My Paranoid Girlfriend Asks Me to Be Her Kept Woman (Rebirth) - Chapter 21

In the middle of the night, Lin Yi lay on the bed. In her dream, the woman was holding her and speaking.

“Once you’re better, I’ll buy a big villa. You grow vegetables, and I’ll cook. How about that?”

“Why am I the one growing vegetables?”

“Then do you know how to cook?”

Lin Yi smiled and lifted her head, bumping the top of her head against the woman’s chin.

“The food you make tastes awful,” she said softly, acting spoiled.

“Then why do you finish everything every time?”

The woman held her tightly, resting her chin on the top of Lin Yi’s head.

“Once you’re better, we can do anything.”

“When the time comes, I’ll put a piano on the balcony and let you play however you want. How about that?”

The woman turned her over and pinched her nose.

“For now, focus on recovering. Don’t worry about anything else.”

Lin Yi woke from the dream with a start. A suffocating feeling came from her chest, and a dull pain throbbed in her lower left abdomen.

Lin Yi, the Sea of Fate is in disorder, Wuming’s voice sounded. Zhao Qi was shot. She is being rescued in the hospital.

Lin Yi thought she was still dreaming.

The rain outside the window had already stopped, revealing clear moonlight that slanted across the bed.

Wuming continued, If the disturbance is not stopped, everything you have obtained will be lost.

A chill rose through her body, and she instantly became fully awake.

What did you say? Zhao Qi was shot!

She is being rescued in the hospital. It has already been five hours.

A faint glow spread from Wuming’s lotus petals, and an image flashed through Lin Yi’s mind. The woman had a breathing tube inserted, and the doctors were continuously using a defibrillator to stimulate her heart.

Lin Yi tumbled and scrambled out of bed, her hands shaking as she searched for her phone and dialed Zhao Qi’s number.

“The number you have dialed is unavailable. Please try again later…”

She dialed again and again, but no one answered.

“How could this be…?” Lin Yi hugged her head and knelt on the floor, hoping the woman would reply to her.

She did not want anything anymore. She only wanted the woman to live safely.

Wuming’s voice turned stern. Lin Yi! She can still be saved!

“What?” Lin Yi raised her head, unable to hold back her tears.

Wuming, tell me. What should I do? What could she do to save the person she loved?

Wuming’s lotus petals slowly opened. A warm yellow light shot out from the lotus stamen and condensed before Lin Yi’s eyes into an identical lotus.

This is my energy. As long as you can get close to Zhao Qi, this can save her.

Lin Yi slowly grasped it. Her palm burned for a moment, and the lotus disappeared into her hand.

Wuming’s voice sounded somewhat exhausted. Listen, Lin Yi. Zhao Chengye has already arranged a plane. It will take off from Guoming Airport at dawn. You must get there. Also, you must retrieve the anomaly’s energy. I will not appear again for the time being.

Wuming? Wuming? Lin Yi called in her mind. Wuming, are you all right?

Wuming’s weary lotus petals bloomed faintly. I am fine for now. But if another disturbance occurs in the Sea of Fate, I cannot say for certain.

Lin Yi let out a long breath. Although her hands were still shaking, she still dialed the phone.

“Miss Lin?” Assistant Li had just picked up his car keys, preparing to drive to Guoming Airport.

“Did something happen to Zhao Qi?”

Assistant Li narrowed his eyes. This matter should not have reached the country yet. Only a few of them knew. How did Miss Lin know?

His mind turned, and he smiled calmly. “What are you saying, Miss Lin? Boss is perfectly fine on a business trip in Europe.”

“If Miss Lin has nothing else, it is late. Please sleep early.”

Lin Yi lowered her eyes and tightened her left hand, where the small lotus was stored.

“Take me to see Zhao Qi. I have a way to save her.”

…

“So you brought her with you?” Zhao Chengye’s expression was solemn as he glanced at Lin Yi and asked Assistant Li, “What method could she possibly have?”

Assistant Li obediently shook his head. He did not know either. But when Lin Yi said those words, and after Europe sent several critical condition notices for the young miss, for some inexplicable reason, he brought Lin Yi along.

Under the bright moonlight, Lin Yi’s hair was blown wildly by the night wind.

She had come out in a hurry and casually put on a dress. Now the wide skirt fluttered with the wind.

The rain had only just stopped. The fresh scent of soil mixed with the night wind and greeted them, but it still could not suppress Zhao Chengye’s agitation. His handsome brows and refined eyes were tense. He took a deep breath and walked closer to Lin Yi, whose expression was calm.

“Miss Lin, although I don’t know how you found out something happened to Xiao Qi, this is my family’s matter. I know you are also worried about Xiao Qi. Once there is news, I will have someone pass it on to you.”

Lin Yi’s eyes were soaked in ink-like blackness, reflecting the moonlight and the man like a mirror.

She stared at Zhao Chengye and said seriously, “I know you may not believe this, but I saw Zhao Qi get hurt in a dream.”

“I saw that she had already been undergoing emergency treatment for five hours, and the doctors had issued three critical condition notices.”

“And I saw that after I arrived at her side, she opened her eyes and woke up.”

Zhao Chengye stared at Lin Yi as if this were absurd. He was just about to scold her and tell her not to joke around at a time like this when the assistant beside him said in panic, “Master, there’s another message from the hospital!”

“What? Hurry and say it!”

“The doctors have issued the third critical condition notice! They’re telling us to hurry over! To… to see Miss one last time…”

Zhao Chengye turned his head and stared terrifyingly at the assistant who had delivered the message. Then he waved his large hand.

“Bring her. We’re leaving!”

Lin Yi boarded the helicopter. It circled upward and soon flew away from Huaicheng. In her heart, she silently prayed for Zhao Qi to hold on.

The helicopter soon flew steadily. Above the clouds, the temperature was very low. Lin Yi’s lips turned pale from the cold, but she did not make a sound.

She sat facing Zhao Chengye. Zhao Chengye’s eyes were half-closed, and inside the cabin, only the humming of the rotating blades could be heard.

She was so cold she could not help coughing once.

This startled the man opposite her.

Zhao Chengye thought of how the little girl before him was even a few years younger than his own little sister, and his heart softened again.

He said to the assistant sitting beside him, “Take off a jacket and drape it over Miss Lin.”

They had also come out in a hurry, but they were all grown men. Besides, they were used to dressing formally in suits when going out, so they were not cold now. The little girl opposite them, however, was only wearing a thin white dress, and her face was as pale as paper from the cold.

The bodyguard sitting beside Lin Yi took off his jacket without a word and gave it to her.

Lin Yi did not pretend to be reserved and refuse. She really was freezing.

If not for the belief in her heart that she had to see the woman, her teeth would already be chattering.

After putting on the jacket, she indeed felt much better. She opened her mouth and thanked him.

“Thank you.”

Zhao Chengye snorted coldly, and the matter was considered over.