Chapter 88

The operating room door opened, and two doctors walked out from inside.

Whoosh! Li Yuan immediately raised his head, his eyes filled with anticipation.

Clatter, clatter~

The crowd in the distance, whether awake or half-asleep, all woke up at once and surged forward, surrounding the doctors in the center.

"Who among you is in charge?" The attending physician scanned the crowd and did not find Wan Qinghe.

Instantly, everyone looked at Li Yuan and Chen Hui.

So much time had passed.

These friends of Li Zhangzhou had all learned the whole process of today's events and knew that Li Yuan was no longer what he used to be.

"Doctor, tell us, how is my uncle?" Li Yuan's voice was low.

"You must be Mr. Li Yuan," the doctor sighed lightly: "This toxin is not a common one on Blue Star, but a type of Yuan force toxin. Your uncle was sent here too late, and the toxicity has already penetrated every part of his body. I'm sorry, we did our best."

Boom!

These words were like a bolt from the blue, making Li Yuan's heart instantly turn cold.

Beside him, his aunt Chen Hui was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Li Qianqian and Li Muhua, the sister and brother, also turned pale; they both understood the situation.

"Mr. Li Yuan, we will use half a day to use a special agent to slightly restore your uncle's physical condition and then let him regain consciousness," another doctor said hurriedly: "But it is estimated that it will only last for about half an hour."

"This time of consciousness will likely be the last."

"Then he will fall into a deep sleep again, and it will be very difficult for him to wake up."

"I think, if there is anything else to say, you should seize the time then."

……

The next afternoon, past three o'clock.

In the high-end ward.

After the surgery, Li Zhangzhou's body had been slightly cleaned; he was covered with a quilt and filled with tubes.

His face was gaunt and pale, but he had regained consciousness.

Li Yuan, Chen Hui, Li Muhua, and Li Qianqian, the whole family, held back their tears and surrounded the bed wearing sterile gowns.

"Little Hui, I'm sorry."

Li Zhangzhou's voice was very weak; his head was slightly tilted, and he tried his best to raise his hand to stroke Chen Hui's face: "In this life, the one I've let down the most is you."

"Zhangzhou, don't say that." Chen Hui's eyes were red, and she bit her lip, trying her best not to let her tears fall.

She looked at the man she had loved her whole life, now gaunt and unrecognizable, and her heart ached to the extreme.

"Remember to withdraw the money left in my card; you know the password. After I'm gone, find Old Wang; you can have the company handle the compensation..." Li Zhangzhou rambled on with his instructions.

Li Yuan stood to the side, unable to help but turn his head away, his tears falling uncontrollably.

Li Qianqian and Li Muhua had already become tearful messes.

"Okay, okay, I know, I will definitely take good care of the children." Chen Hui kept responding to her husband while pulling Li Yuan: "Li Yuan! Come here quickly!!"

"Zhangzhou, do you know? Li Yuan has already signed with Kunlun Martial Arts University; he will definitely be able to get into Kunlun Martial Arts University."

"He also signed an A-level contract with the Star Fire Martial Hall," Chen Hui held Li Zhangzhou's hand, speaking to him continuously.

She wanted Li Zhangzhou to be able to leave with peace of mind.

"Is that so? Good! Good!" Li Zhangzhou tried his best to lift his head a little, looked at Li Yuan, and squeezed out a smile: "Little Yuan, you seem to have grown much taller again."

"Uncle." Li Yuan's voice was trembling; he squatted down and leaned close to his uncle, letting his uncle touch his head.

"You've grown up and achieved success in martial arts, so I can rest easy," Li Zhangzhou's voice was weak: "Your parents were more than ten years older than me; they had you quite late."

"I often think of them these years."

"I have always remembered the last words your parents said to me: 'Run! Run forward! Run fast!'" Li Zhangzhou murmured: "It's been almost fifteen years. I've been trying hard to run. Sometimes I'm very tired and want to stop for a while, look at you, look at your younger brother and sister, but I can't stop... When I see Big Brother and Sister-in-law, I hope they won't blame me. I really did my best."

"Uncle!!" Li Yuan could no longer bear it; he wanted to stay calm, but the tears in his eyes couldn't stop falling.

