Chapter 3: After Being Severely Injured and Paralyzed, a Seventy-Year-Old Man Miraculously Recovers

Rong Leying looked at the little boy who was still lingering nearby, then at the tightly shut operating room. Gritting her teeth, she pressed the installment purchase option.

Whether it was real or fake, she would buy it and see. She had already seen a ghost, so this thing had to be real, right?

She was like a gambler staking everything on one throw; as long as there was a chance for her grandfather to get better, she would choose it without hesitation.

After the installment button was pressed, it displayed that the order was successful, without even asking her to fill in a shipping address.

If it didn't ask her to fill it in, how was she supposed to get the item?

At that moment, Rong Leying suddenly felt as if something had appeared in her pants pocket. She was wearing casual trousers that weren't particularly loose, and the sensation of something extra in her pocket against her skin was very distinct.

She reached into her pocket to feel it, then pulled out a small white porcelain bottle with the words "Huan Yang Xu Ming Dan" (Life-Renewing Pill) written on it.

Rong Leying’s eyes widened instantly. Holy crap, she actually got it just like that!

"Big sister, can you help me say something to my dad?" the little boy suddenly spoke to Rong Leying.

Rong Leying replied without thinking, "What do you want to say?"

"I want to..."

Before the little boy could finish his sentence, the tightly shut operating room suddenly opened, and several doctors walked out. Rong Leying’s attention was instantly drawn away; unable to care about the little boy, she hurried forward.

"Doctor, how is my grandfather?"

Liao Jiamu took off his mask, revealing a handsome face that couldn't hide the exhaustion in his eyes. "The surgery is complete. The old gentleman’s injuries were too severe. He will be observed in the ICU for the next three days. The family should prepare themselves mentally; even if he wakes up, there is a high probability he will be paralyzed."

The old man’s most severe injuries were to his brain, followed by his spine. The doctors had already told Rong Leying this before the surgery.

The old man was advanced in age, and with such heavy injuries, the success rate of the surgery was very low. Even if he were resuscitated, there was a high probability of paralysis, and it wasn't certain that his whole body—including his brain—would be clear.

Rong Leying knew all of this. After listening to the doctor’s instructions on precautions and the items the patient would need, she hurried out to buy them.

After buying everything, she handed the items to the nurse. Family members were not allowed to accompany patients in the ICU; they could only visit during designated times.

Rong Leying waited outside until the visiting hours began before entering the ICU.

The ICU was very quiet, so quiet that there was only the sound of cold instruments running. The old man was covered in tubes, his head wrapped in thick gauze.

Seeing the old man like this, Rong Leying’s eyes turned red instantly, and she felt incredibly heartbroken.

She walked to the bedside, put her hand into her pocket, and gripped the small porcelain bottle tightly.

The medicine instructions stated that the Life-Renewing Pill would melt upon contact with the mouth. She just needed to put the pill into his mouth.

But the old man had a tube in his mouth; she would have to wait until the tube was removed to feed it to him.

Rong Leying kept watch outside the ICU for two days. On the third day, the old man woke up, but just as the doctor had said, he was paralyzed.

The tube was removed, and she fed the pill to the old man.

The old man lay on the bed, able to move only his head, and he couldn't speak clearly. He didn't know what she had fed him.

He only felt a large object being shoved into his mouth, and once it entered, it melted. It was very bitter.

More bitter than his own life.

The old man had a reflex to spit it out, but his mouth was covered by Rong Leying.

"Grandpa, this medicine is very expensive, swallow it."

From the old man’s wrinkled expression, she could tell it definitely didn't taste good, but she had to try.

She wasn't afraid of the hardship of taking care of a paralyzed grandfather, but the old man had too much self-respect. She was afraid that once he realized he wouldn't recover, he would lose the will to live.

Old Master Rong:...

Knowing that this thing was very expensive, Old Master Rong immediately swallowed it.

After he finished, Rong Leying kept observing his changes; she was also afraid that there might be something wrong with the medicine.

After a long while, the bitterness in his mouth faded, and Old Master Rong finally spoke, "Yingzi, get Grandpa some water, it’s too bitter."

How could there be such bitter medicine? Even he, a man who wasn't afraid of hardship, found it bitter.

Hearing him speak a complete, clear sentence, Rong Leying was so excited she almost cried.

"Grandpa, what did you say?"

"I said what kind of medicine did you give me? Why is it so bitter? Get me some water."

"!!!"

He was really better!

Rong Leying jumped up from the stool in excitement and ran out to find the doctor.

A few minutes later, a group of doctors finished checking the old man’s body, their faces filled with shock.

This old man’s recovery ability was just too strong!

There was clearly a ninety percent chance of paralysis, but now his body was already in the process of recovery.

He had only been out of the ICU for half a day, and he had already recovered this well!

This recovery speed was enough to be filmed for two episodes of *Approaching Science*.

They even thought of a title: *"Septuagenarian Miraculously Recovers After Severe Injury and Paralysis."*

"Old gentleman, how are you feeling now?" the bald doctor at the front asked.

Old Master Rong looked confused. "Ah... I feel pretty good. After taking that medicine, my body felt warm."

He had been too focused on the bitterness of the medicine earlier; only now did he realize his body felt warm and very comfortable.

"What medicine did you take earlier?" the doctor continued to ask.

He didn't know what medicine it was. Old Master Rong looked at Rong Leying with a blank expression.

Rong Leying’s eyelids twitched. She couldn't tell these doctors that she had fed her grandfather a Life-Renewing Pill; she would be treated as a mental patient.

"There was no medicine. I just gave him some water. His mouth tasted bitter, so he thought it was medicine," Rong Leying lied with a straight face. "We wouldn't dare take medicine randomly."

Old Master Rong:???

Not medicine? Did he hear wrong?

Old Master Rong looked at his granddaughter’s serious expression and didn't think much of it, so he went along with her story.

In the end, the doctors could only attribute the old man’s abnormal recovery speed to his good constitution and good fortune.

...

With the old man’s condition stabilized, Rong Leying finally remembered to go back and tidy herself up. She was still wearing the clothes from the day of the car accident; she smelled, and her hair was matted and tied into a bun at the back of her head.

Rong Leying walked out of the ward, and a man in a hospital gown with a pale face suddenly walked toward her.

Rong Leying subconsciously stepped aside to let him pass, but unexpectedly, the patient suddenly turned his head—360 degrees—and a pair of eyes stared straight at Rong Leying.

His voice was eerie and excited, "You can see me!"

Rong Leying:...

Ever since she took that mission, she had opened her Yin-Yang eyes. Not only could she see that little boy, but she could also see other ghosts.

This was a hospital, a place with many ghosts.

In the past few days, Rong Leying didn't even know how many ghosts she had seen. Fortunately, she was brave, and she discovered that these ghosts couldn't do anything to her. She treated them as if she were watching a 3D horror movie; otherwise, she would have been scared out of her mind long ago.

Rong Leying pretended she hadn't seen anything and turned around as if nothing had happened.

I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything at all...

"Big sister, I finally found you."

In the blink of an eye, the little boy appeared in front of her again. "Big sister, can you help me?"

Rong Leying: "..."