Chapter 115: Rest when I’m dead.

The doctors and nurses came rushing in due to Wu Yihuan pressing the emergency call button.

When they saw Wu Yihuan sitting on the chair they were confused. She pointed out as she spoke,

"It's my cousin! . . She collapsed just now."

A doctor came over and did some preliminary checks on her. After sometime Wú Haodong got impatient and rushed the doctor for an answer.

"Calm down elder. Let me finish, then you'll be the first to know."

Yang Mingchun pat Wú Haodong's shoulder. A while longer and he became agitated again as the doctor still hadn't said anything.

The doctor called for the others to go set up another bed. Wú Haodong heard this and felt for his phone. He called Qin Qianyu's parents immediately.

He told them that Qin Qianyu had collapsed and is in hospital right now.

Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan dropped what they were doing and came over immediately.

Another bed was setup in the same room as Wu Yihuan. Wú Haodong went out to wait for Qin Qianyu's parents.

In that time, the doctor started doing a more comprehensive check on Qin Qianyu.

He took swabs, bloods and used several other diagnostic methods in order to give the family a definitive answer.

20 minutes later Wú Haodong met with Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan.

"Uncle! . . What happened?"

"We were both here to visit someone and she collapsed as we were leaving to come home. She's currently unconscious but the doctors are checking her over."

Qin Haoran held Ouyang Zihan up as her legs went weak. Wú Haodong led the couple to the room Qin Qianyu was in.

When the pair entered, the couple saw Yang Mingchun and Wu Yihuan.

The pair gave Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan a quick introduction of themselves, the couple did the same.

"This is an old and dear friend of mine, Yang Mingchun, and this here is my grand niece, Wu Yihuan. These two are Xiaoyu's parents."

"Miss Yang, Miss Wu."

Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan replied.

Yang Mingchun nodded and gave a smile and a light nod.

Wu Yihuan remembered the couple from the incident that took place at the station. She nodded to them,

"Aunty, Uncle,"

They both nodded in response and went to Qin Qianyu's side. Wu Yihuan then turned to Wú Haodong and says,

"Grand dad, the doctor was looking for you, he said he would come back to find you in a few more minutes."

"Mhm, thanks for the message."

So many thoughts went through the minds of Qin Qianyu's parents. They were all wondering what could have happened to her.

That ominous felling that Ouyang Zihan had dismissed earlier in the day was now back, and it hit her full force.

She broke down and weeped as she brushed back Qin Qianyu's hair. Qin Haoran wanted to do the same but thought it best to stay as level headed as possible until he's gotten the full story and could digest it all fully.

A few moments later a doctor came in holding a chart that contained the results of their tests and diagnosis.

"Miss Qin's heart rate and temperature are both slightly elevated. Her temperature and other test indicated to a fever. But, what's more concerning is that she's under nourished, dehydrated, and extremely fatigued. It shows that she hasn't slept in almost a week."

When Wú Haodong heard the doctor, his heart flooded with guilt. He knew that she was in this state all because of him.

He wasn't the only one feeling guilty. Both Qin Qianyu's parents and Wu Yihuan herself felt the same too.

Ouyang Zihan looked to the doctor with a pained expression on her face. She was truly shocked by what she had heard,

"What! . . Why would she!"

The doctor cast a judgemental look at the couple then asked,

"Are you her parents?"

"Yes that's right."

"Don't you know what your daughter has been doing this pass week?"

"Mhm, she went to the mountains, to a temple and for the past week she's been studying,"

Ouyang Zihan says. Qin Haoran then added on,

"Our daughter is a competitor in SIC. She went out to do some self studying and reflecting for when the competition resumes in three weeks."

The doctor was shocked surprised. He had initially thought that they had been abusing her.

He had seen many parents that follow social trends all in the name of not being stigmatised and force their daughters to follow a very strict diet almost to the point of starvation

Qin Qianyu had all these symptoms. She was a walking case study for Anemia. But now with what the couple have said and her symptoms, it made sense to him then.

He determined that Qin Qianyu had been too engrossed in her study to eat, drink or rest properly.

"Although it's good to want to study hard, it'll all be for nothing if you're too tired to even stand."

" . . . "

"She's utterly and completely exhausted. Her mind and body aren't the same. Just because the mind can push through, the body can only do so much. It still needs to rest and replenish its energy properly."

"For now, I recommend she stay in for the next two days for observations. We'll also infuse a fluids solution intravenously in the mean time."

"Thank you doctor."

"It's fine, it's what I should be doing."

The doctor left the room and Ouyang Zihan became overwhelmed and started sobbing.

"I should have said no! I should have been more firm with her when she said she wanted to go to the mountains. This is all my fault."

Qin Haoran sighed out lightly then rubbed his wife's back reassuringly.

"You know that's not true. Please don't blame yourself. It's not good for you, for the baby or for Yu'er."

He knew his daughter, he knew she'd push herself to the brink if she had to, in order to achieve her end goal.

"She's doing all of this for all of us, but what's the point if she ground herself into dust doing so!?"

He asked himself.

He would rather they still lived in their little home where they were all happy, than have all these luxuries and she wasn't around to enjoy it with them.

Yang Mingchun broke the heavy atmosphere as she spoke up,

"Old dog, you look tired yourself, maybe you should go and rest too, least a third bed comes and applies for residency in this room."

