Chapter 97
At this moment, even the increase in her family affection couldn't soothe her anxiety. She turned to look at Qin Yu and Meng Mian, who were guarding outside the ward. "You stay here and watch. We'll go out for a while."
"Okay!" Qin Yu and Meng Mian fully trusted each other and nodded in agreement without any objection.
Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou walked side by side out of the depressing hospital corridor. Lin Ruo had a plan in mind: to save Ning Yuan, he had to rely on the power of the Lin family mountain. However, how could he explain this mysterious idea to Lu Yinzhou?
She paused in thought, looked at the silent but reliable Lu Yinzhou beside her, and said directly, "I want to go back to the mountain."
"Okay." Lu Yinzhou answered decisively, without any hesitation or further questioning, as if her request was a matter of course.
The two of them drove back to the foot of the mountain. When the car stopped at the foot of the mountain, Lu Yinzhou turned his head and cast a deep gaze on Lin Ruo's face.
Lin Ruo immediately got out of the car and walked upstairs. Lu Yinzhou's eyes were filled with even more doubt, but he didn't ask any more questions, just following her silently.
Lin Ruo took in the unique atmosphere of the mountains. The crisp air and the vibrant vitality of the vegetation silently nourished her spirit. She had a method, inherited from her master. This secret method could defy fate, but it wasn't a simple rescue. The person to be rescued had to meet certain criteria. Fortunately, Ning Yuan met these criteria; he was merely aloof, but he hadn't done anything wrong.
She had most of the necessary materials in her space bracelet, but she was missing one crucial ingredient: the spiritual energy-rich hot spring water. She remembered sensing it when she first came to this mountain. Now, this hot spring water was the key to saving Ning Yuan!
Everything else can be put aside for now. Right now, saving Ning Yuan's life is urgent.
When they reached a relatively flat clearing in the woods halfway up the mountain, they unexpectedly met Lin's father and mother who were taking a walk.
"Yin Zhou?" Mother Lin saw the two of them, her face filled with surprise. "Why are you back at this hour?" She keenly noticed the solemn expressions on their faces and was a little puzzled. "What happened?"
Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou looked at each other, not knowing how to tell them about Ning Yuan's situation.
Mother Lin's heart instantly surged. She knew her child too well. She took a step forward, her eyes scanning their faces, her voice trembling with a barely perceptible tremor: "Is... Ning Yuan in trouble?"
Lin Ruo suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with disbelief and shock! She had actually... guessed so accurately! Lu Yinzhou, standing beside her, was also stunned.
Seeing their reactions, Mother Lin knew she was right. She shook herself and subconsciously clutched Father Lin's arm tightly, her lips trembling slightly. "Ning Yuan...what happened to him? Could it be...his biological parents...are here?"
"Biological parents?" Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou asked in unison, their tone full of confusion. Why did they suddenly think of this?
"No?" Mother Lin's tense heartstrings relaxed slightly upon hearing the two men's denial, but her worries remained undiminished. "Then... what exactly is going on?"
Lu Yinzhou sighed heavily, knowing he could no longer hide the truth. He whispered, "Ning Yuan... was in a car accident. It's very serious. He's still in the hospital, in a deep coma... The doctor said... the situation is not optimistic."
"Car accident?! Deep coma?" Lin's mother was struck by lightning, her face instantly pale. She clenched her hands tightly, her knuckles white. She turned her head sharply to look at Lin's father, who was standing beside her with an equally solemn expression. Her voice was filled with despair and sorrow: "Is it...is it that this fate...is really unavoidable?"
"Destiny? What destiny?" Lin Ruo accurately caught the key words in Lin's mother's words, his heart was shocked, and he immediately asked.
Mother Lin sighed deeply. "Now that things have come to this, it's time to tell you. Actually... our family isn't the ordinary one you've always assumed. On the contrary, the Lin family... is incredibly wealthy."
She paused, her eyes revealing deep sorrow and fear, and her voice grew unusually low. "But the real reason we chose to live in seclusion here is... the Lin family is burdened with a terrible curse! All children of the Lin family... are doomed to meet with misfortune! Disasters will plague them. Your father was able to avoid this calamity only with the guidance of an expert, but the rest of the Lin family..."
She closed her eyes in pain, and when she opened them again, tears were already welling up in her eyes: "I never thought...this misfortune would actually befall Ning Yuan. He, he is just an adopted son of the Lin family, and he hasn't even changed his surname yet."
Lin's mother's words were like thunder from the blue sky, exploding in the ears of Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou.
"Curse?" She looked at Lin's father. His face was gloomy and his lips were tightly pursed, tacitly agreeing with Lin's mother's words that this matter was true.
Tears rolled down Lin's mother's face. "This curse...has been passed down from generation to generation for the Lin family. But why...why did Ning Yuan do it? He...didn't even change his last name."
Lu Yinzhou frowned and instinctively took a step closer to Lin Ruo. He asked in a deep voice, "What exactly is this curse? Is there any way to break it?"
Father Lin sighed heavily: "I can't say exactly what it is. But all direct descendants of the Lin family will suffer misfortune after they reach adulthood. Illness, accidents, and even... self-destructive tendencies. We thought that since you were adopted sons and had a different bloodline, you might be able to escape. Now it seems..." He shook his head in despair.
