"At 23, when my master found me, she said I had just been born, looking not yet a month old, but I still don’t know my birthday."
"My daughter is 25, two years older than you, headstrong; I’ve suggested numerous accomplished young men to her, but she doesn’t take a fancy to any."
Gu Lili gave a faint smile, "Matters of the heart can’t be forced, better to let her find her own man, then she’ll be content with her choice."
"That’s true. Speaking of your ability, were you born with the ability to see those unclean things?" Mrs. Lin was very curious about this.
"Yes, I was born with it."
After dining at the Lin family’s home, driving back to City A, it was already past eleven at night.
City B’s rain mixed with snow, while City A was a flurry of university activity.
Ma Shijie insisted on seeing her off, which Gu Lili tactfully declined, "Director Ma need not bother, I’ll be home quickly by car."
"Miss Gu, I wonder if you might be interested in visiting our police station?"
Gu Lili said, "I’m not interested in those matters, but if Director Ma has difficulties in this regard, I’ll help out whenever I’m free."
"Oh my, Miss Gu, you’re really too kind, truly too benevolent."
Lili pursed her lips, "Don’t put me on a pedestal, I’m leaving now."
"Alright, be careful driving."
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Her gaze landed on the car’s rear license plate, confirming it was indeed Long Yubei’s car.
His car blocked her house entrance, making it impossible for her to drive past.
Gu Lili got out of her car, its headlights still on.
Her footsteps crunched on the snowy ground.
She approached, walked beside the driver’s seat, and knocked on the window, "Long Yubei..."
There was no response inside.
Could he have gone into the yard?
Gu Lili opened the gate to look inside but didn’t see anyone, so she came back out.
He couldn’t have fallen asleep in the car, could he?
She tapped on the window again, "Long Yubei, Long Yubei..."
She called out many times before the car door finally opened.
He emerged from the car, his presence marked by a strong smell of alcohol – how much had he drunk?
Before she could see his face, his body suddenly leant against hers.
"Lili..." he murmured.
Gu Lili stepped back, suddenly detecting another scent besides the alcohol – the smell of blood.
She straightened him up, her gaze following the light from her car’s headlights onto his body.
That’s when she noticed his left hand covered in fresh red, dripping with blood drops that stained the snow crimson.
She hurriedly rolled up his sleeve, momentarily stunned.
There was a knife wound on his wrist.
Gu Lili looked at him in disbelief, trembling hands instinctively pressing down on the wound on his wrist to stop the bleeding.
She knew very well that the immediate priority was to stop the bleeding, not to go to a hospital; otherwise, he would die before even reaching one.
Supporting him to her room nearly exhausted all of Gu Lili’s strength.
She quickly fetched the first-aid kit and wrapped multiple layers of sterilized gauze around his wrist to apply pressure and stop the bleeding.
By this time, he had lapsed into unconsciousness.
After bandaging the wound, she called Tang Qingli.
Then Gu Lili filled a bag with snow, tied it up, and placed it over his bandaged wrist; they did not turn on the AC in the room, which further helped the blood to clot.
Watching his unconscious face, Gu Lili’s eyes quickly moistened.