In the bar, Haruto was sitting at the counter. He drank glass after glass, all of them colorful cocktails made by the bartender.
The dim light reflected on his pale skin, making his fingers look longer than more slender. His head was lowered slightly, and his side profile was as elegant as jade with a cold aura exuding from his body.
"How many girls have already gone up to him to strike up a conversation?" Wang Qiming and the group of them had not gone into the box, but decided to sit down at a table near a corner where they could see Haruto from.
Tang An took a sip from his corn juice, and couldn't help but think about it when Wang Qiming mentioned it. "Probably about ten, I can't remember, there's just too many."
"Thirteen." Jiji glanced at Haruto, taking a sip of its own wine. "If you add this one, then it's a total of fourteen."
"Tch, it's only been half an hour since we sat down, and so many people have gone up to him. They really dare to go even with the pressure that he's exuding." Tang An took another sip of corn juice. "But our Egg only has eyes for one person."
"But, why did he suddenly want to drink?" Tang An slid his finger around the top of his glass. "Doesn't his own house have a bar counter?"
"I'm not sure. You were with him the entire day, Jiji, what happened to him?" Wang Qiming turned his piercing gaze to Jiji.
Jiji ate a piece of watermelon as it replied, "Heartbreak."
"Heartbreak? He had such a thing? Tang An almost choked on his drink.
"I've never seen anyone who comes to the bar and drinks corn juice," Jiji replied instead, looking at Tang An with contempt clear in its eyes.
Tang An shot him a deadpan look. "I've never seen a robot that can eat and drink. Just wait, I'll be sure to send you into a research lab one day!"
"I can't help but ask for that too, it's sad that I can't change my body." Jiji's eyes lit up when it heard this, its eyes sparkling like stars in the sky!
Tang An: "..." It was his loss.
"Wait a minute." Wang Qiming suddenly made a pause gesture with his hands. "It can't be that the person our Young Master Ruto likes, is that girl, Beini, right?!"
He pulled out his phone, sending the files in it to Tang An to see. "Look at this girl, although she looks pure and beautiful, her reputation is seriously bad. This is something one of my good friends specifically told me in confidence. Has Young Master Ruto's taste gotten so bad?"
"No, no." Tang An waved his hand. "I had the same thought as you before this, but then I realized today and it wasn't."
"How do you know?" Wang Qiming asked as he poured himself a glass of wine.
"I guessed it." Tang An smiled. "I think the person that Egg likes looks like Yang Beini."
"Pft!" Wang Qiming spat out the wine that he had just taken a sip from. "Do you think this is a haunted movie?!"
Tang An merely smiled in response, not saying anything else. His eyes were narrowed slightly, as though seriously pondering the possibility of what was just said.
Jiji took a big gulp of wine, before looking at Tang An silently.
"Speaking of which." Tang An said, a bright smile on his face. "Egg seems to be getting along really well with Yearning in the online game?"
"Enough, let's not guess anymore." Wang Qiming put away his phone. "I always thought that Young Master Ruto has a story behind him."
"Let's go, Jiji." Haruto stood up. He had drunk countless glasses of wine tonight, but his eyes remained as clear as ever.
The bartender had watched and was well aware how many glasses this young man had drunk, but seeing him able to stand without staggering, and how clear his eyes were, he started to doubt whether or not the drinks he made were not strong enough, and were just water!
***
In the girls' dormitory in A University, Xiao Yichen had just returned today after she had taken leave. She saw Yuna with her hand bandaged up the moment she stepped into the room. "Yuyu, what happened? Who beat you?"
"Pui!" Ye Xuan almost spat out the water that she had been drinking. "You need to read more books, big sis. Do you know what this is? These are burn marks! Burn! Marks!"
"Okay, burns. I get it." Xiao Yichen nodded her head. "What did you do to get such serious burns!"
"I just got careless, I'm fine." Yuna waved her hand at them, assuring them that she was indeed fine.
"Come to think of it, Yuyu." Xiao Yichen took a bite of an apple as they continued to chat. "Who did you learn feng shui from?"
Yuna squinted at the question. "You may not believe me, but I learned it myself."
"You don't have a master? I just wanted to ask who it was!" Xiao Yichen took a vicious bite of her apple as she said that.
"You learned it yourself, that's amazing! Amazing!" Ye Xuan finally understood why Yuna would go on this path of being someone who engages in superstitious activities.
