He didn't know how long he'd been asleep. When Zhao Yuan opened his eyes, he found a police jacket draped over him and a group of anxious-looking police officers surrounding him.
Seeing Zhao Yuan awake, the officer who had been with him during the drug bust immediately called out, "He's awake, he's awake! Xiaozhao is awake!" Then, he turned to Zhao Yuan and said, "When we rushed over, we found you passed out on the bench. You really gave us a scare. We had a doctor check you out, and they said it was nothing serious—you just fell asleep from extreme mental and physical exhaustion. We could finally breathe a sigh of relief."
"How long was I asleep?" Zhao Yuan asked, rubbing his throbbing temples.
"Almost an hour, I'd say," the officer replied.
Zhao Yuan grunted in acknowledgment, glanced at the operating room, and asked, "The surgery isn't over yet?"
