Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 577 - 106_2
Two toads were each fed poison before Yin Meng used a blade to cut a square the size of a fingernail on the upper arms of Zheng Jiayi’s father and mother, effectively gouging out a chunk of flesh.
"This..." Zheng Jiayi held back and said nothing.
A person who could jump down from the fourth floor and climb back up, she didn’t think was mentally ill.
"Come, lend a hand."
Yin Meng directed the mouth of one toad towards the wound of Zheng Jiayi’s father.
Zheng Jiayi stepped forward, supporting the toad, allowing it to continue sucking at the wound.
Yin Meng then directed the other toad towards the wound of Zheng Jiayi’s mother.
"Gurgle... Gurgle... Gurgle..."
Initially, a black color spread from the wound to other areas, but it soon got rapidly compressed back.
The bellies of the two toads swelled higher and larger as they inflated, resembling two angry pufferfish.
When the toads reached their limit of endurance, Yin Meng tossed aside the toad in her hand, and a circle of fish scales appeared around the original wound.
Yin Meng grabbed it, yanked it out, while pushing Zheng Jiayi back; the toad in her hand also fell off, and a circle of fish scales also appeared around her father’s wound, which Yin Meng also grabbed with her other hand.
Then, Yin Meng advanced a step rapidly, like a fitness enthusiast fiercely pulling on a rowing machine.
"Whoosh whoosh..."
From the wounds of Zheng Jiayi’s father and mother, Yin Meng pulled out two fish scale lines that were each two meters long.
When pulled to the end, Yin Meng, due to the limited space in the room, simply leaned forward, tightened her arms, and did a forward somersault on the spot.
"Snap! Snap!"
The two fish scale lines snapped.
Almost simultaneously, Zheng Jiayi’s father and mother sat up from their sick beds, their mouths open, with blue mist spraying from their eyes, ears, mouths, and noses.
Then, they fell back, lying down on the beds again.
Their breathing became smooth, and in their sleep, their faces no longer showed pain but rather a kind of relief as if finally free.
Yin Meng took out a snakeskin bag from her bag, rolled up the fish lines, and threw them inside.
The two swollen toads had now deflated, not only they hadn’t died, but they also seemed very excited.
Yin Meng sniffed them in front of her nose, confirming that the poison administered earlier had been neutralized by the demonic poison, making them harmless now.
Walking to the window, she threw them down; with two "plops", they returned to the pond.
"Thank you, it was tough." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yin Meng.
Yin Meng waved her hand, picked up her water cup, unscrewed the lid, and took a sip of brown sugar water.
Zheng Jiayi asked, "Is that my parents cured now?"
Yin Meng shook her head, "It treats the symptoms, not the root cause, they’ll be fine for two months, but after two months the toxins will accumulate again and relapse, and it’ll be harder to remove."
If Yin Meng hadn’t come, given the current situation, the two elderly would continue like this for half a month before their conditions would rapidly deteriorate.
"What should we do?"
"I know they got sick after returning to their hometown for grave visiting, how long were they there?"
"They stayed in our hometown for two nights altogether."
"Did they stay in your old house?"
"The old house hasn’t been inhabited for a long time, it’d need cleaning and isn’t convenient, my parents stayed at my uncle’s."
"Did they eat and live there too?"
"Yes, that’s right."
"If you want to completely cure your parents’ illness, take me back to your hometown, to see your uncle’s house, can you do that?"
"Sure, when would you be available?"
After experiencing this miraculous treatment, Zheng Jiayi deeply trusted Yin Meng.
"The sooner, the better, I have a lot of things to do."
"Then tomorrow morning, I’ll call my partner to ask him to take time off to look after my parents, he wouldn’t be able to make it before noon. So we’ll go to the train station together at noon."
"Okay."
"Thank you." Zheng Jiayi bowed to Yin Meng again.
Zheng Jiayi began to efficiently clean the sickroom.
Yin Meng stood by and, as if suddenly thinking of something, asked, "Do you like small animals?"
"Yes, sometimes when I come across poor stray animals on the road, I’d take them home, bathe them, medicate them, clean them up, and then hand them over to neighbors or friends for adoption, mainly because my home already has three pets and can’t accommodate more."
"Do you go to the Orphanage often?"
"I like doing volunteer work, how did you know?"
"Just asking casually."
"Oh, right, how should I address you?"
"My name is Yin Meng."
"Daoist Yin Meng."
Yin Meng blinked, wondering why ’Daoist,’ as it didn’t match the identity card she was given when she set out.
"My master is an old traditional Chinese doctor."
"Ah?" Zheng Jiayi was quite surprised, "Aren’t you a Daoist disciple?"
"No."
"I thought those methods earlier were... it turns out traditional Chinese medicine is also so powerful."
"What about the Daoist?"
"My partner and I discussed, wanting to invite a Daoist to perform a ritual, so I mistakenly thought when you mentioned your master, it was that very spiritual old Daoist, sorry for the misunderstanding."
"It’s okay."
Yin Meng lowered her head and took another sip of brown sugar water.
That is, if she hadn’t come tonight, in a while, Fatty Wu would bring an old Daoist here; if that old Daoist really was capable, he too would have detected the traces of demonic poison and naturally thought of finding the root to solve it completely.
And then he would go back to Zheng Jiayi’s hometown with her.
What happened afterwards, might have involved an accident, dragging Fatty Wu into it, and then from Fatty Wu to her and others.
Brother Xiao Yuan had specifically instructed them before the action to reason from this perspective to deduce each own path, and Yin Meng was now doing just that.
