Chapter 159
“You!” Daniel’s pupils constricted.
The look in Chase’s eyes was icy cold.
He was exuding an aura of absolute self confidence, undeterred by anything else!
“It’s the Hexaleaf, isn’t it?” Chase asked, smiling.
Daniel felt as though he was shot in the head when he heard this.
He shivered as if he had been electrocuted!
This good-for-nothing actually got it right on the first try!
Everything was finished!
“I’m done!” Daniel thought.
When the people around heard the word ‘Hexaleaf’, they burst out with shouts of disbelief!
The Hexaleaf was yet another special herbs of Golden City.
However, the Hexaleaf had long since been proven lethal. Overconsumption would lead to profuse vomiting and dizziness.
Hence, the scope of application of the Hexaleaf in Golden City was extremely limited and its price was very low.
However, the Zhao family actually fed the Hexaleaf to those patients?!
It was no different from murder!
Hearing Chase’s statement, the crowd seethed with anger!
In particular, the families of the patients were staring at Daniel with hot tears in their eyes!
They had been looking up to the Zhao family as their savior!All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.
Yet, in the face of this horrifying revelation, they could only feel a fit of deep-seated anger towards the Zhao family’s abhorrent betrayal!
Their blood boiled when they thought Lincon actually fed the Hexaleaf to their family members!
Daniel’s legs went limp, and he quickly supported his weight with his arms on the armrest.
“It’s over!”
There were two main factors preventing Daniel from saying the truth. Firstly, the Hexaleaf was indeed mentioned in the second half of Vinson’s unfinished thesis.
The second factor was the poisonous nature of the Hexaleaf itself.
Now that the cat was out of the bag, the public’s wrath converged onto Daniel!
Seeing Chase and his calm composure, Daniel was filled with rage!
Chase!
It was always Chase!
That was right, it was all this b*stard’s fault!
Chase was the one who always tore down his tower of success during his most critical moments!
Chase was the one who drove him to this point!
Daniel roared at Chase as his eyes gleamed with madness, “How did you know? How did
you know about the Zhao family’s secret?
Tell me! Did you use some despicable means to steal our family’s secret? You are a thief! You are sc*ml”
Given the current conditions, Daniel could only grit his teeth. The Hexaleaf was indeed.
the secret of the Zhao family in treating the effects of the Heption Herbs.
He was sure that Lincon had definitely not shown the other half of the thesis contents to anyone else.
Therefore, it was impossible for Chase to know this secret, the Hexaleaf!
Daniel leveraged this chance and used it against Chase to accuse him of theft!
Chase chortled at Daniel’s pretence.
“Zhao family’s secret? We shall talk about it later. Firstly, let me reveal the truth about the Heption Herb. Overconsumption of the Heption Herb is indeed lethal. And, I agree that the Hexaleaf is the antidote for it. This is because these two herbs counteract each other and neutralize each other’s poisons.
Chase paused for a while before he added.
“For the next question, I will need you to answer me truthfully.” His eyes became cold when he looked at Daniel!
“Now that you claim that it is the secret of the Zhao family, tell me if your family knows how much Heption Herb each patient has consumed and how severe they have been poisoned!”
Daniel’s body shivered.
Taking confident strides towards Daniel, Chase continued with his interrogation!
“Does the Zhao family know the dosage of Hexaleaf that should be used to counteract the poison of the Heption Herb?”
Daniel’s knees trembled at Chase’s question!
He was overcome with dizziness as Chase voice resonated in his mind like a devil’s voice!
“Or, perhaps you have no idea at all. Without taking into account the patient’s condition and their toxin levels, you blindly fed them the same dosage of Hexaleaf! These patients are showing signs of Hexaleaf poisoning now!”
Daniel’s legs gave out under him as he dropped to the ground.
The hall grew silent!
All Chase did was to throw three questions at Daniel.
Three relentless, unforgiving questions!
His questions contained way too much information!
At this very moment, in the eyes of the audience, the Zhao family were nothing better than beasts!
The Zhao family had never taken into account the intoxication levels in the patients!
They did not even know the dosage of antidote they were supposed to use to neutralize the Heption Herb’s poison!