"So, you..." Lin Ruo's voice was a little hoarse. She understood why she was so cold to Lin Ruo. The reason she was alive was because she was not the real Lin Ruo.
She clutched the corner of her clothes, and was in a dilemma about whether to tell Ning Yuan about this matter. But at this moment, she also knew that nothing was more important than Ning Yuan's life. She took a deep breath and said, "Now, let's save Ning Yuan first."
Mother Lin raised her tearful eyes and asked, "Is there any solution?"
Lin Ruo cast his gaze into the depths of the forest. "Yes, but I need something from the mountains. A special kind of hot spring water. At first I thought it was the hot spring water on the roadside, but then I realized it wasn't. Maybe I need to look... somewhere else."
"Hot spring water?" Lin's father and mother looked at each other, confused.
Lin Ruo said briefly and confidently: "Yes, it should be deep in this mountain."
She concentrated for a moment, and with her natural perception of spiritual energy, she pointed to a path deep in the jungle that was almost covered by vines: "It should be over here." After saying that, she raised her leg and walked towards it, and Lu Yinzhou followed behind her.
Mother Lin shouted anxiously, "It's dangerous in the mountains, especially in the depths...you must be careful."
Lin Ruo turned around and stared at her, his eyes slightly startled, then nodded: "Okay." After that, he walked into the mountains?
Lin's father and mother stood where they were, clenching their fists as they looked in the direction they disappeared.
The mountain wind whimpered through the treetops, and the light in the forest suddenly dimmed. The towering ancient trees blocked out the sun. Lin Ruo's heart was beating rapidly, but she immediately put aside all distractions and followed the instructions, moving forward.
Lu Yinzhou followed closely behind, unconsciously adjusting his position to always be able to protect Lin Ruo at the first moment.
[Congratulations, host! Your capture target, Lu Yinzhou, has a bond value of 50.]
This time the rise was the fastest, but Lin Ruo was not in the mood to pay attention to it. He paused slightly and continued to move forward.
The mountain road became increasingly difficult to walk on. All around was silent, with only the two people's rapid breathing and footsteps echoing in the forest.
Suddenly, Lin Ruo stopped. She felt something and pointed excitedly at something not far away: "It's right in front!"
The mountain wall is sunken inward to form a natural cave, from which a clear spring water is gushing out.
"It's here!" Lin Ruo carefully stretched out her finger and dipped it into the water. This was the hot spring water she was looking for.
"Great!" She took out several special containers from the space bracelet on her wrist and took out the water bit by bit.
Lu Yinzhou stood aside, guarding silently. Although he had some doubts, he did not ask. Seeing that Lin Ruo had filled several large jars, he walked over to help.
Lin Ruo lowered her head and carefully checked the container, confirming that it was sealed intact, and nodded solemnly: "Let's go back immediately!" She carefully put the container back into the bracelet.
Lin Ruo and Lu Yinzhou, carrying the hot spring water, rushed down the mountain along the way they had come. However, when they reached an area of unusually dense foliage and towering ancient trees, the sky suddenly darkened. Mountain fog rolled in from all directions, blurring their vision.
"Something's wrong!" Lin Ruo stopped and looked around warily, her heart sinking. She clearly remembered walking past this spot on her way up the mountain, but now, all the familiar landmarks had disappeared. "We seem... lost."
Lu Yinzhou immediately approached her, his brow furrowed. "The fog came too suddenly. Be careful."
The two of them moved forward slowly in the fog, and time passed by minute by minute. Lin Ruo was a little anxious and tried to mobilize his spiritual power to sense the direction, but the magnetic field in this area seemed to be interfered with by some force and could not be sensed.
At this moment, a roar was heard, and then the thick fog was broken by a fishy wind. A black bear rushed out and pounced directly on Lu Yinzhou, who was walking a little ahead. It was so fast and powerful that it was about to smash his head in the next second.
"Be careful!" Lin Ruo completely disregarded his own safety and directly knocked him away.
"Puff!" A tearing sound echoed, and Lin Ruo suppressed a groan of pain. The black bear's claws slashed across her back, sending excruciating pain through her body. Warm blood soaked through her clothes, and the strong smell of blood filled the air.
Lu Yinzhou was stunned because he saw Lin Ruowei pushing him away, with a hideous wound on his back, bleeding profusely.
[Congratulations, host! Your capture target, Lu Yinzhou, has a bond with you worth 90.]
The cold system prompt sound exploded in Lin Ruo's mind.
The black bear roared and pounced again, aiming directly at the injured Lin Ruo! Lu Yinzhou grabbed her arm and dodged to the side.
Lin Ruo endured the burning pain in her back, cold sweat soaking her forehead. The longer she delayed, the more dangerous it would be! She had to resort to extreme measures.
So, ignoring the pain, she forced herself to stand still, her hands quickly forming a complex hand seal in front of her chest. The space bracelet on her wrist felt slightly warm, and traces of spiritual power were drawn out, gathering at her fingertips. She quickly chanted a spell.
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