Chapter 154 Please, stop loving me.

Fu Beichen felt the sharpness of the dagger, and just as it fell, he gripped the blade tightly with both hands.

Blood gushed from his hands instantly, but he felt no pain.

All he could feel was the contest of strength between the two men. He used all his strength to throw Lu Lie aside, and the man released his grip on him.

When he stood up, he was trembling, feeling the night wind blowing wildly, with the whistling wind in his ears.

Suddenly, a powerful force struck his head, his ears rang, and he lost his strength and fell to the ground.

He tried his best not to faint, because if he couldn't get up, he might never have the chance to get up again.

However, his consciousness could no longer support his body, and as he closed his eyes, he heard a gunshot.

Just as Lu Lie was about to deliver the fatal blow, Lin Qi ran over with his bodyguards, followed by Gu Xingnian.

The bullet knocked the dagger out of Lu Lie's hand, and at this moment, he was on the verge of death.

Fu Beichen's knife was stabbed two centimeters above his chest, after the previous round of fighting.

Lu Lie's blood was almost drained, and he suddenly felt icy cold.

"President Fu." Lin Qi quickly stepped forward and helped Fu Beichen up, but he was unconscious and his hands were covered in blood. "Quick, help him down."

A bodyguard stepped forward to help and carried the person away. Below the mountain were helicopters and SUVs.

Gu Xingnian stared in shock at the horrifying bloodstains and the two men, one unconscious and the other injured, and was momentarily stunned.

If she had arrived any later, Fu Beichen might have died at Lu Lie's hands.

Lu Lie was bleeding profusely and feeling weak. He struggled to open his eyes, looked at the familiar woman in front of him, and called out softly.

"Nian Nian".

His body trembled slightly in the night wind; he was using his willpower to support himself as he was about to go into shock.

Gu Xingnian quickly helped him lie down, took out a small bottle, sprinkled the powder inside on his wound, and then took out a handkerchief and gently pressed it against the bleeding wound.

"The bleeding will stop soon, don't worry." She tried to reassure him, her voice tinged with lingering fear.

Today, whether it's him or Fu Beichen who gets into trouble, it's a result she can't bear.

"Why...did you save me?" His voice was weak, and his eyes held a hint of surprise and gratitude. "If I had killed him, would you...still have saved me?"

"Yes!" she said firmly, then added, "Life is equal, no one is more noble than anyone else, and I will save whoever it may be."

Lu Lie's heart was instantly filled with disappointment. It turned out that he was not a special person after all. He then used cruel words to provoke her.

"Nine Heavens Warmth, I'm ruined, Fu Beichen, you can't save it. You must hate me now, right?"

Her hand, which was pressing on his wound, trembled slightly as she suppressed the excitement in her heart. "That was his fate."

The night wind tousled her long hair, and beneath her long eyelashes lay an unconcealable sorrow.

“Senior brother, regardless of whether you are an accomplice of Erwin or what your purpose is in approaching me, you have never hurt me over the years and have taken good care of me. You are a good senior brother.”

"It was you who rescued me from the jaws of a shark. The kindness you showed me in the past has brought you the reward you have today."

His eyes were fixed on her, and he couldn't utter a single harsh word.

His blood-soaked hands gently grasped her small hand, his voice pleading, "Niannian, come with me."

Gu Xingnian did not break free, but calmly looked at him. "Senior brother, having the ability to love someone is more precious than selfishly possessing her! If one day you shed tears because you see the person you love happy, you will understand what love is."

Under the moonlight, Lu Lie's cold and stern eyes softened, as if something had pierced his wounded heart.

She looked at him, focused and earnest, and continued speaking.

"When you love someone, you accept their vulnerability and imperfections, and you are willing to give everything. You trust each other, grow together, and have the meaning and courage to transcend yourself in life."

“I would shed tears for him, sing for him, and even be fearless enough to die with him.” Her voice suddenly became hoarse.

Lu Lie couldn't understand her, but her voice had a healing power!

The bleeding finally stopped, and she gently tied the handkerchief around his shoulder, standing very close to him.

