No response.
I kept pressing, but there was still no response.
"Yaoyao, there's a woman inside. It looks like Ding Xia, the one with lead poisoning. But she's lying motionless on the bed. She's awake and crying."
"Let's go in, open the door."
Lin Yao sighed. The information he learned from Ge Yong indicated that this woman named Ding Xia was a real victim. Even though she had sued Min Hong and was attacking Min Hong in various media, Lin Yao couldn't bring himself to hate her.
Lin Yao understood Ding Xia's feelings, as did Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei. They even specifically instructed Lin Yao not to harm this woman, because she was already pitiful enough.
Stepping onto the bright, clean, brownish-red solid wood floor, and passing the exquisitely embroidered Tibetan carpets on the stairs and in the corridor, Lin Yao pushed open the door and entered, where he met this woman.
"Hello, I'd like to talk to you about Minhong. Please get up for a moment. If you're feeling unwell, I can help you through it temporarily."
Ding Xia was startled when she heard the sound coming from inside the room. She didn't panic at all. She didn't feel anything unusual.
Slowly turning her head, she saw Lin Yao standing with a dazzling sunlight behind him. His handsome face and gentle smile made her lifeless heart feel a little better.
"Please wait a moment, I'll get up right away."
Ding Xia is a highly educated person, and she still has basic manners. She lifted the thin quilt covering her body, and dressed neatly, she got off the bed by supporting herself on the edge of the bed.
"Please sit down, I'll make you some tea."
"No need, you're weak, just sit here."
Lin Yao found Ding Xia's reaction strange. She wasn't agitated, didn't question or scold, and acted as if she were a longtime friend, speaking casually and without revealing her true feelings.
"I apologize for the intrusion. I rang the doorbell, but no one answered, so I came in myself." Lin Yao smiled sheepishly. "Let me introduce myself. I'm from Chengdu Minhong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and I'm here specifically to handle this matter for you."
"Minhong Pharmaceuticals?!"
Ding Xia suddenly raised her voice. She immediately lowered it again, thinking to herself, "Forget it. Even if Minhong Pharmaceutical wants to compensate me, I don't need it. The most important person in the world has distanced himself from me, so what's there to be angry about?"
"Please have a seat, I'll make you some tea."
Ding Xia insisted on performing the proper etiquette of a hostess, and shakily leaned on the bedside table as she prepared to leave.
After her classmate's husband was diagnosed with lead poisoning, she was discharged from the hospital and returned home, awaiting her fate in this place filled with her warmest memories, according to her classmate's husband. He said her days were numbered, because not only was she suffering from lead poisoning, but her liver and kidneys were also failing and losing function.
"Please sit down and listen to me for a few minutes before deciding what attitude to take towards Minhong. I'm not here to compensate you. Please sit down."
Lin Yao sighed, feeling the quality of the woman in front of him, and felt even more angry at those who had harmed her. Even if he showed his true face, he would never allow those people to get away with it!
"Oh? Okay, I'll sit down and listen." Ding Xia didn't insist anymore; she was indeed very weak. "Go ahead and tell me. I know there must be something going on behind the scenes. Of all the members at Minhong who took 'Whitening', only I got into trouble. Actually, I figured it out yesterday. I shouldn't have taken you to court without thoroughly investigating the matter. I'm sorry."
"Please don't say that. If you trust me, take this pill first. Although it won't cure you, it can at least temporarily relieve your symptoms."
Lin Yao's impression of Ding Xia improved even more. He took out an "antidote pill," walked over, and handed it to her.
A fragrance she had never smelled before appeared before her. Ding Xia looked at Lin Yao in surprise, took the pill without hesitation, and prepared to get up to get a water cup to drink it.
"No need for water, just put it directly into your mouth and eat."
"Thank you," Ding Xia said, thanking him first before putting the "antidote pill" into her mouth.
Ah~~
Ding Xia was amazed by the "antidote pill" that melted in her mouth. In just ten seconds, she felt the power she had lost return to her body, and even felt that her life was safe.
"Please sit down, I'll tell you a story." Lin Yao gestured for Ding Xia to sit down, and then began to tell the story.
"There was a woman who found a boyfriend after graduating from university. They fell in love, got married through a blind date, and then endured a lot of hardship with the man, finally building up a large fortune."
"After her family finished their busy business, the woman began to think about her future happiness. On the one hand, she found someone to help her with her fertility issues, and on the other hand, she began to make herself more beautiful. All of this was for her beloved husband."
"Although she graduated from a prestigious university, she was not very emotionally intelligent. After finishing her entrepreneurial work, she met a female friend whom she considered her best friend. Then, influenced by this female friend, she began to get involved in some things that she had previously avoided and entered the so-called socialite circle."
"The woman regarded this sister, whom she had just met and felt an instant connection with, as her closest confidante, but she did not know the true nature of this sister. She told her sister all her thoughts, such as her inability to have children and her desire to become more beautiful."
"Then, under the guidance of her sister, whose emotional intelligence and methods far surpassed hers, or rather, under her inducement, she became a member of Minhong and tried every means to take more of Minhong's 'whitening' medicine. Many of these medicines were supposedly bought privately by her good sister at a high price. Although she had doubts because the two products tasted very different, she believed her sister's explanation that the basic powder had not been mixed, so the taste was different."
Lin Yao told the story in a very general and concise manner, but Ding Xia's face grew increasingly pale as she listened, eventually turning into horror.
"In reality, Minhong has never used the term 'basic medicine powder' or has ever produced such a product. They have strict control over the inventory management and distribution channels of all medicines, and even the process of members and patients taking the medicine is recorded on video. Relevant personnel in Chengdu review this information every day."
“If Minhong’s medicines were to leak out of Minhong Hospital, they would be discovered that very night and measures would be taken the next day, because Minhong’s warehouses in various locations are monitored 24 hours a day.”
Lin Yao stopped speaking, and Ding Xia's face turned deathly pale.
"Why? Why would she do that?"
Ding Xia is not stupid; her intelligence is perfectly fine. After listening to Lin Yao's hints and Min Hong's management system for the entry, exit, and storage of medicines, she already had her own answer regarding the current lead poisoning and other poisoning situations.
"That woman's name is Ji Rong, we know that, and you know that too, but we also know that she is Vice Governor Jia's mistress. She met Vice Governor Jia when she was nineteen and worked at the provincial government guesthouse, and the two of them got together. Did you know that?"
Ding Xia's tears flowed again, and she numbly shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.
"I can't tell you the specifics, but I can tell you that someone is deliberately targeting Minhong, and you are their chosen victim."
Lin Yao's tone suddenly turned cold. "I came to Taiyuan to resolve this matter. Now you have two options. The first is to continue suing Min Hong. Min Hong will respond to the lawsuit. We have reason to believe that as long as the court collects evidence reasonably and legally, your lawsuit will ultimately fail."
"Of course, because someone is deliberately trying to make the refugees famous, this case will take a long time, but your body won't be able to hold out until then."
The words, like a death sentence, didn't excite Ding Xia too much; her face simply turned even more ashen, and she bit her lip so hard that she didn't even notice it drawing blood.
"The second option is for you to withdraw your lawsuit and sue Ji Rong. We will help you collect the relevant evidence. The advantage of this option is that Minhong will guarantee your safety until you win the case, including providing appropriate treatment for your poisoning, so that you can hold on until you get justice and see the person who harmed you brought to justice."