Rebirth 78, the beginning of the marriage was broken off by the female educated youth

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

After saying this, Shen Yujing began to cough violently. He raised his right hand without the IV needle and rubbed his throat, which had been eaten away by the poison, tightly, wanting to heal his wound as soon as possible and have a good talk with Li Xiangnan.

Li Xiangnan waited until his cough subsided before he spoke slowly. His voice was not loud, but every word struck Shen Yujing's heart clearly:

"Shen Yujing, personal grudges are personal grudges. The life lying in the hospital bed in need of treatment is a life. I can tell the difference. I'm a doctor, you know!"

Shen Yujing looked at him in astonishment, feeling uncomfortable and speechless.

"What's more, it's not that I don't want retribution, it's just that the time has not come yet! God will turn things around, and no one can escape it! You abused your power to dig a hole for me, affecting not only my interests, but also the interests of the general public! Now God has come to take you away. Although you were poisoned and I saved you out of duty and orders, you still cannot avoid death because you have committed a crime!"

"There are many things in this world that are more important than revenge against you! And..."

He looked at Shen Yujing intently and said frankly, "Why would I bother with a dying man? Can the grudges in this world be compared to those between life and death?"

"..." Shen Yujing's eyes flashed with deep surprise. He didn't seem to have expected that Li Xiangnan didn't care about his "suppression" of him at all.

It was only then that he realized that in Li Xiangnan's eyes, he had never been his opponent.

I don’t know what happened, but Shen Yujing, who was valued and treated as a treasure, suddenly felt infinite loss in his heart.

It’s like Dugu Qiujian has been seeking his way all his life.

When he finally gets it, he will definitely find out, like himself, that what he has been seeking all his life, it turns out that some people have already had it.

Shen Yujing knew that there was a huge gap between him and Li Xiangnan after all.

The two were silent for a while.

Li Xiangnan's gaze sharpened, cutting into the core like a scalpel. "Now, tell me, did you know someone was trying to kill you? Before you were poisoned, or even before that, did you notice anything unusual?"

These words were like a thunderclap, splitting Shen Yujing's consciousness which was shrouded in hatred and weakness.

The anger and hatred in his eyes were instantly replaced by a more primitive, bone-deep fear.

Someone... was trying to kill him?! In prison?! Where he thought he was safe?!

In this place where not even a fly can fly in?

He suddenly recalled the bowl of strange-tasting prison food before his consciousness completely blurred...

No, it’s not the food that’s the problem!

I didn't eat at all, and it wasn't the smell of food!

Is it air?

Is it the strange smell in the air?

How did I get poisoned?

The great shock and fear gripped him, making him temporarily forget his hatred for Li Xiangnan.

His throat rolled as he breathed out with difficulty: "The food... the food from that day... tasted... wrong... Something got into the cell that day... I didn't notice... The taste was... strange..."

He gasped for breath, his eyes filled with fear and confusion, "Who...why...want...to kill me?"

"It seems you are not completely unaware."

Li Xiangnan's voice remained calm, as if stating an objective fact. "Based on the evidence we have so far, someone meticulously planned to exploit loopholes in prison management and bring the poison outside your cell through specific channels. They took advantage of the weather that day, intending to cause you to die quietly."

He paused, his eyes sharp, and said, "The person who hired the murderer is outside the prison."

Shen Yujing's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of a pinpoint! Outside the prison?! Wasn't this a conflict within the prison?! Was it someone outside who wanted him dead?!

The shock brought by this realization made him more frightened than the conspiracy inside the prison!

Countless faces, countless secret transactions and shady secrets flashed through his mind...

Who is it?! Who wants to silence him?!

Just as he was consumed by this immense fear, his thoughts in disarray, Li Xiangnan's voice rang out again, steady yet powerful: "Now, tell me how you felt when you heard this news. But before that, you need to know another fact."

Li Xiangnan leaned forward slightly, staring directly into Shen Yujing's terrified eyes. He spoke slowly and clearly, "I was the one who pulled you back from the brink of death. I used every possible means I could think of, even without any readily available antidote. If I had discovered you ten minutes later, or if any step in the rescue process had gone wrong, you would be a cold corpse by now."

There was deathly silence in the ward.

Only the regular "beeping" sound of the monitor seemed particularly harsh at this moment.

The expression on Shen Yujing's face completely froze.

It was an extremely complex distortion that was difficult to describe in words.

Shock, disbelief, absurdity, the humiliation of being cruelly toyed with by fate, and a hint of... confusion after surviving a disaster that he himself was unwilling to admit, and... some kind of "favor" that was forced upon him and that he could not understand?

The enemy I hate to the core... turns out to be... my savior?!

This realization was like a red-hot iron, burning his soul fiercely. It was more painful and unbearable than the zinc phosphide burning his trachea and internal organs!

He stared at Li Xiangnan's calm face, trying to find even a trace of hypocrisy, complacency or charity in it, but he only saw an unfathomable silence and an almost cold honesty.

