After taking the person to the hospital, Gu Xingdong eagerly prepared to go to another ward to look after Chen Lishu. However, before he could take a few steps, Li ZhemIng, weak and leaning against the wall, staggered over.
Seeing Gu Xingdong's movements, Li ZhemIng anxiously questioned him, "Where are you going? Your woman has been taken care of. Now it's Wan'er who needs attention. Don't you have any heart? Is it that difficult to stay here and look after her until she wakes up?"
Gu Xingdong didn't take Li ZhemIng's scolding to heart. He replied with a firm and resolute attitude, "I'm afraid I can't agree to this. I don't know the situation with Lishu in the ward. I need to check on her first. After confirming she's alright, I'll come to get Zhang Wan'er out of surgery."
With that, Gu Xingdong prepared to leave. As he brushed past Li ZhemIng, a force suddenly gripped his shoulder, pinning him firmly in place.
"No, you can't leave!" Li ZhemIng's face turned red with anger. He clenched his teeth tightly and pushed Gu Xingdong back until he was leaning against the wall, then he quieted down.
Gu Xingdong cast a cold glance at the hand on his shoulder and said, "ZhemIng, we've been brothers for years. I don't want to make things too unpleasant. Let go now, and I can pretend nothing happened. Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Li ZhemIng seemed to hear a joke. He let out a scornful laugh and said dismissively, "Brothers? Ever since you married that woman, have you ever considered me a brother? Your eyes are only on that woman. Our friendship means nothing!
You're not leaving today. I've already arranged for people to guard Chen Lishu, and there won't be any accidents. You have to stay with me until Zhang Wan'er wakes up, and only then can you leave if she says so!"
"Li ZhemIng!" Gu Xingdong's anger flared up as well. Just as they were locked in a silent struggle, the operating room door opened.
The nurse, seeing them entangled, was first stunned, then said somewhat angrily, "What are you two doing? This is a hospital, not a place for fighting! If you interfere with the doctors performing surgery, I'll have security escort you out!"
Li ZhemIng and Gu Xingdong exchanged a look, pursed their lips, and released each other's hands.
Li ZhemIng tidied his clothes and stepped forward to stop the departing nurse, asking politely, "Excuse me, nurse, I'd like to know the condition of the woman undergoing surgery. Is she not seriously injured?"
Hearing Li ZhemIng's question, the nurse asked curiously, "May I know your relationship with that woman?"
"We are comrades, known each other for many years!"
Upon hearing the word "comrade," the nurse's expression became solemn. She said with a grave tone, "The situation of the girl in the operating room is not very good. After examination, we found signs of assault on the girl, and her uterus was severely damaged. It is highly likely to affect her ability to conceive and have children in the future!
We have a specialist consulting today for this type of injury, so it's not a major problem. What I'm worried about now is the patient's psychological state! Since you are good friends with the patient, I suggest you stay by her side during this period and talk to her to help her cope."
At these words, the atmosphere in the room fell silent. Gu Xingdong's face showed an expression of disbelief; he hadn't expected things to be so serious.
Just then, a sharp voice broke the silence, "What? You said my little niece was assaulted?!"
Everyone turned to look in the direction of the voice. The young nurse initially wanted to tell the person to be quiet and not disturb the surgery, but when she saw who it was, she swallowed her words.
"Uncle Yang."
"Sir."
Yang Zhiguo, with bloodshot eyes, approached the two men. He first grabbed Li ZhemIng's collar and demanded, "What's going on? I specifically sent you to Modu to protect Wan'er, and now you bring me this news?
Tell me, who did this? Where are those scoundrels? I'll kill them! How dare they lay a hand on my people!"
"Uncle Yang, don't rush. Be careful not to aggravate your high blood pressure. You'll be in trouble again as soon as Wan'er is out," Li ZhemIng said, gently patting Yang Zhiguo's back with his hand, while guiltily lowering his head to apologize.
"This is indeed my fault. I failed to protect Wan'er. I never expected something like this to happen in just a few days in Modu.
It's all my fault. I should have stopped Wan'er from going to save Chen Lishu. I shouldn't have let her be the bait. I deserve to die, a grown man letting a woman take such a risk!"
After saying these incomprehensible words, Li ZhemIng slapped himself repeatedly on the face, the crisp, loud sounds echoing throughout the corridor.
Yang Zhiguo, with vacant eyes, reached out and stopped Li ZhemIng's self-harming actions. He grasped the key point of the conversation and asked, "You just said Wan'er went into surgery to save Chen Lishu. What's going on with that?"
Hearing this question, Li ZhemIng paused his actions. He opened his mouth as if to speak but hesitated, unsure how to explain the situation. He could only cast a pleading look towards Gu Xingdong.
"Sir." Just as Gu Xingdong was about to say something to explain and comfort Yang Zhiguo, Yang Zhiguo raised his hand, looked at him coldly, and sternly said,
"Shut up. I don't want to hear your voice right now. Li ZhemIng, I'll give you three seconds to explain the situation clearly! If you can't even handle this small matter, you will leave the capital starting tomorrow and cannot return without my command!"
"Uncle Yang, please don't be angry! I'll say it, I'll say it!" Li ZhemIng bit his lower lip with a conflicted expression. After taking several deep breaths, he turned to Gu Xingdong with a guilty look and said, "I'm sorry, brother," before recounting everything that happened that day without missing a single detail.
After hearing what happened to them in Modu these past few days, Yang Zhiguo's chest heaved with anger. "Chen Lishu, Chen Lishu, always Chen Lishu! How dare you take people to your work location without my permission? Gu Xingdong, do you still have me as your leader in your eyes?!
Do you know that Wan'er is lying in the hospital today because your woman was selfish and offended someone, and Wan'er went in to save her? She's a burden! You owe me an explanation for today's incident, or I will absolutely not let this go!"