Chapter 231: 231 Quietly See Her Off_1
Lu Tang lay in the dark, damp detention area, feeling like she was about to die.
She didn’t know how much blood she had lost, but the piercing pain reminded her that few bones in her body were likely intact.
Beyond that, what hurt even more was her brain, an incessant, needle-prickling agony, a nerve-tautening pain that would accompany her for the rest of her life.
An S Rank Spirit Card Master had crippled her spiritual power. From now on, even if she didn’t die, she was a cripple.
Did she regret it? No, she didn’t. What she regretted more was not completely killing that scum.
As she lay on the ground, unable to open her eyes, her chaotic thoughts wondered, Is my sister still alive...?
Suddenly, she heard a faint sound. Her eardrums might also have been damaged. She could only hear a faint, fuzzy sound.
"She hurt someone. According to the rules, she should be kept here."
"Oh, really? So you just let her die without treatment?"
A Qing Lingling voice, crisp as jade striking together. She didn’t know whose voice it was, but it jolted her, making her struggle to wake up.
But she couldn’t.
Then, her body was suddenly moved. An unidentifiable spiritual power surged in, and Lu Tang felt a warmth. Her eyelids suddenly grew heavy.
「When she woke up again, she was surprisingly in the hospital.」
The pristine white ceiling and the glaring lights reminded her this wasn’t an illusion. She had indeed been taken to the hospital by the guard squad.
How could it be? She had nearly killed Young Master Yin. How could they let her be treated well in the hospital?
Suddenly feeling watched, she turned her eyes and saw the girl standing outside the window.
An indifferent gaze, a familiar face—a face no Spirit Card Master would find unfamiliar.
It was Wen Jiang, Mount Flower’s ace and star player from the A-Rank Group, Wen Jiang!
Astonishment flashed in Lu Tang’s eyes. Yet, she immediately saw the pale, familiar, and detestable face of the management member standing beside Wen Jiang.
Anger and hatred immediately surged in Lu Tang’s eyes. Almost instinctively, she wanted to summon her spiritual power to kill him, but the severe pain in her body told her she couldn’t do it anymore.
She had become useless, even worse off than an ordinary person.
Anger reddened her cheeks. After realizing her own impotent rage, she belatedly started processing the situation.
Why was Wen Jiang here? Why would such a high and mighty player be here?
The doctor was softly reporting Lu Tang’s condition, "Her spiritual power can no longer be repaired. The other injuries on her body are also quite severe, and she will need a long period of treatment for a full recovery. As for her sister, I’m sorry. We did our best, but by the time she arrived, she was already... dead."
With each word the doctor uttered, a drop of cold sweat rolled down the face of the management member standing next to Wen Jiang.
This was actually a somewhat cruel story.
Lu Tang was a player chosen by Mount Flower two years ago. Her talent wasn’t exceptional, but she possessed decent fighting instincts.
By chance, her sister came from another city to visit her.
Her sister, an ordinary person with a pretty face and a gentle disposition, was targeted by a manager with malicious intentions. She was lured to a hotel and handed over to Young Master Yin for him to vent on.
That’s when her nightmare began. She was blackmailed with photos and videos, turning her into a puppet controlled by management.
Lu Tang only noticed her sister becoming increasingly silent and withdrawn, but she was too busy with training to recognize the signs in time. By the time she did and followed her sister, she discovered the truth.
Lu Tang’s sister had been tortured to the brink of death. Losing her sanity, Lu Tang attacked Young Master Yin. In retaliation, Young Master Yin’s Spirit Card Master Bodyguard gravely injured Lu Tang, destroying her spiritual power and shattering her bones. She was then taken away by the guard squad, charged with being a Spirit Card Master who attacked an ordinary person.
Strictly speaking, this wasn’t incorrect. However, Lu Tang could have received treatment before facing trial.
If Wen Jiang hadn’t roughly guessed the nature of City Bai’s management and personally come to get her, Lu Tang would have died last night.
The manager beside Wen Jiang was the person in charge of City Bai. When the incident occurred, his first thought wasn’t to report it but to smooth things over. Similar incidents had happened before, but in those cases, the girls were willing. No one had reacted as intensely as Lu Tang this time, causing trouble and annoying them.
But when the Jimo Family’s heir personally arrived, all the manager’s thoughts turned to sheer terror.
Upon arriving, she said nothing. She simply went to the guard squad, retrieved Lu Tang, and didn’t even ask about the details of the incident.
Yet just by standing there silently, she demonstrated what it meant to have an imposing presence, looking at Lu Tang with an unreadable expression on her face.
The person in charge certainly wouldn’t be foolish enough to think that she would come all this way without knowing the specifics of the case.
The problem was, they didn’t understand why an heir would come personally.
Even if the incident escalated, it wouldn’t necessarily lead to a dispute between the two families; they still had ways to appease Young Master Yin’s anger. If it involved both families, could the subordinates expect an easy time? That’s why they dared not report the matter.
But by now, it was too late for words. Cold sweat poured down him, his heart seemed to leap into his throat, and in this atmosphere, he felt like he might faint.
The Jimo Family’s heir had never personally inspected these branches before. It was a case of "out of sight, out of mind," so the people below hadn’t taken things seriously.
Initially, they thought that even if they met her in person, she would at least show some respect to them, as long-serving members who had been with Mount Flower for so many years. But when they actually met her, they didn’t dare harbor any such thoughts.
Wen Jiang was silent for a minute before she finally spoke slowly, "Find her a good gravesite, and let her rest in peace."
Even though many old customs had been lost in Yunxia, the concept of funerals remained. It was important to send off the deceased with dignity.
Hua Zhuo instructed an accompanying person to carry out the order. Suddenly, Wen Jiang asked, "Aside from Lu Tang, is there no one else in this family?"
The person in charge of City Bai shuddered, instantly realizing Wen Jiang was asking him. He stammered in a panicked voice, "No... just the two sisters..." His voice trailed off.
Two sisters, and now only Lu Tang remained.
It was entirely understandable why Lu Tang had lost her sanity then. This was her last remaining relative.
She’s just an ordinary competitor; it shouldn’t cause too much of a stir, right? The Jimo Family heir coming personally to protect her has already shown enough respect. It seems like all we need to do is pacify the Yin Family, and then... there won’t be any issue?
That’s what was going through the mind of the person in charge.
But he would soon realize just how naive he had been.