Even After My Death
Chapter 570 - 474: Release New Mission

Chapter 570: Chapter 474: Release New Mission

Recognized.

Jiang Ning was somewhat surprised, but not too shocked.

She looked at Gu Yongchang, smiled, and nodded, acknowledging her identity.

Seeing that he hadn’t been mistaken, a smile couldn’t help but spread across Gu Yongchang’s face.

"What?!" Jiang Yan was shocked.

Jiang Ning? Qi Xingzhou?!

He immediately turned his head, his gaze landing on the two of them.

And sure enough, it was them!

Damn it.

His idol had been standing right in front of him for so long, and he hadn’t recognized them!

Jiang Yan alternated between regretful sighs and excited joy.

He quickly took off the safety rope from his body and squeezed in between Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou, acting very familiar: "Oh my god, it’s really you, I was just wondering which team sent such a capable rescue..."

He babbled on, and in front of Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou he made himself rather familiar while also ensuring that his colleagues with the recording equipment captured many interactions between him and the two celebrities.

Work hours didn’t allow for star-chasing, and Jiang Yan was almost moved to tears by his own clever excitement.

Jiang Ning’s name had been buzzing on the internet recently, and not just Jiang Yan, but other colleagues in the fire brigade had also paid more or less attention to Jiang Ning.

It’s just that everyone’s focus had been on Liu Yaoyao and her family, so they hadn’t recognized Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou right away.

The tears in Liu Yaoyao’s eyes had never stopped, even after she was pulled to safety. Her heart was still filled with panic and despair because the predicament she faced before jumping off the building hadn’t changed.

Upon hearing the name Jiang Ning, she couldn’t help but lift her head and look towards Jiang Ning.

While Jiang Yan was talking to Jiang Ning, Liu Yaoyao’s gaze stayed on Jiang Ning until Jiang Ning seemed to sense it and looked back at Liu Yaoyao.

The little girl’s eyes, soaked with tears, were clear and distinct, the standard apricot-shaped eyes, delicate and beautiful.

However, there was no joy of surviving a disaster in her eyes, nor the innocence and confidence that should belong to her age. Instead, she looked like grass pressed under a heavy stone, deprived of daylight, with despair and lifelessness at the bottom of her eyes.

Having successfully rescued Liu Yaoyao and handed her over to her family, the firefighters had thus completed their mission for this callout.

The captain signaled everyone to wrap up and leave, but Mu Xiaoyu kept turning her head back to look at Liu Yaoyao.

She was the only female firefighter on this mission and had just stepped forward to try to unravel Liu Yaoyao’s blockage.

Liu Yaoyao had spoken very softly earlier, and perhaps Mu Xiaoyu was the only one on the scene who had clearly heard what Liu Yaoyao said.

Mu Xiaoyu grabbed Liu Yaoyao’s hand and squeezed it firmly: "Yaoyao, how about you come back to the police station with us?"

"Go, go to the police station?"

The expressions of Liu Yaoyao’s mother and Grandma Ge changed immediately.

They didn’t know about Liu Yaoyao’s experiences at school and thought it was Liu Yaoyao’s act of jumping that had brought some kind of punishment.

Mu Xiaoyu saw their expressions and probably guessed what they were thinking, so she quickly clarified: "It’s not a punishment. It’s about some things that happened to Yaoyao at school... our fire brigade can’t handle it, it requires the involvement of another unit for investigation."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yaoyao’s complexion paled, and her body trembled.

"What happened?" Ge Haoli’s expression was confused and unsure.

She looked at Mu Xiaoyu, then at Liu Yaoyao.

A mother’s intuition made her vaguely guess something.

"Let’s talk over here." In consideration of Liu Yaoyao’s feelings, Mu Xiaoyu pulled Ge Haoli aside.

"No..." Liu Yaoyao wanted to stop them, but she felt so cold that she stood still, unable to lift her hand.

