Chapter 229
Andrew Smith pulled Luna White into a shadowed corner, his brow furrowed. No one understood better than him the price she paid each time she used her supernatural ability to heal. If possible, he'd take her place in a heartbeat.
"Everything's ready," he murmured, pulling a bulging satchel from his backpack. "Electric vest, chocolates, cocoa powder—all packed. The cocoa works better than brown sugar water. This vest is the latest prototype, not even on the market yet."
His voice dropped lower, eyes darkening. "Remember, your life matters more than anyone else's. If there's danger—"
"I know," Luna rose on her tiptoes, her whisper brushing his ear like silk. "I'm very attached to living."
That liquid-soft tone was reserved only for him.
Ethan White approached, resting a heavy hand on his sister's shoulder. The siblings exchanged a silent glance that spoke volumes.
Three hours later, the military jeep roared into the capital.
"My God!" Little Jack pressed against the window. "This courtyard's bigger than our county hospital!"
Luna studied the imposing quadrangle compound through narrowed eyes. Blue-gray bricks, carved beams—in 1985, only the elite could afford such a residence.
"Dr. White?" Principal Jiang approached with a young man in a Mao suit. "This is my nephew, Jayden Jiang."
Luna's pupils contracted.
Jayden Jiang!
The man who'd closed her lifeless eyes in her past life. The future titan of commerce. She never expected to meet him here.
Memories surged like a tidal wave—this was the man who'd risked everything trying to free her during her imprisonment. The same hands that had gently shut her eyelids for the last time...
"Dr. White?" Jayden tilted his head at the dazed young woman.
Luna snapped back to the present, her lips curving into a knowing smile.
Grace Wen, your reckoning has arrived.