Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 576 - 106

"Okay, okay, it’s getting late. You have work tomorrow, so go back and rest."

"I’m not in a rush for school matters. How about I stay tonight to watch over them? You should go home, take a nice bath, and get some sleep. You’ve been looking so worn out these days."

"That wouldn’t be appropriate."

"Jiayi, trust me, I can handle it."

"What I mean is my parents are already having trouble sleeping because they don’t feel well. If you add your snoring to that, it would make them even more uncomfortable."

"Ah, it’s because of that." Fatty Wu nodded awkwardly, "That’s true, no doubt."

"Well, I’m used to your snoring. It feels weird when I don’t hear it for a while, but my parents are patients now, so you should go back. They understand your concern."

"Alright then, I’ll head back. Oh, by the way, tomorrow I’ll try again to invite that old Daoist. My colleagues say he’s quite effective. We can invite him over for a look, but he’s quite busy, so it depends on his schedule."

"Didn’t you say you also invited an old Chinese doctor?"

"We need to invite everyone we can. Since the hospital hasn’t been able to help for so long, we’re trying multiple approaches."

"Hmm, I’ll do as you say."

Watching her boyfriend go down the stairs, Zheng Jiayi quietly turned around and went back to the ward.

In the ward, her parents were still groaning. They had been hospitalized for several days, and their consciousness alternated between clear and muddled.

She picked up a thermos and went to the easternmost side of the floor to get boiling water. On her way back, Zheng Jiayi saw a young girl with a backpack standing at the door to her parents’ ward, checking the room number.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

Yin Meng turned her head and looked at Zheng Jiayi, saying, "I’m the person Counselor Wu invited to see the patient."

Zheng Jiayi responded incredulously, "You’re so young?"

"My master is busy, so he sent me to take a look first."

"But my partner just left, aren’t you supposed to..."

"My master only gave me the address to the ward. If you don’t trust me, I can leave right now."

Although she said she would leave, her body had already shifted, her right leg slightly bending, preparing to quickly force her way in if necessary.

"Please come in."

Zheng Jiayi opened the door and invited Yin Meng into the ward.

Aside from the smell of disinfectant, there was also a pungent odor lingering in the room.

Yin Meng walked straight to the bedside to observe the condition of the two elders.

She actually didn’t know how to treat illnesses.

Her talent lay in making poisons.

Brief special training had awakened her sensitivity to toxins, but hoping for someone to become a "famous doctor" in such a short time was clearly unrealistic.

However, she could tell that the elders were indeed poisoned; the hospital’s diagnosis of food poisoning was quite apt.

Yet, she couldn’t distinguish which kind of poison it was.

No problem, she’d try them one by one.

Yin Meng turned her left hand, revealing a toad resting on her palm.

This was something she had just caught in the hospital pond; its belly was rhythmically inflating and deflating, full of vitality.

Zheng Jiayi, who was about to pour water for Yin Meng, let out a muffled scream.

Yin Meng muttered to the toad, and then reached out, tapping its belly lightly. She then pulled out an incense stick, rubbing her fingers at the tip until the outer incense layer came off, and white smoke rose.

After placing the incense stick into the toad’s mouth, she set the toad on the bedside table.

Immediately after, Yin Meng took out a stack of differently colored sheets of paper from her pocket, pulling out a black one first. With a flick of her right hand, a blade appeared, and she unhesitatingly made a cut on Zheng Jiayi’s father’s arm.

A cut appeared, and fresh blood flowed out.

Yin Meng soaked the black paper in the blood, then placed the paper near the incense, letting it burn a hole where it had soaked up the blood.

The toad did not react.

It wasn’t corpse poison.

Yin Meng then took out a purple paper. To get fresh blood, she made another cut on Zheng Jiayi’s father’s arm.

After collecting the blood, she repeated the process, letting the incense burn through the paper.

The toad remained calm.

It wasn’t venomous poison.

Next, Yin Meng took out blue paper. Before opening a new wound, she glanced at Zheng Jiayi standing nearby.

Zheng Jiayi clasped her hands over her mouth, her eyes wide open. She was terrified and bewildered, but she didn’t scream or try to stop her. Indeed, when she sensed Yin Meng’s gaze, she even offered encouragement and gratitude.

This was a perceptive woman. She didn’t understand, but she knew this was treatment.

A new cut was made, blood was collected, and the paper was burned under the incense stick. The toad began to croak rapidly.

It was demon poison.

Now that she knew the poison type, there was a corresponding solution. The method she knew was simple and singular: fight poison with poison.

Yin Meng asked, "Do you know how to catch a toad?"

"Uh? I... I’ve never caught one, but I can try." Zheng Jiayi replied resolutely.

"Forget it, I’ll go. You hold this toad; if I’m too far away it might get out of control."

"Oh, sure."

Zheng Jiayi stepped forward, trying hard to overcome her strong aversion, and grasped the toad with both hands.

Yin Meng went to the window of the ward, opened it, and jumped out.

Below was the pond—it was faster than taking the stairs.

Watching the window where Yin Meng disappeared, Zheng Jiayi felt like she was dreaming tonight.

After a short while, Yin Meng climbed back in through the window with another toad in her hand.

Next, she started feeding the toad poison—this was a poison with a paralyzing effect, similar to "Powder for Anesthesia," but the side effects were serious, like frying someone’s brain.

So she deliberately reduced the dosage.