Capítulo 1032: Chapter 1002: Racing Against Time
Chapter 1002:
Upon hearing this, everyone felt something was strange, perhaps Zhang Kaiguo was taking advantage of the situation. After listening, they offered their condolences and took their leave. Just showing up was enough; it was, after all, deeply uncomfortable to stay here all night. After everyone left, Zhang Kaiguo turned and asked the director, “How’s Tongtong’s condition now?”
“Alas, it’s not optimistic!” the director sighed helplessly, saying, “You know, we’ve already done everything we could. The bullet just grazed the edge of Tongtong’s heart; had it deviated even a fraction more, she wouldn’t be in this world now. But still, her life is in jeopardy. The bullet pierced her arterial blood vessel, and she nearly bled to death when she was brought to the hospital. Fortunately, timely blood transfusion and treatment saved her; otherwise, she wouldn’t have survived until now!”
“What treatments do you plan for later?” Zhang Kaiguo asked.
“Once the bleeding is stopped, we can only rely on her own recovery!” The director smiled faintly, saying, “But it’s not easy to stop bleeding from an arterial blood vessel, especially near the heart. Alas, it requires time!”
“But Tongtong needs time too!” Zhang Kaiguo gritted his teeth.
“Everyone needs time!” The director looked at Zhang Kaiguo hesitantly, saying, “Everyone knows time is life, racing against Death God is precisely a race against time. It’s not such an easy thing!”
“Alas!” Zhang Kaiguo bit on a cigarette, continuing to smoke gloomily. Some things aren’t easy to change, just like fate is unchangeable. If possible, Zhang Kaiguo would rather take that fatal bullet himself to bear everything on behalf of his daughter.
The red light above the operating room kept flashing, and outside were several anxious waiting police officers who had all witnessed everything firsthand. They saw Zhang Yantong fall under the bullet with their own eyes and felt the fragility of life.
“Captain, how is it now? Has the director said anything?” The team rushed up upon seeing the Criminal Investigation Team Leader come out.
“Go away, don’t bother me!” The Criminal Investigation Team Leader gritted his teeth, saying, “The director kicked us all out, we couldn’t get even a speck of information.”
“Oh, then forget it!” The team resigned, saying, “Let’s just wait obediently for news here!”
“Mm!” The captain nodded, then continued smoking. A nurse approached with a tray, and seeing the Criminal Investigation Team Leader smoking, her face turned stern as she said coldly, “Don’t you know this is a smoke-free hospital?”
“Yes, yes!” The captain, though quite forceful outside, immediately became submissive upon encountering the nurse, extinguishing the cigarette. The nurse, holding the tray, opened the operating room door and went inside. The captain hurriedly chased after, shouting, “Nurse, nurse, what’s the patient’s condition now?”
The nurse turned back and glared at the captain, saying coldly, “Is this a place for you to shout? Wait patiently outside; you’ll be informed if there’s any news!”
“Yes, yes!” The captain was rebuked by the nurse again.
Haha…
The surrounding junior police officers instantly burst into laughter, bending over with mirth. Everyone knew the captain was strict with others, but today he was subdued by a woman, making the captain seem very different from usual. A junior police officer grinned and said, “Captain, how about you just marry this young nurse? You’re already in your thirties; having a nurse wife to keep you in check wouldn’t be bad!”
“Indeed, Captain, if you’re embarrassed, I’ll speak up for you.” The nearby Political Commissar grinned, saying, “Or I could go to the director and handle this as an organizational task!”
“Haha…” The group burst into laughter again.
“Enough fooling around?” The captain coldly glanced at everyone and said, “Listen up, now Director Zhang’s condition hasn’t stabilized, and you better not mess around, or you’ll regret it when we’re back!”
With just one sentence, the atmosphere was suppressed, and everyone silently continued waiting at the door.
After several hours of resuscitation, the red light above the operating room finally turned green, and the door opened, with several specialists coming out, discussing as they walked. Upon seeing the attending doctor come out from the operating room, the captain and officers immediately surrounded him, each nervously asking, “Doctor, how’s the patient’s condition?”
“Doctor, how’s our Captain Zhang?”
The crowd was loud and chaotic, frightening the doctors quite a bit as they hurriedly said, “Don’t rush, everyone, please don’t rush!”
The doctor’s voice was quickly lost in the crowd, and the Criminal Investigation Team Leader immediately shouted, “Step back three steps!”
