Compensation
Climbing five hundred steps wasn't a small feat, especially when you have to finish it before dawn and return home. Su Wan was on her personal mission to replace the red string that Lin Yan had so much faith in. She was all bloody and bruised by the time she made it to the four hundred and ninety-eighth step.
She was panting as she somehow stood up once again. Her legs and arms were shaking, and the thought of giving up came into her mind again and again. Every time her eyes were dyed red due to the blood dripping from her forehead, a part of Su Wan would wish to turn around and leave.
But going back without a replacement would be useless, wouldn't it? She has shed blood anyway, and her legs and back were also killing her. After this torturous struggle, she might as well climb up to the top and get what she came here for. That's what she thought but -