Chapter 647

"Be sure to be careful on the road, and if anything happens, you must call me immediately. I will also return to Jing City later," Gu Lao said in a deep voice.

Perhaps it was because Qiao Muting had arrived; he hadn't felt much before, but now he felt he had no strength left in his body.

Qiao Muting nodded.

The transfer procedures were handled quickly, and after Shu Xia was taken away by Qiao Muting, Gu Lao and Chen Lao did not leave the hospital.

Instead, they took the opportunity to get IV drips at the hospital.

They had been holding on just a moment ago.

Now, they truly could not hold on any longer.

Chen Lao looked at Gu Lao on the opposite hospital bed, "Once we return to Jing City, that girl will be fine, right? Jing City is full of talented people; there will be a way to make that girl wake up, there must be."

"Yes, Xia Xia will absolutely be fine; she is a person of great fortune," Gu Lao nodded wearily, his tone particularly firm.

After the two old men exchanged these words, they said nothing more.

Although both old men in the ward were clearly exhausted and sleepy, neither could fall asleep.

Closing their eyes, the scene of Shu Xia fainting would surface.

It was heart-wrenching.

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Inside the steadily moving ambulance.

Qiao Muting looked at the unconscious Shu Xia, his distinct, bony fingers brushing her messy hair to the side.

He spoke in a deep voice: "Shu Xia, wake up as soon as possible."

Unfortunately, Shu Xia, who usually bickered with him and was still angry at him, remained motionless, seemingly unable to hear his words at all.

There was not the slightest reaction.

He held her hand.

Her hand was unbelievably cold.

He immediately gripped it tightly, hoping his body heat could warm her.

However, doing so was still in vain.

His palms were hot enough, but not enough to warm her.

Qiao Muting's expression froze.

With his lips pressed tight, he said in an almost threatening tone: "You must wake up, do you hear me?"

Yet, Shu Xia remained completely unmoved.

She lay there like a broken doll.

Qiao Muting's body stiffened, as if he had been frozen, staring at Shu Xia the entire time.

It wasn't until they reached Jing City and arrived at the hospital, with Shu Xia settled into a ward, that Qiao Muting seemed to snap back to reality.

The hospital's specialists were all dispatched to begin a consultation.

It lasted until late at night.

In the end, they were only administering IV fluids to Shu Xia.

There were no results.

The specific cause would need to be studied thoroughly after all the test results came back.

Zhang Tezhu looked grave and said to Qiao Muting, "Qiao, you can go back and rest first. A caregiver will stay here to look after the Madam; as soon as the Madam wakes up, I will call Qiao immediately."

It was already five in the morning.

They had stayed up almost the entire night.

"No need, you go back; I will rest here," Qiao Muting said in a deep voice.

Zhang Tezhu glanced at the companion bed nearby.

That was fine too.

"Then I will go buy some breakfast; it is time to buy breakfast now," Zhang Tezhu said.

Qiao Muting gave a faint hum.

Before Zhang Tezhu walked out of the ward, he looked at Shu Xia on the bed; some accidents always happen so unexpectedly.

She was perfectly fine yesterday, yet today she was unconscious and in critical condition.

Three days later.

The hospital doctors provided a result.

"Qiao needs to be mentally prepared; the patient will likely remain in this state from now on, just like a vegetative patient."