It was the second watch of the night, a silent request for the pink of dawn.
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Lian Manman was looking around cheerfully when she suddenly felt something amiss beside her. She turned her head slightly and saw Lian Zhizhi and Zhang Caiyun were also sitting up in bed, craning their necks and peeking outside.
Lian Manman cocked her ear to listen, but heard nothing unusual from the outside room. Secretly nodding to herself, she thought that Lady Li must be exhausted from the past few days and was thus sleeping deeply.
Lian Shouxin stood outside the door explaining, but after a long while, there was still no response from Lady Zhang. Lian Shouxin took a couple of steps towards the door, seemingly wanting to return to his own room. Just then, a shoe flew out from inside, striking Lian Shouxin's chest.
