Chapter 1447: Chapter 1451: Yes, Young Master!
Gu Junzhu gave the order, and of course, Gu Qi imdiately went to carry it out with eagerness.
Gu Qi, being an international top-tier hacker, found pulling up two surveillance videos as effortless as reaching out his hand.
Before long, he sent over the two surveillance videos and reported his conclusion to Gu Junzhu: “Young Master, after technical comparisons, it is confird that the person who injured the Young Madam and the person who injured Miss Situ are the sa individual.”
Gu Junzhu’s heart sank instantly.
His expression was cold and stern, and his voice was calm: “Investigate the person’s identity, who they’ve been in contact with recently—start with these two points. We’ll look into the rest in detail afterward.”
“Understood, Young Master!” Gu Qi responded solemnly.
On the other end of the phone, Gu Qi said sothing that Ye Xingbei couldn’t quite make out, but from Gu Junzhu’s expression, she knew it wasn’t optimistic.
Glancing at the wound on her wrist, she asked uneasily, “It’s just a superficial cut. How could there be any serious consequences?”
“There could be a lot,” Qiao Zui, realizing the gravity of the situation, said with a grave expression: “All toxins in this world can enter the body through damaged skin. For instance, there used to be a common pesticide used by farrs. Once it ca into contact with broken skin, or even normal mucous mbranes, it could cause total organ failure and death without a cure. It was eventually banned by the governnt.”
Ye Xingbei’s eyes widened in shock: “Th-that serious? Even a single touch is fatal?”
Qiao Zui said, “If the skin is intact, imdiate rinsing with plenty of water can prevent harm. But once the skin is broken, contact with that pesticide would be fatal—no cure at all!”
Ye Xingbei: “…”
Her hair stood on end as she anxiously rubbed her arms.
“It can’t be pesticide!” she suddenly recalled sothing and quickly said, “Pesticides have a strong sll. I would’ve noticed.”
“Aunt-in-law, I was just giving an example,” Qiao Zui explained. “There are many odorless, colorless, and tasteless poisons in this world. On that point, Ah Jue is the real expert.”
“Exactly,” Yun Jue nodded. “Cousin is right. The body’s intact skin and mucous mbranes act as a barrier, protecting it from external harm. However, when the skin or mucous mbranes are compromised, they lose their protective function. For instance, let’s take the simplest example: if our oral mucous mbrane is intact, we don’t have to worry about getting infected when dining with a contagious hepatitis B patient. But if we have oral ulcers or similar conditions that damage the mucous mbrane, the hepatitis B virus could easily invade and infect us while we’re eating with them.”
Ye Xingbei’s heart pounded with unease. “But I’ve had the hepatitis B vaccine. I have antibodies,” she said nervously.
“Ah Jue was just giving an example,” Gu Junzhu stated plainly. “Hepatitis B is an optimistic scenario—after all, it’s not fatal. What worries more are diseases like HIV or syphilis…”
“Stop, stop!” Ye Xingbei’s face turned pale in fear. “Can you not say that? Do you want to scare to death?”
“I’m being serious,” Gu Junzhu replied. “The sa person deliberately injured both you and Situ Jinse—there must be a reason. Besides infecting you with a transmissible disease or poisoning you, I can hardly think of a third possibility.”
Ye Xingbei shivered with fear, her body icy cold: “Poisoning wouldn’t be so bad—at least it’s not contagious. Please, let’s hope it’s not so infectious disease…”
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