Chapter 112: Life Threatening Danger
The Old Master’s gaze flickered, and he sighed softly, “That won’t happen. Ling Hanmu won’t die before twenty. That’s just a rumor, not to be believed.”
“Xiao Ge has suffered so many grievances over the years, and now she’ll bear an ugly charge because of Ling Hanmu,” the Old Madam said with concern. “I don’t agree to publicize their marriage contract. Firstly, I don’t want to trouble the Ling family, and secondly, I’m afraid of something like this happening. But I don’t know who leaked this matter.”
“Old woman, stop talking. Since it’s already like this, and the Ling family also approves of Xiao Ge, then let nature take its course! Pei Lin is a reasonable person; he won’t unfairly blame Xiao Ge.”
“Speaking of which, we’ve also let down Pei Lin’s good intentions…”
“Pei Lin will understand us.”
“Speaking of which, we haven’t seen each other for many years. I don’t know if we’ll have the chance to meet again. My health has been declining recently, and I’m afraid I won’t live to see Xiao Ge’s wedding day.”
“Old woman, stop talking. Even if you have to grit your teeth, you must persevere. Xiao Ge only has us now; we can’t abandon her.”
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Xia Chenge, who was still standing outside the door, was stunned on the spot as if struck by lightning upon hearing this conversation.
She hadn’t intended to eavesdrop on their conversation. It was just a whim to take out her mobile phone and browse Weibo. She never dreamed she would hear such news.
Ling Hanmu won’t live past twenty?
Although this body hasn’t fully evolved yet and lacks healing power, it’s easy for her to check if a person’s body has any illnesses. She didn’t find any incurable diseases in Ling Hanmu.
Listening to the Old Madam, it seemed like she was certain, and it wasn’t just a rumor!
Xia Chenge suddenly remembered the time Xia Minglan brought people to cause trouble at the Xia family’s main entrance, and Ling Hanmu’s eyes showed a bloodthirsty look – the kind of look that made humans most fearful in the apocalypse…
But Ling Hanmu showed no signs of being infected with the zombie virus, so what secret was there? Could it be related to the rumor that he wouldn’t live past twenty?
Xia Chenge felt she needed to investigate Ling Hanmu thoroughly.
Although she didn’t have romantic feelings for Ling Hanmu, she already considered him one of her own and didn’t want anything to happen to him.
Xia Chenge still hadn’t realized that she had already developed different feelings for Ling Hanmu.
But she was so slow that she never knew that was liking, and she didn’t know when that liking began!
Xia Chenge returned to her room with a heavy heart. While bathing, she soaked in the bathtub, her mind constantly occupied with Ling Hanmu.
It wasn’t until her mobile phone rang that she suddenly snapped back to reality, realizing the water had long gone cold. She couldn’t help but shiver and quickly wrapped herself in a towel before stepping out of the bathroom.
The call was from Ling Hanmu.
“Not asleep yet?” Xia Chenge answered the phone and spoke first.
“No, I wanted to chat with you,” Ling Hanmu’s voice came, filled with a smile.
He always seemed to be smiling when facing her, Xia Chenge thought to herself. The thought of the rumor that he wouldn’t live past twenty made her feel uneasy.
“Okay, tell me about your childhood,” Xia Chenge followed his lead.
Ling Hanmu’s spirits lifted upon hearing this. “Little Brother, are you finally curious to know about me?”
“Don’t flatter yourself. Just tell me, I’m listening,” Xia Chenge scoffed.
“Little Brother, did you hear something that made you so eager to know about my childhood?” Ling Hanmu’s tone suddenly became serious.
Xia Chenge’s breath hitched. How did he know?
“What are you talking about?” Xia Chenge regained her composure, pretending ignorance.
Ling Hanmu fell silent, not speaking for a long time.
If Xia Chenge hadn’t heard his breathing, she would have thought Ling Hanmu had already put down his phone.
“Little Brother, I don’t want to lie to you,” Ling Hanmu finally said after a long pause, his emotions seeming very low. “I really won’t live past twenty.”
“What?” Hearing these words from him directly, Xia Chenge was truly shocked. “Why would you say something like that out of the blue?”
“I don’t know. Many doctors have told me so, but they can’t explain the specific situation,” Ling Hanmu said. He paused, then smiled again. “Xiao Ge, I’m so miserable, please don’t abandon me, okay?”
Xia Chenge felt an indescribable pressure in her chest. She wanted to say something but didn’t know what to say.
Ling Hanmu had no reason to deceive her, so this matter was one hundred percent true.
But why couldn’t she see any difference between Ling Hanmu and a normal person at all?
“No way, evil spirits live a thousand years. How could you only live twenty?” After a while, Xia Chenge replied in a joking tone.
“Mmm, with your words, Little Brother, I’ll definitely live for a thousand years,” Ling Hanmu said cheerfully, as if Xia Chenge’s previous words were just her imagination.
“Xiao Mu, you’ll be fine!” Xia Chenge didn’t know why she suddenly became serious and assured him, “You’ll definitely live longer than twenty, believe me!”
Once this body fully evolves, as long as Ling Hanmu isn’t infected by the virus, she can save him! Besides, Ling Hanmu couldn’t possibly be infected by the virus, or he would have turned into a zombie long ago!
“Okay, I believe you,” Ling Hanmu also dropped his smile and said solemnly, leaving unsaid the next sentence: I’ll marry you.
That address, “Xiao Mu,” made Ling Hanmu happy from the bottom of his heart.
He believed Xia Chenge, trusted her unconditionally, just as he trusted himself.
For the first time, Ling Hanmu spoke freely, recounting his experiences from childhood to the present in detail.
Xia Chenge listened quietly. Apart from the incident of a serious illness, which Xia Chenge found strange, she found no other anomalies.
At the same time, Xia Chenge also found it strange. Why was there no mention of her saving Ling Hanmu in the original owner’s memories? Shouldn’t there be at least a slight impression?
Xia Chenge couldn’t figure these things out for the moment, so she decided not to think about them and focused on listening to Ling Hanmu tell his story.
The two chatted until four in the morning. Perhaps because she had soaked in the cold water for too long, Xia Chenge started to feel a headache and couldn’t hold on.
Ling Hanmu probably sensed something was wrong with her and quickly ended the conversation, telling Xia Chenge to go to sleep.
After hanging up the phone, Xia Chenge drifted off to sleep in a daze.
The next morning, Yan Yue knocked on the door, but there was no response for a long time.
This was an unprecedented situation. Yan Yue didn’t care about anything else and found the key to open the door. She discovered that Xia Chenge was already unconscious with a high fever, which scared her into a cold sweat. She immediately asked Wei Lixin to personally take her to the hospital.
The doctor was also shocked by Xia Chenge’s temperature and yelled at Wei Lixin, “How can you be a parent like this? You brought her in when she had a fever of 41°C! Any later and she would have been gone!”
Wei Lixin hadn’t expected Xia Chenge’s fever to be life-threatening. Anxiously, he pleaded with the doctor, “It was our oversight. Doctor, please save her.”
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