Yuna merely smiled. Xiao Yichen and Ye Xuan probably thought that she meant that she had brought back books and studied them on her own. However, she hadn't meant it that way. From the time she was young, her mind automatically broadcasted memories and knowledge of a feng shui master, and she learned from it especially well. It was as though she had learned it once, a long time ago.
She obviously didn't elaborate on this, instead climbing onto her bed to think on what had happened today. Why did her head suddenly hurt? And there was that surge of unknown energy.
Yuna fell asleep thinking about these matters.
Come the next morning, Yuna found that she could already move her hand freely.
This was some godly effect, right?!
Even though she had seen many strange things in her life, she still felt surprised at this. She turned the bottle of ointment upside down to see the bottom. It wasn't a bottle that was available on general markets, and the surface of it was completely white. Only a small word 'Lalisa' was written at the bottom of it
"Lalisa?" Yuna muttered the word under her breath.
Today was a Sunday, and there were no classes for the three to attend. Ye Xuan wanted to head to the store to buy a hard disk for her computer, while Xiao Yichen wanted to go shopping for clothes. Yuna didn't really have anything to buy, but she was dragged out forcefully by the other two.
It was drizzling outside, and due to the coldness that was setting in, Yuna grabbed a jacket.
Ye Xuan was wearing a skirt, and she was looking at Yuna in disgust when she saw her wearing a jacket.
But when she walked on the streets, she understood and regretted her decision. She rubbed her arms, trying to warm herself up. "It's so cold!"
Yuna glanced at her, then silently took off her jacket and threw it at Ye Xuan. She had worn a long sleeve top with jeans, and it was still warmer compared to Ye Xuan, who was wearing a skirt. Taking off the jacket didn't make much of a difference to Yuna.
Ye Xuan put on the jacket excitedly. "Yuyu, I love you so much!"
"Of course, who would love you if the great me didn't?" Yuna said, her voice calm and flat.
Ye Xuan: "Just pretend I never said that then."
"There's a milk tea shop opposite here, what flavor do you want, Yuyu?" Ye Xuan looked around, catching sight of the said shop.
"The same as yours." Yuna pressed her temples, her head aching suddenly. What was going on?
Ye Xuan didn't notice Yuna's dilemma, and left towards the shop.
Yuna felt like her head was going to explode at any moment. It was the same as yesterday, and she slowly knelt down to the ground, pressing hard against her temple, but it wasn't helping at all!
There was a constant roar ringing in her ears!
At the same moment, the harsh, shrieking sound of brakes echoed out!
Yuna tried her best to open her eyes. It felt like something had broken through her memory into her brain, and the blurry image of the world gradually cleared up.
Haruto was also around the area, not far away from the street that she was on. He was driving leisurely, and suddenly snapped his head up. "This aura..."
There was a traffic jam in front of him, and Haruto opened the door, getting down from the car. He rushed forward in the rain, looking for the location of that familiar energy!
The aura didn't disappear suddenly as it did last time, and when he finally looked in the direction of it, he could only see Yuna, who was standing in a daze in the middle of the road.
Haruto stood in the rain, ignoring how the water was pouring down. The people around the area were walking in a hurried pace, screams and depressing cries around. He stood in the middle in the road like this, looking up towards the skies, ignoring the horns of the drivers.
"That... Isn't that Tan Yuna? And Chen Chen!" Jiji had followed Haruto down the car and chased after him. As soon as it reached the middle of the road, it saw a pool of blood on the side of the road.
A girl wearing a black coat was lying in the pool of blood, on her side. Only half her face could be seen, the other parts of her drenched in the red liquid.
Yuna was kneeling beside the girl, her face completely blank, as though she wasn't really looking at the person on the ground in front of her. There were no tears on her face.
Haruto snapped out of his own daze immediately. He looked at Yuna, who was still in a stunned state, and he pulled out his phone and called the hospital directly.
A few minutes later, an ambulance arrived in a rush. Haruto directed Ye Xuan to be carried away, taking control of the situation the entire time.
Yuna followed the stretcher into the ambulance listlessly, still in the same dazed state.
Ye Xuan was wheeled into the emergency room, while Yuna leaned against the wall outside, the same eerily blank look on her face.
Xiao Yichen was worried and fretting about Ye Xuan's condition, almost in tears. When she saw Yuna in this state, she was shocked. "Yuyu, what's wrong?"
