After listening to Liu Lin the night before, Shen Lan’s sleep was haunted by visions of Xiao Cheng being poisoned. She tossed and turned, waking with dark, bruised shadows beneath her eyes that no makeup could conceal. The nightmare’s lingering effect was that the moment she saw Xiao Cheng, her face filled with an uncontrollable expression of profound pity. Xiao Cheng met her compassionate gaze wi