Di Shishi drove fast, running several red lights along the way, and the car arrived at Qingcheng First Hospital.
Upon reaching the emergency building of the hospital, Di Shishi got out first and rushed in, pushing a mobile bed from the lobby.
Then, the two of them worked together to lift Gu Qichen into the emergency building.
A doctor approached. Qin He, too rushed to explain in detail, directly pushed him towards the operating room in the emergency building.
At the entrance to the operating room, a doctor stopped Qin He. "Miss, please wait outside!"
Qin He's brow was deeply furrowed. Gu Qichen had a gunshot wound, and the location of the injury was clearly very close to his heart!
Her hands trembled violently, and she forced herself to calm down!
Qin He felt as if her soul was floating outside her body. She heard her own voice, "Let me in, I'm a doctor!"
The doctor was about to speak again, but Qin He had already strode inside.
"Miss, you'll delay the patient's treatment!" the doctor hurried in after her.
In the operating room, the nurses had already rapidly prepared surgical instruments. Qin He walked to the operating table, looked at Gu Qichen lying on the bed, and then looked up at the nurse.
Her voice was icy cold. "Prepare blood packs from the blood bank and send them over immediately!"
Qin He's expression was calm as she reached for a scalpel from the tray.
The doctor urgently stepped forward. "Miss, we need to take an X-ray to see the exact position of the wound!"
Qin He's face was grim. "There's no time!"
Given the current blood loss, if they went to take an X-ray, by the time the results came back, the person might already be gone!
Qin He stared at the wound, her mind quickly scanning the blood vessels within the chest cavity!
She directly took scissors and cut open Gu Qichen's shirt!
"Begin the surgery immediately!"
A nurse beside her asked, "Without anesthesia?"
Qin He's expression was cold. "No time, hold him down!"
Several nurses exchanged glances. This was not a doctor from their own hospital!
Seeing the nurses hesitate, Qin He was about to speak when there was a sound at the operating room door.
Shen Bin rushed in.
He was on duty in the dean's office that day. He received a call from the emergency building saying a woman had forced her way into the operating room and was attempting to operate on her companion!
If a medical accident occurred, it would be the hospital's responsibility!
After entering, Shen Bin met Qin He's eyes, and his flustered expression immediately turned stern.
He glanced at Gu Qichen, who was still bleeding on the bed, and made a decisive call. "Dr. Li, you can leave. Everyone else, listen to her!"
Shen Bin turned to the side, put on surgical gloves and a cap, and said quickly, "I'll be your assistant!"
The nurses exchanged confused glances, unable to discern Qin He's identity.
Qin He held the scalpel, her heart trembling slightly.
She was a doctor and had to remain calm in the face of crisis!
Qin He gritted her teeth and made a decisive incision along the wound!
Because there was no anesthesia, Gu Qichen's body convulsed violently.
Fortunately, the nurses held him down tightly.
Qin He's hand was steady and precise, like an unfeeling, precision machine.
Blood packs were continuously brought in and transfused into Gu Qichen.
Half an hour later, Qin He's eyes were bloodshot, and she stopped.
This was the most perilous surgery she had ever performed. Gu Qichen's wound was extremely close to a major blood vessel near his heart. Even the slightest deviation could rupture the vessel, and once ruptured, there would be no time to stop the bleeding.
Shen Bin, watching from the side, was covered in a fine sweat on his forehead!
For such a high-risk surgery, if another doctor were to perform it, the success rate would be greatly reduced!
After removing the bullet, Qin He's expression was grave as she carefully stitched the wound.
Her gaze fell on Gu Qichen's face. This shot had nearly cost him his life!
It was as if he had taken a trip to the gates of hell.
Gu Qichen also had two other wounds on his arm: one was a graze, and the other was from a bullet.
The flesh around the bullet wound had exploded outwards, a shocking sight. Qin He gritted her teeth and continued the surgery.
A few minutes later, she used tweezers to extract a bullet and tossed it onto a nearby tray with a crisp sound.
"I'll suture and bandage it," Shen Bin said, looking at Qin He with concern.
This formidable woman was completely drenched. He wondered what had happened. She was also pregnant and had just performed such a difficult surgery!
If anything were to happen to her, he wouldn't be able to bear the responsibility.
"No need, I'll do it!" Qin He said coldly.
Her hands moved swiftly and steadily, stitching the wound.
On the operating table, Gu Qichen's eyes fluttered open slightly.
None of them had expected this. Perhaps because there was no anesthesia, the process of stitching his flesh had hurt him awake.
Qin He met Gu Qichen's gaze and was startled.
Gu Qichen's lips twitched, and he let out a few weak breaths. "You've been caught red-handed this time—"
Qin He gritted her teeth, feeling both angry and heartbroken. "Shut up! You're still one foot in the grave, and you have the nerve to chat with your surgeon!"
Seeing that Gu Qichen was about to speak again, Qin He feared he would reopen the wound.
"Behave yourself. If you don't want to die, don't distract me!"
Gu Qichen fell silent, and Qin He's pace in treating the wound quickened. She didn't want him to suffer for too long.
Ten minutes later, Gu Qichen, enduring the pain, fainted again.
Shen Bin wiped his forehead. "The surgery is over. It was quite successful, right?"
Qin He's lips were tightly pursed. "The bullet in his chest was too close to his heart, and the wound was too deep. There's a high chance of infection, and if it becomes infected, it will be fatal!"
She clenched her fists. Gu Qichen had endured great suffering throughout the entire surgery without anesthesia.
Not everyone could withstand surgery without anesthesia, especially what was almost an open-chest operation.
Even in his unconscious state, Gu Qichen's brow remained furrowed.
Qin He's heart ached, feeling almost his pain as if it were her own.
She removed her mask. "Send him to the sterile observation room in the ICU!"
Shen Bin immediately called for several nurses. Qin He accompanied the stretcher as they walked out.
Upon reaching the observation room, Gu Qichen was wheeled in by a nurse.
Qin He changed into sterile clothing in a cubicle in the center.
Di Shishi, who had been waiting outside, became anxious. "Qin He, you haven't even had your own check-up yet!"
Qin He shook her head. "I'm fine. Shishi, do me a favor. My phone was broken at the banquet today. Help me get some clean clothes, tell my brother at the Qin family that I'm staying at Xu Wanwan's place, and get me a new phone."
Qin Yun was currently avoiding Xu Wanwan, so he probably wouldn't call to check.
After instructing Di Shishi, Qin He put on her sterile gown.
Di Shishi was furious. "You just went for a swim in the river, and now you've operated on him. You have no energy to look after him. Come back with me!"
However, Qin He's attitude was resolute, and no one could persuade her. Di Shishi could only leave, gnashing her teeth in anger.
Gu Qichen's condition was extremely precarious. Qin He followed him into the sterile room.
Looking at the man lying on the bed, he was covered in monitoring equipment, his chest exposed with magnetic patches.
Qin He's lips were tightly pursed as she stared at the numbers on the monitors.
She remained in almost the same position until dawn.
In the ward, Qin He's heart pounded rapidly.
Di Shishi had already delivered clean clothes and a phone and stayed with Qin He in the ward until morning.
Seeing that Qin He remained unmoving, Di Shishi lost her temper. "Qin He, if you don't rest now, I'll pull his oxygen mask off immediately!"