CHAPTER 385: CHAPTER 368: WHERE IS HE

A streak of dawn broke through the darkness before dawn, with a faint white emerging on the horizon.

Yun Ran opened her eyes, her expression showing a moment of confusion and bewilderment,

Isn’t it nighttime? How come it’s daylight?

Also, wasn’t she having dinner at Xiao Mohan’s place? How did she get back?

Why doesn’t she have any recollection at all?

Yun Ran reached out to press her temples, closed her eyes, and tried hard to recall, but still couldn’t remember how she got back.

"This is strange. It shouldn’t be! Could it be that I drank too much last night and Nangong Mo went to find me and brought me back?!"

"No, no! I was still sober when I left! How could I have blacked out?"

"Then..."

As Yun Ran pondered, she suddenly realized a very serious problem: Nangong Mo was surprisingly absent!

Indeed, not even his shadow was in the room.

"Got up? So early?"

"Or did you never sleep at all and went off to steal last night?"

Thinking this, Yun Ran quickly got up from bed, but her legs went weak, and her vision turned black as she fell to the ground, knocking over the screen in front of the bed.

Yun Ran: "???"

What’s going on?! What happened to me? Why am I so ’weak’?!

Yue Ying, who was guarding outside, heard the commotion and rushed in quickly. She was startled as she saw Yun Ran on the ground and hurriedly went up to help her, "Princess! Princess, are you alright? Princess, finally you woke up!"

Yun Ran reached up to pat her dizzy head, grabbed Yue Ying’s arm, and asked her somewhat puzzled, "Yue Ying, don’t be nervous, I’m fine. However, what do you mean by ’finally woke up’?"

"This..."

Yue Ying instantly realized that she had misspoken in her haste and hesitantly explained, "Princess, Yue Ying means to say that you..."

Seeing Yue Ying’s reaction, Yun Ran then linked it to her blacked-out memory, and her expression suddenly became serious.

"Yue Ying, what exactly happened last night? And, where is Nangong Mo?"

"Princess..."

"Do not hide anything! Speak the truth!"

"..."

Yue Ying twisted her sleeves, feeling a bit troubled.

Before Nangong Mo left, he repeatedly instructed not to mention his injury and the poison flare-up to Yun Ran.

Yue Ying understood that Nangong Mo feared Yun Ran would feel guilty and worried if she knew.

Yet...

Being closely watched by Yun Ran’s eyes, which seemed capable of discerning everything, brought an overwhelming pressure of being unable to hide...

Moreover, Yue Ying had a bit of her own thoughts; she wanted to tell Yun Ran the truth.

The Nine Netherworld Curse on Nangong Mo’s body prematurely activated, which was already strange. However, Mu Nanfeng was not around, and Yue Ying knew Yun Ran was skilled in medicine, thinking she might have a way to treat Nangong Mo.

Yue Ying also knew the Nine Netherworld Curse was tricky and vicious, beyond the capability of ordinary people to resolve. But even if Yun Ran couldn’t break it, she might at least have a way to alleviate his pain during the poison flare-up.

Recalling Nangong Mo’s appearances during each poison flare-up, Yue Ying gritted her teeth and told Yun Ran everything that happened last night.

Of course, Yue Ying didn’t know the wound on Nangong Mo’s chest was inflicted by Yun Ran herself. She only thought Nangong Mo got injured while going out to search for Yun Ran, thus triggering the poison flare.

After telling the story, Yue Ying looked at Yun Ran with concern, "Princess, you must not hold yourself accountable! He did not blame you!"

Yun Ran felt thunderclaps resounding in her head, followed by dazzling white light. She pressed her aching temples and asked deeply, "Nangong Mo, where is he now?"