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Gu Mai lost the bid for the southern land and was in Jiangcheng investigating who had caught him bribing officials when he suddenly received news that the old patriarch had fallen seriously ill.
I rushed back overnight, but it was too late to see him one last time.
As he stepped into the head of the family's room, a white cloth covered his face; this was the last time he saw the head of the family.
In the days that followed, the situation at the manor changed dramatically, but fortunately, the number of candidates for heir had already been determined.
However, some people still questioned him, saying that the candidates were not finalized when they were being selected, and that he died suddenly during the process of finalizing the candidates. Therefore, it was uncertain whether the old patriarch's intentions had changed, and a new election should be held.
Such things are clearly the work of his good younger brother.
The patriarch adopted three sons in his lifetime. One of them, raised in such a fiercely competitive environment, still had no interest in anything related to the family and went off to live a carefree life.
Only Gu Mai and his brother were left constantly fighting. Gu Mai's son suddenly appeared, catching Gu Mi off guard and causing him to lose his eligibility as a candidate.
The old man had been taking that child of unknown origin with him wherever he went recently, which made Gu Mi very anxious. So he went to find the old patriarch. During the argument, the old patriarch fell ill and was sent to the emergency room.
The treatment officially ended yesterday.
The old patriarch knew that he had no feelings for these sons, but he never expected them to come forward to confront him.
The fact that his own little wolf cub had turned on him and bit him back caused him to become so enraged that he didn't survive until yesterday.
After Gu Mai returned, all sorts of random friends that the old patriarch used to know wanted to get a piece of the pie.
But the old man's will has not yet been announced, so these issues remain unresolved and hanging in the balance.
In the dungeon, a man threw a key into a cage.
Ang struggled to his feet; his body was covered in sores, but his strong will allowed him to grasp at that last straw, open the door, and escape.
While the Stoke family was holding a funeral at their ancestral home, no one noticed that someone was missing from the dungeon, and that's how he escaped.
He collapsed helplessly by the roadside after leaving the estate of Sigourmand, completely losing consciousness.
When he woke up, he had already been taken to the hospital by a kind person. He saw a girl sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book. The wind occasionally blew through her hair and then slowly slid it down her face.
I don't know what she was looking at so intently. Ang looked at her for a long time after he woke up, but she didn't react at all.
She grew tired, rubbed her eyes, put down the book, and turned around to find the man on the bed sitting up.
There was a hint of surprise in her eyes, and then she ran out anxiously.
When she came back in, she was accompanied by two doctors.
The doctor performed a routine examination and presented the results to Ang.
"You're recovering much faster than I expected. Your wounds have been treated, but the scabbed-over marks need further treatment to remove. Were you abused? Do you need our help?"
The doctor kindly inquired, and Ang looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. The doctor was surprised by the bruises on his body, which were signs of abuse, and worried that it was due to domestic violence. That's why he asked if Ang needed help.
Ang politely declined, and the doctor then left the room.
After watching the doctor leave, the girl walked to Ang's bedside but didn't say anything.
It was the first time Ang had been stared at, and he felt a little uneasy, mainly because the girl's eyes were so clear and bright, unlike the sinister, calculating, and self-serving eyes he had seen before.
Seeing that she didn't intend to speak, Ang couldn't help but say, "...Thank you for saving me."
The girl saw his mouth opening and closing and knew he was speaking, but she couldn't hear a word. She could only use sign language to tell him, "Sorry, I can't hear you."
Worried that she was typing too fast, she deliberately slowed down her movements. Ang frowned as he watched her slow down and gestured for her to bring something to write on.
She ran to the bedside, took out a notebook and pen from her bag, and handed them over.
[Ang: Thank you for saving me]
After writing the first word of thanks, he immediately crossed it out and wrote an English sentence instead.
The girl was pleasantly surprised when she saw what he had written. She immediately took the pen from his hand and replied in Chinese, "You're welcome."
After their back-and-forth conversation, Ang learned that the girl's name was Lin Qingyi and that she owned a flower shop.
That day, after leaving the manor of Sige, Ang fainted by the roadside and was found by Lin Qingyi, who happened to be inspecting the garden, who then took him to the hospital.
Today marks the third day since he fell into a coma. Lin Qingyi has been coming to take care of him every day for the past few days.
Lin Qingyi said he was feeling better and said he would come over again in the afternoon.
Although Ang knew it was somewhat awkward to ask his benefactor for help now, he couldn't help but ask Lin Qingyi to bring his computer over that afternoon, remembering what he had learned at the Sige Manor.
Lin Qingyi agreed before leaving.
Looking back on those days spent locked in the dungeon, it wasn't all for nothing; I did manage to find out some useful information.
But looking at his own injuries, Ang still felt that the information he had obtained was not worth the cost.
I underestimated that old man; the old fox truly lives up to his name.
Fortunately, when he was caught, he had left his phone in a corner of the garden. Once it was turned off for a certain period of time, it would automatically explode, preventing the information inside from being leaked.
It's good news that the old patriarch outlived the family head. Luckily, he had a good son. That old man went to great lengths to raise some wolf cubs, only to have them eat him in the end.
The thought of the old man dying at the hands of his own son made Ang feel a sense of satisfaction; it was a way of avenging himself.
In the afternoon, Lin Qingyi arrived with many bags and packages, including the computer he needed, as well as some daily necessities and food.
With bags of all sizes hanging on her body, she showed no sign of the gentle and delicate appearance she had on the surface.
Lin Qingyi didn't pay attention to what he was doing. She sat quietly on the edge of the bed reading a book. It was a large black-covered picture book in her hand, so big that it seemed a little out of place for her to unfold it, but she was reading it very attentively.
He looked away, logged into the website, saw many messages, replied to them one by one, opened Fu Siming's message page, and typed a few words.
The mother of Gu Mai's child is Fu Yao, be careful.
Because he hadn't replied to the messages for so long, it took him a long time to clear the comments, delete the records, and shut down his computer.
Only then did she realize that the sun had already set outside the window, and the deep yellow light of the sunset cast a bright border around Lin Qingyi's body, making her look peaceful and serene.
But Ang knew this was not a place to stay for long, because many people wanted to find him, so every extra day meant more danger.
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