Hearing Gu Xiyan's sorrowful singing, Su Zijin, who was lying on Mu Jinyu's corpse and weeping, choked up, then the tears flowed even more torrentially.
Then, she also began to sing mournfully.
Xiang Mantang stood by, listening to their songs of despair, feeling overwhelmed by despair, self-blame, guilt, and helplessness.
He truly wished he could kill himself to atone for his sins.
But if he did so, he would utterly betray Mu Jinyu's efforts.
Besides, the true mastermind behind all this had yet to be punished— he could not die at this moment! He had to drag his useful body along to avenge Mu Jinyu!
Xiang Mantang gritted his teeth, turned around, and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, his body shook, and his ears perked up.
Within the emergency room, he heard a sixth heartbeat, albeit very faint and barely detectable!
Yet, there were only five of them in the emergency room: himself, Gu Xiyan, Mei Yinxue, Wen Rou, and Su Zijin. Where had the sixth person come from?!
The despair in Xiang Mantang's eyes dissipated, filled with disbelief and joy. He abruptly turned around to look at Mu Jinyu, who lay on the operating table!
Indeed, the heartbeat that had ceased began to quiver weakly again to the rhythm of Gu Xiyan's song.
He hadn't completely died yet!
Xiang Mantang cried out as if he had gone mad, then rushed forward, pushing away Gu Xiyan and Su Zijin, who were lying on Mu Jinyu, muttering, "Move, move! He's not dead, don't crush him!"
Amidst his speech, Xiang Mantang had already pushed the dazed Gu Xiyan and Su Zijin aside, then hoisted Mu Jinyu onto his back and ran outside.
"You?!"
Gu Xiyan quickly reacted, desperate to rush forward to stop Xiang Mantang, yelling, "Have you gone mad?!"
However, Xiang Mantang didn't care at all, carrying Mu Jinyu as he dashed out of the emergency room to find the hospital director, demanding that they perform a cryogenic surgery on Mu Jinyu!
To temporarily preserve his body until he found Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to resurrect him!
In fact, during the trip from Kunlun Mountain, Xiang Mantang also hesitated, wondering whether to immediately take Mu Jinyu for cryogenic surgery or to try resuscitation first.
In the end, he believed that Mu Jinyu wouldn't die so easily and decided to hand him over to the doctors for resuscitation—little did he know that Mu Jinyu still couldn't hold on in the end!
Xiang Mantang initially thought that Mu Jinyu had already died completely and that even if they preserved the body, there was no chance he could be revived once he found Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
That's why, after the failed resuscitation, he made no further moves, his heart full of self-reproach and regret.
But now, Mu Jinyu's heartbeat had started again, though very faint. If they froze his body now,
perhaps later, when he found something like the Ten Thousand Year Wood Core, he might be able to resurrect him!
Therefore, Xiang Mantang's heart, which had died, also came back to life!
"What's wrong with him?!"
Su Zijin was also angry at first, thinking Xiang Mantang had lost his mind. Soon after detecting something amiss, she realized that wasn't his character.
Perhaps there was a turning point in the situation?
"Come on, let's follow and see!"
Su Zijin made a quick decision, leading Gu Xiyan and the other two ladies to chase after Xiang Mantang!
They finally caught up with Xiang Mantang, panting hard.
When they heard Xiang Mantang's instructions to the hospital director, they couldn't help but be startled.
They naturally understood the meaning of cryogenic surgery; it was an option when a person had not completely died and current medical treatment couldn't save them. They could temporarily freeze the body until medical methods advanced and their condition became treatable. Then, they could be thawed and treated!
Could it be... Mu Jinyu is not dead yet?
Watching as the dean led Mu Jinyu away, Su Zijin asked Xiang Mantang, "What's going on?"
Xiang Mantang breathed a sigh of relief at this point, and turned back to explain: "Didn't you hear just now? While you were singing, senior brother's heartbeat, which had stopped, started again. He's not dead!"
"I will save him! At all costs!"
Xiang Mantang clenched his fists, his gaze resolute as he watched Mu Jinyu being wheeled into the operating room.
Afterward, Xiang Mantang took out his cell phone and made a call to Mu Hongchen, asking her to have the Thousand-Year Profound Ice Stone from the Dragon King Hall forged into a stone coffin. He wanted it ready for Mu Jinyu to rest in.
Yes, as far as Xiang Mantang was concerned, Mu Jinyu was not dead; he was only sleeping.
When the time was right, he would wake him up!
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words, Mu Hongchen expressed her difficulties, saying that she probably couldn't carve that Thousand-Year Profound Ice Stone into an ice coffin by herself!
Xiang Mantang then roared: "Then go call Wu Shisan, Di Yin, Qin Qiaochu and the others to help!"
These individuals were also among Xiang Mantang's suspects, but he was not in a hurry to free himself up to immediately deal with them, not until Mu Jinyu was properly settled.
He would slowly deal with them later!
Upon hearing the conversation between Xiang Mantang and Mu Hongchen, Su Zijin and the other ladies exchanged glances. The cloudiness in their hearts had also dissipated quite a bit.
"There's still hope, Jinyu still has a chance!"
With this thought surfacing in their minds, they rallied once more.
Gu Xiyan and Wen Rou thought that during the time Mu Jinyu was resting, they would definitely take good care of his Jinyu Group and completely develop the few prescriptions he had left behind.
When he awoke, Jinyu Group would be the largest pharmaceutical group in the world!
Mei Yinxue, on the other hand, thought that she would put aside her Yinxue Group completely. She would strive to cultivate, wanting to have the ability to protect him the next time Mu Jinyu was in danger.
And not be like before, when Mu Jinyu had been targeted by a nameless assassin, and they became a burden, even causing Mu Jinyu to be distracted in protecting them!
She didn't want to be a burden anymore!
The group stood outside the operating room in a long wait.
"Ah, Alliance Hierarch, I've finally found you. Where's Brother Wang? My injuries haven't healed yet, and I want him to treat me," said San Liu as he ran over, leaning on Xiang Mantang's shoulder, panting.
Xiang Mantang shuddered, shaking off San Liu's hand, then turned around with an icy look and asked San Liu, "Have you and Nameless paid back what you owe Dragon Master?!"
San Liu was momentarily stunned, then said with a forced smile, "Not yet, I'll just owe it for now, it's not like I'll default on it, I'll pay it all back next time."
"You said that last time, 'next time'!"
Xiang Mantang stared at San Liu, his eyes hostile, filled with a murderous aura.
San Liu, feeling the wrongness in Xiang Mantang's gaze, paused for a moment. What's wrong with him?
"Get lost!"
Xiang Mantang, suppressing the rage and the urge to kill San Liu, yelled furiously.
Seeing the situation, San Liu was very unhappy. Not understanding why Xiang Mantang was acting this way and not wanting to argue with him, he turned and walked away.
Xiang Mantang watched San Liu leave, filled with sorrow.
Senior Brother always talked about charging for life-saving services and how he wouldn't act without payment, but in reality, he never really cared about such matters. If people didn't pay back, at most he would just not treat them next time, but he wouldn't actually harm them.
He was always like this, saying one thing and meaning another, saying he wouldn't treat people for free and wouldn't let them run up debts, but in the end, he always acted this way...