Chapter 1219: Liu Quan and Qi Heng Perish Together

"Why did you do that? They treated you like a brother, yet you cruelly murdered them!" Qi Heng gritted his teeth.

"Brother?"

"Hahahaha..."

Liu Quan looked up to the sky and laughed, laughing until tears streamed down his face.

He acted as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, laughing until he was delirious.

Qi Heng turned around quietly; he wanted to take this opportunity to rescue Shi Ran, but Liu Quan was an old fox, and even while laughing like that, he had not relaxed his vigilance.

"Turn back. Playing tricks under my nose? Qi Heng, you are just like your father, always treating me like a fool."

"Fine, you can't understand why I had to kill your parents? Now I will tell you the answer."

"That pair of dead parents of yours were full of talk about benevolence and morality on the surface, but in reality, they were treacherous villains. They only had eyes for profit; the interests of the Qi Family were greater than heaven, and other people's lives were like ants, even those who had done them great favors."

"Your parents were like this to the Sheng Family couple, and they were like this to me. What kind of bullshit brothers? In their eyes, nothing could make them as excited as cold, hard cash..."

The words Liu Quan said next completely overturned Qi Heng's perception of his parents.

In his eyes, his parents were good people who valued affection and righteousness, a strict father and a kind mother, who were loyal to friends and treated their brothers with absolute sincerity.

But what was Liu Quan spouting?

He actually said that the confiscation of the Sheng Family's assets was proposed by his father in the first place.

Qi's father said that over the years, the Sheng Family had made a lot of money from L Country, and even if all their assets in L Country were confiscated, they would still be making a killing, so he had long been coveting the Sheng Family's industries.

Letting the two of them get engaged was not because they really liked Shi Ran as a daughter-in-law, but to paralyze others and stop the mouths of the public.

Taking advantage of when everyone's guard was down, they kidnapped the Sheng Hanyu couple and held them under house arrest on an island; the main purpose was only one—to get the Sheng Family's assets!

Of course, if they had succeeded, they wouldn't have put it so bluntly.

They had a complete, comprehensive plan to lure the prey into the trap step by step, making the Sheng Hanyu couple willingly donate all their assets, while they would keep the good reputation.

Man proposes, God disposes.

Qi's father's perfect plan hadn't even had a chance to begin before he was killed by Liu Quan.

"Shut up! What you're saying isn't true! You killed my parents and now you're smearing them—I'll fight you to the death!"

Qi Heng lost control and lunged at Liu Quan.

He kicked out, and Qi Heng was sent flying far away, crashing directly into a pillar on the roof, almost dying from a lack of breath.

"A Heng, A Heng!"

Shi Ran suddenly exerted force, violently breaking free from Liu Quan's shackles, and stepped forward to help Qi Heng up, enduring the pain.

"Cough, cough... run, don't worry about me!"

The impact was heavy; Qi Heng's eyes rolled back.

Dizzily hearing someone call out, he realized it was Shi Ran, and his first reaction was to tell her to run and not worry about him.

"Want to run? It's not that easy. Neither of you is getting away."

Liu Quan walked toward the two of them step by step.

Qi Heng shielded Shi Ran behind him again, telling her to run.

"In your dreams, where are you running to?"

Liu Quan threw a Dagger, and the Dagger stuck into the ground right next to Shi Ran's feet.

It was so close that it scared Shi Ran into a scream!

"Liu Quan, if you dare to hurt her, I'll fight you to the death."

Qi Heng suddenly rushed over, hugging Liu Quan tightly and charging forward!

There was no barrier in front!

If they fell from here... the consequences would be unimaginable.

Liu Quan stared at Qi Heng in disbelief; he never expected that he would actually do this!

Qi Heng did this with the determination to perish together; he did not hesitate in the slightest, his gaze firm and resolute.

"No!"

Shi Ran watched helplessly as the two of them fell together, and then she fainted from excessive grief.

When she woke up again, she was still in the hospital, in the familiar Hospital Ward.

By the hospital bed were familiar faces.

Mother, father, Yun Qitian.

"Ranran, Ranran..."

Her mother's anxious and gentle voice called out.

"Ranran, you're awake?" Her father's smiling face was too close, so close it felt a bit unreal.

What was there to smile about?

This person used to never smile no matter how funny things were, but in recent years, the frequency of his smiling had increased quite a bit.

If it were normal times, Shi Ran would approve of her father smiling more, but now, her father's smile looked very piercing to her.

"Don't smile, it's ugly." She managed to squeeze a few words from her throat; it sounded terrible.

Shi Ran's throat was hoarse, and her voice, which was usually pleasant and melodious, now sounded like metal scratching on glass—it couldn't have been worse.

Yun Qitian was about to speak, but Shi Youxuan pulled him and said, "Qitian, go pour a glass of warm water for Ranran, and put some honey in it."

"Okay." He went to pour the water with a look of hesitation.

Shi Ran: "Mom, A Heng, he..."

She only managed to say a few words; the rest of the words were stuck in her throat, unable to be swallowed or spat out, feeling especially painful.

From such a high roof, she had watched them fall together; how could they possibly be okay?

She wanted to ask, but was afraid of knowing the answer.

Not ask?

Heaven knows how much she wanted to know that things were not as she thought, that she had been wrong.

"The water is here, drink some water."

Shi Youxuan seemed to hear nothing, using a small silver spoon to feed her daughter water bit by bit.

As she fed her, she kept talking: "You have been in a coma for three days. For these three days, Qi Tian has been by your side taking care of you. Your father and I have both seen it; this child is truly good. I don't know who will be lucky enough to marry Qi Tian in the future; they will be happy for a lifetime and have nothing to worry about..."

Her mother spoke, but she stared at the ceiling, not hearing a single word.

The honey water was fed into her mouth and swallowed, but instead of soothing her throat, it felt as painful as having her throat scraped by a file.

This was internal heat, a very severe internal heat.

Every time she had internal heat, Shi Ran would always lose her voice, but it had never been as severe as this time.

Her throat hurt, but not as much as the pain in her heart.

Unknowingly, the glass of water reached the bottom, and Shi Youxuan felt a bit more at ease.

Drinking more water is beneficial after all; better a short pain than a long one.

Her father had to go back, and as he left, he patted her hand: "Look forward; a person cannot live a whole life clinging to memories."

Shi Ran didn't respond, but tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes.

Look forward?

It is easy to say, but not so easy to do.

Qi Heng died, died for her sake.

One second he was alive right before her eyes, and the next second he was holding the villain and falling down together...

Now her father was telling her to look forward, but she couldn't do it; it was easy to say, but not so easy to do, and she feared she would spend her whole life in remembrance.

Sheng Hanyu had to return to the company; as long as his daughter woke up, he could rest easy.

There were piles of things to attend to at both the company and home, and every minute and every second of his time was precious!

Shi Youxuan stayed, and Yun Qitian stayed.

She sat by the hospital bed, pretending not to see her daughter's tears, telling her jokes and talking about the fun things that had happened over the past few days, while not saying a single word about what happened three days ago.