Hearing this news, my first reaction was disbelief.
After all, in my heart, Huang Ying was still that lovely and motivated young girl. Didn't the doctor say she was temporarily out of life danger on the operating table that day?
How could she die?
My body collapsed weakly to the ground, trembling uncontrollably.
I've experienced death; I know what that process is like.
When the knife pierced through my body, I couldn't feel any pain at that moment.
I stiffly looked down and saw blood slowly seeping from my waist onto my wedding dress. The tip of the knife, still stained with my blood, glinted with a blinding, cold light.
After a brief moment of shock, I felt the pain, followed by overwhelming fear.
It was the fear of the unknown death. I couldn't bother to find out who the attacker was; I only had one thought: run, I don't want to die.
And Huang Ying? She was so young. How did she face death?
Lying alone on the cold hospital bed, surrounded by medical equipment, she must have been so scared.
I covered my face with my hands, feeling so sad, so desperate to cry.
Even though I no longer had a heart, all my senses were filled with pain.
I got up from the ground and staggered step by step towards the Old Master.
Lu Shiyan was as shocked as I was. His voice was helpless as he said, "How could she die? I asked her attending physician. Although the situation wasn't optimistic, she was temporarily out of life danger. I clearly said to save her at all costs!"
Huang Ying was the only eyewitness that night. Perhaps she had already seen the killer's face clearly.
And she died at this critical moment.
A crucial lead was cut off just like that!
What I care about isn't the lead, but Huang Ying's life.
She was a living person.
She suffered so much in Jin Dian. I was initially relieved that my father rescued her from that den of wolves.
If I had known she would lose her life after returning, I would rather she stayed in that hellhole; at least she would be alive.
As long as a person is alive, there is hope.
"If you don't believe it, you can go to the hospital now and see."
Old Master Lu also seemed to have not slept all night; there were heavy dark circles under his eyes.
"Lu Shiyan, it seems you haven't taken a single word I said to heart."
The anger on the Old Master's face was gradually replaced by rationality.
He took a white piece from the Go stone container, but before placing it on the board, he put it back and chose a black piece instead.
Tap. The black piece landed.
He was telling Lu Shiyan that whether it was Lu Shiyan or Lu Yanchen, they were just pawns in his hands, and he could replace them at any time.
Lu Shiyan stumbled back to his room, took a shower, and changed clothes. Although his knees had been medicated on the mountain, they couldn't recover in such a short time.
He went downstairs limping and rushed to the hospital immediately.
Just outside Huang Ying's doctor's office, besides the police, there were also Huang Ying's parents.
Auntie Liao was in tears, demanding an explanation from the hospital about why her daughter had suddenly died last night.
I knew she was kind-hearted; she wasn't trying to extort money through a medical dispute. She genuinely wanted to know the cause of her daughter's death.
Huang Yu didn't understand medical matters. Incidentally, he and Huang Ying were distant relatives, and it was related to my disappearance case. Both emotionally and logically, he had to get involved.
I passed by the grieving Huang family and walked step by step to the body covered with a white cloth not far away.
"Xiao Ying…"
I called out with a trembling voice, reaching out a shaky hand wanting to lift the white cloth.
My fingers passed through the cloth; I didn't even have the chance to see her one last time.
"Xiao Ying, I'm sorry."
I braced my hands beside Huang Ying's body, repenting.
"Sister Wan Wan, it's okay."
A gentle female voice suddenly sounded in my ear. I thought I was hallucinating.
When I looked up, Huang Ying was standing beside me.
She was no different from my memory, still so vivid and gentle.
I looked at everything before me in disbelief. This was the first of my kind I had encountered since my death.
"Xiao Ying?" I tried calling her name.
"Sister Wan Wan, I finally get to see you. It's just a pity I have to leave soon."
"Leave? Where are you going?"
I hurriedly grabbed her hand. Although it had no temperature, it felt like touching jade.
I really was holding her hand!
Her eyes looked fondly at her parents, who were seeking justice for her nearby. "My only regret is that I can't provide for them in their old age. And that person…"
I saw that clean-cut young man, the one who used to pick up Huang Ying at the airport.
"Actually, my body was defiled in Jin Dian. I know I'm not worthy of him. Someone as wonderful as him deserves a better girl. I wanted to stay by his side, watch him get married and have children, give him a bouquet of bellflowers at his wedding, and tell him I really, really loved him. But I can't accompany him any further."
Huang Ying's body was growing fainter and fainter. How could this be?
She just died.
"Sister, I'm out of time. You need to be careful of the person who killed you. I've seen that man at an auto repair shop."
I felt something was wrong and wanted to hug Huang Ying, but the moment I exerted force, her body instantly shattered into fragments and disappeared.
Only her last words remained in the air: "Sister, I was murdered. Someone wanted to silence…"
Before she could finish the sentence, Huang Ying disappeared without a trace before my eyes.
"Xiao Ying!"
I called her name frantically, but besides her parents' arguments and cries, I could no longer hear Huang Ying's voice. I opened my palm, as if the sensation of her body still lingered on it.
Where did she go?
Why have I remained in the human world for so long after dying?
Too many questions surfaced in my mind. After experiencing extreme highs and lows, my body trembled uncontrollably.
My mind was in chaos.
Huang Ying's words confirmed my suspicion. It must be Su Ning'an. She was afraid the police would extract information from Huang Ying, so she cruelly killed her.
I hate this so much!
Why did Su Ning'an take her anger out on others? Huang Ying was innocent!
The target is at an auto repair shop, but there are hundreds of auto repair shops, large and small, in the city. Where is that person hiding?
What is his relationship with Su Ning'an?
Why did Huang Ying disappear, while I remain in this state between life and death?
What must I do to get my revenge?
The hospital presented evidence that Huang Ying's body was already depleted and weak. The Huang family had no choice but to take her back for the funeral.
However, a trace of doubt appeared between Huang Yu's brows. He suggested going to take a look at our marital home.
Lu Shiyan agreed immediately. Probably, he also felt the coincidences were too many and hoped to cooperate fully with Huang Yu to uncover the truth.
When the group arrived at our marital home, the first thing Huang Yu noticed was the statue in the courtyard.
I was extremely excited. My flesh and blood are hidden there. Will he find it?!!!