Chapter 1184: Absolutely Man-Made!

For Ye Chen, the Hemostatic Heart-Saving Pill was nothing special—just ordinary, not worth mentioning.

But for others, while it couldn't be said to prolong life, it at least had life-saving effects at critical moments.

With it, at a critical moment, it was equivalent to having an extra life.

Song Wanting was the best example.

If she hadn't been carrying a pill on her person, when she fell off the cliff in Japan, she would have died like everyone else, her soul lost in a foreign land.

So, deep in everyone's heart, they were stirred to the point of being beyond words.

Ye Chen distributed the pills one by one, then said to everyone: "Everyone, keep your medicine safe, let's continue eating."

Only then did everyone carefully put the wooden box containing the pills into their pockets and return to their seats.

As the meal proceeded, the guests enjoyed themselves fully.

Until nine o'clock in the evening, when the banquet ended, Wang Dongxue still hadn't contacted Ye Chen.

After Ye Chen had completely dispelled the alcohol in his body with spiritual energy, he drove away from Qin Gang's villa, then took out his phone, preparing to call Wang Dongxue to ask if she had encountered any trouble.

At this very moment, Wang Dongxue was at home, anxiously awaiting the results from the criminal investigation officers.

Several criminal investigation officers had come to her home one after another, conducting a carpet-like inspection of the entire house, but so far had not found the source of the poisoning.

Just then, Wang Dongxue's phone in her pocket suddenly rang.

She was startled by the ringtone, then took out her phone and saw it was Ye Chen calling, only then remembering that she had promised Ye Chen she would attend the banquet he organized that evening!

But when she looked at the time on her phone, it was already nine o'clock in the evening!

She was stunned by this time, her mouth agape, and secretly thought: "How did it suddenly become nine o'clock?! Oh no, I completely forgot about the time…… I stood up the young master, will the young master blame me?"

Thinking this, she hurriedly answered the phone and said apologetically: "Young master…… I'm truly sorry, I…… I have something at home, I forgot the time…… Sorry……"

Ye Chen heard the tension in her voice and said: "It's fine, I didn't call to blame you, mainly I want to ask what happened to you, and if you need help."

Wang Dongxue hurriedly said: "Young master, I actually don't need any help, it's just that something sudden happened at home, I've been dealing with it all evening, and in the busyness I forgot the time……"

Ye Chen said seriously: "If there's anything you need help with, you mustn't be polite with me—just speak up."

At this moment, Wang Dongxue felt moved, and suddenly recalled the Rejuvenation Pill.

"One Rejuvenation Pill is enough to solve all the problems my father currently faces……"

"But the value of the Rejuvenation Pill is truly too precious……"

"It sells for as little as two billion RMB per pill—how could I possibly afford it?"

"Since I can't buy it, should I go ask the young master for one?"

"What virtue or ability do I have to dare say such a thing?"

Thinking this, she felt disheartened, but forced herself to say: "Thank you, young master, for your kindness—I can handle this myself, it's just that I couldn't make it to your banquet, I'm truly sorry……"

Ye Chen said: "The banquet doesn't matter—you go ahead and handle your family affairs, we'll arrange another banquet another day."

Wang Dongxue said gratefully: "Then thank you so much, young master!"

Ye Chen smiled faintly: "It's fine, you don't need to be so polite with me."

Saying this, Ye Chen wanted to let her get busy, and he wouldn't delay her in handling her family affairs, but just then he heard from the other end of Wang Dongxue's phone a man's voice: "Miss Wang, we've found the source of your father's deadly poison!"

At this moment, Wang Dongxue was still holding her phone, but upon hearing this, she completely forgot she was still on the phone with Ye Chen, and blurted out nervously: "Captain Sun, where exactly is the source of the poisoning you're talking about?!"

Sun Wenbin, wearing latex gloves on his hands, was holding a thick book and said: "Our criminal investigation officers discovered that every page of this book contains mercuric chloride!"

"Moreover, we found that the book shows many fresh signs of having been turned, suggesting your father has been reading it frequently recently."

"When he usually reads this book, his hands constantly come into contact with the mercuric chloride applied to it—part of it is absorbed directly through the skin, and another part possibly gets ingested with food when he handles it."

"Furthermore, when people of the previous generation read books, they often had a bad habit of licking their fingers to moisten them when turning pages—I don't know if your father has this habit?"

Wang Dongxue lightly nodded and said: "My father indeed has this habit when reading books…… I've told him before that it's unhygienic, but people of his generation have long been accustomed to it, so this habit has never been corrected……"

Sun Wenbin nodded and said: "Then that's it—I believe your father's excessive mercuric chloride in his body comes from this book!"

Wang Dongxue was struck as if by lightning and blurted out: "Captain Sun, could it be that someone deliberately poisoned my father?!"

Sun Wenbin nodded and said: "From the application technique on the book, the mercuric chloride is in the form of extremely fine powder, completely and evenly spread on the paper—this way, it's nearly colorless and odorless, and very hard to detect, so we can infer this is definitely man-made, and the perpetrator is extremely careful and cautious, with strong counter-investigation awareness!"

Wang Dongxue angrily said: "My father spent his life teaching and nurturing others, never offending anyone—who would do such a thing to him?!"

Sun Wenbin urgently asked her: "Do you know how this book came into your possession?"

Wang Dongxue hurriedly nodded and said: "This book was sent to my father as a parcel before the Spring Festival."

Sun Wenbin was delighted and pressed: "Then who was the sender?!"

Wang Dongxue shook her head and said: "At the time, that parcel had no sender information filled in, only a note inside, and the person who wrote the note claimed to be a former student of my father, saying he happened to find this book abroad, knew my father would surely like it, so he bought it and sent it to him."

Sun Wenbin frowned and asked: "No sender information—didn't you suspect anything at the time?"

Wang Dongxue sighed and said self-reproachfully: "My father has taught and nurtured people for half his life, having taught countless students—many students often send him books, including their own publications or rare editions they found abroad, and my father also often sends books he's read to his students……"

"You know, for academics, the most common gift exchanged is books, so we really didn't think much of it at the time……"

Sun Wenbin frowned tightly and asked: "Is the parcel packaging still around?"

Wang Dongxue shook her head: "My mother clears those things away every day."

Sun Wenbin asked again: "What courier company was it, do you still remember?"

Wang Dongxue thought and said: "It seems to be an international courier from the postal service, sent from Greece."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wenbin sighed and said: "Looks like we won't find any clues……"

Wang Dongxue urgently asked: "Why?"

Sun Wenbin explained: "If it were really sent from Greece, it would have been detected by customs upon entry—customs' inspection methods are far stricter than ours, and many who try to smuggle drugs across borders using similar tricks are caught by customs, so such a book laced with deadly poison could never have reached your home……"

Saying this, Sun Wenbin said seriously: "I infer that the international courier is fake, the delivery person is definitely fake, the murderer is not abroad but domestically—indeed, it's very likely he's in Jin Ling!"