"What?!" Qi Yuan jumped to his feet.
“However…” Xiao Cong swallowed hard, “I didn’t throw it away, I was just afraid that you might need it again, Commander…”
"Well done!" Qi Yuan exclaimed with delight. "Quick, bring it to me!"
"So... should we still make the call?" Xiao Cong hesitated for a moment before asking.
"Hit him!" Qi Yuanyou said angrily. "I almost forgot!"
As he spoke, he invited Su Ruyi to sit down in his study, and then went to make a phone call.
Qi Yaqin seemed to be asleep. When she answered the phone, she was still drowsy: "Dad, what's wrong now?"
"What do you mean 'what now'? Can't your father call you?" Qi Yuan roared. "Did you send that box of medicine Wang Changping gave me for testing?"
"Oh, about that!" Qi Yaqin yawned. "Dad, I'd completely forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it—it was tested, and it was a slow-acting poison! I've already thrown it away! Your daughter saved your life! You're welcome!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Qi Yuan angrily threw the microphone away.
"Hello?!" Qi Yaqin didn't know what Qi Yuan was angry about again. "What is it now? I can't get a full night's sleep all day long!"
After saying that, he angrily hung up the phone.
Qi Yuan was still very angry.
At this moment, Xiao Cong had already brought the brocade box.
Qi Yuan took the brocade box, his fingers trembling.
Su Ruyi's extraordinary hearing allowed her to hear Qi Yaqin's words, reminding him: "You can look at the embroidery on the bottom of the box."
Qi Yuan flipped the box over, found a suitable light, and sure enough, he saw the three embroidered characters "Huichuntang" again.
"This medicine..." Qi Yuan glanced guiltily at Su Ruyi, "...is still safe to take because a key ingredient is missing?"
"Let me see," Su Ruyi said, taking the box.
He opened the second layer directly—and sure enough, a piece of the medicinal ingredient was missing.
"Did this medicinal ingredient fall on the ground?" Su Ruyi frowned.
Seeing the fruits of her labor over several days being treated so casually and discarded by this family, and even described as poison by Qi Yaqin, she felt very uncomfortable.
"Yes, it slipped from my hand and fell to the ground. I can't find it anywhere," Qi Yuan answered truthfully.
“This medicinal guide is water-based, so it does indeed dissolve upon contact with the ground.” Su Ruyi looked at the remaining pills. “Without the complete medicinal guide, this medicine is just an ordinary tonic and cannot save lives. Moreover, since this medicine was not taken according to the season, there will be no chance to take it again this year.”
Hearing Su Ruyi's regretful tone, Qi Yuan felt a pang of heartache.
Why would he listen to his daughter's instigation and question his longtime friend?
He asked, "Dr. Su, you just said that Wang Changping gave me the medicine and almost died himself?!"
"Yes, I happened to be in Sanhe County that day..." Su Ruyi recounted the events of that day in detail.
"Old Wang... thank goodness you were here!" Qi Yuan burst into tears. "It's my fault... it was me, I was too paranoid. But in my position, I have to be extremely careful in everything I do!"
"Well, I believe Master Wang will understand," Su Ruyi said, offering him a perfunctory reassurance.
"Dr. Su, am I... unable to treat again today?" Qi Yuan felt a cool sensation on his face, and when he wiped it, he found a tear.
"Yes," Su Ruyi replied helplessly.
"Then... is it still three days later?" Qi Yuan asked eagerly.
“Yes, I will come to treat your lungs in three days.” Su Ruyi looked at the brocade box. “Elder Qi, you don’t need this medicine anymore, can you give it back to me?”
This medicine is no longer effective because the medicinal guide is incomplete.
It will become completely ineffective after being left outside for a year.
However, Su Ruyi took it back to her space and prepared more medicinal ingredients next year so that it could be used again.
"Okay!" Qi Yuan handed the brocade box back to Su Ruyi.
Su Ruyi took it and put it into her large medicine box: "Then let's do it in three days! In three days, you must be careful not to get emotional again!"
Qi Yuan nodded: "I will."
However, Qi Yuan did not wait until three days later.
That evening, still angry, he called Qi Yaqin again.
Qi Yaqin retorted, saying that she meant well but only ended up doing something wrong.
The father and daughter had another big argument on the phone.
Xiao Cong, the guard on duty, heard the leaders arguing and slipped out.
When Xiao Cong returned after smoking three cigarettes, he found the argument still going on.
He went out for another walk.
It was already late autumn, and he was shivering from the cold.
When I returned, the light in the leader's room was already off.
Xiao Cong didn't dare to disturb Qi Yuan, who was in a bad mood.
It was past nine o'clock the next morning, and Qi Yuan still hadn't gotten up.
Xiao Cong mustered up her courage and knocked on the door, but there was no response.
After bursting through the door, they found Qi Yuan's face was bluish-purple, and he was already lifeless.
Cheng Weiguo immediately blocked the news.
Lian Xuan brought a group of forensic doctors to examine the body.
The final conclusion was acute lung failure.
Upon hearing the news, Su Ruyi rushed over.
Qi Yuan died of suffocation, caused by an acute exacerbation of his lung disease.
She quietly asked Xiao Cong from behind the crowd, "Is Old Master Qi angry with someone again?"
Xiao Cong: "Last night, Old Qi and Aunt Qi were on the phone and they argued for a long time. I smoked a whole pack of cigarettes before they finally finished arguing!"
Su Ruyi: "..."
Cheng Weiguo, who was standing to the side, also sighed, "Old Qi's daughter... she's really his nemesis!"
Four days later, the Qi family arrived.
Qi Yasheng and Qi Yaqin brought Xia Tianxiu, along with Qi Lao's younger brother Qi Wei and his family.
Su Ruyi spotted a conspicuous figure in the crowd—it was Qi Zhao, the big shot who threw an exorbitant birthday banquet for his niece Qiao Tianyue in his previous life.
At this time, Qi Zhao was still very young, and his appearance was even somewhat immature, but he was already very similar to the one Su Ruyi had seen in the newspaper clippings.
Xia Tianxiu snuggled up to Qi Zhao, the two of them chattering away.
Xia Tianxiu pointed in Su Ruyi's direction, and Qi Zhao's sharp eyes swept over.
It's obvious that Xia Tianxiu wasn't saying anything nice.
Sure enough, the next second, Qi Zhao rushed over: "You're that quack doctor who killed my great-grandfather?!"
Before Su Ruyi could speak, Cheng Weiguo stepped in front of her: "Xiao Zhao, don't let others use you as a pawn!"
“Grandpa Cheng.” Qi Zhao frowned when he saw Cheng Weiguo blocking Su Ruyi’s way. “I’m just stating the facts!”
My cousin originally found an exceptionally good doctor for my great-grandfather, the number one doctor in Beijing, Dr. Feng Engui!
With Dr. Feng's medicine, my condition has been kept very stable!
But then some blind fool told me that there's a quack doctor here who's all talk and no action, and he can cure everything!
They rushed over right away!
And what happened? He died from the treatment done by that quack doctor, didn't he?
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