46: Chapter 46 Nothing more than the fact that she deserves it!

Morning.

Sunlight filled the room.

Ye Qingyue stretched and sat up from the bed.

She rubbed her eyes and looked out the window.

A new day had begun.

"It's time to go call Sister to get up for breakfast."

She whispered to herself, then got dressed and walked out of the room.

The hallway was very quiet.

Ye Qingyue skipped to the door of her sister's room.

"Sister, it's time to get up—"

She pushed the door open, and her words stopped abruptly.

She froze completely.

Ye Qingxue was lying on the bed, her face as pale as paper, her lips purple, and her breathing extremely weak.

Her body was twitching slightly, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

"Sis... Sister?"

Ye Qingyue's voice trembled.

She reached out and touched her sister's face.

Cold.

There wasn't a trace of warmth.

"Sister! Sister!!!"

Ye Qingyue screamed in terror.

She rushed over and shook her sister.

"What's wrong with you! Wake up!"

"Sister!!!"

Tears gushed out instantly, wetting her cheeks.

Ye Qingxue opened her eyes weakly.

Looking at her younger sister crying, a strong sense of guilt and reluctance welled up in her heart.

She wanted to speak.

But her throat felt like it was blocked by something, and she couldn't make a sound.

She could only use all her strength to hold her sister's hand.

Those hands were terrifyingly cold.

"Sister... don't... don't die..."

Ye Qingyue cried heart-wrenchingly.

She could feel it.

Her sister's life was slipping away.

Ye Qingxue felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurred.

The world before her eyes was gradually becoming distorted.

She knew she was dying.

It was just that she hadn't expected it to come so quickly...

She hadn't protected her sister yet...

She hadn't been with that guy yet...

The toxin had spread to her heart.

The seven-colored snowflake had only delayed death, it hadn't truly saved her.

Her life had reached its end.

In the last moments of her life, scenes from the past began to replay in her mind.

Her father's strictness.

Her mother's gentleness.

Her sister's smile.

The despair when the Apocalypse descended.

The fear of being trapped in the apartment.

Meeting Lin Yuan...

Strangely, she thought the deepest memories before death would be of her parents.

But to her shock, the most profound and reluctant things in her mind were...

Her sister.

And Lin Yuan.

Qingyue was still so young, so innocent.

What would she do without her protection?

And Lin Yuan...

She had figured it out last night.

She really had fallen for him.

But she hadn't had the chance to tell him...

She hadn't had the chance to say...

"I like you."

A strong sense of unwillingness and regret surged in her heart.

Tears slid from the corners of her eyes.

At this moment, Ye Qingxue's consciousness was becoming more and more blurred.

The flame of life was about to be extinguished.

...

"What's going on?!"

Lin Yuan and Bai Xingli heard Ye Qingyue's cries and immediately rushed into the room.

Seeing Ye Qingxue's state, Lin Yuan's heart gave a violent jolt!

He walked quickly to the bedside and grabbed Ye Qingxue's hand.

Cold.

Her pulse was so weak it was almost imperceptible.

He quickly checked her body.

His expression grew increasingly grim.

"Damn it... the toxin has spread to her heart..."

Lin Yuan gritted his teeth.

"D-grade water!"

He immediately took a bottle of D-grade water from the system space, pried open Ye Qingxue's mouth, and poured it down.

But it was useless.

Ye Qingxue's face remained deathly pale.

Her breathing remained weak.

"seven-colored snowflake... right, there's one last seven-colored snowflake..."

A glimmer of light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

He took the last seven-colored snowflake from the system space.

That was the second one he had found near Ye Qingxue's parents' villa.

He had intended to keep it for himself.

But now...

"Qingxue, eat this!"

He urgently brought the seven-colored snowflake to Ye Qingxue's lips.

But just then, Ye Qingxue used her last bit of strength to shake her head slightly.

"No... don't..."

She said weakly, her voice so faint it was almost inaudible.

"It's useless... I've taken it once..."

"This thing... can't save me..."

Lin Yuan froze.

That's right.

Ye Qingxue had already taken a seven-colored snowflake once.

But it had only suppressed the toxin, not cured it.

Using it again... really was useless.

"Why... why is it useless!"

Lin Yuan's eyes flashed with anxiety and pain.

It was the first time he had felt so flustered.

No.

He didn't want Ye Qingxue to die.

After all, having slept with her so many times, he had developed feelings for her.

And although Ye Qingxue was stubborn and headstrong, he liked her personality...

That gentleness when the iceberg melted.

