Chapter 431: Chapter 386 I Will Surrender Myself
Gu Qili paused for a moment before speaking softly, "It’s me."
Mu Shuoqian was obviously stunned for a moment, but he quickly guessed that Gu Qili must have gotten hold of a mobile phone: "Qiqi."
Gu Qili was somewhat angry and snorted, "Mu Shuoqian, what are you up to, leaving me in such a remote place and not showing up, are you cheating on me with someone else behind my back?"
He chuckled lightly, "Where would I find someone else? There’s no one else."
"If there’s no one else, why don’t you come to see me? This place barely gets any cell signal." Gu Qili mumbled dissatisfiedly, "If you don’t come soon, I’ll run away from home."
"I’ll send someone to pick you up tomorrow, just be good and listen." Mu Shuoqian’s voice carried indulgence, "I’ve been dealing with some issues here, and they’re resolved now."
"What issues could be so secretive that you can’t even tell me?"
"In any case, it’s not about anyone else."
Being teased, Gu Qili could only curl her mouth.
"Right, we’ve found a liver donor. Professor Luo just notified me today, so tomorrow once you’re back you’ll need to have surgery. He said the fresher the donor, the higher the success rate of the surgery."
"Tomorrow? That soon?" Gu Qili wasn’t psychologically prepared, actually, she had not expected to find a donor so quickly. Since falling ill, she frequently browsed liver disease forums online, where many people died waiting for a suitable donor.
"Professor Luo is someone who gets things done, no matter the difficulty. I will pick you up early tomorrow, don’t be afraid, the experts Professor Luo has found are the leading authorities in this field and they’re eighty percent confident in the success of the surgery," Mu Shuoqian fortified her, "I will be with you all the time."
"It’s not that I’m scared, it’s just that happiness has come so suddenly, I am so overwhelmed that I don’t know what to say." Gu Qili’s eyes brimmed with a smile yet filled with tears, "Thank you, Ah Qian."
He didn’t say anything, but Gu Qili knew he must have gone through a lot of effort to find this liver.
"Silly, no need to be so formal with me." Mu Shuoqian had not finished speaking when suddenly a stranger’s voice came from the other end: "Young Master Qian, the test results are out."
Immediately after, Mu Shuoqian rushed to say he had to hang up because of urgent matters, and the call was cut off.
Gu Qili stared at the darkened screen, somewhat confused, always feeling that Mu Shuoqian seemed to be keeping things hidden. Test results? What test results?
She handed the phone back to Dr. Chen and said, "Dr. Chen, they found a donor, I can have surgery tomorrow."
It has to be said, this surprise came all too suddenly, like a person dying of thirst in the desert suddenly seeing an oasis, instantly filled with strength, it was hope and courage to continue living.
"That’s really great." Dr. Chen genuinely rejoiced for her, "This donor was exceedingly hard to find, especially a living donation. I’ve worked in the hospital for so many years and only seen a few successful cases, your husband is really amazing, to find one in such a short time, you are lucky, Miss Gu."
In addition to being surprised, Gu Qili fell into deep worry, donors are so hard to find, how did Mu Shuoqian manage it, and what has he been secretly doing these past few days.
Dr. Chen did not notice her unease but continued talking to himself, "We had a patient’s family member at our hospital, his wife had an issue with another organ, and he couldn’t find a donor, seeing his wife about to die, do you know what he did? He actually planned to kill someone to harvest their organs for his wife, alas, that man was foolish, without hospital matching, killing someone is useless, thankfully, his plan did not succeed, or else that person would have truly died unjustly."
"Kill someone?" Gu Qili looked at her in horror, her lips quivering slightly from fear.
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After Mu Shuoqian’s subordinate finished speaking, he realized Mu Shuoqian was on a call and was immediately scared into silence.
Mu Shuoqian put down the phone and looked at him, "Continue."
"Professor Luo says it is a kind of neuro-paralytic drug, taking one gram each time, it only takes a week for someone to die without detection of any illness, and if someone takes ten grams at once, they will gradually die from respiratory failure within ten hours."
"Will it affect the organs?"
"No."
Mu Shuoqian picked up the bottle and looked at it; Gu Yunxi wanted to use this method to end his life, to poison him thoroughly without leaving a trace.
This woman is truly ruthless.
"I understand, you can go now."
"Yes, Young Master Qian." After his subordinate left, Mu Shuoqian stared at the bottle in his hand, ten hours, he just needs to feed this to Gu Yunxi in the ten hours before the surgery, and he could obtain a fresh liver. Although he always knew how unethical this method was, no one has the right to exploit someone else’s life, but he was already prepared to pay the price, if anyone were to blame, it could only be blamed on Gu Yunxi who unexpectedly showed up, other than taking her liver, he had no other choice.
