"puff--"
Another mouthful of blood gushed out of her mouth like a fountain of despair, staining the photos and cards in her hands red, as well as the smooth and expensive marble floor beneath her feet.
Like a hollow, rotten piece of wood, she fell straight backwards, landing heavily on the cold ground. Her eyes were wide open, her pupils dilated, and she had completely lost consciousness.
Only the blood-stained forged statement and photo, like the most vicious mockery, slipped from her powerless hands and fell into the pool of blood beneath her.
The living room was dead silent.
There was only the crackling sound of the firewood in the fireplace.
Ning Yuanshan closed his eyes tiredly.
Ji Qinglan turned away in disgust.
Ning Xiuyuan pushed his glasses expressionlessly.
Ning Xiuyan uttered a very light, ambiguous sneer.
Uncle Chen waved his hand, and the bodyguard stepped forward and dragged Ning Yunmeng, who was unconscious and covered in blood, out as if she were a piece of discarded item, and disappeared into the thick night outside the door.
Ning Xiwan picked up the cup of tea that had already gone cold and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window.
Outside the window, the New Year’s lights flickered with a false and cold light in the winter night.
She watched the taillights of the black commercial vehicle carrying Ning Yunmeng towards Songshan Sanatorium disappear at the end of the road, her eyes calm and still, like a deep pool.
The dust has settled.
A chess piece that had completely lost its value was cleared from the chessboard.
But the real chess game is far from over. The Qin family... Qin Yuheng... Qin Yuzheng...
She took a sip of the cold tea, and a very faint and cold curve appeared at the corner of her lips.
The window glass reflected her quiet profile and the deliberately created, fake New Year's carols that the family in the living room behind her sang again after a brief silence.
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