Mark Of The Destiny

"At my brother's place," Wang Shi checked the time on his watch, "An hour before my brother and his wife picked kids from school. Since it was raining, instead of dropping him at home they took him to their place,"

Suyin cleaned off every bite of pasta. Really it was yummy. Only the second best she ever had, leaving the first spot for her Michelin chef Jammie. "Your brother? Yuyu and Lan's parents. Right?"

"Yup. We have divided our duties. I drop them to school while he and his wife pick them. This way we keep a balance in our hectic lives and the smile on our kids' faces intact. It's important to keep them happy!" He tried to take the plate from her, but she dodged.

"Nuh-huh! You brought lunch, I'll wash the dishes." She didn't leave any space for discussion and went to the lounge to use the kitchen. A smile crawled on her lips that didn't go unnoticed from his eyes.

"What?" He asked, following her to the kitchen to help her. She got stuck here because of him after all!

"Nothing!"

"You smiled,"

She washed the plate, passing him to let him wipe dry. "I think you should swap your duties with your brother. Maybe Honey would be less grumpy."

He rolled his eyes, "Looks like you are missing him too much. Or maybe your endless bickering. Should I call him?"

"Please do it. Bickering helps me in digestion."

"…."

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Throughout the day Wang Shi discussed Gu Feng's case with her, even forgetting there's someone named Zz in his contact list.

For Suyin, she was just going with the flow…. It was like finding a new friend with whom she shares a common interest and same level of maturity. Sometimes they even argued….

"Suyin, it's your twelfth cup of coffee. One more and I'll start charging you. Thousand dollars per cup." He looked as she brought a cup of coffee, carefully holding it between her palms and settled down on the couch.

She snorted at his face, "Nice trick but I'm not giving up my coffee. Trust me it keeps my sanity and ensures the safety of others. Including yours."

"….."

"Great, your next cup is on me then," He said reading the notes she made on Gu Feng's case, inwardly praising how amazing her work was… Please exclude the handwriting. It's like dead ants everywhere.

"Really?"

"Of course, I'll give you intravenously."

"…"

"Sir, you called?" She heard a voice and saw Daiyu step into the room.

Wang Shi, "Get this coffee machine removed,"

"NOOOO…. Owwww…." She was about to get up but sat down on the couch, holding her stomach. It's true, today she overdosed herself with coffee. Credit goes to Wang Shi.

He looked up with furrowed brows. "Good! Drink more coffee. Anytime is coffee time after all! Daiyu, serve twelve more cups to the madam,"

Daiyu "…"

Daiyu, "Sir, should I get the coffee machine removed or serve coffee first?"

"Daiyu, some things are better left unsaid. You can go now." Wang Shi shot the little man a hard side glance before throwing the first-aid box at Suyin, "This much caffeine dries the stomach. Now you'll be heavily dehydrated throughout the night."

Suyin pouted…. She can't even tell him how s.e.xy he looks when scolding!

Hold on!

What did Wang Shi say a moment ago!?

Caffeine dries the stomach. Cause dehydration! And she over consumed it today!

He saw the change in Suyin's expression. "What happened? Is it still hurting? Or are you still brooding over coffee?"

"None of them," She answered, "What's Gu Feng's latest AST and ALT? After you start the treatment."

"I'll check," He logged in on his tab to check Gu Feng's latest blood test reports. He frowned, "170 and 190 ! That's a sharp drop from 342 and 410 earlier. This can't be because of ani-biotics,"

"This means liver is improving."

"Hold on!" He left his seat to sit down beside her. "Suspecting him for auto-immune diseases I gave him anti-androgens to block the testosterones. AND…when I informed his parents of Scleroderma, they asked me to resume giving him testosterone as it's not what I suspected earlier."

Suyin's eyes sparkled.

Wang Shi, "Testosterones cannot improve his liver function but…..but kidney's. Which in return could bring a significant drop in his AST-ALT. The kid is back on track!"

"Thankfully! But Scleroderma damaged kidneys can't do this. This means we were wrong. He doesn't have scleroderma. In fact, there's a silly thing happened in the kids' case."

He leaned forward, "What do you mean?"

"Argh… WANG SHI…" She raised her hand up in the air, forgetting her stomach ache. "That stupid kid drank a lot… A LOT… His girlfriend confirmed it. And they even continued after reaching home. All these drinks dry up the system. It was a simple case of dehydration, that's why he collapsed during s.e.x after heavy 'exercise' but his parents screwed everything,"

"Damn! ER treated him with IV." He said, "All those combined alcohol and IV put a strain on his kidneys. All he needed was let him rest, but we further injected him a contrast media dye."

"BINGO," She clapped her hands, "If his kidney's had been healthy the dye would've filtered out its own. But since they were not, it rotated and got absorbed by organs."

Wang Shi bolted up from the couch and walked to the door and Suyin followed, "Wait! Let me come with you." He raised his brows in question, "I know you are going to inform Gu Feng's parents. Take me along. I have got something to say as well."

"Okay,"

He had barely touched the knob when he paused and looked behind.

Suyin, "What now?"

"Damn. Suyin." He gasped, startling her. The next moment he pinched her soft cheeks between his fingers, giving her a side hug, "You are a genius. You solved the case over coffee!!!!"

Suyin "…"

Her mouth left wide agape….

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