Why did she have such an expression on her face?
Yuna looked at Xiao Yichen when she heard her voice, her eyes hollow. "Yichen, it's because of me. Ye Xuan got into an accident because of me."
"Yuyu! What are you talking about?! What has this got to do with you?!" Xiao Yichen held Yuna by the shoulder, looking straight into her haunted eyes.
Yuna didn't say anything further, her gaze on the door of the emergency room. The door opened right at this moment, and a group of doctors in white coats walking out. The one who was in the lead took off his mask and shook his head. "The patient has a row of broken ribs, and three of them have pierced her lungs. It's impossible to save that particular lung now. Her skull has also cracked, and not only has it injured the nerves of the brain, there's also a lot of blood that has seeped into it. Even if we force a surgery now, it will just drag out the patient's misery."
Yuna's body shook violently, her hands reaching out to the collar of the doctor's coat. "Save her! No matter what it takes, you have to save her! I'll give you whatever it is that she's lacking now! As long as you just save her!"
"Miss, please calm down. If we're able to save her, then we won't give up even for a moment! However, are you sure you want the patient to die in pain?" The doctor placed both hands on Yuna's shoulders, saying each word slowly so that she was able to process it.
"If we can get Dean Zhu to come, how much higher would the success rate of this operation be?" Haruto pried the doctor's hand off the girl, his dark eyes piercing.
"The patient's lifeforce is almost gone, even if the gods themselves came down, there isn't anything we can do," The doctor replied, giving Haruto a surprised look. "Even if Dean Zhu were to come, it's impossible to get rid of the blood in her head, forget about the punctured lungs."
Jackson had already been acknowledged as the top doctor in the entire world, the one who could snatch someone back from the jaws of death. If he couldn't do it, then there really was nothing anyone could do.
Yuna and Xiao Yichen were both stunned speechless. How were they to accept this sudden news?!
"Actually, that may not be true." An elderly doctor took off his glasses, a thoughtful look in his eyes. "There was an example of a pair of legs being saved back then in N City, one that was far beyond saving. If we can find the main surgeon who performed that operation, we could possibly save this girl."
"Old Yang, we're not living in some science fiction universe right now. Even the adhesive cells that the medical laboratory has developed can't repair her punctured lungs, you know that." The other doctor said, glancing at the elderly doctor. "It's a cruel thing to give the patient's family hope, just for it to be crushed!"
"Do you have information about the surgeon?" Yuna looked at the old doctor with pleading eyes.
Old Yang thought for a moment, then turned to Haruto. "Dean Zhu was also present during the operation that year, you can try asking him."
Haruto glanced at Yuna, then pulled out his phone, giving Jackson a call.
"And here I thought something had happened. Ruptured lungs and intracranial hemorrhage? Fatty Egg Jeon, although I don't have any ways to repair damaged organs, those are not a problem in Beauty Lisa's hands. Why are you looking for me instead of her?" Jackson sighed. "You better hurry up and find your Beauty Lisa."
Repair damaged organs? Even the adhesive cell wouldn't be able to do that, how was it possible for her to be saved?
Even though Jackson was the one who said this, Ye Xuan's attending doctor still didn't believe it. He turned to look at Xiao Yichen and Yuna, his voice grave and serious as he repeated his words, "Are you sure you want the patient to die in pain?"
Outside the emergency room, there were also family members of other patients waiting.
"It's better to let her pass in peace, why would you want to drag out her suffering right before her death?" Someone looked at Yuna, chiding her.
Yuna looked back at the doctor's face, calm and collected compared to before. "As long as there's a slight chance, I won't give up. The only regret I will have is never taking the chance I had to save her!"
"You're right." At the end of this corridor, it was an elevator. The door opened just as she said that, and a cold, clear voice rang out from it, catching everyone's attention.
Two figures stood in the elevator, a man and a woman. The man was wearing a crisp, white shirt and gray slacks, and he had sharp, distinct facial features. He was tall and extremely good looking, and you could feel the majestic and noble aura that he exuded with one glance. The woman was also wearing snow-white clothes, and against her pale-white skin, it was hard to tell which one was fairer. Her delicate facial features were as pretty as a picture.
Lisa narrowed her eyes at the attending doctor. "No matter what the time is, as a doctor who wields a scalpel, you shouldn't give up on a patient on the operating table."
Her eyes were indifferent as it gazed at all the doctors who were present.
