Gu Qin spent half a month setting up the formation. During this time, she had to cultivate, treat Li Qi, go to school, and revise her lessons after school. She was so busy that she hardly had time to rest. If her guess was correct, the White Tiger's Raising Head Evil in Dean Chen's place should have gradually started to take effect.
Gu Qin planned to go to Xu Junze's house tomorrow night to set up the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams formation, but unexpectedly, Xu Junze found her before the next evening, during the midday. The security room outside called her, saying someone was looking for her.
She never calculated her own fate, so she didn't know who was looking for her. It was only when she saw the person that she recognized him. Surprised, she asked, "You're looking for me? To apologize?" She remembered this person as the anesthesiologist from the surgery. His face didn't suggest malice, and his nature seemed gentle. She guessed that he probably came to apologize because he couldn't live with his conscience after what happened. Gu Qin deduced that this person had been forced into collusion with those people, but so what? The real Gu Qin had already died because of them. Death could not be reversed. She was not the true Gu Qin. Even though she inherited her memories and emotions, what did it matter?
People die, and they must take responsibility. Apologies meant nothing.
"Miss Gu, I am here to apologize. I am really sorry about what happened at the hospital. I… I know that saying this doesn't help, but I still wanted to say sorry, so I came to apologize to you." Xu Junze said uneasily. "Miss Gu, the person behind this is named Su, and he has quite a bit of power. He has relatives in the neighboring province working in government. You won't win a lawsuit against him."
"So what?" Gu Qin replied coldly. "Even if I can't win, it doesn't matter to me anymore. Karma will catch up with them."
Xu Junze hurriedly explained, "Miss Gu, I… I didn't mean to say that. I had my own reasons for being involved in this, and I know that this isn't an excuse for what happened to you. I'm not asking for your forgiveness…"
"Then what are you here for? Are you planning to expose them?"
"No… No." Xu Junze was getting more uncomfortable. "I just came to apologize, and if you're willing, I will compensate you. I earn about ten thousand a month, and I can give you six thousand each month as compensation, for the next ten years." After deducting living expenses and his sister's tuition, he would have almost no savings left.
Gu Qin was amused by this, "Do you think money can buy a life? I won't take your money, and I don't want to say more. You reap what you sow. You've made your bed, so lie in it." With that, she turned around and left for school. An apology couldn't erase the fact that Gu Qin had died. She would still set up the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams formation.
Xu Junze murmured, "I know you won't forgive me. If you won't accept the compensation, I will donate the money to poor students and those in impoverished areas. I'm sorry."
Gu Qin didn't say much more. She decided to wait until he did it before she made her judgment. Later that night, she went near Xu Junze's house and placed the hair she had gotten from Jiang Ni onto the Yin side of the Bagua mirror, setting up the formation before returning home. Unexpectedly, she bumped into Gu Jia, who was sitting on the sofa with a sullen face.
Gu Qin looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and was about to pretend to quietly return to her room.
"Stop right there!" Gu Jia shouted. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you a few times at night. Gu Qin, what have you been doing?"
"It's nothing, I just went out for a walk," Gu Qin naturally couldn't tell him the truth.
Gu Jia was furious. "In the middle of the night, where are you walking? Don't you know how dangerous it is for a young girl to be out at this hour? Gu Qin, have you forgotten your lesson? Even your own father is worse than a beast. Last time, you were lucky, but what if the people behind this haven't given up and are still watching you? Do you know how dangerous it is for you to go out like this?"
The live heart transplant must have been arranged by someone paying off those doctors, and they didn't even know who that person was. But considering the number of people he could buy off, the person behind it had considerable influence. Also, Gu Qin had type B RH-negative blood, and only a few people could match her heart. It would be very difficult for that person to find another matching heart, so they might try to target her again.
"Where exactly did you go?" Gu Jia asked.
Gu Qin looked at him. "I just went out for a bit, don't ask anymore. I won't tell you the truth!"
Gu Jia stood up, looking down at Gu Qin. "I'm your brother, and I have to take care of you!"
Gu Qin sneered. "Then why didn't you dare to go to court? In your heart, is your sister more important or that scum of a man? Or were you afraid that the scum would be convicted, so you didn't dare to go? Actually, I bet you were relieved when you heard the result."
Gu Jia's face turned pale. Before he could speak, Gu Qin coldly continued, "Don't think I don't know. You've replaced your phone again, haven't you? This new model costs over eight thousand for the low-end version. Mom didn't give you any money for it. You must have gotten it from that scum, right? He went bankrupt, and how could he afford a phone? I heard he even managed to pay off his debt, and still had money to buy you a new phone. You know he's a failure, so where did he get that money? Isn't it the money he got from selling me? And you're using it to buy a phone. What right do you have to lecture me?"
"I… I didn't know…" Gu Jia became flustered. "I didn't know…"
He didn't know that their father had already paid off the debt. The other students were all using new phones, and he didn't dare to ask his mother for the money, so he turned to his father. Without asking any questions, his father gave him a thousand yuan, and he went straight to buy a new phone. He never questioned where the money came from.