"Why……"

Shen Yujing's voice was hoarse like sandpaper, trembling with the edge of collapse. This time, it was no longer pure hatred, but was mixed with great confusion and a sense of powerlessness that had completely overturned his worldview. "...You...could obviously...watch...me...die..."

Li Xiangnan stood up and looked down at his opponent lying on the hospital bed. The opponent was once powerful but now vulnerable. His eyes were as deep as a cold pond.

"I told you, it was murder. And it's my duty to stop murder and save lives, no matter who it is."

His tone remained steady, as if he were expounding on a universal law. "Only as long as you're alive can you identify the true murderer and uncover those culprits hiding in the shadows. If you die, the clues will be cut off, and the person behind the scenes will go unpunished. I think you understand this principle."

Shen Yujing seemed to have been drained of all his strength and collapsed on the hospital bed. His rapid breathing gradually subsided, but the storm in his eyes surged even more violently.

Hatred, fear, shock, humiliation, and a forcibly awakened strong desire to survive regarding the "truth" and the "mastermind" were fighting fiercely in his heart.

Li Xiangnan's words, like a cold steel needle, pierced through all his self-deceiving shells and placed the bloody reality before him: his life and death were no longer under his control, and he had even become a chess piece on the chessboard.

And the doctor in front of him, whom he regarded as his enemy, became the only ally he could grasp at this moment to fight against the invisible black hand...?

This realization made him feel extremely disgusted and humiliated, but he was powerless to refute it.

The ward fell into an eerie silence, with only the invisible electricity between the two people crackling.

After a long moment, Shen Yujing seemed to have exhausted all his energy. He closed his eyes and uttered a few words hoarsely, "...What...do you...want...to...know?"

Li Xiangnan did not ask any further questions immediately. He needed to give this patient, who had just experienced the double shock of life and death and psychological distress, some breathing space, and also to allow him to accumulate some strength to answer.

He signaled Dr. Hao to give Shen Yujing some warm water.

Watching Shen Yujing swallow a few mouthfuls of water with difficulty, Li Xiangnan slowly spoke, lowering his voice to ensure that only the two of them could hear clearly: "The murderer was very cautious. Hu Qiyi, who poisoned you, went to one place to meet with the murderer."

He paused deliberately, his eyes fixed on Shen Yujing's face, not missing any subtle changes in her expression. "The name of that place is - 'Baihezhou'."

"Bai...He...Zhou?!"

Shen Yujing's slightly closed eyes suddenly opened!

The dark blue flame deep in the pupil was like a bucket of oil being poured on it, and it exploded instantly!

The blood color on the sallow face was completely drained away, leaving only the ashen paleness!

His body began to tremble violently and uncontrollably, causing even the bed to creak slightly!

The liquid in the IV tube was sloshing around like crazy!

"Oh... uh..."

A strangled, terrified gasp came from his throat, and his cracked lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but he was completely speechless due to extreme shock and fear!

Those wide-open eyes were filled with disbelief, fear that penetrated deep into the bones, and a kind of despair... as if being gripped by the deepest nightmare!

This reaction far exceeded Li Xiangnan's expectations!

This is definitely not just a reaction to an ordinary place name!

Not only did Shen Yujing know about "Baihezhou", but this place obviously meant an extremely terrifying, extremely secretive, and even potentially fatal connection to him!

Li Xiangnan's heart sank suddenly, and his eyes instantly became as sharp as an eagle.

He immediately took a step forward, his voice low but filled with irresistible power. He pressed down his cramped shoulder with one hand, trying to stabilize his uncontrolled body, and shouted in a deep voice: "Shen Yujing! Look at me! What is 'White Crane Island'?! Who is it related to?!"

Shen Yujing seemed to be completely trapped in some terrible nightmare and ignored Li Xiangnan's questioning.

He stared at the pale ceiling with unfocused eyes, his body shaking like a sieve, only broken and meaningless hoarse sounds coming from his throat. His forehead was instantly covered with beads of cold sweat, which slid down his sallow cheeks.

Li Xiangnan stared at Shen Yujing's completely out-of-control panic reaction, and instantly understood.

No need to ask further questions.

Shen Yujing's reaction said it all - the place name "Baihezhou" was like a key that directly penetrated the darkest and most fearful core of Shen Yujing's heart!

It is probably related to something far more than just hiring a killer to kill someone. It may even touch upon the shocking secret that Shen Yujing is so secretive about that he would rather die than reveal it!

The strong reaction to this unexpected gain was more like a thunder that tore through the fog than Shen Yujing's awakening itself!

Li Xiangnan slowly released his hand that was pressing on Shen Yujing's shoulder and stood up straight.

In the ward, the only sounds were Shen Yujing's uncontrollable, fear-filled heavy breathing and the monotonous beeping of the monitor.

In the dim light, Li Xiangnan's shadow was stretched out very long, covering the figure on the hospital bed who was curled up in extreme fear.

His eyes were deep, as if containing a storm that was about to sweep across.

The three words "Baihezhou" are like a huge rock thrown into a deep pool, which will stir up huge waves that can swallow everything.