217: Chapter 217 I Want Your Life 217: Chapter 217 I Want Your Life “Don’t spout nonsense, she isn’t mine.”
Jiang Yan was frowning, his thin lips slightly pursed, looking at her with a face filled with sorrow and innocence.
Seeing his expression, Su He quickly said, “Fine fine fine, she’s not yours.”
What she feared the most was Jiang Yan acting coy and playing innocent with her.
…
Around three or four in the early morning.
Under the pillow, Su He’s phone suddenly began to vibrate.
Su He was woken up, and as she turned over, Jiang Yan, who was holding her, also woke up.
Last night, she had told him to leave, but he refused to go no matter what, and she couldn’t win against him, so she let him stay.
Su He reached under the pillow and took out her phone.
She squinted her bleary eyes and glanced at the caller ID; it was Bai Yang calling.
In an instant, she became fully awake.
She swiped to answer the call, and Bai Yang’s voice immediately came through: “Boss, she’s awake.”
Her voice was somewhat hoarse: “Good, I got it.”
After speaking, she hung up the call and quickly pulled up the surveillance video.
Jiang Yan beside her watched her, perplexed.
“What’s wrong?”
They were very close to each other.
He had heard the content of the call just now, but he did not understand it.
After pulling up the surveillance video, Su He reached out and patted him, saying, “You watch yourself.”
Then, she handed the phone to him.
In the surveillance footage, Bai Luo, who had been lying in bed as a vegetative person, had actually moved and sat up on the edge of the bed.
Even though Jiang Yan had heard her suspicions before and was somewhat prepared, he was still somewhat surprised at this moment.
“Why do you think she’s pretending to be a vegetative person?” Su He wondered.
She had always been puzzled by this question.
She didn’t deny that Bai Luo might have truly been vegetative at one point, but at some time, she had awoken.
So, Su He did not know how long she had been pretending.
That day, when she first saw her, she didn’t notice anything unusual, until she saw the slippers placed by the bed.
Actually, the slippers themselves weren’t strange, as many people would automatically filter out this detail, but for someone who had been a vegetative person for seven years, having a pair of slippers by the bed was really odd.
At that time, she just boldly speculated.
Jiang Yan shifted his gaze away from the phone, looking at her helplessly: “You’re asking me, how would I know?”
Su He let out a light tsk, saying, “Don’t you know her?
You should understand her personality a bit, right?
Don’t worry, just speak freely, I won’t get angry.”
Jiang Yan: “…”
He sighed, stretched out his hand, and tucked her slightly disheveled hair behind her ear, saying, “I really don’t understand her.
Most of my interactions with her involved her speaking and us listening, plus, every time either Jing Chu or Gu Beiyan were present.”
His implied meaning was: We never interacted alone.
Su He could easily read between the lines, but what she wanted to hear wasn’t this.
However, seeing him like this, it seemed he truly didn’t understand Miss Bai.
“Fine, let it be.”
Jiang Yan suddenly asked curiously, “When did you install a camera in someone’s room?
Where did you get it from?”
Su He rolled her eyes, not attempting to conceal, “Last night, Lan Yan sent it over sneakily.”
Jiang Yan: “…”
…
The next day.
Dawn was breaking, and the fresh air was tinged with a hint of coolness.
Su He got ready and left the room.
She appeared in the dining room on time.
She had just sat down when Xi Jue arrived.
Su He took the initiative to greet him, “Good morning, Mr.
Xi Jue.”
Xi Jue, however, gave her a puzzling look, as there’s always a demon in abnormal circumstances.
These past few days, she had never taken the initiative to greet him.
Xi Jue frowned and sat in the chair opposite her.
His uniquely husky voice sounded, “Miss Su, don’t say I didn’t give you time, today is the third day, where is your treatment plan?”
Su He’s expression was calm as she looked at him and smiled lightly, “Don’t rush, let’s first discuss the conditions.”
Xi Jue’s eyes darkened, “What conditions?”
“Of course, the conditions for me to cure Miss Bai and wake her up.
You didn’t think I was going to volunteer for free, did you?” said Su He.
Xi Jue said, “As long as you can do it, money is no object!”
