C14 Elder Mu Woke Up!

Before they knew it, it was already 11:55 p.m. Zhong Changqing, who really thought he would win, cleared his throat as he looked at Mu Qingya and said in a serious voice, “Miss Mu, you were here when we made this bet. If one is willing to bet, one must admit defeat. If Meng Ran can really cure the Old General, don’t even ask me to kneel. As long as I can save this great hero of our country, even if I lose my life, I won’t ever regret it!”

The old hospital’s speech was passionate, and once it entered everyone’s ears, he instantly won over the crowd.

Mu Qingya turned around and looked coldly at the ugly expressions of the audience members. At the moment, she only felt pure disgust in her heart.

Zhong Changqing changed the subject and stared straight at Mu Qingya. He said in a stern voice, “Miss Mu, but if Meng Ran really can’t cure Old General Mu, then he must drop everything and kowtow and apologize to me today! And he must do so in front of the entire sanatorium!”

Mu Qingya’s bit down on her cherry-red lips. Her white fingers became two fists, and she hurried to say, “Director Zhong.”

There was no changing Zhong Changqing’s mind, however. He had a straight face as he interrupted Mu Qingya’s words, “Miss Mu, there’s no need to bother pleading on his behalf anymore. Since he’s willing to place such a bet, he must very well bear the consequences of losing said bet!”

Mu Qingya originally wanted to put in a few good words to turn the tides in Meng Ran’s favor, but she never expected that Zhong Changqing would directly cut the bullshit and not give her a chance at all.

Just before the clock was about to strike midnight, the group of doctors faced the doors. They took their positions and looked at Mu Qingya with mocking expressions on their faces. They wanted to see just how she and Meng Ran would handle the situation now that they had lost the bet.

At this time, as the door opened a crack, a scattered applause rang out from the room.

Meng Ran clapped his hands as he slowly made his way out. He looked at Zhong Changqing with a half-smile on his face and directly said, “Director Zhong is indeed a person who keeps his promise. I, Meng Ran, sincerely admire you for keeping true to your word as you willingly admit defeat.”

All eyes turned to look at Meng Ran, who right at this moment was sporting a relaxed expression on his face. They were all completely stunned. Zhong Changqing forced back the uneasiness in his heart and tried to remain calm. “Didn’t you say that you’ll be able to cure the Old General before midnight? How is he doing?”

Mu Qingya also turned her bright eyes to look at Meng Ran nervously.

Meng Ran smiled as he said, “Elder Mu, why don’t you show yourself to all these people here.”

After hearing Meng Ran say that, Mu An stepped out in his blue and white hospital gown.

Even though Mu An’s hair was as white as snow, he walked out, the picture of health. He strode out just like a fierce general on the battlefield. He didn’t look sick at all.

Meng Ran was still smiling nonstop. In turn, he looked at every doctor and expert in the room and said while smiling, “It’s not yet 12 o’clock. I haven’t exceeded the time limit, right?”

At that moment, the entire waiting area went completely dead silent.

From the moment the old man walked out alone, the crowd knew that Zhong Changqing had lost the bet, but no one could believe it. Besides, none of them could accept such a thing either.

After she recovered from her shock, tears flowed freely out of Mu Qingya’s eyes, and she threw herself directly into her grandfather’s embrace.

“Grandfather, finally, you’re awake.” At this moment, Mu Qingya became a puddle of grievance and tears.

Mu An hugged his granddaughter and patted her head lovingly as he comforted her. “All right. I’m okay now, all thanks to Meng Ran. My precious granddaughter, you’re going to have to thank him for me.”

Mu Qingya’s eyes were swollen to the size of peaches. She wiped the tears from her eyes and smiled sweetly in Meng Ran’s direction. She bowed her head and said as sincerely as possible, “Meng Ran, thank you so much for saving my grandfather!”

Meng Ran smiled and nodded his head at the same time. He turned his head to look at the group of doctors and said in a soft voice, “Everyone, let’s deal with the outcome of this bet. I need to collect what is owed to me.”

“That bastard! Does he really expect me to kneel in front of him?” Zhong Changqing was so enraged that his entire body shook from head to toe. His fists were also clenched tightly. Just now, he had a trace of hope in his heart that Meng Ran would give him a way out. That way, both parties could go on their separate way without any awkwardness. But he never thought that Meng Ran would really mention this bet!

At this very moment, no one dared to speak up. They didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.

“This is so bad! And embarrassing! That Meng Ran actually saved Mu An!”

“Does Meng Ran really want the dean to kowtow before him? No way that can happen! No matter what! If the dean were to really kowtow before him and this matter was to spread, it would be such an embarrassment for the Jiangzhou People’s Hospital. Who will want to come to our hospital to see a doctor in the future? No one, that’s who."

Everyone’s mind was racing. They each had different thoughts. They were all trying to think of a way to cleanly extract the dean from this predicament.

“Wow, why are there so many people here? What’s going on?” Mu An also noticed the intense vibe of this place. He couldn’t help but try and ease the tense atmosphere of the room.

Mu Qingya secretly stole a glance at Meng Ran’s side profile and thought to herself, ‘This guy is quite good-looking.’

Before she knew it, the tips of Mu Qingya’s ears were burning up, and her face was flushed red. Meng Ran thought she was still feeling flustered about Mu An and asked her if she was all right. She nodded her head bashfully.

Suddenly, something occurred to Faang Jianguo, and his face revealed a look of ecstasy. He said, “Meng Ran, you said that you’d cure Old General Mu. Old General is indeed out of his coma now. But who knows if you used some unorthodox kind of method to temporarily wake your patient up. How can we be absolutely certain that the Old General’s illness is, indeed, cured?!”