“Yu Bo, have you lost your mind?” the boss questioned me, exasperated.
“Your blood has already merged with Lin Ran; it’s useless now,” the Gatekeeper Grandpa said coldly.
What?
Impossible!
I had dripped my blood outside the Jar; I hadn’t used my blood to subdue Lin Ran at all!
Suddenly, Lin Ran appeared before me.
She was surrounded by a dark aura, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
She turned her head to look at me.
“Sister, I’m so scared,” I cried out to her.
“Abo isn’t scared,” she said, gently patting my back.
“Sister, please don’t scare me.”
I trembled as I held onto Lin Ran’s arm.
“Sister, please don’t go, okay?” I pleaded with her.
“Abo, be good,” Lin Ran said, stroking my head as she glanced at the boss across from us.
“Damn you! Go die!”
She grabbed the boss by the neck, her fingers tightening relentlessly.
"Cough, cough... let me go!" The boss struggled desperately.
"Monster! Don't be so arrogant!"
The Gatekeeper Grandpa lunged at Lin Ran with the Peach Wood Sword.
Seeing this, I rushed forward and collided with the Gatekeeper Grandpa.
He was caught off guard and fell to the ground.
"You dare to harm my son! I'll fight you to the death!"
Lin Ran reached out and seized the boss by the neck. "I'll kill you, you beast!"
The boss gasped for air, his legs thrashing helplessly.
Suddenly!
He stopped struggling.
The boss was dead.
The Gatekeeper Grandpa knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly. "My son!"
With bloodshot eyes, he glared at me. "You owe me my son!"
He thrust the Peach Wood Sword toward me. "My son is dead! You will accompany him in death!"
Lin Ran stepped in front of me, one hand gripping the Gatekeeper Grandpa's heart and the other grasping the Peach Wood Sword.
Blood flowed down her arm.
The Peach Wood Sword fell.
Both Lin Ran and the Gatekeeper Grandpa collapsed to the ground.
Lin Ran collapsed in my arms, her blood staining her clothes.
"Sister!" I cried out.
Lin Ran weakly smiled at me, "My Abo is fine now, that's good."
She reached out to wipe away my tears, but her hand fell limply in the air.
"Abo isn't afraid..."
She returned a fragment of memory to me.
It turned out that my sister had died long ago.
The person before me was not the real Lin Ran.
Before she could finish her words, her breath faded away.
I called the police.
By the time they arrived, Gatekeeper Grandpa was already dead.
He had succumbed to cardiac arrest.
The 24th floor was sealed off once again.
I knew that my sister was gone, and I would never see her again.
Lin Jing and I were childhood friends.
She was the adopted daughter of the Lin family and my dearest sister.
The Lin family’s parents were my university professors; they treated me as their own, just like Lin Jing did, calling me Abo.
They never regarded me as an orphan; instead, they showered me with love.
Once filled with resentment towards fate, I found a sense of home in their family.
I thought I would be happy forever.
But I was wrong.
In high school, Lin's parents tragically passed away in a plane crash.
From then on, it was just me and Lin Jing relying on each other.
That year, we lived in a haze, having lost all hope for the future.
It was Lin Jing who brought me back to life.
She told me, "Abo, you need to pull yourself together!"
"Sister, don't worry. I will take care of you for the rest of my life."
And so, I found the strength to rise again.
During my four years in college, I studied tirelessly.
All to become an outstanding graduate.
Only then would I have the right to choose my path.
I wanted to find Lin Jing.
She joined a startup right after graduation.
She said the company had great potential and that I could join once I graduated too.
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