luo jia shan ju
Chapter 75 Kidnapping
"The giant python has coexisted with the meteorite for thousands of years, so the meteorite won't harm it. According to Brother Shi's description, the Young Master had fractures all over his body and was covered in blood, indicating that the python did attack him and intended to swallow him. It must have been when he was being swallowed that he somehow injured the python."
Han Yu continued.
"Shi Cheng has existed for thousands of years, and so many generations haven't been able to eliminate a giant python. The Young Master is even less likely to have the power to do so. But the Young Master is different from ordinary people. Do you remember the substance in his blood that caused him to age rapidly? I suspect it was this substance that ultimately killed the python."
Han Yu's mind was a little muddled, but she insisted on finishing her conclusion.
Rou Yi, based on the meteorite, developed some associations. She no longer avoided Li Decha and stated directly, "Ignoring regional differences, the progress of human society will gradually develop towards civilization, openness, and inclusiveness. But the meteorite brings closure, control, and obstruction to human society. Whether it's the Gake Ye Divine Kingdom or Shi Cheng in the sea, the meteorite brings them self-destruction through isolation."
Everything was related to the meteorite, and there was inevitably some connection between these two meteorites. This was an obvious conclusion.
Rou Yi thought for a while and said, "In the underground palace, after the Young Master touched the 'droplet,' he was sucked into the meteorite, and an earthquake occurred. Later, in Shi Cheng, Fatty threw the Young Master into the meteorite crevice, and another earthquake occurred..."
Rou Yi added, "Is it possible that the meteorite has some power that can revive the Young Master?"
This kind of mysterious question was something that Fatty, Han Yu, and Li Decha didn't dare answer with certainty, especially Fatty, who had witnessed the Young Master's death with his own eyes.
In the underground palace of the Gake Ye Divine Kingdom, the Young Master had benefited from the power of some mysterious crystal and miraculously came back to life. This was something that no one had expected, but the Young Master ultimately entered the meteorite alive.
In the underground fortress, this kind of miracle didn't occur. Fatty had thrown him into the meteorite after the Young Master had breathed his last. Thinking of this, Fatty sighed helplessly and said, "Even if the meteorite has the ability to revive the Young Master, the two meteorites we've seen are either sealed in the Mountains of Madness or sunk in the sea... We have no way to verify it."
Fatty was right. The slight hope that Rou Yi had just had was immediately extinguished.
The atmosphere suddenly fell into an awkward silence.
Han Yu's face was pale, and she barely supported her body, saying intermittently, "Perhaps... there are... other... meteo...rites... that... might... be... in..."
Before she could finish, Han Yu fainted.
Rou Yi and Fatty then noticed Han Yu's abnormality. From the state Han Yu had been in when they were reviewing everything, something hadn't been right. Han Yu had been holding back without saying anything, and the others hadn't noticed her condition.
Rou Yi touched Han Yu's forehead, and her brow instantly furrowed. "She has a fever."
Fatty quickly touched Han Yu's head as well to confirm the extent of the fever. When Fatty touched Han Yu's forehead, his heart skipped a beat—this was a high fever, at least forty degrees Celsius.
If they didn't lower her temperature quickly, she might damage her brain. Fatty had a cousin back home who had become mentally impaired because of a persistent high fever when he was a child.
Rou Yi said she had ice and could soak Han Yu in ice water to lower her temperature.
Fatty stopped Rou Yi. "Don't. Chinese people's bodies are different from you Americans. Han Yu is already weak, and this kind of treatment might kill her."
Rou Yi rummaged through boxes and cabinets and found a few aspirin tablets. Han Yu was already feverish to the point of unconsciousness and couldn't swallow anything. Fatty tried several times to administer the medicine, but he didn't succeed.
Fatty decisively said, "No, we have to get her to a hospital quickly."
Li Decha said, "I know the director of a private hospital. I'll contact him now."
"A private hospital? Is it reliable?" Fatty questioned.
Li Decha patted Fatty's shoulder and said, "Don't worry."
Han Yu was immediately sent to the hospital arranged by Li Decha. Li Decha hadn't lied to Fatty. The high-end and professional exterior of the hospital instantly put Fatty's mind at ease.
Li Decha had specially reserved a VIP ward for Han Yu. The moment Han Yu arrived at the hospital, the doctor was already in place and began treating her.
After a comprehensive diagnosis, the doctor wrote a prescription and arranged for an IV drip first.
After a night of tossing and turning, Han Yu's fever finally subsided, but she was still in a coma. The doctor couldn't diagnose the cause and said that she needed to be hospitalized for observation. Although the hospitalization fees at the private hospital were ridiculously high, they were nothing to Rou Yi and Li Decha.
Fatty had experienced the death of the Young Master for the second time, and then he had joined the others in forcing Jennifer away. Now, he was worried about Han Yu's condition. One thing after another made Fatty feel exhausted and unable to take care of himself.
Rou Yi persuaded Fatty to rest, but Fatty insisted on staying in Han Yu's ward, determined to stay by her side until she woke up, not leaving her side for a moment.
But Fatty wasn't made of iron either. He eventually fainted from exhaustion.
Great, one Han Yu wasn't better, and another one had fallen.
So Rou Yi and Li Decha took turns taking care of the two patients. Rou Yi was on duty the first day, and everything was fine, but when it was Li Decha's turn to take care of them the next day, something changed.
The next day, when Rou Yi came to relieve Li Decha, she found that Li Decha and Han Yu were gone. She asked the doctors and nurses and searched all the wards, but to no avail. The two seemed to have disappeared into thin air.
Left with no choice, Rou Yi went to review the surveillance footage, but all the footage from the day Li Decha and Han Yu disappeared had been deleted. In other words, the two of them had most likely been kidnapped.
After Fatty woke up, he almost fainted again when he heard the news of Li Decha and Han Yu's disappearance.
"What? Little Yu and Li Decha are missing?" Fatty asked anxiously, slapping the bed board.
Rou Yi wanted to calm Fatty down, so she said, "Don't worry, I'm investigating it now."
Fatty thought, how could he not worry? Then he asked Rou Yi if she had any clues.
Forced by Fatty, Rou Yi told him everything.
The people were gone, and the doctors and nurses hadn't noticed. The surveillance footage had been deleted. This was definitely a kidnapping! Fatty and Rou Yi thought the same thing.
Fatty had just woken up, and after hearing this news, he was so anxious that he attacked his heart and fell back into a coma.
This scared Rou Yi. She had never seen Fatty be so stimulated that he fainted. She quickly called the doctor...
The doctor said that Fatty was overworked, nervous, and had been stimulated, which caused him to suddenly faint. He told Rou Yi to let Fatty rest and recuperate.
While Fatty was in a coma, Rou Yi called the police, but the police didn't seem to care much about the disappearance of two adults and were somewhat perfunctory. Based on their experience, the police analyzed and told Rou Yi that the two had no enemies and wouldn't be taken away in full view of the hospital, so it was likely that the two had gone out for a walk.
Although Rou Yi repeatedly emphasized that Han Yu was a patient and couldn't go out, the police stubbornly believed that this was not a kidnapping case. Finally, the police routinely asked Rou Yi for a phone number and told her that if the police had any clues, they would notify her and let her wait for a call.
Fatty lay in bed and was in a coma for two days before gradually waking up.
At the same time, the visit of a familiar person put Rou Yi and Fatty in new trouble.