Capítulo 1769: Chapter 1771: Too Late
Liu Yifei is not a stingy person, but the fact that the other side doubts his life-saving benefactor is sothing he cannot tolerate.
Even if Sofia may not truly have divine skills, isn’t she still the Daoist Temple Abbot?
She kindly took action to save your son, and this is how you repay her?
So he directly refused the other party, insisting that an unopened bottle of mineral water was indeed opened.
The boy’s father could guess that it was probably his wife’s attitude that offended the Huaxia Citizen, but at this mont, he didn’t have the energy to dwell on it and stood up, “I’ll go to the car to get water.”
“Stop!” soone shouted, and everyone turned to look, only to find it was the female doctor from the tour group.
The female doctor spoke very good English, and she said sternly, “Sofia didn’t allow the patient to drink water. Are you going to take responsibility for any consequences caused by the child drinking water?”
The man was imdiately stunned. Not far away, two locals who were about to bring over mineral water also froze upon hearing this.
The boy’s mother knew she had angered the crowd. Although she didn’t think she was wrong, the other side had clearly shown aversion, which made her a bit uneasy, “But… the child wants to drink water.”
The female doctor hesitated a bit. She did not speak up out of aversion; it was just an instinctive reminder as a doctor—when they administered the pills, they didn’t use any water, perhaps there was a taboo.
So she turned her head to look at Elder Lin not far away, “Elder Lin, should you ask?”
Elder Lin waved his hand, smiling, “It’s fine, since Sofia didn’t stress no water, then let him drink. You’ll realize the wonders of the Daoist Temple later… but I’ve never encountered anyone who doubts after receiving the temple’s help.”
The female doctor took this cue, handed over the mineral water in her hand, and stepped aside.
She actually didn’t feel any animosity towards this family. Having seen many patients, their reaction was quite normal, and for her, as a doctor, treating and saving lives cos first.
This family didn’t understand Chinese, but there were people on-site who did, such as the tour guide.
The boy’s condition quickly improved, in fact, in less than ten minutes. Soone couldn’t help but exclaim, “This is really quick, much faster than antivenom injection.”
“Co on, it’s like you’ve seen soone bitten by a funnel-web spider.”
“Hey, buddy, I actually have. It was my classmate’s neighbor, a short, plump woman. When she received the antivenom injection, fifteen minutes had already passed. Luckily, she was plump enough, so it took her half a day for her symptoms to alleviate.”
In fact, the delivery ti for the antivenom this ti even exceeded twenty minutes.
A paradic jumped out of the helicopter, shouting as he ran, “Oh, make way… bloody hell, the helicopter pilot was drunk, we had to find another one, which was difficult in the early morning.”
When he ran over and saw the boy’s condition, he was stunned, “Has the antivenom already been administered?”
“Oh, it’s not like that,” the boy’s mother shouted, “he just took so dicine.”
“Oh, damn it, this complicates things,” the paradic, a man in his thirties, replied, “I’ve never heard of another treatnt for a funnel-web spider… can you let see the spider’s body?”
“I think you should look at my child first,” the mother shouted loudly, “Would anyone mistake a funnel-web spider?”
“No, identifying the attacker is crucial,” the doctor insisted, “We don’t want to administer the wrong antivenom, which could cause unintended harm… if the injured is indeed your son, you need to be cautious.”
The argunt didn’t last long before soone brought out the beaten-up spider.
The paradic examined it carefully, “Oh my God, it really is a funnel-web spider… if it were more intact, it would be easier to identify.”
The mother anxiously scread, “Could you stop talking to yourself? My child needs care!”
“That’s not a problem,” the doctor casually replied, then opened the ergency kit, took out a blood pressure monitor, a thermoter, and other instrunts, “Your child seems to be in good condition, please don’t worry too much.”
After the examination, the boy’s condition was indeed fine. The paradic was even a bit dumbfounded as this was beyond his understanding, “Are you sure he hasn’t received the antivenom?”
After receiving the accurate answer, he felt he needed to observe for a while, because antivenom isn’t sothing you inject casually, so he was eager to get information about the dication the boy took.
An idle man joked, “He had Holy Water… even if you knew, would it help?”
The surrounding crowd burst into laughter, but no one accused him of being wrong.
The paradic found it very uninteresting and straightforwardly said, “Mr. Cohen, the ergency bill will be sent to you. We are not certain whether your son is completely out of life-threatening danger. He can follow the helicopter back to continue receiving treatnt.”
