Chapter 87 - 54 Dream_2
It was water again.
She was surrounded by water, with her black hair snaking around her in the water. The vibrant cherry-red seemed enchantingly seductive underwater, void of any screams. The woman immersed in the water appeared entirely lifeless, her face wrapped in layers of plain cloth, resembling a plaster statue without features.
Ran Yan swam up to her, reaching out to unwrap the cloth from her face, layer by layer, all the while unconsciously observing the other circumstances of the body.
The woman’s pale, delicate wrists were also tightly wrapped in the cloth, and her feet were bound with hemp rope, which was tied at the end to a large cage that seemed to be filled with stones.
"Ran Yan!" Suddenly, someone patted her from behind, and even the brave Ran Yan was startled.
She turned around and immediately saw Yin Miaomiao’s radiant smile. In an instant, the surrounding water disappeared, and she was standing in the back garden of the Yin’s house, with osmanthus flowers in full bloom and tiny white petals falling like a heavy snow.
Yin Miaomiao frowned and said, "Ran Yan, why are you frowning? Is Lady Gao bullying you again?"
Ran Yan shook her head.
Yin Miaomiao, looking displeased, said, "Don’t think you can hide it from me. I know Lady Gao wants to send you to the manor! Your asthma needs a good doctor for proper treatment. It’s entirely malicious of her to throw you out to the manor. Ran Yan, listen to me, you must absolutely not go. Once you leave, her daughter will rightfully replace you, and in the future, in Suzhou City, everyone will know only Ran Shiba, not the legitimate daughter that you are!"
"I know... But what can I do if I don’t go? She is now the legitimate mother of the Ran family." Ran Yan blurted out uncontrollably, her mind still flashing with the underwater scene, utterly chaotic.