Chapter 283

When Sun Dazhi and the others had finished with Hao Manru's affair and rushed over, Su Ruo had already started suturing.

Sun Dazhi learned from the little nurse that, in order to perform surgery on her own regimental commander, Su Ruo had actually gone ahead and sutured without anesthesia, and he felt terrible, even wanting to kill Hao Manru.

They looked at the fine beads of sweat on Su Ruo's forehead, feeling somewhat unwilling to see her suffer, and at the same time felt even more self-reproach, thinking they were useless and had failed to protect Su Ruo.

Fortunately, the doctor's technique was swift, and the suturing was soon finished.

Seeing blood on Su Ruo's clothes, the thoughtful little nurse brought her own clothes for Su Ruo to change into.

Su Ruo smiled and thanked her; after washing off the bloodstains and changing clothes, she then walked out of the room.

Everyone looked at Su Ruo with worry, uncertain whether she could persist and finish the surgery.

But Su Ruo, with a determined gaze, walked step by step toward the operating room.

She looked at the unconscious Song Jingyu, her gloved hand lightly touching his cheek, and said with a firm gaze, "Rest assured, I won't let you die."

The surgery lasted three hours; during that time, Su Ruo's wound reopened again, bleeding through the clothes under her protective suit, yet Su Ruo seemed to feel nothing as she continued the operation.

Song Jingyu's injury was more severe than Su Ruo had imagined, but it was not beyond control.

The shrapnel was only a few millimeters from a vital spot; if it had shifted even slightly, even if Su Ruo's surgery succeeded, Song Jingyu might still face lifelong paralysis.

After the surgery was over, Su Ruo finally breathed a sigh of relief; she with difficulty took off her protective suit, and the little nurse, seeing her split wound and the clothes stained red with blood, was startled and couldn't help exclaiming.

But Su Ruo smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine!"

Having saved Song Jingyu's life, this bit of pain is nothing compared to a life.

Although Su Ruo said she was fine, the doctor still urgently treated her wound and sternly instructed her to rest properly these days and absolutely not to overexert herself.

Su Ruo also smiled and agreed.

When Song Jingyu was wheeled out of the operating room, Lu Zhan and the Dean also rushed over; they had an extremely important meeting to attend that morning.

After the meeting ended, they immediately rushed back; upon learning what Hao Manru had done, their faces changed at once. They had originally thought this child of the Hao family was merely spoiled, thus a bit willful and headstrong.

After all, he was the child of an old comrade-in-arms, so they felt obliged to look after him a little.

But they never expected that Hao Manru would actually do such a thing, even nearly endangering Song Jingyu's life, which Lu Zhan absolutely would not allow.

"This time Hao Manru must leave! And she must be expelled from the military and struck from the rolls, given a major demerit; no pleas for mercy will help!"

"And Wang Yi can't even control a woman; I think he doesn't deserve to be regimental commander either."

Lu Zhan angrily slammed the table as he spoke, and it was clear he was truly furious.

The Dean's expression wasn't good either; Su Ruo was a promising prospect she had favored, and if she were ruined like this, even the Dean would not let Hao Manru off.

But the pressing matter at hand was still Song Jingyu's condition; upon hearing the news of his successful surgery, both let out a sigh of relief.

Lu Zhan immediately wanted to call Father Hao to have him take his daughter back.

But before he could make that call, he heard an even more shocking piece of news.

Medical staff discovered a psychotropic substance in Hao Manru's blood; long-term use of this drug causes hallucinations, irritability, and in severe cases, even mental disorder.

The cause of the incident was that after waking up, Wang Yi found Hao Manru missing and began searching everywhere, determined to find her.

When he stormed out of the house looking fierce and terrifying, everyone was startled at once, partly because he had run out of the house wearing only a pair of underpants.

Seeing him, the young women and married ladies hurried back home, and the duty soldiers, sensing something wrong, immediately stepped forward to block him.

But facing the soldiers' obstruction and persuasion, Wang Yi did not go back; instead, his emotions became even more agitated.

He even questioned the duty soldiers, asking if they were Hao Manru's lovers and whether they had hidden her away.

The soldiers immediately realized Wang Yi's mental state was abnormal, directly brought him to the hospital, and after medical examination and testing, discovered that his body contained a large amount of psychotropic drugs.

At the same time, the detained Hao Manru also showed abnormalities, constantly shouting to be let out and repeatedly banging her head against the wall until her head was bloody, without stopping.

Seeing her like this, the soldiers on guard were startled, quickly notified the hospital to arrange an examination, and found in her blood the same psychotropic substance as in Wang Yi's.

Upon hearing this news, Lu Zhan immediately ordered the Investigation Section to search the residences of Wang Yi and Hao Manru.

After all, such a poisoning incident in the military region is no trivial matter, and moreover, Wang Yi and Hao Manru have special identities—one is the regimental commander, the other is the daughter of a military leader.

Lu Zhan had to rule out whether this was the work of spies.

The soldiers quickly found an unfinished bottle of medicine in the two's home, and also detected this ingredient in the uneaten food they had left.

This result made every person in charge of the investigation tense, for if the matter isn't clarified, its impact would be too severe.

But who did this and why they poisoned could only be known after Wang Yi and Hao Manru woke up.

Hao Manru and Wang Yi only woke up the next day, and upon finding themselves in the hospital, both were greatly shocked.

Especially Wang Yi, who even wondered if he had been sleepwalking.

A flicker of guilt flashed in Hao Manru's eyes, but she quickly concealed it.

But none of this escaped Su Ruo's notice; she had a feeling that this matter was certainly related to Hao Manru.

She was a pharmacy nurse, with great convenience to access this drug; Su Ruo couldn't understand, however, why Hao Manru, who disliked Wang Yi, would want to drug him—something Su Ruo could comprehend.

But why would Hao Manru also drug herself?

At this time Su Ruo still didn't know that some people, when they go mad, even harm themselves; especially Hao Manru, whose mental state is already problematic, her possessiveness toward Song Jingyu has become obsessive, bordering on madness.

Even without taking psychotropic drugs, she is prone to extremism.

The soldiers in charge of the investigation took that bottle of medicine to Wang Yi and Hao Manru and asked whether they knew what it was.

Where it came from, and who was taking this drug.

Wang Yi looked bewildered, while a flash of guilt crossed Hao Manru's eyes.