Chapter 27: His Karma

Early morning, Lin Qing walked into the ward while carrying a bag of food. She peeked into the slightly opened door and saw that Su Ruan was awake.

Lin Qing knocked on the door and smiled. "Hey." She lifted the paper bag in her hand and spoke, "I brought you breakfast."

"Come on in." Su Ruan waved her hand. "I'm starving."

Hearing her words, Lin Qing quickly took out the food container and placed it on the table.

Su Ruan took a sip from the warm soy milk drink and heaved a satisfied sigh. She watched as her friend set up the table for her and asked, "Are you not going to work today?"

"I took a half-day leave to help you with the discharge procedure." Lin Qing raised a brow. "What is it? Are you touched? How about treating me to a good meal later?"

Su Ruan let out a chuckle. "Sure. You pick up the restaurant. Just don't choose anything expensive. Don't forget that I'm currently unemployed."

Lin Qing handed the utensils to Su Ruan and switched on the television. Seeing that the advertisements were currently on air, Lin Qing turned to her friend again. "How are you feeling?"

Su Ruan swallowed the porridge in her mouth and answered, "Definitely better than yesterday."

Lin Qing stood up and inspected the injury around Su Ruan's head. Seeing that the wound had stopped bleeding, she finally let out a breath of relief.

"A while ago, the police came over and ask about the robbery," Su Ruan said. "I told them I don't remember a thing."

"Mmm… Unfortunately, there was no surveillance camera around that area as well. And the one from the shop facing the alley was malfunctioning. It seems that catching the thief might be quite difficult."

"Fortunately, I did not bring a lot of money with me."

"Fortunately, that thief did not do anything to you." Lin Qing poked on her friend's arms. "I heard a lot of stories how a thief would do something nasty when they did not get the amount of money they expected to get."

Su Ruan's expression changed slightly. Her brain was telling her that she had forgotten something again, but she did not know what it was.

As she did not want her friend to worry, Su Ruan quickly composed herself and continued to chat with Lin Qing.

The advertisement on the television ended and soon, a handsome man appeared on the screen to read the morning news.

Su Ruan and Lin Qing glanced at the television briefly as the newscaster was reading news about some political situation in another country. The two of them were discussing their lunch plan when the newscaster mentioned something that happened in Capital City.

Her heart skipped a beat as Su Ruan heard a name that she was familiar with.

Gao Leng?

On the screen, there was a video of Gao Leng with his hair turned white and his body turned frozen.

The newscaster reported that no one seem to know what happened or how did he turn out this way. A trucker was stopping by a secluded rest area and found Gao Leng in this condition in the restroom.

The trucker thought he had died and called the police.

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However, they soon found that he was still alive despite his condition.

Right now, the police were still investigating this matter and had asked anyone who had any information regarding what happened to step forward and report it to them. Any information would be helpful.

The news channel featured a famous professor who commented on what might happen to Gao Leng. He thought that Gao Leng might have seen something so terrifying that it had made his hair turn white and his body froze.

Although he was still alive, there was no telling if he could turn normal and live life as he used to be.

Both Su Ruan and Lin Qing were quiet for a long time. The newscaster had changed the news but both of them were still processing what had happened to Gao Leng.

Su Ruan turned to look at Lin Qing and saw that she had the same disbelieving look on her face.

"This…" Lin Qing spoke but did not finish what she wanted to say.

Both of them could not understand what was going on with Gao Leng and how he had turned like that.

"I did not think that he would turn this way," Su Ruan spoke softly. The last time she saw Gao Leng, it was on the day she had left the company. Afterward, he had called and asked her to return, but Su Ruan no longer wanted anything to do with the company and the magazine.

Or was it?

Lin Qin pursed her lips into a thin line. "Do you really think that a person could be so terrified that his hair would turn white overnight?"

Su Ruan shook her head. "I don't know. Probably. I've heard stories like this in the past. I thought it was just a myth. But it happened in real life."

"I wonder what did he saw that made him turn like that?" Lin Qing muttered.

A deep frown appeared on her face. For some reason, Su Ruan had a feeling that something was off.

But, what was it?

The headache returned the more she thought about Gao Leng's strange condition.

Su Ruan closed her eyes and pulled at her hair, trying to stop the pain.

"Hey? Su Ruan?"

She snapped out of her thought and looked at Lin Qing again. Her headache miraculously stopped.

"Are you alright?"

Su Ruan flashed her a faint smile. "I'm fine. Just thought that what happened to Gao Leng was a bit disturbing."

"You are right. It was indeed disturbing." Lin Qing nodded. "What happened to him was bad but I think he got his karma back. I don't think we should feel sorry for him. He probably provoked something he should not have provoked."

Su Ruan thought about that day she was alone in Gao Leng's office and pursed her lips into a thin line. Perhaps Lin Qing was right.. Gao Leng simply got his karma.

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