Mu Jiu Chen also saw him, his picturesque brow furrowed with a coldness, his sharp gaze as piercing as a sword, as if it could penetrate one's very bones.
The man removed his sun hat and sunglasses, revealing a lean, handsome face with delicate features and strong lines.
Mu Jiu Chen narrowed his eyes, remaining silent.
"Mu Jiu Chen, my name is Ji Huai Shu," Ji Huai Shu introduced himself, his clear voice remarkably pure.
Upon hearing this, Mu Jiu Chen's expression grew even colder, as if he were encased in layers of impenetrable ice.
He remained silent.
Ji Huai Shu understood his cold demeanor; his silence was normal.
"Mu Jiu Chen, I can save Jiang Nuan, but after she wakes up, you must let her give me another Ji Dan."
"You say you can save her?" Mu Jiu Chen's voice suddenly broke the silence, his frigid tone laced with a trace of trembling.
This was Ji Huai Shu's first time observing Mu Jiu Chen so closely. The man possessed deep, sculpted features, lips crimson and sensual, and a pair of dark, profound eyes like a deep pool breaking free from ice in winter, devoid of any warmth.
His aura was powerful and intimidating, capable of striking fear into the hearts of men. However, his stern face was tinged with a palpable anxiety, and the fear of loss in his eyes was unmistakably clear.
Ji Huai Shu found his decision in this moment to be quite extraordinary!
"Yes, the shot Jiang Nuan took precisely hit her heart. As she herself said, she was very aware of her physical condition."
"If her heart had deviated by just one centimeter, that tiny difference could have saved her life. The Ji Dan can only sustain her life, but this pill I have can truly save her. I have but one request: once she wakes up, I want a Ji Dan."
"Jiang Nuan is very clever. She knew I was looking for the Ji Dan and secretly placed the pill in your bracelet. I searched your home countless times without finding it, never once suspecting it would be on your person."
Mu Jiu Chen's dark eyes roiled with intense anger, echoing what he had just heard: "You say you searched our home several times?"
Mu Jiu Chen found it peculiar that his bracelet would conceal a pill.
But Nuan Nuan had been in the operating room for five hours and had not yet emerged.
The longer the surgery took, the greater Jiang Nuan's peril.
Ji Huai Shu's deep pupils suddenly contracted, and he avoided Mu Jiu Chen's gaze.
A miscalculation. He had let slip too much.
How could he be so foolish?
To let such a thing slip out.
"Haha..." he chuckled dismissively.
Why was he always so impulsive?
His mind would race, and he wouldn't think things through. Once he calmed down, he would deeply regret his rash actions and the words he had spoken.
"Well... Mu Jiu Chen, the Ji Dan is truly important to me; it can genuinely cure my illness. For others, however, it merely prolongs life."
Mu Jiu Chen stood up and said, "Alright! I promise you, if Nuan Nuan truly wakes up, I will have her give you another Ji Dan."
Ji Huai Shu: "No going back! No changing your mind!"
Mu Jiu Chen frowned. When had he become so untrustworthy?
His voice was deep, "I won't go back!"
At the same time, Jiang Yu Kuo received a message from his younger brother.
[Brother, Master said that Mom would have an accident today, but she met the noble person of her life. Her destiny star has brightened, and Mom has finally passed her life-or-death tribulation.]
Jiang Yu Kuo: "..."
Noble person?!
Life-or-death tribulation??
These three words sounded too fantastical.
They left him utterly astonished!
"Your mother's noble person, could it be you?" Jiang Yu Kuo looked at Ji Huai Shu in surprise.
Ji Huai Shu blinked, remaining silent.
At this moment, the operating room doors swung open.
Mu Jiu Chen suddenly stood up. Before he could speak, Song Bao Li said, "Mu Jiu Chen, the bleeding is too severe. You must be prepared to lose her."
"Song Bao Li, I don't care what methods you use, but you must pull her back from the clutches of Mr. Death," Mu Jiu Chen roared, his voice filled with agitation.
This was the moment he was truly overwhelmed by fear and despair.
If Song Bao Li said she couldn't be saved, then it was truly dire.
Song Bao Li said powerlessly, "Mu Jiu Chen, I've used every method available. She's only barely clinging to life. Her cardiovascular system has ruptured. Although I operated immediately, there was too much bleeding, and other organs were also injured. For anyone else, she could have saved their life, but lying there like this, I can't do anything. You must prepare for the worst."
Song Bao Li said with resignation.
Mu Jiu Chen: "What about the rapid repair agent? Did you use it?"
Song Bao Li said helplessly, "He has been preparing an antidote for Your Excellency recently. I checked the medical kit, and there was no repair agent at all. If there were a repair agent, I wouldn't be this anxious."
Boom...
Mu Jiu Chen felt a searing pain throughout his body. He slumped onto a stool, his vision darkening, nearly fainting.
"Dad." Jiang Yu Kuo looked at him, his face etched with exhaustion and worry.
Ji Huai Shu said, "I have a blood-coagulating pill here that can save her. It not only has blood-coagulating properties but can also restore her damaged cardiovascular system within minutes."
Mu Jiu Chen sprang to his feet, took the medicine from Ji Huai Shu's hand, and handed it to Song Bao Li: "Go in and give it to Nuan Nuan."
Song Bao Li looked at the dark pill in his hand with some doubt.
If this medicine came from Jiang Nuan, he would have swallowed it without hesitation.
But coming from a stranger, he was truly hesitant.
Ji Huai Shu: "What are you hesitating for? Don't you trust me?"
Song Bao Li readily admitted, "I truly don't trust you. If this medicine harms Nuan Nuan, then it will be irrecoverable."
"Heh heh..." This was the first time Ji Huai Shu had his medicine questioned.
"Song Bao Li, do you know who I am?"
Song Bao Li looked somewhat shocked: "I don't know who you are, but I'm a bit surprised you know my name."
Ji Huai Shu: "I know everyone around Jiang Nuan, including you, Dr. Song. Jiang Nuan's master is my grand-aunt, and I am the successor of this lineage. Do you think my medical skills are inferior to yours?"
"I only want the Ji Dan now, which is why I'm offering such a precious medicine as an exchange. Jiang Nuan's life is important, but I value my own life even more. The medicine is completely safe. After you give it to her, she will wake up in half an hour."
"But the premise is that your surgery must be perfect, then this medicine can exert its most optimal effect," Ji Huai Shu said with confidence in his own medicine.
His grand-aunt had been heartbroken in her youth and never married, but she was the most skilled physician in their clan.
Song Bao Li confidently patted his chest and guaranteed, "Over the years, I've performed many surgeries with Nuan Nuan. My surgeries are flawless. As long as your medicine is fine, everything will be fine."
Jiang Yu Kuo suddenly stood up. They were all in a desperate state, and these two were still bickering. "Hey, hey, hey, stop pushing the blame back and forth. Saving my mother is the priority! Uncle Song, hurry up and go in!"