The images captured by the micro camera on the suction head were transmitted through the microscope, clearly displayed in Lin Jie's field of vision. A black, irregular blood clot almost filled his entire view.

Minute electric sparks struck the blood clot, and the shattered fragments were immediately suctioned away.

This was the second most challenging blood clot. Under Lin Jie's meticulous control, it took half an hour to finally crush the entire clot and suction it out completely.

Lin Jie slowly withdrew the suction head and gently exhaled a breath of relief, asking, "How long did it take?"

"Five hours and forty-five minutes!" An Kexin replied softly!

Lin Jie nodded slightly; this timing was still within his planned schedule!

He stretched his stiff body, preparing to seize the momentum and remove the remaining three blood clots.

Suddenly, Lin Jie's vision went black, and he staggered.

Luo Shanshan, quick-eyed and swift, reached out to support him, preventing him from falling.

Seeing Lin Jie's pale face, Luo Shanshan expressed concern, "Lin Jie, you're exhausted! Shall we pause the surgery for now?"

After a brief rest, Lin Jie, whose vision had been restored, realized his mental exertion was too severe.

Previously, he was always worried about Lin Miao, suppressing his body's warning signals, continually exerting his body's potential. Now his body couldn't hold up, attempting to collapse and faint.

Lin Jie shook his head firmly, insisting, "Every craniotomy is a major damage to the brain. This surgery must be completed in one go. Kexin, bring over those prepared black chocolates!"

An Kexin was momentarily stunned, timidly saying, "I was afraid they would expire or melt, so there aren't any prepared in the operating room!"

Knowing Lin Miao's situation was unexpected, Lin Jie understood it wasn't An Kexin's fault. He pondered for a moment, then said, "Bring the glucose here, give me an IV drip!"

An Kexin quickly fetched a bag of glucose and an IV drip set from the medical box, handing them to Luo Shanshan.

To avoid hindering Lin Jie's hands, Luo Shanshan inserted the drip needle into a blood vessel on Lin Jie's forehead.

"Do you... do you need this?"

Lin Jie turned and looked, seeing An Kexin holding a urinal bag.

Although he initially had no thought of it, upon seeing it, he nodded, allowing An Kexin to put it on him.

Empathizing with others, Lin Jie suddenly realized that Luo Shanshan and An Kexin had physiological needs like himself, waving his hand, "You have half an hour, go resolve your needs too!"

The words were barely out of his mouth when the two of them, just like rabbits, indistinguishably rushed out of the operating room.

Twenty minutes later, wearing new surgical gowns, the two, having scrubbed their hands and disinfected again, reentered the operating room. Lin Jie also, after this brief rest, regained some energy.

Lin Jie handed a long, thin brain needle to An Kexin, instructing, "I'm not in as good a condition now as before the surgery started."

"Miaomiao's surgery can't have any issues or accidents, and pain can maximally stimulate someone's alertness!"

"Use this needle to poke my butt every five minutes. Remember, do it hard, I need to stay fully aware at all times!"

An Kexin received the 20+ cm long brain needle, looking towards Luo Shanshan with some uneasiness.

Luo Shanshan sighed, approached, and said, "This is indeed a method to stay awake! President An, remember, pierce these two spots!"

"Pierce here; it will hurt but won't damage major nerves and blood vessels."

While speaking, she gestured at two spots on Lin Jie's buttocks.

Lin Jie stood up from his resting seat and said, "Alright, let's start the surgery! Kexin, poke once first!"

Luo Shanshan needed to assist Lin Jie with the surgery, leaving no free hands, and An Kexin understood that she was the only one who could do this. Having led the Weize Group for some time, she had the necessary decisiveness.

She promptly aimed and pierced hard.

Lin Jie gasped in pain but couldn't help saying, "Good, just like that! Kexin, always remember to notify me before each poke!"

The surgery resumed; there were three blood clots left in Lin Miao's brain at shallow locations, easy to extract.

Lin Jie also understood the principle that the hardest part is at the 90% success mark. The closer to success, the harder it is, and the more careful one must be, allowing no oversight.

The remaining three clots no longer required the suction head but utilized specialized surgical knives and needles for craniocerebral microsurgery to separate them.

After more than two hours, and pokes on his butt over twenty to thirty times, Lin Jie successfully separated the three blood clots.

Even then, Lin Jie did not rest.

He personally conducted a strict examination on Lin Miao, reinserted the removed skull, sutured the scalp, covered Lin Miao's eyes with multiple layers of gauze, and sent her into a hospital bed in the adjacent ward before collapsing into An Kexin's arms and sleeping deeply.

Luo Shanshan, seeing An Kexin also extremely weary, said, "You accompany Lin Jie to rest, I'll watch over here. I'm a doctor, experienced with many sleepless nights."

"Thank you!"

An Kexin, indeed unable to hold on anymore, did not refuse, expressing gratitude, then exerted strength to hold Lin Jie princess-style, carrying him into the general manager's office on the sixth floor.

The sofa in the guest area was large enough to lie two people...

This time, Lin Jie was truly exhausted, not only physically but mentally too.

For his entire twenty years in this world, he seemed always restrained, involuntarily, and full of worry and fear, never daring to live as he wished.

This time, he wished he could sleep forever.

Therefore, even when Luo Shanshan and An Kexin called "Lin Jie" repeatedly in front of him, though he seemed to hear it in his drowsy state, he still didn't open his eyes.

He only felt light, as if floating, his whole being relaxed, as if wandering in the neighborhood, holding his grandfather with his left hand and his grandmother with his right!

His grandmother lovingly said to him, "Good grandson, grandma missed you so much, come, let grandma take you to buy some goodies…"

Lin Jie felt the warmth of his grandmother's love, his heart filled with warmth, wanting to follow but feeling held back, unable to move freely…

Suddenly, he faintly heard a voice calling, "Brother…"

It was a little girl's voice, his sister's voice, how could it be so young!

Lin Jie stopped and looked around.

Silence fell instantly around him, and he saw a little girl with twin braids standing at the intersection ahead. She had bright eyes, smiled sweetly, and called out, "Brother…"

Sister?

Lin Jie was so shocked he nearly dropped his jaw.

Looking carefully, yes, her face and features were just like Lin Miao's when she was little.

Lin Jie was somewhat confused, standing before Lin Miao, touched her head, and muttered, "Aren't you the same age as me? How did you suddenly become little?"

Upon hearing Lin Jie, Lin Miao's eyes curved into crescents. She held his arm, laughing "giggle" like silver bells, "Brother, don't go, don't leave me! If you go, take me with you…"

"What nonsense! I'm with grandpa and grandma…"

Lin Jie suddenly remembered, grandpa and grandma were no longer there, only his sister was with him; she had experienced an accident…

He felt a painful attachment in his heart, was startled, suddenly woke up, shouting, "Miaomiao!"

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