Rebirth! The Assassin's Revenge-Chapter 362: A Bad Premonition

In the hospital, Gu Wanwan lay on the bed with a slight smile on her lips.

This ward didn’t have any surveillance, and though there were two policemen guarding the door, she still felt much freer than before.

After Li Jing saved her, owing to her poor mental state, he was permitted to help with her psychological counseling.

That morning, Li Jing came to Gu Wanwan’s ward after finishing his work, his delicate face framed by the white coat gave an indescribable allure.

Overall, he looked very pleasing to the eye.

"How are you? Feeling any better?" Li Jing took an apple out of his pocket and handed it to Gu Wanwan: "My colleague just gave it to me, I washed it, go ahead and eat it!"

Gu Wanwan looked at him and shook her head: "No, I’m not in the mood."

Li Jing glanced outside the door and smiled, saying: "How about eating something else? When is the nurse your dad found for you coming over?"

Since the news of Gu Wanwan’s suicide attempt reached Gu Zheng, he applied to find a nurse to take care of her.

Gu Wanwan shook her head: "I don’t know either, my dad said he’d come to see me for lunch, but he hasn’t come yet."

Li Jing asked gently: "What would you like to eat? I can go buy some for you."

Gu Wanwan gave a bitter smile, "No, I don’t feel like eating anything."

Since the day Li Jing said those words to her, nothing else seemed to fit in her heart.

She looked at Li Jing, silently mouthing something.

Li Jing smiled and reached out to pat her head, "Don’t worry, it’ll happen soon."

His voice was soft and gentle, giving Gu Wanwan a glimmer of hope.

She didn’t know whether to trust this man, but given how things had progressed, she would prefer to believe the man who saved her life and promised her something.

Most importantly, she believed she could give him what he wanted.

"Do you really like me?" Gu Wanwan took out her phone and typed out a line.

Li Jing nodded softly, "Of course."

His gaze was intense, not seeming like a lie.

Yet inexplicably, Gu Wanwan felt something uncanny about this intensity.

But if asked what was strange, she couldn’t quite pinpoint it either.

After some unknown time passed, footsteps echoed down the corridor, and Gu Zheng’s voice appeared at the door.

Li Jing released Gu Wanwan’s hand, standing up the moment the door pushed open: "You rest first, call the nurse if you need anything."

Gu Wanwan nodded, then as she watched the person entering the door, called out through tearful eyes: "Dad..."

Gu Zheng responded with a nod, his gaze lingered briefly on Li Jing before settling back on Gu Wanwan: "How are you feeling?"

Tears welled in Gu Wanwan’s eyes just as Li Jing closed the door, and she looked at Gu Zheng saying: "Dad, I don’t want to live, I don’t want to go to jail, I don’t want to end up like Xiao Heng..."

Heaven knows, she’d rather die than waste her youth like Gu Heng.

Looking at Gu Wanwan whose face bore some resemblance to his own, Gu Zheng’s intended words seemed impossible to form: "Wanwan, I’ll figure something out, you just need to live well, there’s always hope ahead..."

Gu Wanwan looked at Gu Zheng, hot tears streaming down her face, eliciting heartache: "Dad, is she still not willing to forgive me?"

Gu Zheng reached out to stroke Gu Wanwan’s long hair, "Eat something! Your sister..."

Gu Zheng’s eyes were heavy, solidifying Gu Wanwan’s resolve on the proposal Li Jing had given her.

Her life must not end here.

Opening the food container on the table, Gu Zheng picked up a cup of milk, inserted the straw and handed it to Gu Wanwan: "Wanwan, do you remember where your mom put that metal box she used to store things? She can’t find it anymore."

Mentioning Li Yulan, the minimal composure Gu Wanwan had gathered burst forth again: "My mom... why hasn’t she come to see me? Dad, is she planning not to acknowledge me as her daughter?"

Since her child was gone, not just Li Yulan, but the Ye Family hadn’t come to see her either.

Cold-hearted world, Gu Wanwan finally felt the sting of disappointment.

Gu Zheng paused, "There are things your mom has to handle, she’ll come tomorrow. How could she abandon you? Wanwan, you shouldn’t be thinking about these things now... where’s the metal box your mom kept?"

When she successfully entered the Gu Family, Li Yulan had a small locked metal box.

Inside were letters they exchanged during their relationship and tokens Gu had once given to Li Yulan.

Once within the Gu Family, the box disappeared, and it was never seen again.

If what Gu Ningyue said was true, then finding that box could serve as an influential proof when wanting Li Yulan to leave the house with nothing.

Although Gu Wanwan didn’t know why Gu Zheng was asking about this box at such a time, she still answered his question: "It’s under that white carved wardrobe, my mom always stopped anyone from touching it. How could it be gone?"

Gu Zheng hesitated slightly: "Under that wardrobe?"

That wardrobe had always been unused, completely empty, he had opened it several times while getting clothes, but saw nothing inside.

Eventually, he remembered and avoided that wardrobe.

Could it be, he was aging and remembered wrongly?

Or did Li Yulan place the box there later, unbeknownst to him?

Yet, placing it so boldly seemed too daring amidst all those prying eyes!

Upon hearing Gu Zheng’s question, Gu Wanwan nodded: "Yes! My mom put that metal box under that white carved wardrobe. It hasn’t been found yet?" Gu Zheng responded with a nod, "I will look again when I go back. Eat something first!"

Looking at Gu Zheng’s demeanor, Gu Wanwan felt even less inclined to eat.

Her intuition told her that something seemed off with her parents.

"Dad, does it hold anything inside?"

Gu Zheng replied indifferently: "Nothing much."

Regarding this, Gu Zheng certainly wouldn’t share more with a third person.

Not even an exception for his own daughter.

Seeing Gu Zheng’s reluctance to elaborate, Gu Wanwan dared not continue.

Gu Zheng seemed to have casually asked many questions regarding Li Yulan during his roughly hour-long stay at the hospital.

Gu Wanwan answered some and left others unanswered, as Gu Zheng rose to leave, he gently said, "Tomorrow I’ll have your mom visit you."

Gu Wanwan nodded, yet an ominous premonition stirred within her.

Something seemed to have happened at home...