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Sensing the impending crisis, Duan Xiangning was obviously unwilling to be sacrificed just like that.    

    

Her first thought was to call Duan Chuhuang.    

    

She had called seven or eight times without answering.    

    

Just when Duan Xiangning was in despair, Duan Chuhuang called her.    

    

Without waiting for him to say anything, Duan Xiangning emphasized her 'innocence' at an extremely fast speed.    

    

She said that when she first found out that Lee Nanfang wasn't dead and had already returned to the Green Mountain Sect, she followed the principle of thinking for Dali and so timely reported in.    

    

But the way he treated Lee Nanfang, and his influence on the Yue Clan in Beijing and even the higher ups' territory after his return, were all determined by the Duan Family Core Disciple.    

    

As for how it was decided, Duan Xiangning didn't have the right to participate.    

    

However, she would resolutely support the decision made by the family's core. She would sacrifice herself at the cost of her own pride in being Lee Nanfang's lover.    

    

She had done everything she should have done, completely according to the wishes of the family — but the result was beyond her control. She hoped that the family would consider her situation, ability, and ability to treat her seriously.    

    

Or rather, to give her a fair evaluation.    

    

Fair!    

    

When Duan Xiangning narrated the entire sequence of events, as well as her own thoughts, she did not reveal the slightest bit. She had already sensed that she was in danger, and would be pushed out as the scapegoat to pay for Dali's erroneous decision.    

    

This was also where her intelligence lay.    

    

She believed that Duan Chuhuang would understand what she meant.    

    

However, whether Duan Chuhuang could plead on her behalf and ask the family to let her off and not push her out as a scapegoat was not something Duan Xiangning could know.    

    

In fact, even though Duan Chuhuang was willing to speak up for her, there was a high possibility that he would be unable to change the decision of the Duan Family's core.    

    

Duan Xiangning also understood all of this.    

    

He did not entrust her life and death to him.    

    

However, what else could she do other than do so?    

    

On the phone, Duan Chuhuang was silent for a long time.    

    

Duan Xiangning knew that he was thinking.    

    

As his silence grew longer and longer, Duan Xiangning's heart grew colder and colder.    

    

He became more and more desperate.    

    

Duan Chuhuang finally spoke: "Sorry."    

    

He just said those three words and hung up the phone.    

    

These three short words contained too many meanings, and it also declared that Duan Xiangning's decision to officially become the scapegoat after being abandoned by the Duan Family was something that could no longer be changed.    

    

Duan Chuhuang becoming the third generation Patriarch of Dali was already a given.    

    

The future weight of the family head and his opinions would definitely be highly valued by the entire core.    

    

If he insisted on speaking on behalf of Duan Xiangning, the core would probably agree with him.    

    

However, if he were to really do that, it would prove that he was not a qualified Patriarch.    

    

A qualified Patriarch should be like Yue Zitong, who could even squeeze out Little Nephew's last bit of utility value for the benefit of the entire family.    

    

Yue Zitong loved Lee Nanfang so much that she could do that kind of thing, let alone Duan Xiangning and Duan Chuhuang who were just cousins.    

    

And from Duan Xiangning's previous performance, Duan Family had already treated her as an abandoned son.    

    

As long as Duan Chuhuang had some brains, he would never come and plead with Duan Xiangning for the sake of an abandoned son.    

    

Not to mention kinship, in the rich and powerful families, kinship only stopped before the age of eleven.    

    

Therefore, Duan Xiangning was not surprised when she heard Duan Chuhuang apologize to her.    

    

However, the endless bitterness quickly drowned her out.    

    

No matter how noble a person was, how sexy and beautiful he was, when he reached adulthood, he had only been used repeatedly as a tool to gain benefits. Once he lost his value, he would be abandoned without a trace of politeness.    

    

Duan Xiangning hadn't slept since she made the call last night.    

    

He was destined to sleep forever after death, so why sleep so long before death?    

    

She thought it best not to close her eyes again while she was still alive.    

    

In this way, she could be considered to have earned a little more time to live.    