Mr. Cohen was a well-off white-collar worker, and the family had a middle-inco household. However, such ergency costs were still quite burdenso for him. Just now, for the sake of his son, everything was worth it. Now he had to consider the bill issue.
Thinking about the phone calls he recently made, he made up his mind, “No, I don’t need further treatnt. In fact, I’m considering complaining about your late arrival… Maybe your bill should show so sincerity.”
The ergency doctor turned and walked away, “We can give you the helicopter pilot’s email!”
The helicopter roared and flew away. Mr. Cohen was stunned for a while, then spoke in a deep voice, “Let’s go, burn incense inside.”
His wife reacted too, whispering, “Are you sure there’s nothing wrong?”
“You’re really sothing else,” Mr. Cohen lightly touched her hair affectionately and said softly, “We’ll burn incense and donate. Do you think anything will happen to the children?”
Watching this scene, Liu Yifei rolled his eyes, thinking this couple wasn’t so hateful after all.
The couple bought ten sticks of incense and burned them directly in the courtyard, then imitated others by entering the main hall to pray and burn incense. Cohen was sowhat resistant to the act of bowing but was forcefully pulled over by his wife.
After burning incense, the couple did not leave. Instead, they sat in the courtyard of the Daoist Temple with their two children.
His wife started whispering again, saying if she had known, she wouldn’t have called the helicopter—the money could be used for their son and daughter to learn etiquette.
Indeed, they were a middle-class family, rich enough to even consider learning etiquette, but the ergency service fee was truly botherso.
A mont later, she rembered sothing else, “Should I apologize to that bishop later?”
“It’s the Temple Master,” Cohen corrected her, mused, and said, “Forget it, I’ll do it. Your temper isn’t great.”
His wife gave him a sideways glance and sneered, “Because she’s pretty, right? Don’t even think about it… I made the mistake, so naturally, I’ll apologize!”
Mr. Cohen raised his hand to touch his forehead and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, “What are you talking about? She’s the daughter of a billionaire, so young and beautiful… How could she be interested in ?”
“I just knew it,” the woman said coldly, “But what if she was interested in you?”
This was a deathly question! Mr. Cohen thought for a while, “Then I would… recomnd a great ophthalmology hospital to her.”
“Hmph,” the woman snorted coldly but smirked at the corners of her eyes, “Then why didn’t you recomnd an ophthalmology hospital to back then? In your eyes, I’m not as good as her, right?”
“At that ti, I was looking for an eye hospital myself,” Mr. Cohen’s survival instincts kicked in, “I really found it hard to believe that I would et such a beautiful girl in life.”
The woman was finally satisfied and nodded, “This place is really nice, maybe we should recomnd it to our friends.”
Mr. Cohen gave a wry smile, “First, we need to earn their forgiveness.”
Earning Sofia’s forgiveness wasn’t easy—the key point was she generally didn’t show herself much.
The Huaxia tour group was about to leave, and before they left, they wanted to see Sofia, but it didn’t happen. Sofia asked Winston to tell the Huaxia tourists she was doing morning lessons and had no ti to co out, but welcod them to visit again when they had ti.
The bus drove away, but Liu Yifei and his group stayed behind.
By noon, Priest Kent ca to ask the Cohen family why they hadn’t left yet. Cohen’s wife frankly stated she owed Bishop Sofia an apology and that the air and scenery here were nice, so they could stay a bit longer.
Priest Kent also frankly stated the temple is a place for cultivation and expressing reverence, so it’s inappropriate to treat it as a tourist destination—would you have cola and hotdogs in a church?
His request wasn’t harsh; most religious venues emphasize solemnity and awe.
Cohen’s wife put a hundred Australian dollars in the rit Box, saying she just wanted to apologize sincerely.
Upon hearing this, Sofia made a special appearance to express acceptance of the apology and emphasized that if she hadn’t been worried about the helicopter not arriving in ti, she really wouldn’t have stepped in.
This explanation wasn’t very aningful, then Cohen asked, can you elaborate on that pill you used?
Sofia indicated she didn’t want to discuss the topic because she didn’t have dical qualifications.
She wasn’t mocking Mrs. Cohen—she wasn’t worth mocking. She simply stated the pill was a gift to those favored by the divine, and there was no need to think too much about it.
But Mr. Cohen considered it a good thing that could save many lives and should be promoted worldwide.
Since it counteracted the poison of the loophole-web spider, it should surely cure other poisons because there’s a broad connection between biological toxins, unlike mineral and synthetic toxins.
As he spoke, Mrs. Cohen’s ears perked up straight—she wanted to know if her son’s poison had been completely eliminated.
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