Hong Juntao was startled for a moment, but he quickly composed himself.
“Maybe the dosage wasn’t enough,” he said.
“I’ll inject another half-vial.”
He then prepared the solution and injected it into Su Nanzhi’s thigh.
But this time, Su Nanzhi’s condition showed no signs of improvement.
Instead, the skin on her legs grew even darker, as if it were about to rot away completely.
Su Changli and his wife, their faces drained of color, cried out in terror, “Juntao, you have to do something!”
Hong Juntao wiped the cold sweat from his brow.
“I…
I don’t know why this is happening.”
“I need to run lab tests with medical equipment to know how to treat this…”
Lin Gengfang trembled.
“Aren’t you from a family of renowned doctors?
Shouldn’t you be able to provide some basic treatment without all that equipment…?”
A muscle in Hong Juntao’s jaw twitched.
He had studied Western medicine; he’d never bothered to learn any of those outdated tricks from traditional medicine.
Forcing himself to sound confident, he said, “I remember that Divine Doctor Xu is also in Nanzhou.
He’s been to my family’s home and knows my grandfather.
I’ll try to get him to come over…”
Su Changli looked startled.
“You mean Xu Renfeng, the Divine Doctor Xu?”
Hong Juntao nodded quickly, then took out his phone and dialed Xu Renfeng’s number.
“Grandpa Xu, it’s me, Hong Juntao.”
Xu Renfeng’s voice came through.
“Oh!
Old Hong’s grandson.
What is it?”
Hong Juntao said respectfully, “Grandpa Xu, a friend of mine has been poisoned.
I can’t treat it, and I was hoping you could help.”
Xu Renfeng replied without hesitation, “Of course.
Send me the address.”
Overjoyed, Hong Juntao quickly sent him the location.
“I’ll be there within five minutes,” Xu Renfeng said, then hung up.
Hong Juntao was ecstatic.
He turned and said, “Uncle Su, don’t worry.
Grandpa Xu will be here within five minutes.
He’ll definitely be able to fix Nanzhi’s condition.”
The couple relaxed slightly.
Xu Renfeng was a legendary Divine Doctor; countless powerful and wealthy figures had failed to get an appointment with him, no matter how hard they tried.
‘Hong Juntao must have a lot of influence!’
In less than five minutes, the doorbell rang.
Su Changli, overjoyed, hurried downstairs to welcome him.
‘He hadn’t expected the Divine Doctor to arrive so fast!’
An elderly but remarkably spry old man walked in.
Su Changli said respectfully, “Divine Doctor Xu, hello.
I’m Su Changli!”
“Mm.”
Xu Renfeng nodded.
“Take me to the patient.”
“This way, please!”
Suddenly, Xu Renfeng stopped in his tracks.
He tilted his head, sniffed the air, and an astonished expression appeared on his face.
The next moment, following the scent, his gaze shifted and landed on the trash can.
Xu Renfeng stared at two crystalline, emerald-green stalks in the bin, his expression turning to one of fury.
“How wasteful can you be!
To throw such precious herbs in the trash?”
Su Changli was completely baffled.
He followed the doctor’s gaze, and when he saw what it was, a jolt went through him.
‘Weren’t those the two “weeds” Yang Yi had given his wife?’
His voice trembled.
“Divine Doctor Xu, what do you mean?
Aren’t these just weeds?
Hong Juntao even examined them.”
Xu Renfeng’s expression darkened further.
“Is Hong Juntao that incompetent?
He can’t even recognize Life Grass?
A single one of these can fetch over three hundred million on the black market!”
“I’m afraid Hong Juntao has completely squandered the Hong Family’s legacy!”
Su Changli was so stunned he felt dizzy.
‘What?
Those two weeds that brat brought over were actually medicinal herbs?!’
‘And…
a single one is worth three hundred million?’
‘How is that possible!’
Xu Renfeng didn’t bother picking them up.
With a grim face, he said, “The patient comes first!”
His heart pounding with dread, Su Changli led him to the room.
As soon as he entered the room, the look on Xu Renfeng’s face changed drastically.
“Why has the toxin flared up?
What have you done?!”
Lin Gengfang was terrified.
‘The toxin flared up?
So the medicine he just injected was the problem?’
She abruptly remembered what Yang Yi had said before—that those drugs wouldn’t cure Nanzhi and would only trigger more severe consequences!
“Grandpa Xu…”
Hong Juntao hurried forward, but Xu Renfeng asked coldly, “What did you do to her?”
Hong Juntao had no choice but to quickly explain that he had administered the injections.
After listening, Xu Renfeng turned to Su Changli and his wife.
“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do.
Hong Juntao used the wrong medicine.
I can’t save your daughter.”
“Divine Doctor Xu!
Please, I’m begging you, save my daughter!
Please don’t give up…”
Lin Gengfang was so terrified she nearly fell to her knees, but Xu Renfeng stopped her.
He shook his head and sighed.
“If those two antivenom serums hadn’t been administered, I might have had a way.”
“But now…
not even Hua Tuo himself, were he alive today, could turn this situation around.”
Su Changli’s face was ghastly.
‘How could this have happened?
Hong Juntao actually messed it up!’
Hong Juntao was dumbfounded as well.
‘He never imagined that even Grandpa Xu would be helpless!’
Faced with this situation, Hong Juntao’s first impulse was to run, or to shift the blame onto the medicine itself.
‘He absolutely couldn’t take the blame himself; otherwise, his family’s reputation would be ruined.’
Su Changli pleaded, “Divine Doctor Xu, I’m begging you, please think of something else!
She’s my only daughter!
I can’t just watch her die like this!”
The Divine Doctor furrowed his brow, shaking his head with a sigh.
“It’s no use.
The toxins were originally in a dormant state.”
“But the introduction of an external drug stimulated them.
They’ve become active and are now attacking your daughter’s cells and nervous system.”
“The toxin is spreading too quickly.
You should…
prepare for what comes next.”
Hearing this, Su Changli was suddenly consumed with regret for ever calling Hong Juntao.
‘If it weren’t for those two injections from Hong Juntao, his daughter wouldn’t be in this crisis!’
Just then, Lin Gengfang’s voice suddenly grew agitated.
“Yang Yi…
Yes, we can find Yang Yi!”
She was like a drowning person clutching at a final straw of hope.
She quickly got up to find Yang Yi.
Su Changli felt a jolt as well.
‘That’s right…
that kid did say Hong Juntao’s medicine wouldn’t work!’