"Ah, this..."
"You won't dig out his eyes, is that it? Then we'll dig out yours!"
"No, please! I'm severely nearsighted. My eyes really aren't suitable." The man with glasses was so scared he nearly wet himself.
The middle-aged woman soothed her grandson for a mont before her expression turned cold. "Since we're here, we won't be leaving empty-handed. I'll give you five minutes to solve this, or else..."
"Yes, yes, I'll take care of it right away!" The man's back was drenched in cold sweat as he rushed straight toward Shen Qiushi. "Old man, it would've been so much simpler if you'd just died quietly. Why did you have to co back to life?" he said angrily. "Today, you will donate whether you want to or not! You signed the agreent, so you must take responsibility. We can always increase the price tenfold!"
In truth, with their financial power, it wasn't difficult to source a cornea from sowhere else. The main issue was that the young boy was throwing a tantrum, insisting he wanted to recover imdiately. He refused to wait even one more day.
"Hmm? What do you an?" Shen Qiushi was initially baffled. Upon learning he had been "sold," he was so angry he nearly had a stroke. "Shen Xin, you unfilial beast!"
"Dad, how was I supposed to know you would co back to life..."
"Get out!"
Dong Mingfeng truly thought Lin Tang was being a busybody. The old man was old enough that his death would have been considered a "joyful passing." Reviving him had just created an embarrassing ss. "Since your dical skills are so great, Lin Tang, why don't you just cure that kid?" she said sarcastically. "It's clear they're from a wealthy family. If you cure him, you'll make money and earn a favor. If you can't, why don't you offer up your own eyes as compensation?"
Lin Tang wasn't in the mood to save a brat who threatened to gouge out people's eyes at the drop of a hat. He looked at the man with glasses. "Grandpa Shen is old and suffers from presbyopia. Do you really think a cornea like that is appropriate for a child? Her eyes would be more suitable. I assu she also signed the donation agreent? Whoever signs is responsible; that's only fair."
The man with glasses mulled it over. Hey! That makes sense! "Arrest this woman!"
"Yes!" The bodyguards imdiately rushed toward Dong Mingfeng.
Dong Mingfeng was terrified and shrieked, "I'm not young either! Take him! He's my son-in-law and he's much younger! He's more suitable!"
The man with glasses turned a deaf ear. He had to pick the softest target. Lin Tang's slap had made his cheek itch bizarrely; the man was just too strange. In comparison, bullying Dong Mingfeng felt much less stressful.
"No! Don't!" As she was being dragged into the hospital room, Dong Mingfeng let out a scream like a pig being slaughtered. "My daughter's godfather is Xiao Xuanye! He's already a Super Soldier and is about to be promoted to Elder! You dare touch ? Just you try it!"
"This..." The man with glasses hesitated again.
Their ruckus naturally attracted many onlookers, and by pure coincidence, soone's phone buzzed with a breaking news alert.
"Holy crap! Breaking news! Xiao Xuanye is severely injured and cannot recover. He's already filed for retirent. Central Earth's first Super Soldier is finished... Soone in the comnts said the experint might have failed. Soone else leaked that a mysterious expert was the one who crippled him!"
"What?"
"Let see! It's true!"
"That's terrible for Xiao Xuanye. He just made a global impact and now he's a laughingstock. The foreigners must be gloating over this."
Hearing the discussion, Shen Xin hurriedly checked his phone. "How could this be? If Xiao Xuanye retires, doesn't that an Youling has lost her backer? Is there no hope left for us?"
The man with glasses had also finished reading the news and couldn't help but sneer. "Let's see who's got your back now!"
In despair, Dong Mingfeng called for Shen Xin to save her, but he and Shen Jiayue simply turned their faces away, not daring to make a sound. Dong Mingfeng had no choice but to call out to Shen Youling.
Although Shen Youling was deeply disappointed in her mother, she couldn't bear to watch. "Lin Tang, can you please treat that boy?" she asked anxiously. "I'm begging you!"
Lin Tang shook his head. "I can't do anything about that kind of blindness."
"You even saved Grandpa's life! How could you not be able to help?" Shen Youling questioned.
"Grandpa was in a state of suspended animation, so of course, I could save him. But you expect to create a cornea out of thin air? Am I supposed to just rub my hands together and make one appear?" Lin Tang stated with righteous indignation.
It was, of course, a lie. Once the Spring Breeze and Rain technique was cast, even severed limbs could regrow. What was a re cornea in comparison?
But Shen Youling didn't know this. Hearing how serious he sounded, she believed him. "Then what do we do? Ugh, this is all your fault! Why did you suggest they take my mom's eyes?"
"So, should they have taken your grandpa's instead?"
"You..."
Just as the doors to the operating room were about to close, Shen Youling steeled herself and shouted, "Wait! I'm younger! Take my eyes, just don't hurt my mom!" With that, she charged forward without a second thought.
"Youling, co back!" Shen Qiushi cried out in a panic. He wouldn't have cared if Dong Mingfeng were blinded or even killed on the spot; his heart had grown completely cold toward his daughter-in-law. But his granddaughter couldn't be hard! "Lin Tang, my dear grandson-in-law, please save Youling, that foolish child..."
Lin Tang rolled his eyes. He grabbed Shen Youling and mocked her, "Do you think this is so grand, noble act?"