    

People will always lose something, or understand that something is about to be lost, before they feel that it is very precious.    

    

Especially life.    

    

At six in the morning, Duan Chuhuang's phone rang again.    

    

With an almost pouncing motion, she snatched up the phone.    

    

She thought it was Duan Chuhuang calling and wanted to tell her that her family had changed their minds.    

    

Unfortunately, it wasn't Duan Chuhuang.    

    

It was Lv Mingliang.    

    

Lao Lv earnestly asked Duan Xiangning to accompany him to the General Department to apologize to Chiang Morann.    

    

Lao Lv's intention to ask Duan Xiangning to accompany him was obvious, of course it was because she was the young miss of Dali.    

    

Thus, even if Chiang Morann didn't give him face, she should at least give face to Miss Duan, right?    

    

Lao Lv didn't know about Duan Xiangning's face — Sigh, it was fine to not mention it.    

    

If it was in normal times, Duan Xiangning would definitely ignore Lv Mingliang's request.    

    

Since when did Duan Xiangning become Lv Mingliang's guest?    

    

But now, after some thought, she agreed.    

    

The reason was simple.    

    

Lv Mingliang invited her because she was from Duan Clan!    

    

This was perhaps the last time that Duan Xiangning, as the eldest miss of Dali and Duan Clan, had showed her face in front of others.    

    

After sensing the crisis, Duan Xiangning also thought about telling Lee Nanfang to seek protection.    

    

However, upon thinking about Hua Yeshen, Yue Zitong, and Helan Xiaoxin, Duan Xiangning decided to just drop the matter.    

    

She felt that her teamwork with Lee Nanfang was purely a red fruit business with no feelings whatsoever.    

    

Lee Nanfang could only be foolish. He would only come to contend with Duan Family for a woman who approached him with a purpose.    

    

Although she had heard about what Lee Nanfang had done in the past, for the sake of a complete stranger, Lin Wanqing, he dared to go against the Chen Family of Lingnan and other Wealthy Classes.    

    

Then, for Chiang Morann, he broke Lin Kangbai's leg in front of everyone at Seven Stars Club.    

    

But at that time, Lee Nanfang was completely bored and had nothing to do.    

    

And now?    

    

He was so busy with the matters of Hua Yeshen and her group that he didn't even have time to care about her life.    

    

Thus, the despairing Duan Xiangning, under the banner of the Dali "Remembrance" Hua Yeshen, brought Lv Mingliang to the General Department.    

    

Here, she watched all the good things.    

    

Lin Kangbai's madness, Chiang Morann's persistence, Lv Mingliang's bravery, Lee Nanfang's awkwardness, Yue Zitong's shamelessness — this, was the real world.    

    

It was definitely worth it for Duan Xiangning to laugh out loud after she died.    

    

In person at the scene of a good show, Duan Xiangning was unavoidably involved in it, pulling Lv Mingliang along at the most critical moment.    

    

He also helped Chiang Morann and the others to send Lv Mingliang into surgery.    

    

She was just helping.    

    

She was willing to swear that she was simply helping because she was bored.    

    

However, when the door to the operation room closed, Duan Xiangning looked down at the blood stains on her clothes. Just as she was about to frown in disgust, she suddenly froze.    

    

She clearly felt a fulfillment that she had never felt before.    

    

It wasn't the satisfaction of being ridden by Lee Nanfang, but rather the spirit.    

    

This enrichment was obtained by her actions of using her help to save others.    

    

Helping could also be considered as doing good.    

    

Duan Xiangning, who had lived for 27 years, finally realized something in her short life.    

    

She had never thought that the reward for helping others for free would be even stronger and gentler than the feeling she got when she bullied others.    

    

It was just like the cold winter season where one would be placed under the warm sun, with a peaceful state of mind.    

    

It was just that she had comprehended it a little too late.    

    

But that was enough. She'd been standing outside the operating room like a drunk drinking a bottle of good wine for a long time.    