That unwillingness when she was forced to submit in bed.

That appearance of pretending to be cold while clearly caring deeply...

He liked it all.

But now, he really had no other way.

He had tried all the supplies in the system space.

None of them worked.

"Damn it... damn it!!!"

Lin Yuan punched the wall hard.

The wall cracked instantly.

Bai Xingli looked at Lin Yuan's out-of-control state, too shocked to speak.

Was this still the calm and rational Lin Yuan?

Ye Qingyue was gasping for air as she cried.

"Brother Lin Yuan... save Sister... please..."

"There must be a way, right..."

Lin Yuan didn't answer.

He just stared fixedly at Ye Qingxue.

A strong sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

It was the first time... he felt helpless.

Ye Qingxue used her final strength to open her eyes.

She looked at Lin Yuan.

She saw the anxiety in his eyes.

The panic.

And... heartache?

At that moment, a strong sense of satisfaction welled up in her heart.

So he cared about me too.

He would panic for me.

He would feel heartache...

She smiled weakly.

Tears slid down.

She wanted to say: "Being cared about by you, I feel everything is worth it..."

But she couldn't make a sound anymore.

She could only use her eyes to convey this emotion.

Ye Qingxue's consciousness was becoming increasingly blurred.

Her mind was filled with images of Lin Yuan.

That indifferent face.

Those deep eyes.

That broad back...

"If there is a next life..."

"I must tell you..."

"I like you..."

Her eyes closed slowly.

Her breathing stopped.

Her heartbeat stopped.

Ye Qingxue—was dead!!!

"Sister!!!"

Ye Qingyue screamed in a breakdown.

Lin Yuan gripped Ye Qingxue's hand tightly.

"No... you can't die..."

He gritted his teeth.

"I won't allow... you to die..."

Just then.

【Ding!】

【Detected that Goddess Ye Qingxue's emotional fluctuations have reached the extreme!】

【Affinity has broken through Lev.2!】

【Detected that Goddess Ye Qingxue is in critical condition!】

【System has triggered a special mechanism!】

Lin Yuan looked up abruptly.

The system panel unfolded before his eyes.

【Host, please choose:】

【Choice 1: Upgrade frost curse antidote → ???】

【Description: Ye Qingxue will die, but supplies can still be obtained continuously】

【Effect: Evolved enhanced version, details will be known after upgrade】

【Cost: Permanently lose the chance to upgrade this Goddess】

【Choice 2: Give up the supply upgrade opportunity】

【Description: Consume system energy to perform a "Creation Transformation" on Ye Qingxue】

【Effect: Completely eradicate the toxin, obtain an unknown positive super transformation】

【Cost: The frost curse antidote Lev.2 will lose its upgrade opportunity, the next upgrade will need to reach Lev.3】

Lin Yuan looked at the two choices.

Choice 1 meant a more powerful evolved antidote.

In the Apocalypse, this was absolutely a heaven-defying treasure.

This meant he and his women would no longer fear most potential toxins!

And if Ye Qingxue died, supplies could still be obtained.

From a rational perspective, this was the optimal choice.

But Lin Yuan looked at Ye Qingxue's pale face.

Looking at her closed eyes.

Recalling her final weak smile.

Recalling the satisfaction and regret in her eyes.

His heart gave a sharp, painful tug.

Therefore, Lin Yuan issued the command in his heart without hesitation:

"Choice 2!"

【Choice confirmed!】

【Creation Transformation beginning!】

Instantly.

Ye Qingxue's body was enveloped by seven-colored light!

The light was brilliant and dazzling, like a miracle descending.

Her body began to float in mid-air.

The toxin was forced out of her body bit by bit, turning into black smoke and dissipating.

Her pale complexion gradually returned to a rosy hue.

Her stopped heart began to beat again.

Her weak breathing gradually stabilized.

Ye Qingyue was stunned.

Bai Xingli was also too shocked to speak.

Lin Yuan looked at this scene and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then the corners of his mouth curled into a smile.

"Nothing else..."

"You are worth it."

He whispered.

The supply upgrade was just a temporarily lost opportunity.

And Ye Qingxue being alive was more important than anything else.

This was his choice.

Cold-blooded?

Rational?

Selfish?

To hell with it.

In front of this woman, he was willing to give up some choices.

And this one wasn't something Lin Yuan strictly needed right now.

The seven-colored light became increasingly intense.

Ye Qingxue's body began to undergo an unknown transformation.

Her life essence was sublimating.

【Creation Transformation in progress...】

【Estimated completion time: 24 hours】