Xu Zhaozhao squatted down, sobbing.
It wasn't a loud, dramatic crying fit, but a feeling of sadness and grief permeated the entire elevator, making the air feel oppressive.
Gu Yulin walked to her side, reached out her small hand and hugged her, gently patting her back.
"Don't cry, Mom. I have a way."
Xu Zhaozhao was immersed in her sadness and took Gu Yulin's words as just words of comfort.
They didn't see Gu Yulin intently fiddling with his little bracelet.
In the quiet air, only Xu Zhaozhao's faint sobs could be heard—this was originally a private elevator in the hospital, and it wouldn't move without a card, so who would come in to invite trouble?
Beep beep beep.
Not long after, an alarm sounded in the elevator.
Xu Zhaozhao also recovered, blankly feeling the weightlessness in her body.
Wait... why is the elevator moving by itself?
The elevator not only moved, but also went straight to the rooftop floor.
"Fish! Let's go!"
Before Xu Zhaozhao could think it through, she grabbed Gu Yulin and rushed outside.
Every second that is delayed reduces the chances of preventing this tragedy.
Not only was it lively downstairs, but a lot of medical staff had also gathered on the rooftop, all looking at the woman on the verge of collapse with worried expressions.
Even the slightest provocation could send him tumbling down...
No one dared to step forward, except for Chi Li, a professional psychologist whom everyone trusted.
But at the same time, the woman also recognized him.
"Don't come any closer! It's you who trapped me in that oppressive hospital room!"
With tears in her eyes, she took a few more steps back, her feet, chafed raw by the fine sand, just one step away from hanging in mid-air.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats.
“If you don’t want to stay in the ward, then you don’t have to,” Chi Li remained calm, stopped in his tracks, and waved to her with a very sincere expression.
"Let's go! We'll go get discharged now and leave that place."
Sure enough, as soon as Chi Li spoke, the woman subconsciously took a few steps forward, moving away from that dangerous edge.
Everyone breathed a silent sigh of relief.
But less than three seconds later, the woman seemed to realize something and became agitated again.
"No!! You're lying to me!!"
"You're just like those scoundrels, all you do is trap me and force my son to pay exorbitant medical bills!! You're all accomplices!"
This passage will leave those who are unfamiliar with the situation completely confused.
However, Xu Zhaozhao, who knew the truth, felt as if she had been hit hard with a hammer several times in the heart.
When talking about her son, the woman became even more emotional. Her hands, which were so thin they were just bones, clenched into fists, and she punched herself hard with each blow, tears streaming down her face.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault..."
"It's all my fault. I'm always causing trouble for Xiaoting, making him afraid to fight back when threatened or bullied... It's all my fault, I'm going to kill him..."
Lost in her own emotions, she had no strength left to support her body, and slowly slumped down, leaning against the railing.
"How could that be? Your child loves you so much, he won't blame you."
Taking advantage of the woman's distraction, Chi Li took a few more steps forward, his voice becoming even softer, "How heartbroken he would be if he couldn't see you again..."
"No!!"
Before Chi Li could finish speaking, the woman, with a sudden burst of strength, stood up again, leaning on the railing, and one of her feet dangled in the air.
Her gaze was resolute. "I've dragged him down. He had a bright future... I deserve to die... If I die, nothing will happen..."
As she spoke, she turned around and opened her arms wide to the vast sky...
"No! Ms. Ding, please calm down!!"
"Quickly, save them! Save them!!"
"Don't jump! Think of your family and children!!"
...
The scene was chaotic, and no one noticed Xu Zhaozhao.
Amidst the commotion, a figure wearing Lina Belle pajamas broke through the crowd, even passing by Chi Li.
He called out to the woman, "Ms. Ding! Jiang Ting wants to see you!!"
The woman immediately stopped jumping, and due to the reaction force, she lost her balance and fell hard on her buttocks.
Thump.
The sound of bones hitting the ground—you can tell from that sound that it hurts a lot.
But the woman ignored her injuries and scrambled to the railing, looking at Xu Zhaozhao with teary eyes and urgency in them.
"You...you've seen my son? Where is he now?!"
She had been unable to contact Jiang Ting for three whole hours since those people took her son away, and that's when she started to break down.
Xu Zhaozhao had rushed over and was still breathing heavily, but she tried her best to suppress her breath and speak softly to the woman.
"Come with me, I'll take you to see him."
