Chapter 3

When I woke up again, I was already in the hospital.

My assistant, who had been watching over me by the hospital bed, excitedly said, "Boss, you're finally awake!"

"You've been unconscious for a day. You really scared us!"

I felt a splitting headache and knocked on my head a few times. With a hoarse voice, I asked:

"How is Amber doing?"

The assistant hesitated, seemingly unsure whether to speak, but finally answered me. "Ryan insisted on not letting others take risks. He conducted the rescue alone for 3 hours, and the boss's wife was successfully rescued..."

I couldn't tell if I felt relieved or depressed.

After all, a snow cave can truly take a person's life...

I picked up the crutches by the hospital bed, preparing to go out.

"Boss, don't go!"

The assistant stopped me, his face full of conflict and anxiety.

"It's all over the internet now. They're saying you built your career on your wife's back and then abandoned her in a life-or-death situation. Everyone online is calling you a modern-day scumbag..."

I interrupted his words, ignoring his well-intentioned warning, and went directly to Amber's hospital room.

By now, quite a few people were already standing by Amber's bed to visit her.

Amber's parents were gratefully praising Ryan, while some investors and judges for the Outstanding Youth Award stood around.

"Ryan, your selfless act of saving a life this time truly sets an example for all the youth in our city! I think you must be the National Outstanding Youth this time!"

Seeing me come in, everyone went quiet for a moment.

Amber, with a pale face, managed to speak, "Your leg is injured. Why aren't you resting properly?"

"Jack, your recent reputation is not good. You should lay low for a while. The investment in your company will have to wait."

Investor Wang coldly and stiffly said to me when he saw me. At this moment, a reporter who had come to get first-hand material for the Outstanding Youth award

Silently turned the live broadcast camera towards me. I noticed but didn't stop it.

After all, I had once rescued countless people on snowy mountains and was an undisputed candidate.

And now, embroiled in scandal, the heat was even higher...

I curled my lips into a smile and repeated the investor's words. "Recent reputation not good?"

"Are you referring to me abandoning my wife in danger? Or that I'm after my wife's family's wealth?"

Sure enough, the viewers who had been angry at me when they saw me exploded after hearing my words.

They started passionately typing in the comments, not even minding that this was an official media account.

"He still has the nerve to come? He wouldn't even save his own wife. Was all his past rescue work just for show?"

"A man more disgusting than a scumbag deserves to be cut into a thousand pieces!"

"Without the support of Amber's family, what is he? How dare he treat their daughter like this!"

Hearing my calm words, Tom could no longer contain his anger.

Amber held back the impulsive Tom who wanted to come hit me.

She looked at me with tears streaming down her face like broken strings of pearls.

"Jack, I don't blame you for not saving me in the face of life and death." "Ryan saved me. He's our family's benefactor. How can you not even show the most basic gratitude?"

The number of people in the live broadcast room was growing rapidly, with the hashtag already reaching the top of the trending list.

I looked at the popularity and smiled with satisfaction.

"Of course I'm grateful to him."

"Not only am I grateful, but I also have a surprise for you all."