The emergency treatment continued until dawn the next day.
The patient whose heart had stopped was finally revived, and the others were in a much more stable condition.
The doctor initially wanted them to stay for observation, but they didn’t take the situation seriously. After all, drug overdoses were nothing new to them—it wasn’t their first or even second time.
Even with contraband substances, overdosing was routine.
So, early in the morning, Hank and the otherspleted the discharge procedures.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">
Though the man who had been revived was still weak, he insisted on leaving. Since his life was no longer in danger, staying in the hospital seemed pointless—it would only increase the risk of exposure.
As they left the hospital, Hank turned to the group and asked, “Doesn’t this whole situation seem strange to you?”
“Strange?” one of them repeated. “You mean how all of us suddenly became impotent at the same time?”
Hank raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t that suspicious?”
The man nodded thoughtfully and smacked his lips. “I have a feeling that guy wade poisoned us yesterday. Otherwise, how else would you exin all of us losing function right after dinner?”
Hank’s expression darkened. Squinting, he said seriously, “You might be onto something. There’s definitely something off about that guy.”
Someone chimed in, “Then why don’t we report him to the police? If he really did poison us, he should at least do some jail time, right?”
“Call the police?” Hank scoffed coldly. “Do you have any proof? If we were poisoned, the doctors would have figured it out yesterday. You really think that when a bunch of us overdosed and showed up at the hospital, they wouldn’t run a blood test first? If anything suspicious had turned up, the police would’ve already been involved.”<fn1246> Newest update provided by Find★Novel</fn1246>
Hank said, “If we call the police now, they might not uncover anything, but we’ll end up exposing ourselves instead. Imagine the headlines: a group of us collectively became impotent in China and were hospitalized due to an overdose of sildenafil. Do you really want to face that kind of humiliation when we return to the United States?”
“Then what do we do?” someone blurted out anxiously. “What if this condition is permanent? I’ll be swallowing pills like candy, and they still won’t work!”
“It’s over!” Hank suddenly had a realization and blurted out, “Do you remember what Ye said at dinnerst night? He warned that if we went back on our word, $100 million would turn into $1 billion. He must have known we’d end up like this! That means he did something to us! You all know about chemical castration, right? What if that’s what he did to us?”
Angelo scoffed, “I don’t believe wade is that powerful. Chinese people share their meals from the same tes and drink from the same bottles—how could he have poisoned just us? I say we go back to the U.S. and find the best doctors to figure out what’s wrong.”
Hank responded coldly, “And what if we miss our only chance to be cured? After everything you’ve earned, are you really willing to live impotent for the rest of your life?”
Angelo hesitated, then asked, “Hank, what’s your n?”
Hank replied, “Since Mr. Wade mentioned another dinner tonight and told us to register with Steve if we want to attend, he clearly expects us toe crawling back. That means he knows we have no choice. In that case, we should go.”
“$1 billion!” someone eximed. “wade wants us to put up a billion dors to fund a bounty on people like us! Who the hell would agree to that?”
Hank said, “Let’s go tonight and figure out if he’s really behind this. Once we confirm that, we can decide on our next move. As for the money—we might not have to pay at all.”
The group fell into deep thought before slowly nodding.
Better to be cautious than to ignore the possibility.
If I don’t go to Tianxiang Mansion tonight to assess the situation firsthand, I might miss my only opportunity—and regret it forever.
So, the group unanimously chose Hank as their representative to contact Steve.