Li Qiurong's eyes went black, and she almost fainted.
Yu Mengzhi, standing beside her, supported her in time, preventing her from falling to the ground. Li Qiutao also stepped forward to help, comforting Li Qiurong in a low voice.
Xu Nianqing hurriedly asked, "What is his condition now? Doctor, can you explain in detail?"
Xu Yaoyao also looked at the chief surgeon nervously.
The chief surgeon sighed, "It's strange to say, but the patient's condition is the strangest I've seen in my many years of practice. His metabolic rate is very high, which means his wounds heal very quickly. This is indeed the case. The patient has an extraordinary self-healing ability. Coupled with surgical repair, these external injuries can be easily recovered. However, the patient shows no signs of waking up yet."
"So..."
"You all need to be mentally prepared. The patient might become a vegetative state."
This was a very serious matter, and the chief surgeon could only tell the truth.
Yu Mengzhi's face changed slightly. "Doctor, is there no other way?"
The chief surgeon shook his head. "If there were a way, the surgery wouldn't have taken so long. The reality is indeed difficult."
Li Qiutao directly asked, "Doctor, what is the probability of him waking up?"
"Do you want to hear the truth?" the chief surgeon asked.
Li Qiutao hummed.
The chief surgeon truthfully said, "We are pessimistic about the patient's condition. The probability of him waking up is probably less than thirty percent."
In other words, the probability of becoming a vegetative state reached seventy percent.
Yu Mengzhi swayed precariously, forcing herself to say to the chief surgeon, "Doctor, please do your best. I am willing to pay any amount of money."
The chief surgeon sighed.
This was not something that could be awakened with money.
It still depended on Chen Jinzhao himself.
He could only say, "Our hospital will definitely do its best, but please also be mentally prepared."
Almost everyone fell silent.
Li Qiutao nodded and thanked the doctor. Shortly after the doctor returned to the operating room, Chen Jinzhao was pushed out of the operating room by several medical staff and then transferred to a single ward.
The ward was arranged by Beijing, and it was the highest-level ward in Jiangning Provincial Hospital.
As for the medical expenses incurred in treating Chen Jinzhao, they were all borne by the state, because Chen Jinzhao had made outstanding contributions to the Republic!
After being transferred to the ward, Yu Mengzhi didn't have time to speak to Chen Jinzhao. She had to receive visitors one by one, then send Xu Nianqing and Xu Yaoyao away, and said to them, "Don't worry, I will take good care of him. Anyone who wants to harm him will have to step over my dead body."
Xu Nianqing's eyes were red. She held Yu Mengzhi's hand and choked out, "Then, I'll entrust him to you."
"Mm!"
Besides this.
Yu Mengzhi also had to make time to visit Tao Qiyue, who had just woken up after surgery.
Tao Qiyue's family was almost all in prison, so her ward appeared desolate. Apart from Yu Mengzhi, almost no one came to visit her.
This was reality.
The first thing Tao Qiyue asked upon waking was about Chen Jinzhao's condition. Yu Mengzhi held her hand and said, "Jin Zhao's injuries have healed a lot now, but he hasn't woken up yet. The doctor says the situation is very optimistic."
She intentionally concealed the truth from Tao Qiyue, not wanting her to worry too much.
"Really?" Tao Qiyue was overjoyed.
Yu Mengzhi nodded. "Of course it's true. When you get better, he will be almost there too."
After her surprise, Tao Qiyue said somewhat self-reproachfully, "It's all my fault. If I could have helped him, I wouldn't be in this situation. By the way, Sister Yu, I want to ask why there are so many soldiers outside?"
There were four rotating soldiers guarding her ward door alone.
"They are mainly here to protect Chen Jinzhao, and also to protect you," Yu Mengzhi did not hide it.
Tao Qiyue knew that Chen Jinzhao had a military background, but she hadn't expected him to have such great influence. She tentatively asked, "Sister Yu, I also heard that Elder Xu visited him at the provincial hospital last night. Is that true?"
"It's true," Yu Mengzhi nodded.
Yu Mengzhi looked at Tao Qiyue in surprise. "He didn't tell you about his true identity either?"
Tao Qiyue shook her head blankly.
"So he didn't mention it to anyone. I only found out last night," Yu Mengzhi lamented.
She told Tao Qiyue about Chen Jinzhao's military rank and background. After listening, Tao Qiyue was shocked and murmured, "So it was him..."
Yu Mengzhi happened to have some free time and overheard Tao Qiyue's murmur, so she curiously asked, "What, did you know him before?"
Tao Qiyue smiled bitterly and nodded. "Yes, before I became a criminal police officer, my grandfather arranged for me to join the army, and I stayed there for a few years. The name Chen Jinzhao wasn't widely known, but his nickname was thunderous. Eye of the Candle Dragon, a name that struck fear into the hearts of many enemies. I heard of him when I was in the army; he was my idol."
Who would have thought that the idol was right beside her?
Fate was truly wondrous.
Yu Mengzhi only had a general understanding and didn't delve too deeply. After hearing Tao Qiyue's description, she realized how formidable Chen Jinzhao really was.
This filled her chest with a sense of pride, and she vowed not to let Chen Jinzhao down.
After chatting for a while.
Yu Mengzhi told Tao Qiyue to rest well and that she would visit Chen Jinzhao after she recovered. Tao Qiyue didn't suspect anything.
After finishing these tasks, Yu Mengzhi dragged her weary body back to Chen Jinzhao's ward. Only Li Qiutao was left in the ward. Li Qiurong had already been sent to rest by him.
Seeing that Yu Mengzhi hadn't slept, Li Qiutao advised, "You should go and rest too. I'll be here."
Yu Mengzhi had been awake for over thirty hours.
She stubbornly shook her head. "I'm not that tired yet. I want to say a few words to him."
Li Qiutao looked deeply at Yu Mengzhi. Among these women who cared for Chen Jinzhao, he felt that Yu Mengzhi and Chen Jinzhao were the most compatible, a perfect match.
As for Xu Nianqing...
He had known her before and could only say that she met the right person at the wrong time.
Once missed, it was missed. There was no turning back.
"You talk to him. Perhaps he can hear your voice and wake up," Li Qiutao was also a bit tired. He left the ward and lit a cigarette to clear his head.
Several days passed.
Chen Jinzhao still showed no signs of waking up, making the probability of him becoming a vegetative state increasingly high.
This made Chen Jinzhao's enemies rejoice.
Especially Qin Fengwu.
During these few days, he celebrated by opening a bottle of champagne every day.
On the seventh day.
Chen Jinzhao remained in a coma. Qin Fengwu learned through various channels that Chen Jinzhao might never wake up. He opened another bottle of champagne, filled a glass, and smiled faintly, "I didn't expect you to be Xu Hanchen's successor. It's a pity that you are now in a coma and are not qualified to be my opponent."
This was a poker table.
Qin Fengwu looked around. He was the only one left at the table.
"Is this the taste of victory?"
"It is indeed good..."