Chapter 217 The World After Rewind 13 (Bonus Chapter 4 for Donations)
Around nine o'clock, Shi Qingyu's body began to show abnormalities. His cheeks turned red, his whole body felt hot, he felt irritable, his throat felt tight, and his anger surged to his lower abdomen. These were clearly symptoms of traditional Chinese medicine.
He even had time to glance at Ning Yan, and seeing that she was perfectly fine, he said, "Someone drugged my drink. Can you call Hou Xibai for me, and also notify the driver?"
He tugged at his tie in frustration, but with great willpower, he controlled his body and refrained from doing anything impolite.
Hou Xibai is their family's private doctor. His family is in the pharmaceutical business. He works at the First Hospital during the day, but he definitely doesn't work at night.
Ning Yan quickly called the driver to wait at the hotel entrance, then called Hou Xibai, and then helped Shi Qingyu walk out.
The driver was already waiting at the door. Seeing the two of them come out, he quickly opened the car door and helped the president into the car.
The car sped along, but no one knew what kind of drug he had been given, as he had already started tearing at his clothes.
Ning Yan was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to intervene or not. In the end, she simply stopped the driver, saying, "Uncle Wang, stop the car. You come to the back and watch my brother. I'll drive."
The car quickly stopped on the side of the road. Uncle Wang was forced to sit in the back seat and held the president down to prevent him from moving. Even so, by the time they arrived at the hospital, his clothes were all disheveled.
Uncle Wang personally delivered the person to Hou Xibai, and Ning Yan notified her family, and then the whole family of three came.
Miao Lan asked anxiously, "Yan Yan, how could your older brother have been drugged? Do you know how he was drugged?"
"I don't know. Many people toasted my brother at the banquet, and he drank too much. I didn't notice anything unusual."
"To find out who did it, Dad will have to investigate carefully."
Shi Han is now semi-retired, but his claws are still sharp. In just one night, the events at the banquet were uncovered.
The hostess of the banquet, Hu Lili, the eldest daughter of the Hu family, had recently divorced and had her eye on the head of the Shi family. She had met Shi Qingyu before because of company matters, but Shi Qingyu's attitude was too cold. In addition, she was divorced and had a child, which made her somewhat insecure. So she wanted to force the issue and even get pregnant with his child, not believing that the Shi family could resist the temptation of a third generation.
That's how this banquet came about.
However, Hu Lili was too ruthless, and the dosage of the drug was too large. Shi Qingyu also reacted too quickly and left the banquet as soon as he realized something was wrong. Hu Lili didn't even have time to carry out her subsequent plans.
Ning Yan sighed. Her brother-in-law's cold demeanor was indeed very attractive. Especially since others might be faking it, but he was genuinely cold because of his illness. She thought that no woman who had met him could resist being attracted to him.
Shi Qingyu was tied to the bed and received intravenous fluids all night before regaining consciousness.
Looking around at the people in the ward, I saw that the doctor, Hou Xibai, was there because he had probably expected me to wake up around this time and was keeping watch over me. His younger brother and sister-in-law were also there.
"Brother, you're awake! You scared me to death! What if something had happened to you? Who would have earned money to support me?!"
"So what if you were drugged? You can just find another woman to sleep with, and you'll save yourself this trouble."
Shi Qingyu really wanted to give his bratty younger brother a flick on the forehead. He glanced at his sister-in-law standing next to his brother and surprisingly made a teasing remark: "So, if you were drugged, you'd be looking for other women to sleep with?"
Shi Xiaofeng was so frightened that he quickly looked at Ning Yan, "Wife, I don't know how! Not to mention that I don't attend those banquets and don't know anything about Chinese medicine, even if I did get drugged, I would definitely come back to your side immediately. I would never touch other women. Don't listen to your older brother."
For the first time in his life, Shi Qingyu really wanted to laugh, not knowing whether he wanted to laugh at his younger brother's henpecked behavior or at his sister-in-law's skill in managing her husband.
Perhaps anyone who married her would be willing to become henpecked.
"You two didn't stay up all night watching over me, did you?"
“Dad went to check on your Chinese medicine business. Mom stayed up until midnight. She’s getting old, and I was worried something might happen to her, so I insisted on sending her back home.”
"Alright, I'm all done here. You can all go back now. Sister-in-law, get some rest. I need to rest for a few more days this time. I'll leave the company matters to you."
Shi Xiaofeng pulled Ning Yan's hand, "Brother Xiaobai, I'm leaving my brother in your care now, let's go back."
Hou Xibai nodded.
After watching the two turn around, Hou Xibai withdrew his gaze.
"You've been in charge of the company for so many years, and it's not like no one has ever tried to take advantage of you, but this is the first time we've actually encountered a company that uses traditional Chinese medicine."
Shi Qingyu leaned against the headboard, not looking up, and said, "What do you want to say?"
"The way you looked at your sister-in-law just now wasn't innocent."
Shi Qingyu looked up and glanced at him: "I suffer from emotional detachment."
"So what? It's not like people with this condition can never fall in love with someone!"
Shi Qingyu fell silent.
"Goodness, you actually admitted it!"
"You didn't intentionally arrange for the traditional Chinese medicine to be used this time, did you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not stupid."
Hou Xibai thought to himself, "You're not stupid, but that doesn't stop you from deliberately acting stupid."
"Although your brother and sister-in-law seem to have a good relationship, haven't you ever thought about trying to steal her away?"
Do you want to hear what you're saying?
He did have some feelings for Ning Yan, but he wouldn't do anything inappropriate.
Hou Xibai scoffed, "Don't talk to me about brotherhood. You don't have that stuff. Everyone looks out for themselves."
Especially since you have this disease!
It's a miracle to meet someone who can stir your emotions; to meet a second one, you might have to wait until your next life.
Besides, maybe if you find someone you like, your illness will be cured.
"I may lack emotions, but I possess reason."
Even if I were selfish, I couldn't do something as despicable as taking my brother's wife just because of my illness.
Don't say things like that again.
"Alright, alright, I won't say anything. I can tell now that you and your second son do have some feelings for each other."
“If I hadn’t made my parents have a second child, the second child might not have had to come into this world to suffer. I owe him that.”
He would have snatched Ning Yan away from anyone else if she were their girlfriend, but not the second brother.
I remember when we first found out that my second son had this disease, it felt like the sky had fallen on our family, and for the first time in my life, I felt regret.
He himself is ill and knows the suffering of being sick. The feeling of not being interested in anything may not seem painful, but it makes him feel like he is not even a human being.
Unexpectedly, his brother was even worse. He would get angry at the drop of a hat and become depressed at the drop of a hat, with tears streaming down his face. The family was afraid that he would harm himself, so for a while they even tied him up and locked him in the room, otherwise he would harm himself.
Fortunately, his condition was brought under control later. Even when he got angry, he would only throw or smash things, and he would get better after a while.
At that time, he thought that he needed to make more money, because his parents would leave him and his brothers sooner or later, and it was his responsibility to support them in their old age.
"This Chinese medicine has also caused some damage to your body. You need to take good care of yourself for a while, otherwise it will be a disaster if you can't use it in the future."
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