An hour later, Liang Guang slowly opened his eyes.
Thump... thump... The powerful pounding of his heart reached his ears, shaking him to his core...
Was this... my heart?!
"Haha, my old friends! It's wonderful to see you, especially... your younger selves!" Elder Yu looked at his rejuvenated old friends with an absolutely radiant smile.
"O-old Yu! This is what you meant when you said the actual results would be better than what we'd seen?!" A vein bulged on Zhou Dong's forehead.
Fifteen oddballs with teenage bodies and middle-aged faces stared expressionlessly at Elder Yu in unison. The sight was positively intimidating!
"Hehe! Of course! Look, you've become younger than you ever imagined, haven't you? Not middle-aged, but teenagers! A second spring of youth!
Well? Wasn't that unexpected? Aren't you pleasantly surprised?" Elder Yu smiled calmly under their accusing stares.
"Hah! Is that so? Then why didn't you tell us beforehand? Why could we only see your face in the video? And you still claim it wasn't deliberate?!" Liang Guang glared at them.
"But you never asked! Besides, even if you'd known about this little side effect beforehand, would you have refused the surgery?"
Elder Yu's words silenced them for a moment. Indeed, even if they had known, they couldn't have resisted the temptation of a new lease on life! Still, something felt off... did this damn side effect really have to exist?
"Don't worry. It's just a minor technical issue. The boss said he'll find a solution soon, and then we can simply change back!
Don't tell me... you're all in your seventies and eighties, yet you still care about a little loss of face? Can't you see past a mere outer shell?
When I first saw myself, I didn't even furrow my brow. Young people these days..."