Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"I won't be around for a day three days later. Will it be okay to let Georgie take care of you that day?" Stanley Batton asked.

There were some important tasks regarding the foreign branch of his company awaiting him. Therefore, he had to travel there to settle the issue on his own.

"No problem." Xyla nodded without asking for further details.

Stanley smiled at her before taking the basin of water into the bathroom.

At that instant, Xyla's phone vibrated.

When she saw the name 'Master' was displayed beside the call symbol, all the congeniality within her melted away and was replaced by indescribable, mixed feelings. Intense guilt kicked in and spread rapidly across her whole heart. It was like a pair of invisible hands that were constantly tearing her soul apart, without mercy.

Taking a deep breath, she tried to regulate her emotions and remained as calm as possible before she picked up the call.

"Hey Xyla, how are you?" The familiar voice of the old man flowed through her ears, the tone of his voice was as doting as ever.

"Couldn't be better. What about you?"

I mailed you some fine ginseng just now, three boxes of them in total." The old man on the other end of the phone continued, "The ginseng is perfect for a weak and cold body like yours. Just

reminded Xyla of the days where she learned about medicine and medication under

he would explain each of them to her in earnest and give her some helpful advice every single time. However, the more he cared for her, the more she felt guilty about

master had been really nice to her but she had disappointed him in the end. She failed to control her feelings and allowed herself to fall in love with

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again, pulling her

her eyes were red. "Yes, I'm listening. I get

Grandpa's birthday in three days. Can you fly over

Xyla promised him

visit her master before this. It was her initial plan to pay him a visit even if he did not call her today. She missed him very much too. Apart from that, there were a lot of things that she would like to confess to him as well as to

she would be able to

any other events but she

shall look forward to meeting you soon." He sounded delighted and excited on the other end of

through Xyla and stabbed right at her spine, almost as though they were some sharp thorns. "Okay, I'll