That thought of ending it all came back to her again.

She was unwilling and afraid to face all of it.

Just when Liu Yaoyao couldn’t feel any warmth, suddenly, a warm hand grasped hers.

"Don’t be scared," Jiang Ning grabbed Liu Yaoyao’s hands, their eyes meeting as Jiang Ning’s gaze was gentle. She lowered her voice, "I’m sorry for going against your wish and pulling you back up. I heard what you said before you jumped."

"You’re still young. Don’t let scum get away with their crimes, paying for their wrongdoings with your young and precious life — it’s not worth it, and it’s not your fault."

"Your future definitely deserves to hold much more and better things, to experience a brand new life, and not to wither away in this old residential building."

Jiang Ning’s voice was gentle and resolute, carrying a comforting power.

Liu Yaoyao could no longer hold back, and she raised her hands to embrace Jiang Ning, sobbing uncontrollably.

As she cried, another voice also rose in sync with hers.

It was Ge Haoli’s.

Ge Haoli couldn’t believe it; her daughter had suffered such heinous and cruel things without her knowledge!

Beasts!

Demons!

Her daughter’s whole life was ruined!

Thinking back to how sensible and obedient Liu Yaoyao was before she went to high school, Ge Haoli couldn’t bear to think how Liu Yaoyao had endured those times.

Recalling her own angry scolding at Liu Yaoyao on the rooftop just now, Ge Haoli was both heartbroken and guilt-ridden, and she didn’t even dare to look back at Liu Yaoyao.

This was a piece of flesh that had fallen from her body.

She had carried her for ten months, and then raised her with hard work.

Ge Haoli was so angry that she couldn’t breathe, and after crying out loud, her head tilted, and she suddenly lost consciousness.

Mu Xiaoyu reacted quickly, immediately administering first aid to Ge Haoli.

The ambulance was waiting downstairs, and the fire brigade captain immediately made a call for them to bring up a stretcher.

Liu Yaoyao was both scared and worried.

The skinny Grandma Ge was also crying until her eyes were swollen.

Fortunately, the medical staff downstairs quickly came up, and after checking on Ge Haoli, they preliminarily diagnosed that she had just fainted from anger and there was nothing serious.

However, just to be on the safe side, she still needed to be taken to the hospital for further detailed examination.

As Liu Yaoyao and Grandma Ge were the only direct relatives of Ge Haoli, they immediately wanted to follow the ambulance. When they parted, Jiang Ning slipped a piece of paper with her phone number into Liu Yaoyao’s hand, "If you’re in trouble, you can come to me."

Jiang Ning was not a saint, nor was she overflowing with sympathy.

But upon knowing Liu Yaoyao’s experiences, she couldn’t help but feel a surge of covert concern for this fifteen-year-old girl.

Moreover, aside from the two involved, no one knew the details of the incident between Liu Yaoyao and the Principal of Yulu Middle School, as well as the Principal’s family background, better than Jiang Ning... Jiang Ning’s eyes shaded dark and fierce.

Liu Yaoyao wiped her tears and took the piece of paper from Jiang Ning, holding it tightly in her hand. She looked at Jiang Ning with gratitude, then helped her grandmother to follow the medical staff, leaving the scene.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, for completing the task of saving Liu Yaoyao. Reward: Life Value: 12 days, Merit Points 30.]

[Task partner Qi Xingzhou, reward: Merit Points 3.]

A familiar little hedgehog fell out.

It carried a bright red apple on its back and slowly crawled towards Qi Xingzhou.

Jiang Ning glanced at it for a moment and then turned her attention away.

In her mind, the System’s voice continued unabated:

[Ding! Criminal Liu Chusheng detected, Principal of Yulu Middle School, accused of lechery, molestation, seduction, and coercion of several young girls. Please, Host, apprehend him as soon as possible. Reward: Life Value: 30 days, Merit Points 100.]

Jiang Ning’s expression turned cold.