In the hospital room, Lin Tong accompanied Ye Xuan for a while and then walked out again, remaining calm from start to finish.

In front of the other women, she must make herself appear composed. No matter how painful and helpless she feels inside, she can only swallow everything down! After all, she is Ye Xuan's wife.

Previously, when the other women came out, they were crying tears of sorrow, seemingly heartbroken.

But only when Lin Tong emerged did she have dry eyes, and even her facial expression appeared unchanged from when she had first entered.

Seeing her like this, the other women exchanged looks, but deep down they all understood that Lin Tong must be more anguished than them.

Because her relationship with Ye Xuan was the deepest! Now that Ye Xuan's life is hanging by a thread, how could she not be devastated? But the pain was so extreme, it was as if she couldn't feel it anymore.

The scene was silent; no one spoke.

It seemed as though no one knew what to say, perhaps silence was the best choice at this time.

Just when the atmosphere was stifling, a young girl with a ponytail ran from the corner and stood in front of Lin Tong.

First, she bowed politely, then pleaded, "Lin Tong, Sister, please let me go in to see Ye Xuan! I am his... friend! My name is Sun Xiaomeng, is it okay?"

Lin Tong looked at her mildly and nodded silently, "You may, go ahead!"

"Thank you, Sister Lin Tong!"

Sun Xiaomeng expressed her gratitude and then went with the nurse for protective measures.

Stationed at the same spot in silence, Lin Tong removed her mask and gloves, glanced towards the smoking room, felt a slight tug in her heart, and walked over there.

At this moment, Liu Ying was smoking alone, as if to vent all her inner distress. Upon hearing footsteps behind her, she turned to look.

Seeing Lin Tong approaching, she exhaled smoke gently and said, "Did you see him?"

"I saw him."

"You are tougher than I imagined!" Liu Ying said, seriously observing Lin Tong.

Lin Tong stood beside her, gazing up at the starry sky, and softly said, "You aren't as weak as I imagined either."

"Heh, did you see through me? In this world, there isn't really a strong woman; it's just that some women know better how to pretend, isn't it?"

Liu Ying deeply looked at Lin Tong, then put the cigarette in her mouth, took a light drag, enjoying the numbness and stimulation that nicotine brought to her brain.

"Perhaps so..." Looking at the night sky above, Lin Tong sighed lightly.

Thinking for a moment, Liu Ying pulled out a cigarette from the pack and offered it to Lin Tong, "Want one?"

"I don't smoke." Lin Tong shook her head.

Liu Ying didn't insist, putting the cigarette back in the pack, and raised a splash of sentiment on her face, "Actually, cigarettes are a good thing; they can make you forget your troubles. Just smoke one, and it seems like all the pain and worries vanish into thin air."

"That's just temporary numbness! After smoking, you will still feel the pain." Lin Tong replied.

"You're right, borrowing cigarettes to relieve worries only makes them worse; troubles cannot be cut off! But it can briefly make you forget your worries, which is already a great relief. At least you won't always be immersed in this pain and can allow your heart to rest."

Liu Ying smiled slightly, stubbed out the half-burnt cigarette butt in her hand, tossed it into the wastebin nearby, and once again focused her gaze on Lin Tong.

"Did you come to find me for something?"

"Can't I come see you if there's nothing?"

Lin Tong also shifted her gaze to her, countering.

"Heh, I just feel it's unlike you, to proactively come to me. It's the first time for CEO Lin, isn't it?" Liu Ying chuckled.

"Times have changed!"

Lin Tong redirected her gaze and shook her head slightly, "I really have nothing to say; everything that needed saying has been conveyed. As for what's left, even if we don't say it... we are both very clear, aren't we?"

"I didn't expect you to have such awareness, I underestimated you."

Liu Ying smiled faintly, extended her hand over, "For mutual understanding, shall we shake hands? Hope we can always be rivals!"

Lin Tong looked at her, also smiled.

Equally extended her hand, clasped hers, "Indeed, always be rivals."

"This is our little secret!"

...

In the next day, all the women were busy with things concerning Ye Xuan.

Some capable individuals were reaching out worldwide to invite renowned doctors to treat Ye Xuan! Those without connections gathered around Ye Xuan to take care of him, doing what they could.

At this moment, no one was idle; they were all contributing their efforts in their own ways.

However, it seemed the heavens were playing a joke on them, after a day of bustling, the effects gained were minimal!

The doctors called in all reported the same result, that is, they were helpless against Ye Xuan's illness.

The sisters Liu Ying and Liu Yanyan, including Natasha, no matter if they invited physicians domestically or internationally, none had seen such a peculiar condition like Ye Xuan's, unprecedented in clinical practice, naturally unable to proceed with treatment!

A day had passed, Ye Xuan still lay in the hospital bed, his condition not improving a bit, leaving the women fretful.

However, one thing to be thankful and gratified for is that the black layer on Ye Xuan's skin had diminished, though it had no impact on Ye Xuan's condition, this scene still excited the women, for even small changes were better than none.

Late night at eleven, East Sea City Hospital.

"Miss Liu, this patient you asked me to diagnose, his physical condition is truly too bizarre, I have never seen a patient so strange!"

At this time, outside Ye Xuan's ward, a foreign doctor with blonde hair and blue eyes in his forties was speaking to Liu Ying in English.

"Dr. George, are you truly helpless with Ye Xuan's illness?" Liu Ying furrowed her brow and asked.

"Miss Liu, it's not that I won't treat him, but I have never encountered such a patient; his body shows no damage, yet there's heart failure, along with cerebral half-death and organ weakness throughout the body examining distinct symptoms! This simply defies medical principles, leaving me baffled."

Dr. George shook his head, full of perplexity: "Moreover, he is enveloped by an unidentified black substance, which even instruments fail to detect; it's exceedingly strange! I dare swear to God, this sort of peculiar illness is unheard of."

This Dr. George holds quite a reputation in Beihai Country's medical sphere, was whom Liu Ying invested greatly to invite for treating Ye Xuan, yet even he couldn't determine the illness.

"Dr. George, do you have any hypotheses about Ye Xuan's illness?" Liu Ying further questioned.

George deeply furrowed his brow, extending two fingers, "I currently have two guesses! One is, this hospital's medical equipment has issues, or rather is too outdated, unable to obtain accurate data analysis. Two is, the patient may have suffered exposure to some special substance's radiation, significantly impacting the body, leading to such strange circumstances! This is the conclusion I am more inclined towards."

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