Chapter 263 So Its All Fake? (1/2)

Having heard those words, everyone sighed in relief.

Two ways. The implication was clear: the problem could be solved!

”Sir, please enlighten us!” Chen Huan spoke on behalf of everyone.

The grandmaster took off his gla.s.ses and pointed his finger at Rong Siman. ”I could just let her sleep forever and maintain her heart rate at 50 beats per minute. Based on the tests I had conducted just now, the bomb will never go off as long as this woman's heart rate is above 50 beats per minute.”

Ying Qingcang only took a second to decide against the first option. He shook his head. ”And the alternative?”

Even if they let Rong Siman sleep forever, the device was still a ticking time bomb. They had to remove the bomb; otherwise they would live the rest of their lives in fear.

”The other way is riskier.” The grandmaster cleared his throat. ”It will involve removing your heart from your body. The human heart will continue beating for five minutes once it is outside the body. Within those five minutes, we have to remove the cardiac tissue attached to the bomb and then place your heart back into your body.”

Taking out the heart? Xin Qing panicked. ”Why... why do we have to take out his heart? Can't the tissue removal be done with his heart still inside his body?”

Ying Qingcang tightened his arms around Xin Qing. ”Don't panic. Let's hear what the grandmaster has to say first.”

”It's impossible to complete the procedure with his heart still inside his body. The bomb is buried deep inside his cardiac tissue. The only way to remove the bomb without taking his heart out is by removing the entire section of the cardiac tissue containing the bomb. But if we take out the heart, only less than 1% of the cardiac tissue needs to be removed.”

Apparently, the grandmaster was still in a joking mood, ”In essence, the difference between taking out and not taking out his heart is this. If we take out his heart, he might die during the procedure. And if we don't take out his heart, he might die a few days after the procedure. So, which one do you prefer?”

Xin Qing's face paled and her tears flowed down inadvertently. She clutched Ying Qingcang's collar in a tight grip. ”Ah Cang...”

”Don't cry,” Ying Qingcang said, dropping a kiss to her forehead. Then, he turned to face the grandmaster. ”Can we take some time to talk it over?”

The grandmaster waved his hand. ”You guys can go, actually. I still need a few days to prepare if you guys decide to proceed with the surgery. Besides, that woman is about to wake.”

Jiang Qianren ordered his soldiers to send Rong Siman away. Everyone else returned to S City. The entire journey was spent in silence with n.o.body saying a word. Before they parted ways, Jiang Qianren made a promise to Xin Qing in front of Ying Qingcang.

”If the procedure fails, I'll take care of you and your children. I will spend the rest of my life waiting for you to accept me.”

Xin Qing's tears fell down like the rain, though Jiang Qianren knew that her tears were not for him. When Ying Qingcang picked up Xin Qing to leave, he gave Jiang Qianren a deep, penetrating stare as well as a nod.

Some words need not be said. A silent understanding had always existed between men.

When Rong Siman came to, she found herself surrounded by cops. She looked pathetic from head to toe and her hands and legs were still bounded.

A bland voice sounded beside her ear. ”Everything's alright now.” Ying Qingcang crouched down and draped his jacket over her. ”The perps have been arrested. I'm taking you to the hospital right now.”

A few medical personnel brought a stretcher over. Rong Siman thought Ying Qingcang would carry her onto the stretcher, but the man ended up stepping aside to let the doctors carry her onto the stretcher.

Watching the man slowly diminish from her sight, Rong Siman quickly pressed something on her ear several times. An audio feed played from her earring: Ying Qingcang was speaking to the police officers, and sirens could be heard all over the place. Other than total chaos, she could hear nothing else.

She could find nothing suspicious from the feed. Still, she kept having this feeling that something was not right. She had asked someone to hypnotize him back when Ying Qingcang first got hurt. The whole point of the hypnosis was to make Ying Qingcang think that she was the only woman he ever loved. She had done countless tests after the hypnosis, and all her tests showed that Ying Qingcang was indeed hypnotized.

Rong Siman pressed a hand to her chest. Slowly, her heart began to calm down. ”No matter what happens, you can only be with me.”

”Why don't... we die together!”

During the weekend, Xin Qing summoned all four children back home.

”Ah Sha, w.a.n.gw.a.n.g!” She embraced the two kids. Xunxun and Xiao Rui just stood there, watching them.

Ah Sha had already noticed that something was bothering Xin Qing. The telepathic connection between a mother and her daughter had alerted Ah Sha to the fact that something terrible had happened.

”Your daddy had never abandoned us. He is the best father and husband there is,” Xin Qing said. After that, Xin Qing went on and told the children everything about what had happened to Ying Qingcang. Ah Sha started to cry the moment Xin Qing finished. w.a.n.gw.a.n.g, on the other hand, barely showed a reaction.

To w.a.n.gw.a.n.g, Ying Qingcang was practically a stranger. He had no memories of the man at all.

”Mommy, you will bring daddy home, right?” Among all the children, Ah Sha shared the deepest bond with Ying Qingcang; the two of them only had each other when Xin Qing had left to spend time in France. Ah Sha had always been sad for the past year, thinking that Ying Qingcang had abandoned them.

Now that she had learned the truth, she felt even worse.

Xin Qing smiled and patted her head. Xunxun walked over and pulled Ah Sha to her feet. ”Alright, that's enough. It's late. I'll take you upstairs.”

After Xunxun had brought Ah Sha away, w.a.n.gw.a.n.g asked, ”Mother, is father a great man?”

”Oh, yes. He's very great!”

”More than Uncle Shen and Uncle Wan?”

Xin Qing nodded. ”Your father is the greatest man in the world!”

”Fine, then. I'll accept him as my father.” All of a sudden, w.a.n.gw.a.n.g threw his arms around Xin Qing. ”Mother, father will definitely return!”

Holding back her tears, Xin Qing let out a hum of acknowledgement. Then, she said, ”Go on to bed!”

Once Ah Sha and w.a.n.gw.a.n.g had retired for the day, Xunxun and Xiao Rui had come to Xin Qing's room as planned.

”Are you planning to commit suicide for love?” Clearly, a certain teenager had yet to lose that sharp tongue of his.

Xin Qing glared at Xunxun in annoyance. ”Hey! My husband is still alive!”