Her eyes were full of wariness. "How do I know you're not in cahoots with those scoundrels? You want to take me back, and you're threatening my son, aren't you!"
As she spoke, she became agitated again, and even picked up a small pebble from the side and threw it at Xu Zhaozhao.
She turned her head to avoid it.
The pebble grazed her cheek, leaving a faint bloodstain with tiny beads of blood seeping out.
"Xu Zhaozhao!"
Chi Li frowned as he looked at the injury on her face.
This woman is a celebrity...
Xu Zhaozhao ignored the injury on her face and, seeing that her soft approach was ineffective, she turned to a hard one.
She composed herself. "Jiang Ting is in the emergency room right now, with a very low will to live. Even if she is saved, she will be in a vegetative state."
Xu Zhaozhao continued, "But if someone important is calling to him, he might still have a chance. That's why I came to find you."
In short, whether or not your son is saved is in your hands.
Of course, all of this was made up by Xu Zhaozhao.
Although Jiang Ting's injuries were serious, most of them were superficial and should not have reached this extent.
Perhaps because they still had some use, they didn't kill them.
Sure enough, this tactic worked. After Xu Zhaozhao finished speaking, the woman's emotions changed from despair to anxiety.
She desperately wanted to see her son.
Xu Zhaozhao added fuel to the fire, saying, "Every second you delay here, your son faces a greater risk."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman clumsily climbed over the railing and rushed to Xu Zhaozhao.
Although she was thinner than Xu Zhaozhao, she was still tall, and a flash of cold silver light appeared.
"Mother!"
Even the usually mature "little adult" Gu Yulin sounded panicked.
I didn't mean to hurt you.
The weak Xu Zhaozhao was captured by a woman who had somehow acquired a scalpel and held it to her neck, threatening her.
The sharpest knife is a scalpel; with a gentle slice, it can obliterate her fair, slender neck with crimson...
"If I don't see my son today, I'll drag you down with me to be buried with him!"
Xu Zhaozhao, braving the cold wind on the rooftop, was completely bewildered.
I never expected to hear such outrageous words in the 21st century, but the person speaking to them is mentally ill...
That's understandable.
It would be a lie to say I'm not afraid.
Although Xu Zhaozhao is quite brave, she has never had the chance to enter the operating room, let alone see a scalpel.
"In the emergency room, the only operating room with the lights on was his."
Xu Zhaozhao tried her best to make her voice sound calm, exaggerating Jiang Ting's situation.
At least she knew where Jiang Ting was, and as long as the lady behind her didn't slip up, her life was temporarily safe.
"Come! Take me with you..."
The woman grabbed Xu Zhaozhao, before she could finish speaking.
call out--
With her back to the two people, a miniature, high-speed tranquilizer was silently launched and accurately pierced the woman's back.
Clang.
The sedative took effect immediately, and she closed her eyes unwillingly. The scalpel in her hand slipped out of her grasp and fell to Xu Zhaozhao's feet with a sound.
The crisis was over, and a large number of medical staff rushed up, retrieved the scalpels, and carried the woman away on a stretcher.
"Miss, are you alright? Come with us to treat your wound," the nurse whispered in Xu Zhaozhao's ear.
But she was just staring blankly in one direction, completely oblivious to the sounds around her.
In the direction from which the tranquilizer was fired, Gu Qingyan, dressed in a black suit, almost blended into the night, his black hair swaying gently in the breeze.
He raised his right hand, the smooth Buddhist beads gleaming in the moonlight, and held a gun-like object, presumably for firing tranquilizers.
Originally facing away from Xu Zhaozhao, he turned to meet her gaze after noticing her eyes, his peach blossom eyes fixed intently on her.
In that instant, Xu Zhaozhao could clearly hear her own heart pounding as if it were about to burst out of her chest.
Holy crap, is this guy really that handsome?!
Gu Yulin ran up and tightly gripped Xu Zhaozhao's hand, "Mom."
He simply called out to Xu Zhaozhao, grabbed her hand, and said nothing more.
The guy standing in the moonlight seemed angry. He stared at Xu Zhaozhao for a moment, then turned and left.
Xu Zhaozhao also withdrew her gaze.
"Miss, please come with us to have your wound treated," the nurse said again.
This time, Xu Zhaozhao finally responded to them by nodding.
As soon as I took a step, my body arched and my head began to spin uncontrollably.
