Ye Lan was carried into the emergency room. Everyone stood in the corridor, anxious and worried. Yue Hongxia, in particular, kept praying to the heavens, hoping that all the bodhisattvas would bless Ye Lan to survive.

The old man's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He hadn't uttered a sound since entering the hospital, his brows were tightly furrowed, and there was a hint of murderous intent between his brows.

Lu Qingquan didn't come to the hospital. When Ye Lan took him to the hospital, this scumbag just stood there like a block of wood, and no one paid any attention to him.

Time passed by, minute by minute, and no one knew how much time had gone by. Only Ye Qingqing remained calm. She checked the time and realized that Ye Lan had been undergoing emergency treatment for nearly an hour.

It looks like things are going to turn out badly.

About five minutes later, the door opened and the doctor came out. Yue Hongxia and the others surrounded him, but before they could speak, the doctor shook his head regretfully, "I'm sorry, we did our best."

Yue Hongxia's vision went black, and she collapsed onto Lu Jiangang, unconscious.

The doctor added, "The patient has congenital heart disease and simply cannot withstand the risks of pregnancy. On top of that, she suffered an external impact... making the situation even more dangerous. You should go in and see her one last time!"

Lin Shufang thanked the doctor, and everyone went into the emergency room. Ye Lan lay on the operating table, her face deathly pale, and her deathly aura seemed even stronger.

Ye Lan's eyes slowly darted around before settling on Ye Qingqing. She stared intently at her, her lips moving, but it was impossible to hear what she was saying. Lin Shufang leaned closer and it took her a while to understand.

Has Qingquan arrived yet?

"I'll go back to pick him up now." Lu Jian turned to leave, but the old man stopped him. "It's too late!"

It takes half an hour to travel from the hospital to the compound and back; Ye Lan simply cannot endure that long.

Ye Lan gave a silent, bitter laugh, a fleeting, chilling smile, like a ghost, that made people shudder.

Her lips moved again, and Lin Shufang looked a little strange. She called out to Ye Qingqing, "Qingqing, she wants to talk to you!"

Ye Qingqing wasn't surprised. Ye Lan must have figured out a lot of things by now, and her biggest question was probably about her. It was normal for her to want to ask her.

Lin Shufang sighed and called Yue Hongxia and the others out of the emergency room, leaving only Ye Qingqing and Ye Lan behind.

One was standing, and the other was lying down.

One is dying, the other is perfectly healthy.

Ye Qingqing looked around and, finding no cameras, took out her silver needles and inserted them into several acupoints on Ye Lan's body.

This method is recorded in medical texts. It can give a dying person five minutes of lucidity, after which death is inevitable.

Ye Lan's spirits lifted, and her eyes brightened, but the deathly aura emanating from her became even stronger.

"Speak, you only have five minutes," Ye Qingqing said coldly.

Ye Lan's expression darkened, and she gave a bitter smile. She didn't rush to speak, but just stared at Ye Qingqing.

The person she once thought was a fool hadn't changed in appearance, but her demeanor was completely different from before. Only now did Ye Lan realize that the fool was her!

Ye Qingqing is not stupid at all; she is even more cunning than a fox. Otherwise, how could her parents be in such dire straits, with one of them dying without a complete body and the other suffering in prison?

It's all thanks to Ye Qingqing!

"Were you pretending to be stupid before?" Ye Lan finally asked.

“Yes, how can I survive under your parents if I don’t play dumb!” Ye Qingqing simply agreed.

Ye Lan laughed self-deprecatingly. Just as she thought, her whole family had been deceived by Ye Qingqing.

"You knew all along that Xiaohua and I were Dad's children?"

"Ye Hua looks exactly like Ye Zhiguo. I'm neither blind nor stupid, how could I not see it?" Ye Qingqing sneered and mocked, "You have two minutes left. Are you sure you want to keep spouting this nonsense?"