Sea An City First Hospital, Emergency Surgery Room.
The red light that had been on for three hours finally went out.
Tang Fengyue walked out, took off the medical gloves and mask on her hands, and threw them into the trash can.
The assistant doctor following her handed her the hand sanitizer, "Dr. Tang, it's lucky you were the lead surgeon. If it were any other doctor, the patient just now would have been in trouble."
Tang Fengyue pressed the cap and squeezed out two drops as she scrubbed her hands and seriously reminded, "Monitor the patient's post-operative reaction closely, especially pay attention to..."
Half-way through, her gaze shifted towards the nurse running down the hallway, and the smile on her lips faded.
The emergency department staff were all well-trained. Running that urgently meant it was an emergency situation.
Tang Fengyue didn't have time to give further instructions. She rinsed the foam off her hands and strode towards the emergency room without even drying them.
As soon as she pushed open the emergency room door, Tang Fengyue heard a few young nurses discussing.
"Another emergency?"
"Yeah, they just brought in a patient who suddenly fell unconscious. Even the director was alarmed."
"Who's important enough to alarm the director?"
"Gu Yanting!"
Gu Yan... ting!?
Tang Fengyue's breath caught in her throat.
"In Sea An City, how many Gu Yantings are there? I heard he fell unconscious while accompanying his fiancée to try on wedding gowns..."
Tang Fengyue didn't catch a single word after that. Her rapidly pounding heart violently slammed against her chest, causing a dull ache throughout.
"Dr. Tang? You're here! Great, please take a look at this patient."
At this moment, the nurse monitoring his heartbeat and blood pressure noticed her and happily handed over the blood test report, as if unaware of Tang Fengyue's somewhat pallid complexion.
"Doctor Tang, the patient's white blood cell count is elevated, accompanied by hypoglycemia. Glucose has just been administered intravenously. It may be acute gastritis."
Hesitating slightly as she took the blood test report, Tang Fengyue glanced at the values on it, took a deep breath, and instructed the nurse beside her, "I'll take it from here."
"Then... then I'll go ahead, Doctor Tang. Thank you." The young nurse bid her farewell.
Tang Fengyue responded with an "Mm."
After the young nurse left with the sterile cart, Tang Fengyue picked up the stethoscope from the desk and walked over to the patient's bedside.
She slowly cast her gaze upon the man lying on the bed, her suppressed emotions rippling once more, and the composure on her face gradually crumbling.
Gu Yanzhi was still unconscious, his narrow phoenix eyes tightly shut, looking fatigued and frail.
Even so, his frigid aura still exerted an overwhelming sense of oppression, making one reluctant to approach him.
Tang Fengyue's heart ached dully. Seven years!
She had thought she would never encounter him again in this lifetime.
She unconsciously raised her hand, intending to smooth the furrows on his brow, but withdrew it at the last moment before making contact.
Tang Fengyue, what are you doing?
Now, they were just doctor and patient!
Regaining her senses, Tang Fengyue concealed the sorrow in her eyes, shifting her gaze away from Gu Yanzhi's face.
Her fingers trembled as she unbuttoned his suit jacket, the cool, familiar scent wafting into her nostrils. She held her breath, quickly grasping the stethoscope's diaphragm, bending down, and pressing it against his abdomen through his shirt.
The abdominal echoes sounded distinctly muffled and muddled.
Confirming it was acute gastritis.
Tang Fengyue straightened her back, and inadvertently glanced over, dropping the stethoscope in her hand out of fright.
On the hospital bed, the previously unconscious Gu Yanzhi had his eyes open, his tea-colored pupils emanating a deep, chilling glow, staring fixedly at her face.
He abruptly raised his hand, grasping her wrist, pulling off the adhesive tape that secured the intravenous needle, causing the needle inserted into his vein to loosen, instantly seeping blood.
His gaze subtly darkened, slowly shifting down to her chest, where her name tag was pinned.
Chief Physician, Tang Fengyue!