In just a few hours, Lin Dan's face had turned gray, and his originally thick black hair no longer had any luster and would break if pulled lightly. Seeing her eyes closed and her breathing weakly, Gao Shukai's heart felt like being stabbed by needles.
"How could this happen? Who wants to harm you?" He carefully placed Lin Dan on the bed.
"You, go and help me check this person out and see what she's been doing lately." Lin Dan said with difficulty.
"Who are you investigating? Is she trying to harm you?" Gao Shukai gritted his teeth, trying not to show a violent expression in front of Lin Dan. If he knew who was harming Lin Dan, he would make that person pay a heavy price.
"Check Liu Ruoyun, she might be my half-sister." After saying this, Lin Dan closed his eyes tiredly.
"Okay, I'll get someone to check on her now. What about you? Your body is already like this..." Gao Shukai's voice was choked with sobs, and he paused for a long time without being able to finish his unfinished words. In the end, he could only gently hold Lin Dan's hand, his eyes red. He was very scared now because he had never seen Lin Dan so weak. In his impression, Lin Dan could solve any difficulties and seemed to be omnipotent, but it turned out that she could also be injured or even die.
This realization made Gao Shukai feel extremely tormented. He hated himself for not being strong enough to protect Lin Dan, and he hated those who hurt her even more.
"I'm fine." Lin Dan didn't even have the strength to move his fingers, and said word by word with difficulty: "Give me the life-saving porcelain bottle I gave you, and feed me a Gu pill."
"Will you be okay after taking that?" Gao Shukai quickly took off the small porcelain bottle tied around his neck, opened the bottle cap, and poured out a small black pill. This was a gift Lin Dan gave him on his eighteenth birthday. After eating it, a four-leaf clover pattern would appear on his wrist, but no one knew what it did.
"Yes, you'll be fine after eating it." Lin Dan nodded slightly.
Gao Shukai immediately fed the pill into her mouth, then looked at her with burning eyes, fearing that something unexpected might happen. A few seconds later, a four-leaf clover pattern appeared on Lin Dan's wrist. The green leaves were mixed with golden veins, which looked very gorgeous. She touched the pattern and ordered again: "Go check Liu Ruoyun, I'll wait for you here."
"Okay, I'll call Yu Yeying and ask her to come back to take care of you." Gao Shukai didn't want to leave Lin Dan at all, but there was no way, he had more important things to do.
Yu Yeying didn't even attend class and almost ran back home. When she learned that someone was trying to harm Lin Dan, she was so angry that she almost killed someone with a knife. In the evening, Gao Shukai finally came back and brought back a thick stack of information.
"Liu Ruoyun's father is Liu Liang, the current president of the Liu family chaebol, who specializes in finance. Her mother is Chen Li, a well-known fashion designer and the daughter of Chen Qiu, the current helmsman of the Chen family chaebol. She is married to Liu Liang through a family alliance. Nineteen years ago, Liu Liang did go to Shuchuan and stayed there for more than a year before returning to Beijing. He is very likely your father. The Chen family has bad genes and suffers from a genetic disease. When they are not sick, they are the same as ordinary people. Once they are sick, they will die within half a month. Someone in their family has died of this disease in every generation, but thirty years ago, Chen Qiu fell ill and miraculously recovered. Then Chen Li's eldest brother Chen Chu also survived. Just half a month ago, Liu Ruoyun suddenly fainted and was sent to the hospital, and then she returned home. I don't know what her current condition is. The medical records of these three people cannot be found in the hospital. I suspect that they did not receive formal treatment, but used other means to save their lives."
Gao Shukai put down the information and said in a deep voice: "Dandan, your illness must be caused by them!"
Lin Dan frowned and said, "It should be them, but I'm curious about how they cast the spell. Without my blood, they would not be able to deal with a powerful sorcerer." However, these questions can be left for later investigation. Now she should save her life first.
After thinking about it, she attached the magic power to her palm and gently wiped off the soul-fixing magic circle that Zhou Xuan had drawn on her forehead. In just a moment, the four-leaf clover on her wrist turned into a three-leaf clover, and it emitted a slight tingling sensation, but at the same time, her gray complexion quickly improved, and her dull eyes also had a little bit of freshness.
"Dandan, are you okay?" Gao Shukai and Yu Yeying looked at her eagerly.
"I lost a life. Do you think I'm okay?" Lin Dan pointed at the pattern on his wrist and said, "This is a life-replacing Gu. One Gu can replace four lives. Every time a life is lost, a leaf will disappear. If I were an ordinary person, I would probably be dead by now."
Her expression was indifferent, but her eyes were cold. She opened her mouth and spit out a tiny ladybug.
Gao Shukai and Yu Yeying were used to seeing her playing with insects, so they weren't scared, but they were a little worried.
"Dandan, all the leaves on your wrists have disappeared!" Gao Shukai felt like his heart was about to stop beating.