Hearing this, Su He tugged at her red lips, “I don’t lack money, so this time I don’t want your money.”
Xi Jue’s eyebrows furrowed deeper and tighter, a trace of menace flashing through his dark eyes.
“Speak, what is it that you want?”
Su He did not immediately answer him but fell silent for a few seconds before saying, “What if I say, I want your life?”
As soon as her words fell, the entire dining room fell silent in an instant.
The man’s deep eyes grew even more profound and terrifying.
The servant, just about to serve breakfast, stopped dead in their tracks halfway there.
The air was filled with a suffocating chill that made people dare not approach.
Seeing he remained silent, Su He hooked her red lips and then said, “What?
Is Mr.
Xi Jue unwilling?”
“I thought you loved her so much, but it turns out that’s not quite the case.”
Xi Jue’s forehead veins popped, his dark eyes staring at her menacingly.
Any normal person would have been scared into a cold sweat with trembling legs by now, but she seemed totally unconcerned.
Xi Jue almost ground his teeth as he said, “Su He, don’t forget, this is my territory!”
Su He smiled and said in a relaxed tone, “Right, this is your territory, and of course I wouldn’t dare do anything.
But whether Miss Bai can wake up depends on you.
It seems Mr.
Xi Jue doesn’t really want her to wake up, so I’ll go back to my room after breakfast and stop bothering you.”
After saying that, she looked at the servant not far away holding breakfast.
She beckoned to the servant, gesturing for her to come over and said, “Bring the breakfast over.
Your master isn’t hungry, but I am.”
Servant: “…”
At this moment, she was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
The chilling aura emanating from their master was terrifying, but Su He’s gaze was daunting too.
Seeing the servant hesitate to move, Su He sighed, stood up herself, and walked over.
She reached out her hand and said, “Give me the breakfast, you can go now.”
The servant hesitated, then, in the interest of self-preservation, handed the breakfast to Su He before quickly turning to leave this suffocating place.
Su He, holding the breakfast, glanced down and strode past Xi Jue, heading for the dining room entrance.
But she left behind a sentence: “Mr.
Xi Jue can take your time to consider, I’m going back to my room to have breakfast so you don’t have to watch me eat.”
“…”
An hour later.
Su He came out of her room again.
Xi Jue was sitting on the living room sofa, exuding a cold aura.
Su He casually walked to one side and sat down.
She didn’t say a word, and they both remained silent for a few minutes.
Xi Jue spoke in a deep voice, “Su He, you are just looking to avenge Jiang Yan, but don’t forget, I also lost an arm because of this.”
Su He slightly bowed her head, and upon hearing this, she narrowed her eyes with a calm gaze and spoke in a fairly pleasant tone, “You are mistaken, you lost an arm, but Chu lost his life because of you.”
Xi Jue twitched the corner of his mouth: “…”
“So, you are standing up for Jing Chu?”
“You could understand it that way.”
“But Su He, don’t forget, he died trying to save your man.”
“Yes, you are not wrong.” Her voice became unusually sharp, “But if it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have died.”
Hearing this, Xi Jue laughed coldly a few times.
“All these years, I’ve been waiting for Jiang Yan to come for revenge, but I never expected that the person I’d end up waiting for was you.
And he, like a scared turtle, hides behind a woman.
How enlightening.”
Su He was unfazed, her lips curled and she raised her head towards his back, saying, “Why don’t you take a look behind you?”
Xi Jue didn’t understand her meaning at first, but after a few seconds, he turned his head.
His pupils dilated slightly, and his whole person froze for a moment.
Jiang Yan stood brazenly at the top of the stairs, gazing down at him.
Xi Jue started to laugh as he looked.
To think that no one noticed Jiang Yan breaking into the villa!
This was undoubtedly a provocation.
Xi Jue pressed his tongue against his back molars, his face growing increasingly sullen and fearsome.
Jiang Yan, however, was leisurely walking down, as if he were in his own home.
This husband and wife duo, in front of him, in his territory, did not treat themselves as outsiders at all.
After the man came downstairs, he directly went to stand beside Su He.
His deep eyes held a touch of coldness and a measure of cruelty as he looked at Xi Jue.
His voice was as cold as frost: “Xi Jue, you should really be glad that I don’t play dirty.