He could feel his uncle's vitality fading away rapidly.

"Muhua, Qianqian." Li Zhangzhou raised his trembling hand.

"Muhua, Qianqian, come here quickly." Chen Hui pulled Li Muhua, who was by the bed, to the very front.

Letting them get closer to their father.

"You two, listen to your mother well from now on." Li Zhangzhou managed to lift his hand, trying hard to stroke Li Qianqian's hair: "Dad hasn't done anything great in this life and has nothing to leave for you. After I'm gone, listen more to your Big Brother; he will tell you what to do. Do you understand?"

"We understand, Dad."

"Dad." The sister and brother were already crying their hearts out.

Their age and experience meant they didn't have such a deep understanding of life and death.

But they both knew that the father who loved them the most was about to leave.

"Uncle, I will definitely take good care of Qianqian and Muhua," Li Yuan said, holding back his tears: "Don't worry."

Time passed.

Li Zhangzhou began to cough, his gaunt body trembling continuously.

But he still tried his best to talk to Li Yuan and Chen Hui.

In his eyes was a deep attachment and reluctance to leave this world.

"Little Yuan."

Li Zhangzhou's voice grew weaker: "Remember, don't resent anyone because of what happened to me."

"I can't bear to leave you all."

"But, I don't regret it. If I were given... another chance, I would still rush up... cough cough!" Li Zhangzhou's consciousness gradually blurred.

Li Zhangzhou lay on the hospital bed, his eyes looking at the ceiling, gradually unable to hear the calls of Li Yuan, Chen Hui, and the others.

In a blur.

Li Zhangzhou vaguely felt as if he had returned to his youth, back to a sunny afternoon.

The spring light was just right, a breeze blew into the room, and the fan rustled.

Outside the room were the sounds of his parents cooking.

Inside the room, he lay lazily on the bed, half-asleep and half-awake.

His Big Brother, who was in middle school, sat beside him, seriously doing his homework, occasionally stopping to reach out and tease him.

In the decades since.

Li Zhangzhou had been running hard without a moment's rest, but he could never have such an afternoon again.

……

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Zhangzhou fell into a complete coma.

Two doctors came back in to check Li Zhangzhou's body, shook their heads, and left again.

Chen Hui held Li Zhangzhou's hand tightly, opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything, her tears just kept flowing.

Li Yuan accompanied his aunt silently.

They both knew that Li Zhangzhou's life had truly entered the countdown stage.

In a few hours, or at most half a day, the fire of life would be completely extinguished.

Ten minutes later.

Suddenly.

"Clang~" The room door suddenly opened, and a doctor rushed in urgently, saying anxiously: "Mr. Li Yuan, someone is looking for you, saying they have a way to save your uncle."

Whoosh!

Li Yuan immediately stood up, a glimmer of hope reigniting in his heart: "Who is it?"

"What?" Chen Hui heard it too and hurriedly stood up to look at the doctor.

"The other party only said they are a friend of Miss Lin," the doctor said: "They didn't say exactly who, but quite a few people came, and one of them claims to be Lu Huai, saying you know him."

Two sentences.

Like two bolts of lightning, they flashed across Li Yuan's mind.

Miss Lin? Lu Huai?

"Take me there immediately." Li Yuan suppressed his excitement and said: "Aunt, come with me."

"Okay." Chen Hui wiped the tears from her face.

She realized from Li Yuan's attitude that perhaps there really was hope to save her husband.

Li Yuan and his aunt quickly rushed to a small conference room outside the corridor, where more than ten people were already waiting densely.

Not only were the doctors there, but Xu Bo was also there.

But the most eye-catching person was the man in the black robe standing in the center of the crowd; he was tall, about 1.8 meters, looked about thirty years old, and his eyes were extremely sharp.

His face gave Li Yuan a sense of familiarity.

Most importantly, Lu Huai, the Hall Master of the Star Fire Martial Hall's Guanshan Branch, was clearly taller, yet he stood beside the man in the black robe like a subordinate.

Everyone looked at Li Yuan.

"Hall Master Lu, Teacher." Li Yuan was neither humble nor arrogant, his gaze falling on the man in the black robe: "May I ask, Senior, who are you?"

