At the end of their conversation, Tan Siqi returned to Song Qi's original question.

"...My wife has a very good relationship with Captain Lu's wife. If she were here, she would definitely be very worried."

So Tan Siqi kept coming to ask about the progress of the operation, not only out of concern for Lu Zhanlin, but also because he was worried about Chu Yue on behalf of Fang Xiuli.

When Song Qi heard this, he was even more... even more surprised.

Isn’t Tan Siqi’s lover Fang Xiuli? Isn’t Fang Xiuli Comrade He’s former best friend? I heard that Chu Yue and Fang Xiuli almost had a quarrel in the compound and both of them sent the person to the medical team.

They were soldiers in the barracks, but the gossip that happened in the compound would still spread. Song Qi was Lu Zhanlin's bodyguard, so many people pulled him aside to inquire about the news.

Who says only women gossip? There’s gossip everywhere where there are many men!

In Song Qi's mind, Chu Yue and Fang Xiuli were mortal enemies who "fought to the death", but how did they suddenly become "close friends" as described by Tan Siqi? What happened in between? Why didn't he know anything about it?

Song Qi even wanted to touch Tan Siqi's forehead. Could it be that Deputy Captain Tan was too tired from the recent high-intensity work and started talking nonsense?

At this moment.

A young soldier suddenly rushed over and said, "Report! Deputy Commander Tan, someone in the crowd has food poisoning."

When Tan Siqi heard this, he turned around and left, ordering, "Song Qi, stay here. If the operation is over, notify me immediately."

He quickly asked, "How many people got food poisoning?"

"There are about a dozen people poisoned, including four children. The obvious symptoms are vomiting and diarrhea... We have asked the medical team to go and take a look." The little soldier has been with Tan Siqi for a long time. He is a smart and capable person. He reported everything clearly.

More than a dozen people poisoned is already a mass incident, not to mention that there are four children among them!

The source of the poisoning must be quickly investigated, otherwise it will spread among the population and it will be too late to prevent and control it.

Tan Siqi hurried to the medical team and heard bursts of vomiting sounds coming from inside.

The person in charge of the medical team now is a doctor named Lin. He is a disciple trained by military doctor Hao himself. His character and medical skills are impeccable. Since arriving in the disaster area, Doctor Lin has only slept three or four hours a day and has been seeing patients non-stop.

At this moment, his hair was messy, his body was dirty, and his face was covered with stubble that he had no time to clean.

The patient on the stretcher felt nauseous and vomited all over Doctor Lai Lin's white coat. He didn't even frown, but shouted quickly.

"Bring some water, rinse your mouth - give him a saline drip! Hurry and give him a saline drip."

After examining the patient, Dr. Lin took off his dirty white coat, turned around and rummaged through a pile of medical supplies, anxiously looking for something.

Tan Siqi asked, "Doctor Lin, what are you looking for?"

"Detoxification decoction... Doctor Xiao Chu gave me several packets of Chinese medicinal materials yesterday. It was a prescription she had prepared. She said it can clear away heat and detoxify. If you encounter a patient with food poisoning, give him this." Doctor Lin was busy with his hands, constantly searching, and spoke without turning his head.

Tan Siqi was slightly surprised, "Did Doctor Xiao Chu give it to me?"

"Yes, she also said... with so many people gathered together, food poisoning might occur, so she asked us to make preparations in advance... Ah! Found it!" Doctor Lin finally found the Chinese medicinal materials given by Chu Yue from a pile of items.

"Ding! Ding!"

"Doctor Lin, Doctor Xiao Ding and Doctor Xiao Chu are on a mission together." Another medical worker replied.

Doctor Lin patted his forehead and said, "Look at my brain, I've been so busy that I've forgotten everything. Then... then..."

He wanted to find someone from the health team to cook the medicine soup, but there were more than a dozen patients suffering from food poisoning at once, and everyone was busy, so there was no spare staff.

Tan Siqi stretched out his hand from the side, "Doctor Lin, leave it to me, I'll arrange for someone to do it."

"Thank you then..." Doctor Lin turned around, handed out the herbs, and pushed up his glasses that were sliding down his nose. He opened his eyes wide and took a closer look, only to find that the person standing next to him was Tan Siqi, "Tan... Deputy Head Tan, I was so busy that I didn't even recognize you."

Tan Siqi didn't care and continued, "Doctor Lin, quickly investigate the cause of the food poisoning."

"Okay, okay... I'll go right away."

Doctor Lin and Tan Siqi acted quickly together. They first investigated the identities of the people with food poisoning and found out that they were a family from the same village and they were all related.

So they eat, drink, defecate and urinate together.

Therefore, Dr. Lin speculated that the cause of their poisoning was the water source or the food.

After Dr. Lin and Tan Siqi showed up, they asked around and immediately got a lot of information.

"We all drank the same water... it came from a small stream in the mountains... the soldiers told us that we had to boil it before drinking it, and we couldn't drink it raw. We all remembered... we all remembered that we definitely didn't drink raw water..."

"We all drank water, we are all fine, it's just their family that has an issue, it shouldn't be the water..."

"What did they have for lunch? Of course, the big steamed buns you distributed. They are delicious... But at noon, it seems that the whole family cooked together..."

"Yes, yes, they cooked. I saw it too. They brought some food from home when they fled. They cooked over a fire and ate something warm. Just a stir-fried vegetable and a melon. It was very ordinary, nothing special."

After hearing this, Tan Siqi asked the young soldiers to find all the food that the family had brought.

There was a pile of shriveled green vegetables that had been left for a few days, a few long and thin old melons, and a few old pumpkins.

These are the most normal daily foods in farmers' homes.

Doctor Lin picked up the vegetables and smelled them. They were shriveled and not very fresh, but they were not rotten or spoiled, so they were still edible.

"These things...are all normal...you shouldn't get food poisoning after eating them..." Doctor Lin racked his brains but still couldn't figure it out. "Where's Doctor Xiao Chu? Go find Doctor Xiao Chu! She's been on a mission to investigate food poisoning before, so she must have experience. Go ask her to come over."

Tan Siqi reminded, "Chu Yue is busy."

Doctor Lin was so busy that he was dizzy. He was stunned for a moment before he suddenly realized.

"I...I forgot again. Doctor Hao told me that he would take Doctor Xiao Chu and Xiao Ding out for a while. How could I forget again?" Doctor Lin stood up tiredly and said to Tan Siqi apologetically, "Deputy Captain Tan, please forgive my lack of knowledge. I can't find out the cause of their poisoning."

Doctor Lin sighed deeply.

Seeing Dr. Lin blaming himself like this, Tan Siqi didn't dare to say anything harsh.

He walked outside and ordered the little soldiers, "Set up a cordon around the poisoned family's residence and don't allow anyone else to approach. And remind everyone to be careful about what they eat and drink, and never eat anything unclean."

This is all we can do now. With so many people at the rescue site, we must not allow the disease to spread any further.

After that… I can only wait for Chu Yue to finish the operation before investigating.