The 3 B's- Beauty, Brains and Bravery

Chapter 447: "She'll survive"

Military Chief Office, 01:00;

"Not odd, actually. That's the whole point here!", Samantha said excitedly, as if she'd discovered something mind-blowing.

"What do you mean?", Zhi Al frowned. 

"No one ever suspected anything because the composition of this 'poison' is pretty common.", the woman turned to face the girl's brother, passing him a chit of paper she'd brought along. In a scribbled handwriting, it was the exact amount of all the elements used in the venom given to Rong Xinghe, "The attacker was running after he'd concocted the toxicant into Military Chief's regular food, clearly. So I had my eyes set on the freshly prepared eatables ever since I stepped in here. 

"Turns out, my suspicion was right. It was a mix of an NSAID and an addictive drug, Cocaine. NSAIDs stand for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like Ibuprofen and Naproxen, which are damn common. Barely harms the human body. But here's the catch. Combined with a drug as powerful and deleterious as Coke, it is more than capable of clotting blood with quite the swiftness, especially if the target is a Migraine patient. 

"Military Chief's meals are tested and tried by a lot of security staff every day, but no one ever underwent what she's going through right now. The only reason behind it is that Military Chief's Migraine provided an opening to the formula, whilst normal people barely felt any difference after consuming it.

"It was as if this poison was designed just for her, for this incident could end up as a perfect murder. Both NSAIDs and Coke have the tendency to dissolve in blood, literally disappearing from the normal blood tests. And that's why Dr. Su won't find anything even if the reports come out. Although death from Migraines is rare, it wouldn't be unbelievable as nothing suspicious would show up in the post-mortem files too. 

"This is probably the most frightening, calculated, and savvy plan through my forensic career, so far, I must say. A clean quit. Whoever this person was, Mr. Al, knew what he or she was doing. Cocaine has been used in an extremely insignificant amount here, high dosage of the Indomethacin though, the NSAID here."

Zhi Al nodded, noticing the piece of paper in his hands. The name of the drugs used and the quantities of each given per dosage. Clicking a snap of it, Zhi Al forwarded it to Su Rogguang and the other four men, and then to Xi Yuan, giving them a heads up with a text. 

The man then nodded at Samantha appreciatively, "Good job.", he said, "Mian, inform Rogguang about the composition of the formula. ASAP.". Next, he turned to look at the girl's system monitor as it beeped up with a message. The number's location had been tracked. 

Feng Mian got her phone out, taking the piece of paper in Zhi Al's hand while the man sat back down in his sister's chair. As he'd already expected, it was a temporary number registered under a fake name. But it didn't matter. Zhi Al was Country X's best technocrat so far. In a matter of seconds, he was able to reallocate the phone's location at the time the Mastermind had talked to Shou Wu, and it took him about ten more minutes to hack into Country X's satellite footage system next. 

Country X's security was one of the finest in the world, laced with probably the most reliable navigation and technical systems. Even the Military had satellites assigned to them, which were used for detecting any dubious or doubtful activity taking place. The satellites owned by the Armed Forces had exceptionally developed cameras, though, with astounding scope resolution, magnifying to even the smallest nail of a person's hand with clarity. And therefore, the man hacked into those systems first.

Zhi Al was insanely good with the world of computers, so breaking the lines of codes, down for about half a minute was no huge deal for him by this point, no matter what the organization or authority was. 

As the pictures of the phone number's location appeared across the vast screen, Zhi Al calmly browsed for the ones that were clicked around the same time when the call was made. And by the time Feng Mian returned back to her boyfriend, there was a face over Rong Xinghe's monitor screen. A woman, as Shou Wu had claimed the attacker to be. Someone who'd once been a part of Superfamily. Someone the Six tigers and the Rong twins' Sisters-in-law could recognize even in their sleep. Someone they'd never thought was capable of doing something this sinister. 

"We're going to the Elite Hospital.", Zhi Al clenched his teeth, as he stood up from the girl's seat, "I want my Kiddo to get out of it safe and sound before I burn this bi*ch alive!", he said, storming out of the office, Feng Mian rushing behind him worriedly. 

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Elite Multi-Speciality Hospital, 01:10;

"What did she say?", Ruo Cy questioned, her expression anxious, as she looked at Su Rogguang, "Do we know the name of the poison?"

"Yeah.", Su Rogguang lifted his head up from the screen, an expression of confidence over his face, "I can save her now. I will save her now. I just need to prepare for surgery. I know what to do exactly from here."

As Su Rogguang walked back into the emergency ward, the remaining family members exchanged glances among themselves, a mix of emotions over their faces. Confusion, delight, ease. Mostly relief, though. Su Rogguang wouldn't reassure anyone the way he'd just did unless he was himself positive. It had to mean that everything would turn out all right, after all. 

But among them, there was a certain someone who couldn't describe his elation in words, or hugs, or smiles. Xi Yuan sat down on the bench next to him, burying his face into his hands, his shoulders shaking lightly. She would be okay, he whispered to himself. Again, and again, and again. His Xinghe would live on. And for the first time that evening, Xi Yuan found himself breathing, his heartbeat returning back to a normal rate. As if he'd found the courage to live once more. 

"Hey...", Lu Wei squeezed the man's right shoulder after some time, "Come here." Xi Yuan did not have the energy to stay reserved anymore. Giving in, the man stood up and hugged back Lu Wei, as tightly as he could. 

"She'll survive.", the man said softly, as a tear of euphoria rolled down his right cheek. 

"She always does.", Lu Wei laughed, patting the man's back. 

The Six tigers had gotten a lot closer to Xi Yuan in the past few months, so neither Ching Tong nor Ruo Cy was even the slightest bit stunned by the harmony between the two men. Moreover, it was such an emotional moment; who were they to blame any of them?

As Su Rogguang walked into the Operation Theatre, ready to perform a Burr hole drainage surgery on the girl along with some other allopathic procedures, a group of other surgeons following behind him, Mo Zixuan, Cheng Tai, Ningtao, and Songyan returned back to the hospital too, for none could bear to stay away from their family at such a crucial moment. 

And about five minutes later, Zhi Al and Feng Mian arrived there too, holding back the information about the brainbox they had. Only when they were sure that Su Rogguang was nowhere near, and that his emotions wouldn't be affecting the girl's treatment, did Zhi Al spoke up, his tone enraged. 

"He Chen did it.", the man said, his voice resounding through the quiet hospital corridor. 

"What?", Lu Wei turned to look at the man along with the entire family and Xi Yuan.

"He Chen was the brains behind this whole assassination operation. Zixuan's ex-wife. The Chief Operating Officer, the COO of MZX Networks Line.", the man confirmed through gritted teeth, "She was the one who orchestrated this misery for our Kiddo."