"I spit out the Gu, and the leaves will naturally disappear. Liu Ruoyun should have found someone to replace my life, which means that now this Gu is her life." Lin Dan took out a needle, pierced the ladybug's belly, took out a drop of green juice, and fed it to a group of flying mosquito Gu.
After tasting the drop of juice, the flying mosquito flew away following the same scent. No matter where Liu Ruoyun hides, they can find her, suck the blood of everyone near her, and then bring it back to their owner. With this blood, Lin Dan can do a lot of things. She will naturally return the same treatment to others as they treat her.
"I'm tired and want to sleep." After doing all this, she closed her eyes sleepily.
Gao Shukai quickly helped her lie down, then sat beside the bed and looked at her without blinking, fearing that she would disappear in the next second. This incident frightened him.
"You go out, I'll look after Lin Dan." Yu Yeying said silently with her lips.
[This is my home, you are the one who should leave.] 】Gao Shukai typed a line of words on his mobile phone and sent it to Yu Yeying.
Yu Yeying quickly turned her phone to silent mode, glared at Gao Shukai, and replied: [You are so clumsy, can you take good care of Lin Dan? When she wakes up later, will you make her dinner? Will you make chicken soup for her? You don't know anything, and yet you want her to take care of you! 】
Who said I can’t! Gao Shukai said angrily: I have learned how to cook and make soup a long time ago. If you don’t believe me, wait until Dandan wakes up and ask her. When we are at home, I am the one who cooks and all she needs to do is eat. 】
Yu Yeying glanced at Gao Shukai in surprise, and said: [Dandan is weak all over now. When she wakes up, who will give her a bath, who will wipe her body, and who will dress her? You? I'm telling you, you're not allowed to take advantage of her! 】
When Gao Shukai saw these words, his cheeks began to turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and beautiful images kept flashing through his mind. He put his fist to his lips, coughed silently, then grinned and typed a line of words: [I can do these things for her after we get married. I allow you to stay here temporarily today, but once Dandan gets better, you must leave immediately! 】
Yu Yeying was almost pissed off by him. She replied with her teeth chattering: [There are so many people who want to marry Lin Dan, who do you think you are! Pooh! 】
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Amid the quarrel between Gao Shukai and Yu Yeying, Lin Dan recovered quickly, but it would take a long time for her lost hair to heal. She took a half-month sick leave. While she was lying at home, Liu Ruoyun, who had not been seen for a long time, returned to school in a grand manner. She said that she had been to the United States for an inspection and had just returned recently. She was going to start a company there.
Her classmates were envious of her achievements and liked to surround her and ask questions about entrepreneurship, partly to please her and partly to pave the way for their future careers. A group of people occupied a corner of the cafeteria, talking animatedly about something.
Lin Dan walked into the cafeteria with Gao Shukai's support, saying helplessly, "No need to support me, I'm well now."
"The cafeteria floor is full of oil, I'm afraid you'd fall." Gao Shukai looked at his feet nervously. Until now, he has not been able to get rid of the fear of almost losing Lin Dan.
"Okay, whatever you want." Lin Dan sighed, but the corners of his mouth were raised high. Yu Yeying walked behind the two of them, glaring at Gao Shukai's back.
"Oh, that sick guy is here too." Yu Yeying couldn't help but sneer when she saw Liu Ruoyun, who was surrounded by people and looked ruddy.
"Gao Shukai, go get me some food. I'll go talk to Liu Ruoyun." Lin Dan turned and walked straight towards Liu Ruoyun. The other party also noticed her. She showed a look of horror at first, but then calmed down.
Gao Shukai was somewhat unhappy, but he did not dare to disobey Lin Dan, so he had to walk away, looking back every few steps.
"Please move aside. I need to talk to Senior Liu." Lin Dan walked slowly to the table and looked down at the group of people.
"Who are you? You are so rude..." A girl wanted to get angry, but Liu Ruoyun held her shoulder and said, "It's okay. This is Lin Dan, my junior high school girl. We are old acquaintances. I have something to talk about alone. You guys go first. I have to go back to the dormitory to get some things after dinner. You can come to the dormitory to find me later."
They looked at each other, then walked away with their plates. Lin Dan was about to sit down when Yu Yeying grabbed her and said softly, "Wait a minute, let me wipe the chair first. There are too many dirty things in the cafeteria." As she said this, she stared at Liu Ruoyun with a very creepy look.
Liu Ruoyun felt uncomfortable all over, but she didn't have an attack. She glanced at Lin Dan quickly, her eyes changing constantly.
A few minutes later, the three of them sat down, each with a colder expression than the last. Lin Dan placed a small transparent box on the dining table and spoke slowly: "A while ago, I was bitten by a few poisonous insects and almost died."
Liu Ruoyun pursed her lips and said nothing. Her eyes swept across her pale cheek and finally stopped on the small box. There were three bugs in the box, two of which were green rove beetles with a faint glow on their bodies, which seemed to be poisonous. The other one was a ladybug with three black spots on its red wings, and it was crawling slowly along the bottle cap.
She stared at the bug for a long time, and a feeling of uneasiness gradually welled up in her heart.
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