276. Useless Effort

Midnight.

The dead branches no longer shook violently.

The heavy rain on the ground had become gentle.

"Do you still remember what she looked like?" the oil lamp sketched out Lu Li's facial contours.

[Sara uncontrollably recalled "that person," her blurry memory held her mother with waist-length, creamy yellow hair that was soft and wavy like water rippling on a surface, often wearing a white long dress, sitting atop a tower, gazing out at the plains…]

"When I visited Aunt recently, she was just as beautiful as the years before when the Viscount took you away, her hair had grown even longer."

Lu Li filled in his invented identity using the plot-relevant information provided.

["You really..." Sara looked disbelief at the two heavily wounded people, but how could this be…]

["Impossible! If my mother had you care for me, why would she betray me and cause Adam's death!" Sara yelled hysterically at the servants Lu Li and Aileen, her hand tightly clutching the dagger.]