Clatter…
The officers stepped back three steps, with the Criminal Investigation Team Leader seriously looking at the attending doctor and saying, “Doctor, I’m the Criminal Investigation Team Leader; Zhang Yantong is crucial to this case, so I represent Tongzhou City’s thousands of police officers in asking you, how’s Zhang Yantong’s condition now?”
“Alas…” The attending doctor sighed, saying, “The bleeding has stopped; her future recovery depends on her own health.”
“What kind of doctor talk is this? If the bleeding has stopped, what’s the problem?” The captain was stunned.
“Due to excessive blood loss, there’s oxygen deficiency in the brain, so the patient’s condition isn’t optimistic!” The attending doctor sighed, continuing, “The best-case scenario is waking up tomorrow; the worst is never waking up, becoming a vegetative state!”
“Ah?!” Everyone was stunned; if she became a vegetative state, that would be tragic.
“No, impossible!” The captain immediately shook his head, saying, “Director Zhang is such a good person; how could she become a vegetative state? You’re lying to us!”
“Listen, this is merely the worst possibility, which isn’t large but isn’t nonexistent either!” The attending doctor quickly explained.
Soon after, Zhang Yantong’s stretcher was pushed out, and everyone immediately gathered around, her pale face showing signs of severe blood loss. Though she’d received two blood transfusions, since Zhang Yantong was constantly bleeding herself, most of the infused blood had flowed out. Furthermore, Zhang Yantong hadn’t successfully stopped bleeding yet. Minor bleeding hadn’t ceased; it could only be suppressed with bandages and rely on blood platelets for coagulation.
Zhang Yantong lay quietly on the bed, her eyes closed, pushed out by the nurse. The Criminal Investigation Team Leader, helpless, said, “How did this happen? Wasn’t everything fine before? How could it…”
“Captain, she… she seems to be speaking!” A policeman suddenly said.
“Hm?” The Criminal Investigation Team Leader was stunned. Indeed, Zhang Yantong’s lips were slightly moving. Nobody knew what she wanted to say, and the Criminal Investigation Team Leader hurriedly leaned his ear close, almost touching Zhang Yantong’s lips, hushedly saying, “Everyone shut up, let me hear what she’s saying!”
“Ye… Ye Chen… don’t…” Her faint voice was captured by the experienced Criminal Investigation Team Leader, who hurriedly shouted, “Ye Chen, Ye Chen, hurry and find Ye Chen!”
“Yes, yes!” Everyone nodded urgently.
But where should they find Ye Chen now? The Criminal Investigation Team Leader issued an urgent command, saying that by any means necessary, regardless of the cost, Ye Chen must be found. After the order was issued, almost all Tongzhou City police began to spring into action, with a large number of officers mobilized, searching for Ye Chen’s whereabouts throughout Tongzhou City and even the entire Z Province.
However, Ye Chen seemed to have vanished, with no trace of him to be found. Ye Chen seemingly disappeared from the world. The news of Zhang Yantong’s gunshot injury spread quickly, and upon hearing it, Dian Ling began frantically dialing Ye Chen’s number. Unfortunately, Ye Chen’s phone was off and couldn’t be reached. Consequently, Dian Ling was very angry, gritting her teeth, saying, “That bastard, his woman is injured, and he doesn’t have any reaction at all?”
“Lingling, try calling Ye Chen a few more times?” Her nearby sister hurriedly consoled.
A few gathered in the hospital room, and Zhang Yantong on the patient bed seemed to be asleep, while a few close classmates and sisters gathered around to visit her. All were young women, naturally evoking sympathy upon seeing the originally lively Zhang Yantong now lying quietly on the bed—their hearts felt heavy. The sisters knew about Zhang Yantong’s wedding, having attended her wedding celebration, and now Zhang Yantong was injured, yet her husband Ye Chen wasn’t present.
“Useless, no matter how much you call it won’t work!” Dian Ling shook her head, saying, “Ye Chen’s phone isn’t even on; how can we call?”
“How can it be off, that Ye Chen guy shows no concern for Tongtong?” The sisters complained one after another.
Thus, a grand criticism meeting began, saying all sorts about Ye Chen. Some said Ye Chen was an irresponsible man, others said Ye Chen wasn’t even a qualified husband. Dian Ling’s face remained gloomy; with her understanding of Ye Chen, she knew he wasn’t such a man. Something must’ve happened to Ye Chen.
Dian Ling decisively walked out of the hospital room, with the sisters calling after her, “Lingling, where are you going?”
“I’m going to find Ye Chen!” Dian Ling said without looking back, walking out.