After exchanging a few words with them, I quickly caught up with the rest of the group and headed towards the operating room.

After they were ready, Wan Niang and her son were also taken into the operating room.

"Now, let's determine the surgery time and confirm the patient's information."

"The current time is 10:00 AM on February 14, 1974. The patient is Li Wannian, female, 25 years old. Information confirmed."

"Surgery, begin."

Outside the operating room, Huo Haocheng sat calmly in a chair, carrying a water bottle. In stark contrast, Li Yunda paced anxiously outside the operating room door, occasionally trying to peek through the crack in the door to see what was happening inside.

Seeing him like this, Huo Haocheng didn't try to persuade him to stay or rest. None of that mattered to him. All he knew was that his wife was inside, and he was risking his life to save her, so he felt it was only right for him to do this.

Seeing Huo Haocheng sitting there, Li Yunda wanted to say something to him several times, but he was afraid when he thought of how Huo Haocheng had dominated him the day they first met.

"Just say what you want to say. Can't a grown man be more direct?" If he were one of his soldiers, they would have slapped him already. He's so shameful.

"...Um, um, don't misunderstand. It's not that I don't believe in Dr. Ruan's medical skills. I just want to ask, everyone says that there are only two doctors in the whole country with Dr. Ruan's medical skills. Is that true?"

Previously, both Dr. Li and the hospital director said that if Dr. Ruan could not cure Wan Niang's illness, then there would be no one in the whole country who could cure her, unless Dr. Ruan's master came forward. However, he had been suffering for decades, and no one except Dr. Ruan knew where he was.

If Ruan Ruan were to hear this, she would say, "Don't knock, she doesn't know either, only Grandpa knows."

"What's the use of asking this now? She's already in the operating room. What can you do now besides believe her?" Looking at the person in front of him, Huo Haocheng couldn't help but tell him to believe his wife's words. It was just like when they went on a mission. They could only do their best to complete the mission. When they set off, the phrase "I guarantee to complete the mission" was a guarantee to their superiors that they would do their best to complete the mission. But this was just a spiritual attitude.

"...I know, there's nothing I can do right now." Hearing Huo Haocheng's question, Li Yunda knew that anything he said would be in vain, but he was so worried and couldn't let go. When he saw Huo Haocheng's expression, he didn't know whether he was frightened or too worried, and he couldn't hold back and burst into tears.

“...you, (ˉ▽ˉ；)..”

This was the first time in Huo Haocheng's life that he had ever seen a grown man so disregard his image, crying so loudly in public. He didn't know how to comfort this grown man at all! He sighed again, wishing he had one of his soldiers who could shout a couple of times and the world would be quiet again.

About five minutes later, he was still crying, and Huo Haocheng had truly reached his breaking point.

"Shut up, you can stop crying after a while. If you keep crying, I might hit you." Hearing his crying, Huo Haocheng had a headache. Even his wife couldn't cry as much as him. He really couldn't understand where such a big man got so many tears.

He really wanted to go up and give him a chop to the neck to knock him out, but he was also worried that if something happened inside and he was unconscious, it would be even more troublesome.

Seeing Huo Haocheng staring at him expressionlessly, Li Yunda felt for some reason that Huo Haocheng was really scary. So when he heard him tell him to shut up, he immediately stopped making any sound. Because the whole process was too sudden and fast, he kept hiccuping after holding his breath.

'Hiccup, hiccup'

Afraid of being overheard by Huo Haocheng, she hid in a corner.

Huo Haocheng was truly at a loss with someone like him. How could someone be so stupid? He couldn't understand what Ruan Ruan saw in him. He could understand Wan Niang working at a charity after she recovered, but he couldn't see anything about this person in front of him.

After being scolded by Huo Haocheng, Li Yunda remained in the corner, facing the wall in repentance. Then, an hour passed, then two hours. He got tired of standing and didn't dare to come over and sit next to Huo Haocheng, so he sat outside the operating room, like a stone lion guarding the door, sitting there motionless.

Three hours have passed, and my state of mind has changed from initial worry and tears to a sense of acceptance.

Three hours passed, and during that time, not a single doctor or nurse came out. They didn't know what was happening inside, so they could only wait quietly.

I watched for hours, sitting there without getting up. I only looked at myself for a moment at first, and then closed my eyes. I don't know if I fell asleep or simply didn't want to see him.

Thinking this way, Li Yunda boldly walked up to him and sat down.

"...Um, comrade, may I ask your name?" Li Yunda asked cautiously in a low voice.

It's not surprising that he didn't know Huo Haocheng's name. On the first day they met, Huo Haocheng took him in for a "re-education" session. A week later, when he came out, he still hadn't seen Huo Haocheng. Today was their second meeting.

Although Huo Haocheng tried hard to remain calm, he could tell from Huo Haocheng's voice that Huo Haocheng was afraid of him. That was fine, there was no need to explain. In the future, the two of them would still be working at Ruan Ruan's charity. Making him afraid would also make him think twice before doing anything that would betray Ruan Ruan.

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