Chapter 119 Marbles as Sacrifice, The Final Collapse
Huangpu, Victoria Private Clinic, Special Care Ward.
The sterile white color filled the entire space.
Su Yuting lay on the hospital bed, her whole body wrapped in white bandages like a mummy, with only her eyes and mouth showing.
The excruciating pain gnawed at her nerves constantly.
But even stronger than the excruciating pain was a sense of relief and a twisted sense of pleasure at surviving a catastrophe.
She survived.
"Ms. Su, the first skin graft surgery was very successful."
A doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses flipped through the medical record board in his hand, his tone professionally indifferent.
"The donor skin did not show any rejection reaction, and the second surgery can be performed in 48 hours."
"Sir... what did the sir say?"
Su Yuting's voice sounded like it was being pulled from a broken bellows—dry and hoarse.
The doctor adjusted his glasses: "The master instructed that no effort be spared to help you recover. Once your condition stabilizes, we will take you to Hong Kong Island."
"As long as you rest and recuperate, you will have a brand new face that is even more beautiful than before in less than three months."
Hong Kong Island?
A new face?
A new identity?
She knew "the man" wouldn't give up on her!
What's in her head is more important than a hundred Lu Jingyues!
That bitch Su Wantang thinks she's won just because she caught her? Foolish girl!
She has only made a temporary setback. Once she recovers and reaches Hong Kong Island, she will have plenty of opportunities to make a comeback!
She wants Su Wantang dead!
Make her wish she were dead!
Just as she was immersed in her venomous fantasies.
“Clatter.”
The door to the ward was gently pushed open.
A blast of cold air rushed in without warning.
Su Yuting turned her head impatiently, wanting to scold the nurse for not knowing the rules.
But the next second, all the emotions in her eyes froze instantly.
A woman was standing at the door.
The woman had a slender figure, wore a simple black dress, and held a large bouquet of white calla lilies in her arms. The petals were in full bloom, so white they were dazzling, like a mournful offering at a funeral.
A harmless, even sweet, smile graced her face.
It is Atractylodes macrocephala.
It's Su Wantang!
Behind her stood a man.
Lu Jingyan.
He was dressed in a crisp military uniform, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. The shadow under his hat brim covered most of his face, revealing only his hard chin.
The two stood there, one in front of the other, like two figures of the Black and White Impermanence who had come out of the underworld to claim lives.
"You...you..."
The sedative that Su Yuting had just been given seemed to completely lose its effectiveness at this moment.
Her eyes were wide open, almost bursting, and her pupils contracted violently into two tiny black dots due to extreme fear and shock.
It emitted a hoarse, choked sound, like a trapped beast.
She wanted to scream and struggle, but her body was firmly fixed to the bed by bandages, and she couldn't even move a finger.
Bai Shu, wearing high heels, slowly walked in, one step at a time.
"Tap, tap, tap."
The crisp sound of footsteps, each one seemed to pound on Su Yuting's heart.
She gently placed the bouquet of white calla lilies, symbolizing "death and rebirth," on the bedside table. The petals were still covered with dew, cool and glistening.
"Sister, I heard you were sick, so I came to see you."
Bai Shu pulled over a chair, sat down gracefully, crossed her legs, revealing a section of her fair calves.
Her voice was still so sweet and soft, like the glutinous rice cake from Jiangnan.
"The doctor said you're recovering very well, and I'm so happy for you."
She tilted her head, her peach blossom eyes curving into beautiful crescent moons.
"I guess my sister is so capable, she'll be fine. So I was thinking, where in Shanghai is the best place for medical treatment?"
"After thinking it over, only this place is worthy of you, sister. See, I guessed it right away, didn't I?"
"The doctors here are amazing. They said they can give you a completely new face. That's wonderful; you'll have a new life from now on. As your younger sister, I wish you all the best in advance."
Every word carries the gentlest concern.
Su Yuting stared intently at her, her eyes filled with fear and endless resentment.
She doesn't understand!
How did she find this place?!
Bai Shu admired her appearance, and his smile became even sweeter.
"Sister, don't look at me like that."
Bai Zhu seemed to understand her thoughts and chuckled softly.
"A new face means a new life. Forget all the bad things from the past. I wish you happiness from now on."
After saying that, she slowly and deliberately took something out of the pocket of her skirt.
It's not a gun, it's not a knife.
It is a crystal-clear glass marble.
Under the illumination of the ward's ceiling light, the tiny marble refracted a dazzling array of colors.
Su Yuting's pupils dilated sharply the moment she saw the marble!
This thing...
This thing!
She will never forget it in her lifetime!
Back in the Su family, it was this woman who, in front of everyone, used this worthless glass marble to exchange for the priceless Phoenix Blood Jade Bracelet left by her mother!
That's humiliating!
It was a humiliation she would never forget in her entire life, a humiliation etched into her very bones!
Bai Shu gently placed the marble next to Su Yuting's pillow.
“哢”.
A soft sound.
His movements and expressions were exactly the same as when he was at the Su family's old house.
"Sister, this is for you."
Bai Shu leaned down, leaned close to her ear, and whispered in a sickeningly sweet voice that only the two of them could hear.
Are you still thinking that 'the sir' will come to save you?
Su Yuting's body stiffened.
"Are you still dreaming that once you get to Hong Kong Island, you can make a comeback?"
"How pitiful. You don't know, do you? The thing you've been afflicted with is called 'Soul-Eating Gel,' a special torture device used to clean up waste. They took you away not to save you at all."
"It's because you still have the secrets they need about other traitors in your mind. They just want to use you as a tape recorder before your body completely melts away, to squeeze out the last bit of value from you."
"Oh, right, I forgot to tell you. They were able to get you here so smoothly thanks to me."
Bai Shu straightened up, looking down at her with a smug and unrestrained smile.
"It was me who deliberately spread the word that we were going to thoroughly investigate everyone who came from the Northwest. It was me who forced them to use the most core and secretive channels to bring in this 'big fish' like you."
Su Yuting's breathing was completely erratic. Her chest heaved violently, causing excruciating pain to rip through all the wounds on her body.
No……
impossible!
This is all fake!
"Sister, you see, your only value is that you served as my pledge of allegiance."
These words were like the last straw, completely breaking down Su Yuting's psychological defenses.
New grudges! Old hatreds!
The humiliation of being recycled like scrap! The shame of being used as bait to be fooled! The despair of being completely abandoned!
All emotions exploded at this moment!
"ah--!"
Su Yuting suddenly let out a scream from deep in her throat, a scream that was neither human nor extremely shrill!
She began to convulse violently, the intense movements causing large areas of her newly stitched wounds to reopen!
"Sizzle—"
Blood gushed out instantly from the gaps in the bandages.
White bandages, red blood.
shocking.
"Beep! Beep! Beep—!"
The life monitor by the bedside emitted an extremely piercing alarm, and the red light flashed wildly.
Under extreme stimulation, Su Yuting's eyes rolled back and she fainted on the spot.
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