88: Su Qingge, you fool.

Lin Xuan's voice was steady.

He slowly recounted everything that happened in the afternoon to the girl on the hospital bed.

At first, Su Qingge listened with great interest.

But when she heard that Lin Xuan and the others had actually gotten into a conflict with Zhao Hu and his son, her heart instantly tensed up.

"Zhao Hu? I know him; he's developed quite a lot of influence in Modu these past few years."

"His biggest backer, I remember, is the Han Family, right?"

"Ke Xin and the others actually provoked him this time?"

"And they even beat Zhao Lei; Zhao Hu definitely won't let it go."

"Could Lin Xuan be injured now...?"

...According to occasional rumors she'd heard, Zhao Hu seemed to prefer solving problems with violence.

Now that Lin Xuan and his group had provoked him, they probably wouldn't be able to settle it easily; at least a beating was unavoidable.

Thinking of this, Su Qingge was filled with worry.

She desperately tried to sense her body, desperately wanting to open her eyes, wanting to see Lin Xuan's injuries.

But in the end,

she remained like a living dead person, unable to move an inch.

"I can't even look at Lin Xuan, can't even see if he's injured."

"I really am a good-for-nothing..."

Su Qingge felt down.

She only hated her own incompetence, unable to even perform the most basic human act of opening her eyes.

She hated her weakness even more; otherwise, if Lin Xuan had just revealed that he was the Su Family's live-in son-in-law, how would Zhao Hu dare to touch him?!

"Qingge, are you worried about us?"

"Don't worry, Ke Xin and I are fine. This is all thanks to Brother Su Fan!"

Through the trembling of Su Qingge's fingers, Lin Xuan sensed something was off and comforted her with a smile.

He then explained Chen Kexin's "impersonation" plan... Upon hearing that Lin Xuan and the others had successfully escaped from Zhao Hu's clutches by bluffing, Su Qingge felt a wave of relief, followed by a surge of lingering fear.

"You guys are too bold!"

"You even dared to impersonate a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and you actually managed to fool them?"

"Zhao Hu can't be a fool. To successfully scare him with a bluff, it seems that Su Fan guy... must be a very good actor."

"Only then could he make it seem real."

"But even with good acting, it's still incredible that it succeeded."

"A figure like Zhao Hu..."

"Would he really be easily scared by such a clumsy trick?"

"That doesn't make sense, does it? Could that Su Fan really be a Martial Arts Grandmaster?!"

"But that's impossible! From what Lin Xuan said, that Su Fan is Ke Xin's fiancé, a very young man."

"At that age! Even with extraordinary talent, it's impossible to reach the pinnacle of Martial Arts, right!"

...For her revenge plan,

Su Qingge had deeply researched the Martial Arts World and was well-versed in the cultivation realms of martial artists.

Even before she fell into a coma, she herself had, through five years of diligent training, barely reached the cultivation level of a martial artist who had just entered Inner Strength.

So, Su Qingge deeply understood the difficulty of cultivation.

She absolutely did not believe that the man named Su Fan had the ability to dominate the pinnacle of Martial Arts at such a young age.

Unless he was born a Child of the World, a darling of Martial Arts...

And at this moment,

Lin Xuan mentioned Lin Hao and his son, suddenly grinning mischievously.

"Qingge, if my estimation is correct..."

"At the latest, tomorrow or the day after! The side effects of the beauty cream developed by the Lin Family will start to be exposed one after another."

"I'm really curious what kind of expressions Lin Jianjun and his son will have then? Hehehehehe..."

"..."

At first, hearing Lin Xuan's strange laughter,

Su Qingge couldn't help but be amused by him.

But the next second, remembering certain things, she instinctively felt a pang of heartache for Lin Xuan again.

"Lin Xuan is smiling on the surface. But in his heart, he must be the most pained, right."

"After all, he has to turn against his family, and even personally destroy his family business."

"How cruel must that be!"

...In the dark prison of consciousness,

a trace of inexplicable discomfort and bitterness followed one after another in Su Qingge's heart.

Putting herself in his shoes,

if it were herself and her parents breaking ties like this, severing their relationship,

Su Qingge couldn't imagine... how much pain she would be in?!

Presumably, Lin Xuan felt the same way she did.

It was just that he was putting on a brave face, feigning a relaxed tone, so as not to show his weak side in front of her.

Thinking this way,

Su Qingge's heart couldn't help but ache even more.

She suddenly wanted to do something for this man, even if it was just to comfort him with a few words.

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But her mood quickly plummeted again.

She was a cripple now; besides being able to move a few fingers and toes, she couldn't do anything at all... Wait!

I seem to... still be able to do something for him?!

Su Qingge's heart rejoiced.

She suddenly had an idea and began to mobilize the sensations in her fingers...

Outside,

Lin Xuan, with great interest, was explaining how he would launch his Beauty Pill after the Lin Family's complete collapse, and take the opportunity to seize market share and reclaim Lin Family shares, and so on.

Just as he was speaking animatedly,

a tickle in his palm made him stop, and he asked, slightly puzzled:

"Qingge, what's wrong?"

Under Lin Xuan's surprised gaze,

Su Qingge's tender white index finger laboriously traced in his palm.

Perhaps because her recovery was not yet complete,

the movement of her index finger was stiff, and the tracing speed was extremely slow.

But she tirelessly repeated it again and again.

Finally, Lin Xuan understood the general meaning the girl wanted to convey... "I'm here."

"I'm with you."

"Don't be sad."

"Cheer up."

...Just a few words, but they made Lin Xuan's heart suddenly clench.

An inexpressible emotion welled up in his heart.

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge for his nose to sting, and gently pinched the girl's delicate cheek.

"Silly girl."

At this moment,

Lin Xuan had also realized.

Su Qingge must have thought he had fallen out with Lin Jianjun and was now putting on a brave front...

The girl, unable to speak words of comfort,

could only accompany Lin Xuan in this clumsy, primitive way.

But she herself was a vegetable; clearly, the most pitiful one... should be the soul trapped in that body, unable to move, right?

In this situation,

Can't you be a little selfish for me, and worry about yourself, huh!!!

"You silly girl."

In the dark prison of consciousness,

hearing Lin Xuan call her "silly girl" twice,

Su Qingge was left only with confusion.

What's going on?

Did I trace it wrong, and Lin Xuan didn't understand what I meant???

Why did he say I was a silly girl?!

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You hateful guy, I worried about you for nothing.

I'm not silly at all!!!