Xie Kefu broke into another fit of breathless sobbing, and Song He felt a chill run through his entire body.
The news had come too suddenly, and Song He couldn't process it for a moment. Katerina's life flashed through his mind. How could a perfectly healthy young woman in the prime of her life suddenly die?
"Dead... dead tired! Her heart stopped for ten minutes, and they're resuscitating her!" Xie Kefu finally managed to speak, his sobs twisting his voice.
"Acute myocardial infarction?"
"Seems... seems like it. They only said her heart had stopped for ten minutes, and she's still in the operating room..." Xie Kefu gasped between sobs. "I wanted to let you know. I... I'm going back home. I'll hand the lab work over to Old Lou."
"Who the hell cares about the lab at a time like this? Have you booked a flight?" Song He asked anxiously.
"Not... not yet..."
"I'll send over the Private Plane." Xiang Xiaotong immediately pulled out her phone. "Give me a minute."
"Xie Kefu, don't rush to cry yet. Listen to me!" Song He shouted. "A stopped heart doesn't mean she's dead! Plenty of people have been saved after their hearts stopped for half an hour or even an hour! Katerina works over there, so she must have been sent for emergency treatment immediately after collapsing. There's no need to worry about brain death from ischemia. There's still hope!"
"The plane's on its way." Xiang Xiaotong held her phone screen toward him.
Song He immediately tapped his phone against hers, then put the call back to his ear. He heard Xie Kefu sobbing and asking over and over whether it was true.
"Calm down! You're a pharmaceutical researcher too! Use your brain!" Song He yelled. "Of course she can be saved! Forget