ce, almost petrified."Who's there"As expected, she was discovered. Qi Lin didn't plan to hide and slowly emerged from behind the rock garden. The woman who had been crying earlier stood up already, he...Chapter 56 She Has Stopped Breathing - Exclusive on 17K
"Give me my things back, give them back to me!"
Qi Lin's face turned paler and paler, almost devoid of any signs of life. But Bu Yao still wouldn't let go, determined to make Qi Lin die forever.
"Stop!"
Bu Yao was taken aback, her hand loosened slightly. Before she could even see who had come, a gust of wind from a palm hit her and sent her flying several zhang away, slamming into the wall before spitting out a mouthful of blood. She didn't have time to catch her breath when a large hand gripped her neck and lifted her up slowly; the air was growing thinner and the grip on her neck tightened.
She felt like her neck might break any moment, but what terrified her even more were Bai Qianye's bloodthirsty eyes.
The tips of her fingers felt as if a thousand insects were biting her. Her brain was severely oxygen-deprived. Bu Yao thought she would die.
"Eh Ye, stop." When Ziyin arrived, Bu Yao had already lowered her hand無力地垂下。他立刻衝過去,抓住白千燁的手臂說,“阿燁,你答應過我不殺她的,難道忘了?”
But Bai Qianye wouldn't listen. His eyes turned bloodshot and all he wanted was to kill Bu Yao.
Ziyin continued, "If you don’t take care of Qi Lin now, she will really die. Do you want her to die Hurry up and see how she is."
"Qi Lin"
Only then did Bai Qianye let go and turn around to rush towards Qi Lin.
Ziyin caught Bu Yao, feeling for her breath. Her breathing was weak; Ziyin placed his hand on Bu Yao’s back to supply internal energy while observing the situation with Bai Qianye.
"Cough cough, cough..." With air now available, Bu Yao began a violent fit of coughing. She felt like she would cough her lungs out for the first time. Someone gently patted her on the back; Bu Yao fell backward softly and called out "Eh, Long Eh."
Ziyin paused, shaking his head helplessly.
"Qi Lin!"
Bai Qianye's voice snapped Ziyin to attention. Seeing that Bu Yao was fine now, he gently laid her down and rushed over to the bedside. He saw Bai Qianye continuously supplying internal energy to Qi Lin. Carefully reaching out, he checked Qi Lin’s breath.
"She hasn’t..."
"Shut up!" Bai Qianye roared, continuing to supply internal energy to Qi Lin.
However, Qi Lin's condition did not improve; her temperature didn't rise. Zi Yin frowned at Bai Qianye. This endless input of internal energy couldn’t last for long.
Finally, Zi Yin sat cross-legged behind Qi Lin and transferred his internal energy to her, even though he had already concluded that there was no sign of survival in Qi Lin's body.
Bu Yao only knew she fell into darkness. Around her were thunderous rumbling sounds; suddenly a beam of extremely bright light appeared. After the strong light faded, an ear-piercing braking sound followed.
Bu Yao slowly opened her eyes and saw flashing emergency lights through the mist ahead. Thunder occasionally rumbled in the sky but was not as loud as before. She then realized she had arrived at a familiar place, yet couldn't immediately identify where it was.
Seeing an automobile in the fog, Bu Yao curiously walked over.
"Huff, huff."
An urgent sound of panting came from inside the car. A slender hand tightly gripped the steering wheel; one could even hear her knuckles crackling despite her long black hair covering her face and her back rapidly rising and falling. Nonetheless, Bu Yao immediately recognized that this girl was herself.
"I hit someone." After a while, Bu Yao in the car finally raised her head. Through the rearview mirror, she could see an alluring face men loved but women envied; however, it now appeared somewhat terrifying due to its pallor.
She suddenly gasped as she recalled just now how clearly and vividly she saw and felt her vehicle run over a woman then... what should she do now She seemed helpless and fearful.
Outside the car, lightning still flashed irregularly. She knew it must be thundering outside but because of the excellent sound insulation of the car, all that reached her ears was like the buzzing of flies.
Bu Yao stared dumbfoundedly at this scene and stepped back in disbelief: How did she end up here Why could she see this
Was it Qi Lin who had caused this Was it a trick by her Bu Yao clenched her fists tightly, staring at herself inside the car.
"It's not my fault; you were standing right in the middle of the road. You can't blame me for that. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for not using your brain." After over ten minutes, she finally raised her head and stared straight ahead with no trace of guilt but deep resentment in her eyes: "You brought this upon yourself. It has nothing to do with me."
Afterward, she didn't want to stay there anymore. She took a deep breath and began turning the key; she couldn’t stand this place for another second.
However, fate was unkind. Even after three minutes of franticly turning the key and beating on the steering wheel, the car remained motionless, only making engine failure sounds in response to her anger and frustration.
