"Ugh..." Li Ci struggled on the ground, and the first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to glare fiercely at his surroundings.
His eyes seemed unfocused, desperately trying to resist.
"Li Ci!" Marshal Li's voice was very hoarse, but his words inexplicably quieted everyone down.
Li Ci's eyes seemed to focus as he looked over, then he smiled at the person.
"Haha, hahaha..." That crazy expression made people feel that something was very wrong.
The next second she began to struggle frantically, her hands and feet bleeding from the friction of the rope, but she still did not give up.
"Go to hell, go to hell, all of you go to hell, I'm going to kill you all!" Li Ci's crazed appearance stunned everyone.
She didn't recognize the old marshal, nor did she know she had moved to a different place.
The accompanying doctor saw her like this at the door and rushed over, restrained her, and quickly gave her an injection.
“Old Marshal, her condition is not optimistic. It would be best for her to go to the hospital to recuperate. And you... seeing you makes her condition seem even worse. She can't take any more shocks now.”
Once the man had calmed down, the doctor told the old marshal the truth.
As for which hospital it is, everyone knows; once you're inside, you'll probably never see them again.
"How much longer can she live?" No one present was stupid; she couldn't possibly recover from this erratic behavior.
"That depends on her will to live. If she is not subjected to any further stimulation and is well cared for, she can survive. But if she is stimulated in any way, she could die at any time."
The doctor told the old marshal the truth without any concealment.
The room fell silent again.
"Then take them away." The old marshal's voice was even hoarseer as she looked at the people who had fallen asleep again. Perhaps she didn't want to see them at all.
That's it. Only by not seeing them can we live well.
"Take good care of her. I will have all the expenses sent over on time." The old marshal gave the man one last look, his expression unreadable.
"Don't worry, old marshal." With Xiao Liu's help, the group carried the person away.
Li Ci was like a gust of wind, coming fiercely and leaving desolately, leaving behind only a heart-wrenching sorrow.
"Grandpa?" Suti asked worriedly, looking at the pale-faced man.
"Little Su, Grandpa wants some peace and quiet." It took the old marshal a long time to look up and realize who was calling him.
He tried to smile, but no matter how many times he moved his lips, he couldn't manage a smile. He sat down with his body hunched over and spoke weakly.
“Okay…” Suti felt very sad looking at the person. She even felt that it would have been better if the person had just died.
Suti felt she was really cruel, but she didn't regret it. As long as she thought about how being soft-hearted would lead to her fate in her past life, she couldn't bring herself to regret it.
Moreover, this ending was chosen by Li Ci herself. It was like this in her previous life, and even though things have changed in this life, she still chose this path.
She did nothing wrong, but why does seeing Grandpa like this make my heart ache as if it's being torn apart?
She seemed to understand that not every second chance can lead to a good ending.
Qi Feng shook his head at Su Ti and Li Baichuan, then led his men upstairs.
Even Qi Feng himself was feeling incredibly frustrated, let alone the old marshal.
He had hated Li Ci, but seeing him like this was like a knife to his heart, something he found hard to accept.
"Dad, were we wrong?" Even if Suti kept telling himself that they were right, what if Grandpa blamed them for the mistake?
"What's it to you? Su girl, you did nothing wrong. This is the cause she chose, and she should bear the consequences herself."
"She was selfish her whole life, even choosing such an unacceptable path as her way out, and in the end, she made others suffer because of her."
“Li Ci is as selfish as ever,” Qi Feng said, his eyes welling up with tears.
Yes, her death ended everything, but left the living with a lifetime of regret. Why did she choose this path out of so many others?
"Don't overthink it. Dad was able to get through it back then, and he can get through it now. Let him calm down first."
Knowing they were worried about the old marshal, Qi Feng knew that saying anything now would be wrong, so it was better to let the old marshal stay quiet for a while.
"Come inside and rest. You all have to go to work tomorrow. Everyone needs someone to be there for them."
It's unclear who Qi Feng was referring to, but after saying that, he turned and went inside.
"Wife... she... she'll never come back?" Li Baichuan sat on the edge of the bed, lost in thought.
He thought he and that woman would never see each other again; she had given up on him, so he didn't want her either.
But now they will never see each other again, so why can't they feel happy?
"Baichuan, do you regret it?" Suti knew that his grandfather must have felt a little bit of regret.
“I don’t regret it. If she had stayed, our lives would be like this now…” Li Baichuan didn’t finish his sentence because he couldn’t imagine what would have happened to them.
At the very least, chaos ensued, and they may have been plotted against long ago and are now nowhere to be found.
Li Baichuan knew that kindness would bring no regrets, only make people bully him, but he had no regrets.
Seeing Grandpa and Dad like that made me feel very sad, and seeing that woman like that made me feel very strange.
"I don't regret it, because I know that everything we have today is hard-won. If I had been soft-hearted, then what awaits us now is an endless abyss."
Suti leaned on Li Baichuan's shoulder, as if absorbing warmth.
"Wife, no matter how Grandpa treats us in the future, we just need to live our own lives well."
There was no one else in the room, so there was nothing we couldn't say.
He couldn't say that his grandfather wouldn't hold a grudge against them. When the man was doing well, he sided with them because he felt guilty towards them.
But now that person is like that, the scales in his heart will definitely be tipped.
"Don't worry, Grandpa isn't the kind of person who can't see things clearly. He really loves us; he just doesn't know how to face us."
Suti hadn't worried about this issue; her child would be born soon, and everything would be alright then.
"Well, shall we go back to live here tomorrow?" Li Baichuan thought about it and still felt that Grandpa would be more upset if they stayed here.
"Okay, I'll do as you say." Suti agreed. Her grandmother was coming in a few days, and no matter what, she still had family.
The two leaned against each other calmly, prepared for everything, and determined to face whatever came their way together.
Their plans were thwarted, and the old marshal, who had been strong all his life, fell ill.
Su Ti and Li Baichuan panicked and rushed the person to the hospital.
He stayed by the person's side until they woke up, at which point his eyes turned completely red.
"Grandpa." A thousand words were on the tip of their tongues, but they didn't know what to say.
"Good children, Grandpa is here." Marshal Li raised his hand as he looked at the two children with red eyes.
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