Chapter 913: Fatherly Love Like a Mountain

Late at night, Ye Chen drove his car, carrying Ito Nanako, speeding on the road back to Tokyo.

Midway, Chen Zekai called Ye Chen to ask if he had finished his business and when he would return to Osaka.

Ye Chen told him that he wouldn't be able to return for a while and expected to be back only by tomorrow during the day.

Chen Zekai did not know what Ye Chen was actually busy with, but he knew Ye Chen's strength was extremely formidable; there should be no one in Japan capable of threatening him, so he set his mind at ease.

Ito Nanako, sitting in the passenger seat, appeared very nervous the entire way. Although Ito Yuhiko had claimed on the phone that he was not in danger, Ito Nanako still felt vaguely worried.

After more than three hours, Ye Chen drove the car back to Tokyo and parked it at the entrance of the best hospital in Tokyo, the University of Tokyo Hospital.

This hospital was the highest-ranked hospital in Japan and the world, representing the highest level of medical treatment in Japan.

After the car was parked steadily, Ito Nanako couldn't wait to push the door and get out. However, before getting out, she looked at Ye Chen and asked, "Ye Chen-kun, are you coming up with me?"

Ye Chen said with slight awkwardness, "Your father might not want to see me, right?"

Ito Nanako said earnestly, "Ye Chen-kun, you saved my life. Even if there were a greater misunderstanding or grievance, I believe Father-sama would definitely not hold it against you anymore!"

Ye Chen pondered slightly for a moment and said, "Alright, then I will go with you."

In fact, Ye Chen's thought was very simple: Ito Yuhiko was, after all, Ito Nanako's father. If his physical condition really had any major problems, he might be able to help a little.

The two arrived at the floor of the intensive care unit and found that from the elevator entrance to the lounge and the corridor, it was completely packed with people.

Among them, more than half were people from the Ito family, and a small half were members of the special operations team sent by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

As soon as the elevator door opened, the crowd outside looked at the elevator cabin with vigilance. Discovering it was Ito Nanako and a strange man, everyone was astonished.

At this moment, a middle-aged woman ran over quickly and asked in surprise, "Nanako, why are you here?!"

The person speaking was Ito Emi, Ito Yuhiko's younger sister and also Ito Nanako's aunt.

As soon as Ito Nanako saw her, she hurriedly bowed and asked, "Aunt, how is Father-sama?"

A trace of melancholy flashed across Ito Emi's expression, and she sighed, "Big Brother's vital signs are very stable. The doctor said he is already out of life-threatening danger, but..."

Ito Nanako blurted out, "But what?!"

"Sigh..." Ito Emi sighed and said earnestly, "Big Brother's legs were severely injured. To save his life, the doctor has already performed an amputation below his knees. For the rest of his life, I'm afraid he will have to sit in a wheelchair or use prosthetic limbs..."

"Ah?!" Ito Nanako's tears welled up and spilled over.

Hearing that her father had undergone an amputation of both legs, she naturally felt heartbroken deep down.

She knew her father's personality very well—strong-willed and unyielding his whole life. To let a person like him spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair was indeed a very heavy blow.

It was just like her mentor, Yamamoto Kazuki, who had studied martial arts his whole life, yet unexpectedly, because he underestimated Ye Chen's strength, he was beaten into a cripple. A former martial arts master could only lie in bed struggling to get by. This kind of blow could be called fatal.

Ye Chen also couldn't help but frown at this moment.

Ito Yuhiko's luck—it was hard to say if it was good or bad.

If you say his luck was bad, he at least managed to save his life; otherwise, he would likely have been separated from Ito Nanako by life and death by now.

If you say his luck was good, in fact, if he had only waited a few hours longer to amputate, as long as his legs were still on his body, his Rejuvenating Pill could have healed them.

But if the amputation had already been performed, the Rejuvenating Pill would be powerless.

Although the Rejuvenating Pill was very strong, it did not possess the efficacy to regrow severed limbs.

Moreover, Ito Yuhiko had just been injured tonight; waiting a few hours longer for the amputation would not have had a major impact.

After all, the decay and infection of damaged limb tissue also take time. With the doctor assisting with certain anti-inflammatory treatments, a window of a few hours could definitely have been bought.

If Ito Yuhiko had hesitated slightly or considered it, perhaps he could have dragged it out until he and Nanako arrived.

However, what was unexpected was that he was so decisive and went straight for the amputation.

Ye Chen estimated that the hospital felt Ito Yuhiko's affected limbs no longer had any value to be preserved, which was why they performed the amputation surgery so decisively.

This could only be said to be Ito Yuhiko's luck not being so good.

At this time, Ito Nanako, who was beside Ye Chen, asked while crying and shedding tears, "Aunt, Father-sama... is his state okay? Is he particularly angry or particularly depressed?"

Ito Emi gently held Ito Nanako's hand and said with a smile, "Your father is very open-minded this time. He told me personally that being able to survive is already the greatest gift, and even if he becomes a disabled person in the future, it doesn't matter."

As she spoke, Ito Emi sighed again, "Actually, what your father fears most is not being injured or disabled, nor losing his life, but being unable to accompany you and walk with you on the journey of life in the future. To have escaped death this time—you don't know how happy he is! This is fatherly love like a mountain!"

Ito Nanako's emotions could no longer be controlled, and she immediately hugged Ito Emi and cried out loud.

As Ito Emi gently patted her back, she remembered something and asked in surprise, "Nanako, how... how are you able to stand?! Didn't the doctor say you would need to rely on a wheelchair in the future?"

Ito Nanako looked at Ye Chen and told Ito Emi truthfully, "Aunt, everything is thanks to Ye Chen-kun. It was he who cured me..."

"Ye Chen?!" Ito Emi was shocked and blurted out, "Is that... is that the Ye Chen who swindled our Ito family out of 4.5 billion US dollars?!"

Ito Nanako couldn't help but feel a bit awkward and said, "Aunt, don't take the money matter too much to heart. Ye Chen-kun not only cured my injury but also saved my life!"

"Saved your life?!" Ito Emi blurted out, "Nanako, did you encounter any danger?"

Ito Nanako nodded and said, "Earlier tonight, Takahashi Machi sent six Tenglin ninjas to Kyoto, plotting to kill me. It was thanks to Ye Chen-kun that I was able to escape unscathed..."

Ito Emi widened her eyes and blurted out, "I really didn't expect Takahashi Machi to be so vicious! To not even spare you!"

After saying this, she looked at Ye Chen and said earnestly, "Mr. Ye, I am not qualified to interfere in the grievances between you and my big brother, but regarding the fact that you saved Nanako, I want to represent my big brother and the entire Ito family to express my gratitude to you!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately bowed ninety degrees to Ye Chen, holding it for about three to five seconds.

Ye Chen said indifferently, "You are too polite. Nanako and I are friends, and these are things that should be done between friends."

At this moment, a doctor ran over and said to Ito Emi, "The patient has woken up and wants to see his family. Ms. Ito, please come with me."

Ito Emi hurriedly said to Ito Nanako, "Nanako, let's go see your father together."

Ito Nanako nodded heavily, then immediately asked Ye Chen, "Ye Chen-kun, are you going?"

Ye Chen smiled slightly, thinking that since Ito Yuhiko had already been amputated, he couldn't help much anyway, so he said, "Nanako, I won't go over. Lest Mr. Ito gets emotionally agitated upon seeing me and affects his recovery." ===== CHAPTER 914 =====