Late at night, the rain fell thickly and obliquely like fine silk threads. Gu Luoqi wandered alone on the street, staggering and unsure of her destination.

Her features were delicate, but her face was deathly pale, her eyes were dull and lifeless, and they were already brimming with tears. Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the tears slowly slid down her cheeks. Her pearly teeth bit her lips tightly, and her full lips were already bleeding from being bitten. However, she seemed not to feel any pain.

A light yellow, fitted dress, soaked by the rain, clung to her body, highlighting her beautiful figure but also making her look incredibly disheveled.

The person she's liked for over ten years officially announced their relationship today…

A bitter feeling began to spread in her heart. She let the rain fall on her body, slowly running down her face and landing on the corner of her mouth, bringing her a salty taste.

She spent all her youth trying to make him fall in love with her, but he still didn't.

Is she really that bad?

Thinking of this, a pang of pain began to spread through her heart.

Actually, she wasn't that sad; she just felt empty inside.

With her clear goal of so many years suddenly gone, she was at a loss as to what to do.

She was feeling down, but thinking that she had been out for a long time and her father would worry, she decided to go back. Just as she turned around, a car sped towards her from the side.

The driver, drunk, squinted his eyes and hummed an unknown song. He didn't even notice that the car had veered off course until he spotted someone in front of him. Suddenly, his pupils contracted, but his body couldn't react in time…

The ear-piercing friction sound and the immense impact of inertia shattered the scene, making it unbearable to watch.

With the immense impact, Gu Luoqi was thrown out, hearing the driver's scream in her ears.

Just a second before she flew away, she seemed to see her adopted younger brother walking towards her.

She fell to the ground like a lifeless object. The rain seemed to intensify, pelting her heavily, and bright red blood slowly spread out from her.

Time seemed to stand still, and scenes from the past slowly surfaced in Gu Luoxi's mind. She knew this was a final burst of energy before death; she was about to die.

"Gu Luoxi!" She seemed to hear the voice of her adopted younger brother, and it sounded so urgent.

She desperately wanted to ask him to help take care of her father, but she just couldn't bring herself to say it.

She was somewhat unwilling to accept it.

I am unwilling to die like this.

...

It hurts...it really hurts.

Gu Luoqi felt her eyelids were incredibly heavy, her head felt like it was about to explode, and she felt completely weak.

As she slowly regained consciousness, she remembered that she had been hit and thrown into the air. Could it be that she was still alive?

Although she was heartbroken, that doesn't mean she wanted to die so carelessly! Besides, the experience of dying was not pleasant at all.

Her eyelids felt incredibly heavy, and she could barely open her eyes; the pain of the car accident seemed to still linger in her body.

[Ding ding ding—Identity verification in progress—Target identity confirmed—Target identified as host.]

[Detecting host consciousness - Detection complete, everything normal, binding successful.]

Meanwhile, somewhere in the future, a middle-aged man exclaimed excitedly, "Professor, it's a success!"

Sitting opposite him was an elderly man who looked to be in his eighties. Although he was old, he seemed to be in good spirits. Upon hearing this, he immediately stood up, and the middle-aged man quickly went to help him.

A hint of excitement flickered in the old man's somewhat cloudy eyes: "Have you confirmed the binding?"

"It's confirmed, the news just came in." The middle-aged man's voice trembled slightly with excitement.

They had conducted numerous tests over the years, large and small, without success each time. They hadn't held out much hope this time, but to their surprise, they succeeded.

"Hmm." The old man gradually calmed down.

“Professor, I never expected that she could…” The middle-aged man paused slightly, glanced at the old man, and noticed that he was calm.

The old man remained silent for a long time, so long that the middle-aged people thought he wouldn't speak again, before he finally spoke again: "This is fine too."

"Professor, what instructions should we set?" the middle-aged man asked the old man after he calmed down.

The old man paused slightly, as if thinking for a moment: "Study hard."

"Okay." The middle-aged man made a move to return to the control room.

"Add 'eat well' as well," the old man said again, as if he had thought of something.

"Okay." The middle-aged man immediately went out to notify the core technical staff.

The old man slowly stood up after he left, pressed the button on the side, and the side door immediately opened, revealing an empty room.

He entered the empty room, turned the corner, and entered another room. The room was very large, and in the middle of the room, an old woman who was about his age was lying on a bed. A little girl was standing next to the bed, wiping the old woman's cheeks.

The little girl looked intently at the old woman on the bed, her eyes filled with pity.

Sigh, I heard that this person has been bedridden his whole life, and there's a high chance he'll never open his eyes again.

“Professor.” The little girl stood up straight as soon as she saw him.

"You go out first, I'll come and see her." The old man's voice was very gentle.

"Okay, Professor." The girl immediately packed her things and left.

The old man sat down beside her, his gaze fixed on the old woman on the bed. After a long while, he finally spoke softly, "Gu Luoqi, I've raised you for nothing. Now you owe me nothing." Then he slowly got up and left without looking back.

...

Gu Luoqi closed her eyes tightly, her brows furrowed, and cold sweat slowly seeped from her forehead.

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