Hearing Xia Sanghuan's question, Leng Chuanjin fell silent for a moment.
Then, he slowly began to speak.
"Jing Zhan's condition has deteriorated."
"I just received a call from the hospital."
Hearing this, her heart sank abruptly.
"I've already sent someone to pick up He Jianyu."
"The doctors on - site now have no clue about Jing Zhan's illness."
"There's no other way. We can only take the two of you to the hospital first to see the situation."
The corners of his mouth drooped. He tightly clasped his hands together on his knees, so hard that his knuckles turned a bit pale.
Even though he was trying his best to restrain himself, one could still detect a slight tremor in his voice.
She patted his arm soothingly.
"It's okay. Professor He will surely come up with a way."
Will there really be a way?
While putting on a calm facade, she tried to comfort him.
Fortunately, Leng Chuanjin was a man who had seen many ups and downs. He knew that this was not the time to be sad. He quickly adjusted his emotions and focused his mind on finding a way to treat Leng Jingzhan.
"Didn't you and He Jianyu find any way to relieve Jing Zhan's condition during this period?"
Noticing his persistent and eager gaze, she thought of the prescription she had seen in the book this afternoon.
After a moment's hesitation, she still shook her head.
"No."
The light in the man's eyes extinguished instantly. He slumped back into the car seat dejectedly and couldn't help but sigh.
Worries and self - blame were written all over his eyebrows, which made her heart ache dully.
"Didn't Elder Xiao say anything?"
She asked carefully, afraid that any word might touch his fragile nerves.
"No."
After getting a negative answer, she also fell into a deep silence.
Yun Ye soon drove the car to the hospital. As soon as the car stopped, Leng Chuanjin and Xia Sanghuan pushed open the car doors and ran towards Leng Jingzhan's ward.
The ward was already full of doctors at this time. Leng Jingzhan was wearing a respirator, and his chest was rising and falling violently, indicating that he was having great difficulty breathing.
She pushed aside the doctors blocking the hospital bed. Seeing Leng Jingzhan's painful appearance on the bed, her heart tightened violently.
Watching him struggling to breathe with the respirator on, she turned around and roared at the doctors standing there helplessly, "Hurry up and get Furosemide Tablets and Spironolactone! Don't you know the patient has symptoms of cardiopulmonary failure?"
The doctor closest to the door rushed out immediately after hearing her words. In less than a minute, the two kinds of medicine were in her hands.
She helped Leng Jingzhan up, removed his respirator, then quickly stuffed the medicine into his mouth and adjusted the angle of his head so that he could swallow it smoothly.
Since the medicine for cardiopulmonary function takes effect quickly, Leng Jingzhan's breathing gradually calmed down after swallowing the tablets.
Xia Sanghuan heaved a sigh of relief and laid him back on the bed gently.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and exchanged a look with Leng Chuanjin, who was standing outside.
"Can someone explain to me what just happened?"
Her voice was very low, with a hint of hidden anger.
However, none of the doctors in the ward dared to breathe loudly, not because of the young girl in front of them, but because of Leng Chuanjin, who had been standing silently at the door.
Leng Chuanjin had no expression on his face, but his eyes were so fierce that it felt like they were poisoned. Just a glance at him made one's scalp tingle.
"Speak."
"Miss Xia is asking you a question. Can't you hear?"
His voice was soft, but one could clearly sense a chilling coldness.
"Forget it."
She sighed.
"The most important thing now is to confirm Jing Zhan's current physical condition."
After she said that, the doctors behind her got busy. They each did their own jobs and started to give Leng Jingzhan a full - body examination.
They were all experienced senior doctors, and the ward was equipped with the world's top - notch instruments. So Leng Jingzhan's examination report came out soon.
She picked up the thick stack of reports and frowned as she flipped through them.
To her surprise, Leng Jingzhan's illness this time actually had little to do with the Treeman Syndrome.
The more she read, the more something seemed off.
She walked out of the ward and found Leng Chuanjin. He was talking to Yun Ye.
He had his back to her, and she didn't know what he was saying to Yun Ye.
She only saw Yun Ye's expression gradually becoming solemn. Finally, he nodded at Leng Chuanjin and then turned around and walked downstairs.
After they finished talking, she walked over with the examination reports in her arms.
"Second brother, Jing Zhan's illness this time is not because of the Treeman Syndrome."
"The main problem comes from the immune system."
Hearing this, he frowned.
"The immune system?"
She nodded.
"Yes."
"Actually, I've wanted to ask you a question before."
"Second brother, does your family have any genetic diseases?"
Both the Treeman Syndrome and the mutation of immune cells were almost always related to heredity.
But as far as she knew, neither Second Brother, Leng Wanqing, nor even Mother Leng had these symptoms.
Remembering what his mother had said to him, Leng Chuanjin frowned tightly.
"No."
"Jing Zhan's illness is the first case in so many generations of the Leng family."
Her question seemed to further confirm one of his conjectures, but without definite evidence, he couldn't draw a conclusion.
Moreover, what if Jing Zhan was just born unlucky and got this genetic disease?
After hearing his answer, Xia Sanghuan fell into another round of deep thought and didn't notice that his face was becoming more and more solemn.
"However, this is also good news. Jing Zhan's current immune deficiency is not serious. It's not incurable."
"And now the treatment system for immune deficiency is very mature. As long as he takes the medicine on time, his body will recover soon."
"But..."
"The biggest problem now is to find out the reason why Jing Zhan suddenly became like this."
Before she could finish speaking, he continued her words.
She looked up at him, and the two nodded understandingly.
"Yes."
"As far as I know, taking certain drugs can also cause problems in the immune system."
"But how did Jing Zhan take these drugs..."
"I'll find someone to investigate."
Leng Chuanjin's voice was low, as if it was the last tranquility before a storm.
Looking into the man's pitch - black eyes, she somehow felt that a big event was about to happen.
Just then, a flash of lightning tore through the pitch - black sky outside the window, followed by a muffled thunder rolling in, which made her feel a bit panicked.
She looked up at the night sky.
It was going to rain.