Guarding the elevators on this side was Lu Wu, who frowned when he saw Leng Xuan. “Ms. Leng?”


  Leng Yun looked at Lu Wu condescendingly. “Since you know who she is, hurry up and move aside.”


  The commotion attracted the others’ attention. Everyone looked over to see Leng Xuan and Jijing Island’s medical team walking over with medical kits in their hands. From Lu Chengzhou’s earlier attitude, the rest of the Lu family thought that Leng Xuan was not coming, so they were very surprised to see her.

  When Lu Chengzhou looked up, his eyes darkened slightly at the sight of Leng Xuan. His father, meanwhile, politely went up to greet her. “Ms. Leng.”


  Leng Xuan’s gaze lingered on Lu Chengzhou for a couple of seconds before shifting to the emergency room. The tightly shut doors did not deter her from walking over to them. “Get all the unnecessary people out of the way.”


  Given the current situation, Leng Xuan’s medical skills were obviously more reliable than Gu Mang’s. Thus, no matter how unwilling Lu Zhan was to associate with people from Jijing Island, he could only do as she ordered.

  The people from Red Scorpion, whom Lu Zhan had brought over, therefore headed towards the emergency room. However, before they could even knock on the door, the door opened from the inside.

  The two medical teams, the hospital’s and Jijing Island’s, came face to face with one another.

  Yu Zhongjing froze for a second when he saw Leng Xuan. He hadn’t expected to see her here.

  Lu Zhan explained, “Elder Yu, Jijing Island’s medical team will now take over. Thanks for your trouble.”


  “I’m afraid it’s too late,” replied Yu Zhongjing gravely as he pulled down the blue surgical mask from his face.

  Color drained from Lu Zhan’s face. His son pushed away the people blocking the emergency room’s entrance and dashed inside right away. A straight line was shown on the electrocardiogram monitor and the oxygen mask had yet to be removed from Old Madam Lu’s face.

  Lu Chengzhou’s throat tightened and his fingers trembled when he saw the scene before him. He closed his eyes and when he opened them again, his gaze landed on the slender figure squatting beside the bed.

  Old Madam Lu’s hand was resting atop Gu Mang’s hands, but her heart was no longer beating.

  Gu Mang was wearing a blue surgical mask and a matching gown at the moment. Her eyes looked dead as if all the light had been sucked out of her. She stayed motionless and deathly quiet.

  Lu Chengzhou walked over to her side, crouched down, and softly whispered her name. “Gu Mang.”


  Upon smelling his familiar scent, Gu Mang’s eyelashes fluttered and she slowly turned her head toward Lu Chengzhou, who was looking at her worriedly. As if she were afraid to see something in his eyes, she lowered her gaze and whispered hoarsely, “Granny…… She…… I’m sorry……”


  He put a hand on her nape and rubbed his fingers against it. “What are you apologizing for? If you couldn’t save her it was meant to be.”


  Gu Mang, who seemed to be in a trance, did not say anything in response.

  “Come on, get up,” said Lu Chengzhou as he put his arm around her shoulders.

  By now, the rest of the Lu family had poured into the emergency room. A few strangled cries were heard when they saw the motionless old lady on the bed.

  Old Madam Lu’s passing had caught everyone off guard……

  Meanwhile, at the Gu Manor on Jijing Island.

  “She passed away?” asked Old Master Gu as he picked up a teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.

  “Yes,” replied Elder Gu respectfully.

  Old Master Gu put the teapot down. “Didn’t Gu Mang notice anything amiss when she came into contact with Old Madam Lu?”


  Elder Gu shook his head. “I don’t think so.”


  “Just as I expected. Even though she’s famous and has broken many records, her medical skills are much inferior to Leng Xuan’s. How can the outside world be compared to Jijing Island after all? That’ll teach her to stir up so much trouble when I told her to come back,” said Old Master Gu.

  “She will surely come back this time,” said Elder Gu. “Leng Xuan is acting on secret orders from the Elders’ Association, so she’ll definitely have the matter settled.”


  Old Master Gu nodded before letting out a sigh. “As I’m acquainted with the late Old Madam Lu, you’ll attend her funeral as the Gu family’s representative.”


  “Yes.”
……

  The Lu family was naturally responsible for arranging Old Madam Lu’s funeral. However, because Gu Mang was still in shock, her hands felt icy to the touch, Lu Chengzhou could only instruct Lu Yī and the rest to monitor the situation at the emergency room while he led her outside to sit on a long bench.

  The corners of Gu Mang’s eyes were drooping and unblinking. Like a wooden puppet, her eyes were soulless.

  When Lu Chengzhou looked at her ashen face, he felt as if something was stuck in his chest. He turned her head over to face him as he stared into her eyes, saying, “Listen to me. Grandma’s death has nothing to do with you. Nobody can escape from death. You bought her valuable time.”


  As Gu Mang looked into Lu Chengzhou’s black eyes, she saw her reflection in them. Her face was deathly pale and she looked like a puddle of stagnant water.

  “It has nothing to do with you. You did your best, you hear me?” Lu Chengzhou repeated nervously as he gently stroked Gu Mang’s hair. He had never seen her in such a state before, nor did he ever expect that his grandmother’s death would be such a huge blow to her.

  She exuded an oppressive, dark, and gloomy aura. She locked herself up in her own world so that nobody could interrupt her thoughts.

  After some time, she slowly blinked and said in a low, hoarse voice, “I have a headache. I want to go back and sleep.”


  Lu Chengzhou nodded. “I’ll get Lu Qi to take you back to Royal Garden.”


  “Mm.”


  As Lu Chengzhou could not leave the hospital yet, he could only see her off at the carpark. After watching the car drive away from the hospital, he returned to the emergency room.

  Leng Xuan and Jijing Island’s medical team were still there. Yu Zhongjing had already issued a death certificate, which was in Lu Zhan’s hands now.

  On the other side, the medical staff shifted Old Madam Lu’s body to a mobile bed and was just about to cover her with a piece of white cloth when Leng Xuan suddenly said, “Wait.”


  The medical staff froze and looked up at him. So did the other members of the Lu family, who watched her walk over to the sickbed.

  Lu Zhan followed her. “What’s wrong, Ms. Leng?”


  “Something’s wrong with Old Madam Lu’s complexion,” said Leng Xuan calmly as she glanced at him.

  Lu Zhan frowned. “What do you mean?”


  Leng Xuan did not answer him and lifted her hand to take a pair of disposable latex gloves from Leng Yun. She put them on and used two fingers to open Old Madam Lu’s eye to examine it.

  A dead silence lingered in the emergency room.

  About two minutes later, Leng Xuan looked up. “She has been injected with Jijing Island’s new form of poison.”


  Lu Chengzhou happened to hear this shocking development when he entered the emergency room.

  “What do you mean by that, Ms. Leng?” Second Master Lu turned to Leng Xuan.

  Leng Xuan removed the gloves from her hands and tossed them into the trash bin. “Her complexion and lips are slightly darker than expected. The cause of her death is Jijing Island’s newest poison.”


  “What?!” Lu Shangjin’s expression changed. “Who could’ve done that?!”


  “Exactly! Aside from our own family members, the people who looked after her are from Red Scorpion’s medical department. I don’t believe they would poison her right under our noses!”


  “Unless it was one of the hospital’s doctors……”


  Everyone turned to look at Yu Zhongjing’s medical team at that.