Chapter 479: Chapter 479

Doctors rushed in, and Mrs. Shi was once again urgently taken into the operating room. This surgery lasted eight hours. When the doctor emerged, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he wore a look of defeat. He looked at Shi Che and said solemnly, "Young Master Shi, I’m very sorry. I have done all I could. Now, in the next twenty-four hours, it’s all up to the old lady’s will to live."

Shi Che’s face registered no expression, but his body suddenly trembled. He opened his mouth but emitted no sound.

Xiao Zhao quickly spoke up for Shi Che, "Okay, we understand. Thank you, Doctor."

After the doctor walked away, Shi Che remained rooted to the spot. The light from above cast his shadow long and oblique—a picture of dead stillness.

Xiao Zhao glanced back at him, and his heart ached. No one had expected such an outcome. Shi Che hadn’t intended to upset Mrs. Shi; he just wanted to express his feelings, his sincere intentions, but now...

If... if Mrs. Shi really just... were to pass away, how could President Shi cope? How would he face it all alone?

If only the Young Madam were here... Young Madam, where on earth are you?

Lost in these somber thoughts, Xiao Zhao suddenly caught a flash of light in the corner of his eye and heard the faint click of a camera. Instantly realizing what it was, his eyes narrowed fiercely as he quickly turned towards the sound.

There, in a corner, a sneaky figure was snapping photos of Shi Che.

Damn it! How did this reporter track us here?

Xiao Zhao leapt up and dashed over. Realizing he’d been spotted, the reporter hurriedly started to run, but alas, he didn’t get far before Xiao Zhao chased him down. Xiao Zhao grabbed the reporter’s arm and forcefully twisted it behind his back, his tone ominous, "You dare to take pictures of anyone, have you no regard for your life?"

The reporter cried out in pain but asserted defiantly, "We reporters have the right to let everyone know the truth!"

"The truth? Fuck your truth!" Xiao Zhao cursed angrily, grasping him with one hand while tearing the camera from the reporter’s grip with the other. He raised the camera, ready to smash it, but just as he was about to bring it down, his hand froze and he murmured to himself, "Let everyone know the truth?"

Didn’t that ’everyone’ include the Young Madam?

If the news of the old lady’s critical condition were revealed, the Young Madam would surely see it, wouldn’t she? And knowing her character, she wouldn’t ignore Mrs. Shi’s situation. She would definitely come back to see her...

So, by not searching, she would come back of her own accord? Wow, he really must applaud his own cleverness!

Of course, President Shi would surely disapprove of revealing the old lady’s medical condition, but even if he faced punishment later, it had to be done. Otherwise... if the old lady really couldn’t hold on... at least the Young Madam could accompany President Shi, so he wouldn’t have to face everything alone.

With this in mind, Xiao Zhao steadied himself and squinting his eyes at the reporter, he spoke in a heavy voice, "Fine, you can report this news, but you have to write it as I say, otherwise, if you and your newspaper offend the Shi Group, there will be no good days ahead for you, understood?"