Nan Xueyin felt as though she were sinking into a quagmire.
Her consciousness and her limbs seemed to be wrapped in something viscous. She did not know where she was; she remembered something about intending to steal an object, or perhaps she had planned to return somewhere. But no matter how hard she racked her brain, she could not conjure up any further clarity.
In a haze, Nan Xueyin saw her mother’s slender, pale face. Even worn thin by exhaustion, her mother’s features remained beautiful and enchanting. She crouched down, looked at Nan Xueyin with tenderness, and opened her right hand, revealing a Guanyin Pendant made of white jade lying in her palm.
Chapter 160