True Solution of the Sword Dao
Chapter 166 - 160 True Lies II

Chapter 166: Chapter 160 True Lies II

Hewest Hospital, a new private hospital that had recently opened near the Swordsmanship Club, was financially backed and invested in by the Rainbow Group. The main shareholding company was the Yan Lin Group, owned by Lin Fei, which was the corporate name that Chen Chen had registered. Surprisingly, the member they had hired from the club had an exceptionally strong ability and quickly made the Yan Lin thrive, making full use of all available resources. Now, Yan Lin’s real estate could actually be considered part of Yan Lin Group, with a real estate company and an associated hospital under its banner, both of which were doing quite well. They even took over a piece of land from a property company under Rainbow Group through internal arrangements and developed a high-end residential area in Ping City, creating a stir with their promotional campaigns.

Hewest Hospital was originally a private hospital that couldn’t get off the ground, but later, when it was failing to make a profit, it had to be transferred at a low price. It just so happened that the general manager of Yan Lin Group, Feng Yuanshu, took a fancy to it and bought it. In just two months, he had turned the hospital from a deficit to a profit and poached quite a few doctors from other hospitals. It had become one of the better hospitals in the vicinity of the Swordsmanship Club, serving both the public and private sectors.

Xu Ruoruo lay in the hospital bed, unable to believe that she had been stabbed several times and yet was still alive. She only remembered a blurry figure flitting before her eyes just before she lost consciousness. After that, she knew nothing.

When she woke up, she was already in the hospital, where the doctor told her that she had been stabbed once each in the chest and abdomen and had miraculously survived. He had even prepared to send her to the morgue, not expecting her to pull through.

"It’s truly a miracle," the doctor’s words of awe still echoed in her ears.

Yet Xu Ruoruo felt unusually puzzled. She clearly felt that she had been stabbed three times in the chest, and her abdomen had almost been pierced through. How could there be only two stab wounds...

"You’re awake?" a childish voice came from the doorway of the ward.

Only then did Xu Ruoruo realize that the door had been opened at some point without her noticing.

A little girl wearing a tight little black dress with a large bow tied in her hair stood quietly at the door. She had black stockings and eerily red little boots on her feet, creating a strange sense of gothic beauty.

"Who are you?" Xu Ruoruo asked, puzzled.

Click.

The door to the ward closed abruptly. The outside world fell silent, not a sound came through. It was as if they were the only two people left in the whole world.

Xu Ruoruo noticed this oddity, but she didn’t panic at all. After all, she had already experienced death once, what else was there to fear?

"Isn’t it strange that you, who should have died, are still alive? Your injuries were beyond saving. I should introduce myself; my name is Shuang’er," the little girl said calmly, "to put it simply, your senior brother wanted to kill you, but I saved you."

Xu Ruoruo’s expression turned wooden. She had admired Chen Wu so much since she was a child and worshipped him. She never expected that at what she thought was her happiest moment... at this moment, her heart was numb.

"Brother said you might be more valuable than Chen Wu, so he asked me to save you. As long as someone isn’t completely brain-dead, I can bring them back," Shuang’er said indifferently. "But if this is all you’re going to feel, I might as well have eaten you."

"I understand," Xu Ruoruo said calmly, not delving into what Shuang’er meant by ’eaten.’ "Everything before felt like a dream. I don’t blame Chen Wu; it’s just that I was too naive and foolish."

"He would do anything for his sister, Chen Jing. I thought he loved me, but in the end, I realized he never liked me."

Shuang’er nodded, stepped aside from the door, and a distorted figure instantly emerged from the void, taking the place where Shuang’er had stood— It was Lin Fei.

"As for Chen Wu, I am deeply saddened. His sister Chen Jing is an important member of our rival organization, so inevitably, I had to make him choose between us and his sister. Regrettably, he chose the other side," Lin Fei’s appearance was indeed a shock to Xu Ruoruo.

Her eyes suddenly brightened. She stared at Lin Fei intently, not blinking.

"How... how did you get here?" she asked in astonishment. "He chose his sister? Is that why he wanted to kill me?!"

Lin Fei shook her head.

"He wanted to gain power from me, yet he also wanted to side with his sister. He was too greedy, only thinking of taking without giving. So, he deliberately misrepresented my words and chose you as a scapegoat, expecting that my youth would prevent me from noticing."

But by now Xu Ruoruo no longer cared about these things; her eyes were glowing. "Is this a dream? Or a movie? Magic?"

"I have decided to give you what Chen Wu wanted," Lin Fei said, ignoring her excitement. She extended her index finger, and strands of golden Aura spun continuously like flowing water at her fingertip. This was the seed of True Force infused with the Power of True Lies.

"Go."

The golden Aura slowly drifted away from Lin Fei’s fingertip and, almost the moment it left her finger, the golden Aura abruptly vanished, shooting like lightning into Xu Ruoruo’s forehead.

Boom! An endless roar suddenly erupted in Xu Ruoruo’s ears. She rolled her eyes back and fainted, with a fleeting glint of gold flashing across her forehead.

"Let’s go, Shuang’er," Lin Fei said softly. "Everything is ready; we can enjoy some peace for a while now."

Shuang’er nodded, walked over to hold Lin Fei’s hand, and the two of them twisted and instantly disappeared within the ward.

In an instant, myriad sounds returned to the world, and the dreamlike blockage dissipated quickly with Shuang’er’s departure.

**************

Ping City, Southern Suburban Park

At noon, by the wall inside the park, a tall young man with a ferocious expression tightly clutched his right arm, from which droplets of fresh blood continuously fell.

