The Byoukidere Is Her Sweetie
Chapter 430: 430: Mother and child are safe (second update

Chapter 430: 430: Mother and child are safe (second update

Jiang Zhi entered and, in less than three minutes, came out, holding the blood-covered Zhou Xufang.

He had barely left the mall when his legs gave way, and he knelt on the ground.

Bixi yelled, “Jiang Zhi!”

He couldn’t stand up, his legs too weak to muster any strength, and his whole body trembled. Only his hands remained still, firmly cradling Zhou Xufang.

“Call a doctor, call a doctor fast!” His voice was hoarse from smoke inhalation, strained and tearing as he yelled, a metallic taste of blood in his throat.

Bixi frantically reached out to support them but dared not touch them directly, “The ambulance is almost here.” Her hands stiff, she turned to a nearby security guard for help and choked up as she said to the unconscious Zhou Xufang, “Hold on, Xufang.”

Three or four security guards ran over.

Bixi had already called an ambulance, and it should have been on its way, but Zhou Xufang kept bleeding. The guards wanted to take over, but Jiang Zhi wouldn’t let go.

Bixi’s eyes reddened with urgency, “Don’t hold her, lay her down flat.”

“Great-aunt,” Jiang Zhi lifted his head, his gaze dull and panicked, “help me.”

His hands trembled violently, unable to do anything.

Bixi instructed the guards to help lift Zhou Xufang onto the ground, cushioned by a blanket, “Do you have any clean gauze?”

The guard hesitated for a moment, “I’ll go get it right away!”

In less than half a minute, he brought back the items, which included gauze and some other medical supplies.

Bixi, cautious not to misuse the medications, bundled the clean gauze and pressed it against the bleeding area while Jiang Zhi knelt beside them, his hands covered in blood.

“Xufang.”

“Xufang.”

“Xufang…”

He was utterly distraught, only able to keep repeating her name.

A man knelt on the ground, amidst flowing traffic and under the gaze of all, tears streaming down his face.

Five minutes later, Lin Qiunan arrived; eight minutes later, Qiao Nanchu and Xue Baoyi arrived; seventeen minutes later, the fire brigade arrived; nineteen minutes later, the ambulance from the Fifth Hospital arrived, and they all saw… Jiang Zhi crying.

Qiao Nanchu drove a police car to clear the way; following behind was the ambulance and then several private cars. The ambulance couldn’t fit many people, so only Jiang Zhi went as a family member.

On the way to the hospital, Jiang Zhi made two phone calls, one to Dr. Zhong in the lab.

“Everyone, rush to the Fifth Hospital immediately.”

The other call he made was to Lihua.

“Hello, who is this?”

“I’m Jiang Zhi.”

Lihua guessed what had happened, “011 is critically injured?” When 017 left, he left something with him, and if Zhou Xufang was seriously injured, Jiang Zhi would surely seek it out.

He responded, “Yes.”

Lihua was brief and to the point, replying with a sentence, “Send me the hospital’s address.”

Thirty-two minutes later, the ambulance arrived at the Fifth Hospital.

Vice President Sun and Dr. Zhong from the lab were already waiting outside the operating room. The medical staff carried Zhou Xufang out on a stretcher. The accompanying doctor explained, “Her back was hit by a high-flying object from the explosion, likely a car hood or door, causing a ruptured thoracic artery. Emergency measures have been taken, but she needs surgery immediately.”

Jiang Zhi stood beside the stretcher, holding Zhou Xufang’s hand. His suit jacket was nowhere in sight, and his white shirt was speckled with blood.

Vice President Sun glanced only once at the stretcher before quickly instructing the anesthesiologist, “Have Director Qi prepare for surgery.”

Dr. Zhong then said, “Let me perform the surgery. I am most familiar with Zhou Xufang’s condition.”

Vice President Sun looked to Jiang Zhi for consent, and he nodded, pleading with a commanding tone, “For the adult and the child, please save them.”

