Yang Shuo could finally breathe. He sat up, clutching his throat as he coughed violently.
Ning Wei watched his performance with impatience. "Alright, alright, if you keep coughing like that, you'll cough out your lungs."
Yang Shuo now understood what kind of person he had provoked. No matter how dissatisfied he felt, he didn't dare to show it.
He looked at Qin Chang, who was standing to the side, his eyes slowly filling with deep affection. "Qin Chang, if I can see you one more time, I have no regrets even in death!"
Qin Chang didn't look at him at all. Instead, Ning Wei spoke with venom, "I never expected your feelings for my sister to be so deep. Why don't you jump down now and join her as a pair of ghost lovers wandering the hospital forever?"
Yang Shuo's expression froze. He had intended to awaken Qin Chang's past feelings for him, thus allowing him to leave safely. He had never considered dying with her.
He had a bright future ahead of him, about to go abroad for further refinement. He couldn't die here!
"Qin Chang, the future we once dreamed of, I'm on the verge of success. Are you going to personally erase it all?" This was classic emotional blackmail.
Unfortunately, Qin Chang, now a ghost, had no morality.
"Do whatever you want, as long as you return my uterus to me," Qin Chang said, clearly unwilling to talk more with him.
Hearing Qin Chang's words, Yang Shuo breathed a sigh of relief.
"Qin Chang's uterus is at the private clinic where it all happened. If you let me go, I can bring it back immediately."
Ning Wei didn't trust Yang Shuo, so she added another restraint to the red thread. "This should do."
Yang Shuo's eyes widened. "What did you do?"
Ning Wei winked playfully. "I tied a thread of destiny between you two. No matter what happens, this red thread will never break. You can go get the things together and reminisce on the way."
While it seemed like she was considering their feelings, it was actually her distrust of Yang Shuo. Fearing he might pull some tricks, she simply tied Qin Chang to his side.
Furthermore, although Qin Chang seemed indifferent to Yang Shuo, various details still indicated that her feelings for him hadn't vanished, merely been suppressed.
By doing this, she achieved two goals at once and fulfilled a wish for Qin Chang.
Yang Shuo's face darkened upon hearing this. He didn't dare to look up at Qin Chang.
When Qin Chang had jumped off the building and committed suicide, it had been his time to get off work, so he had seen her, broken and mangled, her limbs askew. That image had been etched in his mind.
It was only after seeing countless therapists that he had slowly come to terms with it.
"Alright, let's go. It's getting late," Ning Wei urged Yang Shuo.
Yang Shuo's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but his gaze met Qin Chang's, and he remained silent.
Ning Wei stood by the railing, watching Yang Shuo's car slowly drive away from the hospital before finally relaxing.
With this matter finally resolved, Ning Wei could comfortably return to her ward to rest.
As long as Qin Chang retrieved her belongings, the bus ticket would be secured.
Going downstairs, the lights in the stairwell flickered erratically. Ning Wei stopped and stood still.
"Still not coming out? Is it fun playing ghost games with me here?" It seemed Ning Wei already knew who was causing trouble.
Indeed, the next second, the lights suddenly went out, plunging the entire stairwell into darkness.
A figure gradually approached Ning Wei, glowing with a faint green light. A terrifying face appeared before Ning Wei.
Ning Wei recoiled in disgust. "Kong Mingqian, are you sick?"
Kong Mingqian remained silent.
"If you have something to say, say it quickly. I'm in a hurry to get back to sleep," Ning Wei said impatiently.
She sensed no killing intent from Kong Mingqian, meaning she must have sought her out for a specific reason.
Kong Mingqian looked deeply at Ning Wei, then knelt directly before her.
Ning Wei flinched and dodged to the side. "This won't do. You're older than me!"
Kong Mingqian seemed a bit speechless. She slowly stood up, retreated to the wall, and then told Ning Wei, "You asked me last time why I killed Lan Lingling. I've come specifically to tell you the answer."
"Okay, go on," Ning Wei said, ready to listen to another story.
"When Yang Shuo was operating on me back then, the accident that occurred was actually Qin Chang causing trouble. She couldn't stand anyone getting close to Yang Shuo."
"After dealing with me, she controlled me and forced me to become her accomplice, helping her eliminate many people who were entangled with Yang Shuo."
"Lan Lingling was one of them. The reason for her death was Qin Chang's jealousy of Yang Shuo's concern for Lan Lingling."
Ning Wei listened to this melodramatic story with complete indifference. She had long guessed this outcome.
What happened on the rooftop was all within her expectations.
She had learned from Lan Lingling about Qin Chang's past with Yang Shuo, so she had made a bold guess and set this trap.
Anyone who got close to Yang Shuo met a bad end.
Minor injuries at best, death at worst!
She used Qin Chang's jealousy to lure her out, forcing Yang Shuo to reveal the truth, and finally confirming what the "house" Qin Chang mentioned actually was.
Every step had been within her predictions, so she wasn't surprised by Kong Mingqian's visit.
"You refused to say anything back then, so why are you willing to tell me now?"
"I know Qin Chang will soon be able to leave this world, but I am not reconciled. I have done so many wicked deeds, and I know I have lost the possibility of reincarnation. So, I want to drag her down to hell with me!"
"That's it?" Ning Wei's reaction was a little too calm.
Kong Mingqian nodded. "I know you are very powerful. I hope you can look at what happened here fairly."
Ning Wei found it a bit ridiculous. A ghost was coming to talk to her about fairness? She wasn't a divine judge!
"I'm not interested in your affairs. Since you know Qin Chang will be free soon, you must also know my identity. I just want to take my bus ticket and leave this place of trouble as quickly as possible. You should resolve your own issues."
Ning Wei said this and then turned to leave, leaving Kong Mingqian standing in place.
Kong Mingqian dared not chase after her. She knew she couldn't defeat anyone.
Despite her unwillingness, she could only reluctantly disappear into the corner.
After she left, the lights in the stairwell returned to normal.
Not long after Ning Wei left, she sensed Kong Mingqian's departure and a smile that no one could decipher flickered across her face.
Returning to her ward, Ning Wei slept until the next morning, but Qin Chang and the other person never arrived.
Not only that, but she also received another woman.
Doctor Zhao had promised her father yesterday that she would bring Yang Shuo home for dinner. However, she had reheated the food twice, and Yang Shuo still hadn't returned. She didn't dare to face her father's expression.
She returned to the home she shared with Yang Shuo in a huff, just in time to see Yang Shuo placing a transparent container in the study.