Chapter 788: Chapter 788

The young man was a Casanova, an expert in seduction, taking great pride in his appearance and eloquence. The moment he laid eyes on Linghu Qianjiao, he was astounded by her beauty and decided to wield his silver tongue to establish a connection with this beauty, ultimately aiming to get her into bed.

However, while the fallen petals seemed willing, the flowing water appeared indifferent. Linghu Qianjiao simply glanced sideways at the young man with a slight look and then diverted her attention away, gazing at the high-altitude scenery outside the window.

"Your reason for hitting on girls is really lame!"

Fang Bai chuckled with a tease at the young man, then straightened his body and couldn’t be bothered to engage with him any further.

Noticing that Linghu Qianjiao treated him like air and that Fang Bai refused to switch seats with him, the young man felt a mix of shame and anger.

"A hundred US dollars, how about swapping seats?"

After a moment of silence, the young man pulled out a hundred-dollar bill from his wallet, patted Fang Bai’s shoulder, and, as Fang Bai turned his head, whispered the offer.

Fang Bai glanced at the US dollar in the young man’s hand, couldn’t help but laugh in surprise, and shook his head, saying, "No swap!"

"Two hundred US dollars!"

The young man added another bill as he spoke.

Fang Bai still shook his head.

"Three hundred US dollars!"

"How much money do you want to swap seats?"

A surge of anger rose within the young man as he lowered his voice.

Fang Bai replied, "No amount of money. I’m not swapping!"

With a humph, the young man withdrew the US dollars in his hand and glared at Fang Bai with a dark expression, threatening, "Buddy, don’t regret not drinking to a toast—there will be a penalty for that! I have quite a few gang friends in Hawaii!"

Fang Bai sighed and mockingly replied, "I’m so scared..."

"Glad you understand fear!"

Thinking that Fang Bai was genuinely scared, the young man sneered, "It’s still not too late to switch seats with me now. Otherwise, once we get to Hawaii, after getting off the plane, I’ll get someone to take care of you!"

"Which man in this world doesn’t like beautiful women? You want to sit next to a beauty, and so do I! Therefore, I’m definitely not swapping this seat! You can give up on that idea! As for you getting someone to deal with me...let’s talk about it once we get to Hawaii!"

Fang Bai said with a smile.

Seeing that Fang Bai was resolute in not exchanging seats, thus impeding his pursuit, the young man clenched his fists and ground his teeth in anger.

As night deepened, the majority of the passengers in the cabin had fallen asleep. Fang Bai and Linghu Qianjiao also closed their eyes slightly, each circulating their Cultivation Technique to rest, the cabin was immersed in silence.

"Old Sun... what’s wrong with you, Old Sun... don’t scare me..."

"Daddy... Daddy... sob..."

Suddenly, a pained groaning sound emanated from the back row of seats, followed by the outcry and crying of a woman and a young girl.

Many passengers in the cabin woke up startled and turned their heads to look back.

They saw a man in his forties slumped in his seat, clutching his chest, his face contorted with pain, clearly suffering immensely.

By the side of the middle-aged man, a woman in her early forties and a little girl of about seven or eight years old were holding onto the man’s body, both wearing expressions of panic and helplessness.

The little girl seemed scared and was already crying out loud.

From the way the middle-aged woman and the little girl addressed the middle-aged man, it was clear that they were a family of three.

The middle-aged woman frantically took out a bottle of medicine, poured out several pills, and tried to insert them into the man’s mouth, but he had already lost consciousness and couldn’t swallow the medication.

The flight attendants on the plane had received some basic medical training. Several attendants rushed to the man’s side, assessed the situation, and while some assisted the middle-aged woman in giving the man emergency aid, others began asking anxiously if there were any doctors among the passengers.

Linghu Qianjiao raised her delicate arm in response, then stood up and came over to the middle-aged man.

"Doctor, you must save Old Sun! He’s having another angina attack! It came on so quickly this time that he couldn’t even take his medicine..."

When the middle-aged woman realized Linghu Qianjiao was a doctor, she clutched her arm tightly, pleading with tears.

"Sister, I’ll do my best!"

Linghu Qianjiao nodded solemnly, squatted down, and placed her fingers on the wrist of the middle-aged man, who was in a coma, to take his pulse.

"Miss, are you... a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine?"

One of the flight attendants glanced at Linghu Qianjiao, a hint of disappointment in her expression.

This attendant was not very confident in Traditional Chinese Medicine and had the impression that skilled practitioners were all white-haired old men. The beautiful girl in front of her, however, appeared to be only about twenty years old—too young to be very skilled. How adept could her medical skills possibly be?

"Yes. I practice Traditional Chinese Medicine..."

Linghu Qianjiao nodded, not angered by the flight attendant’s doubts, and said firmly, "Lay the patient flat on the ground for me, unbutton his shirt, and expose his chest. I need to treat him..."

With the combined help of attendants and passengers, the middle-aged man was placed flat on the cabin floor, and his shirt was unbuttoned to expose his chest.

Linghu Qianjiao’s slender hand flipped, and several silver needles appeared in her hand. She took a deep breath and then quickly inserted the needles around the middle-aged man’s chest. The surrounding onlookers only saw a blur before noticing that the silver needles were already inserted.

Linghu Qianjiao held the tails of the needles, gently pulling and twisting them. At the same time, she channeled healing Water Element Qi into the man’s body through the needles.

The scene was silent, with everyone holding their breath and focusing intently on the man’s face.

After a few minutes, sweat began to appear on Linghu Qianjiao’s forehead and the tip of her nose, clearly indicating that treating the man was depleting her Essence Energy significantly.

"He’s awake, he’s awake... he’s waking up..."

Suddenly, a passenger exclaimed with joy.

When everyone looked, they saw the middle-aged man, who had fainted from angina, furrow his brow and indeed open his eyes, although he still appeared to be in pain.

Seeing the husband and father waking up, the middle-aged woman and the little girl cried tears of joy. They were about to rush forward but were stopped by Linghu Qianjiao.

"Sister, I can only do so much to keep the uncle alive. If he doesn’t receive treatment within three hours, he will fall back into a coma, and he may even... may even die soon! I’m sorry, this is all I can do..."

Linghu Qianjiao spoke solemnly, her tone full of deep apology, regretting that she couldn’t treat the man completely.

"Three hours... three hours..."

The middle-aged woman murmured, her face pale and her expression one of utter despair.

The other passengers shared sighs of disappointment.

The plane was currently flying over the ocean. It was impossible to reach either Hawaii or return to Huaxia within three hours.

In other words, unless a miracle happened, everyone could only watch helplessly as a life slipped away.