Chapter 5: The Mysterious Portrait
Xiao Mei stood still in front of the old painting she had seen the night before. She was convinced it had something to do with Lu Zeyan. Her curiosity grew stronger, and she began to quietly ask the maids about it — but none of them dared to say a word.
One day, while cleaning the small library in the mansion, Xiao Mei found an old book hidden between the shelves. Inside, there were faded photographs and an unsent love letter addressed to a woman named Yun Rou.
The name unsettled her. Xiao Mei began to suspect that the woman in the portrait was Yun Rou — perhaps Lu Zeyan's first love.
Driven by her growing curiosity, she confronted Lu Zeyan and asked him directly about the painting and the letter.
But he coldly brushed her off, telling her to stop digging up a past that was already dead.
That night, Xiao Mei had a strange dream. She found herself in a room filled with glowing red light. A soft voice of a woman echoed around her,
"Please… run away from here…"