The doctor erged from the room and spoke to Shen Youling with a grave expression. "Ms. Shen, your father has been poisoned with a radioactive toxin! The situation is extrely serious. The radiation has penetrated deep into his internal organs. We... we've done all we can! You should think of another way!"
"What?!" Shen Youling was stunned. "How is that possible? He's just an ordinary person. How could he have co into contact with sothing so advanced and dangerous?"
Dong Mingfeng and Lu Zizheng exchanged a guilty glance, forcefully suppressing their expressions.
That was right. It was Lu Zizheng who had secretly acquired the ans and, together with Dong Mingfeng, had poisoned Shen Xin.
In their view, Lin Tang was a brilliant doctor. Once their family relations improved, all they needed to do was have Youling command Lin Tang to treat her father, and the problem would be solved. He had even managed to bring the old master back from the brink of death, so what was a little radioactive poisoning in comparison? If it ant reconciling with his daughter, it was a small price for Shen Xin, as a father, to pay.
Shen Jiayue had not known about the plan beforehand, but she figured it out in an instant.
"You two..." she began, her mouth agape. She wanted to curse them for their cruelty, but what was the use of scolding them now that it was done?
"Youling, I'm begging you as your sister, you have to save Dad! He realized his mistakes a long ti ago. He's been repenting and wants to make it up to you. Mom and I were blinded by selfishness before and never treated you well. But Dad was always good to you! For the sake of our blood ties, please don't abandon him!" Shen Jiayue wailed, kneeling and clinging to Shen Youling's thigh.
To an outsider, she would have seed like the most filial daughter.
Dong Mingfeng and Lu Zizheng also began to plead desperately.
Shen Youling's mind was in turmoil, and she failed to notice their guilt. It never even crossed her mind that they could have been the ones who poisoned him.
Maybe Dad was just careless and ate sothing he shouldn't have. Or perhaps an enemy secretly poisoned him... Right now, the most important thing isn't to find the culprit, but to save his life!
Shen Youling questioned the doctor again. She learned that not just in Jiangbei, but even the top hospitals in the capital had no effective treatnt for this condition. At best, they could only temporarily keep him alive. But sending him to the capital would take a huge amount of ti, and they were running out of it.
That's right, Lin Tang! He must have a way, and he's back in Jiangbei!
With a life on the line, it was a desperate ergency. Shen Youling couldn't be bothered with her squabbles with Lin Tang. She imdiately called him.
However... she was t with a notice that his phone was off.
Is it really off? Or did he block my number? That guy...
Fuming, Shen Youling had no choice but to have the doctor arrange an ambulance. They had to keep Shen Xin connected to an oxygen tube and other equipnt to ensure he didn't flatline. They sped off toward the residential complex where Lin Tang lived, with Shen Youling, Shen Jiayue, and the others following closely behind.
As the piercing wail of the ambulance siren spread through the complex, residents began poking their heads out of their windows.
"Which one of our neighbors is sick?"
"Looks like they're bringing a patient in from outside!"
"Huh? We don't have a hospital in our community. Why bring them here?"
"I heard Shen Youling's husband is a pretty amazing doctor."
"You an that guy who lives off his wife?"
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Shen Youling sprinted up the stairs to Lin Tang's floor, pounding on the door as she fumbled in her bag for the key.
CLICK!
The door opened to reveal Shen Qiushi.
"Youling, you finally decided to co back today? You're being completely outrageous!"
"Grandpa, I've been too busy these past few days. It's my fault, I'm sorry! Where's Lin Tang? Is he back?"
"He's inside, you..."
"That's great! Lin Tang! Lin Tang, you have to help save my dad!"
Shen Youling rushed in like a whirlwind, heading straight for Lin Tang's bedroom.
Then, she froze.
She saw Lee Encai sitting calmly on the floor by the bed, hugging her knees to her chest and staring at her with a haunting gaze. She looked over at Lin Tang. He was lying perfectly still, as motionless as a wooden sculpture. His condition was strikingly similar to her father's.
"Lin Tang... he... what happened to him?" Shen Youling's feet felt leaden as she slowly stepped forward, asking in disbelief.
She even suspected it for a mont. Did Lin Tang sohow find out I was bringing Dad here for help, so he's faking it? No, that can't be right! Grandpa called repeatedly over the past few days, saying he was unconscious! So... this isn't an act. This is real?!
Lee Encai didn't possess Divine Sense, but her incredibly keen hearing and sense of sll allowed her to perceive everything within a kiloter. Not to ntion, she could also control various insects to serve as her eyes and ears, spreading them out over a wide area. Therefore, she knew exactly what was happening the mont Shen Xin's ambulance entered the complex.
Seeing Shen Youling standing there, dazed as if struck by lightning, Lee Encai mocked her. "When your husband was unconscious and unresponsive, you couldn't be bothered. It's only now, when your father is gravely ill and bedridden, that you finally think of him? Don't you think it's a little late for that?"
"I..." Shen Youling opened her mouth but was rendered speechless.
How could this be such a coincidence? What am I supposed to do now?
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