Li Ze walked out of the surgery preparation room.

Yao Ziyu, who had been crouching in the corner, immediately sprang up and threw herself into Li Ze’s arms, looking somewhat lost.

She was crying uncontrollably.

Yao Yanqing was her only remaining family.

If anything were to happen to him... She bit her lip tightly.

“Don’t worry, everything will be fine. The surgery has already begun.”

Li Ze reassured her.

But in reality, he had no confidence in whether Wright would successfully complete the surgery.

Time passed minute by minute, and the emergency lights in the operating room flashed with a red glow.

An hour later.

“Clack.”

The door to the operating room opened.

Wright walked out with a dark expression, looking as if he had just received terrible news.

Seeing this, Yao Ziyu’s legs went weak, and she nearly fainted.

Li Ze reached out to steady her and looked at Wright, coldly demanding, “Tell me, how is he?”

Wright's anger surged within him, and he desperately wanted to shout, “He’s dead! Completely dead!”

But seeing Li Ze’s gaze, he immediately shrank back.

He had no doubt that if he spoke like that, he might not leave the hospital alive!

In the end, Wright had no choice but to suppress his anger and honestly say:

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“The surgery was very successful. With some time to recuperate, he should recover fully.”

Yao Ziyu was momentarily stunned, then overwhelmed with joy and tears!

“See? I told you so!”

Li Ze also let out a sigh of relief and smiled, saying, “I promised to cure your father, and I will make sure to keep that promise!”

Soon.

Yao Yanqing was wheeled out of the operating room and taken to the observation room.

Yao Ziyu looked at Li Ze with deep gratitude and said, “Li Ze, thank you. I really didn’t know what I would have done without you.”

“Ding! Yao Ziyu’s affection for the host has increased to 90%!”

“Ding! Yao Ziyu’s affection for the host has increased to 95%!”

“Ding! Yao Ziyu’s affection for the host has reached 100%!”

A series of system prompts sounded, and Yao Ziyu’s affection for Li Ze had finally maxed out!

Li Ze’s lips curved into a smile; it had finally arrived.

All the effort he had put into Yao Ziyu was just to harvest more villain points, after all.

But this storyline...

It seemed to be fully squeezed out now.

“Ding!”

“Host’s villain points +1000! Protagonist’s fortune points -1000!”

“Friendly reminder: Current villain points 1000, protagonist’s fortune points 6500.”

“Yao Ziyu’s connection with the protagonist has been completely severed, successfully altering the plot. Due to the host’s excellent performance, the system is triggering a random lottery!”

“Would you like to start the lottery?”

Li Ze was overjoyed; such good fortune?

Without hesitation, he said, “Start!”

“Ding! Reward drawing in progress... Congratulations to the host for an incredible stroke of luck, and receiving the reward ‘Skill Plunder Card’!”

Li Ze raised his eyebrows, somewhat confused.

But then a line of small text appeared before his eyes, explaining: [Skill Plunder Card: Plunder any one skill from the target and convert it into your own ability. Note: Perfect-grade skills cannot be plundered.]

Li Ze's heart skipped a beat. He could plunder any one skill from the target and turn it into his own ability!

The only limitation was that perfect-grade skills couldn't be plundered.

In that case...

Li Ze asked, “System, what is Ye Tian's medical skill level?”

The system quickly responded with a somewhat mechanical tone.

“Protagonist Ye Tian’s medical skill level is [Mastery], and he is at the peak of Mastery, nearly reaching the Perfect level.”

Li Ze understood. Ye Tian's medical skills had indeed not yet reached the Perfect level. One of his reasons for leaving the mountain was that he had hit a bottleneck in his medical skills and needed to find an opportunity for breakthrough!

In the drama, Ye Tian had received a great opportunity that led to a complete mastery of his skills; he must have broken through to the Perfect level then.

Currently, Ye Tian had not yet obtained that opportunity.

Li Ze’s thoughts delved into his storage space.

Inside lay a Skill Plunder Card and a Skill Upgrade Card that had been obtained earlier but not yet used.

A plan began to form in Li Ze’s mind, gradually taking shape, with the ultimate goal being Ye Tian’s demise!