C1049 She Insisted on Staying

Xinling stayed quietly in his arms, not moving an inch. The knocking on the door continued, a steady rhythm of thuds. The sound made Xinling anxious. She wondered who could be knocking. Had someone heard her cries for help and come to rescue her? But as soon as the hope surfaced, she dismissed it. In this place, in the Nie household, no one would genuinely come to save her