47: Chapter 47 Let me explain, I did it for money, not because of pornography.

When Lin Ning regained consciousness, he wished he could just pass out again.

His body ached as if his flesh and bones were being torn apart, and it felt like there was a fisherman frantically casting a rod inside his head. Every breath felt like countless invisible hooks digging into his nerve endings, subjecting him to an endless slow torture.

And at a time like this, there was someone beside him using a chainsaw to fell trees. Is this not...

Damn, why is this scene so familiar? Did my Golden Finger kill me and cause me to be reborn?

Lin Ning finally woke up completely. Oh my god, what kind of chosen constitution is this—time travel, rebirth, will it be a system next time?

Did I get reborn back to ten days ago? What were the lottery numbers for these past few days again? Damn it, I could empty the prize pool! What? You can't win if the numbers weren't bought by insiders? Forget it then.

Lin Ning struggled to open his eyes, seeing the familiar white, and slowly turned his head to look at the "chainsaw" person—

Chen Zhi was sleeping soundly on the companion bed, his mouth open and snoring thunderously.

Damn!

What kind of fate is this? What kind of people do I know!

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Chen Zhi instantly opened his eyes.

Several doctors filed in, dispersing to check the equipment or examine Lin Ning.

Chen Zhi stood up and greeted the old man leading them, "Dean Zhang!"

Dean Zhang ignored him, continuing to listen to each person's report while occasionally looking down at Lin Ning.

Once everyone finished reporting, Dean Zhang thought for a moment before speaking to Chen Zhi: "It's still the previous conclusion: apart from slightly low muscle protein levels and brainwave activity, there are no pathological or traumatic injuries. Moreover, as he wakes up, these values are still rising."

Chen Zhi frowned upon hearing this, "But his condition at the time..."

Dean Zhang interrupted him, "That's why we will continue to monitor his condition, and I have also contacted other experts for an online consultation. You should know that modern medicine hasn't fully decoded the human body, but his condition is definitely not at its most critical anymore."

Dean Zhang was still very interested in Lin Ning. When he was first brought in, experienced doctors could almost judge at a glance that he wouldn't make it, but once on the equipment, they were surprised to find that Lin Ning's body was actually quite healthy.

After Dean Zhang led the way out, Chen Zhi came to Lin Ning's bedside.

"How are you feeling?"

Looking at Chen Zhi, whose hair was greasy and clothes disheveled, Lin Ning asked in a breathy voice, "The hard drive..."

Chen Zhi's bloodshot eyes filled with a smile, "We found it, right where you said it would be."

If he weren't lying in bed, Chen Zhi would have really liked to pat him hard on the back and loudly praise him, "Good lad!"

Unfortunately, he wasn't one of his own soldiers.

Chen Zhi said, "You rest well first; it's all just cleanup work now. Your reward has already been submitted, and also—"

"We plan to hire you as a consultant."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ning got a bit anxious, his voice rising significantly: "A reward, is that a consultant position? What about the prize money..."

Chen Zhi choked for a second, but considering Lin Ning's meritorious service, he laughed helplessly and scolded, "There is! Don't worry! Honestly..."

Lin Ning wasn't reassured and pressed, "If I become a consultant, what about the reward money for future reports?"

Chen Zhi rolled his eyes in annoyance and turned to leave.

Anyway, with Lin Ning in that half-dead state, there was no way to talk about anything else. He had better get away from this hopeless brat quickly, lest his hands get itchy and he ends up beating a patient.

With the sound of the door closing, Chen Zhi left with a "There is!" and strode away.

The hospital room quieted down, and Lin Ning lay in bed, quietly "groaning"—he had been too embarrassed to do it while others were around, but groaning really did alleviate some of the pain when he was uncomfortable.

Lin Ning complained about Chen Zhi in his heart.

Where did that scholarly general's air of strategic mastery go from the first few times they met? Now he's even rolling his eyes to his face!

Carefully savoring the various sensations in his body, he found they were almost the same as after he last used the Eye of Insight.

He could clearly feel that his Psychic Power had increased during this period, but his physical condition was about the same, which meant that the Psychic Power used this time far exceeded the previous consumption—it was probably because he had actively controlled and searched the "memories."

Drowsily, he let himself drift off to sleep again. Psychic Power issues that medicine couldn't detect still had to be recovered through his own rest; he had experience with that.

When he woke up, the doctors came in again to perform another check-up. Lin Ning was hungry, but he was a bit embarrassed to bother the doctors and nurses, so he picked up the phone by his bedside, thinking about ordering takeout for himself.

There were two missed calls and several text messages on his phone.

The calls were from Officer Li Feng, who also left a message asking him to call back when he saw it.

The text messages were actually—

[Mobile Banking Deposit: 150,000 RMB, Balance: 611,023.02 RMB]

[Mobile Banking Deposit: 23,000 RMB, Balance: 634,023.02 RMB]

[Mobile Banking Deposit: 10,000 RMB, Balance: 644,023.02 RMB]

Lin Ning opened his mobile banking app with trembling hands, looking at the official Yanjing City government remittance source, and then looking at that beautiful balance figure—this! Is this the reward money arriving?

The money from those gangs!

Nearly two hundred thousand. Although it was delayed for a few days, one had to know this was earned within two days. He had bet correctly; this wasn't just "mosquito meat," this was clearly an abalone feast!

A shrill alarm sounded, the pitter-patter of footsteps came from outside the door, and in an instant, three or four people in white coats rushed in.

Those doctors looked at Lin Ning, who had a slightly flushed face, a lewd smile on his lips, and was holding his phone, while the external monitor blared an alarm for tachycardia.

A middle-aged female doctor scolded him angrily: "Do you know you're a patient? How long has it been since you woke up from fainting and you're already watching pornographic videos? Do you not want to live? Do you know how weak you are?"

Lin Ning held up his phone dumbfoundedly, "...Huh?"

...

Lin Ning stayed in the hospital for two days of observation, and he didn't even know how he got through these two days.

Lin Ning felt wronged, angry, and humiliated.

At the time, Lin Ning hadn't realized what the doctor was talking about, but once he did, he wished he could print out his bank interface into a giant poster and display it in the hospital to clear his name.

Under the nurse's suppressed laughter and the doctor's perfunctory "Okay, okay, okay," "Right, right, right," and "Got it, got it, got it" triple affirmations because he explained it too many times.

Lin Ning was very determined to be discharged. Expert consultations, in-depth examinations—he couldn't be bothered with any of that anymore, and he understood his own condition very well.

It was simply not something current medical science could solve, and they couldn't even discover any clues.

After leaving the hospital and getting into the car Chen Zhi sent to take him away, Lin Ning looked back through the car window. Under the sunlight, the large characters of the X01 Military Medical University Affiliated Hospital were shining with a golden light, stinging his eyes until tears almost fell.

Never coming back. No matter how good the medical skills were, no matter how top-tier the equipment was, he—Lin Ning—would never come to this hospital again!!!

At the main entrance of the building, a Bentley door opened, and an assistant helped Ou Jiarui get out of the car.

The moment Lin Ning withdrew his gaze, he caught a glimpse of a brilliant gold surging with a grayish-white halo.

When he turned his head to look back, the car had already driven out of the gate...