731 An'an Fell Sick (3)

Large droplets of tears rolled down Bai Qingqing's cheeks as she muttered, "How could the scorpion poison be spread to An'an? She's so young…"

She then threw herself into Winston's arms and sobbed uncontrollably.

Winston hugged her tightly and said, "She'll recover after tonight."

"But… what if…" Bai Qingqing was out of breath from crying, and it took a while for her to finish her sentence. "She doesn't make it… past tonight?"

Winston didn't respond and became silent.

Bai Qingqing continued to cry. She had a swollen head and a splitting headache from crying for so long. She couldn't open her eyes and couldn't fall asleep, either. Winston hugged her and patted her back from time to time as the two of them sat like that for the whole night.

Before the break of dawn, when the night sky was at its darkest, a series of light footsteps could be heard in the stone castle.

Winston's round ears perked up as he turned to look outside.