The person outside walked to the door and pushed it open.
Ran Yan breathed a sigh of relief instead, confident in the sedatives she had administered, knowing the maids would not wake before midnight. Those who came looking for Ran Meiyu would normally knock first, not push the door open.
After soaking the needle in a porcelain bottle, Ran Yan administered some sedatives to Ran Meiyu before walking to the door.
Through the crack in the door, she could see a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in blue, holding a lantern in one hand and carrying a food box in the other—it was Ge Lan.
Ran Yan opened the door, and upon seeing Ran Yan, Ge Lan extinguished her lantern.
"Come in," Ran Yan whispered.
Ge Lan slipped in, following Ran Yan into the inner room. Upon seeing the cloth soaked with fresh blood and then Ran Meiyu lying on the couch, she hesitated slightly, her eyes asking what had happened.
