<h4>Chapter 234: Chapter 234 Resolute</h4>
Gu Qixiao initially didn’t understand why she held such a belief, but when he saw Li Yu’s devastating condition, he realized it was because she had already arranged everything beforehand.
"He was far too confident, assuming I had no connections and that the people around me were all upright and principled."
Sometimes, arrogancees with its own retribution.
Just like now—he probably never expected her to hire an assassin to kill him, did he?
But Li Yu’s life was stubbornly resilient. Even in such a grave condition, he still managed to be saved.
Ji Yu walked into the hospital room and couldn’t help but sneer coldly as she saw his body wrapped entirely in bandages.
"Li Yu, did you really think I was some easy target you could crush underfoot? Is that why you dared to harm my mother? Look at you now—do you finally understand what I’m capable of?"
She smiled with an expression that seemed gentle and kind, yet all he felt was bone-chilling coldness.
His current state was indeed wretched, and he could barely utter aplete sentence.
"There’s no need for you to voice your thoughts. I already know you must be utterly miserable right now. Look at yourself—do you honestly think you’ll ever be able to walk again?"
This was, in truth, the most pitiful state someone could be in.
After all, his current condition was even worse than dying outright.
His eyes were swollen red with fury.
"What, do you want to call me vicious? Why don’t you think about your own actions? If you hadn’t gone after my mother, would I have ever gone after you? This is the price of your own doing."
Ji Yu had always abided by the principle: "If others don’t harm me, I won’t harm them."
But since he had already gone to such lengths, wouldn’t it be impolite not to strike back?
"Ji Yu..." He finally managed to squeeze out his first words, though every syble carried seething hatred.
It was in to see that even speaking was excruciatingly difficult for him.
"Oh, so you can still talk? But you seem to be in a great deal of pain. Why not just end it yourself? That might make things easier for you—a merciful relief from this torment."
In his current state, there was virtually no hope of recovery.
When the doctor walked in, they were met with this scene and couldn’t help but feel worried.
"Are you this patient’s family member? Since he was admitted, no one has been here to care for him."
How could someone like him possibly have family? And his so-called subordinates—well, they only cared about profit. There was no way they’d look after a cripple like him.
"We’re not particrly close. Honestly, there’s some bad blood between us. Why, is there something you need?"
This situation truly put the medical staff in a difficult position.
"This patient’s medical expenses haven’t been settled yet. Moreover, his condition is dire—he needs a family member’s signature for a skin graft."
He had suffered severe burns. Without a graft, his body would never recover properly, and his current state meant constant agony—unceasing torment.
He hadn’t imagined that no one woulde to care for him. His eyes grew hollow and numb, his expression utterly despondent and bereft of hope.
"In that case, why not just throw him out? I doubt he has any family willing to sign for him anyway."
Ji Yu showed no sympathy for such a person. Considering the heinous acts he’dmitted before, even a thousand cuts wouldn’t suffice for his crimes.
He suddenly withdrew his previously hateful gaze and looked at Ji Yu with pleading desperation, as if begging her for help.
Ji Yu looked at him coldly, a mocking smile on her face.
"Now you know how to beg me? What about before? Think about all the things you’ve done. Why should I save you? After what you did to my mother, did you really think you’d have the chance to keep living?"
Between them existed nothing but profound hatred—there was no possibility of kindness.
These words seemed too much for him to bear. His emotions spiraled into copse, and his physical condition deteriorated sharply as a result.
The doctor had no choice but to initiate emergency treatment.
Ji Yu paid them no attention, turning to leave. This man no longer had anything to do with her. Letting him live in pain like this was an even more fitting end.
Instead of granting him a clean death, she thought it better to let him endure this wretched existence.
Surely, this life of his was far more agonizing than death itself.
When she returned, she happened to see Ji Yuanzhou sitting in the hospital room.
"Yu, was that whole thing your doing?"
"Mm." Ji Yu nodded lightly. Though she typically seemed gentle, once someone crossed her boundaries, she couldn’t harbor even a shred of kindness.
"Brother, there’s no need to overthink it. He dared to touch Mom, so there’s no way I could ever forgive him."
To her, this was her final act of tenderness. And even if her biological mother were still alive, she had no desire to confront such people.
"Yu, I just think it’s not worth dirtying your hands with blood for a person like that. Even if he were to die, it wouldn’t bring any benefit."
"That’s why I didn’t kill him. I just had someone turn him into a cripple. Don’t worry, he won’t die—but what he bes afterward, I can’t guarantee." Ji Yu’s eyes gleamed with a trace of icy malice as she spoke.
This punishment was enough to leave an indelible mark on him for life.
Still, Ji Yu hadn’t forgotten to express her gratitude to the one who carried out the deed.
The man’s face lit up with excitement when he saw Ji Yu.
"Doctor Ji, there’s no need for you to thank me so politely."
Given their rtionship, he’d willingly do anything for her, no matter how much.
Ji Yu looked at him somewhat helplessly, knowing full well he’d likely been waiting all this time for her toe to him for help.
"Regardless, I’m deeply grateful. I despise him, and I’m thankful for your assistance. Honestly, performing surgery for you was something I should’ve done—it wasn’t some grand favor. You don’t need to remember it for so long."
In her perspective, such favors didn’t require repayment. Still, this time, she supposed she owed him one.
The man smiled bitterly.
"I remember that situation vividly. I went to so many people, but no one was willing to operate on me—only you epted. At the time, I truly thought I’d seen an angel, so this is a debt I’ll never forget."
Whenever he recalled those moments, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of gratitude toward Ji Yu.
To him, she was like a luminous moon amid darkness, an unwavering presence that could never be extinguished.