She couldn't bear to see Susu in such a state, even though she wasn't experiencing the pain or itching herself.
Regardless of what she had promised Susu earlier, she couldn't go through with it.
At that moment, a tall man in a blue and white tracksuit appeared outside the warehouse. Ya Nan immediately opened the door and asked, "Are you Alan?"
Alan nodded. "Is Susu inside? How is she?"
Ya Nan looked at Alan, whose features were sharp and defined, and quickly replied, "Yes, she's not doing well. She almost broke all her bones just now. She said you used to be a doctor, please find a way to help her."
"Alright, she'll be fine." Alan walked into the warehouse, saw Susu lying unconscious, and opened the medical kit he had brought.
Ya Nan anxiously asked from the side, "What medicine are you going to give her? I tried the medicine she said would relieve her symptoms, but none of it worked. What should we do? Will she die? No, I need to contact her husband..."
"Calm down, help me hold her. I will cure her." As he spoke, he took out a syringe filled with a crimson liquid from the medical kit.
Ya Nan's voice trembled as she asked, "Are you sure you can cure her? Will she be alright?"
"Ninety percent certainty." Before injecting Susu, Alan routinely measured her temperature and listened to her heart and lung sounds with a stethoscope.
"But there's still a ten percent risk, and neither of us can afford that responsibility," Ya Nan said fearfully.
Alan glanced at her and calmly replied, "In medicine, a ten percent risk is already very small. What are you waiting for? Do you want her to get better or not?"
"Yes." Ya Nan had no choice but to trust him and quickly went to help.
...
Qin Tianyi was recuperating at home. Whenever he felt bored, he would contact Susu, making video calls or sending messages to reassure himself.
He had also contacted Ya Nan. Ya Nan, like Susu, said they would be at the factory for the next two days to deal with some issues.
Xiao Lin also said he had been driving and guarding the factory entrance. Susu mentioned that a batch of clothes needed to be re-patterned, so she and Ya Nan would be staying at the factory for these two days, with their meals and accommodation arranged by the factory.
However, today, Qin Tianyi had been unable to get a response from Susu since early morning, and Ya Nan wasn't answering her phone either.
He asked Xiao Lin to go to the factory to find them, but Xiao Lin couldn't find them. Furthermore, the factory staff said there were no issues with their batch of patterns and they didn't know where they were.
Only then did Qin Tianyi sense that something was wrong. The damned woman was lying to him again. If it wasn't for factory issues, why would she go to Dechuan to find Ya Nan?
Something was seriously wrong. He suddenly realized she was deliberately avoiding him, wanting to bear the side effects of the medication on her own.
He quickly changed his clothes and drove to Dechuan.
On the way, he confirmed with Xiao Lin the places Susu had been in the past two days. Xiao Lin was certain that they hadn't left the factory.
So they must still be in or near the factory. Before he arrived in Dechuan, he asked Xiao Lin to pay for the factory staff to help search for them.
By the time Qin Tianyi arrived, Xiao Lin had already led people to find a vacant warehouse near the factory.
He sent Qin Tianyi the exact location. Qin Tianyi parked his car not far away and sprinted over. He saw Xiao Lin and several security guards from the factory repeatedly knocking on the warehouse door.
"Is anyone inside? Open the door!"
The door was locked, but there was no response from inside.
Qin Tianyi kicked the door, asking in exasperation, "Are you sure Susu is inside?"
Xiao Lin said, "Miss Wei and the young madam should both be inside."
"Then what are you knocking for? Just tear the door down!" Qin Tianyi roared.
Xiao Lin signaled to the security guards, who prepared to break down the door.
Inside the warehouse, Ya Nan was covered in sweat, helping Alan hold Susu.
After Alan injected Susu with the red liquid, Susu felt less discomfort.
He then proceeded to puncture several of Susu's joint areas with needles, using a blood collection tube to gradually draw out Susu's blood.
Ya Nan kept taking deep breaths, seeing that the blood being drawn out was almost black.
Only then did she fully believe that Alan could cure Susu.
But at that moment, knocking sounds echoed from outside, and some people were asking them to open the door.
She wanted to put Susu down and check the door, but Alan, also covered in sweat, said softly, "Don't pay attention to those people for now. We just need to draw out the toxic blood from her leg joints, and then the bone-deep toxicity can be completely removed."
Ya Nan nodded. Even if she was foolish, she understood that the process of Alan drawing out the toxic blood could not be interrupted, so she calmed herself down and cooperated with Alan.
"Do you have any tissues? Help me wipe the sweat from my face." Alan carefully located the acupoints on Susu's leg joints.
Ya Nan quickly rummaged through her pocket for tissues to wipe Alan's sweat.
Previously, Alan had no understanding of traditional Chinese medicine. He studied medicine abroad, and working as a doctor in foreign hospitals, he rarely encountered TCM.
After arriving in Lancheng, in his desperate attempt to reduce the side effects of the anti-cancer drugs, he accidentally discovered that TCM could play a role in gentle conditioning, allowing patients' bodies to remain stable both internally and externally while receiving treatment.
Just as they were about to extract the toxic blood from the last joint, the people outside had started to break down the door. Ya Nan also heard Qin Tianyi's voice.
Alan remained calm and inserted the needle into the acupoint of Susu's knee joint, quickly attaching the blood collection tube.
"Done. Go and stop them. Give me a few more minutes, and I can completely clear the toxins from Miss Gu's body."
Ya Nan nodded, gently put Susu down, and walked towards the main door.
Before the people outside could break down the door, she gritted her teeth and opened it herself. As expected, Qin Tianyi was the first one to rush in, glaring at her with a terrifying look and asking, "Susu is inside? What exactly are you doing in here..."
Ya Nan reached out to stop him and explained, "Susu can be saved! President Qin, please don't go in yet. Doctor Alan is treating her."
"What? Alan?" Qin Tianyi was shocked and pushed her away. "What kind of doctor is he? A cook who runs a dessert shop? You're trying to kill her!"
Ya Nan almost fell but immediately steadied herself and desperately blocked him. "Qin Tianyi! Listen to me, Alan really is a doctor. After he gave Susu the injection and detoxified her, Susu's complexion has improved a lot..."
"Wei Ya Nan, get out of my way. What do you know? This Alan is Yang Sijie's accomplice!" Qin Tianyi forcefully broke free from Ya Nan and was still the first to rush in.
Seeing the scene before him, he froze in terror.
Terror. It was a feeling he hadn't experienced in many years, only when Susu was almost dragged off a cliff by Yang Sijie had terror consumed his entire being.
And now, Susu lay unconscious on the warehouse floor, surrounded by bloody gauze, with dark red congealed blood on her exposed arms and legs.