Noon.
Xu Wenyao slumped in a chair in the hallway, looking as if he had aged a decade in an instant.
"President Xu, why don't you go back and rest? We've got things covered here," someone suggested.
He Bingbing and her colleagues had taken shifts and had slept through the night.
But Xu Wenyao and Yang Kang had been guarding the door without a break, both nearly suffering from red eyes due to exhaustion.
Xu Wenyao shook his head.
"I've waited this long already, I can wait a bit longer."
"No matter the outcome, I want to confirm it myself."
Hearing Xu Wenyao say this, viewers in the live broadcast room couldn't help but sigh.
"Why did you do it in the first place if you knew this day would come? If only you had talked nicely with the students, it wouldn't have turned out like this."
"Actually, you can't blame the supervisor completely, who would have thought that a louder voice could scare someone into a heart attack?"
"I bet our teacher also watched the live stream; his voice during the lecture this morning was much softer."
"This guy has single-handedly made all the teachers speak gently and softly, amazing!"
"The surgery has been going on for over ten hours now, right? Why so long? That kid hasn't died, has he?"
"No, if he had died, they would have brought him out by now. The longer the surgery goes on, the more hope there is."
No sooner had this comment floated across the screen than the door to the diagnosis and treatment room suddenly opened.
Li Guotai, followed by a group of senior professors, wiped the sweat off his brow while hurrying toward the office.
Xu Wenyao and the others quickly stood up.
But the group, as if they hadn't seen them, were excitedly discussing something.
"I've never seen such a ridiculous situation; luckily, I've recorded the entire surgery. I'm going to publish a paper on it right now, no one better compete with me!"
"Bullshit! The surgery was a team effort; why should you hoard the research findings all to yourself?"
"Exactly. If it weren't for my skillful micro-handling during the heart bypass, your oxygen saturation wouldn't have recovered so quickly, would it?"
"Don't talk nonsense, his oxygen saturation was so low he should have been dead. The reason he didn't die must be due to some special factor; it has nothing to do with the speed of your bypass operation."
Seeing the professors about to walk away, Xu Wenyao quickly ran up and called out to Li Guotai.
"Dean Li, what's the current situation with Wu Bin? Was the surgery a success?"
Li Guotai slapped his forehead and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the surgery was very successful!"
"This kid is really lucky; several unexpected things happened during the operation. At first, we thought he was a goner."
"But to our surprise, he toughed it all out!"
He Bingbing, realizing this was prime material for the live stream, hurried forward to inquire about the details.
"Dean Li, can you tell us about the complications that arose?"
"Of course, I can."
Li Guotai began to recount animatedly.
"Just after President Xu had signed the consent form, Wu Bin's oxygen saturation dropped to 20."
"We humans need oxygen to live, and so do our organs."
"When the oxygen level falls below 20, you can assume that all our organs are suffocating."
"This kind of asphyxiation can cause irreversible damage to human organs. So, if the oxygen level keeps dropping, the body will collapse, even leading to brain death."
"Actually, when Wu Bin's oxygen level was only 20, we already thought he had no chance of making it to the operating table. But somehow, he hung on with just 20% oxygen saturation until we successfully constructed the first cardiac bridge!"
"It's really rare, definitely a world first!"
Seeing Li Guotai still so vibrant after performing surgery for over ten hours, everyone started to realize how incredible it was that someone could hold on with just 20% oxygen saturation until getting on the operating table.
The viewers in the live stream started sending gifts non-stop.
"Alive with a blood oxygen level of 20? Are they even human?"
"No wonder all these senior professors are so thrilled; for those studying medicine, this is indeed like finding treasure."
"The difficulty of this surgery was no less than snatching someone right from King Yan's grasp."
"King Yan: The adversary has reclaimed a college student."
"This kid's ancestors must be madly pulling strings below, probably spent all the savings they accumulated over hundreds of years."
"Ancestors: Our family's only college student can't die, no way."
"Is this what modern college students are like? Delicate skin, but hard to kill."
Seeing the popularity of the live broadcast instantly increase by thirty thousand, He Bingbing was very pleased.
"Dean Li, other than low blood oxygen, did Wu Bin encounter any other unexpected issues during the operation?"
"Oh, there were plenty."
Li Guotai began counting on his fingers.
"Simultaneous arterial spasm, ventricular fibrillation, cardiac arrest, arrhythmia…"
"You could say that just from this one operation, Wu Bin has been quite an eye-opener for us cardiothoracic surgeons."
"He's practically getting sick by the book, holds great clinical medical value!"
He Bingbing listened, stunned.
For a moment, she didn't know whether to congratulate Li Guotai or to feel sorry for Wu Bin.
This kid has such tough luck!
Just eating hotpot in the dorm and end up like this.
Xu Wenyao wasn't concerned with the process of the surgery, but the outcome.
Feeling anxious, he asked:
"Dean Li, just tell me straight, is Wu Bin's heart disease cured?"
Li Guotai nodded.
"Strangely enough, after we constructed three bypasses for him, his blood vessels do not seem to be blocked anymore."
"And based on the latest diagnostic report, Wu Bin's heart is now even stronger than a professional athlete's!"
"This is the most baffling part, and it's why those old guys, after the surgery, didn't sleep a wink and went straight to researching and writing papers."
"If we can find out the reason behind Wu Bin's strong heart, our country could make even greater breakthroughs in the field of cardiology!"
Hearing Li Guotai say this, Xu Wenyao could hardly believe his ears.
Unbelievable, just unbelievable!
Used to be someone who could be brought in for resuscitation at the slight shout from an instructor.
And now you're telling me his heart is stronger than a professional athlete's?
What kind of international joke is this!
The netizens in the live broadcast room also found it unbelievable.
"Fake, right? A heart that's just undergone surgery, stronger than a normal person's?"
"If it were someone else saying this, I would doubt it, but we're talking about Li Guotai here!"
"Yeah, did you see the excitement on the faces of those senior professors just now? They don't look like they're acting at all, which means this surgery is indeed very special."
"This kid's ancestors must have held some serious office in the underworld for him to be this tough."
"Is this what they call a blessing in disguise? That's just too incredible."
"Wait, are you guys hearing something? It's like the sound of drums."
It wasn't just the netizens who heard it, Xu Wenyao and the others heard it too.
Following the direction of the sound, they realized it was the nurses pushing Wu Bin out of the consultation room.