When I woke up again, I was already lying in Ai Mi's RV. Ai Mi's personal doctor, Dr. Yu Suiliang, placed me on a narrow operating bed and examined me with various instruments.
This was the second time I entered the RV's emergency room. The last time was when I was protecting Ai Mi on the pedestrian walkway and was injured by a withered tree.
X-ray machine, ECG scanner, ultraviolet disinfectant lamp, fully automatic biochemical analyzer, operating bed, and shadowless lamp … It looked like there were a lot more equipment than last time.
"You're awake?"
Dr. Yu usually doesn't wear his Google Glass when he's treating patients, so he looks a lot more reliable when he's wearing a white coat.
But he still had a cotton swab in his mouth in place of a cigarette. He only removed it when he saw me wake up.
"Congratulations, your gender reassignment surgery was a success …"
"Damn it!" If I didn't know he liked to joke around with patients, I would have definitely taken off my pants to check.
I wanted to get up, but I felt a sharp pain in my chest, so I could only lie back down unwillingly.
"Ye Lin." Dr. Yu raised one of his eyebrows as he looked at the printed results, "Do you have a history of heart disease?"
"Heart disease? I don't have that kind of thing! "
While he answered Professor Yu angrily, an ominous premonition rose in his heart.
Dr. Yu did not mind and continued to narrate in a flat voice: "When you were unconscious, you had two episodes of tachycardia and one episode of ventricular flutter. It's all symptoms of heart disease."
"Wasn't I hungry?" I objected.
"I gave you a glucose injection and your blood has returned to normal, but there's something in your blood that I'm not sure of …"
"It's not snake venom?"
"The bite on your foot?" Dr. Yu placed the printed report on the analysis table and took a step closer to me, "The Red Drill Snake's venom evolved to target cold-blooded animals. It's very lethal to cold-blooded animals, but it's almost harmless to warm-blooded animals. Your foot is swollen, but it's just an allergic reaction."
I tried to move my left calf and the symptoms were much lighter. It might have been because Xiao Qin sucked out the venom.
After eliminating other possibilities, I could only admit to Dr. Yu that I ate a subspecies of the blue flash butterfly, the blue moor Armenia butterfly, and I suspected it was a venom.
"Tachycardia immediately after eating it?" Professor Yu looked very curious. "Does it happen within three seconds or after ten seconds?"
Who would have the leisure to wait for the countdown after eating an insect! Was there a big difference between three seconds and ten seconds?
I told Professor Yu that I couldn't remember. In any case, my heart disease symptoms were most likely caused by the Blue Flash Butterfly poisoning.
Professor Yu rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a while. He looked at the checklist again and said seriously, "It's hopeless."
"There's no hope!? Is there a doctor as irresponsible as you?! "I was so angry that I sat up on the operating table. There was no pain in my chest this time.
"Even if I really can't be saved, you should at least say it tactfully in front of the patient! How am I hopeless? How long do I have to live? "
"With the Blue Flash Butterfly subspecies' toxicity unknown, your lifespan is also unknown." Dr. Yu clicked his tongue. Then, he asked me irresponsibly, "Is a butterfly worth five hundred thousand dollars delicious?"
"Delicious my ass! It's disgusting! "I said angrily," Do you really think I'm Bear Grylls? Everything tastes like chicken! "
I was both anxious and regretful. I was muddle-headed and ate a tiny bit of the Blue Flash Butterfly like it was rice. Not only did it not turn into calories, it even got poisoned and caused me to have multiple heart attacks a day. Am I going to be added with a 'weak' attribute! How can there be a weak and sick Spartan! What a scam!
No, no, it's not a scam. If it wasn't because the bounty for the Blue Flash Butterfly came from Ai ShuQiao, I wouldn't have been so obsessed with it. Naturally, I wouldn't have fallen into a trap and eaten it. You're scamming your son! Ai ShuQiao, you're scamming your son! Although I don't recognize you as my mother, I still have to say that you're scamming your son!
I actually felt like I was going to have a heart attack when I was agitated. I was always super confident in my Spartan physique, but now I felt so wronged that I wanted to cry.
"Is it a pity about the five hundred thousand dollars?" Professor Yu misunderstood my expression.
"Don't worry, there will be more chances in the future." He made a 'cheer up' gesture towards me, "Ai ShuQiao also set a bounty for the same price in Armenia. After all, it's a Blue Moor Armenian butterfly, so there are more of them in Armenia! The bounty in China was originally useless … "
Who would be in the mood to go to Armenia to catch butterflies! I already got a heart attack because of this stupid butterfly! What if I die in a foreign country! Also, why did Ai ShuQiao want the Blue Flash Butterfly so much!
I saw that I didn't change my clothes, but my watch, phone, and other miscellaneous items were gone.
I was shocked, but I calmed down when I saw everything was placed on a porcelain tray on the table.
