58: Chapter 58 "The Flower Feather Gathering"

[Can this be considered a success? But it also feels like a failure.]

[It hurts so much... It feels like my entire body has been crushed.]

[Especially my head; it feels like there's something inside, constantly throbbing.]

[My vision is so blurry.]

[But I can still sense that the broken aura inside his body seems to have diminished a bit.]

[Then it was worth it.]

[The phone... 120...]

[Brother, I'm sorry, Wanyue can't continue to love you this time!~]

[I'm just someone who likes to act tough and never says what's on my mind; it's only at a time like this that I feel regret.]

[Actually, from the day you helped me fight off those thugs, I...]

Without realizing it, Su Chen had already scrolled to the last page of the chat history.

He said nothing.

He simply felt the silence of the room, gazing at the pale-faced Su Wanyue lying on the hospital bed.

He seemed to have gained a profound realization.

The three to five cancerous lesions on Su Chen's body had been discovered shortly after the college entrance exams.

He still remembered a period when he was indeed very ill, so much so that he had even written his will.

But later, for some unknown reason, his condition improved significantly, and the tumor metastasis was suppressed.

He had even returned to school to attend classes normally, right up until the car accident not long ago.

He had always thought it was the hospital's chemotherapy drugs taking effect.

But looking at it now...

With trembling hands, Su Chen exited the "File Transfer Assistant" chat box.

He subconsciously opened Su Wanyue's nearly empty Moments.

At the very top was the only post.

It had been set to "Pinned Permanently."

There was no accompanying picture.

Only a single line of text.

The posting time was exactly the last moment before she was pushed into the operating room.

[Stupid brother, forgive me for lying to you and resorting to such a plan; I'm so unwilling.]

[But Wanyue really did it.]

[What did I do?]

[I loved you for a lifetime.]

“Wanyue...”

The yellowish-white light in the hospital ward shone on Su Chen's cheek.

He actually smiled.

It was a kind and benevolent smile, looking like a Buddha in the Netherworld.

Gilding the body, regrowing the flesh.

A mouth full of Zen sayings like "Saving others but not oneself."

But in the end, he was nothing more than a pile of sludge formed from resentment.

...

Three days later, Jianghai City, F University gate.

As one of the top-ranked universities in the country and a solid contender for the number one or two spot in Jianghai City, even its gate was very grand.

An autumn wind with a hint of chill blew through the sycamore trees, shaking down two yellow leaves and carpeting the ground of this century-old institution in gold.

Amidst the coming and going of people, Su Chen stood alone in an inconspicuous corner by the school gate.

He looked exceptionally lonely.

“Loved you for a lifetime...”

He murmured to himself, reciting the last words Su Wanyue had left for him.

The moment he thought of these words, his heart would be violently seized by something.

Heartache and indescribably complex emotions made the aura around him seem somewhat somber.

Although Jiang Luoli had arranged to meet him here.

Su Chen didn't even use his mental power to investigate the surroundings, simply letting the noisy voices of people and the sound of traffic become a blurred background noise.

Strength!

He needed to quickly start the next round of investment, enhance his strength, and find a way to save his sister, Su Wanyue.

Just then, the roar of an engine approached from afar, breaking the slightly noisy atmosphere at the school gate.

A matte black supercar with sleek lines and a highly cyberpunk style slid to a stop nearby like a ghost of the night.

The scissor doors swung upward, and first to emerge was a delicate foot clad in sheer black stockings and stepping into a golden stiletto heel.

The ankle was slender, and the curve was perfect.

It fully met the standard of being a feast for the eyes.

Next, a slender figure fully emerged from the car.

It was his senior, Jiang Luoli.

Today, she was wearing a perfectly tailored cream-white casual business suit skirt with a silk camisole underneath; the blazer was left open casually, outlining breathtakingly full curves.

Beneath the hemline, a pair of long legs wrapped in black fishnet stockings were straight and slender, shimmering with an alluring luster under the setting sun.

Her ink-black hair was draped casually, with a few strands brushing against her exquisitely beautiful profile.

She casually pushed a pair of sunglasses to the top of her head, revealing a pair of bright phoenix eyes that instantly attracted all the gazes, both overt and covert, from the surroundings.

An outburst of noisy exclamations erupted from the crowd.

“The campus belle of the University of Science and Technology! From the Huayu Association...”

“Why would she come to our F University? Is she looking for someone?”

“That temperament, that figure, that car... it's incredible!”

Although the University of Science and Technology was not as prestigious as F University, Jiang Luoli was an exception.

The only daughter of a top financial magnate, a prominent figure in Jianghai City, and a business prodigy.

Any one of her identities was something these academic overachievers from small towns would spend their whole lives trying to achieve.

If anyone could win her heart, they would probably lose the right to struggle hard for the rest of their lives.

“Wait, look, Senior Jiang is definitely looking for someone!”

Sharp-eyed students noticed that after Jiang Luoli got out of the car, her beautiful brows furrowed as her gaze swept back and forth through the crowd at the school gate.

She was clearly looking for someone.

For a moment, all the boys gathered at the school gate held their breath, their hearts pounding.

No way, could it be that Senior Jiang is looking for me?

Jiang Luoli was making such a scene that Su Chen naturally noticed as well, and he was just about to step forward and call her name.

Another slightly sharp voice cut in first, carrying undisguised ridicule.

Su Chen looked up and saw three fashionably dressed young men walking toward him.

He was quite familiar with the greasy face of the one leading them.

It was the eldest son of his younger uncle's family.

His cousin, Su Zixi.

“Damn it, I forgot this idiot also goes to school at F University...”

Following beside Su Zixi were his two lackeys, Xin Zhanhe and Shang Weizhen.

Su Zixi's family wasn't wealthy back then.

They had built their fortune by embezzling the compensation and family assets left behind after Su Chen's parents died in an accident.

How could Su Chen, who was just an ordinary boy under ten years old at the time, be a match for them? He could only let them embezzle the family property that should have been his.

Now, Su Zixi's parents had opened a small company and could be considered to have squeezed into the so-called "elite class."

As a result, Su Zixi was able to receive the best education.

With the support of countless cram schools and private schools, he managed to barely get into a low-tier major at F University, after which he failed over a dozen courses and was issued a red card by the school.

At this moment, a fake smile was plastered on his face, but his eyes were full of contempt.

His gaze frequently flickered toward Jiang Luoli in the distance, filled with greed and desire.

Recently, he had luckily awakened a decent B+ rank ability and had entered the circle of martial artists.

Through information within that circle, he had learned of Jiang Luoli's authority in the martial arts field of Jianghai City and the mysterious organization behind her, the "Huayu Association."

His decent ability and the power of money had made him a preparatory member of the "Huayu Association," and he was already at the top of the list for becoming a full member.

Su Zixi swallowed hard, surprised to find that Jiang Luoli had actually started walking toward him with her long, black-stockinged legs!

“Click... click... click...”