Lu Huai was just about to introduce him.

The man in the black robe raised a hand, stopping Lu Huai's intention, and smiled slightly: "No need to call me Senior; I'm not much older than you. Just call me Brother Lin."

"Brother Lin?" Li Yuan was slightly startled, already having an answer, and respectfully said: "Brother Lin, do you have a way to save my uncle?"

Li Yuan didn't ask for the reason; that wasn't important right now.

"Yes!"

The man in the black robe nodded: "I brought a special treasure called 'Flame Paulownia Spirit Spring,' which has an 80% chance of letting your uncle survive and stopping the toxin from acting up."

"However, I have already heard the general situation from the doctors."

"The Flame Erosion Bone Poison has already penetrated your uncle's whole body and even eroded his nerves. Even if he barely survives, he might not be able to regain consciousness," the man in the black robe said: "You must be prepared."

"Additionally."

"There is a 20% chance that the Flame Paulownia Spirit Spring won't work; the toxin has been in his body for too long, and there is no absolute probability of success."

"Do it or not? The decision is yours." The man in the black robe looked at Li Yuan.

"Do it," Li Yuan said decisively.

"Do it," Chen Hui also said hurriedly; if they did it, there was a chance to live, but if they didn't, he would surely die.

"Okay."

"You sign, and my people will begin the detoxification surgery," the man in the black robe nodded.

Someone immediately handed over a contract.

Li Yuan scanned it; it was just a 'liability waiver,' and he signed without hesitation, and Chen Hui followed suit.

"Go."

The man in the black robe waved his hand, and seven or eight people beside him immediately rushed into the room carrying cases.

……

Four hours later, outside the ICU ward.

Li Yuan, his aunt Chen Hui, Li Qianqian, and Li Muhua were all standing by the window.

Looking at Li Zhangzhou in the ward, whose vital signs had gradually stabilized, they couldn't hide their excitement and joy.

"Brother Lin, thank you!" Li Yuan looked solemnly at the man in the black robe to the side.

"No need to thank me."

"I was just entrusted by someone," the man in the black robe smiled: "The treatment was successful, but whether your uncle can wake up... I cannot decide that."

"From here on, it depends on yourselves."

"I'll be going first." The man in the black robe smiled faintly and quickly left with his dozen or so subordinates.

Leaving Li Yuan's family behind.

"Little Yuan, who is this Brother Lin?" Chen Hui couldn't help but ask.

"Who is he?" Li Yuan already had an answer in his heart and smiled: "The person who saved Uncle."

……

One day, two days.

Li Zhangzhou still hadn't woken up, but his vital signs were becoming more and more stable, and he was constantly recovering his health.

Chen Hui temporarily asked for leave from school.

She also chased Li Yuan back to school: "Your uncle isn't awake yet, do you have to keep watching? I'm here, you should seriously prepare for the college entrance exam."

"When your uncle wakes up, you should also strive to get into Kunlun Martial Arts University; he will definitely be very happy."

"Okay, Aunt! I will definitely get into Kunlun Martial Arts University," Li Yuan said.

……

Four days later.

Li Yuan, who had returned to school, found Gu Qianghan for the first time.

"You're looking for my sister?"

"The day before yesterday, she left with her Big Brother," Gu Qianghan looked at Li Yuan, bewildered: "Don't you know? Didn't she tell you?"

Gu Qianghan clearly didn't know what had happened in Li Yuan's family.

"Left with her Big Brother?" Li Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"Where did she go? When will she be back?" Li Yuan asked persistently.

"She went to Flying Star. Judging by what she said, it seems she's going for some special training," Gu Qianghan said: "It's estimated she won't be back until before the college entrance exam."

"Flying Star?" Li Yuan's pupils shrank slightly.

Among the seven major planets of human civilization, the most powerful planet is 'Flying Star.'

The headquarters of the three Martial Halls are on Flying Star.

The Seven Star Alliance headquarters is on Flying Star.

Humanity's number one powerhouse Senior Dongfang Ji and number two powerhouse Senior Lante are both on Flying Star.

Flying Star has no nations and is entirely governed by the three Martial Halls.

"Back before the college entrance exam?" Li Yuan murmured to himself.

(End of chapter)