Chapter 994: Chapter 54: Brilliant as Starlight, Only Deep Affection Cannot Be Betrayed

Late at night, the lights in the orthopedic emergency room at Southern Fourth Hospital were flickering anxiously.

In the hallway, Feng Chengjin sat in a chair, covered in blood.

Having successfully quit smoking, he no longer picked up a cigarette butt at moments like this. Instead, he clasped his hands together, lightly pressing against his nose in deep thought. Yet, it was still apparent how tense his entire body was, and the complex entanglement within his heart.

He didn’t speak, his deep eyes occasionally glancing towards the operating room, occasionally at Gu Zixi’s silhouette.

His dark eyes quietly shifting...

Gu Zixi was also anxious. The appreciation and friendship between peers similar in age to Yu Xi made him restless, pacing back and forth at the entrance of the emergency room.

This action ultimately caught Qiu Zhixuan’s attention.

She had also hurried over late at night to breastfeed her child, torn about whether to bring Yu Ze to the hospital in the middle of the night, yet firmly carrying a cradle, she had rushed over.

At this moment, she noticed her husband frequently glancing intensely.

Qiu Zhixuan lightly pressed her lips together and asked softly, "Cheng Jin, why do you keep looking at Zixi?"

Instinctively, Qiu Zhixuan wondered if it was because Zixi had done something to upset Yu Xi, causing him to race his car in the middle of the night and get into an accident. Her voice was tense and worried.

Feng Chengjin was momentarily stunned, looking at his wife with a faint smile. He wanted to draw Qiu Zhixuan into his arms for a comforting kiss, but he was covered in blood, including his hands.

Finally, he leaned over and pecked her on the forehead, saying, "I’m just blaming myself. If I had cared for Yu Xi as attentively as I do for Zixi, perhaps he wouldn’t have driven recklessly in the middle of the night."

Hearing this, Qiu Zhixuan felt a shallow tremor of unease and guilt rising simultaneously.

Her eyes slightly reddened.

Yes, thinking about these days of Feng Yuxi being downcast, the impact of this incident is likely a gloom that the entire family cannot shake off. Why didn’t one of them hold Yu Xi back on this day?

Especially thinking about that optimistic, cheerful young boy who always followed her, sweetly calling "Auntie, Auntie" every day, the heartache...

Qiu Zhixuan’s eyes reddened even more.

In the opposite office.

Feng Jingguo felt the deepest guilt, considering he was yelling at his grandson over the phone two hours ago, and now he was lying on the operating table... Was his grandson there because of his scolding?

Too many things had happened to the Feng Family this year, leaving Feng Jingguo in a moment of heartache and trembling, aging him significantly.

Facing the current situation at Southern Fourth Hospital’s orthopedics...

From hospital leadership to department heads, the Feng Family was still treated with respect, and the nurses in the orthopedics department spoke respectfully.

Yet there was an indistinct detachment, a subtle mockery...

Li Mingda had already gone in for surgery on Yu Xi; three ribs were broken, a leg fractured, intracranial bleeding indicated the surgery was extremely risky!

Across, Doctor Huo held up a CT image, roughly explaining the dangers of this surgery to them.

"... This is the general situation. It’s very complicated, and Professor Li is already performing surgery on Young Master Feng, significantly reducing the risk level. However, we cannot guarantee Young Master Feng’s safety completely. After all, our best doctors in orthopedics..."

Doctor Huo paused, looking at the Feng Family members, especially at Feng Jingguo and Mrs. Li, with a deep smile, without continuing further.

He handed the surgery consent form to Feng Chengxuan.

Everyone’s hearts trembled, especially understanding the implications of Doctor Huo’s words—

Thinking about his disappointing wife, Feng Chengxuan endured his heartache, quickly signed, and upon seeing the line "In case the surgery fails, all consequences bear by themselves, not related to the hospital", Feng Chengxuan’s pen trembled for a long time, his eyes moist...

Feng Jingguo and Li Zhi’s hearts trembled in more pain at this moment.

Even Feng Jingguo thought about the ultimatum he gave Southern Fourth Hospital, ordering the dismissal of Qiu Mingyan with every possible means...

Was it guilt? Or self-blame?

Feng Jingguo couldn’t imagine his feelings, just that when Doctor Huo received the signed surgery form, his lips curved into a silent smile and left, leaving only a subtle detachment behind...

His body trembling slightly, supported by Ye Xilan to sit down.

Pausing, Feng Jingguo looked at Ye Xilan and asked, "Did I... make another mistake?"

Ye Xilan knew what Feng Jingguo was referring to, also knowing his heart had reached the extreme of self-blame. Just seeing the old man’s deteriorating health since that surgery...

In her mind, she wanted to say, otherwise? If you hadn’t driven Qiu Mingyan away, the survival rate of your grandson would be higher now...

Words reached her lips, ultimately unable to rise to accusations again, she smiled and lightly patted Feng Jingguo’s back, saying, "Don’t think too much. We still don’t know where they are right now. Even if we ask the third, he hasn’t let his guard down, and won’t tell us their location. Even if he compromised, if we call them, they... probably wouldn’t reach in time to perform surgery for our grandson, Jingguo. Leave it to fate. Just hope that such a good person as our grandson can have a lucky turn of events in this misfortune..."

Ye Xilan spoke until her eyes reddened.

Feng Jingguo’s heart trembled, thinking of that tangled old affair in the family, though Ye Xilan didn’t say.

But since Yu Yu left the second time... He covered his forehead, revealing deep thoughts of longing and regret...

...

The same deepest thoughts of trembling naturally also belonged to Li Zhi!

However, her trembling was unlike everyone else’s; she didn’t have much self-blame or resentment towards Qiu Mingyan’s absence.

Why? Why couldn’t Qiu Mingyan just accept their Feng Family’s arrangement? Why did Qiu Mingyan foolishly try to win over their family’s young lady? If not for this, Qiu Mingyan would have been just a greedy, profit-seeking doctor at Southern Fourth Hospital! Their Yu Xi’s survival chances would have been higher!

On the other side... Her trembling naturally also...

Stepping out, she immediately faced Gu Zixi, pacing before the operating room.

Does a mother know her child best? Or is it the intense sixth sense of a mother?

Thinking about her son’s recent confusion, helplessness, pain, binge-drinking, shutting down, silence.

In light of the fact that if the family knew about this, it would be too embarrassing, she kept it hidden.

But she hadn’t realized things would progress to this point, to this outcome!!!

Clenching her fists tightly, Li Zhi looked at Gu Zixi as if looking at a skinning enemy, her fingertips slightly trembling, indicating how much she wanted to slap Gu Zixi! To ask what he had done to her son!

But she couldn’t!

After careful consideration, if this issue was exposed, the reputation it would bring to her son in circles...

Li Zhi’s eyes moistened, her heart trapped in anger that couldn’t be released yet couldn’t be swallowed, feeling as if a snake was swallowing her.

Finally, after several attempts to confront Gu Zixi without success, her eyes turned to a woman approaching her—

Yu Ze cried again, Qiu Zhixuan’s heart was in turmoil, she needed to find a place to feed Yu Ze.

With the nanny following, holding Feng Yuzhe tightly, she hurried forward without paying much attention.

Just then—