Sweetheart Do You Still Love Me Chapter 173


    Callum paused to think for a moment before he finally relented and said, “It’s nothing. I eavesdropped


    on some people in the hospital that wanted to harm you. I found out before they could do anything,


    and…” He heard a conversation between two people that morning. They were plotting in the corridor to


    knock Elspeth out and take her away.However, he didn’t notice they were carrying switchde


    knives.He immediately tried to stop them, but the two men panicked and tried to flee from the scene,


    and they managed to cut him in the chest.“So, you stopped them for me? The fever is caused by the


    inmmation of the wound, isn’t it?”Elspeth didn’t know why, but as she spoke, she couldn’t help but


    feel like crying. Every word was like a needle poking at her heart, and she teared up from the


    pain.Callum knew she would be worried, so he didn’t want to tell her. However, he didn’t expect her to


    cry over it.His heart ached when he saw this. He pulled her into his embrace and gentlyforted her.


    “It’s okay. It’s a small injury. It’s not like I haven’t been hurt before. You don’t have to feel this way.”She


    cried like a child for the very first time, and her nose twitched uncontrobly. “You were hurt this time


    because of me. Even if I didn’t get hurt, I could still feel the pain from your wounds as if they were


    mine.”He pinched her nose softly. “I’d be even sadder if you were the one that had gotten hurt.”With a


    solemn face, he continued, “Elspeth, I’m just d you’re not hurt.”He was happy that he was able to


    stop something bad from happening to her.“Miss…”Just then, someone rapped on the door.The two of


    them pulled away from each other instantly. Callum let go of her hands, allowing her to open the


    door.The man at the door smiled kindly when he saw her. “Hello, Miss. I’m the Jonesons’ family doctor,


    Dr. Leonard Hyde. Old Mr. Joneson asked me toe and take a look at Mr. Winthrop’s condition.”As


    he spoke, he subconsciously nced at Callum. He could sense an icy, unfriendly aura exuding from


    Callum. It was somewhat intimidating.“Okay,e in.”Leonard looked kind and friendly, so Elspeth


    didn’t refuse him. She let him into the room and allowed him to take a look at Callum.After a careful


    examination, his face became solemn, and he couldn’t help but frown.“Dr. Hyde, what’s wrong with


    Callum?”Leonard stared off for a while thoughtfully before letting out a sigh. “His wound isn’t an


    ordinary cut. There was poison on the knife. The poison is now spreading throughout his body. TheN?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    situation doesn’t look very good.”A pang shot through her heart, and she asked, “What kind of poison is


    it?”“I can’t tell. This type of poison is rather strange. I’ve been practicing medicine for so long, yet I’ve


    never encountered such a poison before… Maybe it’s because I don’t know much about poisons, so I


    can’t tell from a nce.”That being said, how could the doctor hired by the Jonesons be ipetent?


    The fact that he knew nothing about the poison meant that such poison was rare, not to mention hard


    to be treated.Elspeth looked at the wound on Callum’s chest and felt it was familiar. She thought for a


    while but couldn’t remember who had suffered a simr injury.“Thank you, Dr. Hyde. Please think of a


    way to prescribe a medication to suppress the toxins from spreading.”Leonard nodded. “I will. Don’t


    worry.” Then, she saw him off and went back to Callum. He looked up at her worried expression and


    smiledfortingly. “It’s okay. Don’t worry. Aren’t I fine for now?”Even if he was okay for now, he still


    looked pale to everyone else.She shot him a look. “You might be okay now, but what about when


    something happens? What should I do if you die?”“What are you talking about? Nothing will


    happen.”“But Callum, I feel like I’ve seen this kind of wound before.”This seemed to pique his curiosity.


    “Where have you seen it before?”“I think it was…” Elspeth narrowed her eyes and suddenly


    remembered something. She quickly took out her phone to call Harper.“What’s going on, Elspeth?”It


    sounded chaotic on Harper’s end. He seemed to be in a meeting.“What was the injury that you hadst


    time?”Although he didn’t know why she would suddenly ask that, he still answered honestly, “I was


    bitten by a poisonous snake. If it weren’t for the miracle doctor, I would have died a long time


    ago.”Elspeth’s eyes lit up at his words. “Yes, a poisonous snake!”With that, she hung up the phone and


    began to study Callum’s wound.His flesh was turned out, and there was dark blood leaking from the


    wound. The tissues around it were damaged. These were the symptoms of a wound after being bitten


    by a poisonous snake.“Callum, your wound is caused by a cut from a knife dipped in a snake’s


    venom.”Callum listened to her conclusion and asked in a serious tone, “Then, what do you think we


    should do next?”“It’s very simple. We just need to use ginkgo. I’ll get Sonny to get it.”The ginkgo she


    had right now was reserved for Frank, and it could only be used once. Thinking of this, she immediately


    decided to call Sonny.“Elspeth, what’s the matter?” It was rare for her to call first. Sonny couldn’t help


    but feel surprised.“Mentor, do me a favor.”He seldom heard her addressing him in such a way, and his


    hand trembled slightly. The chess piece in his hand almost fell. “Elspeth, what happened?”She had a


    temper, and she was arrogant, so she rarely called him a mentor.Yet, here she was, addressing him as


    a ‘mentor.’ It was as if she had had a change of heart.Elspeth thought about it and asked, “Do you still


    have century-old ginkgo? The older, the better.”Her request made his heart ache for a bit. “What do you


    need it for?”Century-old ginkgoes were hard toe by, and the longer it was preserved, the rarer they


    would be. The one he had was eight centuries old, and it took him a lot of effort to find it.“Saving one


    life is better than building a reputation for yourself. Of course, I want to use it to save a life.”Sonny


    listened to the impolite tone on the other end of the line and pursed his lips indignantly. “Can’t you be


    nicer to me? I’m your mentor…”However, Elspeth wasn’t in the mood to joke with him. “Ship it over


    immediately. I want to see it in four hours. Get it done right away.”With that, she couldn’t be bothered to


    bicker with him any longer and hung up the phone.She then turned to look at Callum. His lips were pale


    as the toxins spread across his body. He was on the verge of losing consciousness.“Callum! Stay


    awake! Hang on, Callum! I’ll definitely save you!”Although he was starting to slip away, he forced a


    weak smile to reassure Elspeth.However, in the next second, his head fell to the side, and he passed


    out.“Callum!”Her pupils narrowed in terror. The light she had in her eyes drained, and she was


    extremely worried. All she could do now was wait patiently for Sonny to deliver the herb.