The faint scent of lilies wafted into Lu Lie's nostrils.

"There are no winners in this duel. Whether it's you or him, if anything happens to either of them, I will be... very sad."

As she finished speaking, a tear fell from her eye.

He reached out and caught it; it was warm, and it burned his heart.

"Don't cry." His voice was terribly hoarse.

"Senior brother, thank you... for all the kindness you showed me! Please... stop loving me!"

She gave him a deep look, then resolutely turned and left.

Lu Lie watched her departing figure, his vision gradually blurring.

He wanted to keep her, but he couldn't bring himself to call out to her, and watched helplessly as she walked further and further away.

He was like a lone boat forgotten on the sea, drifting in the storm, seeing the lighthouse but unable to find the oars.

A heart adrift between hope and despair, a tragic tale...

The roar of the propellers was deafening in the night sky.

Gu Xingnian and Fu Beichen left in a helicopter, and she asked the SUV driver to take the injured Lu Lie back to the town.

Fu Beichen's body was covered in wounds, especially his blood-soaked hands, which stung Gu Xingnian's eyes.

She carefully cleaned up his bloodstains, her eyes reddening.

The helicopter landed on the helipad in the villa area.

As soon as she entered, Gu Xingnian immediately gave Lin Qi instructions.

“Go to the laboratory down the mountain and have those PhDs send all the extracted plant solutions over here.”

Her voice left no room for argument, carrying an urgent pressure.

"There's no time to waste!"

Lin Qi nodded without saying a word and turned to leave.

In the laboratory, several PhD students wearing white coats were engrossed in their work.

Lin Qi's sudden appearance surprised them all.

After all, the agreed submission date has not yet arrived.

A female PhD student wearing gold-rimmed glasses, named Jian Yi, pushed up her glasses.

“Mr. Lin?” Her tone carried just the right amount of doubt. “Isn’t there still three days left? We…we haven’t finished everything yet.”

As she spoke, her eyes darted around for a moment, then she carefully picked up a vial of dark blue solution from the lab bench.

"Please handle this carefully, and be careful not to drop it."

She carefully placed the vial of blue solution into an insulated box and sealed it.

Lin Qi took the insulated box and replied in a deep voice.

"Don't worry," he said to the others, "everyone, keep going, thank you for your hard work."

After saying that, he hurriedly returned with the 12 plant ingredients mentioned by the doctors.

Gu Xingnian was already waiting in the laboratory in the small building.

She took the plant solution that Lynch brought back and made the final adjustments.

The bright lights shone on her focused profile.

When she picked up one of the vials of dark blue solution, her gaze suddenly froze.

This color... was created by Dr. Jane.

She picked up the tube of solution, but instead of mixing it immediately, she took out an extremely fine silver needle, carefully inserted it into the solution, and then took it out, observing it carefully against the light for a moment.

After confirming that there were no problems, it was slowly poured into a container and mixed with several other solutions that had a reddish tint.

Time passed second by second, and the sky outside the window gradually turned a pale white.

Working until almost dawn, the semi-finished antidote, which embodied Gu Xingnian's hard work, was finally completed.

The pale golden morning light shone through the gaps in the curtains.

Despite her exhaustion, Gu Xingnian hurried to Fu Beichen's room with the still-warm antidote in her hand.

Lin Qi had been waiting there. Upon seeing this, he immediately stepped forward and carefully helped Fu Beichen up, letting him lean against the headboard.

Gu Xingnian used a small spoon to gently feed the antidote into Fu Beichen's mouth, drop by drop.

The room was so quiet you could hear each other breathing.

About a minute later.

Fu Beichen suddenly started coughing violently.

"Cough...cough cough!"

He coughed violently, then suddenly spat out a mouthful of dark red blood, his head lolled to the side, and he passed out.

Gu Xingnian's face turned deathly pale instantly.

"How could this be?" she murmured, her voice trembling. "There was clearly no Seven-Colored Brocade ingredient added?"

She glanced sharply at the empty antidote bottle, her pupils suddenly contracting.

"Oh no, we've been poisoned!" she cried out. "Those doctors... there's something wrong with them!"