Chapter 49: Lethal Poison

  Just as a few people were about to leave, a middle-aged man suddenly walked out of the patient's family. The middle-aged man wore gold-rimmed glasses, a suit and tie, with an elegant and refined demeanor, looking like a successful person at first glance. He quickly walked towards Mu Qiuping and called out: "Mayor Mu, please stay!"

  Mu Qiuping turned around and smiled slightly after seeing the middle-aged man's face clearly, saying: "Mr. Wu, hello."

  "Good Mayor! Good Mayor!" The middle-aged man, who was called Mr. Wu by Mu Qiuping, saw the mayor and obviously became excited, proactively extending both hands to Mu Qiuping.

  Mu Qiuping hesitated for a moment, stretched out one hand and lightly shook hands with him, then withdrew it without a trace, calmly saying: "What brings Mr. Wu here?"

  Mr. Wu's face, which had been smiling obsequiously, suddenly turned into a bitter smile as he sighed and said, "To be honest with you, Mayor Mu, the person being treated in the emergency room is my father."

  Mu Qiuping was taken aback for a moment and said: "I just seemed to hear someone say... your father was poisoned?"

  "Yes, poisoning!" Mr. Wu nodded, his eyes somewhat gloomy.

  "What's going on?" Mu Qiuping furrowed her brow, then turned to her husband Tang Ping and said: "Let me introduce you. This is Mr. Wu Yingxiong, the boss of 'Eagle Soaring Enterprise', a renowned entrepreneur in China, I'm sure you've heard of him."

  "And this is my lover Tang Ping, who is currently working in the army."

  Tang Ping smiled and stretched out one hand, shaking hands with Wu Ying Xiang, saying: "I know about 'Ying Xiang Enterprise', your business spans various industries domestically, very impressive. Last year's domestic rich list, Mr. Wu was also on it, admirable! Admire!"

  "How dare I! How dare I!" Wu Yingxiang humbly repeated, he was a business elite and a well-connected person in the country, naturally knowing what kind of background Tang Ping had. Even if he had more money, in other people's eyes, he could only be considered a small fry, and didn't have the qualifications to be proud.

  Wu Yingxiang has a significant investment in Anhui Province, creating many job opportunities. For this kind of businessman, Mu Qiuping would not show excessive enthusiasm but also wouldn't be cold and slow to respond, especially since Wu Yingxiang's father is currently fighting for his life, and she naturally offered some warm words of comfort.

  The two were talking when the emergency room door suddenly opened and Dr. Hao Laiyun walked out with a look of regret on his face. He looked around at the crowd in the corridor and asked loudly, "Which one of you is the patient's relative?"

  "I am!" Wu Yingxiang responded, apologized to Mu Qiuping and her husband, and hastily walked to the front of Hao Laiyun, asking urgently: "Dr. Hao, how is my father?"

  Hao Lai let out a sigh and said in a low voice: "I'm really sorry, we've done our best..."

  His words were no different from a "death sentence" for the patient. Wu Ying Xiang was stunned, and then he tightly grabbed one of Hao Lai Yun's arms, trembling with his voice: "Doctor Hao, I beg you, please think of a way to save my father! No matter how much money it takes, I'm willing to pay as long as you can cure my father!"

  Hao Laiyun shook his head and said, "It's not that we didn't try our best, nor is it a matter of money. It's just that there's really nothing we can do. The patient has been poisoned by Aconitum, if you had sent him here a little earlier, maybe there would have been some hope. But now... Alas, we've tried all sorts of methods and are truly powerless..."

  Ye Han heard the words "aconitine", his heart skipped a beat, he had flipped through books about all aspects of this world in recent days, and knew that aconitine was also called dog button, mole afraid, mole death, a highly toxic substance with a toxicity level of six, its toxin can damage the central nervous system of humans, leading to strong reactions, eventually leading to muscle atrophy.

  Those who have been poisoned by the aconitine will first experience stiffness in the neck, followed by the shoulders and legs, until they finally curl up into an arch shape. Moreover, as long as the poisoned person speaks or makes movements, it will recur.

  What's even more frightening is that it's said some people's corpses will still convulse after death, with a terrifying and ferocious expression. It can be seen that poisoning by Aconitum is extremely painful. To antidote this poison, one must take activated carbon or have their stomach pumped within a very short time frame, and the environment must be absolutely quiet, without any sounds or strong lights.

  It's just unknown how Wu Lao Ban's father could have been poisoned with such a lethal toxin.

  "Mr. Wu, you go in and take a look, considering the patient's special situation, this might be your last meeting with your son." Hao Laiyun patted Wu Yingxiong's shoulder and sighed.

  Wu Ying Xiang seems to be a filial son, upon hearing that his father's life is in danger, he suddenly became overcome with grief, rushed past Hao Lai Yun and burst into the emergency room, throwing himself onto the operating table beside his father and bursting into loud sobs.

  Wu Yingxiang's several brothers and sisters also heard Hao Laiyun's words, and they all shed tears, rushing into the operating room, surrounding the operating table, and wailing loudly.

  Qin still had a soft heart, and when he heard Wu Ying Xiang's family crying in despair, thinking of his mother's illness at home, his eyes involuntarily reddened.

  The door of the emergency room was half open, and Ye Han peeked inside to see that the old man lying on the operating table had his eyes tightly closed, his naked body curled up in an arc, and his skin was dark green all over, indeed showing symptoms of severe poisoning.

  "Uncle Mu, what kind of person is this Old Wu?" Ye Han suddenly asked after a moment's thought.

  Mu Qiuping didn't understand what he meant by asking this question, thought for a moment, and still said in a low voice: "I know something about Wu Yingxiong. Overall, he's not bad. He actively participates in various domestic charity activities, donates hundreds of millions of dollars to poor mountain children and welfare institutions across the country every year, and is also a famous filial son at home... what's wrong Ye Han? Why did you ask this?"

  Ye Han rubbed his chin and smiled: "Nothing, I was thinking... whether or not to help him a bit."

  "Help him?" Mu Qiuping didn't understand what he meant, furrowed her brow and asked: "Help him with what?"

  Ye Han pointed towards the emergency room and said, "Of course, it's for his father's detoxification!"

  As he spoke, under the stunned gaze of Mu Qiuping and others, he strode into the emergency room, pushed aside several people who were crying around the operating table, and shouted: "Get out of the way, I'm going to detoxify this old man. If we're late, it'll be too late!"

  As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and said to Qin Yiran who followed behind: "Yiran sister, trouble you to find a few sets of acupuncture silver needles, the more the better, the faster the better, I have an urgent use!"

  Qin was still chatting with Ye Han in the small pavilion yesterday, and had heard Ye Han mention that he had learned medical skills from a flat peony transmitter. Now hearing him say this, it was clear that he wanted to take action to treat the old man lying on the operating table, but just now Dr. Hao had said that the patient was beyond saving. She had some doubts about Ye Han's words, but still responded with an "oh" and quickly ran out of the emergency room.