"Kill you?"
Gao Ming seemed to have heard a similar request somewhere else before, but he could not quite remember.
The patient in the hospital bed was a living, breathing person, yet her life was worse than that of a weed by the roadside. Gao Ming held her hand and felt the strongest desire in her heart.
There was no longing for her husband, no attachment to the world. Apart from her concern for A Fang, all that remained was a wish to die.
Illness tormented her every moment. Eternal Life Pharmaceuticals used the most advanced medical treatments to keep her in a state where she could neither die nor live well.
"Do you think A Fang will suffer less if you die?"
The woman could not speak clearly. She looked at the blood-red Building Blocks on the floor, tears welling in her eyes, like prey trapped with no hope of escape.
"There aren't any ghosts in Xinhu, so why do people still live in such agony? Why do some people want nothing but death?" Gao Ming crouched beside the bed. "So are ghosts really what bring disaster and misfortune?"
A Fang's mother did not ask the stranger to save her. She only begged to die. When she saw Gao Ming about to leave, she grew agitated. With muffled sobs and bulging eyes, she tried her hardest, yet she could not even raise her arm.
"Once I find A Fang, I'll find a way to cure you." Gao Ming released the woman's hand and picked up the blood-red Building Blocks, sensing the traces of an aura lingering on them.
He did not need to search. The Blood City ghost markings on his body had already reacted.
"A Fang is the youngest of the thirteen Candidates, and also the most innocent