“Chen Feng, you weren't peeking on me while I was in the restroom, were you?” Wang Ziwei asked, her face flushed.
Her period had arrived, and the flow was heavy. It was only by experiencing it personally that one could understand that it couldn't be pushed away.
“Teacher Wang, am I that kind of person?” Chen Feng calmly retorted.
“You’re not that kind of person, but the problem is, if you weren’t peeking, how would you know I got my period, and that the flow is particularly heavy?” Wang Ziwei asked, puzzled.
“Teacher Wang, you forgot, I know traditional Chinese medicine.”
“You mean to say, you used Chinese medicine’s inspection, listening, questioning, and palpation to know about my period?” Wang Ziwei continued to ask Chen Feng, still confused. She had only encountered Western medicine her entire life, so she wasn't very familiar with Chinese medicine.
“Yes, I inferred from inspection, listening, questioning, and palpation that you have started your period, and it’s a heavy one. That’s not the main point. Chinese medicine is vast and profound; it’s not difficult to discover certain health issues through these methods. The problem is, your period this time is very strange and warrants full attention,” Chen Feng said with a serious expression.
“Every woman gets her period, isn’t that very normal? How is it strange?” Wang Ziwei asked, bewildered.
“Teacher Wang, think carefully, have you ever had such irregular periods in your decades of life?”
“Never, actually.”
“Then think carefully again, have you ever had such a heavy flow in your decades?”
“No.”
“Lastly, think carefully again, in all these decades, has your menstrual blood ever been bright red with black?” Chen Feng asked with a solemn expression.
“Chen Feng, tell me honestly, you really didn’t peek on me in the restroom?” Wang Ziwei asked, astonished.
“With so many women around me, do I need to be so desperate as to peek at a woman in the restroom?” Chen Feng replied truthfully.
“Then it’s strange, why would you know the color of the menstrual blood is red with black? Honestly, this is something only I know,” Wang Ziwei asked, perplexed.
“Teacher Wang, how I know the color of your menstrual blood isn't important. What's important is that someone is trying to harm you,” Chen Feng continued, his expression grave.
“What? Someone is trying to harm me? How is that possible? I am the eldest daughter of the Wang family from the capital. Who would be so bold as to try and harm me?” Wang Ziwei said with disbelief.
“It shouldn’t be anyone from the capital. Most people in the capital know you, and no one would be foolish enough to try and harm you. The most likely scenario is someone from Jiangcheng University of Technology. Coincidentally, your period started during your classes at Jiangcheng University of Technology, which further suggests the perpetrator is from there,” Chen Feng explained earnestly.
“Someone from Jiangcheng University of Technology harming me? That’s unlikely. I teach mathematics there and have never offended anyone. How could someone want to harm me?” Wang Ziwei asked, sounding dejected.
“Teacher Wang, is it possible that someone secretly considers you a romantic rival and poisoned you?” Chen Feng prompted Wang Ziwei.
“Someone secretly considers me a romantic rival? How is that possible? The person I like has always been you, and I haven’t changed my mind,” Wang Ziwei replied, still confused.
“Teacher Wang, you are a woman, you should know that women can be very petty. You haven’t fallen for anyone else, but perhaps some woman mistakenly believes you have feelings for the man she likes. Think about it, recently at Jiangcheng University of Technology, have you gotten a little too close to any male colleagues?” Chen Feng probed.
“Now that you mention it, there is one male colleague. Recently, Jiangcheng University of Technology was preparing for the China University Students Mathematics Olympiad, and two students from the class I teach participated in the team. As you know, the problems for the University Students Mathematics Olympiad are very difficult, so sometimes I discuss these difficult problems with male mathematics teachers in the office…” Wang Ziwei explained, feeling a bit dazed.
“It goes without saying, it must be that male colleague’s girlfriend who poisoned you,” Chen Feng said with certainty.
“Your theory makes sense, but I have no interaction with the male colleague’s girlfriend. She’s a librarian at Jiangcheng University of Technology, and I rarely go to the library. I’ve never really crossed paths with her, so how could she have precisely poisoned me?” Wang Ziwei asked, puzzled.
