227 The Big Shock

It was night. The dark blue sky was lit with a moon and a small number of stars as it had rained just yesterday and the sky had started to get free from the clouds in the Imperial City.  

The rays of moonlight were falling inside the room through the window.

The long eyelashes fluttered a little kissing the soft and smooth cheek again and again and Li Rui finally opened her eyes slowly.

A frown marred her forehead presenting her confusion as she found herself lying on the bed.

However, before she could even sort out her confusion, she was forced to put a stop to them as she met a pair of deep black eyes fixed on her face.

The owner of those eyes and his proximity made her body slightly tense as she remembered something that she had learned not very long before.

"Awake? Do you need something?"