My name is Lin Hao, and today is the most important day of my life.
Lying on the cold operating table, I felt completely numb, my consciousness gradually fading. The smell of antiseptic stung my nostrils, making me want to sneeze, but I didn’t have the strength to move even a finger.
In a daze, I heard the voices of the doctor and nurses.
"His blood pressure is a bit low; give him another dose of adrenaline."
"His heart rate is also unstable. Should we pause the surgery?"
A chill ran down my spine. Something was wrong—very wrong. Wasn’t this just a routine appendectomy? How could it have come to this? I wanted to ask, but I found that I couldn’t even lift my eyelids.
Suddenly, a sharp alarm pierced the silence of the operating room.
I heard a nurse's panicked voice: "Doctor, the patient's heartbeat is slowing down!"
My heartbeat is slowing? What’s happening?
Fear washed over me like a tidal wave. I struggled desperately, wanting to cry out for help, but my body felt like it was trapped, unable to move.
"Hurry, prepare the defibrillator!"
The doctor’s voice was filled with urgency.
"Mr. Lin, hold on!"
I felt myself sinking, falling into an endless darkness. No, I can’t die; there are so many things I haven’t done yet. I haven’t confessed to Xiao Mei, I haven’t fulfilled my dream of traveling the world, and I haven’t…
Suddenly, a strange sensation washed over me.
I found my consciousness drifting away from my body, slowly rising.
In terror, I realized that I was floating above the operating room, looking down at the busy medical staff below.
I saw myself lying on the Operating Table, pale and motionless. That body felt like a cold corpse, no longer connected to me.
I wanted to scream, "I'm here!" but my voice dissipated into the air.
The doctors were doing everything they could to save me, but I knew it was all in vain.
I watched as the lines on the Electrocardiogram grew fainter, finally becoming a straight line.
"Time of death: May 15, 2023, 10:37 AM," one of the doctors said, removing his mask with a look of despair.
No! This can't be happening!
How could I be dead? I was still so young; my life had just begun!
Despair and fear washed over me like a tidal wave.
I couldn't understand why this was happening; I had only come in for a minor surgery.
Just as I sank into endless sorrow, a blinding white light suddenly flashed before me.
I felt myself being pulled into a vortex of time and space, everything around me spinning rapidly.
My consciousness began to blur until it finally plunged into darkness.
I don't know how long it had been when I suddenly opened my eyes, gasping for air.
Looking around, I found myself lying in my familiar bedroom.
Sunlight streamed through the curtains onto the bed, warm and bright.
I glanced at my phone; the date read May 15, 2023, 7 AM.
Wasn't this the morning of the day I was supposed to have surgery?
I was stunned.
Was everything that just happened a nightmare?
No, it was too real; it couldn't have been a dream.
I clearly remembered every detail, every conversation, and I could even recall the smell of disinfectant.
I trembled as I touched my body with my hands.
There were no surgical scars, no needle marks.
I was alive, and I had returned to the time before the surgery.
I took a deep breath, trying to calm my racing heart.
I realized that I had been reborn.
Heaven had given me a second chance to start over.
But why did this happen?
What went wrong during that surgery?
I was determined to uncover the truth.
I couldn't walk blindly toward death like last time; I needed to take control of my fate.
I picked up my phone and called the hospital.
"Hello, this is Lin Hao. I would like to cancel my surgery appointment for this morning."
After hanging up, I let out a long sigh of relief.
This was just the first step; next, I needed to investigate the secrets behind that surgery.
I didn't know what difficulties lay ahead, but I knew I had to survive.
I stood up and pushed aside the curtains.
Bright sunlight poured in, dispelling the last traces of gloom in the room.
I took a deep look at the world outside, as if seeing this familiar yet strange city for the first time.
This time, I would seize the second chance that life had given me.
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