337: Chapter 333: Passing Away from Illness 337: Chapter 333: Passing Away from Illness Ye Fan looked at Li Zhaojun but didn’t, as before, imdiately bounce over to take her small hand.
He wondered whether there was still a need to put on an act.
After all, it was no secret that his relationship with Li Zhaojun was strained.
She had proposed a divorce, which must have been consented to by Elder Li.
To hold hands and pretend, for whom would they be performing?
Seeing Ye Fan hesitate to reach out for her hand, Li Zhaojun took a deep breath and said softly, “Grandfather’s health is getting worse by the day…”
“…I understand,” Ye Fan replied, straightening his posture, taking a half step back, and reaching out to grasp Li Zhaojun’s soft, boneless hand.
“Let’s go,” Ye Fan said, turning and heading towards Elder Li’s room, with Li Zhaojun half a step behind.
It was the first ti Li Zhaojun saw Ye Fan’s back so closely and suddenly noticed that his figure was very tall and straight, like a mountain, giving a sense of security.
“Can he…
really give security?” she wondered, her fingers involuntarily tightening around Ye Fan’s hand.
Ye Fan walked forward, holding Li Zhaojun’s delicate hand, silent, but with a flood of emotions in his heart.
Things had changed; holding hands now felt different.
However, Ye Fan didn’t have the chance to discern his feelings, as the short distance of ten ters had already been walked.
Approaching the door, he looked into the living room, which was empty and silent, save for the sound of a broadcast coming from an old-fashioned radio.
Ye Fan let go, and Li Zhaojun withdrew her hand, saying, “Grandpa should be resting in his bedroom.”
“Mhm,” Ye Fan responded, stepping into the living room with Li Zhaojun beside him.
“I’ll go say hello to Elder Liu first,” said Li Zhaojun, walking towards the kitchen.
Normally at this ti, Liu Tiezhu would be cooking.
Ye Fan also headed towards the kitchen; it was unlikely he wouldn’t greet the co-owner of the house, Liu Tiezhu.
However, upon reaching the kitchen door, he looked inside but saw no one.
Suddenly, the sound of a stainless-steel dish or cup crashing to the floor, followed by a mournful cry of “Old Chief…” interrupted the quiet.
The faces of Ye Fan and Li Zhaojun changed drastically.
“Grandpa!” Li Zhaojun cried out in sorrow, imdiately turning and dashing towards Elder Li’s bedroom.
Ye Fan too hurried towards Elder Li’s bedroom.
Upon pushing the door open and darting his gaze towards the bed, Ye Fan saw the white-haired Liu Tiezhu sobbing over Elder Li, who lay there with his eyes closed, unresponsive.
Li Zhaojun rushed over, crying and shaking Elder Li’s body, calling out, “Grandpa, Grandpa…”
Elder Li remained unresponsive.
“Elder Liu, what happened to my grandpa?” Li Zhaojun frantically turned and grabbed Liu Tiezhu’s arm, crying out in distress.
Liu Tiezhu, overco with grief, wept, “Wuu…
the o-old Chief, h-he…
wuu…
has passed…”
Before he could finish, he tore himself away from Li Zhaojun’s grip, howling and throwing himself back onto Elder Li, weeping loudly.
“Wow…” Li Zhaojun could no longer hold back her cries, her face flooded with tears as if the sky had fallen.
“Wuwu…
Grandpa, grandpa…
wuwu…” She lay over Elder Li, crying out in imnse sorrow, “You’re gone…
What am I going to do now?
…Wow wuwu…
Grandpa, please don’t leave behind…
wuwu…”
Ye Fan’s face was heavy, and his tiger-like eyes couldn’t help brimming with tears.
Elder Li was not only his superior, but a hero he admired, a man who played a significant role in the founding of the great New Huaxia.
Heroes fade with dusk, leave the world behind, and the entire nation mourns together.
With heavy steps, Ye Fan walked over.
Unlike Li Zhaojun and Liu Tiezhu, who were completely irrational with grief and screaming, he was much steadier by comparison.
He reached out to check under Elder Li’s nostrils, there really was no breath left.
He wanted to reach out and touch Elder Li’s chest to check for a heartbeat, but Li Zhaojun was weeping uncontrollably on top of him, making it inconvenient to reach over.
Just as he hesitated, he suddenly sensed a trace of warmth from Elder Li’s body.
“Wait!” His heart skipped beats, and hope surged within him infinitely.
Ye Fan hurriedly pulled up Elder Li’s eyelids and looked intently—his pupils had started to dilate but hadn’t fully relaxed.
Pupils not yet fully relaxed ant the person wasn’t completely dead.
Suspended animation in human bodies wasn’t uncommon, whether from drowning, electric shock, or asphyxiation, and of course, it could also happen in frail elders.
If not rescued promptly, suspended animation could turn into real death.
“Grandfather is not dead yet!” Ye Fan suddenly shouted loudly.
Ye Fan was convinced that Elder Li had suddenly fainted into suspended animation, and there was still a chance to resuscitate him.
Li Zhaojun and Liu Tiezhu abruptly stood upright amidst their crying, faces streaked with tears as they turned to look at Ye Fan, filled with endless longing and pleading!
Ye Fan didn’t bother to explain and simply yelled, “All of you, back away!”
Li Zhaojun and Liu Tiezhu quickly made way, allowing Ye Fan to face Elder Li’s body directly.
Without checking how much warmth was left in Elder Li, Ye Fan grabbed the collar of Elder Li’s clothes and gave it a forceful tug.
Pop, pop, pop, pop…
Buttons burst open and flew off, revealing Elder Li’s chest.
Ye Fan took a deep breath, channeled Inner Strength, pressed down on Elder Li’s chest, and rhythmically compressed it.
Using Inner Strength in a pulsing fashion, he stimulated Elder Li’s heart directly through the skin.
“Liu Grandfather, you perform CPR on Grandfather!” shouted Ye Fan.
Liu Tiezhu snapped to action and hurriedly began performing CPR.
Being Elder Li’s personal bodyguard, Liu Tiezhu naturally knew how to do CPR.
After Liu Tiezhu perford CPR on Elder Li, an anxious and helpless Li Zhaojun asked, “And what about ?”
Ye Fan turned to look at Li Zhaojun, noticing her pretty face streaked with tears, her expression tense with loneliness and helplessness, her usually resolute eyes now full of begging and vulnerability, so pitiable that it was heartbreaking.
“Go fetch a cup of warm water.
Grandfather will need to drink a bit when he wakes up,” Ye Fan sighed inwardly, kindly assigning Li Zhaojun a less critical task.
Eagerly, Li Zhaojun exclaid, “Yes, I’ll get the water.”
With that, she turned and dashed out of the bedroom.
Next, Ye Fan focused all his efforts on using Inner Strength to stimulate Elder Li’s heart, to revive it.
Li Zhaojun hurriedly fetched a cup of warm water and brought back a spoon.
As she entered the doorway, she was struck with amazent.
Above Ye Fan’s head, a vast mist was rising, growing not just above his head but enveloping his entire body with the passage of ti, like sothing out of a movie.
What happened was, Elder Li had been dead for a while now, and normal ans were no longer effective.
Ye Fan not only had to resuscitate Elder Li’s heart, but he also had to use Inner Strength to awaken all of Elder Li’s bodily cells and promote blood circulation.
Hence, with all his strength, he gave rise to the astonishing scene that Li Zhaojun witnessed.
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