Qin Mingxuan’s facial lines, much like his psyche at this moment, were twisted like an S-shaped curve. He gritted his teeth, turned his head to the side, and his teeth itched with hatred. Ye Zhilin glanced around at everyone and finally fixed her gaze on Qin Zhennan, "Zhennan, say something, will you just let that little bitch Gu Jiayin be so smug?" Qin Zhennan, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up, "Gu Jiayin can no longer stay. I will find a way to send her underground to see her mother and elder brother. From today onwards, all of you better behave and stop causing trouble." After finishing, Qin Zhennan stood up and left the ward. Qin Xueyao, arrogant and disdainful, glanced at the twisted face of Qin Mingxuan, called her assistant to pick her up, and left in a couple of minutes. Qin Yiheng, on the other hand, acted indifferent, awaiting the day Qin Zhennan would die or be rendered powerless so he could take over Twilight. His ambition was great, only awaiting a stage. After Qin Zhennan left, he casually tossed a "Brother, take care" and then also rose to depart. Qin Yishu remained quiet, her short close-cropped hair framing a slender, pretty face, emanating a calm beauty. Her schemes ran deeper than the sea, her thoughts more venomous than a snake, yet no one could see it. The image she presented was always that of a noble lady. Seeing Qin Yiheng leave, she quickly got up, "Brother, I’ll go with you." In the hallway, Qin Yiheng turned and sneered at Qin Yishu, his lips curling contemptuously, "Oh, you who have always regarded yourself as the future Young Madam Sheng, always looking down on me, why so enthusiastic today? If I’m not mistaken, you haven’t called me brother for many years." For this blood-related elder brother, Qin Yishu truly harbored disgust, but at this moment, she deliberately put on a gentle smile, "I have something to tell you." Qin Yishu looked around, then lowered her voice, "On the car." Qin Yiheng raised his brows coldly, began walking, and Qin Yishu closely followed. The hallway was empty and quiet. The thunderstorm outside continued rampaging. Not long after, the door to the ward opened again, and Ye Zhilin came out. Three bodyguards were each given a slap. "Useless things, bringing so many people today, yet letting Gu Jiayin turn the situation around, fools!" The tall and sturdy bodyguards were incredibly humbled in front of Ye Zhilin, each keeping their heads low and silent. Ye Zhilin took a deep breath, her meticulously designed face tense, turned and walked toward the elevator, followed closely by the three slapped bodyguards, while the remaining five quietly guarded the ward door. The rain fell harder, the sound of "whoosh whoosh" covering everything. The night deepened, dark as ink. Thunder and lightning intermingled above the city, casting stark contrasts of light and darkness. Dim streetlights cast faint reflections on the car headlights moving through the thunderstorm, the wheels slicing the pooled water on the ground into chaotic bits. Gu Jiayin’s car remained parked under a pear tree on the roadside opposite the hospital, watching the Qin Family members leave one by one. The last was Ye Zhilin. This was the Qin Family’s last car. In fact, she hadn’t intended to seek revenge on the Qin Family so soon; her primary goal was still to quickly find the Blood Tears Jade, but the Qin Family pressed her step by step. If she didn’t create some trouble for them, they would certainly obstruct her path. Seeing the three bodyguards in Ye Zhilin’s car, a smile curled at her lips, but there was no warmth in her eyes. Those three bodyguards were the ones who had tried to kill her, mingling among the crowd. As soon as Ye Zhilin’s car drove out of the hospital, she started her own car and quietly followed. Ye Zhilin sat in the car, sulking, hatred gnawing at her teeth. Years ago, she was university classmates with Qin Zhennan, in love, and had a child out of wedlock. She had been waiting for him to marry her, but he kept delaying. He was a proud person, with excellent grades and considerable talent, yet always felt unappreciated, with a strong sense of inner resentment. She knew he was keeping her as a backup, should he meet someone better who could help him leap to success, he would certainly dump her without hesitation. Indeed, that opportunity came. By chance, he entered Twilight, meeting Gu Qiyun, the daughter of Twilight’s chairman. She valued his talent, promoting and greatly relying on him. And he, at first sight, was enamored with her. But at that time, Gu Qiyun was as high as the clouds, and he was as humble as dust, not daring to pursue her. Moreover, at the time, Gu Qiyun was in a relationship with Sheng Lanzhang, giving him even less confidence. But he believed capturing Gu Qiyun was his only chance for a turnaround in life. So he connived with Gu Shaohua, carefully plotting a scheme that forced Sheng Lanzhang and Gu Qiyun to break up. He became a live-in son-in-law of the Gu Family, while Gu Shaohua successfully married into the Sheng Family. She naturally was unwilling, holding the child to make a scene at the Gu Family. To appease her, he swore that his relationship with Gu Qiyun was just an act, promising that once he took full control of Twilight, he would openly marry her. But who knew that waiting would last over ten years. Waiting had twisted her personality so that she wished to annihilate the Gu Family. Consequently, she despised Gu Jiayin to death, not at ease for a day if she remained alive. Breaking free from her memories, Ye Zhilin sighed deeply and told the bodyguard beside her, "Find a way to get rid of Gu Jiayin quickly, be it assassination or an accident, I want her to disappear before my eyes as soon as possible." With a sudden "bang," the car jolted violently in the rain, then veered off balance, the screech of brakes accompanying it as it crashed into a street lamp post by the roadside. The lamp post snapped in half, crashing down onto the car. The driver was killed on the spot. The other two bodyguards were relatively dedicated, using their bodies to shield Ye Zhilin, but were knocked unconscious by the falling lamp post. The car overturned, lying across a puddle, with the windows shattered to pieces. Ye Zhilin’s face turned pale as paper, her mind blank from the collision. It took her a long time to regain her senses, the blood from the bodyguard’s wound dripping onto her head. In her eyes, they were all dogs, though they died for her, she was not grateful at all. Disgustedly pushing away the bodyguard pressing down on her, she tried crawling out from the shattered window, but as soon as her head poked out, a pair of dainty feet in white rain boots stopped before her. Her soul momentarily felt out of body. Suppressing the fear in her heart, she slowly raised her head, looking up. White rain pants, a white long raincoat, a white umbrella. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ N()velFire.net Under the umbrella, a pretty face framed by the hood of the raincoat, wearing a white mask, eyes squinting amidst the thunderstorm with a smile, though chillingly cold. This entirely white figure, like a ghost in the dark night, amid the cold and rainy spring night, chilled people to their bones.