Chapter 188: The Two Who Couldn’t Cope
"It’s a stabbing sort of pain. I can’t exert strength in my hands," Guan Lei said, describing what he felt as best he could.
Zheng Huai felt his curiosity piqued. Guan Lei’s symptoms were strange, considering he could find nothing physically wrong with him. "Let’s go. I’ll take you to the hospital for a check-up. They have more specialised equipment than the school does," he said firmly.
Guan Lei quickly backpedalled, waving his hands frantically, "There’s no need! It isn’t serious. I probably overexerted myself in the fight; nothing some rest won’t rectify."
Zheng Huai did not believe him. He insisted on dragging Guan Lei to the hospital, throwing him for a loop. As he tried to get up, he purposely leaned forward, pretending to fall and hit Zheng Huai.
The good doctor reacted, supporting Guan Lei by the waist. Yet, when he did so, he heard Guan Lei speak to him in hushed tones, his teeth grinding together like a mill, "I already told you I’m not going to the hospital. If you push me further, I’ll ruin all your current research projects. You know I don’t make empty threats."
Zheng Huai saw red.
Although Guan Lei’s condition was an important experimental research subject, it was only one of many others he was conducting.
He would suffer an unbearable loss if he were to throw away all his research for one particular subject of interest. The graduate students he had brought along would also face a similar backlash.