The wind whipped outside, and a heavy snow had fallen during the night.
Yueyao let out a loud cry and then sprang up from the bed. Nanny Hao, who was keeping watch outside, hurried in and saw Yueyao, covered in beads of sweat, obviously having had a nightmare.
Yueyao dreamed again of her past life, and of Zhou Shu. For a long time, she had forced herself not to think about that man because as soon as she did, she couldn't control the fear. She feared to encounter the devil again in this life, to live as miserably as in her past life. Encountering that man, she wouldn't feel safe with one female guard, let alone ten.
Yueyao lay on the bed watching the phoenix tail and orchid patterns engraved on the ceiling and let out a wry smile. Those nightmares hadn't been forgotten; they were deeply buried by her, so they occasionally surfaced in her dreams.