Otherwise, you wouldn’t still be breathing and sitting here.”
His arrogant words infuriated Xi Jue so much that smoke seemed to be billowing from his nostrils and head, “…”
Early in the morning, he was utterly angered by these two people!
Did he desecrate their ancestors’ graves in his past life?
He said with a sarcastic laugh: “Heh, since when did you need a woman to protect you?”
Jiang Yan didn’t take his comment seriously.
With a casual and slightly lazy manner, he took the seat next to Su He.
After pondering for a moment, he narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a low, magnetic voice with a somewhat aloof tone: “Being protected by the woman I love is nothing to be ashamed of.
Perhaps you’ll never understand my happiness and think it’s embarrassing, which is quite normal.”
“…”
Meanwhile, two sedans drove into the entrance of the villa.
“Si Jinchuan, where exactly are you taking me?”
In the car, Jing Xuan glanced at this unfamiliar place and turned to ask the man sitting beside her.
These past few days, he seemed to have some conscience, not mistreating her, and she had been doing alright.
But he had people watching her all day long, like she was in “jail,” not allowing her to touch any electronic devices, and now he had brought her here.
Si Jinchuan, who had kept his eyes closed throughout the journey, finally opened them.
He didn’t answer her question and instead said directly: “Miss Jing, you’ve recovered quite well these past few days, you should be able to walk on your own, right?”
“…”
“Since you can walk, get out of the car yourself.”
After he spoke, he opened the car door and got out first.
Jing Xuan: “…”
Although upset, Jing Xuan was quite sensible, realizing that she was in someone else’s territory.
Originally, Si Jinchuan had planned to release her that day, but later, he changed his mind and confined her in a place where she couldn’t even see daylight.
She opened a window and was surrounded by mountains.
After getting out of the car, Si Jinchuan didn’t wait for her but walked ahead on his own.
Seeing his figure growing distant, Jing Xuan was speechless: “…”
“Sick or what?
Bringing me here and ditching me!” Jing Xuan cursed irritably: “Really lacks any gentlemanly demeanor, no wonder my Baobao despises this sort.”
At this moment, Si Jinchuan’s assistant came over and said: “Miss Jing, please follow me.”
In the living room, the atmosphere was eerie and tense.
None of the servants dared to approach the living room.
Until Si Jinchuan suddenly appeared.
As he entered, his gaze fell on Su He, and seeing her safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But why was Jiang Yan here too?
The living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop when Jing Xuan’s clear and loud voice came from outside: “Mr.
Si, what kind of lousy place is this?”
Before she appeared, her voice was already heard – and it was Jing Xuan’s.
Upon hearing this, Su He stood up abruptly.
Before Jiang Yan could react, she was already heading towards the entrance.
As soon as Jing Xuan entered, she saw Su He, paused for a second, then joyfully ran towards her.
“Baobao.”
Su He’s heart tightened when she saw her running.
She frowned and said, “Don’t run!”
Jing Xuan heard her voice and slowed down, as she wasn’t supposed to exert herself too much at the moment.
Su He quickened her pace and reached out to hold Jing Xuan’s hand, asking, “Are you feeling unwell anywhere?”
Jing Xuan shook her head: “Nope.”
Hearing she was okay, Su He also relaxed somewhat.
She then asked: “How come you’re here?”
That day, Xi Jue had clearly agreed to let her go.
Jing Xuan then briefly recounted what happened after they hung up the phone that day.
Su He frowned upon hearing this but said nothing more.
However, Jing Xuan showing up here now was definitely not a coincidence.
Just then, Xi Jue’s distinctive raspy voice rose in the living room: “Su He, this is my bargaining chip.”
Both Su He and Jing Xuan turned their gazes towards him.
Su He slightly knitted her brows and looked at him, asking, “What do you mean?”
She certainly didn’t think that his words were as simple as they sounded.
The corners of Xi Jue’s thin lips lifted slightly, and a cold smile flickered in his eyes: “Ah Chuan, tell her what I just meant.”
Si Jinchuan’s eyes darkened.
Su He immediately shifted her gaze to him.
Si Jinchuan saw in her eyes a thick sense of estrangement and coldness.