Her gaze was obviously not piercing, and it could even be said to be peaceful, yet the doctors all didn't dare to look directly into those clear, bright eyes.
What people were worried about were the many diseases out there, while doctors worried about how few treatments to those mentioned diseases.
Her eyes were too clear and bright, and perhaps the doctors felt the guilt stabbing at their hearts at her words, and didn't dare to look at Lisa.
Yuna had been stunned to the spot the moment Lisa had made an appearance.
She probably never expected to see Lisa appear at this time.
"Do you believe me?" Lisa finally turned her attention towards Yuna.
Yuna had not shed a single tear since this matter had started, and she didn't know why, she suddenly started crying. She sniffed, and cried through her tears as she looked at Lisa, "Yes, I believe, I do!"
Yuna first knew about Lisa because her mother liked her very much. Until now, she could still clearly remember that her mom had said in the darkest moment of her life, it was because of Lisa's interview that had shed light in her life and she survived because of that, going on to having Yuna after that.
Perhaps Lisa wasn't aware just how many people had been affected by the phrase that she had said that day, 'You're not living right if you're not crazy', and how many people she had pulled out of the darkness with it, saving their lives.
If she couldn't even believe in Lisa, then Yuna didn't know who else she could possibly believe in.
"That's good." Lisa snapped her fingers.
Seeing that she looked like she was about to enter the operating theatre, the attending doctor moved to block the door immediately. "What nonsense are you talking about? You're just a silly little girl, and you dare to boast shamelessly about entering the operating room? Do you know what state the patient is in there?"
"Pft." Before Lisa could say anything, a chuckle came from the end of the corridor.
Jackson and Hyunsuk were leading a medical team over, and the older man's lips were curled up in a smile. He looked at the attending doctor who just spoke. "A silly little girl? You're the founder of the world's top medical laboratory that she's shamelessly boasting about saving someone? This is the biggest joke I've heard this year."
Jackson wasn't the only one laughing, Hyunsuk and the medical team behind them were also snickering. Jackson was right, that was the best joke any one of them had heard in the entire year!
The attending doctor never imagined that Jackson would turn up in person, but what shocked him even more were the words that he had just uttered. What did he just say? The founder of the world's top medical laboratory? This silly little girl in front of him?! How was that possible?!
The medical laboratory had been in existence for at least twenty years, and the girl in front of him looked to be around twenty.
Hyunsuk didn't speak to him any further, handing a set of sterile clothing to Lisa instead, greeting her quietly under his breath, "Sister Lisa."
"How can all of you mess around in the city hospital like this... ugh..." The attending doctor was pulled aside by Haruto before he could complete his sentence.
Lisa led the group of people into the operating theatre.
"Beauty Lisa, this is the first time I'll be working with you on the same stage, I'm so excited," Jackson said, the tone of his voice clearly conveying how excited he felt. Then, he turned to the person beside him. "Did you bring the recording device?"
"The audio recorder?"
"It's been prepared."
"Is there a live broadcast?"
"Yes."
It went on for a short while, and when Jackson was done with his questions, he was the last one to enter the theatre. Before he did, his eyes fell on Yuna, who was standing at the side and watching them. He chuckled. "Don't worry, this team of people will save her even if she's already dead."
Having said that, Jackson entered the room, and the glass door was closed behind him.
Yuna stood next to the glass door. Her heart that had been dull and anxious slowly calming down. She turned around, looking at Xiao Yichen, seeing that the other seemed to have already let go of all her worries early on.
"Yuyu, don't worry. With Beauty Lisa here, Xuan Xuan won't suffer a single bit." Xiao Yichen patted her on the shoulder. "Believe me."
Jungkook stood beside Haruto. The two figures looked alike, standing next to each other, however, Jungkook's figure was obviously more distinct than the younger man's.
"You can't even protect your own people properly, and you have to have your mother to clean up the mess for you in the end." Jungkook raised an eyebrow slightly. His eyes were as cold as snow, deep like an abyss, and there was also a hint of contempt in them.
"My Beauty Lisa is the one who's cleaning up the mess, not you..." Haruto's heart that was practically hanging on a thread could finally be at peace. He couldn't help but touch his nose at Jungkook's words.
Jungkook looked in the direction of the emergency room, a sliver of mental power already stretched out into the room, paying attention to everything that was happening in it. On the outside, he still remained indifferent as he replied, "If you really intend to continue to develop, then you should clean up that shadow in the entertainment industry."