How dared they fed the Hexaleaf to the patients without first knowing the necessary!
Now, the Heption Herb’s poison in the patients’ systems had indeed been cleared off!
However, they ended up overdosing the Hexaleaf!
The Hexaleaf was a slow-release type of medicine. Thus, it took a while before its remedial effects kicked in. Equally, the spread of its toxins was slow too.
After laying dormant for two days, it finally took effect!
Profuse vomitting!
Giddiness!
It was all due to the toxins in the Hexaleat!
The Zhao family’s crimes were unforgivable!
Daniel, who was on the ground, could no longer bear to hear the curses around him.
There was only one question in his mind.
How did Chase know it?!
How did he know so much!?
It was not that the Zhao family was unaware of these problems!
Instead, they chose to ignore it!
The paper that Lincon had secretly photographed only mentioned that the Hexaleaf could neutralize the Heption Herb’s poison.
But how could they expect this to happen?
They had never thought about the possibline of overdosing!
Now, the patients had started showing signs of poisoning!
To make things worse, it all happened under the watchful eyes of the public!
Everyone saw the patients vomit blood!
Chase was looking at him with disdain!
So was everyone else!
From the way they looked at him to the words that were directed at him, everything the public did was to condemn the Zhao family!
“Chase, how do you know this! You owe me an explanation! I won’t let you go without one! No, not even if I die!” Danfel sat on the ground as he gritted his teeth, his eyes completely red.
“Hmph, i should be the one asking you questions! Is this really the Zhao family’s secret? Or was this secret taken from Vinson’s thesis? Why did you all deliberately conceal the other half of the thesis? What is your motive for doing so?” Chase retorted.
In an instant, a tumult of shouting and screaming broke out among the crowd!
There was another half of the thesis that was not shown in the photo?
And it recorded the secrets of the Hexaleaf?
The Zhao family deliberately kept the truth hidden. They emphasized the toxicity of the Heption Herbs previously to create an opportunity for themselves to swoop in and
be praised as saviors!
The crowd immediately realized what was going on!
All along, it had been the Zhao family’s fault!
The Zhao family was truly terrifying!
They claimed that Bella was making a fool out of the people!
In fact, the real snake in the room wasn’t Bella!
It was the Zhao family!
“Daniel! You and everyone in the Zhao fa are unworthy to be called hurmans! You clearly knew that there is an antidote for the Heption Herbs, yet you deliberately hid the fact! You did it all to taint the reputation of the Helping Hands Medical Center!” a family member of one of the patients howled angrily.
“Besides, you are the true demons behind this entire mess! I will never forgive the Zhao family!”
“I will make you die with my husband!”
One by one, they surrounded Daniel in an instant. Fists flew and kicks were aimed at Daniel as he was beaten up!
Daniel screamed in agony. Grief and indignation welled up in his chest as the onslaught continued!
After all it took so much for the Zhao family to get to this point!
How could this good-for-nothing ruin it all!
This could not be real!
He was nothing but a good-for-nothing!
It was impossible for him to know that the secret in the other half of the thesis!
Right! It had to be a lucky guess!
“In this case, all I have to do is to hold my ground!” Daniel thought.
At the thought of this, Daniel roared, “You were simply spouting nonsense! If what you say is true, then show us the evidence, as I did earlier! Otherwise, I will not let you go!”
Everyone at the scene paused for a moment.
Daniel was right; all Chase had said so far was but a baseless accusation.
When Daniel humiliated the Song family and the Helping Hands Medical Center, he backed his claims with evidence.
In contrast, all Chase had was baseless talk from the start.
Everyone’s fists stopped in mid-air unconsciously.
When Daniel realized that Chase did not have evidence to hold up his statement, he guffawed wildly. The crowd was split between belief and disbelief.
However, a voice of an old man interrupted his laughter.
“You wanted evidence, didn’t you? I, Vinson, am the witness!”
Vinson strode towards Daniel. “That unfinished thesis is the physical evidence itself!”
He then turned to the crowd and added,”And, Chase is the author of the thesis!”
He swept his gaze to Daniel. “Will this suffice?”