"What happened to me?" Shi Niannian patted Ling Yichen's back. "I just had a nightmare, that's all."
"Niannian, if something happens to you again, I'll have to accompany you," Si Fan said with a pained expression by her side.
When Shi Niannian saw Si Zhendong and Si Mu, she asked curiously, "Dad, big brother, how come you're here?"
She then looked around at her surroundings, which were unfamiliar. "Where am I?"
Si Fan recounted what had happened, and Shi Niannian's eyes widened, "So it wasn't a nightmare after all, I really was pricked with three needles!"
She pulled out the jade pendant Xia Shiying had given her from her clothes. The luster was much dimmer than before. She held the jade pendant in her palm, "Thank you for saving my life!"
Ling Yichen, Si Zhendong, and the others had come to believe that this object really was full of mystery.
A sudden thought struck Shi Niannian, and she attempted to get out of bed, "Where is Taoist Priest?"