"The entertainment industry?" Haruto furrowed his brows. "Who?"
"That Yang Beini. She was waiting for you in front of the hospital entrance today to see you. I had the bodyguards throw her into the bureau." Jungkook wanted to light up a cigarette, but remembered that they were in the hospital, he shoved it back in his pockets. "With such EQ, how are you supposed to be an emperor?"
"That's why I died after just taking the position for not even three years." Haruto couldn't help but smile, not bothered about the insult at all. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to touch my beauty at all."
Jungkook leaned against the wall, his voice dropping to below freezing. "Say it again, and I'll throw you into confinement."
If it were in the past, Haruto would definitely not feel threatened by the threat. It wasn't a big deal to be detained for a few days, but now, as he glanced at Yuna's direction, he backed down. "Fine."
If he couldn't call her 'my beauty', then he'd just call her 'Beauty Lisa'.
"Wait a second, what's with Yang Beini? Do I know her?" Haruto scratched his head, not recalling anyone with the name.
Jungkook shot him a flat look, not replying.
While the surgery was ongoing inside the operating theatre, Ye Xuan's attending doctor was standing outside the door. He still didn't believe that torn and broken organs could be repaired!
At this moment, the elevator door slid open with a 'ding' again, and a group of people in white coats came rushing out from it. Seeing the dean of the hospital at the head of these people, Ye Xuan's attending doctor immediately stepped forward. "Dean, you absolutely can't tolerate this. Inside, she's..."
Before he could finish speaking, the dean walked past him, stopping in front of Jungkook. "Young Master Jeon."
The man raised his head, looking at the dean who was already old and gray, standing in front of him. He straightened up, his previously furrowed brows smoothing out and melting into a more gentle expression. "You're here for her?"
"That's right, Miss Lalisa and the others have been researching a medicine that allows cells to perform self recovery." The dean's face lit up when he spoke about this matter, even his eyes were sparkling. "If this succeeds, the lifespan of people will be extended."
There was a flash of surprise in Jungkook's eyes as he turned in the direction of the glass door.
At the same time, the door opened up, revealing Hyunsuk's excited expression. "Dean, you're here? Hurry and come in!"
The dean's face lit up even more if possible, and hurriedly entered the emergency room, ignoring Jungkook. He asked anxiously as he walked, "Has there been a breakthrough? Has the medicine for self-recovery been discovered?"
"It's almost done. Miss Lalisa is doing the final fusion..." Hyunsuk's voice trailed off as the door closed behind them.
Watching so many people enter the room again, Yuna and Xiao Yichen became anxious.
Ten minutes later, the elevator opened once again, revealing Meng Yunzhao this time.
She was obviously out of breath and looked harried, panting for breath as she came to a stop in front of them. Her eyes were red and her voice was trembling as she asked, "What happened? What's happened to Xuan Xuan?"
"Xuan Xuan is inside, I don't know what's the situation now..." Yuna was just about to finish her words, when the glass door to the emergency room opened. A female nurse walked out, and her eyes landed on Meng Yunzhao. "Student Meng, Miss Lalisa has requested for you to come in."
"Miss Lalisa?" Meng Yunzhao was taken aback. "Miss Lalisa is inside?"
The female nurse seemed to be looking at Meng Yunzhao with envy and admiration in her eyes, and she held out a set of sterile clothing towards the other. "That's right, Miss Lalisa is inside."
Not long after Meng Yunzhao entered, Lisa came out.
Jungkook walked to her side, taking the head covering that she took off, as well as the sterile clothing.
"Everyone, her condition has stabilized. However, because we had to perform craniotomy, it will be a few days before she wakes up. Someone will be along to explain everything to you later." Lisa smiled faintly at them, then went out with Jungkook.
The attending doctor who was still standing at the side of the door was muttering to himself after hearing Lisa's word, his tone clearly one of disbelief, "How is that possible? How can damaged organs fuse themselves? This is definitely not real!"
Just as he said that, the door to the emergency room opened once again. Ye Xuan was rolled out first, and a group of extremely excited doctors followed.
The attending doctor grabbed one of the nurses and asked, "Was the operation successful?"
"It was a success!" The nurse's face was flushed red in excitement. ."As soon as the result of this research comes out, our lifespan can be extended by at least ten years! If we continue to work hard in this direction, we'll definitely achieve even more success after this!"