873: [Xiao Mei's Story]

Inside the People's Hospital in Zhonghai City, in a room permeated with the smell of medicine.

A girl, her entire body charred black and almost unrecognizable, lay quietly on the hospital bed. Her eyes were tightly shut, her body stiff and motionless, as if she had lost the pulse of life.

Only the faint sound of breathing proved that she was still in this world.

This girl's name was Xiaomei. A year ago, while she and her boyfriend were playing cards in the park, they were struck by lightning, leaving her in a deep coma and a vegetative state.

At this moment, a weary-looking middle-aged woman was carefully wiping her body, her face filled with helplessness and despair.

Over the past year, in order to save their only daughter, they had long since exhausted their family savings and even sought help from relatives, yet they still owed the hospital over one hundred thousand in medical bills.

On the other side of the corridor, Xiaomei's father sat on a bench, clutching bills in his hand. These thin pieces of paper weighed on his heart like heavy mountains, making him feel suffocated.

"Li Hongtao, if you don't pay the medical fees, we will have to take necessary measures."

A cold voice broke the heavy atmosphere, and a middle-aged doctor in a white coat walked over.

Li Hongtao's face turned pale, and he stammered, "Doc... Doctor, give me a few more days, I will definitely raise the money."

The doctor shook his head, "I have already given you enough time, and the hospital has its rules." After saying this, he turned and left.

Li Hongtao watched the doctor's retreating figure in despair, his heart filled with confusion.

"Second Uncle, you should just take Xiaomei back. Her condition is a bottomless pit; with your financial situation, it's impossible to cure her." A young man spoke up.

"That's right! Hongtao, you owe us tens of thousands. How will you ever pay it back if this keeps going on?"

The young man's mother also added.

"I will definitely pay back the money I owe you, Sister-in-law." Li Hongtao said in a heavy tone.

"You two are already at this age, and Xiaomei is in this half-dead state, what do you have to pay us back with?" The woman said, "How about this? Your house is still worth something, why don't you just give it to us as repayment, how about that?"

"Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back the money."

Upon hearing this, Li Hongtao's face turned pale. His house was worth at least five or six hundred thousand, but he only owed his sister-in-law 30,000 yuan. Yet, the other party wanted him to use the house to pay it back. This world was truly too much.

"I'll give you another half a month. If you still don't pay up by then, just give us the house." The woman said with a sharp, mean tone.

Just then, a strange light suddenly flickered in the hospital corridor.

Amidst the light, a figure gradually emerged. The man was dressed in an ancient robe, handsome and dashing, with an extraordinary temperament.

The person who arrived was none other than Yang Lingchen.

"A ghost!"

Facing the suddenly appearing Yang Lingchen, everyone in the corridor was greatly startled.

The middle-aged woman and the young man fainted on the spot. They had seen with their own eyes that Yang Lingchen had been kicked until he was a bloody mess, and he had already been cremated.

"Uncle, where is Xiaomei?" Yang Lingchen walked up to Li Hongtao.

He still recognized Xiaomei's father, after all, he had been dating Xiaomei for two years.

"You... are you Lingchen? Aren't you dead?"

Li Hongtao was also trembling with fear; it was too unbelievable. Yang Lingchen had been personally sent to the crematorium by him; how could he still be alive?

"Uncle, it's me. I didn't die." Yang Lingchen said.

"Xiaomei is in the room." Li Hongtao pointed to the room behind him.

"Don't worry, Uncle. Xiaomei will be fine. I am going to save her right now."

After saying this, Yang Lingchen turned and walked into the ward.

He had originally thought that Xiaomei had been struck dead by lightning. When he returned to Earth a few days ago, he happened to pass by Xiaomei's home, so he asked around and learned that Xiaomei hadn't died but had become a vegetable.

When he heard this news, Yang Lingchen's mood became very heavy. He had been living carefree in another world, while his girlfriend had become a vegetable on Earth. He felt he was truly not a human being, so he hurried to the hospital.

"Xiaomei, I'm back."

After entering the room, Yang Lingchen strode to Xiaomei's hospital bed and gently placed his hand above her forehead.

Perhaps because she heard Yang Lingchen's voice, Xiaomei, with her eyes tightly shut, suddenly trembled slightly.

"Xiaomei, you will be fine."

Yang Lingchen waved his hand gently, and a powerful and warm energy was injected into Xiaomei's body.

Immediately after, Xiaomei's body began to tremble slightly, and her originally pale face gradually regained its color.

"Bastard, am I dreaming?"

A few minutes later, Xiaomei slowly opened her eyes. Her body was also recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. Not only that, but her skin and physical condition became even better than before, and even her Physique became stronger than that of many who Cultivate.

When she saw Yang Lingchen, her eyes became slightly moist. She didn't expect that she would still be able to see this man.

"It's all real. Neither of us died."

Yang Lingchen gently pulled Xiaomei into his arms, his face full of guilt.

"You bastard! I told you not to go to that kind of place, but you insisted on dragging me there." Xiaomei stretched out her fist and gently pounded on Yang Lingchen's chest.

"It's okay. From now on, there will be no more lightning striking me in this world. We can try again when that time comes." Yang Lingchen said with a smile.

"I'm not going to try with you!" Xiaomei said coyly.

At this moment, Li Hongtao and his wife rushed into the ward upon hearing the noise. Seeing the awakened Xiaomei, they were moved to tears. "Xiaomei, is it real?"

Li Hongtao and his wife had expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"Dad, Mom, I'm fine. I feel full of strength." Xiaomei sat up directly on the hospital bed.

The doctors also stepped into the ward at this moment, their faces all revealing expressions of astonishment.

The vegetable who had once been declared as having a "death sentence" by them had actually miraculously awakened without any warning.

What was even more unbelievable was that she looked completely healthy, as if all her troubles had vanished into thin air.

"We are leaving." Yang Lingchen said.

"Stop! You haven't settled your medical fees yet." The middle-aged doctor blocked Yang Lingchen.

"How much?" Yang Lingchen asked. He had been on Earth for a while now, and he still had quite a bit of money on him.

"Five million."

The doctor said.

"Doctor Liu, you're talking nonsense! We clearly only owed five hundred thousand in medical bills." Li Hongtao said angrily.

"I say it's five million, so it's five million. Haven't you seen that your daughter has already been cured?" Doctor Liu sneered.

"Uncle, don't bother arguing with them. In this world, no one dares to extort me."

A cold smile curled on the corner of Yang Lingchen's mouth. He waved his hand gently again, and that Doctor Liu turned directly into a stray dog.

At this moment, everyone had an expression of terror on their faces. Even Li Hongtao's sister-in-law was greatly startled. What kind of divine technique was this?

After Yang Lingchen paid the medical fees, he left with Xiaomei and her family. In the days to come, Xiaomei would also live with him.

The Xiaomei Arc ends here. I will fill in every subsequent plot hole.