Hun Junlan was truly unprepared. If she had known what illness her father suffered from, there might have been a glimmer of hope. But now, completely in the dark, she was panicked.
"Take your father to the fourth floor of Jingdu Hospital immediately. I will wait for you in the east consultation room on that floor." Zhu Yanyi finished speaking and put down the phone. She glanced at Yan Aohan.
Yan Aohan smiled helplessly. "Finish eating quickly. I’ll drive you there."
Zhu Yanyi smiled faintly, quickly finished the large wontons in front of her, and left with Yan Aohan, heading straight for Jingdu Hospital.
By the time Hun Junlan brought her father, Hun Tianhua, to the fourth floor, Zhu Yanyi had already been waiting for about ten minutes.
Seeing Hun Junlan enter with a man and a woman, Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Junlan, come in."
Hun Junlan supported Hun Tianhua into the room and said to Zhu Yanyi, "This is my father, and this is my mother. Yanyi, please help my father quickly."
Hun Tianhua’s face was unrecognizable, covered entirely in rotting lumps. If they hadn’t wrapped it in cloth on the way, it would have terrified everyone outside.
Zhu Yanyi nodded and said to Hun Tianhua, "Uncle Hun, please extend your hand. I need to take your pulse first."
Hun Tianhua was also a doctor. Although she was only a barefoot doctor from an ethnic minority, she had her own skills. She had heard of Zhu Yanyi’s reputation as a young medical genius, but she never expected her daughter to know her.
She extended her hand. Zhu Yanyi took her pulse. After a while, she said, "Uncle, did you start feeling chest tightness every night at midnight three months ago? A month ago, it didn’t just feel tight; it started hurting. Half a month ago, you felt the pain spreading from your chest to your face, and then your face gradually changed until it reached its current state."
"Yes." Hun Tianhua was truly impressed by Zhu Yanyi’s medical skills. With just one pulse check, she knew her entire condition.
Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "You have been infected by the Golden Flower Bug."
"Golden Flower Bug? What is that?" Hun Tianhua had never heard of it.
Zhu Yanyi spoke seriously. "The Golden Flower Bug is actually a type of insect. It is not threatening or contagious under normal circumstances. However, if the eggs are ingested by a person, they will hatch inside the body. The bug will treat the human body as a warm bed and a nutrient cup, slowly absorbing blood, flesh, and energy for nourishment. Finally, when the host dies, it flies out and lays eggs elsewhere. If those eggs are ingested, the cycle repeats."
Zhu Yanyi paused and added, "The Golden Flower Bug itself is not poisonous or contagious. It depends on its growth conditions."
"Yanyi, is there still hope for my dad?" Hun Junlan’s eyes were full of worry.
Zhu Yanyi nodded slightly. "It is a bit troublesome, but she can be saved. Let me arrange a hospital room for you first. Tonight at midnight, when it comes out to move, I need to determine its location and fix it in place before treating Uncle."
"This treatment is time-based." Time-based treatment meant it had to be performed within a specific timeframe.
Zhu Yanyi nodded with a smile. "Yes, it is time-based treatment. This is best. Only time-based treatment is suitable for Uncle’s current condition."
"Alright, then write the prescription. Let’s handle the admission procedures first." Hun Junlan thought for a moment and said immediately.
"Junlan, don’t be silly. Do you think getting admitted is that easy?" Jingdu Hospital was always the top-tier hospital. Combined with the young medical genius’s fame, getting a bed there was extremely difficult, almost impossible.
Zhu Yanyi smiled. "It’s fine. I have rooms under my name on this fourth floor, in the North Zone. Just remember, after you check in, do not go to the West, East, or South Zones. Although there are no patients there temporarily, it is best not to look at those rooms."
Zhu Yanyi did not explain clearly, but Hun Junlan understood her meaning.
She had heard that Jingdu Hospital, considering Zhu Yanyi’s safety, had specially allocated a ward area for her. That ward area belonged to her. Jingdu Hospital also had special ward areas for the wealthy, noble, and authoritative. Now she realized they were all on the fourth floor. The East, South, and West zones were for special patients, while the North Zone was exclusively for Zhu Yanyi.
Zhu Yanyi looked at Hun Junlan and knew she understood. "I will assign you a room in the North Zone. You can check in." Currently, the North Zone only had Liu Jun and Zhu Xinfu as patients. Adding Hun Tianhua made three patients. The North Zone had many rooms, at least seven, so assigning one to Hun Tianhua was easy.
Hun Junlan took the admission certificate to handle the procedures, and Hun Tianhua was arranged in the room next to Liu Jun.
After Hun Junlan and her family left, Yan Aohan came out from the back rest room. "It seems Hun Junlan hasn’t changed much?"
"Still the same as in high school," Zhu Yanyi laughed lightly. "She’s not Sun Wukong. She wouldn’t change randomly."
Yan Aohan came over and hugged Zhu Yanyi. "You, look at you. You send off one patient, and another comes. You could have rested, but now you are busy again."
"Actually, it’s okay. The Golden Flower Bug is relatively easy to treat." Then, remembering something, Zhu Yanyi said to Yan Aohan, "By the way, I forgot to tell you. The appearance of the Golden Flower Bug means there must be a large number of corpses somewhere. The original form of the Golden Flower Bug is a maggot-like creature cultivated in human corpses. However, this maggot is different from ordinary maggots. Each segment has a green ring. When this maggot crawls aside and lays eggs, if those eggs are ingested, they become Golden Flower Bugs. The maggots of the Golden Flower Bug need a large number of corpses to survive. I thought the Golden Flower Bug was just a legend, but now it really exists."
Zhu Yanyi spoke seriously to Yan Aohan, expressing her doubts. Yan Aohan was slightly stunned. "You mean there must be a large number of corpses somewhere?"
"Yes. I hope my guess is wrong. I feel that if my guess is true, it will not be a good thing." Zhu Yanyi nodded firmly at Yan Aohan, indicating that she was absolutely correct.
Yan Aohan thought for a moment and said, "Find out later where Hun Tianhua contracted this Golden Flower Bug."