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?"

the other end of the phone continued, "The ginseng is perfect for a weak and cold body like yours. Just remember to add a little of them into your soup

learned about medicine and

tonics and supplements for her. Then, he would explain each of them to her in

in the end. She failed to control her feelings and allowed herself

should never have existed in the first place. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ

The old man spoke again, pulling her back from

and her eyes were red.

three days. Can you fly over to see me?" The old

Xyla promised him

fact, she had been thinking about sparing her time to 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.

that she would be able to walk

events but she could not risk missing

you soon." He sounded delighted

pierced through Xyla and stabbed right at her spine, almost as