"Mother!"
"Miss! Miss! What's wrong?!"
"Quickly, move the patient to the nearest ward!"
...
After hearing some noise, Xu Zhaozhao lost consciousness the next second.
The surrounding space also changed, and I didn't know where I was. All my senses disappeared, as if I were in a void.
She walked aimlessly, not knowing how long she had walked, when suddenly the woman appeared in front of her.
With a vicious expression, he held the gleaming, sharp scalpel and aimed it at her face.
"You lied to me!!"
"You'll die a horrible death!! You'll definitely get your retribution!! My son and I will haunt you as ghosts!!"
Xu Zhaozhao instinctively tried to dodge, but it was too late; the scalpel pierced through her.
but……
No pain came; the knife passed right through her body.
That scalpel couldn't hurt her.
The woman froze, her expression filled with despair.
She threw down the scalpel, turned and walked away. The scene changed again, and she arrived at the rooftop.
The woman didn't stop walking; she leaped and fell from the rooftop...
Xu Zhaozhao reached out to pull her, but the hand still passed through her body.
"don't want!"
An invisible hand pulled her out of the void. Xu Zhaozhao opened her eyes wide, sat up abruptly, and breathed rapidly.
As consciousness slowly returned, the smell of disinfectant filled my nostrils, and I realized that it had all been a dream.
"woke up?"
A deep voice reached Xu Zhaozhao's ears.
Upon hearing the voice, she reflexively turned her head and saw the person who had just been standing in the moonlight.
Ignoring the fact that she still had an IV drip in her hand, she grabbed Gu Qingyan's hand and asked anxiously, "How are Jiang Ting and his mother?"
Gu Qingyan didn't answer her, letting her hold his hand, his eyes were terrifyingly deep, as if harboring a storm.
He leaned down, slowly extended his other hand, pinched her chin, gently stroking it with his thumb, and murmured softly.
"Xu Zhaozhao, do you even know what danger is?"
But human life is at stake!
"Tell me first... um..."
Before Xu Zhaozhao could utter her urgent words, they were swallowed up by the aggressive, cold woody fragrance.
She was like a drowning fish, clutching his shirt tightly until it was crumpled beyond recognition.
Just as Xu Zhaozhao felt she was about to be kissed unconscious, her lips parted slightly, and air rushed into her lungs.
They stopped kissing and started biting.
It really bit.
"Hiss..." Xu Zhaozhao gasped softly.
Those pearly teeth bit down hard on her lips, drawing blood from the corner of her mouth.
"Gu Qingyan, it hurts so much..."
Well, another new wound.
Hearing her words, Gu Qingyan stepped back slightly, but his hands were still braced on the edge of the bed, covering the petite Xu Zhaozhao completely.
"Oh, so you do feel pain after all?"
His strong arms quickly wrapped around her waist, and with a gentle lift, Xu Zhaozhao fell into his embrace and sat on the bed.
Xu Zhaozhao dared not meet his gaze.
Gu Qingyan stared intently at her, raised his hand, and gently brushed his index finger across her cheek.
Only then did Xu Zhaozhao feel a slight pain on her face.
Her long, slender, fair fingers caressed the pink band-aid, which she had just taken from the room drawer a couple of days ago, and now it was back on her face.
Warm breath sprayed on Xu Zhaozhao's face, "Did it hurt when you were hit by the stone?"
Xu Zhaozhao stiffened.
The finger traced the line of her cheek down her neck, sending shivers of pleasure through her, before finally stopping a little above her collarbone.
He then asked, "Did it hurt when you were cut by the scalpel?"
Xu Zhaozhao will never know that Gu Qingyan's hands were shaking when he released that tranquilizer.
I dare not imagine what the consequences would be if I failed and angered that woman...
This is why Gu Qingyan immediately looked away when he made eye contact with Xu Zhaozhao.
If I looked at her again, I would want to rush up and strangle her.
Although it sounded like words of concern, coming from this jerk, it carried more of a blaming tone.
Xu Zhaozhao reached out and touched it; there was a horizontal abrasion.
I thought I wasn't hurt by the scalpel, but I was still injured.
The scalpel was so sharp that even a slight graze caused a cut.
Xu Zhaozhao rolled over, dodging Gu Qingyan's fingers, and buried her head in his shoulder.
"We've kissed, and I've been through so much pain, so please let me know what's going on with them."
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