Chapter 358 Don't Hate Me

"What did you say?" Li Ting frowned deeply, "How is this possible?"

Gu Mian burst into tears, "Do you think I am gifted and my medical skills can easily surpass my master? It's because the person who taught me medicine before him was the miracle doctor Lu Ming, also known as Lu Yueming!"

"You never said that." Li Tingshen was startled. "You two obviously don't know each other. She even thinks you don't have enough talent and is unwilling to teach you medicine!"

"I didn't say it because I swore that I would never reveal the relationship between her and me." Gu Mian cried, "My mother was watched by countless people because she had medical skills that were as good as Hua Tuo. She was even locked up and taken for personal use. She had no freedom."

"Later, she hid under a false name. With nowhere to hide, she used her connections to disguise herself as a prisoner and went to prison. I met her in prison."

"Li Tingshen, before I went to jail, you told me that you would take care of everything for me and not let me suffer, but do you know what I went through in there?"

Li Ting thought deeply of Yin Luoxue's words before her death, and his fingertips trembled, "Gu Mian, I beg you, don't say..."

“Why don’t you tell me?” Gu Mian smiled bitterly, tears streaming down his face even more fiercely. “I was beaten every day, and was even nearly raped by the female prisoners in the same cell. When they failed to do so, they wanted to kill me…”

"The last time, they tried to rape me again in the bathroom. I fought back desperately, so they stabbed me in the stomach with a sharpened toothbrush."

"I lost a lot of blood. Just when I thought I was going to die from the excessive blood loss, Lu Yueming appeared. She saved my life and brought me back from the brink of death."

"After I recovered, she used her connections to transfer me to her prison. She lived alone, and I lived with her, and finally got rid of those demons."

Li Tingshen clenched his hands tightly, his knuckles turning white, "Later, she taught you medicine, and you still acknowledged her as your godmother?"

"Yes, at that time I didn't know that she was the legendary miracle doctor Lu Ming."

"She is a skilled doctor and she is open to me. I wanted to become her disciple, but she said she doesn't accept disciples."

"She was an orphan with no family, no husband or children, so I adopted her as my godmother."

"The night before I was released from prison, she made me swear that after I walked out of that door, she and I would not know each other. I would never reveal our relationship to anyone, let alone look for her. Even if we were to meet again in this life, I would pretend that I didn't know her."

"Although I didn't know why, I knew she must have her reasons for doing so, so I kowtowed to her and agreed."

"In fact, when my master was impressed by my medical skills for the first time and asked me if I knew the miraculous doctor Lu Ming, I had already vaguely guessed the identity of my godmother."

"Later, the Ye family found her, and I met her at the hotel where Yin Luoxue was staying. We pretended not to know each other."

"It was not until we got to the hot spring villa and made sure no one was watching that I called her 'mother'. But she made me kneel down on the spot and said that I could not call her that no matter when or where, no matter if there were people around."

"She was afraid that someone might know my relationship with her, that I learned my medical skills from the great doctor Lu Ming. If that happened, I would follow her path and never have a peaceful life. I wouldn't even be able to have freedom."

"I cried and said yes, saying I would never do it again, but I had already made up my mind. I would find a place isolated from the world. Once she cured your mother, I would let her leave the capital and go to a place where no one could find her. She would not have to hide and could live a peaceful life."

"Ting Shen, I've even thought of an address. This time I'm going abroad not only for work, but also to buy a private island abroad for my mother to live on."

"But you..." Gu Mian grabbed the man's collar, "You killed her. She was one of the people I cared about most in this world, and you killed her with your own hands!"

"Gu Mian, I don't know the relationship between you two!" Li Tingshen explained anxiously, "You should have told me!"

"I wanted to tell you that you are my husband, the closest person to me in this world, and I don't want to hide it from you." Gu Mian said in frustration, "But my godmother wouldn't let me. She said that no matter how close someone is to me, I can't be completely honest with them."

"I can't disobey her instructions, I can only hint to you that she is very important to me, please protect her."

