Chapter 158: She Must Never Return

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Without bothering to see what Aunt Xie’s expression was, she took Yun Fu by the hand and led her into the ward.

At the sight of Yun Fu’s sudden appearance, Xie’s father and Xie Chengyuan froze simultaneously, complex emotions flickering in their eyes.

“Xiao Fu…”

“Sis…”

Mrs. Xie’s eyes reddened. As she looked at the daughter before her, every feature was familiar, yet somehow everything about her felt strangely unfamiliar.

“You’re home. That’s all that matters. You’re home.”

Mrs. Xie had a thousand things she wanted to say to her daughter, but in the end, those were the only words that came out.

She placed the bank card in her hand into Yun Fu’s palm and explained gently, “Last year, our family borrowed fifty thousand from your aunt and uncle altogether. With your father falling ill, we haven’t been able to come up with the money for the time being.

“This is money you earned. Your mother can’t take it.”

It was a very unfamiliar feeling.

Yun Fu’s gaze passed over the three people in the ward, and her eyes flickered faintly.

At last, her attention settled on the bank card that had somehow made its way back into her hands.

After a moment, her soft, cool voice rang out. “This is money I earned. I should give it to you.”

Xie’s parents looked up at her in a daze, both of their eyes turning red.

Mrs. Xie wiped away her tears and clasped Yun Fu’s hand. Tears slipped down her cheeks. “You’ve lost weight. You must have suffered a great deal out there.”

Their child had suddenly become so sensible. She must have endured many grievances while away from home.

Yun Fu could not utter a single word. At that moment, she could feel her body involuntarily giving rise to an emotion called grievance.

The rims of her eyes grew warm.

Elsewhere, after learning that Yun Ye had failed to bring Yun Fu back, Yun Hao’s face darkened instantly.

Madam Yun frowned as well. “Forget it. Since she doesn’t want to come back, then let it be. We can also…”

“I’ll go there myself tomorrow.” Yun Hao cut her off. His eyes held only a businessman’s calculation, devoid of the slightest trace of affection.

Madam Yun was stunned by her husband’s words.

Yun Zhi’s expression changed too. If anyone was most unwilling to see Yun Fu return, it was undoubtedly Yun Zhi.

Yun Fu’s very existence constantly reminded her that she was merely an imitation. No matter how well she performed, Yun Fu would always be the eldest daughter of the Yun family.

No! She could not come back!

Yet everything happening to the Yun family in Crane City had nothing to do with Yun Fu now.

Surrounded by Mrs. Xie’s gentle care, she instinctively accepted all the warmth this family offered her.

The moment the ward door closed, Yun Fu let out a breath of relief.

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She truly was not accustomed to such warmth.

For once, a trace of bewilderment appeared in her eyes. And so, she slowly made her way out through the hospital.

Strange things happened constantly in hospitals, and everyone was always hurrying about. No one paid any attention to her.

That allowed Yun Fu’s tightly furrowed brows to relax slightly.

Suddenly, a heart-wrenching cry rang out ahead.

“Doctor, please, save him! I’m begging you! He isn’t dead yet!”

“Doctor, please save him! I’ll kneel for you!”

Another burst of frantic commotion followed.

Scenes like this were common in hospitals.

Yun Fu did not stop. The next moment, a hospital bed covered with a white sheet passed by her side.

In the blink of an eye, Yun Fu thought she heard the faint sound of a heartbeat.

Her five senses were more than three times sharper than those of an ordinary person—a necessary skill for an assassin. There was no way she could have heard wrong.

Yun Fu frowned.

In the past, she would certainly have walked straight past without even glancing sideways.

But now, listening to the heart-rending cries beside her and looking at the despair on their faces, she thought of Xie’s father lying on his hospital bed.

Yun Fu reached out and caught hold of the bed as it passed her.

“Hey, miss, what are you doing? Let go,” the medical worker pushing the bed said unhappily.

The woman in the baseball cap slowly lifted her head, revealing a pair of bright, dazzling eyes. Then she uttered a shocking sentence:

“He’s still alive.”

Her voice was soft, yet resolute. She looked nothing like someone who was lying.

But the patient on the bed had already been pronounced dead by the doctors. How could that possibly be?

Yun Fu lifted the white sheet, seized one of the patient’s hands, and placed several fingers against his pulse.

The throbbing beneath her fingertips, however faint, proved that the man was still alive.

The medical worker pushing the bed did not believe her, but he imitated Yun Fu and placed his fingers against the patient’s other wrist.

The next second, his expression was one of utter shock.

“This… How is this possible?”

Yun Fu glanced at him. Somehow, she produced a silver needle. In the blink of an eye, she drove it into an acupoint near the patient’s heart and lungs.

Once she had done so, she ignored the medical worker’s stunned expression and addressed the family members, who had stopped crying in their astonishment.

“Take him into the operating room. If you wait any longer, he really will die.”

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If her judgment was correct, the man had suffered a brief respiratory arrest and shock. Combined with the failed operation, this had given the doctors the false impression that he was dead.

The family members looked as though they had seen hope. They hurriedly pushed the bed toward the operating room.

Yun Fu followed behind at a leisurely pace, walking with an utterly carefree swagger.

Just as she reached the operating-room door, several voices gasping for breath came from behind.

Yun Fu frowned and pressed her tongue against her back teeth.

Tsk. What a nuisance.

Sure enough—

“Who are you? How can you treat a patient without permission?!”

Yun Fu swept a cold glance over the group rushing toward her, her voice just as cold. “Hadn’t you already pronounced him dead?”

“…”

Before any of them could speak, the patient’s family had already seized Yun Fu by the sleeve, their eyes filled with pleading.

“Doctor, please save my father. I’m begging you.”

Yun Fu tilted her head slightly, signaling for them to push the bed into the operating room.

Her gaze settled on the medical worker who had just pushed the bed out. “Come in and help.”

When he failed to move, she reached out and tugged him inside.

Then the door closed, completely blocking the others’ view.

The commotion drew the attention of everyone nearby.

“What happened? Was that person mistakenly pronounced dead? That’s terrifying. Who would dare come here for treatment after this?”

“Damn! So if that young woman hadn’t discovered it, they would already have pushed him to the morgue?”

“Quack doctors!”

Faced with the accusations, the hospital authorities went pale.

At that moment, they almost wished Yun Fu would fail the operation as well. That way, the hospital’s reputation might still be salvaged.

The director slammed his hand against the desk. “This matter must be suppressed. Find out which hospital that woman is a doctor from. And go bring Professor Yang back here!”

They could not allow their hospital’s reputation to be ruined because of her.

Meanwhile, inside the operating room, the medical worker watched as Yun Fu took a cloth pouch from the bag she was carrying and spread it open. It was densely packed with silver needles.

His scalp prickled. Then he realized what he was looking at.

“Acupuncture?!”