"I don't know about noble, I just want to save my mom!"
"You know, we could just kill all of them..."
"No! Absolutely not! We can't kill people! Our family can't handle the retaliation!" Shen Youling firmly refused. Lin Tang, oh, Lin Tang, do you think you're as invincible as Long Tianji, free to kill anyone you please without consequence? You're so delusional!
"Then suit yourself." Tired of bickering, Lin Tang decisively let go.
Shen Youling stared in disbelief. Gritting her teeth, she barged into the hospital room.
The man with glasses thought it was a pity for such a beautiful woman to go blind, but he didn't refuse her.
The middle-aged woman sized Shen Youling up and looked even more satisfied. "Use her. Let's start quickly."
Shen Youling's body went rigid with tension. She glanced back at Lin Tang, but he showed no reaction. With a miserable smile, she voluntarily lay on the hospital bed. Once released, Dong Mingfeng scrambled out of the room without a backward glance, completely ignoring her daughter's fate.
These people were wealthy and influential; their background was too powerful. Even if the doctor didn't want to perform an illegal procedure, he had no choice but to comply. He began preparing the anesthetic. Just as the needle was about to pierce her skin, Shen Youling's heart felt like it would leap out of her chest.
"Let's just say I owed you from a past life," Lin Tang's voice drifted over. "Forget it, I'll take your place!" He then kicked Shen Youling off the bed and lay down himself.
"Lin Tang, you..." Shen Youling stared at him, dumbfounded. She never expected he would be willing to make such a huge sacrifice for her.
"You what? Stop being so lodramatic and get out of the way!" Lin Tang yawned.
Shen Youling began to cry again, her heart filled with overwhelming gratitude. "No, you have to use my eyes!" she insisted, shaking her head forcefully.
"Are you two done? Are you filming a romance drama here?" the man with glasses said, completely exasperated. He had his bodyguards throw Shen Youling out of the room. Then, he stared at Lin Tang with ill intent. Hmph! That's for slapping earlier. Just wait until you're completely blind. We'll see how I deal with you then!
"Wait!"
"Who the hell is rambling now— Uh, Madam? Why is it you?" The man with glasses couldn't take it anymore and was about to curse, but seeing it was the middle-aged woman who spoke, he shivered with fright. He hurriedly slapped his own face and began apologizing profusely.
The middle-aged woman paid him no mind, her gaze fixed intently on Lin Tang. After staring for a long ti, she asked tentatively, "What's your na? Lin Tang? Or is it Lin... Have I seen you sowhere before?"
"Is that so?" Lin Tang looked back at her, feeling a similar sense of faint familiarity, but he couldn't place her.
"Never mind. Stop for now. Contact soone else and see if there's another cornea available. If we can't find a new one in three days, we'll use his. Let's go!" The middle-aged woman seed to have rembered sothing. Her expression suddenly changed, and she hastily pulled the boy away. The youth started to protest but was forcefully led away by her.
"Eh?" The man with glasses was completely baffled. He couldn't understand why the madam had changed her mind. Was she moved by Lin Tang's true love for Shen Youling? Impossible! Their madam was notoriously cold-blooded. She wouldn't blink an eye if a thousand, or even ten thousand, strangers died in front of her.
"The sun must have risen in the west today..." the man with glasses muttered, scratching his head. He then warned Lin Tang not to leave for the next three days and to be available on call. Otherwise, it wouldn't just be his eyes he would lose—his entire family's lives would be forfeit.
Once they were gone, Shen Youling threw herself into Lin Tang's arms again, trembling uncontrollably. "It's okay, it's okay now! Don't be scared!"
"...Which one of your eyes saw being scared?" Lin Tang was both amused and exasperated. A re scalpel couldn't even breach his defenses; he was just toying with these fools. That woman, though... with that single thought, she saved her entire family's life. Hmph!
「anwhile.」
The middle-aged woman, Qiu Yuxian, arrived at Jiangbei's most luxurious hotel. She had her subordinates watch over her grandson, Gan Junyu, then stepped aside to call her husband, Gan Leixin.
And who was Gan Leixin? He was a super-billionaire, one of the wealthiest n in all of Central Earth. His personal fortune was in the hundreds of billions, and the corporations he controlled were absolute behemoths.
"Well? Was Junyu's surgery a success?" Gan Leixin asked as soon as the call connected, his tone confident. After all, with enough money, a simple cornea transplant was no challenge at all.
"The surgery hasn't been done yet," Qiu Yuxian said, her expression solemn. "I have sothing else more important to discuss."
"Hmm? What could be more important than our grandson?"
"I t soone today. His na is Lin Tang. He not only shares the sa last na as the boy from the Lin Family who disappeared five years ago, but he also looks a lot like him!"
"What? Are you saying he's Lin Tianyang's remnant?"
"It's highly likely!"
"Did he not recognize you as his nanny from back then?"
"I've had extensive plastic surgery, and we haven't seen each other in years. How could he possibly recognize ?"
"I see. Remain calm for now. I'll conduct a thorough investigation to confirm his identity first, then we'll make our plans."
"We were also involved in that incident five years ago. He won't try to get revenge on us, will he?"
"Hmph, what are you afraid of? He's just one lone remnant. What kind of waves can he possibly make? He's nothing but an ant. If I didn't still want to uncover that secret, I could have soone crush him right now!"
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