Chapter 13: Emergency

Everything was fine until Kim Eunji suddenly excused herself to use the toilet. She knew it was impolite to leave the table while the meal was still ongoing but she felt the need to do so.

Madame Mo worriedly looked at her. Kim Eunji gave her a reassuring smile to tell that she’s okay. She then bowed her head as she excused herself.

She walked towards the direction of the nearest restroom.

The Mo Family Ancestral House was big. Big enough for someone to easily get lost inside if that person was not familiar with the place.

As soon as she’s out of the dinning hall, Kim Eunji’s steps staggered. Beads of sweat formed on her forehead and her beautiful face turned pale. The tiny red spots in her arms suddenly became red patches. She also felt nauseous. She held on the wall for support. The toilet was already close but for Kim Eunji who was now struggling, it looked so far.

Kim Eunji’s body suddenly could not keep up with her strong will to at least reach the toilet. She could feel the darkness slowly taking over her vision.

She was already panting and was catching her breath. Her knees turned weak and she was about to fell in the ground but suddenly, a pair of strong arms firmly held her body on time and prevented her from hitting the ground.

She tried to look at the man’s face but her vision had already turned blurry. She wanted to say something but she could not because she’s heavily panting.

“Toilet.” She finally managed to successfully utter a word. The man lifted her up and gently carried her in his arms and brought her to the toilet.

As soon as she saw the silhouette of the toilet bowl, her insides churned as she was about to threw up.

The man opened the led for her and Kim Eunji vomited instantly.

If someone could see the look on the man’s face, he sure would be surprised. Instead of seeing disgust on the man’s godly face, panic could be seen in it instead.

In fact he was now on the phone calling his assistant to prepare the car as he’s ready to bring Kim Eunji to the hospital.

Kim Eunji could vaguely hear some of what he was talking and as soon as she heard him talking about hospitals, she weakly uttered, “No hos…pi…tal,” then she finally lost her consciousness but was still heavily breathing.

He was in a dilemma. The mighty and most-feared CEO of Bai Enterprise suddenly became helpless.

Because he was seated next to her and also was closely paying attention to her every expression, just like the same as how a predator observed its prey, he could tell that something was off the moment Kim Eunji swallowed the abalone meat.

His eyes dimed when he saw red spots on Kim Eunji’s arm when she stood up and walked towards the direction where the toilet was located.

He decided to excuse himself to follow her there. His gut feeling told him that something might happen and that was the first time that he felt that kind of feeling.

As he entered the corridor, he could not believe what he had seen. Kim Eunji was already struggling to catch her breath. Her hand was placed on her throat while the other one was on the wall for support.

What alarmed him was that her once beautiful and rosy face had became gravely pale and she was heavily sweating.

He immediately dashed towards her side when he saw that her knees became weak and she’s about to fall on the ground.

Panic suddenly took over him when he saw her struggling to catch her breath while she’s in his arms.

As soon as they reached the toilet, he removed the led off the toilet bowl and helped Kim Eunji as she vomited.”

That’s when he realized he had to call for help. He took his phone and called Tang Hao who was hanging out with the other servants of the manor.

Nathan asked him to arrange a car ASAP because an emergency happened. But who would have thought that Kim Eunji would plead him not to bring her to the hospital and now she suddenly lost consciousness.

He decided to carry Kim Eunji out of the toilet and bring her to his room. Madame Mo had specially reserved a room for him and Hua Zhang Wei in case they decided to comeback with Mo Jing-sheng during holidays.

While he was busy carrying Kim Eunji going to his room, he happened to bump with Kim Jeong Ho.

“Nate, what did you do to her?” Kim Jeong Ho asked as soon as he saw Kim Eunji unconscious in Nathan’s arms.

But he suddenly had a second thought when he saw Nathan’s worried face.

“It’s good that you’re here. Quick! Check on her!”

“Nate. You know that I’m not authorized to do that!” Kim Jeong Ho explained. He was once a medical student but decided not to pursue further in becoming a doctor after Mr. Kim, his father got sick. He was now helping his father running their family business.

“Then call someone who could do so!” Nate suddenly became impatient.

“Why don’t we bring her to the hospital?” Kim Jeong Ho asked.

“You think I didn’t think about that? This woman pleaded not to bring her to the hospital before she passed out.” Nathan annoyingly explained.

“Call someone who could check on her ASAP!” Nathan instructed as he hurried his steps upstairs.

He immediately unlocked the door with his keys and immediately went towards his bed. He then gently placed Kim Eunji on his bed.

Minutes later, the door opened revealing Madame and Master Mo, Kim Jeong Ho and the Mo Family physician.

The doctor was a senior man on his late 50s and was a Chinese traditional medicine practitioner.

He was about to leave after he checked Kelly’s condition earlier. Good thing Kim Jeong Ho stooped him on time. Though he’s not a gynecologist, Mo Jing-sheng summoned him to check on his wife.

“How long has she been like this?” He asked them.

