When Tian Cai saw Zhang Defa coming back with a little girl on his back, he hurried over to catch her.
"What happened?" She took the child, carried her into the house and put her on the kang, then stood up and lit the oil lamp.
"I don't know what's wrong. She looks so confused. Can you take a look at her? I've sent someone to the cowshed to deliver a message. Her grandfather should be here soon. I'll go and get busy now."
Tian Cai nodded, ignored Zhang Defa, and lowered his head to check on Tingting's condition.
Tingting had fallen into a coma and was unconscious. No matter how Tian Cai called her, she did not respond.
Tian Cai's heart sank. Why did this state look so much like someone was drugged?
She put her fingers on Tingting's wrist. Her pulse was thin and fast, and her speed was inconsistent. Because of her work, she had seen many girls who were unconscious due to various drugs. Most of them happened in bars and hotels. This was the first time she saw such a young girl being drugged.
Tian Cai took off Tingting's clothes and checked them. After seeing that there were no signs of injury, he put them back on her.
Whether it was to steal the child or for some unspeakable dirty tricks, we still have to wait for Tingting to wake up and ask. Although he doesn't know the other party's purpose, Tian Cai is more inclined to the latter. How could he steal a little girl who can remember everything?
Tian Cai splashed some cold water on the little girl's face. She saw her eyelids move, her eyebrows wrinkled, and her facial expression changed a little. However, a long time passed and she still didn't wake up. She had no choice but to take out the silver needle and insert it into her Ren Zhong point.
Tingting then slowly opened her eyes.
"Tingting, can you recognize who I am?" Tian Cai looked at her and asked softly.
The little girl's vision was still a little dazed, and it took a while for her to focus on Tian Cai's face. She said weakly, "Sister Tian, Sister Tian."
"Yes, I am Sister Tian. Now Sister Tian is asking you, why did you suddenly fall asleep?"
Tingting blinked in confusion and repeated, "I, why did I suddenly fall asleep? I don't know."
"Well, come, drink some water and think about it carefully." Tian Cai helped Tingting up, poured her a glass of warm water, and then asked, "Did anyone give you anything to eat or drink?"
"What did you eat? What did you drink?" Tingting repeated blankly, then frowned slightly, "I, I can't remember."
Tian Cai's heart sank. If he didn't know who did it, there would still be such danger in the future. The little girl was lucky not to be hurt this time, but what about next time?
She had just forgotten to ask Zhang Defa where he saw Tingting. Thinking that he was not at home at the moment, she decided to go over and ask him later.
Tingting was still a little confused. Tian Cai took the silver needles and found several places on her body and pierced them one by one. These were acupuncture methods for detoxification. There were still residues of drugs in the little girl's body. She didn't know the formula, but she thought it would not be something good for people.
While I was getting the tattoo done, I heard a noise outside and Mimi and Mr. Ju came in together.
Mimi is very sensible. Whenever Tian Cai holds a needle in his hand, he will not get close to her and rarely goes into the pharmacy. This time Tian Cai was not seeing patients in the pharmacy, so the little guy squatted obediently on the floor in the inner room, glanced at Tian Cai, and moved his tail slightly.
It was also the first time that Mr. Ju entered Tian Cai's house. He saw his granddaughter lying weakly on the kang with silver needles inserted in several places on her body.
"Tingting?" Old Master Ju asked nervously, "What's wrong with you, kid? Where do you feel uncomfortable?"
Tingting was originally quite strong, but when she saw her grandfather, she felt aggrieved for some reason, “Grandpa, wuwuwu”
"Be good, grandpa is here, grandpa is here!" Grandpa Ju wanted to go forward and hug his granddaughter, but looking at the silver shining on her body, he couldn't find any place to touch her, so he could only gently stroke her hair.
"Don't worry, Tingting is fine now. She will be fine in a while." Tian Cai calculated the time and when he felt it was almost time, he pricked her middle finger with a silver needle and squeezed out two drops of dark red and black blood.
Tian Cai pulled out the silver needles from Tingting's body one by one and said slowly, "It's done."
Grandpa Ju then stepped forward and carefully scanned his granddaughter's body. He saw no external injuries and her clothes were in good condition. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then he thought of the black blood Tian Cai had just drained, and his heart began to tighten again. "Doctor Xiaotian, what happened to Tingting?"
Tian Cai shook his head slightly at him, and Mr. Ju understood. He stopped talking and asked again when he was away from the children.
Seeing that Tingting was fine, Mr. Ju was about to take her back home. Tian Cai sent her to the door and then returned to the house.
It is difficult to determine whether the other party is at fault if the person is not caught in the act. Moreover, the victim is the little girl in the cowshed. Apart from secretly teaching her a lesson, Tian Cai has no other good solution for the time being. He can only ask Tingting to go out less in the future and try not to leave the cowshed. If she does go out, she must be accompanied by a reliable person.
After dinner, Tian Cai read a medical book for a while before Mr. Ju came over, this time alone.
"Where's Tingting?"
Mr. Ju's voice was filled with worry. "Not long after returning home, he said he was sleepy and fell asleep after drinking only half a bowl of porridge."
There was still some drug residue in her body, and the girl must get more sleep to metabolize it. "She'll feel much better tomorrow."
"Doctor Oda?"
Tian Cai asked the old man to sit down, and then told him her guess and Tingting's answer one by one. "Right now, I don't know how Tingting was carried here by the captain. I'll go ask the team later, but you should also pay attention to this side."
Ever since Mr. Ju heard that Tingting had been drugged, his hands have been shaking with fear, and even his lips couldn't help trembling. If anything happened to Tingting, he, an old man, would not be able to survive.
Mr. Ju lost his wife at an early age and raised his only son alone. He was a well-known figure in Suzhou before. He had his own textile factory and several shops. His huge assets were enviable. After liberation, he donated most of the family's property and arranged good jobs for his sons.
Tingting is his son's second daughter. She has not been favored since she was a child, so he took the child back to take care of her himself, which was also a way to find someone to accompany him, an old man.
The grandfather and grandson lived together for many years. After the movement started, the son hurriedly published an advertisement in the newspaper to distance himself from him. Only the granddaughter, who was raised in his arms, followed him despite her parents' opposition, and was eventually implicated and sent here as well.
"Try not to let Tingting go out alone in the future," Tian Cai warned meaningfully, "and don't eat anything offered to you by anyone in the village. It's better to be on guard against these things."
Tian Cai’s words were not entirely clear, but Mr. Ju had lived for most of his life, so how could he not understand Tian Cai’s unspoken intention?
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