Chapter 60
ather up all her shoulder-length short hair. After walking swiftly on the journey, she finally arrived at the entrance of the house just as night had fallen.
The main door of the Song Manor was unlocked and opened a crack. All the surroundings were in pitch-black, without a single soul in sight.
Song Yunjuan had long since grown used to it. Pus.h.i.+ng hard onto the main door, she entered. Then, she turned round to lock the door and placed a thick, heavy beam across it.
"Thud. "
Having locked the main door, she swept the ash off her hands and turned to head towards the courtyard.
Fallen leaves and dry twigs lay strewn on the ground. Inside, the room was pitch-black; even the fires were not lit.
Borrowing the moonlight, she headed in the direction of the side hall.
Within the barren and deathly silent rectangular courtyard, only the pitter-patter sound of her footsteps rang out. Her