35: 35. 500,000 yuan bonus

“Exclusive news from this station: Recently, the police successfully cracked a nationwide, super-large organ trafficking case, exposing a complete black industrial chain. The main culprit, Zhang San (deceased), acted as an intermediary for organ trading, luring financially struggling individuals with false advertisements to purchase organs for 20,000 yuan. He successively organized 12 people, including Wu Juan from Healthy Hospital, Wang Bai from the clinic, and a director from a certain tertiary hospital in Xinghai City, to illegally harvest organs.”

“Ultimately, with the combined efforts of the police and citizens, the case was solved, all criminal suspects were apprehended, and 9 captive organ donors were rescued. It is reported that the group committed a total of 49 crimes, involving an amount of 30 million yuan...”

Three days after Lu Zezhou’s surgery, this trafficking case was exposed, causing a sensation across the internet.

Major media outlets rushed to report on it, and countless netizens were stunned.

“Oh my god, this is too dark. How could anyone dare to do such a thing?”

“Too cruel, they should get the death penalty! Execute them all!”

“They only gave the donor 20,000 yuan and then sold it for 500,000? Holy hell, are these even human?”

“...”

In the ward, Lu Xiaoli peeled an apple while watching the news broadcast on TV. The camera happened to cut to a scene of the police escorting criminals. She couldn't help but gasp, “49 cases, how many people must have been harmed by this...”

Lu Feng also saw Wu Juan, looking dazed with handcuffs, a stark contrast to the capable and sharp doctor he remembered.

He shook his head and said, “I heard two people died from infection due to crude handling, and over a dozen are permanently disabled.”

Lu Zezhou sighed, “What a sin.”

Just then, there was a knock on the ward door, and several police officers entered, carrying bouquets of flowers.

Director Zheng, who was walking in front, smiled and said, “Little Lu, we meet again.”

“Director Zheng, why are you here?” Lu Feng stood up to welcome him.

“You made a great contribution to the successful resolution of this major case, so of course, I came to visit you. You must be Lu Feng’s parents. Both of you, you’ve raised a wonderful son.”

Director Zheng walked over, placed the bouquet and fruit basket on the table, and with a beaming smile, explained Lu Feng’s quick thinking to Lu Zezhou and his wife.

“...It could be said that without him, the police wouldn’t have achieved such a great victory this time.”

The couple, being honest and unassuming ordinary people, beamed with delight upon hearing the Director praise their son.

Director Zheng explained, “According to Lu Feng’s merits, a commendation conference should be held, and many reporters want to interview him. But I held it back. Firstly, I think Little Lu has just come of age and is still too young. Secondly, given the dangerous nature of this case and the possibility of remaining criminal elements, it’s better not to be too public... I just hope you won’t blame me for making decisions on my own.”

Lu Zezhou and Lu Xiaoli both agreed, “Not at all, you police officers are very thoughtful.”

Lu Feng didn't really care about these things, so he said indifferently, “I understand.”

Director Zheng seemed to recall something and said, “Oh, by the way, although there won't be public honors, because he participated in solving the case as an important assistant and helped dismantle a super-large criminal organization, the police will reward you with 500,000 yuan in prize money according to regulations.”

“Ah???”

The three people in the ward were dumbfounded... In late June, Xinghai City’s weather was hot and dry.

After fifteen days of recovery, Lu Zezhou was finally able to be discharged from the hospital.

During these ten-plus days, Lu Feng, while caring for his father, was also busy accumulating a large number of skills through dream capture.

Besides learning to drive and foreign languages, due to staying in the hospital, he also learned some medical and nursing techniques from his dreams, which was a gain. Of course... various amusing and bewildering secrets were also not lacking.

When Lu Feng handled the discharge procedures and received the bill, he was shocked; it was around 700,000 yuan, which was quite a bit lower than he expected.

However, thinking about it, the cost of the kidney source was significantly reduced due to Lu Dahai.

The remaining costs were for pre-operative examinations, various imported anti-rejection drugs post-surgery, hospitalization fees, rehabilitation fees, etc. These were already top-tier expenses. Of course, the upcoming recovery period would also cost a lot, but for Lu Feng now, he was no longer so anxious.

After paying the bill, Lu Feng and Lu Xiaoli carefully helped Lu Zezhou prepare to leave when two foreigners suddenly rushed in through the main entrance.

The bearded foreigner among them clutched his stomach in agony, struggling constantly, his entire face pale as paper and covered in cold sweat. The other blonde foreigner was supporting him, anxiously shouting something.

Seeing this, the nurse quickly went up and asked in broken English, while the two foreigners mumbled a lot in response.

“Foot pain? Are you saying foot pain? Ah… stomach ache? Whole body pain… What do you mean? I don’t understand!” The nurse was flustered.

Their hospital rarely received foreigners, so few staff members could speak English.

And now she couldn't figure out what was wrong with the foreigner in front of her, not even knowing which department to recommend him to.

“Everyone, is there anyone who can speak English?” the nurse called out to the surroundings.

Although there were many people around, they all shook their heads blankly.

“He said his muscles hurt a lot, like being pricked by needles. Every muscle is twitching, and he’s in so much pain he feels like he’s going to die.”

Lu Feng explained, and the nurse suddenly turned her head, as if seeing a savior: “You speak English?”

“Yes!”

The nurse quickly said, “Then can you help me ask if he has a muscle strain?”

Lu Feng shook his head: “Muscle strain doesn’t present with these symptoms; it’s impossible for the whole body to feel a stinging pain, and his performance is very strange...”

The nurse looked at Lu Feng suspiciously, thinking, how could an outsider like you possibly know?

In her opinion, it was likely a muscle strain from exercise or something similar. Then she saw Lu Feng start questioning the foreigner. The nurse gritted her teeth, turned, and ran to the front desk to call the orthopedic doctor.

Not long after, a middle-aged doctor rushed over. This doctor had good English skills, and he smiled, “Young man, let me handle it.”

He then examined the foreigner’s muscles all over his body according to what the foreigner said, and his expression grew stranger the more he looked: “No, the joints aren’t swollen, and there are no signs of muscle strain. It doesn’t seem like an orthopedic issue...”

As if he thought of something, his eyes narrowed: “Could it be fibromyalgia syndrome?”

This is one of the most difficult conditions; patients often experience severe pain that is hard to pinpoint, almost all over the body, very similar to the foreigner's current symptoms.

“Take him to rheumatology...”

“Wait!”

Lu Feng suddenly called out, then fluently asked the foreigner again in English, “Have you eaten any fungi recently? That is... wild mushrooms?”

Hearing this, the blonde foreigner quickly nodded: “He picked wild mushrooms to eat when he was camping in the wild this morning.”

The bearded foreigner writhed on the ground in pain, flailing his arms in terror and shouting, “So many snakes, snakes everywhere, they’re biting me, it hurts so much, I’m going to die from the pain, noooo...”

The orthopedic doctor: “...”

So, I worried for nothing. He just got mushroom poisoning?

Lu Feng smiled at the nurse and said, “It seems to be mushroom poisoning without a doubt. I suggest transferring him to the emergency room for gastric lavage.”

The nurse was dumbfounded. She looked at the doctor, and seeing him nod, she quickly took the patient away.

The orthopedic doctor exclaimed, “Young man, you’re quite capable! Are you from a medical school?”

Lu Feng smiled and explained, “No, I’ve just seen a few medical-related books.”

After speaking, he and his family left the hospital, still hearing many people discussing behind them: “This young man is quite impressive; he figured out a disease that even the doctor couldn’t understand right away...”