Don't forget to delete the suicide note in my phone. Also, I'm curious who sent me messages while I was missing. I'll take a look later.
I suddenly remembered Professor Yu said 'the toxicity of the Blue Flash Butterfly is unknown, so my lifespan is unknown'. From this perspective, the suicide note might have some meaning.
"Will I die from … a heart attack caused by the Blue Flash Butterfly's toxicity?" I asked Professor Yu seriously.
"You should've died a long time ago."
"Huh?"
"I mean, I looked through your test data again …" Professor Yu took out a cigarette from his pocket, but considering the patient's presence, he put it back gloomily.
"The degree of your viral heart disease decreases every time it acts up. If I'm not wrong, the first time you acted up after eating the Blue Flash Butterfly was the most intense, right? "
I nodded. It was the feeling of being extremely close to death that prompted me to write the suicide note.
"Hmph, it's because your heart is still young, and you've been exercising for a long time, that's why you survived the first attack … You're really lucky …"
"I want to see the composition of your heart muscle with my own eyes. So, if you unfortunately die before me, can your body …"
"I definitely won't let you dissect it! Just give up! "I roared," I won't give it to you even if you feed it to a dog! "
"Young people are really unreasonable." Professor Yu calmly wiped away the saliva that I sprayed on his face. His gaze suddenly turned cold, "The degree of your illness decreases doesn't mean you can rest easy. Even if the viral heart disease caused by the Blue Flash Butterfly is cured, there's no guarantee that the toxicity won't spread to other organs."
"So …" I said in a deep voice, "I'm still in danger of dying in the near future?"
Professor Yu nodded.
"But, you don't have to be too pessimistic. I'll do my best to provide you with first-class treatment. My sponsor doesn't want you to die right away."
Ai ShuQiao liked to keep the prey she was interested in alive. She wouldn't let her prey die before she got tired of them.
"Since the Blue Moor Armenia Butterfly is very rare, there's never been a case of it being eaten. So, you're also one of my rare patients. I'll bet my dignity as a doctor to try my best to cure you."
Although he was Ai ShuQiao's subordinate, Professor Yu still spoke with touching sincerity.
"I can even put down my dignity …"
"Wait! You just said you'll bet your dignity, and now you want to put it down? Are you trying to kill me? Are you trying to kill me so you can dissect me? "
"Young man, why don't you listen to what I have to say …" Professor Yu frowned, "I'm saying, in order to cure you, I can even put down my dignity and ask my senior at Stanford University, the genius pharmacology known as the 'King of Poison', for guidance …"
Now that Professor Yu mentioned it, I remembered when Ai Mi first introduced Professor Yu to me: "Yu Suiliang is my classmate, the best professional doctor in my mom's company."
So, that senior of yours is the best doctor in Ai ShuQiao's company? He's definitely not an ordinary person if he's called a genius by a weirdo like you. Or is it because you have a double doctorate in medicine and engineering, so you're not as focused as your senior, so you're asking him for advice on how to cure me?
The problem is that his nickname sounds ominous! King of Poison? Did you concoct a type of drug when you were in university? Or did you concoct methamphetamine in the lab and sell it to drug dealers to earn extra money!
"What if you can't be cured even with my senior's help …" Professor Yu pondered for a while and handed me a flyer that looked like a sci-fi novel insert.
"You can also consider this' human cryonics resurrection plan '. The shortest duration is 20 years, as long as Miss Ai Mi is willing to pay for it …"
Who wants to be a popsicle! You're just trying to scam funds to support your modified human project! Who knows if I'll only be left with my brain after I'm resurrected in 20 years and you'll transplant it into a terminator robot!
But if I think about it irresponsibly, it's pretty cool. I'll finally have the same body of steel as brother Optimus Prime. Also, with that body, I can teach a lesson to anyone who dares to bully my sister.
I lowered my voice and asked Professor Yu: "Um, my body's condition isn't stable right now, so it wouldn't be strange if I suddenly die. Can you keep it a secret from others?"
"I can't keep it a secret from my employer." Professor Yu replied honestly, "Unless you bribe me with more money."
"You don't have to keep it a secret from Ai ShuQiao." I said, "Just keep it a secret from my father, friends, and classmates."
After a pause, I added: "Especially not Ai Mi."
"Fine." Professor Yu shrugged, "As long as it doesn't go against my employer's will, I'll help you keep it a secret."
I pulled myself together a bit, "Just tell them I was just starving and I've already fully recovered."
"Are you sure?" Professor Yu supported his chin with his hand and observed me as though he was observing a special specimen. "If they were to play around with you without knowing, your heart …"
"Isn't it said that the heart condition is weaker every time it acts up?" I squeezed out a smile, "At most, I'll suffer a bit. It's better than being treated like a dying person and being disturbed by crying all day …"
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