Then, the entire scene shattered before her very eyes, and Xin Qing felt herself propelled further and further away from it. She tried to reach out with her hands, but her grasp caught nothing but emptiness.

A loud, heart-wrenching yell sounded: "Ah Cang!" Xin Qing's eyes shot open, and she realized that she was still inside her own room. There she lay, on top of the bed that she and Ying Qingcang had shared, covered in sweat.

The door opened with a bang. Chen ...