After Nina sighed in her heart, she opened the bedroom door and walked out.

She checked in on the children one by one. They were all fast asleep, not awakened by their moving about.

Nina confirmed that they had not rolled out of bed, then closed the door and shook her head.

'How could Luca have woken the children up when she was so careful all throughout?'

She returned to Luca's bedroom, closed the door, and said, "Don't worry, Lanie and the others are sound asleep. They didn't roll off the bed."

Luca opened her eyes and looked at Nina. A slight smile appeared on her face. She knew that Nina was going to stay here tonight and did not want to turn her kind gesture down. She said, "I have a new blanket in my closet. If you want to sleep here, you can share the bed with me as long as you're okay with the smell of blood on me."

"I don't mind it, but I'm not going to sleep here tonight. I'm afraid that I'll accidentally hurt you when I'm asleep. I'll sleep on the sofa. The sofa in your bedroom is the right size," Nina said. She opened Luca's closet and took out the blanket.

Luca did not say anything. She knew that Nina wanted to stay only because she was worried about her.

"Thank you, Nina," she said.

"At times like these, you don't have to be polite with me. Rest early. You look very weak. You've lost so much blood. I'm sure you're not feeling the best," Nina stepped forward and touched Luca's forehead. She was relieved to find that Luca did not have a fever.

"Mm, good night." Luca closed her eyes again. Nina was right. She had lost too much blood and was not doing well.

Nina watched her close her eyes and left a small night light on so that she could check in on her in the middle of the night.

The next day.

eyes, the sun was

in winter. She glanced out the window and knew that

and accidentally tugged on the wound. She could not help but frown. She was only thinking about preparing

glanced at the bedroom. Nina

lifted her nightdress in front of the full-length mirror. Looking at the gauze, she did not seem to have bled. The bleeding had probably stopped after she

carefully walked to the dresser, opened the drawer, took out the gauze and powder, and walked into the

wound. It was covered with scabs and looked

and soaked it in some hot water. She wrung it dry and wiped off the blood around the

from her days on the Island of Despair. Even though it slowed down her

Luca wiped herself, she felt that the smell of blood on her body was fainter. She then

so she deliberately wrapped an extra layer of

cleaned up a little

She bumped into Luca in the middle of the stairs and exclaimed, "Why did you get out of

be okay," Luca said. She knew that Nina had been busy since early in the morning when she saw the breakfast that

you shouldn't have gotten out of bed in case..." She looked back and made sure the maid was not in the living room before she whispered, "What if

took a look at the wound just now. It didn't open and has

at her. Luca's face and lips were pale, but other than that, she looked like a

a lot of work that I need to attend to. I have no choice..." Luca said helplessly. She

could say she was sick, she was unwilling to do that for fear

said, "Wait a

walked up the stairs again. She reached out to support her. "Come on,

her lips and smiled but still

scared me to death," Nina said while recalling the wound on Luca's body. Without any anesthesia, Luca sutured her wound herself to stop

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