Chapter 397: Judge by Deeds, Not Heart, for No Heart is Perfect

Jilin University Ninth Hospital Emergency Center, outside Resuscitation Room 1.

The red “Surgery in Progress” sign was lit, and the scene was utterly silent.

From the moment Dai Zhen, Director of the Emergency Center, finished providing emergency treatment to Gu Heng, to the arrival of Cai Zhenming’s team at Jilin University Ninth Hospital, to the conference where numerous general surgery experts and professors from Jilin University’s Bethune Medical Department devised a surgical plan, and finally to Cai Zhenming’s team beginning the operation—the entire process took a total of forty minutes.

At that moment, directly in front of the resuscitation room, Jiang Man stood before a portable television. Behind her were numerous general surgery experts, all staring intently at the screen with solemn expressions. The television was displaying a live feed of Cai Zhenming’s team performing the surgery inside the resuscitation room.

“Looks like…”

“It penetrated the anterior wall of the right ventricle and damaged a branch of the coronary artery.”

“It’s more or less what we initially predicted.”

As one of the most renowned cardiac surgeons in the country, Cai Zhenming’s thoracotomy was performed beautifully. The incision was perfect, and the surgical field was exceptionally clear. Even from outside, Jiang Man, Dai Zhen, and the others could see everything distinctly through the professional medical camera.

“Using an autologous pericardial patch to repair the myocardial tear, then performing a coronary anastomosis to restore blood flow, while completely clearing the hematoma and stopping the bleeding… for Cai Zhenming, the procedural difficulty isn’t that high.”

Dai Zhen said in a low voice, which sounded inexplicably more relaxed.

“This location…”

“What a stroke of luck!”

Watching the surgical field displayed on the television screen, Jiang Man felt a true sense of heart-pounding fear.

‘If that metal fragment had been just a little bit bigger, if it had pierced just a little bit deeper, if its position had been off by just a little bit… Gu Heng probably wouldn’t have even made it to the hospital. He would have been gone.’

“Dean Jiang, what’s the situation?”

Qi Guowei, standing in the back, noticed the expressions on Jiang Man and the others suddenly relax, so he spoke up and asked.

“Director Qi, Gu Heng’s injury is to a branch of the coronary artery.”

Jiang Man immediately replied in a low voice, “With our current medical capabilities, repairing the myocardial tear is achievable. We can even ensure the patient’s heart function will be normal post-surgery.”

“So, you’re saying Gu Heng’s life is saved?”

A look of delight appeared on Qi Guowei’s face.

“Most likely.”

Jiang Man didn’t dare give Qi Guowei a firm guarantee.

“Good.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Qi Guowei nodded at Jiang Man, then quietly retreated from the crowd to the back, not wanting to disturb them further.

“Director Qi.”

As soon as Qi Guowei stepped back, a middle-aged police officer in a white shirt approached him. It was the one whose badge number started and ended with a ‘1’.

“Liang City.”

Seeing him approach, Qi Guowei gave him a slight nod. “Let’s talk over here.”

Without breaking stride, he walked toward an empty window sill down the corridor.

“Director Qi, this is the video footage from the scene of the incident.”

Liang Du handed Qi Guowei a tablet and explained in a low voice.

The same Qi Guowei who had seemed somewhat approachable in front of Jiang Man just moments ago now projected an abyss-like authority. After taking the tablet from Liang Du, he didn’t immediately play the video. Instead, he beckoned to Tang Jinghui and Qi Jiaseng, who were standing not far away.

Seeing this, Tang Jinghui and Qi Jiaseng walked over to Qi Guowei’s side.

“Let’s watch it together.”

Qi Guowei said, then pressed play on the video.

Judging by the angle, the footage was from a traffic camera at an intersection. As Beichun was a provincial capital, the surveillance cameras at major intersections like this were usually very clear.

As the video played, Qi Guowei and the others soon saw the Li Auto L9 carrying Qiu Yuexin and the other three appear on screen.

Because of the snow and slippery roads, Tang Ziheng was driving very steadily.

They stared intently at the screen. Just as the Li Auto L9 reached the center of the intersection, a fully loaded heavy-duty truck, with unstoppable momentum, ran a red light and plowed straight into it, crashing violently into the L9.

Even though Tang Ziheng, Qiu Yuexin, and the others were all safe now, Qi Guowei and his companions couldn’t help but feel their hearts clench as they watched the scene. They all found it inexplicably hard to breathe.

After all, the people in that Li Auto L9 were their nearest and dearest. No matter how high their positions, it was impossible for them to watch this scene without being moved.

The video continued to play. After the Li Auto L9 was knocked over, the video feed automatically switched to a different angle, likely from another surveillance camera.

Through this camera, they could clearly see that almost immediately after the Li Auto L9 was overturned and came to a stop, flames began to erupt from under the hood.

Shattered glass littered the ground, and stains of blood and oil were everywhere.

The scene was truly horrific!

Just then, a Maybach GLS 600 came speeding from the distance.

Qi Guowei and the others silently watched Gu Heng in the video. Dressed in only a thin shirt, he tried to put out the fire with an extinguisher amidst the wind and snow. Then, when that failed, he threw aside all concern for his own image, got down on the ground, and began the rescue.

Scene after scene flashed by. Qi Guowei and Tang Jinghui remained silent, but Qi Jiaseng’s eyes reddened. This was especially true when he saw the moment his pregnant wife regained consciousness, gently tugged on Gu Heng’s pant leg, and pleaded with him with a look of desperation in her eyes.

When Gu Heng then dove back into the car—which could have exploded at any moment—and pulled his two-year-old son out, tears began to stream uncontrollably down Qi Jiaseng’s face.