Chapter 25 - 25 Rescue

At that moment, Qin Yize halted in his tracks.

Gu Qiaoqiao instinctively stopped as well.

Qin Yize turned his ear to listen and his aura changed suddenly, his handsome brows furrowed, and his eyes were as sharp as a cheetah poised to strike on a snowy night, filled with strength and danger.

“You wait for me at the entrance of the KTV,” he said.

They had only walked for a few minutes; the dazzling lights of the KTV sign were still visible.

Without waiting for Gu Qiaoqiao to respond, Qin Yize’s nimble figure shot toward the alley ahead like a swift gust of wind.

The air of lethality that had been in Qin Yize’s eyes seemed to linger still.

Gu Qiaoqiao felt a tightness in her chest and froze.

What had happened?

In her past life, nothing untoward had occurred at this time.

It was just a chaotic journey back home.

Could it be, from the moment she was reborn, destiny had begun to change?

Gu Qiaoqiao fixed her gaze on the alley, which was somewhat dim despite the streetlights.

Once she focused, she could faintly hear cries of alarm.

Perhaps Qin Yize had gone off to perform a heroic deed.

At this moment, only a few passersby hurried past.

But indeed, no one paid attention to the situation in the alley.

Gu Qiaoqiao stood there, weighing her options, and decided she should go check, just in case Qin Yize was injured. If so, her divorce might not go through.

With that thought, Gu Qiaoqiao dashed toward the alley.

She stopped midway, stood on tiptoes, and snapped off a tree branch with a crack, then continued running into the alley.

Reaching the entrance of the alley, she saw the scene inside.

Despite being prepared, Gu Qiaoqiao was startled.

Three men lay on the ground, and two others were fighting with Qin Yize.

Qin Yize moved with agility, his eyes sharp as he threw a ferocious punch at the man approaching him, hitting him squarely in the face. The man screamed in agony and fell rigidly into the snow.

Another man with fierce eyes raised a dagger and viciously stabbed it toward Qin Yize’s back.

Gu Qiaoqiao shouted, “Someone’s behind you!”

Qin Yize didn’t turn his head but instead dodged and delivered a spinning kick. The man with the dagger was sent flying against the wall by Qin Yize’s kick.

Then he fell heavily to the ground.

In her previous life, Gu Qiaoqiao had seen Qin Yize’s ruthlessness. She ran over, but Qin Yize quickly moved to the people on the ground, gently lifting an old man and calling out urgently, “Old man, old man…”

Only then did Gu Qiaoqiao see that it was an elderly man with graying hair, his face pale as death, his breath faint. It was only when Qin Yize moved him that Gu Qiaoqiao noticed the snow beneath him was stained red with blood.

With no hesitation, Qin Yize bent down, picked up the old man, and ran wildly out of the alley.

He didn’t forget to tell Gu Qiaoqiao, “Quick, keep up.”

Gu Qiaoqiao threw away the tree branch and followed Qin Yize.

Even though Qin Yize carried someone, he was faster than Gu Qiaoqiao.

When they reached the roadside, Qin Yize had no choice but to put down the injured old man.

At this moment, the stretch of road, which was already sparsely populated, had neither vehicles nor pedestrians.

Although Qin Yize was involved in medical research, he was also a highly skilled doctor. He began to check and address the old man’s wounds quickly, but without any supplies on hand, he knew the old man needed to be taken to the hospital for surgery immediately. If they were too late, the man’s life would be in danger.

Qin Yize took a deep breath and fixed his gaze on Gu Qiaoqiao, “Stay here and watch him, I’m going to make a call. Don’t be afraid, I’ll be right back,” he said.

Unsure if Gu Qiaoqiao could find a public phone booth, and with no time to waste, he quickly ran toward the nearest one.

Gu Qiaoqiao looked at the old man lying on the ground, her mind growing cold. The man was wearing a black woolen coat, which made it hard to see the bloodstains, but the snow beneath him was stained red.

Without hesitation, Gu Qiaoqiao squatted down and began to undo the old man’s coat.

Clearly, his abdomen was wounded, as the area beneath his sweater was soaked with blood.

Gu Qiaoqiao’s hand reached out, and even though she knew nothing about medicine, she oddly knew that the old man was going to die soon.

He wouldn’t last until the ambulance Qin Yize would call arrived.

Biting her lip, she took out a handkerchief from her down jacket pocket, lifted the sweater, and placed the handkerchief on the profusely bleeding wound.

She focused intently, holding her breath, directing all her attention to her hands.

The intent to stop the bleeding traveled from her mind to her fingertips.

A warmth seeped through the handkerchief and into the wound, and the blood stopped flowing.

The old man, whose consciousness had been fading, felt his icy body slowly warming back up.

With great effort, he opened his eyes, only to see a young girl wrapped in a thick scarf, her eyes clear as water, anxiously looking down at him.

Relieved to see him awake, Gu Qiaoqiao let out a breath, but she didn’t dare move her hand. She knew there was something exceptional about her touch; the old man’s bleeding had halted and his lucidity restored, all thanks to her hands. She couldn’t let her guard down until the ambulance and Qin Yize returned.@@novelbin@@

The old man raised his hand, struggling to look around, and when he realized that only Gu Qiaoqiao was with him, his breathing quickened, “That… that… young man who saved me… Is he alright?” he gasped.

He seemed to want to say more, but Gu Qiaoqiao stopped him, “The young man who saved you is fine, the bad guys have been defeated. He’s gone to call the ambulance. Please don’t talk anymore.”

No sooner had she spoken than the sound of someone hurrying through the snow reached them. Qin Yize had indeed returned quickly, followed by Chu Chengfeng.

By now, Gu Qiaoqiao was still pressing down on the wound.

Qin Yize squatted to check, and upon seeing that the bleeding from the old man’s abdominal wound had stopped and that he was conscious—though still pale—but not as gray as before, he looked at Gu Qiaoqiao, pursed his lips tightly, and concealed the astonishment in his eyes. He was about to say something when the ambulance arrived.

Only then did Gu Qiaoqiao release her hand. With professional doctors present, Qin Yize didn’t intervene. After the emergency treatment, they quickly loaded the old man into the ambulance.

Qin Yize looked at Gu Qiaoqiao, at her hands and the bloodstains on her sleeves, and said softly, “Let Chengfeng take you home first. I’m going to the hospital.”

Without looking back, he boarded the ambulance.

The ambulance left, and the police car arrived.

The police rushed to the scene of the incident.

Chu Chengfeng, meanwhile, walked with Gu Qiaoqiao in the direction of the Qin family home.

Silent all the way, Chu Chengfeng thought Gu Qiaoqiao might have been scared. Upon reaching the gates of the Qin family house, he said with rare gentleness, “You were very brave.”

Gu Qiaoqiao looked up, puzzled.

Chu Chengfeng patiently explained, “It’s rare for a girl to be as calm as you were. If it had been any other girl, she wouldn’t have helped to stop the bleeding—she might have fainted from shock.”

Gu Qiaoqiao curved her mouth into a smile, “I was just forcing myself to stay calm.”

Chu Chengfeng’s brows rose slightly, but he said nothing more and knocked on the Qin family’s door.

Shen Manru didn’t know what had happened, but she saw the bloodstains on Gu Qiaoqiao’s clothes and was momentarily stunned.

After Chu Chengfeng briefly explained the situation, Gu Qiaoqiao pointed to her clothes and told Shen Manru, “I’m going to clean up.”