"Ah? Really? I've had Chinese medicine practitioners examine him before, and they all said he had a strange illness with no discernible cause," Jin Jingchen's eyes widened in disbelief.
"The poison your father was exposed to was a result of long-term accumulation, very subtle, and undetectable by ordinary pulse diagnosis. However, I am certain it is due to poisoning, and that he has likely been continuously taking it," Yin Xi stated her conviction with confidence.
"So that's how it is. No wonder my dad didn't get any better despite taking so much medicine," Jin Jingchen mused for a moment. Recalling events after his graduation, he began to believe her words. Could it have been the work of that vicious trio, the mother and her two children?
At this moment, Yin Xi spoke again, "I don't think any of the Jin family women are good people. They are very hostile towards you. Your father's illness is definitely connected to them. Jin Jingchen, I believe you should no longer back down regarding your rightful inheritance and let them benefit. Even if not for yourself, you should think of your father."
Human hearts are unpredictable; sometimes, your inaction and concession do not lead the other party to let go, but rather might fuel their ruthless ambition and predatory spirit. In this world, those who bully the weak are never in short supply.
"Mm. I understand what you mean," Jin Jingchen said meaningfully before hanging up. He immediately drove to the hospital.
After washing up, Yin Xi lay down on her bed and replayed everything that had happened at the Jin residence that afternoon. However, she still couldn't find any clues. Shortly after the three of them had reached the downstairs area, the household servants had called out that Old Master Jin was not doing well. It was highly probable that the villains had seized that opportune moment to administer the medicine to Old Master Jin. But at that time, only that servant was upstairs. Was she crying wolf? Yin Xi found it unlikely; she was just a servant with no past grievance against her, why would she undertake such a strenuous and dangerous task? Yin Xi finally fell asleep around two in the morning.
The next day at eight o'clock, she was awakened by the ringing of her phone. "Hello? Jian Fan, why are you calling me so early? Is something wrong?" Yin Xi looked at the caller ID and immediately sat up, sliding to answer the call.
Jian Fan said, "Sister Xi, regarding Qian Feng, the CEO of Ningpu Biotechnology, whom you asked me to investigate, I've noticed a woman frequently appearing with him recently. I've already sent her photo to your WeChat. Please check if there's anything unusual."
"Okay." Yin Xi immediately opened the message and was shocked into wide-eyed disbelief when she saw the woman's face in the photo. Bai Lin? Hadn't she just returned to the country not long ago? How could she be involved with Qian Feng, and so intimately at that? Carefully observing her eyes, Yin Xi felt a sense of familiarity mixed with disgust. Could it be her? Yet, it didn't feel quite right. This woman's facial features were vastly different from the person she had in mind. Did she also wear a mask, or had she undergone plastic surgery? Last time, in the courtyard of the Qin family's old house, she had noticed her facial muscles were somewhat stiff. It seemed she couldn't be too careless and needed to investigate this person thoroughly.
"This woman is named Bai Lin, the assistant to international movie star Meng Qi. Have your people keep a close watch on her and investigate in detail what her relationship with Qian Feng is. Also, find some people to go to the US and thoroughly investigate Bai Lin's background."
At the First People's Hospital, a doctor who had just started his shift emerged from the intensive care unit. The Jin family members immediately swarmed around him, bombarding him with questions, "Doctor Wang, how is it?"
"Old Master Jin's condition is not good. He still hasn't regained consciousness," Doctor Wang said, adjusting the frames on his nose. "We suspect that Old Master Jin might have been exposed to more than one type of poison. There's likely another one, and the interaction between the two poisons has caused greater damage to his system. We've used all the available methods, but we are still unable to help."
"Another poison? How is that possible? Did that damned woman administer two poisons to the Old Master at once?" Zheng Rong's eyes instantly flashed with a bone-chilling coldness upon hearing this. She then frowned and asked, "Doctor Wang, are there no other options?"
"Yes. Doctor Wang, no matter the cost, as long as you can save my father, our Jin family is willing to pay. Right, Brother?" Jin Manshu also chimed in.
"Mm," Jin Zhanhao's eyes flashed with a hint of unease as he quickly replied. Old Master Jin...