It wasn't until the sky began to lighten with the first light of dawn that Shen Bingyan got up, put on her coat, and went to sit down on the balcony.

As I watched the sky gradually brighten in the distance, I finally made up my mind.

Zhou Yi was the only person she ever put in so much effort for, only to ultimately fail.

She has poured so much heart and soul into Luzhou, and now that she sees hope again, she can't bear to give up.

Moreover, Zhou Yi is a smart man.

Perhaps she should go back again.

After making up her mind, Shen Bingyan stayed home to recover and prepared to set off for Luzhou to see Zhou Yi in a few days.

Meanwhile, in Luzhou.

Inside a room in the villa.

【bite--】

[Affection level increased by 30!]

Zhou Yi, who was half asleep, was jolted awake and sat up in bed when he heard the system's notification sound.

I used the voice control to open the blackout curtains and saw that the sky outside was just beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn.

Zhou Yi rubbed his temples, wondering if he was dreaming: "Was it a dream? I think I just heard a system notification sound, and also..."

The system's voice came through again the next second.

[Favorability reached 50, intermediate medical skills granted! Rewards are being distributed... Ding! Distribution complete! Please keep up the good work, host!]

[Note: Intermediate medical skills are roughly equivalent to the level of a reclusive master doctor in this world!]

Zhou Yi's eyes widened in shock; this time he truly heard it clearly.

Moreover, the system is becoming more and more user-friendly. He doesn't need to ask; the system will proactively provide him with the information he wants to know.

Intermediate medical skills are already at the level of a reclusive master doctor in modern times?!

That advanced medical skill is impossible...

Zhou Yi hurriedly went to the bathroom to wash up. Now that his medical skills had been upgraded again, wouldn't he be able to adjust his grandmother's condition again?

Being able to personally witness the progression of his grandmother's illness and then personally cure her filled Zhou Yi with boundless gratitude and excitement.

At the same time, he felt grateful to Shen Bingyan, a girl he had only met once and had never even spoken to.

Shen Bingyan's name sounds cold, but I didn't expect that her favorability would increase so much without me doing anything?

Could it be...?

"Is Shen Bingyan just someone whose name suggests a cold and aloof personality, but who is actually easily moved?"

Shen Bingyan has a cold and aloof appearance, which can frighten people into not daring to approach her.

But only when you get really close do you realize that even icebergs can experience melting snow and ice? Otherwise, why would my affection for her increase so much just because I saved her from the fire?

Su Qingjiao may seem like a weak flame that could be extinguished at any moment, but when someone gets close, this inconspicuous fire will transform into a fire serpent, devouring all those who approach and turning them into its fuel!

As expected!

Human nature is unpredictable; one cannot judge a book by its cover.

Zhou Yi quickly left the hospital and arrived just as the caregiver was folding up the small folding bed next to the hospital bed. Seeing Zhou Yi enter, the caregiver asked in surprise:

"Young Master Zhou, you're here so early today?"

It was just dawn, and the caregiver had just gotten up.

"Yes, I've come to see Grandma. You go ahead with your work and don't worry about me."

Seeing that Zhou Yi had spoken, the caregiver got up and went about her own business.

Zhou Yi placed his hand on his grandmother's pulse. His medical skills were not high enough before, but this time, he immediately noticed something was wrong when he took her pulse.

Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly lifted his grandmother's eyelids and was struck dumb when he saw the faint dark circles under her eyes.

How could that be?

Who did this?!

Grandma has been poisoned with a slow-acting toxin that causes organ degeneration!

It is not highly toxic, but over time it will cause the kidneys to gradually fail.

With modern medicine, many toxins cannot be detected by instruments, but pulse diagnosis is more effective in revealing symptoms.

This is why Grandma was in the hospital for several years, and the doctor would give her a physical examination every week, but they couldn't find any problems.

If it weren't for his improved medical skills, he wouldn't have been able to tell that his grandmother had been poisoned and was suffering from kidney failure.

"Bang!!!"

"Who exactly is it........."

"Who is hiding in the shadows, trying to harm Grandma?!" Zhou Yi clenched his fist and slammed it heavily against the bed. The frost in his eyes instantly froze into ice. He couldn't figure out who was poisoning her.

But what he could tell from her pulse was that his grandmother had been given a slow-acting poison before the fire.

If it weren't for that fire that caused Grandma to fall into a coma and her bodily functions to begin to decline, she probably would have died from kidney failure long ago.

During the years that Grandma was hospitalized, the person behind it obviously did not go to great lengths to poison a person in a vegetative state again, but the slow-acting poison had gradually seeped into Grandma's flesh and blood.

If I hadn't discovered the trace of this slow-acting poison, even if Grandma regained consciousness, her body wouldn't have been able to withstand the corrosive effects of the poison.

Having experienced both a car accident and poisoning himself, Zhou Yi knew all too well that sometimes it was better to make a scene than to remain silent.

The thought of the toxicity stopping occurred before Grandma was admitted to the hospital.

The doctors in that hospital are still trustworthy.

After figuring this out, Zhou Yi immediately called his grandmother's attending physician to come over.

When the attending physician stepped into the ward, Zhou Yi was sitting in front of the bed. Hearing the door open, Zhou Yi turned around to look at the attending physician.

The first words she uttered stunned the attending physician: "Director, my grandmother has been given a slow-acting poison that can cause kidney failure!"

"As her attending physician, how come you didn't notice it all these years?"

Poisoning?!

Two days ago, Zhou Yi reported to the police at the hospital that he had been poisoned, and the police found a strong poison on his breakfast.

How could another poisoning incident occur so soon after only a few days?

Wait a minute, the doctor suddenly realized that poisoning Zhou Yi would be understandable, but who would poison a person who has been in a vegetative state for several years?

The doctor quickly walked to the bedside, looked at Grandma Zhou who seemed no different from yesterday, and said, "Young Master Zhou, you can't just say things like that."

"The patient seems no different from yesterday."

The doctor glanced at the instrument next to him, which showed that his body data was normal.

Then he lifted Grandma Zhou's eyelids and tried to take her pulse. The doctor breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously to Zhou Yi:

"Young Master Zhou, I haven't found any signs of poisoning on the patient, and the instrument tests show no changes whatsoever. The patient shows no signs of poisoning."

"I don't know if you saw it with your own eyes, or if you heard it from someone else?"

How can you be sure the patient was poisoned?

Zhou Yi chuckled, deliberately trying to escalate the situation. He shook his head and said, "Director, it seems your medical skills are lacking. You can't even take a pulse?"

"In that case, please ask the dean to come over in person."