1003 Heading Northward in a Hurry (1/2)
”Mom, are you alright?” Su Xiaoxue immediately asked after hearing her mother cough. She remembered that her mother was just fine when she left the house earlier that morning. She was puzzled as to why her mother suddenly started coughing.
”It's no big deal. My chest just feels rather tight.” Song Ruiping dismissively waved and said, ”Give Yao a call and tell him to be careful. Guo Zhenghe is one hell of a schemer.”
”Yeah, sure.”
Su Xiaoxue quickly called Wang Yao.
”What? He looked for you in Jing?” Wang Yao was rather shocked to hear that Guo Zhenghe still refused to let up. His enmity toward that young man from the Guo family instantly deepened.
Some people were so obnoxious and did not know when to give up.
”Yeah, and he came to my place as well,” Su Xiaoxue said.
”He was at your place?” Wang Yao asked. ”Did you find something off about him?”
”Something off? Well, I felt that he had a weird aura about him. Oh, his face didn't look right.” Su Xiaoxue recalled the encounter with Guo Zhenghe in detail. Guo Zhenghe's face had looked different from normal people. He looked as if he had gone out of his way to put on makeup.
Song Ruiping, who was next to her, began coughing again.
”Is Auntie by your side?” Wang Yao asked. ”What is happening to her? Is she feeling unwell?”
”She is feeling some tightness in her chest, but she was fine this morning,” Su Xiaoxue said.
”If she was fine in the morning, did she begin feeling sick after Guo Zhenghe came to your place?” Wang Yao anxiously asked.
”It seems so.” Song Ruiping thought about it and found that what Wang Yao asked was correct.
He was in the house for less than 10 minutes and didn't say anything important. It was mostly just small talk. However, she smelled something rather weird and began feeling unwell after he left.
”Alright, I'll head there right away,” Wang Yao said. ”Tell Auntie to not go outside at all.”
”What's wrong?” Su Xiaoxue asked.
”I'll tell you about it later.”
Wang Yao was worried that Guo Zhenghe had brought something poisonous he acquired from Miao Xihe to Su Xiaoxue's place. If that was the case, the entire household was in danger.
He called Zhong Liuchuan and Jia Zizai to get things back home settled with them.
”Keep an eye out in this place. Zizai, keep your eyes peeled for any signs of Guo Zhenghe. He's dangerous.”
”I know, Master,” Jia Zizia replied. ”You can count on us.”
”Alright, you guys be careful. Use the Prolongation Pills I gave you guys if the situation demands it. They could save your lives.”
”Will do.”
Wang Yao booked the next flight to Jing. He arrived at her home that night.
By the time he got there, Song Ruiping was already bedridden from severe tightness in her chest. She kept coughing. Blood was seen as well. Chen Zhouchuan was by her side. Su Xiaoxue was very restless.
”You're here!”
”Let's check your mother out.” Wang Yao immediately began to diagnosis her.
”She is poisoned.”
”Poison? From Guo Zhenghe?”
”It was most likely him,” Wang Yao said. ”Let's put that aside for the moment and focus on treatment for Auntie.”
The treatment was easy.
He used half a leaf of Antidote Herb and half a leaf of Sedge with Guiyuan to adjust the effects.
After gulping down a bowl of medicine, it only took 30 minutes for it to work.
She no longer coughed, and her chest no longer felt tight.
”Feeling better now, Auntie?”
”A lot better.” Song Ruiping breathed a sigh of relief. ”Thank you for rushing all the way here.”
”Don't mention it,” Wang Yao said. ”Just lie down and rest. I'll prepare more medicine for you. It's for strengthening your body.”
”Sure.”
All of them left the bedroom.
”Will my Mom be OK?” Su Xiaoxue asked.
”She's fine,” Wang Yao said, comforting her. ”The poisoning was not deep. I'm here, so no worries.”
”I never thought that young man from the Guo family would do something like this,” Chen Zhouchuan said. ”What was he after?”
Wang Yao thought about it and said, ”He may not be doing this on purpose.”