Hearing that answer, the past self finally seed slightly relieved.
Then she softly spoke again. "Lana..."
Her voice carried endless exhaustion. "They may be your blood-related family in this life..."
A bitter smile appeared on her lips. "But to us..."
Her eyes gradually dimd. "They’re still strangers from another lifeti."
The mont those words entered her heart, Lana’s eyes slowly turned red again.
"I’ll never forgive them."
This ti... Lana genuinely was not lying.
Perhaps soday she might acknowledge their existence. Perhaps soday she could calmly interact with them.
But forgiveness? That was sothing she could never truly give.
Especially not in this lifeti.
As if understanding her completely, the past self slowly began fading away.
However, before disappearing entirely, she repeatedly whispered one final sentence.
"Just love yourself. And don’t love anyone else too deeply again."
The mont those final words faded away... Lana slowly opened her eyes.
The fever had finally decreased slightly.
The first thing she saw was Axel, Conrad, and Lucian standing nearby.
The mont Lana saw Lucian, a small smile imdiately appeared on her pale face.
anwhile, Lucian instantly rushed toward her.
Without hesitation, he carefully hugged her before gently patting her back.
"Why did you run into the rain?"
His voice sounded filled with worry. "Do you not know you’d catch a fever?"
His brows furrowed tightly while looking at her pale face.
"You’ve worried to death."
Normally, with Lucian’s healing spirit, ordinary sicknesses should never affect her this badly.
Yet strangely enough... this fever simply refused to disappear completely.
Lana herself also found it odd.
After hearing Lucian’s worried words, she could only chuckle weakly.
"I don’t know either."
Her voice still sounded slightly hoarse. "I just suddenly got a fever."
Then she frowned slightly. "And honestly..."
A strange confusion appeared in her eyes. "My body feels weird."
She slowly touched her chest.
"It feels like so strange kind of heat is spreading throughout my entire body."
Hearing those words, everyone instinctively assud Lana rely said that because of the fever itself.
Therefore, nobody questioned her further.
anwhile, Lucian gently hugged her again before speaking firmly.
"You don’t need to et the Peterson family anymore."
The mont those words fell, Lana subconsciously glanced toward Conrad.
Conrad himself remained silent for several monts.
Then finally...
He quietly nodded.
At this point, even he felt the Peterson family no longer deserved approaching Lana carelessly.
Seeing the heavy atmosphere surrounding everyone, Lana suddenly chuckled softly.
"I’m really not as fragile as all of you think."
Her golden eyes curved faintly. "I was just... slightly overreactive."
Lucian completely ignored Lana’s attempt to brush things off lightly.
For the next several days, he, Axel, and Conrad practically guarded her like she was so fragile treasure that might disappear at any mont.
Even whenever Lana tried leaving her room alone, soone would imdiately appear beside her carrying dicine, warm soup, or another lecture about taking care of her health.
The entire situation honestly made Lana feel both helpless and amused.
anwhile, during those few days, Lana mainly focused on improving her own cultivation.
For so reason, she could vaguely sense that she was approaching another breakthrough.
The mont she inford Axel about this feeling, his expression imdiately turned serious.
Without hesitation, he quickly contacted several researchers from the university to examine her condition.
After all, Lana’s cultivation path was far too unusual. Nobody dared take any risks regarding her breakthroughs.
Finally, on the fourth day, Lana’s fever completely subsided.
The mont she felt better, she imdiately planned a date with Lucian.
Unfortunately... that exact sa day happened to be the day she already promised to spend with Conrad.
Originally, Lucian absolutely refused to let her leave.
However, after seeing Lana repeatedly glance toward him with hesitation and guilt written all over her face, he finally sighed heavily and reluctantly gave up.
"Go."
His voice sounded filled with helplessness.
"I’ll let you spend today with Conrad."
anwhile, Conrad secretly felt extrely pleased internally.
From his perspective... Lana choosing him over Lucian today naturally ant she cared about him more.
Otherwise, why would she hesitate so much before rejecting Lucian?
Only Lana herself knew the real reason.
She simply did not want to break promises casually.
Soon afterward, Lana and Conrad finally arrived at their destination.
However, the mont Conrad stepped out of the car and saw the building in front of him clearly, he beca stunned.
An orphanage.
It was small and slightly old, yet the surroundings felt unexpectedly warm and lively.
Children’s laughter echoed faintly from inside the courtyard while several colorful drawings hung ssily across the fences.
Before Conrad could even process things properly, Lana had already walked inside casually.
The mont she entered, more than a dozen children imdiately rushed toward her excitedly.
"Sister Lana!"
"Sister Lana is here!"
One childish voice after another echoed loudly throughout the courtyard.
Seeing this chaotic yet heartwarming scene, Conrad froze completely.
anwhile, Lana simply laughed softly before crouching down to hug several children naturally.
Then she looked toward Conrad and casually introduced them.
"These are the children from the orphanage I secretly sponsor."
The mont those words entered Conrad’s ears, genuine surprise appeared on his face.
There were more than sixty children here.
Even though Lana herself was not officially associated with the Peterson family yet, she was still quietly funding over sixty children at the sa ti.
That alone was already an astonishing feat.
At the sa ti... it also revealed just how kind-hearted Lana truly was.
anwhile, Lana calmly continued speaking while watching the children play nearby.
"These children are all very talented."
Her golden eyes curved slightly.
"In the future, they’ll definitely beco amazing people."
Then she suddenly smiled mischievously.
"And once they beco successful, I’ll definitely earn a huge return on my investnt."
Hearing her say that, Conrad imdiately chuckled.
"So that’s your real motive for helping them?"
Lana instantly looked offended. "Of course."
She crossed her arms dramatically.
"Why else would I help them if not for future profits?"
However, before Conrad could continue teasing her, a small child suddenly rushed over and tightly tugged at Lana’s skirt.
"Sister..."
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