"Damn... I’ve lived so many years and this is the first time I’ve seen someone beat the poison out of another with a few punches!"
"Right, isn’t that much more impressive than any medical doctorate?"
"Exactly, if it weren’t for his help, that person probably wouldn’t have survived until the ambulance arrived!"
The spectators around were all discussing it, thoroughly impressed by Qin Yu’s display of skill.
"Hehe, his name is Qin Yu, my boyfriend!"
Liu Xiaoxiao’s face showed a proud expression.
"Hmph, even a blind cat can find a dead rat!"
Wang Jinbo was not convinced. He had always studied Western medicine and although he had a doctorate, he couldn’t figure out exactly what method Qin Yu had used to save that person.
"Brother, I’m sorry, I just..."
The sick man’s wife showed a look of shame.
"It’s nothing, just lending a helping hand!"
Qin Yu waved his hand dismissively.
"Dad, you see, Qin Yu is amazing. Having him as my boyfriend was a wise choice!"
Liu Xiaoxiao said to Liu Aiguo while pulling on his arm.
"Well... um, let’s talk about you and Qin Yu later. Right now, there’s another matter, we need to find out how this person got poisoned!"
Liu Aiguo spoke after letting out a breath.
"Uncle Liu, how about this, take a sample of tonight’s meal, send it to the sanitation bureau’s lab, and I’ll test it myself!"
Wang Jinbo had already lost to Qin Yu twice in a row, and was definitely looking to make a comeback.
"There’s no need for that much trouble, I should be able to draw a conclusion after checking the kitchen!"
Seeing that Wang Jinbo was still trying to show off, Qin Yu figured he still hadn’t given up on Liu Xiaoxiao, so he decided to hit him with another blow to make him see the gap between them.
"You... you mean your eyes are better than machines?"
Wang Jinbo glared at Qin Yu and challenged him.
"Don’t forget, you’re also from Hua Country. Using machines for diagnosis is just a thing from the last hundred years. Our Hua Country has a five-thousand-year heritage. Before the machines appeared, do you think our ancestors had no way of determining causes and symptoms of diseases?"
Qin Yu looked at Wang Jinbo indifferently, then stood up and said to the restaurant owner, "Excuse me, could you take me to the kitchen?"
"Sure, sure... this way, please!"
The restaurant owner was already convinced by Qin Yu’s capabilities and had no trace of doubt left.
"Let’s go see too!"
Liu Aiguo and the man in the jacket also followed behind Qin Yu toward the kitchen.
"Hmph..."
Wang Jinbo definitely wasn’t willing to give up and naturally followed them as well.
"Wait for me..."
Liu Xiaoxiao also ran into the kitchen.
Inside, the group of chefs looked worried. If it turned out that the food poisoning was related to them, losing their jobs would be the least of their worries; they might even end up in jail.
"Boss, it really wasn’t us! The ingredients we used were fresh and cooked over a high heat, there’s no way we could have poisoned the guests!"
One of the chefs saw the restaurant owner and Qin Yu walking in and immediately started to protest.
"Alright, quiet down. Cooperate with this young man and let’s investigate properly!"
The restaurant owner said sternly.
"Oh..."
The chefs reluctantly nodded their heads.
"Who cooked the dish for the table where the guests got poisoned?"
Qin Yu looked at the chefs and asked.
"I..."
A chef with a pained expression on his face stepped forward.
"Take off the hat!"
Qin Yu glanced at the tall chef’s hat and said.
"Hmph, don’t tell me the poison is hidden on top of the head!"
Wang Jinbo took the opportunity to mock.
"I never said he was the one who poisoned!"
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Qin Yu said indifferently, and after the man took off his chef’s hat, he revealed a receding hairline.
"What have you been applying to your head recently?"
Upon entering the kitchen, Qin Yu had faintly smelled the scent of traditional Chinese medicine. At first, he thought it was used for medicinal dishes, but upon closer observation, it turned out to be coming from the top of the chef’s head.
"I... I went back to my hometown yesterday. Someone told me that the wild ’aconite’ could promote hair growth, so I dug some up and applied it to my head! However, I checked on my phone, aconite is a type of traditional medicine, it’s not toxic!"
The chef said with his face turning red.
"Indeed, aconite in itself is not toxic, and the dish ordered by the customer is also not toxic. However, tonight’s medicinal dish contained Fritillaria cirrhosa. When it enters the stomach with aconite, it becomes toxic!"
Qin Yu nodded and explained.
The temperature in the kitchen could easily reach forty to fifty degrees Celsius. The bald chef had applied aconite to his head, and while cooking under the high temperature, it got stimulated and turned into sweat, then accidentally dripped into the dish. Hence, this led to the customer’s food poisoning.
"Ah... I didn’t do it on purpose..."
The bald chef unconsciously touched his bald head and said weakly.
"I don’t believe it, if aconite is not toxic, and the food is not toxic, how could the customer be poisoned?"
Seeing Qin Yu quickly determine the cause of the customer’s poisoning, Wang Jinbo couldn’t help but speak out agitatedly.
"That, Xiao Wang... You’ve stayed abroad for too long and are not quite familiar with our own traditional Chinese medical culture. What Qin Yu said is true; two non-toxic medicinal ingredients can become toxic if taken together!"
Liu Aiguo explained somewhat helplessly.
This was the most basic common sense in traditional Chinese medicine, and Wang Jinbo, a medical doctor, unexpectedly didn’t know about it.
"Uncle Liu, I..."
"Alright, now that the cause of the poisoning has been found, let’s leave the rest to the police to handle!"
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Just as Wang Jinbo wanted to say more, Liu Aiguo interrupted him and walked out of the kitchen after waving his hand.
By then, the ambulance had arrived, and the police had arrived. With their involvement, the remaining matters were no longer much related to Qin Yu.
"Xiaoxiao, I’ll take you home!"
Qin Yu thought that as long as he safely took Liu Xiaoxiao home, his role in this drama could also come to a close.
"Hmph, Xiaoxiao, I’ll take you too!"
Wang Jinbo said, not to be outdone.
He had prepared a second event after all. Even though Qin Yu stole some limelight tonight, once his old classmate arrived, and they enacted a ’hero saves the beauty’ scenario, he was sure he could capture Liu Xiaoxiao’s heart.
"Fine, you young people go ahead. I will leave later!"
Liu Aiguo would certainly stay to cooperate with the police in dealing with the aftermath of the poisoning incident.
"Dad, we’ll go ahead then!"
Liu Xiaoxiao waved her hand, not paying any attention to Wang Jinbo, and took Qin Yu’s arm as they left the hotel.
However, just as they reached the parking lot, Wang Jinbo followed them like a sticky shadow. He pressed his car keys, and the headlights of a Porsche Cayenne lit up.
"Cough cough...."
Wang Jinbo gave a "secret signal."
Sure enough, from the darkness emerged a figure wearing a duckbill cap and a mask, his gaze icy as it landed on Qin Yu. He approached with a leisurely pace.
This person was the same one who had met Feng Wudao at the airport.
"Eh, how come it’s not his old classmate acting like a thug?"
Wang Jinbo’s heart skipped a beat, he glanced at the man in the duckbill cap a few times, and couldn’t help thinking it must be a helper his classmate had found because he feared he alone wasn’t imposing enough.
With that in mind, Wang Jinbo winked at the man in the duckbill cap and walked over: "What do you want to do, don’t touch Xiaoxiao, I’ve practiced Taekwondo!"