"Damn it!" Chen Wu punched the wall fiercely, immediately creating a small crater in the grey wall as tiny stone particles cascaded down.

"You think a few words are enough to make me risk my life for you? Is that possible?" What he hadn’t anticipated was that as soon as he had made a move to prove his determination, that little girl named Shuang’er struck and injured him in an instant. He didn’t even know how he got hurt before he had to flee in disgrace. Fortunately, his sister, Chen Jing, had been taken away by those mysterious people. Otherwise, he would have really been in big trouble.

"I could even kill the junior sister who liked me most, doesn’t that prove my determination?" Chen Wu’s eyes were sinister, completely devoid of his usual composure. He recalled the image of Lin Fei, that man exuding blue smoke from his body.

"That strength... that strength! It’s similar to that person back then. Just a little more! I was almost able to obtain it! It was just a little bit away!" Since childhood, the reason he had been so diligent in his cultivation was precisely because of a chance encounter in the deep mountains where he witnessed a battle between two people gleaming with different lights. The mere aftershocks of their auras were powerful enough to knock him unconscious. That sense of crisis, like a small boat in a stormy sea, always at risk of capsizing, that feeling of one’s life and death being at the whim of another, he would never forget it! Since then, he had been determined to seize control of his own destiny. His sister and that ambition were the most important parts of his life force.

Bang bang!

Suddenly, two gunshots sounded, faint as ordinary firecrackers.

Chen Wu’s expression changed, and he instantly raised his arm to block.

With a snap, a splash of blood burst forth.

Two bullets, one after the other, passed through his forearm and precisely hit the same spot on his forehead. With a sizzle, they penetrated through the back of his head, bringing with them flecks of white brain matter.

Chen Wu looked shocked, struggling to open his mouth as if to say something, but he could no longer make a sound, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

In the distance, a dark-skinned man with an ordinary face slowly withdrew his gun barrel from the bushes.

"Target eliminated, everyone retreat."

The man silently and swiftly left his original position, holding a leafy branch in his hand and carefully sweeping the place where he’d been hiding, trying to restore it to its original state.

Killing, for him, was as commonplace as eating and drinking.

**************

The college entrance exams had concluded, and naturally, the most important matter was the selection of university preferences.

As the best school in the city, the key class of No. 3 Middle School was naturally the focus of the entire school and even the entire city.

On the third day after the exams, it was time to fill out the university preference forms.

Lin Fei had also managed his recent affairs. After Chen Wu’s issue was resolved, Chen Jing had disappeared, but with countless eyes in Ping City and with Shuang’er’s monitoring, there was no need to worry about a sudden attack on family members. Moreover, it was likely that she didn’t know who was behind the attack on Chen Wu. Things had calmed down. Lin Fei, having some rare free time, was preparing to head to school with a relaxed mood to fill out his university preferences.

As for the erstwhile pseudo-True Force and now the new True Force, he had never ceased his exploration of it. Finding himself at a dead end from multiple inquiries, he considered using scientific research to explore the nature and capabilities of this pseudo-True Force. But this was something he couldn’t entrust to someone else; Lin Fei ultimately decided to conduct the experimental research himself. His brain, now developed by True Force, was definitely capable of catching up to the standards of ordinary research personnel in a very short amount of time. Besides, he found himself in a stagnant period regarding his power, in need of a long time to stabilize his cultivation level. This time could be well spent delving into the essence of integrating True Force.

Therefore, he needed to choose a university that specialized in this area. Ideally, it would also be in the city where that guy, Dong Yaofei, was located.

The family sat in the living room, Lin Jianguo, Jiang Feng, Lin You, Jiang Nan, all present. The television was on, but muted.

Lin Jianguo had been thriving lately, successful in his career, exuding a robust aura all over. Nevertheless, he appeared anxious at the moment.

"Feifei, do you have an estimate of how many points you can score?"

Lin Fei smiled, "I can’t be certain."

Lin You, on the other hand, curled her lip: "He’s the worst in their class..."

"Lin You!" Jiang Feng spoke sternly for the first time. "This is the most important turning point in your brother’s life! Don’t speak such unlucky words."

Despite her trepidation, as Lin Fei’s grades had always been average at best, when Lin Fei previously mentioned that he should be able to get into the university of his choice, both she and Lin Jianguo assumed he had casually picked any university as his target.

Lin You pursed her lips and fell silent, giving Lin Fei a fierce glare as she cuddled her kitten.

"Alright, Feng, go prepare lunch. Zhang and your Uncle Si’s family will be coming over," Lin Jianguo said. The ’Zhang’ he referred to was Zhang Weicong, whose son Zhang Tao was considered his godson, hence they were quite close. As for ’Uncle Si’, that was Jiang Nan’s father, Lin Fei’s Uncle Si, Jiang Yuansheng.

Upon hearing that her parents were coming, a flash of desolation crossed Jiang Nan’s face. Although she lived in Lin Fei’s house and everyone treated her well, there was always an underlying sense of alienation from living under someone else’s roof. It was only when she was with Lin Fei that this feeling would fade. So, whenever possible, she would be by Lin Fei’s side, or she would go to the Swordsmanship Club, which already had some members and had recruited some civilian swordsmanship experts, selected by Yuan Yonglong, as coaches. With promising development, the club offered a space where peers were friends and colleagues, without that sense of repression.

But now, hearing that her parents were coming, Jiang Nan was unsure how to feel, her emotions a complex mixture (To be continued. If you like this work, please go to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and Monthly Ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation.)