<h4>Chapter 1412: Chapter 1425</h4>


    Xia Youran was just about to reach out and touch it when Xia Guoqiang grabbed her arm, "Hey, forget about it, let’s go quickly."


    Xia Guoqiang somehow found an old model car and, with Xia Youran’s heart pounding with fear, sped all the way towards the airport.


    Finally, at a traffic light, Xia Youran clutched her chest, trying to calm her nervous heart, and asked him, "Dad, where are we going?"


    And why are you driving like you’re in a race, scaring the life out of me?


    "Going abroad."


    "Abroad?" Xia Youran looked at Xia Guoqiang in confusion, "Dad, has something happened? Why are we going abroad? It’s just a few days until..."


    "Dad has arranged everything. You’re going abroad, and no matter what you hear, don’te back."


    ...In a few days, it would be mom’s memorial day, do we really have to leave so urgently?


    Xia Youran felt even more stifled, "You mean I have to go by myself?"


    Something must have happened, could it be...


    "Dad, did Ye Chen contact you?"


    "What?"


    An emergency stop, Xia Youran was unprepared, and her body lurched forward from inertia, only to be yanked back by the seatbelt.


    There was no obstacle in front, nor had they hit anyone...


    The beeping horns behind them brought Xia Youran’s frightened soul back, "Dad?"


    "How do you know Ye Chen? Has he contacted you?"


    Seeing her father’s frightened expression, Xia Youran understood part of it. So, dad was in a hurry for her to go abroad because of this...


    "Dad, if he really can..."


    "No way!"


    Before Xia Youran could finish speaking, she was decisively interrupted by Xia Guoqiang. He knew his daughter had too kind a heart. He was afraid Ye Chen might use despicable means to pressure her, at which time You Ran would definitelypromise, so she must leave...


    "You Ran, you have no idea what Ye Chen is capable of; he can do anything."


    "Dad, he shouldn’t be that scary, he even saved me that day."


    "Saved you?"


    Realizing her slip, Xia Youran quickly covered her mouth, blinking pitifully at Xia Guoqiang, and diverted the topic, "Dad, I can’t just leave you here alone."


    "Dad still has many things to deal with."


    "Dad, where did you get the money to send me abroad?"


    Suddenly, a chill ran down Xia Youran’s spine; could dad have borrowed high-interest loans again...


    "Dad, you didn’t borrow high-interest loans again, did you? No, dad, you can’t touch high-interest loans, they’re deadlier than poison, dad,e with me, if you can’t pay them back, they’ll kill you when the time’s up."


    Xia Youran’s heart felt clenched, her chest tight, she vividly remembered those debt collectors’ vicious looks, they were a bunch ofwless thugs.


    "Dad..." Xia Youran looked at Xia Guoqiang, worried, her brows tightly knit, not realizing because of the rush, she didn’t have her sses on...


    "Enough, don’t say anything, you must leave here."


    With that, Xia Guoqiang stamped on the gas, darting forward like an arrow...


    "Sorry, excuse me, excuse me."


    Doctors and nurses rushed a rolling bed towards the operating room.


    "Notify the on-duty doctor immediately, two emergency patients from a car ident, prepare for surgery."


    Xia Guoqiang only felt dizzy, mumbling iprehensibly, trying to lift his eyelids, vaguely seeing a patch of white, and thenpletely fainted.


    "The patient lost consciousness, what now?"


    "Quick, get him into the operating room."


    Everything was so quiet around...


    Only the machines emitted a steady beep...


    Xia Youran barely opened her heavy eyelids, using herst bit of awareness to nce around, the dazzling incandescent lights, surrounded by people in green robes and hats, some holding scissors, others tweezers...


    Gradually, Xia Youran’s consciousness drifted away...


    Three dayster, Xia Youran woke slowly, to a white ceiling, white curtains, the sheets and covers all white, looking at the heart monitor beside the bed, the red and green numbers particrly striking, beeping rhythmically, the oxygen mask over her mouth rising and falling with each breath...


    She was in a hospital...


    But she felt so tired, so sleepy, under the anesthetic’s effect, her consciousness felt like it was being drawn away, and she fell asleep again quickly...


    "Doctor, how is she?"


    Xia Youran vaguely heard a familiar voice beside her, but she couldn’t recall whose it was.


    "She’s doing well, with a few days’ rest she’ll recover."


    "Why hasn’t she woken up yet?" the voice asked again.


    "Once the anesthetic wears off, she’ll wake up."


    ...


    When Xia Youran woke up again, it was alreadyte at night. By now, all the anesthesia had worn off her body, and every movement prompted a piercing pain.


    The dim room was filled with the strong smell of antiseptic, the monitor beeping rhythmically, why was she in a hospital?


    Her mind reyed the day’s events, it seemed like dad wanted her to leave, the car too fast, then there was a bang, and then...she was in a hospital.


    Where was dad?


    A terrifying thought surfaced in her mind, instinctively resisting, afraid to think deeper, she forced herself to sit up, but had no strength at all.


    She heavily copsed back onto the bed.


    At this moment, fragmented footsteps sounded from the door, graduallying closer.


    A familiar voice rang out, "Has she woken up?"


    "No, young master."


    "What did the doctors say?" Ye Chen leaned against the wall, his gaze piercingly directed at the person in front of him.


    "The doctors didn’t say much, just that she would wake up once the anesthetic wore off."


    Ye Chen nodded, "Alright, I understand, you can go now."


    After the person left, Xia Youran heard the voice outside the door continue, "Mr. Ye, there is something I don’t quite understand, you’re already a cultivator, you’ve broken into the mortal world, if..."


    "What do you know? I’ve reached a bottleneck in my martial arts, the only way forward is through dual cultivation with a woman!"


    "But why choose her? Just look at the mess her father has gotten into, and you even have to clean up after her, it’s such a big hassle."


    Xia Youran felt drowsy, missing thetter part of the conversation beforepletely passing out.


    "There’s another crucial reason I’m seeking her."


    Ye Chen pursed his lips tightly, his gaze keenly fixed ahead.


    "What reason?"


    "Her blood is the key to opening the Mystic Sky Tower."


    "What?" the person was utterly shocked, "A woman’s blood?"


    Ye Chen’s subordinate was shocked yet excited, "Mr. Ye, we’ve been trying to open the Mystic Sky Tower for so long, now you’ve finally found the key, so does that mean we can proceed to open it?"


    "I’ve heard there are many treasures inside the Mystic Sky Tower, even I’m eager to get started."