Chapter 2399 - 2403: A Devastating Blow
Chapter 2399: Chapter 2403: A Devastating Blow
"My dad is in a coma," Yao Yaya said, holding a bowl of soup. The warmth from the bowl gradually calmed her down as she felt at a loss. "The doctor said it looks like my dad has been poisoned, but they can’t figure out what kind of poison it is. An old doctor told us that there’s an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor in Jinli Town who specializes in detoxification, and he asked me to come find him. I’ve been here for three days..."
"Not only am I looking for him myself, but I’ve also hired several private detectives to help me search. We’ve inquired about every village in Jinli Town but still haven’t found the traditional Chinese medicine doctor that the old doctor mentioned who is skilled at detoxifying."
"Everyone we’ve asked said they’ve never heard of such a person."
"I have heard of him," Ye Xingbei said. "But he passed away when I was very young."
"What?" Yao Yaya’s eyes widened.
"I don’t know if the person you’re looking for and the person I’m talking about are the same," Ye Xingbei said. "But when I was a child, I did hear about an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor like that. It was said that over a decade ago, a foreign businessman became interested in a certain herb from the mountains here. He loved adventure and brought a group of people into the mountains to find that herb."
"He was bitten by a poisonous insect on the mountain, and after being sent to the hospital, his entire right leg turned black. The hospital couldn’t identify the poison and wanted to amputate his leg. The businessman was furious and urgently summoned experts from his hometown."
"But even the expert he highly recommended was powerless against the poison in his leg. The expert told him that to save his life, amputation was necessary."
"In his most desperate moment, the retired old town mayor brought an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor to him."
"It’s said that the old doctor took out a black herbal pill, split it into two halves—one half was for the businessman to ingest, and the other half was dissolved and applied to his leg."
"The next day, the businessman’s leg deflated, and the hospital provided symptomatic treatment. His leg quickly recovered."
"It must be this person!" Yao Yaya said excitedly. "The doctor who referred the old traditional Chinese medicine doctor to me also knew about this! He told me! Does the old doctor have any successors?"
"It seems not," Ye Xingbei shook her head. "I heard the old doctor never married and didn’t have any successors."
"What do we do now?" Yao Yaya looked deflated, her entire energy sapped. "If we can’t find that old doctor, my dad... my dad will die!"
"Can we ask Aunt Yaer and Brother Qingrun to try?" Xiao Shumiao looked up at Ye Xingbei with an innocent face and asked.
Yao Yaya looked up: "Who are Aunt Yaer and Brother Qingrun?"
"They are our family doctors," Ye Xingbei said. "They are very skilled but I’ve never heard they specialize in detoxification..."
"We can let Ah Jue take a look." Gu Junzhu suddenly said.
"That’s right!" Ye Xingbei’s eyes brightened. "Yes, we can let Ah Jue take a look!"
Yao Yaya asked again, "Who is Ah Jue?"
"Ah Jue is my husband’s nephew. He’s a biologist," Ye Xingbei said. "He’s skilled at detoxification."
"Yes, my little cousin is a biologist!" Xiao Shumiao proudly said. "He’s an incredibly extraordinary biologist, the kind that many academies in the world are eager to recruit!"
"Really that amazing?" Yao Yaya stood up excitedly and bowed ninety degrees to Gu Junzhu and Ye Xingbei. "Then please ask your family doctors and your nephew to take a look at my dad. Regardless of whether they can save him or not, I’ll be eternally grateful to you all!"