In the video, Bess was lying in bed. His eyes were half-closed, and he looked extremely weak and worn out. He seemed to have lost a lot of weight compared to the earlier video in which he'd asked Wang Yi for encouragement.
Bess didn't speak. He only managed to raise a hand and wave weakly at the viewers. Then his father's voice came through.
"Thank God. After Bess's surgery, he was in a coma for three days, but he finally pulled through."
"For our family, that was by far the best news we've received in the past three days."
"Besides thanking God, I also want to thank someone else: Wang Yi, Brother Yi."
"When he came to Memphis for a game, he received Bess's plea for help. Even though he had a game that afternoon, he drove for over two hours to visit Bess in the hospital and brought him a gift. It was because of his encouragement that Bess was able to pull through after the surgery."
"After Bess pulled through, his mother and I happened to see on our phones that many people were criticizing Wang Yi. I just want to say I'm sorry to Brother Yi, and explain to those people that he did not ignore Bess."
"He just doesn't like to draw attention to himself. Please stop criticizing Brother Yi. He's a good person."
"Let's make this world a little kinder and a little less cruel."
That was all Bess's father said in the video.
He didn't mention the phone recording.
Those were Wang Yi's words to Bess, and he didn't want anyone else to hear them.
But this was already enough.
It cleared up the claim that Wang Yi hadn't visited Bess, and many fans stopped criticizing him. Many others apologized to Wang Yi online.