Upon seeing Chang Le, Ying Huaixia merely nodded slightly before averting her gaze.
As she reached the door, she saw Ying Xuanxu and Shen Xiuzheng questioning and taking notes, but the guards stopped her.
The two had asked until the very end, and Ying Miao's voice sounded very weak.
After asking the questions, the two left. Chang Le took out Gu Lianghan's certificate, dismissed the guards, and went in to sit on the bed.
Ying Miao lay on the bed, nestled in the soft bedding. The once timeless beauty had, in just a few days, become emaciated, haggard, and weak. Time, already nearing its end, had accelerated the draining of her life.
When Ying Miao saw Fu Jiu's face, she was first surprised, and then her expression turned complicated after realizing that it was not someone she knew.
"My name is Fu Jiu. I'm here to ask the old lady a few questions on behalf of Chang Le."
Ying Miao nodded slowly.
"Do you know the laboratory beneath the Wild Goose Pagoda?"
Ying Miao remained silent, but Chang Le had already read the answer from her silence.
Chang Le secretly activated the [Network] and said, "You also know that the laboratory was not abandoned, or rather, you even participated in the use of that laboratory, right?"
Ying Miao slowly replied, "Yes."
"I heard that you and Qin Shaoji were once partners. Do you know which experiments he participated in?"
“Young man,” Ying Miao said, “there are some things that cannot be said outright.”
Chang Le gestured to the silver ring on her wrist: "Besides you, me, and the person outside, no one else knows about our conversation."
Ying Miao paused for a moment before asking, "What do you know?"
Chang Le said, "The last time I saw Qin Shaoji, he told me that he believed in integration because he had experienced it firsthand."
Ying Miao's pupils suddenly dilated, and her hands clenched so tightly they turned pale.
Chang Le continued, "Do you know how he died? He died because of the impossible false fusion that he was most persistent in, most convinced of, and most aware of."
You deliberately let him steal the drug because you knew what it was and what the consequences would be. You wanted to kill Qin Shaoji, solidify the Qin family's guilt, and make him expose the secret you two had been keeping together.
You knew he was going to die, and you were already determined to die with him. But do you know what it will be like when he dies?
He took the pill, and then, miraculously, his body rapidly expanded, but soon his body, like a balloon inflating uncontrollably, broke through the limits of his flesh.
Then, his limbs, face, and neck all began to split open, and finally, with a bang, he turned into a bloody mess that flew everywhere.
Oh, my people have recovered some body tissue, do you want to see…?
"Enough!" Ying Miao shouted with all her might, her breath coming in rapid gasps. "What do you want to know?!"
Chang Le leaned forward and, speaking in a voice that Ying Huaixia couldn't hear, said, "Tell me, what is that laboratory researching?"
"I won't……"
Chang Le interrupted: "Tell me, in the future, I will leave a breath for the Ying family, especially Ying Huaixia."
Ying Miao collapsed, her lips trembling, and managed to utter a few words.
Chang Le's face suddenly darkened.
Ying Miao seemed to have lost all her strength, and she spoke again in a trembling voice: "Xia, the Dragon Emperor's matter back then had nothing to do with him. That child really wanted to save people back then."
Chang Le glanced at her, hummed in agreement, and turned to leave.
Behind her, Ying Miao suddenly took a breath and perked up.
Chang Le walked out, stopped in front of Ying Huaixia, and said, "She's dying."
Ying Miao was clearly experiencing a final burst of energy before her death.
Ying Huaixia made no move, and Chang Le ignored her and turned to leave.
Ying Miao lay on the hospital bed, looking expectantly at the door. But her vision began to blur, and she still didn't see the child come in. She let out a long sigh of relief and turned to look at the sunlight outside the window.
The sun is shining brightly today, and it's still early. If she goes to sleep now, she might still be able to catch up with Old Man Qin.
Ying Miao slowly closed her eyes and drifted into a very long dream from which she would never wake up.
One hundred and ten years ago, the Qin family and the Ying family had a baby at the same time, namely Qin Shaoji and Ying Miao.
The two families were constantly vying for power, and the two exceptionally talented children grew up competing with each other. Although they mostly fought each other, they were truly childhood sweethearts.
Without realizing it, the two had grown accustomed to keeping each other company.
At that time, Ying Miao had an older brother. Her elders in the family were grooming her as a "supporting minister" with outstanding cultivation talent, focusing on her cultivation of supernatural abilities and martial arts training.
The young girl was proud and spoiled. She never told her family when she was tired or suffering. However, Qin Shaoji, her mortal enemy, had seen her cry the most.
In areas where Ying Miao was not good at, Qin Shaoji beat her, and he couldn't bear to see her cry but went to great lengths to coax her.
Qin Shaoji is an only child, and his burden is heavier than Ying Miao's. When he is most exhausted, Ying Miao's stimulation is the best stimulant.
The two grew up playing and bickering, and when they were just beginning to fall in love, it was only natural that they confessed their feelings to each other on the Star-Picking Tower and embarked on a two-way journey together.
The young man and woman pledged their lives to each other, promising to cultivate together to the highest level, clear away the obstacles of their families' feuds, and commit to being together for life.
The starry sky above the Star-Picking Tower is beautiful, like a dream.
At the age of twenty-six, Ying Miao broke through to the eighth level first and her cultivation went smoothly.
Qin Shaoji, who was the same age, had stagnated in his cultivation. The more he cultivated, the more difficult it became for him to find a bottleneck. His cultivation had not progressed for several years. On the contrary, the pressure and opposition from his family were getting bigger and bigger, making it even more difficult for him to concentrate on his cultivation.
That year, their passionate relationship was exposed by the elders of their clan.
The two were severely punished and forcibly separated and placed under house arrest.
When they parted, they made a promise to each other that they would wait for one another.
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