185: Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Three: It’s Good to Be Alive 185: Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Three: It’s Good to Be Alive But when Gao Yang woke up, he only felt enervated, with an IV needle in his hand, various medical monitoring equipment at the bedside, and most importantly, a beautiful nurse with a large bosom and perky buttocks sitting by his side, Gao Yang immediately understood that he was lying in a hospital room.
Although the young nurse was watching over Gao Yang, she had become distracted and hadn’t noticed that he had already opened his eyes.
At that moment, Gao Yang was feeling incredibly thirsty, so he softly said, “Sorry, could I have a glass of water please?”
“Oh, sure, ah!
My God, you’re finally awake.”
After the pretty nurse casually responded to Gao Yang, she finally realized what had happened.
She covered her mouth and exclaimed, but instead of getting Gao Yang a glass of water, she immediately turned around and ran out of the ward.
Soon after, Gao Yang heard the nurse call out with a surprised yet not very loud voice from outside the ward, “He’s awake, the patient is awake, you can go in, but don’t make too much noise, the patient needs quiet.”
After saying that, the door was pushed open with a brush, and a bunch of people came rushing in.
Cui Bo was at the front; he ran to Gao Yang’s bedside, glanced at him, and immediately grinned and said, “Look, I was right, wasn’t I?
Brother Yang has a strong life force, he’s not that easy to kill.”
Li Jinfang, however, had a guilty look on his face and said to Gao Yang, “Brother Yang, it’s all our fault, we just watched you losing too much blood.
Thank goodness you’re alright, otherwise, the Old Russian and I really wouldn’t be able to live with ourselves.”
But after Cui Bo and Li Jinfang had spoken, Morgan also stood in front of Gao Yang, and with a face full of emotion, said, “Gao, I’m so glad you woke up.
Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to repay the debt I owe you.”
And Bob, making a face, said, “Bro, give me a high five.
I’m really happy you woke up.
Rest for a few days, and once you’re better, I’ll take you for some real fun.”
Arthur and Jacklan also said in unison, “That’s great, you’ve finally woken up.”
Gao Yang, faced with a crowd of relieved and surprised expressions, was somewhat stunned.
He felt as though getting shot in the leg shouldn’t warrant such a fuss.
After a light cough, he asked in confusion, “Aren’t you all busy with things to do?
Why have you all come here?
Simon and Frey are okay, right?
And Destin, it’s regrettable, but where is his body?
I want to see him one last time.
Also, how many hours was I unconscious?”
Upon hearing Gao Yang ask a bunch of questions, Morgan shook his head and bittersweetly said, “Just a few hours?
My God, you should be asking how many days!
It’s been three and a half days since you were admitted to the hospital, and you nearly didn’t make it.
Do you know that when you were brought to the hospital you were already in shock, with almost no blood pressure and a pulse so faint it was nearly undetectable?
Your heart stopped twice, and the doctors had declared the resuscitation a failure.
Glolov, Cui Bo, Simon, and the others stormed into the operating room, held the doctor at gunpoint, and demanded that he continue to save you.
In the end, I had to arrange for your transfer to another hospital right after the doctor declared you out of danger, or else I was afraid the FBI and police would corner all of you in the hospital.
Let me tell you, Gao, the fact that you survived is truly a miracle.”
Gao Yang listened in shock, Morgan’s words made him realize the gravity of the situation.
But he also felt puzzled and said, “That doesn’t make sense.
I’ve studied the major blood vessels in the human body.
The place where I got shot in the leg shouldn’t have hit a main artery.
Why was it so serious?”
Cui Bo blurted out urgently, “Let me explain, let me explain.
Brother Yang, do you know?
While human bodies are mostly the same, there are also slight differences, right?
The place where you were shot, there wasn’t a major blood vessel, but it wasn’t just a capillary either.
How should I put it, it’s like you hit a blood vessel that’s not very major but still lethal.
Moreover, the heat from the bullet didn’t cauterize the broken vessel, so you kept bleeding, just kept bleeding, until you had lost too much blood.
The doctors said you lost over a thousand milliliters of blood.
How much total blood does a person have?
Only about three thousand milliliters, and you lost over a thousand milliliters of it.
Not dying really is a stroke of luck.”
Gao Yang sighed softly and said, “It was indeed quite dangerous, but that’s all behind me now, isn’t it?
What about Destin?
If I was unconscious for three days, then has he been buried?”
Arthur, with a cheeky smile, said, “Who told you Destin was dead?
He’s not dead.
He’s very much alive and woke up before you did.”
Gao Yang was truly delighted and wanted to sit up, but he found himself too weak to even do so, and so he could only lie in bed looking at Arthur with a face full of surprise, “That’s wonderful!
But how is that possible?
I saw Destin’s eyes blown out.
Hang on, you aren’t fooling me, are you?”
Morgan shook his head, smiling, “This time, almost everyone was injured, but luckily, no one died in combat.
Indeed, Destin is not dead, and we wouldn’t joke about such a thing.”