"But Ting Shen, you killed her!" Gu Mian stared at the man in front of him in a daze, "You said she was the murderer of your mother, but to me, you are now the murderer of my mother as well..."

Li Ting closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down. "Gu Mian, listen to me. The forensic doctor gave the result last night. My mother did die of poisoning."

"I called Lu Yueming. Although she didn't admit that she was the one who poisoned me, she didn't deny it either. She even asked me to go to the hot spring villa to explain it to her in person."

"When I got there, the villa was already on fire. I was about to go in to save people when I saw Xingze running out of the house. Lu Yueming had a gun in her hand and was about to shoot Xingze. I didn't have time to think before I pulled out my gun and shot her."

"When you came here, you only saw me shooting her, but you didn't see her trying to kill Xingze."

"No..." Gu Mian shook his head, "She had no grudge against Li Xingze, why did she shoot him?"

"I don't know, but given the situation at the time, I didn't have time to think about it. I could only choose to save Xingze."

Gu Mian burst into tears, "You had your reasons, but you did it to her without asking for the whole story."

"I'm sorry..." Li Ting held her shoulders tightly, "Gu Mian, I really didn't know the relationship between you two. If I knew..."

"If you knew, would you let her go?" Gu Mian interrupted him, "Even if I have nothing to do with her, it's still a life!"

"If she really poisoned and killed your mother, she should be brought to justice!"

"Ting Shen, she has been so kind to me, and I haven't had the chance to honor her, even for a day!" Gu Mian felt a sharp pain in his heart, and his tears fell like pearls from a broken string, "I didn't even have the chance to say goodbye to her properly..."

"I'm sorry." Li Ting hugged her tightly, "Gu Mian, I beg you, don't hate me..."

I closed my eyes and fell asleep, letting the tears fall.

......

Gu Mian stayed in the hospital for a day. The next morning, he heard that the hot spring villa had been cleaned up, so he was discharged and rushed there immediately.

The once luxurious villa has become a ruin.

Gu Mian shuddered violently!

"Ma'am," the programmer stepped forward and handed over something black, "besides a few wreckage, this is all we found at the scene."

Gu Mian took it, pulled up his clothes and wiped it, revealing a pocket watch under the dirt.

Gu Mian opened his pocket watch and found that the hands had stopped moving. The time was 10:20 last night, which was the time when the explosion occurred.

Gu Mian raised his hand and pressed the hidden button next to him. The dial switched and a photo appeared.

Above is a photo of her and Lu Yueming.

Gu Mian's tears suddenly burst out.

"I gave her this pocket watch. I specially asked someone to customize it and made a secret compartment so that no one else can find it."

"She likes it very much and says she wears it every day..."

"Madam, Dr. Lu was the only one in the villa at that time, so the remains must be hers."

Gu Mian's face turned pale and he laughed uncontrollably, "The miraculous doctor Lu Ming saved countless lives, but in the end he ended up with his body torn to pieces..."

"Program, do you think this world has gone crazy..."

"Why? Why?" Gu Mian knelt down towards the villa and kowtowed heavily, "I failed to protect you. I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."

Not far away, Li Tingshen looked at her sad and hopeless figure. His heart seemed to be hit hard by something heavy and it hurt so much that he could hardly breathe.

After a long time, Gu Mian stood up and wiped away his tears, his pale face full of indifference and determination.

"Where is Liu Qingyu's body?"

The program's heart skipped a beat.

"Ma'am, why are you asking this?"

"You don't think I'm going to do something to her body to vent my anger, do you?" Gu Mian smiled bitterly, "I'm not that extreme, it's just that you guys keep saying that Liu Qingyu was poisoned by Doctor Lu, so you killed her for revenge and left no trace of her body."

"Shouldn't I investigate this matter thoroughly and clear her name?"

The program manager said with embarrassment, "But the lady's body...has been cremated, and the funeral will be held this afternoon."

Gu Mian sneered, "Are you in a hurry to destroy the body and the traces?"

"Gu Mian, what do you mean by that?"

A familiar voice came from behind.