Chapter 266: Chapter 266

Since receiving news of Feng Jingnian’s arrest, Mo Yunying hadn’t rested for a moment. She approached everyone who might be able to help him, including the best lawyer. Police officers, court staff—she sought out anyone she could find. However, apart from the lawyer who assured her he would do his utmost to secure an acquittal for Feng Jingnian, everyone else treated her like a viper, desperate to disassociate themselves from her completely.

In her entire life, Mo Yunying had never been subjected to such ostracism!

"Who on earth has such influence?" she asked Feng Chucheng beside her, despondently.

Feng Chucheng said, "Li Tianyao!"

"Him? What does he have against our son?"

"Because your son once tried to run over his wife!"

"Li Tianyao has a wife? An Yan?"

Feng Chucheng showed Mo Yunying the message he had just received on his phone. "Just got this. An Yan and Mo Shiyan were simply putting on an act."

"An Yan’s goal was to make the miraculous doctor, who was secretly in love with Li Tianyao, believe she had broken up with him. Only then would that doctor agree to remove the worm from the Old Master’s brain."

"And Mo Shiyan, taking advantage of An Yan’s desire to cure the Old Master, used Li Tianyao’s name to play us all for fools."

Mo Yunying took a while to digest this, then asked, puzzled, "Why is An Yan so insistent on treating the Old Master’s condition?"

Feng Chucheng replied, "I haven’t figured it out either. Maybe it’s one of those doctor quirks?"

Mo Yunying’s expression turned grim. After a moment of thought, she declared, "I don’t care what her reasons are! Our son was arrested because of her! Husband, we must avenge this!"

"And Mo Shiyan too!" Mo Yunying grew increasingly furious as she continued, "That scoundrel! For the sake of the inheritance, he actually conspired with others to trap our son! Just watch, I’ll slap him to death!"

The furious couple arrived at the hospital. Just as they reached the entrance of the inpatient department, Mo Shiyan’s men stopped them. One of them announced, "The Young Master has ordered that no member of the Feng Family is allowed near the operating room."

"Open your damn eyes and look closely! I am an elder of the Mo Family!" Mo Yunying, furious, raised her hand to slap him.

But the bodyguard, who usually wouldn’t dare to retaliate, unexpectedly grabbed her wrist. "The Young Master said that if you came, Madam, you and your husband are to wait downstairs. After the Old Master’s surgery is complete, the Young Master will personally come to see you."

With that, Mo Shiyan’s men confiscated Mo Yunying and Feng Chucheng’s communication devices and locked them in an empty room.

Li Tianyao sat in the observation room, watching through the glass as An Yan worked at the operating table. She had once said that, for her, surgery was a form of relaxation. He hadn’t believed it then, but now he did. While everyone else was sweating with tension, she alone remained composed and collected. From time to time, she would exchange a few words with Liang Chen and Mu Enyu, occasionally answering questions from other medical personnel.

Pride unknowingly spread across his face. His little girl was truly outstanding!

Li Tianyao’s gaze fell greedily on her. He didn’t want to miss a single frame.

His head began to throb faintly again. Ever since the Golden Thread Worm Poison entered his body, the pain had been incessant. It only varied in intensity—sometimes sharper, sometimes duller. Moreover, as the pain intensified, the color of his eyes had also been lightening at an accelerated rate!

He didn’t know when the ailment would strike. But he wanted to spend as much time as possible looking at her before it happened, to etch her image into his mind. Perhaps then, when the disease struck, his agony might be slightly lessened.

The Little Squirrel sat obediently on the armrest of Li Tianyao’s chair, motionless. When its owner went in, he left me with this Demon King. I had assumed the Demon King would carelessly toss me to someone else. That Luolie fellow wasn’t bad, or even better, he could have given me to Miss Wen Ya. But the Demon King hadn’t. Instead, he’d placed me on the armrest of his own chair. This armrest is so narrow! Isn’t he afraid I’ll fall off? Hmph.

The Little Squirrel, seizing a moment when he wasn’t paying attention, prepared to leap onto Wen Ya beside them. However, before it could jump, the Great Demon King pressed it down.

Since the little girl liked this creature, he might as well cultivate some rapport with it. He didn’t want it jumping away every time it saw him; that would affect his image in her heart.

In the operating room, An Yan was completely focused. The removed clots and bloodstained gauze quickly filled a tray, which Mu Enyu passed to the surgical nurse behind him. As the two made the handover, the tray suddenly fell.

The stainless steel tray hit the floor. Although the sound shouldn’t have been audible from outside, Li Tianyao’s head throbbed painfully once more, even more severely than when Li Yanluo had chanted her spells. His temples pulsed with each beat. The color of his eyes rapidly faded, and within seconds, only a thin layer of pale grey remained. Luckily, his colored contacts concealed the abnormality from others.

SQUEAK! The Little Squirrel shot upright. What’s wrong with the Great Demon King?

"Lu Feng, get me out of here!" Li Tianyao ordered.

He felt terrible; everything he saw was a blur of double images. He didn’t know whether the Golden Thread Worm Poison was taking effect or if he was about to have an attack. But regardless, he didn’t want to disrupt his little girl’s surgery.

When Lu Feng helped Li Tianyao leave, Professor Song and the others didn’t even notice. This was mainly because An Yan’s surgical performance was too brilliant, and everyone was desperate to see more clearly, to absorb every detail. If they could glean a technique or two from her surgery, wouldn’t their own skills improve as well?

Mo Shiyan, sitting at the back, did notice. But he lacked the standing to inquire, so he could only watch silently as Li Tianyao’s men supported him out.

In the operating room, An Yan suddenly looked up at the camera.

Mo Shiyan felt a pang in his heart and quickly rose to follow Li Tianyao, calling out, "Mr. Li..."

Li Tianyao turned, enduring the pain, and said firmly, "Don’t tell An Yan!"

He knew how important this surgery was to his little girl. She had anticipated it for so long, and he refused to hinder her at this critical moment.

Watching Li Tianyao hurry away, Mo Shiyan’s jealousy suddenly vanished. He understood that Li Tianyao’s feelings for An Yan were more than just possessiveness.

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The surgery, which began at noon, continued until one o’clock in the morning before finally concluding. When An Yan walked out of the operating room, she only saw members of the Mo Family, along with Wen Ya, Wen Ge, and Luolie.

Mo Shiyan approached her and asked, "How did it go?"

An Yan nodded. "Very successful. The patient is expected to regain consciousness in about three hours."

Mo Shiyan breathed a long sigh of relief. "Thank you, Miss An Yan!"

"You’re welcome." An Yan gave a faint nod, her eyes scanning the crowd again, but she still couldn’t find Li Tianyao.

That’s not right, she thought. He promised he’d be right outside, waiting for me the whole time.

Noticing her searching gaze, Mo Shiyan explained, "Mr. Li seemed to have an urgent matter to attend to and left around five this afternoon."