Qi Nan was the first to come out. He took off his mask, his face showing exhaustion, and stubble had even grown on his chin.
This was the most challenging surgery of his medical career.
"How is it?" Qin Beiting asked immediately. He rushed to his feet, pulling at his wound, but he seemed not to feel any pain.
"There was a special medicine, which made the surgery much smoother. However, Ms. Yu's cells and major organs were over-consumed by the previous stress response and had not fully recovered. Now that she's gone through another depletion, the damage is doubled. Although the surgery was successful, it will now depend on Ms. Yu herself to see if she can wake up within seventy-two hours," Qi Nan said.
He paused, then delivered the worst news, "If she doesn't wake up after seventy-two hours, it might be very difficult for her to wake up, meaning she could become what's known as a vegetative state."
Qin Beiting: "Last time?"
Qi Nan hadn't expected to say so much. The key point he'd seized on was this, "Yes, if I'm not mistaken, it should be that incident five years ago."
That time, Yu He had fallen ill and disappeared. No one knew who, or how, had controlled her condition after her disappearance.
Qin Beiting murmured in his heart: Five years ago...
Again, five years ago.
"For the specific details, please wait until Ms. Yu wakes up and tells you herself," Qi Nan said, taking out the remaining special medicine. "Oh, right. Only one dose of this special medicine was used. The rest is here."
"Use it all on her. I don't care how you do it, but make sure she wakes up!" Qin Beiting commanded.
Hearing this, Qi Nan's eyelids twitched. He couldn't help but think to himself: So generous!
"This special medicine is very effective, but using it continuously will reduce its efficacy and is somewhat wasteful," he couldn't help but remind him.
Qin Beiting: "I don't care! I just want her to wake up!"
Qi Nan: "Alright."
You only want what you want.
After Qi Nan left, the nurse pushed Yu He, who was lying on the hospital bed, out.
Qin Beiting watched her pale face, wearing an oxygen mask, with an IV drip in her arm. Before he could even get close to the bed, the nurse had already pushed her into the intensive care unit, hooked up to various monitoring devices.
Qin Beiting could only stand outside the ICU, looking at her through the glass window, his expression grave.
Chen Dong watched his devoted figure with emotion. Boss truly loved Sister-in-law to death. Even though her memory had been erased, they still loved each other so intensely upon meeting again.
"Brother Ting, you should go back and rest. You haven't slept for two days and two nights. This is not conducive to your wound recovery," he stepped forward to persuade him.
Qin Beiting ignored him and instead asked, "Has Feroed arrived?"
"He's on his way," Chen Dong replied.
"Tell him to see me immediately when he gets here," Qin Beiting said.
"Yes," Chen Dong replied, then continued to persuade him earnestly, "It's fine now. Let me escort you back to rest? If Ms. Yu wakes up, she wouldn't want to see you treating your body like this."
Qin Beiting: "Arrange a ward for me. I'll rest here."
Chen Dong was a little helpless. "...Yes."
He turned to go arrange his admission, when he heard Qin Beiting's voice from behind, "I want the one next door."
Chen Dong: "..."
Boss, don't you know that the next room is also an ICU?!
The next day.
Feroed followed Chen Dong to Xiehe Hospital as soon as he got off the plane. Seeing Chen Dong leading him towards the ward area, specifically the ICU section, he was worried and asked,
"Assistant Chen, is Master Qin Seven's condition very serious? He's even in the ICU! Is he asking me to see him for the last time?"
Chen Dong was amused and exasperated. "No, the injuries on Master Seven are not serious. He's looking after Ms. Yu."
"Is the divine physician injured?" Feroed was shocked.
"Yes, come in," he said.
They happened to arrive at Qin Beiting's ward. Chen Dong knocked and entered.
Qin Beiting was leaning back on the hospital bed, a small table propped up in front of him, holding his laptop.
He was looking at data he had retrieved from his computer based on the nickname "Bao Bao." He had indeed found chat records from years ago between him and an account named "Bao Bao."
The records were limited, but every sentence of their conversation painted a simple picture of the situation in his mind.
The relationship between them back then was not just casual sex partners, but a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. He had even wanted to marry her!
The thought that they were once an intimate couple made Qin Beiting's heart sink heavily.
Someone who was so important to him, why would he forget?
And she had finally returned, what had he said to her? What had he done?
"You bought 12 boxes of Durex for a hundred dollars, and with the promotional price plus gifts, that's a total of 211 condoms. Subtract the ones used in the past two days, and you know the number."
"You provoked me first, and before I get tired of you, you have no right to say it's over!"
"I'm not a man you can just provoke!"
"A used item that has given birth dares to covet the position of Mrs. Qin Seven?! Do you think you're worthy?!"
"Serve me well, and I can let you stay by my side as my mistress!"
...
It was bad enough that his words were harsh, but then he remembered that he had locked Yu He up with his own hands, humiliated her in his office, and even imprisoned her in a mountain villa, causing her phobia of the dark to recur. Now she was in the ICU next door, and he didn't know when she would wake up. Qin Beiting was filled with regret.
It was over. Would Yu He forgive him when she woke up?
Was it too late to go to the ICU door and kneel on a keyboard?
When she wakes up, I'll tell her I was wrong.
Her condition was so dangerous, and it was uncertain when she would wake up...
The thought that he had caused Yu He to be in this state made Qin Beiting want to slap himself.
In fact, he had already raised his hand, about to strike himself, when the ward door opened.
"Master Qin Seven, I'm very happy you sought me out," Feroed said, smiling when he saw Qin Beiting. "Assistant Chen was so urgent in asking me to come, I almost thought I was being rushed here to see you for the last time."
Since he had taken over Qin Beiting from his mentor, Qin Beiting had always been reluctant to seek him out. Every time it was time for a follow-up appointment, he was the one chasing him. He was the most difficult patient he had ever treated.
"If you don't explain one matter clearly, this will be the last time you see me," Qin Beiting said coldly, closing the laptop with the hand he had raised.
Hearing his tone, Feroed sensed the gravity of the situation. He took the toolbox from his assistant and performed a simple examination on Qin Beiting.
"Has my condition worsened?" Qin Beiting asked.
Feroed looked at the test data and said, "No, your condition is recovering very well. There are basically no problems now."
"Then why couldn't I remember my past with Yu He?" Qin Beiting questioned coldly.