Chapter 164: One hundred sixty-four successful surgeries_1 Chapter 164: One hundred sixty-four successful surgeries_1 He hardly slept last night, but now not only was he not tired, he felt even more spirited.

After all, Ji Pianran was undergoing surgery.

Everything that was happening inside, he couldn’t see.

…

The surgery was simple, after all with the current medical standards, this kind of surgery was quite straightforward.

In less than two hours, Ji Pianran’s surgery was completed, and she lay on the hospital bed being wheeled out by two nurses.

Due to the anesthesia, she hadn’t woken up yet. She lay there on the bed, her face as serene as always, the only difference being that her eyes were closed, and her beautiful lips were somewhat pale.

She looked very weak.

Gu Chen’s face twitched at the sight of her, an indescribable sense of heartache washing over him.

He swallowed hard and looked anxiously at the doctor.

“How is she, doctor?”

The doctor removed his white gloves before smiling at Gu Chen.

“Don’t worry, the surgery went smoothly. Remember, she can start eating a little tomorrow, and in seven days, she can return to a normal diet.”

Hearing that the surgery went smoothly, a weight instantly lifted from Gu Chen’s heart that had been pressing him to the point of breathlessness.

He let out a deep breath.

Like a deflated ball, his whole body went limp, and he sat down abruptly on the bench behind him.

There was an unprecedented sense of relief in his heart.

Seeing this, the doctor chuckled.

“It seems the relationship between you two is quite good. You’re really concerned about your wife’s illness,” he said.

After all, he had been a doctor for so many years.

He had seen all kinds of family members, but those who had such a strong reaction over a simple polyp removal, like Gu Chen, were few and far between.

“Don’t worry, it was just a minor surgery after all. But then again, it’s good it was cut out early. If it continued, no one can guarantee what it could have turned into,” the doctor continued.

In this world, apart from Gu Chen, probably no second person knew exactly how Ji Pianran had died in her past life.

Naturally, nobody else could understand why he was so nervous.

Gu Chen didn’t blame them.

He nodded his head as if pardoned.

“In any case, thank you.”

He was truly relieved. Ji Pianran’s life was saved.

…

Around noon, at about twelve o’clock, Ji Pianran finally came out from under the anesthesia.

She lay on the hospital bed, bathed in sunlight that tenderly poured through the window onto her blanket and her fair skin.

And onto her dark, soft hair.

With the movement of her eyeballs, she slowly opened her eyes. Her pretty almond-shaped eyes instantly formed crescent-shaped double eyelids, and her clear, dark pupils looked over at Gu Chen’s face.

Then, she sent a faint smile toward Gu Chen, who was sitting on a chair, watching her.

“It’s all over now, thank you for your efforts,” she said.

Because of the surgery, Ji Pianran looked haggard, and her voice was weak.

In fact, she hadn’t slept well last night either.

In her half-dreaming state, she could feel someone constantly covering her with blankets.

She knew it had to be Gu Chen.

Early this morning, when it was time for surgery,

Gu Chen seemed even more nervous than she was, even though it was only an early spring day in March.

Sweat kept breaking out on his forehead.

Ji Pianran understood that he was nervous on her behalf.

Now that the surgery was finally over,

Looking at his handsome face, which bore an indescribable exhaustion,

Ji Pianran felt a bit guilty, yet at the same time, there was an inexplicable sense of happiness in her heart.

Gu Chen’s eyebrows twitched with concern as he reached out to gently touch her head.

“How silly, the one who’s working hard is you.”

The one undergoing surgery was her, and the one suffering was still her; he was just doing what a husband should do. What was there to be hard about that?

Ji Pianran blinked and smiled sweetly.

“Go back and get some rest, the hospital doesn’t have a place for family members to sleep, and Tangtang is still waiting for you at Aunt Zhang’s house.”

When it came to going home, Gu Chen really did remember something, which was his cordyceps.

He furrowed his brow, somewhat regretting that he should have left the house key with Tian Laosì when he left yesterday.

So that he could have helped with watering this morning and checked on their growth.

After all, each of those cordyceps was worth several hundred bucks, quite valuable indeed.

However valuable the cordyceps might be, his wife was still ill; if he left now, he would definitely feel guilty.

Gu Chen shook his head, “It’s fine, Tangtang has Aunt Zhang. If I leave, you’ll have no one to take care of you.”

She looked so haggard, Gu Chen truly couldn’t bear it.

Ji Pianran pursed her lips, her voice weak but her eyes carried a genuine sincerity.

“The surgery is over, and I can’t eat or drink anything right now, plus I keep feeling sleepy. You can’t really be of help by staying here, you’d better go back and check on Tangtang.”

Gu Chen pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek and moved his mouth as if contemplating.

He knew she was telling the truth.

He couldn’t eat or drink for her, nor could he sleep for her.

Staying here seemed to be for nothing more than the chance to look at her a bit more.

Seeing that he was somewhat reluctant to leave, Ji Pianran took a step back.

“How about this, go back and rest for a bit, and then come back later.”

If she didn’t put it this way, Gu Chen would definitely not return home, but then it would be his body suffering.

It pained her to think of that.

Gu Chen glanced at her face with concern and worry.

“Would you be alright by yourself?”

Ji Pianran smiled, “I’m just going to sleep, what’s there to worry about? If you don’t go back now, I’ll really get angry.”

Although she mentioned getting angry, Gu Chen didn’t catch a trace of anger on her face.

But Ji Pianran did have a stubborn streak, and Gu Chen knew this well.

He nodded, “Okay then, I’ll come back in the afternoon.”

His agreement to go back wasn’t because he needed rest, but because he needed to check on the cordyceps; if he didn’t take care of them well and they perished, that would be a substantial loss of money.

Besides, the items in the space hadn’t been tended to for two days, and the goji berries were probably overgrown by now.

It was time to deliver a batch of goji berries to Boss Zhao.

There was another task he needed to hurry up and take care of—that was to buy a telephone.

These past days, he’d come to realize the importance of a telephone.

If he had such a device, doing business would be so convenient; matters that required just a few words wouldn’t necessitate a trip anymore.

It would save a lot of time and trouble.

Ji Pianran blinked, feigning fatigue, “Alright, go now, I’m going to sleep.”

After speaking, she closed her eyes, pretending to be very sleepy.

Seeing this, Gu Chen finally left reluctantly.

…

A little while after Gu Chen left, Ji Pianran opened her eyes, slowly got down from the bed, and pulled out the cloth bag she had brought with her, along with the embroidery she had sneakily packed the day before.

Then she sat back on the bed and carefully stretched out the embroidery on her lap.

Soon, a vibrantly colored phoenix, lifelike and stunning, emerged upon the white silk cloth.

Since she’d had enough sleep and wasn’t in pain at the moment, she wanted to complete it thoroughly.

Ji Pianran then took a small needle and thread pack out of the cloth bag, extracted a needle and thread, and started threading the needle.

Seeing the phoenix on Ji Pianran’s leg, Ma Xiaolan, who had been deep in thought, was suddenly astonished; her mouth opened so wide it could be accurately described as an “O” without exaggeration.

She looked at Ji Pianran in surprise, her voice raised in pitch.

“This, did you embroider this?”