Chapter 295 - 186: The Person in the Painting
Once settled, Wan Lu immediately pulled Ran Yan and asked, "Wife, it seemed like I was knocked unconscious by Lord Xiao last night. He didn’t harm you, did he?"
She said ’seemed’ because after Xiao Song left last night, his Secret Guard had found a way to secure the door from inside; seeing this made Wan Lu uncertain whether it was a dream or reality, or perhaps the Wife already knew about it.
This morning, they hurriedly set out for Luoyang. In the presence of Mrs. Xing, Wan Lu couldn’t speak openly and had no choice but to pull Ran Yan aside and ask various questions like "Did you sleep well last night?" "Did you wake up?" "Did you have any dreams?" and so on. Later, since Ran Yan was in the same carriage with Qi Liuniang, she couldn’t ask anymore.
Ran Yan was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly, "You said... Xiao Song came last night?"
Seeing her demeanor, Wan Lu felt a chill in her heart, and her face grew paler as she anxiously said, "Wife, he, he..."
If Ran Yan had truly lost her virtue under her care, Wan Lu would indeed dash her head to death as a way to apologize.
Ran Yan didn’t notice Wan Lu’s expression and was lost in thought about the dream from last night, where she clung to someone and wouldn’t let go...and that person’s deep, gentle voice. Suddenly, her blood surged both with anger that Xiao Song had secretly entered her bedroom and with shame about her behavior in the dream. Ran Yan knew she had a habit of talking in her sleep and could converse with others during it, so what she did and said last night — could it have been real?
At that thought, Ran Yan’s face flushed with the effort of suppression.