<h4>Chapter 175: Chapter 175: The Final Struggle</h4><h4></h4>


    Old Master Lin was unaware of their ns, but he could clearly feel his body growing weaker by the day.


    "Didn’t you say my health would gradually improve to the point where I could undergo surgery? Why do I feel like my body is deteriorating?"


    The doctor was also baffled. After all, his condition had been steadily improving before, but for some unknown reason, after the recent incident, his body had remained in a weakened state. Performing surgery was now out of the question.


    "Your body has be so frail that we are simply unable to perform surgery on you. We’ve been working diligently on your rehabilitation, but the oue seems different from what we had expected."


    Just then, Gu Qixiao appeared at the doorway of the hospital room.


    "You’ve already ended up like this. Do you still refuse to let her go?"


    It’s often said that a dying man’s words are kind, but Old Master Lin seemed tock suchpassion.


    "I won’t die. Even if I do, I’ll drag her down to hell with me."


    He was unwilling to ept death so easily.


    But some things just never go as one wishes.


    "Do you know that yourpany has already been divided among your children?"


    This also meant that they had given up on treating Old Master Lin.


    Old Master Lin’s eyes widened in disbelief, as though he couldn’t ept what he had just heard.


    "Impossible. They will save me. I know they still have some filial piety left in them."


    "Do you truly think so?" For someone who was so mistrustful, how could he genuinely believe in his children?


    Old Master Lin’s expression grew more panicked.


    It seemed he had never anticipated that his children would abandon him first.


    "No, that’s not possible. I can still live. I absolutely can’t die just like this."


    Looking at Old Master Lin’s pitiful state, Gu Qixiao couldn’t help but feel a bit sorry for him, though it stopped short of sympathy.


    "As long as you divulge Yu’s location, I can still call someone over to buy you a bit more time."


    "You’re all lying to me. There’s no way I’ll bring Ji Yu out." He suddenly turned even more malicious.


    "No matter what, I’ll drag her to hell with me. You all want me dead, don’t you? Fine, then I’ll take her down with me!"


    Gu Qixiao frowned.


    He truly couldn’t fathom what was going through Old Master Lin’s mind at this moment.


    "Even if you go through with this, there will be no oue for you whatsoever."


    But s, Old Master Lin seemed to have gonepletely mad, paying no heed to Gu Qixiao’s words.


    Lin Wenyan, observing the situation, also realized that there would be no getting anything useful out of Old Master Lin.


    "I’ll take you back to the Lin family estate to have a look. Right now, there shouldn’t be anyone home."


    Everyone was preupied with the fight over the inheritance and simply had no time to bother with them.


    Gu Qixiao headed to the Lin estate with his team.


    However, they searched every nook and cranny but failed to find her.


    Lin Wenyan’s expression grew increasingly puzzled.


    "I really don’t know what to do now."


    He had run out of ces to search, and since Ji Yu wasn’t at the Lin estate, it meant she must have been hidden elsewhere.


    "She might be somewhere else. Why don’t you go and look somece else?"


    Gu Qixiao shook his head. He had a strong feeling that Ji Yu was here.


    Meanwhile, Ji Yu was being kept in a dark, secluded corner, with no food or water to sustain her. She had grown extremely weak.


    It had been days since she had eaten, and she was physically unable to hold on any longer.


    Originally, these tasks had fallen to Lin Chujian, but with Lin Chujian now preupied with the fight for the Lin family inheritance, she no longer had time to deliver food to Ji Yu.


    "What if she starves to death? If she dies of starvation, we’ll definitely be held ountable."


    "And what, you dare reveal her location now? If she’s discovered, we’ll all be screwed."


    "But we can’t just sit here and watch her starve to death."


    "The old man still needs her kidney. If she dies of starvation, she’ll be useless."


    "You can’t be serious. The old man isn’t going to make it either."


    Hearing their discussion, Ji Yu knew that her chances of leaving alive were slim.


    Gu Qixiao, too, spotted the two men.


    Seeing him, the two quickly fell silent, too afraid to speak another word.


    "What are you two whispering about over here?"


    Their faces were full of difort, clearly terrified.


    "We didn’t say anything. You must have misheard. Sir, this is the old man’s residence—you can’t go in."


    Of course, Gu Qixiao had no intention of leaving any corner unchecked.


    "Move!" He was determined to find out if Ji Yu was hidden here.


    The situation instantly became tense.


    Neither of the two dared to step aside, yet they couldn’t afford to offend Gu Qixiao either.


    They cast pleading looks at Lin Wenyan, hoping he would say something on their behalf.


    "Step aside." Lin Wenyan, to their dismay, didn’t speak up on their behalf. Instead, he instructed them to move aside.


    The two looked at Lin Wenyan in shock, but seeing no other way, they reluctantly stepped aside, all the while praying that the basement wouldn’t be discovered. Otherwise, they’d be in deep trouble.


    Gu Qixiao’s intuition told him that Ji Yu was definitely here.


    But after searching every corner, he still couldn’t find any trace of her.


    "Since you two haven’t found anything, shouldn’t you leave now?"


    At this point, they truly couldn’t afford to let them keep searching. If Ji Yu were found, it would spell disaster for all of them.


    Lin Chujian had also learned about the situation at home and rushed back in a hurry.


    "What are you doing in the old man’s room? What exactly do you want?"


    She appeared collected and calm, as if her annoyance stemmed solely from their invasion of the space.


    "Where’s Yu?" Gu Qixiao got straight to the point without wasting time.


    "How would I know where she is?" Lin Chujian found the question absurd. Had they stumbled upon some kind of clue?


    She maintained herposed demeanor, acting as though she truly knew nothing.


    "What you’re doing constitutes trespassing, and the old man is still alive. Aren’t you afraid of how he’ll deal with you?"


    She nced over at Lin Wenyan, curious as to why he had been so unusually calmtely, with no visible interest in fighting for power.


    "All I need is for you to tell me where Yu is."


    He didn’t care about anything else, but he wouldn’t allow himself to stop caring about Ji Yu.


    Lin Chujian was taken aback by his words. She could never have imagined that he would be someone willing to forsake everything and pay any price for one person.


    "Gu Qixiao, Ji Yu is already dead." Her words carried a tone of vengeance.


    "You’re lying."