Chapter 722: Chapter 722: Awakening
Refining the awakening fruit requires plenty of Inner Strength and time. Ji Qian and Ye Shikai both focused their Inner Strength on refining it, while the four generals stood by as protectors.
“It’s almost done.” Ye Shikai, with beads of sweat on his forehead, watched the last bit of the awakening fruit, and at the same time, Su Qingyu on the sickbed also regained her normal complexion.
“The last bit, we must get it right.” Ji Qian carefully controlled her Inner Strength, fearing that any mismanagement might damage Su Qingyu’s nerves.
The two slowly exerted their Inner Strength, and finally, the last bit of the awakening fruit disappeared, and the red aura faded away. They both withdrew their Inner Strength and quietly observed Su Qingyu’s movements.
“Huff, huff.” From the quiet room, the sound of a soothing breath could be heard. Ye Shikai’s heart was in his throat, and it was the same for the others; even the Demoness closed her eyes in nervousness.
Su Qingyu’s beautiful face trembled slightly. As everyone watched, her eyelids slowly opened, and her middle finger also moved. Ye Shikai was overjoyed; this was a sign of the body’s functions recovering.
“Where, where am I?” A weak voice filled the air. Unable to contain his excitement, Ye Shikai rushed to the bedside and grabbed Su Qingyu’s hand.
“Qingyu, Qingyu, can you hear me speaking?” Ye Shikai said anxiously. When their eyes met again, a familiar sensation sprung forth. Ye Shikai was genuinely afraid that Su Qingyu would shake her head in denial. The awakening fruit could wake a person from a comatose state, but nerves are delicate, and a single mishap could lead to tragedy.
“Mm.” Su Qingyu seemed to recall something, tears glistening in her eyes as she gently nodded.
“Thank God.” Ye Shikai held back from shouting loudly, fearing the noise might disturb Su Qingyu, and suppressed the joy in his heart.
“Qingyu, you were attacked in the hotel last time and have been in a coma for many days,” Ji Qian approached and explained to her.
“So many days, that long.” Su Qingyu’s brows trembled. Indeed, for her who was in a coma, it was but a blink of the eye, but for Ye Shikai, it was more unbearable than eternity.
“Yes, you’ve been in a coma all these days,” Ye Shikai said calmly.
“Husband, I’ve made you worry.” Su Qingyu faintly remembered that day in the hotel, she had asked Ye Shikai to propose to her once more, then a gunshot rang out, and she fell into a pool of blood…
Although she didn’t know how she had awoken, Su Qingyu could tell that these days must have been very hard for Ye Shikai. He seemed to have lost weight in just a few short days.
“Qingyu, you’ve just woken up and your body is still very weak. You need to rest and recuperate. An Lan has taken care of the company’s affairs, so don’t worry,” Ye Shikai said, holding Su Qingyu’s hand, speaking softly as per the doctor’s arrangement. With three days of “intense nourishment,” Su Qingyu would be full of life again.
“Okay, I’ll listen to you,” Su Qingyu said softly. Ye Shikai sat quietly to the side, and everyone else left the room. This was indeed a rare piece of good news from the Netherworld Palace these days.
Ye Shikai shared the good news with Su Pengzhan, Su Ziqing, and others, including An Lan and the company’s senior executives. To prevent the corporation from malicious attacks, An Lan had sealed the news of Su Qingyu’s coma, steadying Tianya at a critical time.
“It’s a fake.” At the same time, in a room in the Crown Hotel, a woman in black looked at the “awakening fruit” inside a thermal container, which was, more precisely, just a hawthorn, with a self-mocking smile on her face.
“Good, this is the first and the last time.” The woman in black threw the hawthorn into the trash can. Just then, there was a knock at the door.
“It’s you.” The woman in black put on a veil and opened the door, facing another woman, who interestingly enough, was wearing a white veil—two opposing colors.
Even with her veil, the woman in black seemed to know the identity of the woman.
“I’m wearing this just to prevent being seen by others.” The woman slowly took off the veil on her head. If Ye Shikai were present, he would be surprised by the woman in front of him; the woman was none other than Tang Yun.
“I understand, that’s your principle. A careful sailor never came to grief,” the woman in black said with a scornful laugh. Tang Yun was not angry, just looked at her coldly.
“Your operation failed,” Tang Yun said coldly.
“Su Qingyu has woken up. This is your mistake. If our lord finds out, what do you think will be your fate?”
“Tang Yun, you’re being quite good at shaking off the blame,” the woman in black suddenly laughed. “At the airport in country B, didn’t your people fail to handle them just as well? Besides, if the mission fails, at most I’ll just have to return the payment to you. If your Family Head wants to make a move against me, let him come.”
“The number one assassin in Yanjing, turns out to be someone without any credibility. I wonder if you would still have any standing if this were known to the outside world.” A hint of displeasure flashed across Tang Yun’s face as she coldly stared at the woman in black’s veil.
“Tang Yun, your Family Head won’t dare reveal it, so how would the outside world know?” The woman in black said with a sneer. “Moreover, from my point of view, I really don’t like the way your Family Head does things.”
“Tang Yun, why would you attack him, then? If it weren’t for your ‘stewardess’ giving information, how could the assassin precisely know their takeoff time to make their move?” As soon as the woman in black finished speaking, Tang Yun’s knuckles turned white with rage, a sign of extreme anger.
“It’s none of your business.”
“Here’s your payment; I’ll return it to you untouched. Rest assured, as an assassin, I won’t reveal anything I shouldn’t,” the woman in black sneered, pointing to a nearby suitcase.
“The money from our lord has never been sent back,” Tang Yun shook her head, outright refusing.
“Then what do you want?”
“Our lord has another task for you; consider this money as a deposit.” Tang Yun pushed the suitcase back to the side of the bed. “Upon completion of the mission, there is a reward of ten million US dollars.”
“You tell me first, then I’ll decide whether or not to take on the task,” the woman in black turned her head and said flatly.
“This task, you probably can’t refuse,” Tang Yun said.
“Are you threatening me?” The woman in black’s voice grew colder, all powerful people, including Ye Shikai, hated being threatened the most.
“You can think of it that way, but I don’t think you have any reason to refuse the task.”