Shi Heng suddenly fell silent.

He grabbed Gu Youran's cold hands and held them tightly in his hot palms.

The sudden warmth left Gu Youran stunned.

She looked up at Shi Heng and found that this usually calm and composed man now had eyes filled with intense emotions that she had never seen before.

"Youbao, you believe me."

Shi Heng's voice trembled a little, "Seven days, just give me seven days."

He took a deep breath and held Gu Youran's hand tighter.

"I will get to the bottom of all the suspicious things."

He suddenly rested his forehead against Gu Youran's, so close that they could feel each other's breath.

"I swear on my Shi family's century-old fortune, if this is true..."

He suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence, and finally just hugged her tightly, "I will definitely give you an explanation."

…

The morning of the fifth day after the operation.

Mu Xuewei was finally allowed to leave the dark underground operating room.

She was so weak that she could hardly stand.

The head was wrapped in thick white gauze, leaving only slits for the eyes and mouth.

The attending physician said during the examination yesterday that the stitches can be removed in two days once the wound is completely healed.

The maid helped her up the stairs, and dazzling sunlight suddenly shone in from the floor-to-ceiling windows.

She subconsciously raised her hand to cover it.

This simple action involved the unhealed wound, and the pain made her break out in a cold sweat.

"Ms. Mu, please have breakfast."

The maid's voice brought her back to reality.

It was not until then that Mu Xuewei realized that she was standing in the restaurant of a luxurious villa.

There is an exquisite crystal chandelier overhead and the floor is made of imported marble.

The furniture arrangement is also quite exquisite.

But what shocked her even more was the food on the table.

The American scrambled eggs were kept in a perfect semi-solidified state, the edges of the whole wheat bread were toasted to the perfect char mark, and the aroma of black coffee was also familiar to her.

Each one is her favorite breakfast combination, even the doneness of the scrambled eggs and the crispiness of the bread are exactly the same.

"It seems that Miss Mu is very satisfied with breakfast?"

A male voice suddenly sounded behind him.

“Dang—”

Mu Xuewei shuddered all over and the knife in her hand fell onto the porcelain plate.

The man in the neat black suit appeared in the corner of the restaurant at some point.

A silver mask covered the upper half of his face, revealing a faint smile at the corner of his mouth.

It's that person!

That hoarse voice and that slender figure belonged to the man in black robe who had been controlling her fate in the underground operating room for the past five days.

Mu Xuewei's body began to tremble uncontrollably, and the napkin crumpled in her hands.

"American-style scrambled eggs cooked to medium-rare, black coffee without sugar, and whole-wheat bread toasted until the second side is slightly burnt."

The man walked closer. "It's the same breakfast you've ordered at the cafe for the past three years, isn't it?"

Mu Xuewei's back was pressed against the dining chair, and a chill ran up her spine to her head.

The other party not only knew her dietary preferences, but also knew such details.

The fear of being completely seen through is more suffocating than having a scalpel against your temple.

The man sat down opposite her.

He took out an antique sandalwood box from his pocket, the lid of which was engraved with a pattern of nine stars in a row.

"A gift for you." He pushed the box in front of her.

Mu Xuewei saw a light brown birthmark at the base of the man’s right ring finger, which looked like a crooked five-pointed star.

She opened the lid of the box tremblingly, and inside lay a silver bracelet.

There are five lines around the surface of the bracelet, which looks as ordinary as if it were something sold at a street stall.

"What...is this?" she asked curiously.

The man did not answer directly, but handed over a tablet.

A high-definition video is playing on the screen:

In the picture, Gu Youran is wearing an almost identical bracelet on her left wrist.

She just turned the bracelet, and nine silver needles shot out, accurately piercing nine acupuncture points on the chest of the man on the hospital bed.

The tail of the needle trembled slightly, and soon strange black crystals condensed at the tip of the needle.

The camera zoomed in and Mu Xuewei took a breath.

The dying patient on the hospital bed is Fu Xinglang, the second young master of the Emperor Club!

What was even more shocking was that after just over ten minutes, Fu Xinglang, who had originally had difficulty breathing, actually sat up by himself with a rosy complexion.

"This is called the Nine Star Ring."

A man's voice rang out, "Gu Youran relies on this to perform the 'Nine Star Needle Technique'."

"She will soon become a 'Nine-Star Divine Doctor'... and by then she will have the ability to bring the dead back to life."

Mu Xuewei's chest heaved violently as she stared at Gu Youran in the video.

"That thing in the box..."

The man interrupted her, "This is called the Jiuchen Bracelet, and it contains the power of an ancient witch."

"Witch?"

As soon as Mu Xuewei uttered the word, the bracelet suddenly became hot.

She subconsciously wanted to shake it off, but for some unknown reason she held it tightly.

The man suddenly picked up a dinner knife and cut a bloody mark on Mu Xuewei's palm.

"Ah!" she cried out in pain.

"Watch carefully."

The man pinched her bleeding wrist and dripped blood onto the bracelet.

An astonishing scene appeared.

The blood beads were actually absorbed by the silver bracelet, and the five lines lit up with dark red light one after another.

It lasts for five seconds before returning to its original state.

"The Nine Star Ring saves one person, the Nine Star Bracelet controls a hundred people."

The man drew a strange symbol in the air with his bloody finger.

"If Gu Youran can bring the dead back to life, you can make all living beings submit."

Mu Xuewei stared at the bracelet, and suddenly an irrepressible desire surged in her heart.

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