" . . . "

"I'm fine. I'll rest when I'm dead. You on the other hand look worse than me. Should I book you a two week stay?"

"That sounds rather nice, tell them to bring my bed in here. Us three ladies could do with a bit of a break I'd say."

" . . . "

Wú Haodong said nothing. He stood there shaking his head. He then turned his attention back to Qin Qianyu and her parents.

A few moments later Yang Mingchun scowled at the unmoving Wú Haodong,

"Tsk! . . Old dog! . . When is my bed coming?"

"Don't "Tsk" Me! Tsk your head! . . Wait! Are you serious."

"Mhm! . . "

" . . . "

Wú Haodong rolled his eyes then excused himself. Qin Haoran turned to his wife and whispered,

"Why does it feel like Uncle Wú is always being bullied by women? . . "

For some reason he was reminded of his daughter with the way Yang Mingchun interacted with Wú Haodong.

" . . N . . No comment."

Yang Mingchun and Wu Yihuan, the pair have excellent hearing. When they heard the couple they tried hard not to laugh.

While that was all happening at the hospital, somewhere on the southern outskirts of the capital, a meeting was taking place inside a secured building at an undisclosed location.

"So that is our mission. We have a set time for all of this and that's 3 weeks but I believe we can pull this off within a matter of days. That is why I've selected all of you. Your individual skill sets will ensure the successes of operation Pitchfork"

Zhang Qingmei stood in front of a small, hand picked team of people giving a mission briefing regarding the assignment she was given.

The team looked puzzled with some in dismay once the mission parameters were outlined.

They soon voiced their concerns.

"Commander, there isn't much information to go on, how'd you expect us to pull it off in a matter of days!?"

"Plus, the target is a triple zero asset!"

Two men say. The pair were brothers, twin brothers. They are in charge reconnaissance.

These two were aptly code named cat-dog, on account of how the crown of their heads tend to shape their hair into animal like ears that mimicked the two animals.

A heavy set man then spoke up next. This man is in charge of logistics.

His code name was Vesper. He picked at his ears as he added,

"Their skill set so far seems to be limited to medicine so it begs to stand that they're not that proficient in combat."

"Don't bet on that, the target is a triple zero after all, so what we know may not be all she is capable of,"

A short thin young woman with very broad shoulders replied.

She's the team sharpshooter and glorified sniper. Her rifle stands at twice her size. Her designated code name, Comet.

"Like Cat said we need more information."

Another woman says. She was taller and more buxom than Comet. She was a poisons expert loaned out to the team from TNT.

Her code name was simply, Ai.

A tall slim and average looking man who sat in the back just sighed as he rolled his eyes. then added,

"They wouldn't be triple zero if there was any other information to go by."

His code name was coin.

Coin is an infiltration expert and a master of disguise.

Zhang Qingmei looked to her team and huffed. She was about to reprimand them all when another voice sounded out.

"Tsk! We have plenty of information. Don't forget, there are all the people the target has interacted with that we know about. Some are right here in the capital that we can shadow too."

Zhang Qingmei turned to man that just spoke, he was her right hand. He was simply know as Two.

It was the same person that led Qin Qianyu out of Shenlong base.

Zhang Qingmei looked to him and nodded to his comment, she flashed him a knowing smile.

He nodded back and continued,

"Our best bet will be when the target returns to the quarantined hospital. I've heard she's been helping DDT create countermeasure for the worms."

The room nodded in unison and soon got to work immediately.

Comet turned to Ai and gave her a slight nudge,

"Hey big butt! Wanna have a bet to see which of us would take out the target first?"

"Wah! There's a ghost! . . Oh no it's just you! Everything is so flat like a piece paper it's like I'm staring at its edge."

" . . . "

"Hmph! . . Do you wanna bet or not? . . I didn't think that TNT ops would be so . . . This!"

Comet quipped as she motion with her hand, all of Ai.

Ai just snickered and smiled as she responded,

"It's on tampon! I'll bet 20 million USD that it won't be you."

Ai declared as she happily held out her hand.

Not wanting to back out after she just issued the challenge, comet shook Ai's hand firmly in agreement.

Cat and dog started sifting through the images and footage they had of Qin Qianyu.

Some of it was from the quarantined hospital, the police station had the most cleanest and a few from inside a room at Shenlong base.

The twins started building an algorithm to find traces of Qin Qianyu. She had a triple zero status so her traces were somehow blocked from most cameras in the country.

So the twins had to build a work around just to target her and to bypass that security lockout.

Logistics wise, Vesper started with a layout of the hospital. He cordoned off the areas that gave minimal assistance to Qin Qianyu and maximum strike for the team.

Three sniper locations were quickly pointed out.

From the information they could gather, she had visited the wards a few times. Seeing that she had a connection to Wen Wú Ting, they guessed she was most probably there with him in his room.

Vesper them marked out several locations for Ai to plant poisonous traps and created a path so that it coordinated to another vantage point for Comet to use.

Because they were dealing with the unknown in terms of Qin Qianyu's abilities the plan was to whittle down her stamina, then disrupt her cognitively with Ai's poison, before restricting her mobility with Comet and supporting comet with suppressing fire, before restraining their target, Qin Qianyu, completely.

This would then be the most opportune time to finally launch and strike the killing blow and would also be a historic first.

Killing a triple zero.