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Then, she turned around and walked into the bathroom.
Gu Zichen's eyes suddenly tightened as he watched in the direction of the bathroom.
Qiao Xiguan looked at herself under the large mirror in the bathroom. She appeared very calm, her face, no longer unfamiliar, showed no emotion at the moment. It seemed only her large, black eyes blinked, as if they alone revealed she was a living creature.
She took a deep breath, stepped into the bathtub, lay down in it, staring at the ceiling above, motionless as a log.
It was the first time her bath lasted so long.
It seemed she lay there for an hour or maybe even longer; she wasn't quite sure.
Fortunately, the bathtub was temperature-controlled; otherwise, she had no idea whether the water would have turned chilly by now.
She turned her gaze toward the sound of knocking on the bathroom door.
She admitted that tonight she really was acting out of the ordinary, because of the suppressed emotions in her heart…