Chapter 390: Awakening
Seriously, there was no way to think of any other method to obtain the antidote.
“Young Master Lin, with your medical skills, please quickly check if this antidote actually works.”
Jiang Qing feigned worry and said, “I’m afraid this might be a trap set by Zhao Long and his gang.”
“This is indeed the antidote.” Lin Xuan nodded confidently.
“That’s good.”
Jiang Qing pretended to sigh in relief.
“Then Young Master Lin, I’ll leave the task of feeding her the medicine to you.”
Jiang Qing made a quick escape.
Good thing she had told many lies on behalf of Su Zong, so she didn’t slip up in front of Young Master Lin.
For Young Master Lin, Su Zong truly could do anything.
Pretending to be pitiful, pretending to be innocent, deliberately getting injured.
Tsk tsk tsk.
With all these tactics, it was impossible for Young Master Lin not to fall for Su Zong.
Actually, Su Zong’s schemes are quite obvious to outsiders like her. It’s just that Young Master Lin, being too involved, fell into Su Zong’s trap.
Inside the room.
Lin Xuan looked at the woman lying on the bed, his eyes couldn’t help but turn red.
Thankfully, we found the antidote.
He didn’t want to be separated from Hua Bao.
Lin Xuan carefully lifted Su Hua, letting her lean on his shoulder, then placed the medicine in her mouth.
Next was helping Su Hua drink some water.
Seeing Su Hua swallow the pill, Lin Xuan finally let out a breath of relief.
Lin Xuan also checked Su Hua’s pulse again.
Feeling the toxins in Su Hua’s body gradually fade away, the tense expression on Lin Xuan’s face over the past few days completely relaxed.
Then he continued leaning against the head of the bed, holding Su Hua in his arms as he waited for her to wake up.
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On the Shang Organization’s side.
Zhao Long had been sitting on the golden-threaded nanmu chair, lightly tapping the armrest with his fingers, quietly waiting for either Su Hua or Lin Xuan to arrive.
“Have they set off yet?”
Zhao Long closed his eyes and casually asked.
“No.” His subordinate shook his head in reply.
“How come they haven’t?” Zhao Long glanced at the time, frowning deeply, “Are you sure they haven’t left Yun City yet?”
“No.” The subordinate shook his head again.
“How is that possible?” Zhao Long frowned so hard it could probably crush a fly.
By now, they should have arrived from Yun City.
They must have missed the timing to give her the medicine.
Could it be… they have an antidote?
Just as Zhao Long considered this possibility, he shook his head.
This is our exclusive secret medicine from the Shang Organization; there shouldn’t be an antidote. Even if they managed to treat her, three days wouldn’t be enough.
“Keep investigating what exactly happened,” Zhao Long gritted his teeth and ordered.
He thought of another possibility.
What if Lin Xuan simply ignored Ling’s illness, allowing her to die so he could take control of the Suzhou Group?
If that were the case, he would personally kill Lin Xuan.
Ling was his most accomplished assassin whom he trained himself. Ling betrayed him and developed emotions. Even if she dies, it should be his own hands that resolve her fate.
Not someone else’s.
Zhao Long twirled the prayer beads in his hand, his gaze dark.
Two hours after taking the medicine.
Su Hua slowly awakened.
Looking around at everything, and seeing Lin Xuan’s gaze, her hand involuntarily reached up to touch Lin Xuan’s eyebrows and eyes.
Lin Xuan was originally sleeping with his eyes closed, but feeling the icy touch on his face, he woke up immediately and saw the woman staring intently at him.
“Hua Bao, you’re awake.” Lin Xuan’s face was filled with excitement.
Su Hua furrowed her delicate brows tightly, “Ah Xuan, am I okay?”
“Yes, you’re fine.” Lin Xuan hugged Su Hua tightly, “Jiang Qing led people to raid the Shang Organization’s base, and personally brought back the medicine. This medicine is indeed the antidote, so Hua Bao, you’re fine.”
“Is that so?” Su Hua murmured.
“Hua Bao.”
Lin Xuan picked up the medicine placed on the table, “This is the tonic you prepared. Have a little, it will greatly aid your recovery.”
“Okay.”
Su Hua nodded.
Lin Xuan looked at Su Hua’s pale complexion and tightly held her hand.
“Hua Bao, nothing will happen to you, nothing will.”
He absolutely would not allow anything to happen to Hua Bao.
At this moment, Lin Xuan deeply hated his own incompetence.
He stood by the window, looking at Su Hua for a long time, then suddenly bent down and kissed the woman’s pale lips.
“I’m sorry, Hua Bao, I can’t stay with you anymore.”
Lin Xuan seemed to have made a certain decision and abruptly stood up.
He quickly walked out of Su Hua’s room.
“Where are you going, Young Master Lin?” Jiang Qing stopped him.
Lin Xuan smirked faintly, “I’m going to find Zhao Long.”
“Are you planning to agree with him and let Su Zong return to the Shang Organization to continue being a killer?” Jiang Qing frowned and asked.
“No, I’m going myself.” Lin Xuan clenched his fists tightly, “If I become part of the Shang Organization, maybe Zhao Long will give me the antidote.”
The Shang Organization is the source of Hua Bao’s nightmare.
There was no way he would allow Hua Bao to return to the Shang Organization, but he didn’t want anything to happen to Hua Bao either. He had no choice but to make this decision.
He hoped his martial arts skills would catch Zhao Long’s eye.
Being a killer, so be it.
As for the feud with the Lin family, if Lei Hui himself can’t deal with the Starlight Group, he could always kill those who annoy him.
“Young Master Lin, don’t worry.”
Jiang Qing waved the bottle in her hand and said, “We sent people to snatch the antidote from the Shang Organization.”
Antidote?
Lin Xuan suddenly snatched the medicine from Jiang Qing’s hand and smelled it under his nose.
His eyes lit up.
It’s correct, this is the antidote!
Besides acupuncture and medication, there was another way to save Hua Bao: making the antidote.
However, finding one ingredient required climbing Mount Tian and obtaining freshly harvested herbs, followed by ten days and nights of refining. There was no way to produce the antidote within three days.
So he abandoned this plan.
“Where did you get this antidote?” Lin Xuan couldn’t help but ask.
Jiang Qing: “We sent people to raid the Shang Organization’s hideout. We suffered heavy losses.”
Of course, this was a lie.
After Su Zong returned to the Su family at eighteen, she began setting up a medical lab. The antidote for the Shang Organization’s poison was the first thing they researched in their Night Rose Medical Lab.
After five years, they finally succeeded.
This medicine was always stored in the lab, ready to be delivered whenever needed.
She once wondered why Su Zong wanted to research the antidote for the Shang Organization’s poison.
Turns out, it was because Su Zong still had ties with the Shang Organization.
With this antidote in hand, even though Su Zong was poisoned by the Shang Organization’s unique toxin, she wasn’t worried at all.
But precisely because of this antidote, Su Zong dared to deliberately injure herself with that arrow.
“Really?” Lin Xuan looked at Jiang Qing suspiciously, “Is that really true?”
Why did he feel something was off?
Even though the Shang Organization was severely weakened after last time, how easy could it be to raid their stronghold?
“Why would I deceive you, Young Master Lin?” Jiang Qing said without batting an eyelid.
“Yeah.” Lin Xuan nodded and stopped doubting.
After all, apart from this, he…
