Liuying doesn't have much cultivation. She wouldn't come to seek death on her own. There's residual ghostly energy in our room, indicating she was controlled by a ghost. But even so, for a ghost to enter our bedroom without us noticing is impossible, unless..."
Lin Zitong couldn't be kept in the dark about such matters, and Yan Shouyi had no intention of hiding it.
He said directly, "Second Uncle made a move. He covered for Sun Liuying, allowing her to enter our bedroom easily without us noticing."