“If I’m not mistaken, she sprayed poison powder on her boyfriend. When you got close to her boyfriend, your male colleague, you got poisoned.” Chen Feng explained.
“That’s impossible, isn’t it? If I was poisoned, why wasn’t the male colleague poisoned? The poison powder was on the male colleague,” Wang Ziwei still asked, bewildered.
“That’s not strange. It’s very likely a type of poison powder that is only effective on women and ineffective on men.”
“Is there such a strange poison powder?” Wang Ziwei asked, feeling a bit dizzy.
“Teacher Wang, let me put it this way: Chinese poisons, like Chinese medicine, are also vast and profound. It’s normal for the same poison to have different effects on different people. However, that’s not the key. The key is to detoxify you quickly,” Chen Feng said.
After speaking, Chen Feng cut to the chase and took out silver needles from his pocket to acupuncture Wang Ziwei. Chinese silver needles are small and light but can be carried in one’s pocket at any time.
After inserting about a dozen silver needles, Chen Feng said with a relaxed expression, “Done.”
“It’s done so quickly?” Wang Ziwei asked, surprised.
“Initially, the poisoning in your body was very severe. Firstly, this poison is a tricky, Yin-Yang type of chronic poison. Secondly, you had been poisoned for quite some time, and the toxicity had already entered your body. However, you were quite fortunate. In recent years, I have been diligently studying Western medicine in China. Through precise acupuncture, I have successfully expelled all the toxicity from your body,” Chen Feng explained, word by word.
“Chen Feng, if I may ask, how can I be sure that the toxicity in my body has been completely expelled? To be honest, after you inserted those needles, I don’t feel any significant changes in my body,” Wang Ziwei asked curiously.
“It’s simple, you just need to do a few squats. If the toxicity in your body hasn't been removed, you’ll likely bleed bright red blood mixed with black after squatting. If the toxicity has been cleared, you’ll be perfectly fine no matter how much you squat,” Chen Feng explained calmly.
“That’s unlikely, isn’t it? My bleeding symptoms have been going on for two or three days, and now they’ve just stopped?” Wang Ziwei continued to ask curiously.
“If you don’t believe me, you can try it now.”
Upon hearing this, Wang Ziwei thought it made sense and, without a word, performed several squats in front of Chen Feng.
She didn’t know the effect until she squatted. Wang Ziwei was astounded.
My goodness, it’s so miraculous! The blood is all gone.
“Chen Feng, I really didn’t expect your Chinese medicine to be this advanced now,” Wang Ziwei exclaimed.
“It’s just average, I mainly enjoy Chinese medicine,” Chen Feng replied humbly.
“By the way, Chen Feng, how should we handle the matter of who poisoned me? If we don’t deal with it, I’m afraid she might harm me again. But if we do, I somehow feel sorry for her too,” Wang Ziwei asked, conflicted.
“A compromise,” Chen Feng said calmly.
“What do you mean?”
“Don’t just stand by and watch, but don’t retaliate too harshly. Just make sure she never dares to harm you again.”
“This approach is good, I like it. Actually, to be honest, I can deeply understand her being jealous of your girlfriend. Every time I see other women talking and laughing with you, I also feel like killing someone. But I restrained myself,” Wang Ziwei sighed.
“She’s lucky to have met someone as kind as you. Anyone else, and she would have surely died,” Chen Feng replied truthfully.
“Then how do you plan to deal with her?” Wang Ziwei asked instinctively.
“The Yin-Yang poison she used, I can get it. You can use the same method against her, returning her own poison. She has an antidote, so she won’t die. But she will definitely know that you know she poisoned you, and she will also know that you showed mercy. Then, in the future, you can just ask other math teachers for questions. By doing this, the ticking time bomb is completely defused.”
“Yes, I still have to rely on you to handle things. This method is quite good,” Wang Ziwei said excitedly.
“Teacher Wang, please handle the poisoning incident properly tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, you, Li Hongbing, and Professor Wang Lifeng from the China Special Affairs Office and I, the four of us, will go to Hong Kong,” Chen Feng said, word by word.
“What? I’m going to Hong Kong too? I’m just a math teacher, what can I do to help you in Hong Kong?” Wang Ziwei asked, astonished.