Chapter 13 - 8: The Hatred of a Stolen Wife

Perhaps many people have had a similar experience.

Sometimes, while fast asleep, you’re hit by a sudden, jarring feeling of falling, or of drowning in the deep sea. The descent, the suffocation, the weightlessness—it jolts you awake, legs kicking out, shooting bolt upright in bed like you’re doing a sit-up. You’re drenched in a cold sweat, yet you can’t recall what you were dreaming about.

But Zheng Xiu was definitely not asleep.

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