Chapter 402: Genius Scholar

Three days later, in a VIP ward at Jilin University Ninth Hospital.

The world of darkness shattered and dispersed, revealing a pristine white ceiling.

Gu Heng, who had been transferred out of the ICU a day prior, finally awoke from his coma.

‘What happened to me?’

‘Where am I?’

Having been in a coma for four days, Gu Heng’s mind was foggy, like a computer that hadn’t been started up in ages. He stared at the pristine white ceiling, his consciousness still muddled.

Slowly, it all started to come back to him.

He remembered the overturned Dream L9. He remembered braving the inferno in the middle of a snowstorm to save someone. He remembered collapsing from exhaustion, his hand covered in fresh blood.

‘So I was injured?’

‘And I just woke up from a coma?’

Gu Heng felt like someone who’d blacked out from drinking too much. As the fog in his mind began to clear, he slowly recalled the final moments before everything went dark.

“Hiss…”

The slightest movement sent a searing pain through his chest and abdomen, causing him to instinctively hiss. That small sound was all it took for the girls around his bed to instantly crowd closer.

“Gu Heng, you’re finally awake!”

“Gu Heng, are you uncomfortable anywhere?”

“Gu Heng, do you want some water?”

Xu Mo, Jiang Ruan, and Luo Xiwen crowded around the bed. Each of them looked haggard, their eyes filled with concern and heartache.

Seeing the three women together, Gu Heng blinked in surprise.

“What happened to me?”

“How long was I out?”

Gu Heng asked the three girls, his voice slightly hoarse.

“Gu Heng, you’ve been in a coma for four days and three nights.”

Xu Mo cried tears of joy, her voice thick with emotion. “Do you know? That day you risked your life to save someone, you were hit by metal shrapnel from the explosion! You suffered two life-threatening puncture wounds, and one of them nearly pierced your heart. You were covered in blood when they brought you to the hospital… You scared me to death back then.”

Four days and three nights?

Two life-threatening puncture wounds?

One of them almost pierced my heart?

Gu Heng: “???”

Gu Heng: “!!!”

Gu Heng had assumed his injuries were minor, that he’d be out for a day or so at most. He never imagined he’d been unconscious for four whole days and had nearly lost his life in the process.

“Help me sit up a little…”

Gu Heng never realized he’d had such a close brush with death. A wave of belated fear washed over him.

‘No wonder Father Tongzi kept asking for confirmation. So when he said it was “extremely high-risk” and “life-threatening,” he wasn’t kidding.’

‘That was almost a permanent game over!’

Hearing Gu Heng’s request, Xu Mo, Jiang Ruan, and Luo Xiwen immediately sprang into action. One raised his hospital bed, another helped him drink some water, and a third picked up her phone to tell Jiang Man that he had woken up.

“It was quite a coincidence, I have to say.”

“The accident happened right near Jilin University Ninth Hospital. After you were injured, the ambulance brought you straight to the hospital’s emergency center.”

Luo Xiwen explained softly as she helped Gu Heng sip some water, “After Dean Jiang learned you were injured, she immediately assembled all the hospital’s general surgery specialists for a joint emergency treatment. You were in surgery for over five hours before your life was no longer in danger.”

Now that the bed was raised, Gu Heng could finally see his own condition clearly. He looked like a human mummy, with his chest, back, thighs, and forearms all wrapped in white gauze.

“Have you all been watching over me these past few days?”

Gu Heng watched the three girls bustling about, a flicker of warmth in his eyes.

“For the first three days, you were being monitored in the ICU.”

“Jiang Ruan and I couldn’t go in, so for those three days, little Xu Mo was the one watching over you.”

Luo Xiwen explained in a low, honest voice, “Only after you were transferred out of the ICU last night could Jiang Ruan and I come stay with you.”

‘Little Xu Mo?’

Gu Heng glanced at the pure and lovely Xu Mo, who remained silent. ‘Looks like the three of them got to know each other while I was out,’ he guessed.

CLACK CLACK CLACK…

Before Gu Heng could think any further, a series of footsteps approached from outside the VIP ward. It was Jiang Man, who had just received news of his awakening and had rushed over with several specialists from the Ninth Hospital.

“Oh, my!”

“Chairman Gu, you’re finally awake!”

Seeing Gu Heng awake, Jiang Man was visibly overjoyed. Her entire demeanor seemed to relax in an instant as she let out a long, relieved sigh.

“Dean Jiang, Xi Wen and the others just filled me in.”

Gu Heng glanced at the subordinates standing behind Jiang Man and said quietly, “Words aren’t enough to thank you for this great kindness. I’ll remember it.”

“You’re being too formal, Chairman Gu.”

“Saving lives and healing the wounded is our duty as a hospital.”

Jiang Man smiled. “Chairman Gu, we can talk more later. First, I’ll have the doctors check on you.”

“Alright.”

Gu Heng fell silent, allowing the doctors to perform various examinations.

After a short while, the doctor in charge of the examination delivered the results to Jiang Man and Gu Heng.

“Dean Jiang, Mr. Gu is recovering very well.”

“Good.”

“You can all get back to your duties, then.”

“I’ll stay and chat with Chairman Gu.”

Jiang Man gestured to the accompanying doctors.

Taking the hint, everyone tactfully left the room.

“Dean Jiang, we’ll leave you to talk with Gu Heng. We’re going to go buy some fruit.”

Luo Xiwen exchanged a glance with Jiang Ruan and Xu Mo, taking the initiative to give Jiang Man and Gu Heng some space to talk.

“Get some sweet ones.”

“I have a bitter taste in my mouth.”

Gu Heng said, leaning back against the bed as he gestured to the three girls.