My Substitute Wife Is a Bigwig (Lily Brooks and Loid Laurier)

Chapter 199 

Neil looked at Loid for further instructions. 

Loid nodded. Then, Neil said, “You can go in and take a quick look. Mr. Laurier Senior is very weak now. He must not be disturbed while he’s resting.” 

The Lauriers flocked into the room after he said that. 

When no one was around, Neil said softly, “Ms. Brooks, I did as you said. I sealed Mr. Laurier Senior’s blood flow with the needles. He is awake now, but the poison is still spreading in his body. 

“We might be able to fool them for a while, but what will we do when the jig is up?” 

When Lily bumped into him just now, she handed him a pill discreetly. He immediately understood what he needed to do. 

Then, when he entered the room, Lily sent him a text telling him to seal Arthur’s pressure points with the silver needles. 

He had been doing all he could to learn about a human’s body structure and pressure points in order to study medicine under Lily. 

Luckily, he could pull off the things Lily told him to do. He has observed Lily performing acupuncture before. It wasn’t too hard. 

“Grandpa Arthur is fine. He’s not inflicted with the Bloodbane poison.” Lily leaned on Loid’s chest lazily. She was a little fatigued. 

“It’s not the Bloodbane poison? But his symptoms are the same as Loid’s.” Neil was shocked. 

“The symptoms might be the same, but the poison is still different. He is poisoned with something that’s very similar to the Bloodbane poison. It is very fast–acting and easily mistaken as the Bloodbane poison. 

“In reality, the victim will be fine when the poison is ejected from their system. It’s just that Grandpa Arthur is quite old. It’ll be hard to remove the poison from his body completely. Go cook up a bowl of herbal medicine for him after they leave.” 

Neil was still a little confused. “But why would they go through the trouble of getting a poison that’s similar to the Bloodbane poison? Is it to ensure you’re the miracle doctor Loid talked about?” 

“Probably. Other than that, they also want to test if I can differentiate the two poisons,” Lily said calmly. 

When the poison was in effect, Lily could tell that someone in the Laurier family figured out that she had a hand in curing Loid. They wanted to force her to save Arthur. 

They didn’t use the Bloodbane poison. One reason was that they wanted to test her medical skills. The other reason was because they didn’t dare to risk it. 

Although the Laurier family was the most powerful of the Four Great Families of Bridgeport, they were still not in the clear. 

The inner conflicts of the family had persisted for a long time. Everyone was unhappy that Loid was named the successor, but no one dared to do anything to Arthur. 

Because if anything happened to Arthur, the Laurier family would lose their title as the most powerful family. Other families could even destroy them. 

That was why no one would poison Arthur with the Bloodbane poison. 

“How could you tell?” Loid was surprised. She had only been there for two hours but was able to analyze the situation of the Laurier family very clearly. 

“With my eyes,” Lily said calmly. 

Both Loid and Neil were at a loss for words. 

Neil gave Lily a thumbs up in secret. She was still very young but possessed extraordinary critical thinking abilities. She was able to identify the underlying issues immediately. 

“But the poison is still spreading. Will a bowl of herbal medicine really cure him?” Neil was still worried. 

“It won’t!” Lily was a little tired of sitting. She stretched and stood up. Then, she looked at the bedroom with a glum expression. 

“Then, what should we do? We can’t let anything happen to Mr. Laurier Senior,” Neil said anxiously. 

Lily pursed her lips. Then, she said with a grave expression, “Acupuncture treatment is also required. He needs five days of treatment. Even if the poison is cured, the energy he lost from it won’t recover. It’ll be equivalent to losing five years of his life.” 

Loid’s expression darkened when he heard that. A glint appeared in his eyes. 

“Those people have crossed the line. Mr. Laurier Senior is so old now. How many more five years does he have? How could they do this to him for their own gain?” Neil said angrily. 

Lily looked at Loid’s sullen expression and said, “Don’t worry. He’ll recover. But you have to get the Laurier family under control. Grandpa Arthur can’t take another round of an ordeal like this.” 

Loid nodded. Then, he pulled her into his embrace and placed his chin on her shoulder without saying anything. Lily just stood there without interrupting him.