“Roughly 10 minutes.” Nate answered. The doctor whose surname was Jiang checked on Kim Eunji’s pulse and then asked, “Had she eaten something she’s allergic to?”

Madame Mo gasped as soon as she thought of the great possibility that Kim Eunji was allergic to abalone. She remembered that she had given her plenty on her plate earlier and Kim Eunji did not hesitate to eat them all. No wonder she excused herself as soon as she finished them.

“She only had abalone dish for tonight’s dinner. Do you think that triggered this allergy?” Madame Mo answered Dr. Jiang.

“It’s most likely.” He confirmed.

“May I know if she has been taking a medicine for this?”

The door suddenly opened revealing a worried Kelly with a foot long and wide kit in her hands.

“Yes. It’s here.” Kelly then opened the kit and revealed to everyone what was inside. Inside the kit was a row of drug-filled slim vials and a stainless syringe.

Kelly made the initiative to take the syringe out of the kit and was about to inject it to Kim Eunji when the doctor stopped her.

“Wait! Is that safe?” That was the dumbest question Kelly heard from someone who belonged in the field of medicine, traditional or modern.

“I could not see any labels on them.” He explained.

“Yes. My foster father developed this medicine specially for Eunji.” Kelly did not bother to explain further and injected it to Kim Eunji.

“Wait, Mr. Roland, your foster father is a doctor?” Mo Jing-sheng asked Kelly.

“Yes.” She shortly replied.

“Why did I not know about that?”

“Because you never asked!” Kelly snapped. But soon she regretted what she had done.

‘Damn hormones.’ She inwardly cursed.

Her foster father who was now on his way to China was indeed a doctor but he’s not an Immunologist but a Psychiatrist. Of course, she could not tell them that it was Kim Eunji who formulated these drugs for herself.

Kelly somehow blamed herself for what happened to Kim Eunji. Had she known that an abalone dish was served for their dinner, she would go out of her way and tell Madame Mo to not let Kim Eunji eat the dish.

Doctor Jiang let Kelly inject the drug to Kim Eunji.

“Kim Eunji was allergic to seafood, chicken products and nuts.”

Kim Eunji started to explain the situation.

“But this silly bestfriend of mine would eat those food no matter how harmful that would be on her body if she could see that it was given to her by the person out of good intention. Besides, chicken and abalone are her favorites.” Kelly added.

Kelly chuckled when she remembered the one time that they had an argument over this matter.

She could still clearly remember their conversation when she stopped Kim Eunji from eating her favorite chicken for the first time.

Kim Eunji even insisted that she loved her life but eating was far more important than her life.

FLASHBACK:

“Do you want to die?!” Kelly yelled at Kim Eunji.

“Why?” Kim Eunji asked while she was enjoying her chicken barbecue.

“You knew that you’re allergic to it but then why are you still enjoyingly eating it?”

“This won’t simply kill me. I had been dreaming to eat this since childhood but my parents wouldn’t allow me to because of this damn allergy! But now that I can, you’ll stop me, too!?” Kim Eunji argued.

“Chicken is my life. If this indeed would kill me, then I’d rather die happily than not eating this at all!” Kim Eunji stubbornly said.

“News flash! You’re still allergic to them young lady! You still can’t eat them without injecting the drug you recently developed before and after you ate them.” Kelly refuted.

“Exactly! I have it now so I can enjoy the dishes that I loved before but suddenly became allergic to in the past.” Kim Eunji pointed out.

“Eh? Wait, you’re not allergic to them before?” Kelly asked her. She was confused.

“No. I got sick when I was five.” She started.

END OF FLASHBACK

Her parents thought it was a simple fever but Kim Eunji suddenly went to into a comma for a week. And when she woke up, she could not eat the dishes that she liked. This made the young Kim Eunji be depressed.

Kim Eunji may had developed the drug that would allow her to cheat on her allergies, but there’s still a limitation into how much she could take in.

If she ate more than what she could take, episodes like this would surely happen.

As soon as the drug took effect, her breathing had stabilized. The rashes in her body finally stopped spreading. Her paled face finally regained it’s color.

Doctor Jiang checked on her pulse and confirmed that her condition had now became stable. Any time by now, she’ll wake up.

“Such a stubborn woman.” Kelly uttered as she looked at Kim Eunji who was now peacefully sleeping on the bed.

The group did not left the room and patiently waited for Kim Eunji to woke up.

Kelly was wiping Kim Eunji’s arms when the latter stirred on her sleep.

Kim Eunji’s balled both of her hands into tight fist and her face turned pale.

“Eunjiyah?” Kelly called her out as she tried to wake Kim Eunji from her dream.

Nathan Bai who was standing on the corner of his room also saw this therefore he walked closer to the bed.

“What’s going on with her?” Nate asked. As soon as he spoke, the people who was sitting on the couch inside his room turned their attention towards their direction.

“What’s wrong?” Madame Mo asked. She had just calmed down from crying earlier. She cried because she felt guilty. Though Kelly reassured her that it was not her fault, Madame Mo still blamed herself.

“She’s having a bad dream.” Kelly answered.