"Bang" After hitting the steering wheel hard once more, she finally became exhausted and leaned against the seat with a mocking smile: "Bu Yao, you’ve always been a princess adored by many. To think that today you would lose to a cat and an old car. How embarrassing. But I will definitely get my revenge for this."
Bu Yao could almost feel her anger inside the car but then she had a thought and turned her gaze toward the window.
Next to her seat was the limited edition Kitty Seat she specially imported from America, but now it only made her grit her teeth in hatred.
"Damn it." Bu Yao muttered and finally couldn't take it anymore, opening the car door regardless of the rain. She walked to the front of the car, opened the hood, and a strong smell of gasoline immediately hit her nose, making her step back coughing, "Cough cough."
"No." Bu Yao reached out trying to stop herself from leaving, but her hand passed through her body, doing no good.
Bu Yao waved away the stench and stepped aside, holding onto the mirror with one hand while breathing in fresh air. By now, rain had drenched her black strapless evening dress, making her long black hair stick to her body, increasing her allure.
Once she caught her breath, Bu Yao noticed a strange feeling underfoot. Soft, yet not like stepping on mud. Curious, she bent down and found something fluffy beneath her feet. She tried moving it but it didn’t budge.
The lighting was too dim, with mist covering the ground, making it hard to see clearly. Wanting to retrieve a flashlight from the car, she noticed a silver chain stuck on the window. This chain she had bought in France and given to her beloved cat to wear.
Cat Cat The cat she just threw out. If the chain was here, then...
"Gulp." Bu Yao swallowed hard, feeling cold shivers running up from her feet to her head. She remembered wanting to step on this cat and how soft it felt; its fur would make a warm scarf. But now she really was standing on it.
“Ah.”
Bu Yao screamed and quickly stepped away, unwilling to confirm what she had just stood on. The horror of the situation made her unable to face it, but why was everything playing out again
"Rumble." Suddenly a loud thunder echoed across the sky, making the earth tremble.
“Ah ah ah.” This Bu Yao clutched her head and backed away frantically, only to lose balance and fall onto her bottom. Even after hitting a living person earlier, she had not felt this terrified or guilty.
Terror spread from the depths of her heart, enveloping her completely; she was like a lost lamb now.
"Meow."
In her panic, a cat's cry rang in Bu Yao’s ears, shocking her and amplifying her fear twofold.
Right. Leave, go back.
The command came from her brain, but Bu Yao couldn't muster the strength to get up; she tried several times with no success.
"Meow."
Bu Yao trembled as she heard it—this time clearly—the cat’s painful cry.
This feeling originated from her back.
Bu Yao mechanically turned her head. Through the car's headlights, she vowed that she would never forget those amber eyes—eyes she had once boasted about. Now they were exaggeratedly prominent, still holding a tinge of innocence, with a pink tongue sticking out of her mouth. Around her neck was tightly fastened the silver chain.
"No Don't." Bu Yao shook her head in fear, instinctively telling her to run. Run"Please don’t come."
Even as she said this, Bu Yao gathered strength within a short time and suddenly turned around to rush away.
"Stop it," Bu Yao wanted to stop herself but felt something staring at her. She took a deep breath and slowly raised her eyes.
Facing her was Qi Lin, full of rage; at this moment, Qi Lin had an eerie smile on her lips as she approached step by step, causing Bu Yao to retreat step by step.
"Don’t come," Bu Yao kept stepping back but was suddenly hugged from behind, scaring her into a scream, "No."
"Don't be afraid, I'm here."
The gentle and familiar voice came from behind, instantly calming Bu Yao. She slowly turned around and looked at the familiar face; tears fell in big drops from her eyes as a warm hand brushed across her cheeks to wipe them away. Bu Yao grabbed this hand tightly, placing it over her heart.
"Ye, don't you blame me"
Long Ye gently shook his head and held her close, stroking her back softly while saying, "I have never blamed you. How could I bear to blame someone I love so much"
Hearing this, Bu Yao buried her head in Long Ye's chest, hugging him tightly, but found that he was ice-cold all over. Confused, she looked up and saw that Long Ye had been frozen motionless at some point.
"Ye Ye!"
Bu Yao suddenly sat up straight, her hands clutching the blanket tightly.
"Your Excellency, are you awake"
Lifting her eyes to see Qiao'er, Bu Yao realized she was in her own bedroom; it turned out that everything before was a dream, an incredibly vivid one.
"Your Excellency, what's wrong" Qiao'er looked at the tear-streaked face of Bu Yao and couldn't help but be surprised; Bu Yao had never acted this way before.
"I I'm fine." Touching her cheeks, which felt warm as usual, as if someone had carefully stroked them, she slowly closed her eyes. Suddenly remembering the earlier events, she lifted her gaze and asked, "How is she How is Qi Lin"is situation made it even harder for herself.Feng Changqing then put on a smile and walked over to help Long Ye and Zi Yin up before calming down and saying, "You are all my brothers. I should do thes...