    

The operating room used to treat Lv Mingliang was the intensive care unit on the seventh floor of the clinic, on the same floor as Lee Nanfang.    

    

Lee Nanfang, who was being supported by Yue Zitong, went to the easternmost office on the west side of the corridor.    

    

Although the distance between them was only one hundred meters, to Duan Xiangning, the distance was even wider than the Milky Way.    

    

Maybe it was because of Yue Zitong?    

    

For the first time, Duan Xiangning, who had never known what it meant to be self-contained in front of a woman, was self-prepared.    

    

She felt that she was so insignificant in front of Yue Zitong, who was obviously shameless.    

    

Regardless of whether Yue Zitong was a victim of the Yue Clan or not, she could still bravely pursue what she wanted.    

    

Or perhaps it was a struggle to the death.    

    

But Duan Xiangning did not dare to.    

    

He didn't have any confidence.    

    

She could only be like a stray dog, hiding in a corner with her tail between her legs. She could only stare out the window at the ordinary people that she looked down upon far away on the road, walking freely.    

    

After looking for a long time, the door to the operation room was not opened.    

    

Having been shot twice in a row, Lv Mingliang was on the verge of death. Even if he managed to rescue Lv Mingliang in time, it would still take him a long time to remove the two bullets from his vital parts.    

    

After waiting for a long time, Duan Xiangning was hungry.    

    

Although she did not know when she would be able to 'mysteriously' disappear, since she was still alive, she should go eat.    

    

A good meal.    

    

Duan Xiangning walked out of the hospital and went to the biggest hotel in the area. Ignoring the surprised expression of the waiter, she reserved the most luxurious and largest room for herself and ordered a table full of food.    

    

This could be her last extravagance before her death.    

    

Life had not come to an end yet. No one would know that money was actually just that.    

    

It included a noble identity, sexy and beautiful appearance, and so on.    

    

Duan Xiangning ate and drank alone, tears streaming down her face.    

    

She was only sad and did not resent her family for it.    

    

Even if she was, what could she change?    

    

Just as Duan Xiangning was letting go of her appetite, ignoring the fact that Gluttony would grow fat and hurt her body, the door was pushed open.    

    

She thought it was a waiter.    

    

Because that person was also wearing the work clothes of a hotel waiter.    

    

But when the waiter sat across from her, she had already eaten half the abalone and it fell from the corner of her mouth.    

    

The one who had come was actually the third generation Patriarch of Dali, Duan Chuhuang.    

    

"Such a beautiful woman like you, no matter what kind of situation you encounter, you shouldn't be like this. Not only will it hurt your body, it will also hurt your image. "    

    

As Duan Chuhuang said this, he poured himself a glass of red wine and gulped it down like he was drinking cold water.    

    

Duan Xiangning never dreamt that Duan Chuhuang would come to her at this time. He was even wearing the uniform of a hotel waiter.    

    

After being stunned for a moment, Duan Xiangning forced a smile and wiped her mouth with a tissue. "Dead people actually don't care too much about their bodies. As for his image, hehe. "    

    

"You think I'm here to kill you?"    

    

Duan Chuhuang didn't laugh. He looked at the wine cup in his hand with a dark expression.    

    

Duan Xiangning frowned. "You aren't?"    

    

"Even if the family sends someone to kill you now, it won't be me. I am the future Patriarch of Duan Family, how could I possibly do something as bad as killing someone and silencing myself? "    

    

Duan Chuhuang shrugged in disdain, put down the glass of wine and turned around to leave.    

    

It was as if he had disguised himself as a waiter just to drink a glass of wine in front of Duan Xiangning.    

    

Duan Xiangning was slightly stupefied.    

    

Duan Chuhuang, who was about to walk out of the door, suddenly turned around and said, "Go look for Lee Nanfang."    

    

"What?"    

    

Duan Xiangning was stunned, "Looking for Lee Nanfang?"    

    

Duan Chuhuang didn't answer her and just left after closing the door.    

    

Go find Lee Nanfang.    

    

This was the main reason why Duan Chuhuang suddenly came to find Duan Xiangning.