Chapter 676 - 186: Bravo!
"Beep... Beep..."
The pale corridor light spread along the traces of disinfectant, finally stopping before the scarlet-wrapped words "In Surgery".
The red light resembled the Grim Reaper’s scythe, perched mockingly at the throat of the patient inside and the hearts of the family members outside.
Earlier, a middle-aged man sat scatter-eyed on the ground, leaning against the white wall, lost in thought.
"Beep!"
The next second, the light in the operating room changed, and the door opened outward from inside.
The man didn’t stand up; he just quietly raised his eyes to look at the masked doctor walking out.
"..."
"I’m sorry..."
The doctor looked at the man sitting on the ground, squatted down to be at the same height, and said afterwards,
"The cancer cells have metastasized to too many places. Your mother experienced severe abdominal bleeding from intense movement and emotional agitation in a short time. We did our best."
"..."
Seeing the man still unresponsive, the doctor hesitated for a second and finally said,
"Your mother passed away peacefully, my condolences."
In fact, doctors, especially oncologists, treat many patients and gradually lose their ability to empathize.
It’s not a matter of unwillingness but impossibility.
Yet at this moment, she should have explained the procedures following a patient’s death but found herself saying these words.
Simply because the patient brought in was truly special.
In decades of being a doctor, this was the first time she’d seen such a case.
She’s encountered end-of-life agony due to cancer far too often and is naturally familiar with the patients’ reactions.
Under the pain of cancer, patients often cannot utter cries, but one can judge their unimaginable suffering through their extremely distorted expressions.
But today, the elderly patient was conscious, unmistakably aware, body collapsing, yet the expression on the face was tranquil...
Even, at ease.
Thus, the doctor could confidently say those words to the family.
And after speaking them, the previously expressionless man finally reacted.
He raised his eyes to look at the doctor before him, his eyes gradually reddening.
After struggling for a moment, he wiped his tears, tremblingly nodded,
"Yes... Thank you... Thank you..."
...
...
"Come on, Yan Huan, An Le, Bai Yi, a toast to you!"
At this moment, in Luqiao District, inside a lavish restaurant.
The person in charge of Golden Lion Entertainment’s event raised his glass, speaking happily.
Being toasted by elders made An Le blush with embarrassment, promptly standing up and waving her hands,
"Well... Well... That’s too polite... How should I...?"
Seeing her only stand up without grabbing a drink, Yan Huan considerately picked up her drink and handed it to her.
So, she finally had something to clink glasses with.
"Oh, don’t say that. Thanks to you today! Truly deserving of being exemplary students from Yuanyue Academy, heroes emerging while young!"
The person in charge was very pleased, smiling like Principal Hermes, like a blooming chrysanthemum.
And truth be told, his happiness at the moment was indeed sincere, just like Principal Hermes when seeing money.
If not for Yan Huan providing clues on the elderly’s whereabouts, if not for An Le catching the falling elderly at the crucial moment...
If that elderly had accidentally fallen from the twenty-seventh floor, making a big fuss, this person in charge would probably have ended up performing aerial acrobatics.
Now that no one fell and the family didn’t come knocking for accountability, the hospital didn’t pursue the matter, and the performance could continue offline tomorrow...
Having a good time couldn’t be helped but feels like divine intervention.
"How about this, next Monday, okay... I’ll get someone to go to your school, each person a banner!"
Upon hearing this, An Le immediately blushed and firmly refused,
"Please... please don’t do that!"
"Haha, it’s okay. Come, cheers to you. You can just drink juice."
The person in charge was already in high spirits, toasted Yan Huan, An Le, and Bai Yi separately before downing his drink in one go.
While they poured a small glass, An Le poured plenty of juice.
As they drank down in one go, she felt she would be impolite if she didn’t follow suit.
So she tilted her head back and "glug glug" drank her drink in one gulp, unable to swallow for a moment, causing her cheeks to puff like a chubby hamster.
Beside her, Yan Huan took a sip and couldn’t help but laugh, nearly spraying his drink,
"Pfft!"
"Ugh..."
Seeing Yan Huan laugh at her, her face instantly turned shy, but she couldn’t swallow the drink...
Feeling both shy and anxious, she then raised her hand to gently punch Yan Huan’s shoulder, trying to stop his behavior.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry..."
Hit by a cotton candy-like fist, Yan Huan recognized her thoughts and apologized with insincerity, laughing.
"..."
Over there, the two real heroes were fooling around, leaving Bai Yi, standing by and receiving rewards despite no contributions, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
If this time Yan Huan and An Le each played their part in helping Golden Lion Group suppress an imminent incident, then what did she do?
Luckily she brought them along?
The truth was, not only did she do nothing throughout, she even cursed the patient due to emotional instability after being affected by the performance.
At that time, she didn’t know what came over her.
Only thinking back now did she feel mortified, thinking she truly deserved blame.
Next, an unsolved question she had always avoided facing finally emerged in her mind.
This version of herself, would Yan Huan really like her?