When Mu Momo woke up, the glaring light in front of her eyes filled her eye sockets with physiological tears.
It hurt. Every part of her body ached. Mu Momo was in so much pain that she didn't dare to move. Any slight movement would tug at her wounds.
Her mind was blank, and all she could see around her was white. The noisy sounds filled her ears.
Mu Momo couldn't help but close her eyes, but as soon as she did, there was blood. So much blood.
Frightened, she sat up immediately regardless of the pain, breaking out in a cold sweat.
She gasped slightly, and her fingers on the hospital bed tightly grasped the bedsheet. Her ten fingers had already been bandaged, but now, due to the excessive force, the fingers that had just stopped bleeding began to seep blood again.
The intense pain brought back Mu Momo's memories, and her face turned deathly pale.
Mu Momo panicked and hugged her head. Her head hurt as if it was about to explode.
She seemed to see Qiao You lying in a pool of blood again.
Mu Momo suddenly raised her head and thought, "Right, where is Qiao You?"
Without even putting on her shoes, Mu Momo neatly pulled out the needle from her hand. Although her whole body hurt as if it was about to tear her apart, she didn't care about herself at all. She staggered out of the room.
As soon as she got to the hospital entrance, she saw the policemen on guard.
The policewoman quickly hugged the rushing Mu Momo.
At this moment, Mu Momo was like a frightened little bird. She was completely at a loss. She just kept muttering to herself, and tears welled up unconsciously in her eyes. She murmured a name softly, "Qiao You, Qiao You..."
Hearing this name, the policewoman just sighed heavily and hugged Mu Momo tighter, trying to give her a sense of security.
Mu Momo's eyes were already swollen from crying. Now, when she opened them, she could hardly see clearly because of the swelling, but she still couldn't stop crying.
She blamed herself. She didn't believe that Qiao You was dead. She tightly grabbed the policewoman's sleeve and pleaded,
"Can you take me to see him? Just one look. Just one look and I won't make a fuss anymore. Please."
The policewoman softened her heart. She helped up Mu Momo who was sitting on the ground and walked towards the morgue.
The policewoman greeted the other policemen standing at the door and then led Mu Momo in.
In the morgue, Qiao You was lying quietly on the hospital bed. He closed his eyes as if he was just sleeping.
Next to him, Wu Liang was lying side by side.
Mu Momo was in a daze. She wiped away her tears and smiled faintly, thinking they weren't dead.
She said cheerfully to the policewoman with a smile, "Look, they're okay. They're just sleeping. We should be quiet. Sure enough, we still managed to get through the difficulties and come out safely together."
The bright smile on Mu Momo's face was a sincere expression of relief.
But the policewoman's eyes were full of pity. Mu Momo was just a young girl, but she had to go through such a thing.
But lies were lies. Mu Momo lifted the white sheet covering Qiao You. The glaring wound on his neck reminded Mu Momo that all this was real.
Big, hot tears fell and hit Qiao You's arm. Mu Momo urgently needed an outlet to vent her emotions.
She resolutely lifted her own arm and bit down hard with her teeth. Blood oozed out and slowly flowed down her fair wrist, dripping onto the white bedsheet.
One drop, two drops. The blood splashed on the sheet like plum blossoms blooming on Qiao You's body.
Mu Momo had never hated like this before. She had never wanted to kill someone so much. The overwhelming hatred seemed to engulf her completely.
She hated so much. She hated the cruelty of those people, the evil world, and most of all, her own weakness and helplessness. She hated that she could only watch helplessly and do nothing.
Seeing that she showed signs of self - abuse, the policewoman quickly stepped forward to stop her and held her tightly in her arms to prevent her from hurting herself again.
Mu Momo in the policewoman's arms almost collapsed and cried. Every word was like a knife, stabbing into her heart and lungs.
In a short while, a bunch of doctors rushed into the morgue. They gave Mu Momo a sedative injection, and then she fell asleep.
When Mu Momo woke up, the first thing she did was to call Ning Yitao.
With the last bit of hope in her tone and a trembling voice, she asked Ning Yitao on the other end of the phone,
"Great Master Ning, is there any hope for Qiao You and Wu Liang?"
Ning Yitao didn't want to say something that would hurt her, so she just remained silent. Then she still forced a smile and answered her question regretfully,
"They're beyond saving. Their souls have been dead for too long. Anyone who wants to go against the heavens will have to pay an extremely painful price. And even if you're willing to bear this price, they may not be willing."
Zhaocai thought of the sisters A Lai and Ye Zheng and nodded in agreement with Ning Yitao's words.
These prices were all cruel. They would either hurt the body or the heart.
They would always find a way to make you feel like you couldn't live or die.
After getting the answer, Mu Momo dejectedly returned to her own ward.
She gave the phone to Hua Yi and simply explained the situation on her side to Ning Yitao.
The whole village had been raided, and many abducted girls had been rescued.
They had been trapped in the cellars of the villagers' houses, in the places where poultry were kept, and in all kinds of places where people could be hidden.
But all the abducted girls they found were schizophrenic.
They couldn't communicate at all. The villagers had treated them like animals, living, eating, and sleeping with the livestock. They also had to satisfy the villagers' evil fetishes.
None of the girls wanted to face these experiences soberly. They would rather be schizophrenic and indulge in their own spiritual worlds.
These villagers would naturally be punished by the law.
After hanging up the phone, Ning Yitao remained silent for a long time, frowning tightly.
Sure enough, the most selfish and evil thing was always the human heart.
The most difficult thing to see through was also the human heart.
A text message from Xie Qian popped up on Ning Yitao's phone.
As one of the assistants of "The Psychic Battle", Xie Qian got the first - hand information immediately. The program was about to start recording. The plane tickets had already been bought, and they were just waiting for Ning Yitao to go back at dawn.
After reading the message, Ning Yitao turned off her phone and threw it on the table.
As if she didn't care, she played with Zhaocai with her hand and said as if to herself, "Do you think I should punish them?"
Zhaocai naturally knew what she was referring to when he heard this. He immediately shouted in refusal,
"No way! What are you thinking? You've always been profit - oriented. If you casually take action to harm the villagers who have no karmic connection with you, there will be negative karma added to you. Karma! Your own fate is already unstable. If you add more negative karma, it'll be a disaster."
Zhaocai almost shook his head like a rattle, refuting Ning Yitao's idea.
Ning Yitao lowered her eyes. Her long eyelashes cast a shadow under her eyes. She also knew that this idea of hers was wrong.
She herself was acting very strangely. Now she was even willing to make a big concession for things that were irrelevant and brought no benefits.
She was really becoming softer - hearted. But if she didn't do this, she would definitely regret it. After thinking it through, she patted Zhaocai's head and said with a smile,
"Don't worry. I'm not that easy to die. It's just a little bit of negative karma. I'll bear it."
Zhaocai's face immediately darkened, but he couldn't change her mind.
He believed that if Qiao You and Wu Liang were willing to pay the price for rebirth, Ning Yitao would definitely revive them.
It seemed that she had really changed a lot.