<h4>Chapter 962: Chapter 969: Kidnapping</h4>


    "Is that your friend?" Xiaozhu pointed at the emergency room and asked.


    "My elder brother, he’s been poisoned by a snake, it’s quite dangerous, and they are rescuing him right now." Ling Chen’s voice carried a hint of worry as he spoke.


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    Xiaozhu softly said, "You don’t need to worry too much; as long as he gets treatment in time, most snake poisons won’t be life-threatening."


    Upon hearing this, Ling Chen couldn’t help but smile bitterly. He wished it were so, but those little green snakes were kept by Song Mingzhe, their venom would surely be more than ordinary.


    "What are you busy with sote?" Ling Chen shifted the topic and asked.


    "Just handled an emergency patient, and since the medical college students are interning here, I took them along to gain some clinical experience. And..." Xiaozhu hesitated for a moment before saying, "You go ahead with your work, I have some things to attend to, and I wish your brother a speedy recovery from danger."


    "Thank you!" Ling Chen nodded.


    Watching Xiaozhu leave, Ling Chen sighed helplessly. Nowadays, whenever he faced Xiaozhu, he couldn’t maintain a normal heart. Moreover, even when they met, they didn’t know what to say to each other.


    As he pondered, the door to the emergency room was pushed open by someone wearing a white coat inside.


    "Doctor!"


    Ling Chen, along with Xu Ming and others, hurriedly went up, surrounding the person in the white coat, asking in a fluster: "Doctor, how is my brother’s situation?"


    "Everyone, please be quiet." The doctor pressed his hands down, signaling everyone to be silent.


    "Who among you is the patient’s family?"


    "We all are."


    "Since you are all family, I’ll be straightforward, the patient’s condition is not very favorable. Moreover, it is not a regr snake poison, but a mixed one, and currently, the hospital doesn’t have the right serum to neutralize it. What we can do now is at most inhibit the spread of the toxin, but the antibodies we inject won’tst for long. If we can’t find another solution within a day, his life could be at risk. So, I hope you prepare psychologically."


    Upon hearing the doctor’s words, everyone’s mood sank instantly.


    "Sixth brother." Yuan Yun spoke up: "Aren’t you skilled in medicine? Since these quacks aren’t working, you go, we can’t let anything happen to brother."


    Ling Chen touched his nose, smiling bitterly inwardly. It’s true he understood medicine, but the issue is, he could at best treat minor injuries and illnesses, he’d never encountered snake poison like this before, and had no experience at all. If he were to treat Qiu Yong instead, Qiu Yong might be in even more danger.


    "Alright!" At this time, Xu Ming took over the conversation: "Third brother, don’t make things difficult for sixth brother. If sixth brother had the ability to cure our elder brother, he wouldn’t be standing here." He paused and nced at those present, saying: "I know everyone is very worried about brother’s safety, but such things can’t be rushed. Didn’t the doctor also say, we still have a day’s time, everyone mustn’t lose hope."


    Xiaozhu!


    Ling Chen’s mind moved as he immediately thought of Xiaozhu who just left. He was aware of Xiaozhu’s medical skills; she was certainly much more skilled in this area than he, theyperson, was. Perhaps she had a way to cure the snake poison in Qiu Yong.


    Thinking of this, Ling Chen immediately ran toward the stairway.


    Reaching the hospital lobby, he only saw the group of young interns gathered together, but Xiaozhu was nowhere to be seen.


    Seeing this, Ling Chen quickly approached the group and inquired about Xiaozhu’s whereabouts.


    "Are you looking for Sister Zhu? Sister Zhu said earlier that she was going back to the dormitory to fetch something; perhaps you can try finding her in her dormitory." A warm-hearted female intern said.


    "Thanks!" Ling Chen, after finding out the location of Xiaozhu’s dormitory, rushed over directly.


    Arriving at the downstairs of the dormitory building, Ling Chen looked up at the five-story dormitory building, calling Xiaozhu’s name loudly. As long as Xiaozhu was still in the dormitory, she would certainly hear his voice.


    However, even after calling out seven or eight times, there was no response from inside the dormitory building.


    Strange!


    The intern just now clearly said, Xiaozhu resides on the second floor of the dormitory building, it shouldn’t be possible that she couldn’t hear. Could it be she left? But he didn’t encounter Xiaozhu on his way here.


    At that moment, Ling Chen went straight to the second floor of the dormitory building, finding the dormitory where Xiaozhu lived.


    Seeing the ajar door, Ling Chen gently knocked on it, calling out: "Xiaozhu, it’s me."


    Still, no one from inside the room responded.


    The door’s open, no way no one’s home. Ling Chen thought secretly. After hesitating for a moment, he simply pushed the door open and walked directly into the dormitory.


    The dormitory was a one-bedroom, one-bathroomyout, the lights were still on in the room, and the bathroom door was open, but there wasn’t anyone there.


    Ling Chen frowned slightly, seeing a few pieces of clothing scattered messily on the floor by the bed, and a knocked-over ss cup, with water all over the floor.


    Seeing such a situation, from Ling Chen’s many years of experience, he instantly had a bad premonition.


    Could something have happened?


    Thinking of this possibility, Ling Chen hurriedly ran out the door. Calcting the time, if something happened to Xiaozhu, he would have encountered her while on his way, but he hadn’t run into Xiaozhu or anyone else. From which it could be seen, Xiaozhu must have left the dormitory building by another route.


    Standing on the balcony outside the dormitory, Ling Chen looked around, discovering another staircase not far away, built along the outer wall of the dormitory building.


    Ling Chen quickly arrived at the staircase, leaning out to look downward, seeing that the stairs led to the back of the dormitory building. At that moment, a van was parked behind the dormitory. Due to the darkness, Ling Chen couldn’t see the van’s license te clearly, he only saw two men pushing something into the van. Then, the two quickly entered the vehicle, closing the door.


    Seeing the van driving away, Ling Chen didn’t think much, quickly jumping down from the stairs, chasing after the van at full speed.


    A hunch told Ling Chen, Xiaozhu must be in that van.


    At this moment, sitting in the van, the two men saw Ling Chen following the vehicle behind them, their expressions changed. They exchanged a nce, then immediately took out a cellphone from their pockets, dialing a number.


    Soon, the call connected, and a man’s voice came from the other end: "How’s it going, have you got it done?"


    "Boss, we caught the person, but we ran into trouble."


    "What kind of trouble?"


    "Ling Chen seems to know that Xiaozhu got caught, he’s following behind the car. Boss, what should we do now, should we think of a way to shake him off?"


    After hesitating for a moment, the other party said, "Forget it! You guys are no match for him, release the person, don’t take risks, I don’t want to be found out by him."


    "Yes, boss, I know what to do."


    Hanging up the phone, the two men patted the driver’s seat. Thetter understood immediately, stopping the van at once. At the same time, two men opened the car door, directly pushing Xiaozhu out.