Chapter 93: Chapter 93: I Have a Solution
"Here, right here."
Lu Xiaoyu brought over the dinner plate as instructed by Chen Tianlong, and sure enough, it was needed.
The doctor gave a wry smile. This little girl was really thorough, even thought of this, he couldn’t help but admire her.
Peng Dawei used the toxin detector to probe each dish, but didn’t find anything amiss.
"Doctor, what’s going on? Did you find out what the poison is?" Lin Batian asked again.
"No, the toxin detector doesn’t show any toxicity, indicating that the food is not poisoned. Besides, this must be cafeteria food; if it were poisoned, there would certainly be quite a few affected."
Peng Dawei suddenly thought of a problem. If it really was a cafeteria poisoning incident, wouldn’t there be a mass poisoning, turning his face pale.
"Is Principal Situ here? Immediately check each dorm to see if there are any other poisonings. I suspect someone poisoned the cafeteria food."
Peng Dawei couldn’t detect anything, but from what they said, Lin Wushuang was on campus all day with no other wounds, so food poisoning seemed the most likely.
Principal Situ Feng quickly arranged things, and a few minutes later, the result was out: no one was poisoned, but a dozen or so had diarrhea.
"Diarrhea?"
Upon hearing this word, Chen Tianlong remembered something.
"So it’s not food poisoning..." Peng Dawei’s only clue was broken, instantly seeming a bit helpless and very much at a loss.
"No, it’s food poisoning!" Chen Tianlong, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.
At this moment, everyone was stunned, especially Peng Dawei, who was somewhat unconvinced. He thought, "I am a professional doctor and couldn’t find it, so what are you chiming in for?"
"Why do you say that?"
Peng Dawei sneered disdainfully, thinking this guy was just messing around.
Chen Tianlong stepped forward, looking at the unconscious Lin Wushuang, and he could assert that the food from the cafeteria was definitely poisoned.
First, the two were together reading during the second period. By the time they ate, it had already been two hours. Logically, if poisoned before, there would’ve been symptoms already.
The only logical conclusion was that she was poisoned after dinner.
"Principal, could you ask what those with diarrhea ate tonight?"
Chen Tianlong suggested, not directly answering the doctor’s question. He thought that if the doctor was useless, so be it, but was wasting time, and at this rate, Lin Wushuang could die.
"Well..."
"Principal Situ, I trust Chen Tianlong."
Lin Batian stepped up in time. Chen Tianlong wasn’t an ordinary person; for him to ask questions, he must have thought of something.
"Alright, I’ll instruct them to collect information." Seeing Lin Batian help speak, Situ Feng couldn’t refuse.
On the side, Peng Dawei seemed somewhat dismissive, thinking Chen Tianlong was just fooling around. He had checked the dishes, and with a school of several thousand, ten to eight cases of diarrhea were very normal.
Not long after, the results came in, which surprised everyone: most of the people with diarrhea had eaten three specific vegetables. But those students with diarrhea were ordinary, taking two vegetables, one meat dish.
However, Lin Wushuang was different. The young lady had a habit of eating one meat dish and three vegetable dishes, which were typically among the three or four commonly eaten vegetables, known to almost everyone who has dined with her.
This wasn’t a secret.
Chen Tianlong compared and became more convinced of his idea; this time Lin Wushuang’s poisoning was likely due to combination poisoning from the dishes. These were commonly eaten small dishes, unlikely to be toxic when mixed.
The only explanation was that the three dishes Lin Wushuang ate were tampered with, specifically targeting her.
"Doctor, please mix the three vegetable dishes from Lin Wushuang’s plate together, then blend them into a mixture, and test them again." Chen Tianlong suggested.
Peng Dawei finally got a bit angry; he’d endured Chen Tianlong for a long time, and as a professional doctor, he couldn’t believe he was being ordered by a student.
"Young man, if you don’t know, don’t talk nonsense. I just checked them one by one..."
"But you didn’t mix them together before checking. I suspect it’s combination poisoning."
Chen Tianlong interrupted the doctor directly, knowing it was a bit disrespectful, but at such a critical moment, there was no time to care for formalities, especially with a doctor he barely knew.
"Combination poisoning? Are you kidding? What kind of absurdity is that? Never heard of it." Peng Dawei smiled playfully.
But Lin Batian clearly noticed Chen Tianlong’s determination: "Dr. Peng, please assist and verify this, I’m begging you."
Hearing Lin Batian speak, Peng Dawei reluctantly retracted his arrogance, then took out the toxin detector. He wanted to show everyone how this kid was bluffing.
At this moment, Chen Tianlong already placed the three vegetable dishes together with chopsticks, then used his hand to mash them slightly, trying to mix the dishes as much as possible.
Peng Dawei gave Chen Tianlong a disdainful look, filled with contempt, then inserted the needle into the mixture.
In the next moment, Peng Dawei’s expression transitioned from contempt to surprise, then from surprise to shame. This kid actually guessed right; it was indeed food poisoning. Oh no, this was so embarrassing.
"Doctor, how was it? Is there poison?"
Chen Tianlong remained calm, devoid of any air of contempt.
"Hiss... It really is combination poisoning. The culprit is truly cunning, thinking of such a method, it’s outrageous." Peng Dawei feigned anger to cover his shame.
The crowd was abuzz; having confirmed poisoning, the next step should be treatment.
Initially, the doctor injected Lin Wushuang with an antidote, but it seemed to have no effect. Twenty minutes passed, and the toxins in Lin Wushuang’s body remained, even spreading further.
Seeing the display on the ambulance’s testing instrument, Chen Tianlong thought this wasn’t a common poison.
"Doctor, what’s the matter? Why isn’t my daughter awake yet?" Lin Batian was so anxious he was almost losing his mind.
"Mr. Lin, this poison... I can’t treat it. It’s the long-lost Heart-Eroding Hundred Poison Powder. The symptoms of this poison are that it causes the victim to fall into a deep coma, then quickly penetrates the bone marrow, meridians, and brain, finally taking control of the heart."
Peng Dawei took a deep breath, shuddering as he talked about the case: "If effective treatment isn’t received within six hours, the poison will explode, causing myocardial infarction and death immediately."
"What? Then... what do we do?" Lin Batian almost fainted hearing this, fortunately supported by Mr. Hu.
"Alas, this poison, I truly have no way; so far, no antidote has been discovered..."
"I have a way!"