Chapter 361: Chapter 361

Old Xiao wiped away his tears, muttering in self-reproach, "It’s all my fault, all my fault! If only I had accompanied him, maybe this wouldn’t have happened!"

Why on earth did I listen to the master’s words! Knowing full well his difficulty walking, I still let him cross the road alone!

An Duxuan leaned against the wall, his eyes red and unfocused. He was waiting for news from the lawyer. He didn’t believe that his eldest brother would hit their father. There had to be something strange going on.

His cell phone vibrated.

The lawyer’s message arrived: "Second Young Master, the situation is as follows: the surveillance proves that at the time of the incident, the Eldest Young Master suddenly accelerated, and there was nothing wrong with his car."

An Duxuan typed back furiously: "Impossible! How could there be nothing wrong with the car? How could my brother possibly hit my father? What on earth are the police doing? How can they believe such an absurd conclusion?"

The lawyer replied: "I understand your feelings, but the law is about evidence. Right now, our only hope is that Mr. An is safe and sound; otherwise, the Eldest Young Master could face fifteen years in prison..."

An Duxuan listened blankly. He certainly knew the law was about evidence! He also knew that the dignity of the law must not be challenged. But how could his brother possibly hit their father?

The elevator chimed. An Yan had arrived.

Upon seeing her, An Duxuan’s tears started to fall. "Yanyan, Dad is still being resuscitated, you..."

An Yan didn’t stop to listen to him. She rushed straight toward the emergency room. Just as she reached the door, it opened, and a doctor came out.

Seeing it was An Yan, he shook his head helplessly. "Miss An Yan, I’m sorry, we’ve done everything we could!"

The cell phone in An Duxuan’s hand fell to the ground.

His father was gone? Was his elder brother also facing prison now?

An Yan didn’t notice An Duxuan’s movements or heed the doctor’s words; she charged into the emergency room without stopping.

She yanked off the white sheet covering An Zhongbo.

An Yan started performing CPR.

Reason told her that her father had already passed away. But her emotions screamed it wasn’t true; how could such a good man suddenly be gone?

She channeled her Inner Strength, calling forth Spiritual Energy and sending it into An Zhongbo’s body.

But the heart that had stopped beating showed no sign of starting again.

Outside the emergency room, the doctor looked at An Duxuan, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"If you have something to say, just say it."

Only then did the doctor speak. "Mr. An, at this point, your only hope is the Revival Dan from Country R!"

An Duxuan’s eyes, dull as dead ashes, suddenly lit up. He knew about this substance; An Yan had explained it very clearly on her show, describing it as a type of neuron anesthetic.

"As far as I’m aware," the doctor continued, "the Revival Dan can bring a person back even if they have passed away, provided it hasn’t been too long. Mr. An Senior has been gone for an hour now! You must hurry."

Inside the ward, Mu Enyu grabbed An Yan’s hand. "Sister Yan, calm down. I know you’re suffering, but Uncle An has passed away. You have to accept the reality."

An Yan’s arm fell listlessly. "I know, but I always feel that if I keep trying, he might just come back to life."

As she spoke, An Yan raised her hand once more to call forth Spiritual Energy, drawing a Spirit-Lock Talisman in the air and pressing it onto An Zhongbo.

It was still no use! Actually, she knew An Zhongbo’s consciousness had already dissipated. What lay before her was merely a body. But... but she still wanted to try again.

"Yanyan, move aside for a moment. I’ll feed Dad the medicine," An Duxuan’s voice rang out.

"Medicine? What medicine?"

An Yan turned her head in surprise and saw An Duxuan holding a Revival Dan in his hand!

The Revival Dan was rich in Spiritual Energy.

In an instant, An Yan understood everything. All of this was Matsumoto Mina’s doing. Matsumoto Mina wanted to use their father’s life to force her into agreeing to use the Revival Dan to save him. If their father consumed this Revival Dan, the moment he opened his eyes again, no one would believe anything she had said before! Wouldn’t anyone facing such a situation think about giving it a try? What if? What if Dad really could be brought back to life? But would the one brought back to life really still be their Dad? No! What would come back to life wouldn’t be their father, but just a body that could move! And this body would start to frantically draw the vitality from his closest blood relatives!

An Yan suddenly grabbed An Duxuan’s hand. "Second Brother, you can’t feed it! This medicine won’t save Dad, it will only..."

"We must feed it. Yanyan, I know what you’re worried about."

Yanyan had been repeating endlessly these past few days that the Revival Dan was nothing but an anesthetic. She said it numbed a patient’s neurons, making them unable to feel pain, thereby causing them to give up treatment and willingly embrace death. She had tried so hard to make everyone believe that this substance was harmful!

"But now, if Dad doesn’t come back to life, Big Brother will be sentenced too! Do you understand?" An Duxuan’s red eyes brimmed with tears.

He had never opposed An Yan’s opinion as he did now.

But he had to oppose it!

Because this Revival Dan could bring back not just their father, but also Big Brother.

The lawyer had told him that only Big Brother had been in the car at that time, and the car was functioning normally. Although Big Brother said that the car had lost control, how could a car in perfect working order lose control? Besides, there was the vehicle’s surveillance footage, showing that Big Brother’s entire driving process was normal.

In the face of such evidence, all explanations seemed feeble.

The lawyer said that now they could only wait and see what happened to their father. If he recovered, maybe Big Brother could get a reduced sentence. But if he passed away, the lawyer’s most optimistic estimate was that Big Brother could face life in prison.

"Yanyan, Second Brother is begging you. I know you hate this medicine, but what if? What if it really could bring back our Dad?"

Even if it was just an anesthetic, even if it numbed people’s neurons, preventing them from feeling pain, as long as it could make Dad wake up. Even if only for a few days! Those few days could reduce Big Brother’s sentence by several years.

"Yanyan, please, let me give it a try, okay?" An Duxuan looked at An Yan with pleading eyes!

It was an expression An Yan had never seen on his face before.

In her memory, her second brother was always fearless! It was as if he could hold up the sky should it fall, sparing her any worry.

But today, he humbled himself before her, begging her!

"No!" An Yan overcame the weakness in her heart and tightened her grip on his hand. "Second Brother, listen to me. It’s not that I don’t want to save Dad, but I’m very clear: the person revived by the Revival Dan wouldn’t be Dad at all..."

An Duxuan felt as though his understanding of the world had been turned upside down.

But he had seen the Living Dead before!

He knew that what An Yan was saying was true.

"But still, even if it’s just Dad’s body, it would at least mean a lighter sentence for Big Brother, right?"