Arthur said with a grin, “Alright, let me tell you what happened.
When we stormed the target building, Simon was the first one in.
But as soon as he entered, he realized something was wrong and immediately retreated.
However, someone on the first floor opened fire, and a bullet hit his face, slashing open a gash on it.
Simon then fell to the ground, and when Destin went to pull him out, a bullet coming from the side hit his left eye.
The bullet flew almost horizontally, so after it passed through his eye socket, it only shattered the bone on the left side of his socket but didn’t penetrate his brain.
Another bullet struck Destin in the thigh and broke his artery, but luckily we managed to tie off the wound in time.
So, although he also lost a lot of blood, it was actually a bit less than what you lost.”
Gao Yang took a deep breath and said softly, “That’s good, that’s great.
How’s Destin now?
And Simon, Glolov, Frey, and Hill, how are they doing?”
Jacklan shrugged and said, “Hill’s leg was shot through, breaking two bones.
He needs another surgery.
Frey’s condition is a bit more complicated; his injury isn’t too severe, but the bullet lodged in the bone seam of his hip joint, so he needs surgery and can’t move right now.
As for Simon’s face, you know, he needs to have his wound stitched as well as cosmetic surgery—and, hahaha!”
After Jacklan finished with a laugh, Arthur patted his own butt and laughed out loud, “Simon and Glolov are at the best cosmetic hospital in Los Angeles.
Did you know?
The doctors took a strip of flesh from Simon’s butt and patched it onto his face, hahaha.
We’ve decided to call him Ass Face from now on; he never had a nickname, but now he finally has one that suits him.
And Destin, his nickname will be Cyclops.”
Jacklan hurriedly added, “Big Dog needs his ear fixed, and it seems he can also remove the scars on his face.
The doctor even asked Big Dog if he wanted to have plastic surgery to look better while they were at it, hahaha.
You should have seen Big Dog’s expression then, it was hilarious.
Gao, when you’re better, you should come with us to the hospital to visit them.
Many celebrities go to that hospital, you know.”
Seeing Arthur and Jacklan laughing so joyfully, Gao Yang finally let out a laugh as well and said softly, “I mean, no one died, but Destin did lose an eye.
Are we sure it’s alright to tease them like this?”
Jacklan exaggeratedly said, “They’re alive, that’s what matters, isn’t it?
Isn’t that enough to be happy about?
Buddy, losing an eye but getting a second lease on life—how lucky is that?
Why shouldn’t we give them nicknames because of it?”
Arthur agreed, “Exactly!
He just lost an eye, brother.
He survived.
Is there anything more joyful than that?”
Gao Yang thought they had a point.
Surviving was indeed something to be grateful for.
Compared to losing an eye, keeping his life was certainly worth celebrating.
“Alright, I guess I won’t be able to greet Destin for a while.
Say hi to him for me, guys.
And, buddies, get me a glass of water; I’m dying of thirst.”
Cui Bo scurried to get a glass of water for Gao Yang, and after Gao Yang gulped it down in one go, Morgan clapped his hands and said, “Alright guys, everyone out.
The doctor said Gao needs peace and quiet.
Plus, I want to say a few words to Gao alone.
You guys go spread the news that Gao is awake to the others so they can be happy too.
Then wait for me; I think it’s finally time to divide the spoils.”
After the crowd left the hospital room one by one, Morgan pulled up a chair and sat in front of Gao Yang’s bed, smiling, “Did you know?
During these days you were unconscious, they didn’t even care about the money.
Frog and Rabbit stood guard at the door of your room, impossible to chase away.
And Big Dog, he flat out refused to go to another hospital with Simon for treatment.
Now that you’re finally awake, I think they can finally rest easy too.”
Gao Yang smiled and said, “I made my brothers worry.”
Morgan nodded and said, “Now that you’re awake, we should talk about the payment.
I said before, five million for participation in combat and achieving the combat objectives, and another five million for rescuing Bob.
Since there were ten of you, your mercenary group can split five million US dollars.
But since you guys also took out that bastard Toller, I’ll add another five million as a reward.
So, your Satan Mercenary Corps will receive a total of seven and a half million US dollars.”
Gao Yang laughed, “Doesn’t matter to me; we didn’t go there just for the money.
But of course, it’s nice to get paid.”
Morgan became serious, “I’ve said before, I admire your attitude towards money, but I don’t admire your attitude toward business.
You got involved out of friendship, but what about your team?
It’s okay for them to be put in danger because of your personal reasons, but they need to receive fair compensation.
Gao, don’t mix personal feelings with business.
As I always say, friendship is friendship, business is business.”
Having spoken seriously, Morgan then smiled and said, “Of course, as a friend, I’m grateful for everything you’ve done.
So, as for the business part, giving you seven and a half million dollars is reasonable.
I won’t give you a penny more.
But as a friend, I have a gift for you.
Gao, you’ll know what it is when you’re out of the hospital, and I guarantee you’ll like it.” (To be continued.
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