Chapter 242: Saved your life, give me wife
*Bing-Bong*
Please note that even the writer of this work is fully of aware how cringe the title for this chapter is.
*Bing-Bong*
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=Depends.=
=Well, whether she has the will to keep living, whether or not Zhen Hai has enough control over his new found lighting skills and, taking a page from your book, how awkward it would be for it to work.=
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“Hurry Doctor Hart! We don’t have much time!”
“Alright Miss Gianna, alright! I’m moving fast as I can!”
Gianna was a tad panicky as she she escorted the doctor back to the family’s parlor room.
Evidently, she had a bit of a trouble with locating the doctor on the estate due to the latter having been preoccupied with other issues, namely, young trainees accidentally poisoning themselves while practicing the family craft.
It took a while, but she eventually managed to locate the man and promptly drag his ass back as quickly as possible.
“There it is! Now come on,” Gianna shouted as she opened the door, “hurry up and-what the hell?!”
“What are you two-”
[Shock Palm – 3K shock!]
*ZAP!*
“Gasp!,” Telana went before taking in a massive gulp of air, “w-what just happened? …why is my dress torn open?”
Everyone in the room was absolutely shocked as Zhen Hai successfully revived Telana Corrada, but for very different reasons.
Gianna was shocked that whatever Zhen Hai did managed to revive her mother despite having very little medical knowledge. She had taught him a smattering, but nothing that pertained to unconcious people. A lot on sensitivity though…
Doctor Hart was shocked because he had just witnessed someone at least twenty years his junior perform a medical procedure he had never learned about that didn’t involve cutting someone open. He had to make sure what this was.
Zhen Hai was shocked because it actually fucking worked. Just because Zhen Liu somehow info dumped a bunch of strange medical knowledge into his head, didn’t mean he knew what he was doing…technically.
Zhen Liu was shocked because he figured Zhen Hai would have overshot the amount of electricity needed. He also figured that they would have needed to electrocute Telana a couple times in order to get her heart working again.
While the main patient of this whole affair was just confused over her open dress and lack of understanding of what the fuck was going on. It also didn’t help that her left arm hurted like a mother fucker.
“Wait a minute…”
Telana’s memory kicked back in as she recalled the ghostly image of her mother trying to her while she sat, followed by immense pain in her chest and arm. It didn’t take a genius to realize she must have suffered a heart attack.
Telana was initially going to thank the doctor for saving her life but then noticed how he and her daughter were at the door while the ones by her side were the two Zhen Clan Young Masters. Judging by the way Zhen Hai was holding his hands, he must have been the one who treated her when she passed out.
“You…you saved my life?,” Telana asked Zhen Hai with a confused look, “why?”
Zhen Hai was initially going to expunge something about the preciousness of life, until Hurricroak piped up in his head.
[Enough with all the flowery language, bro. Just say your honest feelings here. It’ll take you farther than any flattery at this moment.]
‘Huh…fair enough.’
“Well…to be honest, I’m not the biggest fan of you. What with the times our families clashed heads…but you are the mother of the woman I love. And I know you dying would make her sad, and I refuse to let anything happen to her that would make her sad,’ Zhen Hai said with the utmost sincerity.
When Gianna heard these words, her feeling were a tad mixed.
On the one hand, it sounded as if Zhen Hai had insulted her mother, which was unacceptable.
On the other, he had basically confirmed that he loved her so much that he would bring back the dead for her sake.
If that ain’t a testimony of love, she wouldn’t know what was.
“Huh…”
Telana looked at Zhen Hai, mildly impressed at how straightforward and honest he was about his intentions with her daughter. She was initially planning on firmly telling him “no” and maybe slipping a laxative into his stuff, but now…well…hard to refuse a guy who just saved your life, right?
With a deep sigh and a covering of her dress, Telana got up from her position on the floor.
“Oh very well…you two have my blessings,” Telana surrendered, “but if you break her heart, I will break your organs.”
“Understandable.”
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I must go and rest. This has been a harrowing afternoon and I would very much like to drink something stronger than tea.”
Telana Corrada made her way out of the parlor room, the doctor following behind her to make sure she didn’t relapse.
This left Zhen Hai, Zhen Liu and Gianna Corrada alone in the room, but for the first and third person, that middle one didn’t exist in this moment.
“Well then…looks like you have mother’s blessing.”
“Indeed.”
“Now we can get properly engaged.”
“That’s right.”
“So…are you going to pop the question when we meet later tonight?”
Zhen Hai was about to say yes, but Hurricroak came to provide advice one more time.
[My sharky brother, now is not the time for timidity. I know you got that box in your pocket. Now’s the best time to put a ring on it.]
“Actually,” Zhen Hai began to say as he readjusted his kneeling position to better face Gianna, “I’m going to do it right now.”
“What?”
Zhen Hai reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a small lacquered jewel box.
Without hesitation, he opened it to reveal a gorgeous ring with a particular red gemstone in the middle. Evidently, it was an Ifrit Fire Heart Crystal.
“Gianna Corrada, will you marry me?,” Zhen Hai said with a voice strengthened by pure love.
Gianna didn’t say anything at the proposal…she just cried tears of joy before nodding fiercely.
With that little form of confirmation, Zhen Hai slipped the ring onto the finger of his beloved.
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[Huh… wonder if our proposal would have been as memorable,] a certain frog mused as she watched the scene unfold.
It made her nostalgic and a tad melancholic.
[Wonder how he’s doing…]