As each second passed, the surgery was scheduled for tomorrow morning at nine, at Luo Shangqing’s research institute. He glanced at his watch, now there were only twelve hours left until the surgery time.
Mu Shuoqian stood up, poured a glass of water, took a sip, and then poured all the powder from the bottle into it. Watching the white foam gradually settle to the bottom of the glass and eventually dissolve into the water, he gently shook the glass and placed it on the desk.
There was nothing to regret, no one could change his mind now.
At ten o’clock in the evening, Mu Shuoqian picked up the glass with the drug mixture and walked out.
Gu Yunxi was locked in the storage room on the second floor, still awake and anxiously thinking about ways to save herself. Hearing the door open, she immediately shrank back in vigilance.
Light leaked in from outside the door, and the man standing against the light seemed like Satan coming from hell. Her back pressed tightly against the wall, she looked at him approaching with fear.
"Mu Shuoqian, have you gone mad? Are you going to commit murder over a woman? You’d be in prison for life, don’t think you can escape the law."
Mu Shuoqian ignored her, instead holding up the glass: "Guess what’s mixed in here?"
Gu Yunxi gripped the curtain behind her tightly, muttering ’mad, mad’ under her breath.
"This substance, one gram at a time, just takes seven days to end a life, but taking ten grams at once, you will die of respiratory failure after ten hours," Mu Shuoqian explained calmly.
"How do you know that?" Gu Yunxi looked terrified.
"This glass contains exactly ten grams. Considering you donated a liver for Qiqi, do you have any last words? I’ll do my best to fulfill them."
"I don’t want to die, I am not ready to die yet," Gu Yunxi suddenly mustered all her strength and rushed forward, trying to knock the glass out of Mu Shuoqian’s hand, but she was no match for him. He easily restrained her hands, and all her struggles were in vain.
"No last words, then? I’m sorry then. Don’t worry, after you die, I will turn myself in. I won’t let you die in vain," Mu Shuoqian pressed the glass to her lips, "Goodbye."
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Qili became increasingly restless after hearing Dr. Chen’s words, and considering recent events, she couldn’t help but suspect that Mu Shuoqian might have done something sinister behind her back.
Why did a donor appear as soon as Gu Yunxi showed up? Could this really be just a coincidence?
Qili suddenly had a chilling thought – could Mu Shuoqian, like the family member Dr. Chen mentioned, have committed murder to find a suitable donor for her?
Thinking this, Qili couldn’t stay calm anymore. Better safe than sorry. Given Mu Shuoqian’s personality, he could indeed do such a thing, especially if it was for her...
If that was the case, Yuan Yi would definitely not let her leave. She needed to think of a plan.
Qili soon thought of Dr. Chen, who could help her at this time.
Yuan Yi was downstairs watching TV, suddenly Dr. Chen dashed down from upstairs in a panic: "Mr. Yuan, hurry, Miss Gu is in severe pain, we must go to the hospital."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Yi immediately sprang from the couch and hurried upstairs. As he pushed through the door, he saw Qili rolling on the bed in agony, seemingly in real pain.
"Madam," Yuan Yi urgently called out, no longer concerned with proprieties, he picked her up and rushed downstairs, "Dr. Chen, follow me."
"Okay," Dr. Chen quickly grabbed a few personal items and followed Yuan Yi.
Yuan Yi drove towards the city. Since the hospital was a bit far, he didn’t dare delay. He didn’t call Mu Shuoqian until they were on the loop road, then handed his phone to Dr. Chen: "Dr. Chen, please call Young Master Qian to hurry to the hospital."
"Okay," Dr. Chen took the phone, paused for a moment, and started searching for Mu Shuoqian’s number.
At that moment, they arrived at the hospital entrance. Dr. Chen’s call hadn’t gone through yet, and Yuan Yi had already jumped out of the car intending to go to the back seat to get Qili. He had just closed the door when Dr. Chen, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly locked the car doors.
Yuan Yi didn’t expect this and quickly tapped on the window, bending over and calling out anxiously: "Madam."
Qili rolled down the window a bit, apologetically said: "Brother Yuan, I’m sorry for deceiving you, but I have to meet Mu Shuoqian."
"Madam, Young Master Qian really isn’t hiding anything from you, it’s not right for you to go back now, madam..."
Qili nodded apologetically at him, slowly rolled up the window, and said to Dr. Chen who was now in the driver’s seat: "Dr. Chen, please drive."
"Okay."
As Yuan Yi watched the car speed away, he tried to reach for his phone to call Mu Shuoqian, only to remember he had just given his phone to Dr. Chen.
"Sigh," Yuan Yi punched his fist forcefully, realizing he had been careless.