The stars twinkled, and Gu Liyan stood by the window, only to see lightning and thunder outside. He couldn't help but frown, feeling a strong sense of unease.
Lu Rui had just come out of the bathroom after taking a shower, his head still dripping wet. Seeing Gu Liyan's worried look, he asked with concern, "Brother Mo, why aren't you asleep yet, it's so late?"
"The stars are bright and the night sky is clear, yet lightning flashes and thunder roars. It seems something big is about to happen!"
Gu Liyan spoke calmly.
Lu Rui glanced out the window. Just as Gu Liyan had said, the starry sky was vast, yet it was strangely accompanied by rumbling thunder. However, Lu Rui spoke nonchalantly:
"Brother Mo, don't overthink it. All sorts of strange things happen in this world. Before you came, I even saw rain on a sunny day!"
Lu Rui shrugged and comforted her, "Don't worry, get some rest!"
Gu Liyan nodded without saying anything, and soon fell asleep on the sofa. Seeing that Gu Liyan was really tired, Lu Rui didn't disturb him and went back to his room to rest.
Just after Lu Rui returned to his room, An Qianbai, who was lying on the sofa pretending to be asleep, suddenly opened her eyes. As if she had noticed something, she stretched out her hands and looked at them. In the midst of the lightning and thunder, they had disappeared in an instant!
An Qianbai's face turned deathly pale, and she subconsciously clenched her fists to retain the sense of reality, but what occupied her heart was endless fear—
Early the next morning, Gu Liyan woke up Lu Rui to prepare for the college job interview, but unexpectedly, An Qianbai was sick!
An Qianbai wearily opened her eyes and glanced at Gu Liyan. She was surprised to find that Gu Liyan, who had previously ignored her, was now looking at her with such tenderness, which brought her some comfort.
An Qianbai smiled slightly at Gu Liyan, her weak appearance making people feel sorry for her.
Gu Liyan sighed and said helplessly, "Don't worry, I'll stay with you."
Hearing Gu Liyan's words, An Qianbai, who should have been happy, thought of her physical condition last night and shook her head, nudging Gu Liyan to help Lu Rui.
Seeing her serious expression as she urged him to leave, Gu Liyan didn't refuse, but nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll go with Lu Rui. You stay home and get some rest!"
An Qianbai smiled and nodded, then slowly closed her eyes. Seeing this, Gu Liyan and Lu Rui decided not to disturb her and left directly.
After the two left, An Qianbai slowly opened her eyes, hugged herself tightly, and curled up into a ball.
A misty haze settled over her clear eyes, streaming down her face. A deep-seated fear made her tremble with unease: if she didn't return to the Nine Springs Realm quickly, her soul feared it wouldn't be able to hold on any longer. Yet, despite this, she didn't want to leave Gu Liyan—
The moment Lu Rui closed the door, Gu Liyan felt heavy-hearted and stood silently behind the stairs for a long time.
"Mo Wang's health doesn't seem very good. Brother Mo, why don't you stay and take care of her? I can go by myself." In Lu Rui's eyes, An Qianbai's lifeline was extremely weak. He even wondered how such a blurry lifeline could be considered as a sign of being alive.
Lu Rui glanced at Gu Liyan and already knew what was keeping An Qianbai alive.
But on the other hand, does Gu Liyan really not know An Qianbai's physical condition?
How could I not know?
The state of life's decline and death's decay is simply the life and death energies within one's own body constantly struggling, mutually generating and restraining each other, neither willing to give way, and thus they can only be entangled together like this!
Gu Liyan clutched his head, feeling a headache coming on. An Qianbai was indeed like the life force within his body, constantly struggling to survive.
"Is this what life and death are like? Knowing full well that it can't last, yet still forcing yourself to live!" Gu Liyan kept asking herself, "Mo Wang, what exactly are you trying to pursue with your life? How can I help you?"
"Brother Mo?" Lu Rui asked several times when Gu Liyan didn't speak.
Gu Liyan took a deep breath. He knew and was aware of An Qianbai's physical condition. But what he knew even more was that An Qianbai didn't want him to see her weak. He could only choose to remain indifferent and comply with her wishes.
"Mo Wang is alright, let's get down to business!"
Seeing that Gu Liyan refused to stay, Lu Rui didn't say anything more, and the two took a taxi directly to the academy.
——
On the other side, most of the women who had been sleeping outdoors caught colds and fevers due to the night rain, as evidenced by their pale complexions and unusually rosy faces.
At this moment, they were all in terrible pain! Even Hu Yingying, who claimed to have the strongest physique, was not spared!
"Cough cough, it hurts so much, it feels like needles are pricking my throat, I feel like I'm going to die!" Hu Yingying's aggrieved appearance was quite different from her previous lively demeanor.
Bai Zhi pursed her dry lips, her throat also hurting badly, and coughed lightly, "I, I want hot water, cough cough..."
Just as everyone was complaining, Cang Yue suddenly exclaimed, "How could this be?!"
Everyone looked up in Cang Yue's direction, only to see Cang Yue re-bandaging Lin Qianmo's wound. Unexpectedly, after the bandage was removed, the wound began to corrode and spread, looking gruesome and terrifying.
"Stop yelling!" Lin Qianmo said weakly, her brows furrowed. Her face was bloodless, and her lips were dry and sickly pale.
She hadn't expected her injury to worsen so quickly. Could it be because she got caught in the rain last night, causing the injury to spread faster?
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