The girl was stunned.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Who am I?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Guiningughed.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Why are you asking me about myself now?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The girl changed the subject: "What happened to your dad? Why does he need you to save him?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Guining fell silent.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After a while, she said: "Nothing''s happened to him, but I''m afraid something will."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After all, that was the ending written in the book.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The Huo family going bankrupt, and Huo Xiaozheng ultimately meeting an idental death.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although Huo Xiaozheng had loved the wrong person, he didn''t deserve to die.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Even though she had only interacted with Huo Xiaozheng for just over a month, he wasn''t an utterly despicable person.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Moreover, she quite liked this father.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If she could choose her birth, she''d be quite willing to choose Huo Xiaozheng as her father.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The girl asked curiously: "Why are you worried something will happen to him?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Guining replied matter-of-factly: "Because he''s always entangled with Jiang Suyuan and Qin Zhiyi."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She rxed and rolled over on the grass, hearing the babbling of the stream nearby, its tinkling sounds mingling with birdsong, making one feel particrly at ease.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The girl asked: "What does Huo Xiaozheng potentially getting into trouble have to do with Jiang Suyuan and Qin Zhiyi? Are you worried they''ll harm your father?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Guining became somewhat wary: "What''s wrong with you? You''re not like yourself. Howe you don''t know anything?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The girl''s tone was a bit hurt: "I haven''t been feeling welltely, so..."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Guining thought of her own body and suddenly felt guilty: "I''m sorry, I didn''t mean to, but..."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The scene at the Qin house suddenly yed out before her eyes. In the blink of an eye, the blue sky, white clouds, and grass all vanished.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
A fleeting image of Qin Zhiyi and Jiang Suyuan speaking harshly to her shed by, reced by a scene of ruins after a fire.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In the vast garden, a great fire raged.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
No leaves, no flowers, no fruits.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Only charred branches remained, standing lonely in ce, waiting for the wildfire to spread.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The girl stood barefoot on the ruins, a solitary figure in the distance.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Seeing Huo Guining look over, she shook her head and turned away.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The fire had not yet died down, and thick smoke choked the air, making Huo Guining cough uncontrobly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Cough, cough, cough..."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The ruins before her eyes gradually disappeared, and the world plunged into darkness.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Beep, beep, beep, beep"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
A series of urgent alert sounds rang out.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The nurse immediately came forward to check: "Tachycardia!"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The doctor came over with a stethoscope: "How''s the blood pressure?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Blood pressure is fine."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Give her the medication."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shortly after administering the drug, the heart monitor showed that the heart rate had returned to normal.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The doctor exhaled and waved to the people nearby: "It''s alright now."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In the VIP ward, Shen Shiyan stood by the bed and nodded to his colleague upon hearing this.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The medical staff left the room.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shen Shiyan turned to look at Huo Xiaozheng, who was nting himself on a stool by the bed: "How do you feel about it?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng looked as if his anger hadn''t fully subsided. He coldly nced at the other person in the room: "I don''t feel good about it."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Xie Lingluo stepped out from the shadows: "This method was indeed a bit risky."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shen Shiyan agreed: "It was risky, but it seems to have worked."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng didn''t argue.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After Ningning was admitted to the ICU, her vital signs gradually stabilized.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However, three days had passed, and she still showed no signs of regaining consciousness.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
On the few asions when she hazily opened her eyes, her consciousness remained foggy.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She didn''t know where she was, and her responses to conversations were incoherent.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Seeing that this situation couldn''t continue, Shen Shiyan contacted Xie Lingluo, hoping to find a breakthrough from her side.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Considering that Ningning''s vital signs were now stable, and she asionally woke up, able to vaguely understand part of what others were saying,<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Xie Lingluo suggested starting hypnotherapy directly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng asked: "Will it be dangerous?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
What was it that Xie Lingluo had said at the time?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Of course there are risks, but at worst, it''s better than Ningning just lying here indefinitely, between life and death."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng didn''t immediately agree.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He looked at Ningning on the bed, her once rosy lips now colorless, and the little weight she had managed to gain had all been lost in these three days.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Her breathing was shallow and slow, lying there, unaware of the passage of time.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The news of Ningning''s hospitalization couldn''t be kept from Old Master Huo.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
When he heard that Ningning''s incident had urred at the Qin house, the elderly Old Master Huo, without anyone''s support, angrily stormed over and berated Old Mr. Qin viciously.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
While Huo Xiaozheng was at the hospital, Xi Chuan handledpany matters.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
asionally, when decisions couldn''t be made, Old Master Huo would step in directly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His way of doing things was identical to Huo Xiaozheng''s, if not more extreme.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In the past, he had looked down on his son for relentlessly pursuing the Jiang family because of Qin Zhiyi.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Now, he was acting even more outrageously than Huo Xiaozheng.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Cut off all cooperation with the Jiang and Qin families. Spread the word that as long as the Huo family exists, the Jiang and Qin families will have no ce to stand in South City."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Xi Chuan wiped his sweat, thinking that just as Mr. Huo had recovered, the old man had now fallen ill.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng didn''t care about this.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
By the fourth day, Ningning''s condition showed no improvement.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In fact, the instances of her hazily regaining consciousness became less frequent.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng: "Would it be better to send Ningning to a hospital abroad?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shen Shiyan: "It might be. But in Ningning''s current condition, she can''t endure a long flight."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Let''s try it," Shen Shiyan urged. "I promise you, with me here, Ningning''s condition won''t get any worse than it is now."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozheng looked at Shen Shiyan: "What can you use to promise me?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shen Shiyan was stunned.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Not because of Huo Xiaozheng''s unreasonable questioning, but because this was the first time he had seen an expression resembling pleading on Huo Xiaozheng''s face.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The day Huo Xiaozheng was rejected by Qin Zhiyi, he found Shen Shiyan, and the two of them dug out Old Master Huo''s aged wine in the underground cer of the Huo family''s old mansion.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Even at that time, Huo Xiaozheng had controlled himself, only allowing himself one more ss than usual.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
At the end, it was still Huo Xiaozheng who sent Shen Shiyan home.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In Shen Shiyan''s heart, Huo Xiaozheng had always been the epitome of rationality.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
He believed in human triumph over nature more than any vain prayers or hopes.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But at this moment, for his daughter, he had surrendered.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Shen Shiyan''s nose tingled a bit, and he cleared his constricted throat.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Trying to sound casual but with a firm tone, he said: "I promise you with my ''reputation'' and ''ability'' as a genius doctor who chose pediatrics and has practiced medicine until now."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Huo Xiaozhengpromised.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Since that snowy night when he personally helped Ningning up, this day''spromise was inevitable.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
At this point, he thought: Even if it fails, it doesn''t matter. There will be many, many people who will apany his daughter in death. It doesn''t matter.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0