Dr. Zhong initially wanted to say he would try his best, but facing Jiang Zhi’s eyes, he couldn’t utter those words and instead nodded, then hurried into the operating room.

“If absolutely necessary,”

Dr. Zhong stopped and turned back.

Jiang Zhi followed beside the stretcher, his hand still holding Zhou Xufang’s hand, he said, “If there’s no other choice, save Zhou Xufang.”

Dr. Zhong understood, nodded heavily, and said, “Please stop here.”

Jiang Zhi let go of the hand, bent down, and leaned close to Zhou Xufang’s ear, “Don’t be afraid Fang Bao, I’ll be waiting outside for you.”

Zhou Xufang’s fingers moved slightly in his deep coma.

The surgical light turned on.

After Dr. Zhong finished the sterilization work, he walked into the operating room and said, “Four units of red blood cells and 400 milliliters of plasma, that’s the most blood the patient can receive.”

Zhou Xufang had a unique physique and could not receive large amounts of blood from ordinary people.

The nurse paused for a moment, then nodded.

Gradually, Qiao Nanchu and the others all arrived; Zhou Xufang had already been taken into the operating room, while Lin Qiunan and Yao Bixi were still behind. Outside the operating room, only Jiang Zhi was waiting alone; he had just signed the consent form for the surgery and was still staring blankly at his hands.

His hands were covered in Zhou Xufang’s blood, which had already dried.

Qiao Nanchu and Xue Baoyi walked over but didn’t say anything, merely waiting beside him.

“Nanchu,” Jiang Zhi called out.

“Mhmm.”

He stood leaning against the wall, lifted his head, and looked at the light above the operating room door, “You help me look into this.”

Qiao Nanchu responded, “Okay.”

Afterward, Jiang Zhi didn’t speak anymore, his gaze vacant, completely lost in thought.

Xue Baoyi went aside to answer a phone call, it was from Fang Lixiang.

“How is Xu Fang doing?”

“He’s still in surgery, don’t come here with your big belly.”

Fang Lixiang couldn’t care less about his belly, “I’m already out the door.”

Xue Baoyi glanced at the operating room and lowered her voice, “Just be careful.”

“Okay, call me immediately if anything happens.”

Xue Baoyi agreed, gave a few more instructions, and then hung up the phone.

After a while, the Lu Family and Zhou Qingrang arrived, Lin Qiunan sat outside the operating room for a short while, then let Yao Bixi support her as they left. Being a devout Buddhist, she wanted to find a place to pray for blessings from Buddha to protect the people inside the operating room.

Oh Buddha, please protect that girl in surgery, who originally could have left completely unharmed.

During the surgery,

The head nurse suddenly said, “Doctor, the blood pressure is too low, and the heart rate is continuously dropping.” She shook her head, “We need to transfuse blood quickly.”

The extent of Zhou Xufang’s serious blood loss had already exceeded his self-healing capabilities, and due to the pregnancy, the prothrombin time was severely low, prolonging the bleeding time.

He needed an immediate blood transfusion.

Dr. Zhong looked up, and the assistant immediately wiped his sweat, “Go ask if the reserve blood has arrived.” Jiang Zhi had already explained the situation in the ambulance, there was special reserve blood, but it required waiting.

Moments later, the operating room door opened.

The head nurse wearing sterile surgical apparel came out, “Doctor is asking, has the reserve blood arrived?”

At that moment, at the hospital’s entrance, a blood transport vehicle from Ren De Hospital stopped, a nurse wearing a blue nurse cap got off holding a blood transport box.

“Make way.”

“Please make way!”

Jiang Zhi received a call from Su Lihua, who said, “It’s here, at the entrance.”

Jiang Zhi hung up the call and responded to the head nurse at the operating room door, “It has arrived.”

At that time, a girl in a nurse uniform from another hospital came running over, asking as she ran, “Where is patient Zhou Xufang?”

The head nurse immediately raised her hand, “Here!”