Although Su He had not been too enthusiastic about him before, at least she was not unfamiliar, but now…
She must hate him, even regret knowing him.
Si Jinchuan pursed his red lips and said in a low voice, “We have injected a special drug into Miss Jing’s body.
Within twenty-four hours, if there is no antidote, that drug will begin to erode her internal organs until death.”
As soon as his words fell, a glint of murderous intent appeared in Su He’s eyes.
And Jing Xuan was completely bewildered by the whole thing.
Xi Jue rarely saw an angry look on Su He’s face besides her usual calm.
Su He narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Xi Jue, who was smiling smugly.
Five minutes later.
Upstairs.
In Bai Luo’s room.
A group of people were standing in the room.
Su He looked at the woman lying on the bed, eyes closed, devoid of any sign of life, turned her head towards Xi Jue, and said, “Xi Jue, I can wake her up today.”
Xi Jue’s pupils shrank slightly, a look of surprise flashed across his face, and a hint of coldness crossed his brows, “Su He, are you playing me?”
It’s not that he didn’t believe her, but he had been unable to wake Bai Luo for many years, and Su He, who had only arrived a few days ago, claimed she could wake her up today.
Wasn’t this toying with him?
A few days ago, she had sworn she didn’t have the ability, and now she had it?
He had to ponder over and over again before he dared to believe anything that came out of Su He’s mouth.
“Believe it or not.” Su He couldn’t be bothered to explain to him, and then she said, “However, my condition is that you must immediately bring out the antidote, otherwise, for the rest of your life, you’ll never get to see her awake again.”
Xi Jue: “…”
After some thought, he signaled to Si Jinchuan to give her the antidote.
Si Jinchuan took out the antidote and handed it to Su He.
Su He didn’t even glance at him but looked sharply at Xi Jue, “You better have not deceived me, otherwise, if I can wake her up, I can make her die again instantly!”
The corners of Xi Jue’s mouth twitched: “…”
Si Jinchuan looked at her, his tone gentle, “The antidote is real, and it will not harm the child in her womb, you can be assured.”
Su He ignored him.
She had Jing Xuan take the antidote first, then let her sit aside and rest.
“Keep an eye on her,” she glanced at Jiang Yan and said.
Jiang Yan knew she was angry with him for not informing her that Jing Xuan was not found.
He dared not say more, as his wife’s word was the law.
Afterward, she sat by the bed and pulled out a needle bag from her pocket, spread it out on the table beside her, and the silver needles came into view.
Su He took out one of the silver needles and then inserted it into the position of Bai Luo’s wrist.
Then, everyone saw her draw several more needles, inserting them into Bai Luo’s other wrist, both sides of her temples, and the top of her head.
Su He’s movements were swift and skilled, and she quickly finished.
“All done, just wait, she’ll wake up in a moment.”
The two female nurses beside her exchanged glances and silently watched.
Xi Jue and Si Jinchuan, seeing her confident demeanor, found it hard not to believe what she said.
Xi Jue had sought traditional Chinese doctors before, but they were also helpless.
Why was it that after Su He had inserted a few needles, she said it was enough?
After Su He spoke, he stared intently at the person on the bed.
About two minutes later, Bai Luo really woke up, and she opened her eyes.
Su He sat there, her face extremely calm, without a trace of surprise.
The most astonished and surprised were Xi Jue and Si Jinchuan, and even Jing Xuan was stunned.
Although she didn’t understand the situation fully, she had just heard that the woman was in a vegetative state.
But their Baobao had only inserted a few needles, and she awakened the vegetative patient – it was simply a miracle!
Only Jiang Yan and the two female nurses showed no ripple of emotion.
Xi Jue was so shocked that he didn’t know what to do and just stood there dumbfounded.
When Bai Luo woke up, the first person she saw was Su He.
Su He, facing her, gently tugged at the corner of her mouth and said, “Miss Bai, no need to thank me.”
Bai Luo had a pair of clear and bright eyes, willow-leaf curved brows, ice-like flawless skin, delicate facial features – indeed a beautiful figure.
However, the look she gave Su He was filled with resentment.
Su He chose to disregard it, immediately after, she neatly collected the silver needles that she had inserted into her body.