“Hello, Mr. Evans!”
“I’m Zhou Wenbo from Ocean Engine, responsible for this reception. This is my colleague Liu Ziyu, and this is Lin Wanwan.”
Zhou Wenbo stepped forward quickly, speaking in fluent Received Pronunciation English.
He extended his hand warmly, a bright smile on his face.
Evans raised his hand to shake it, his voice slightly raspy:
“Mr. Zhou, ladies, thank you for coming all this way to pick us up.”
Lin Wanwan’s English was fairly good, and normal daily communication was no problem for her at all, so she naturally understood their conversation.
The two assistants behind him also stepped forward, and after exchanging brief greetings, Liu Ziyu smoothly handed over the bouquet in her hands:
“Mr. Evans, welcome to Guangzhou! We wish you a pleasant journey!”
The bouquet was packaged exquisitely and beautifully; the brilliance of the tulips and the liveliness of the sunflowers were complemented by the embellishment of baby’s breath, making it exceptionally pleasing to the eye at a glance.
Evans accepted it politely, turning his head to continue discussing the subsequent itinerary arrangements with Zhou Wenbo, completely unaware of the few Casablanca lilies emitting a dense fragrance deep within the bouquet.
After a few pleasantries, the six people followed the flow of traffic and slowly walked out of the airport lobby.
Two Alphards at the entrance were already waiting and ready.
Zhou Wenbo led Evans and one assistant into the front car, while Liu Ziyu took the other assistant and Lin Wanwan into the rear car.
The vehicles slowly drove away from the airport, heading toward the booked five-star hotel.
Lin Wanwan sat in the back row, her gaze intentionally or unintentionally sweeping toward the front car.
Normally speaking, as long as an allergic reaction was treated in time, it wouldn’t produce overly severe consequences.
However, a previous email had mentioned that this bouquet of flowers almost sent Evans to his grave.
From this point alone, it indirectly proved that the treatment back then was definitely delayed.
Neither the assistants nor Zhou Wenbo could have intentionally delayed the treatment.
So the only thing that could cause a delay was the traffic conditions.
Sure enough, not long after the car drove onto the airport expressway, Zhou Wenbo in the front row suddenly received a phone call from the rear car’s driver.
His face, which had still been smiling and nodding, turned pale in an instant, and his fingers holding the phone trembled slightly:
“What did you say? Mr. Evans is suddenly struggling to breathe?! How could this happen!”
Hanging up the phone, Zhou Wenbo immediately told the driver to pull over, his voice carrying a tremor:
“Quick! Pull over to the emergency lane! Something happened to Mr. Evans!”
The driver didn’t dare to delay, hurriedly turning on the indicator lights and carefully stopping the car in the emergency lane.
Almost at the exact same time, the rear car also pulled over and stopped.
Zhou Wenbo pushed open the car door and rushed toward the back, with Lin Wanwan and Liu Ziyu following close behind.
As soon as the rear car’s door was opened, a rich floral aroma surged toward their faces.
Lin Wanwan saw at a glance that Evans was leaning against the seat, his brows knit tightly into a ball, both hands clutching the clothes at his chest tightly, his face flushed red. His breathing was as heavy and rough as a dilapidated bellows, every inhalation accompanied by painful gasping, with cold sweat already covering his forehead.
“Mr. Evans! How are you?”
As a professional reception staff member, Zhou Wenbo had seen plenty of difficult clients, but a client with a sudden medical emergency was truly a first for him.
At this moment, he completely lacked his earlier calm and composure:
“Quick! Call 120 fast!”
As he spoke, he flusteredly pulled out his phone.
Liu Ziyu stood to the side, her face terrifyingly pale as she muttered:
“How could it be this severe… He was completely fine at the airport just now…”
Lin Wanwan took a deep breath, knowing it was time for her to step up.
Currently, two cars were parked on the airport expressway, stranded in the middle of nowhere, with the nearest hospital at least 30 kilometers away.
Even if they rushed to the hospital right now, even without traffic congestion on the road, it would take at least 30 minutes or more.
Lin Wanwan walked over to Zhou Wenbo’s side.
“Yes, yes, yes, we are currently at…”
She reached out and lightly patted Zhou Wenbo’s shoulder:
“Brother Zhou, I…”
However, before Lin Wanwan could finish speaking, Zhou Wenbo, who had always acted refined and gentle previously, turned around and roared angrily:
“What time do you think it is? Can you extra filler stop interfering with my work!”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Zhou Wenbo felt a bit of regret:
“Sorry, I was just…”
This time, without waiting for Zhou Wenbo to finish, Lin Wanwan took over the conversation:
“I understand, Brother Zhou was just too anxious.”
Lin Wanwan also knew the situation was urgent, so without standing on ceremony, she directly stated her thoughts to him.
“Brother Zhou, I think Mr. Evans should be having an allergic reaction!”
“I have a cousin who also gets allergies frequently. When his condition flares up, it looks very similar to Mr. Evans’s condition!”
Among those responsible for reception work, very few were slow to react.
Zhou Wenbo immediately understood Lin Wanwan’s meaning, a look of pleasant surprise flashing across his face:
“You mean you know how to treat it? Quick…”
However, just as the words left his mouth, he fell into a dilemma.
Evans was an important client of the company and could not suffer any mishaps.
If sent to the hospital now, even if something went wrong with the treatment, the hospital would have to take the blame.
However, if something went wrong during Lin Wanwan’s attempt at treatment, then everyone from him as the reception lead to the entire Ocean Engine would have to take the blame.
In an instant, Zhou Wenbo’s tone became hesitant:
“This involves human life. If you’re not confident, you definitely mustn’t mess around randomly!”
“How about we just send him straight to the hospital…”
Emergency measures were not complex to begin with, and after reading last night’s email, Lin Wanwan’s confidence was even stronger.
She spoke in a highly firm tone:
“Brother Zhou, rest assured!”
“There will definitely be no problem!”
“Mr. Evans’s condition cannot be delayed; this kind of allergic symptom will grow increasingly severe!”
“According to my cousin’s situation, in less than ten minutes, asphyxiation will occur, and severe cases might even be fatal!”
Zhou Wenbo turned his head, watching Evans struggling in pain on the seat. He gritted his teeth hard:
“Then… then I’ll leave it to you!”
“Please make sure nothing happens to Evans!!”
Lin Wanwan had simulated the emergency response operations in her mind countlessly over the past two days.
Therefore, at this moment, far from feeling flustered, she even had a faint, subtle trace of excitement.
Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Wanwan immediately began directing the scene:
“If I guessed correctly, Mr. Evans should be allergic to the floral scent!”
“Brother Zhou, Assistant Lin, you two carry Mr. Evans down from the car.”
“Sister Ziyu, collect all the bottled mineral water in the cars.”
The three were stunned for a moment, then reacted, moving nimbly to follow instructions.
“Assistant Lin, place Mr. Evans’s head on your legs.”
“It’s best to let his head and chest form an angle of about 30 degrees.”
Evans was quickly laid flat on the emergency lane, his head resting on the male assistant’s legs.