Gu Qin seemed to guess his thoughts. "Don't use Grandma as an excuse. You know full well how stingy she is. Even if she liked you and that scum, she's never given you more than a thousand yuan."
With that, she didn't want to say anything more to him and went back to her room to lie down.
"Gu Qin! Stop! It's not like that…" Gu Jia's tone became panicked, wanting to explain, but there was nothing to explain. He had always enjoyed the favor his father gave him and never cared about his sister's feelings.
Gu Qin returned to her room, and Gu Jia stood there with a pale face. Cheng Yinxiang woke up from the noise and came out to see Gu Jia standing in the living room. She couldn't help but ask, "Jia Jia, what are you doing here? Did you argue with your sister? Jia Jia, you're the older brother, you should give in to your sister."
"Mom, I know…" Gu Jia mumbled, lowering his head.
Lying in bed, Gu Qin tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She didn't know what happened earlier, but she had an overwhelming surge of anger that she needed to vent. From childhood, Gu Jia was the one most favored by the relatives of that scum. They always prioritized boys over girls. Ultimately, she was still influenced by some of the emotions of the original Gu Qin. The original soul had dissipated, but Gu Qin inherited her fate, including her character, emotions, and obsessions.
The Gu family's preference for boys meant that Gu Jia got all the new things, while she could only use what was left behind by him. Sometimes, even those things couldn't be used, like the old, worn-out phone that had once been used by that scum. Cheng Yinxiang also gave her money to buy a new phone, but she couldn't bear to take it. Both the men in the family recklessly spent her hard-earned wages, never understanding how hard her mother worked.
This was the obsession deep in Gu Qin's heart, the resentment she carried.
Because of this, Gu Qin couldn't sleep well and sneaked out at 3 AM to cultivate. Her family naturally didn't know she went to cultivate. Every morning when Cheng Yinxiang woke up, she would see Gu Qin returning on her bicycle. Gu Qin only said she went out to exercise, and Cheng Yinxiang wouldn't stop her. Occasionally, when she went out, Gu Qin wasn't back yet.
After descending from Daishan, Gu Qin went directly to the rehabilitation center. Li Yongsheng, Lü Xiuniao, and Li's daughter-in-law were all there, looking like they were waiting for someone. When they saw her, they were all excited. Lü Xiuniao hurried forward and grabbed her hand excitedly. "Miss Gu, I really
don't know how to thank you. The doctor… the doctor checked yesterday afternoon and said… said my son has shown some autonomous response in his brainstem…"
She started crying with gratitude. "Miss Gu, I really don't know what to say. The doctors at Daishan Hospital told us to give up, saying my son's brainstem had almost no autonomous response. If it wasn't for you…"
Gu Qin supported her. "Auntie, don't cry. This is good news. It's only been half a month, and we're already seeing results. I will continue treating Li Dage. One day, he will wake up."
"Thank you, Miss Gu, thank you!" Lü Xiuniao wiped her tears, again and again.
After two hours of treatment, Gu Qin was covered in sweat. She realized that after using her energy to treat others, she was becoming more sensitive in controlling her energy, and her cultivation had increased a little.
During this time, Chen Zonggui had been feeling uncomfortable, as if something was pressing on his chest and making it hard to breathe. He was so startled that he thought he had some illness, so he had a full-body checkup at the hospital, but everything seemed fine. However, the discomfort didn't go away. In fact, it only worsened. The most troubling part was that when he asked his family, they also felt unwell, as if they couldn't catch their breath. He thought it was just the stress, but a few days later, trouble came to his home. His eldest son went abroad, and his youngest son, still in high school, got into a fight at school. He was hit on the head and had a concussion. Chen Zonggui was furious and went to confront the other family. But the school had installed a surveillance camera, proving that his son was the one who started the fight. It was said that after school, his son had been teasing a female student, who became angry and called her older brother. Initially, the older brother tried to reason with his son, but his son struck first, and in the end, his son was hospitalized, while the other party wasn't harmed at all. Chen Zonggui was furious and embarrassed, but his wife cried and wanted to sue the other family. Chen Zonggui snapped, "Are you trying to make a scene? Don't you know how much trouble we've been in lately? If you make a fuss, it will ruin everything, and even my position as dean could be in danger! What reason does your son have to sue? He's the one who provoked them. If you don't care about your reputation, go ahead and sue!" His wife, feeling wronged, left to visit their son. But as soon as she left, something even worse happened. She was hit by a car, but the driver was not at fault. She seemed to be in a daze and ran right in front of the car. The collision sent her flying several meters, and she was rushed to the hospital. There was internal bleeding, and she was immediately sent into surgery. When Chen Zonggui got the news, he was shocked. Why was everything happening so suddenly? He hurriedly left his mansion to drive to the hospital, but his mind was in turmoil. In his anxiety, he ran several red lights. When he reached a bridge, he lost control of the car, which crashed into the railing. The seatbelt, usually firm, snapped, sending him flying out of the car, his back hitting a rock that had been broken by the car. The pain in his back was unbearable, and everything went black as he lost consciousness. In that moment, he couldn't help but recall the words of the girl outside the courthouse, who had asked him, "Dean Chen, aren't you afraid of retribution?"