Chapter 060: Don't Call Me Eagle Anymore

"受伤？怎么受的伤？" Lin Yi asked.

"After we returned from North Africa, I received a new mission to track an international drug lord. But I didn't expect them to have an expert among them. I was beaten by someone..." Yang Huaijun said with a bitter smile, "I guess I was lucky. They saw me fall and thought I was dead, so they didn't continue to beat me. But Pangolin... he..."

"Pangolin? What happened to him?" Lin Yi was startled and quickly asked.

"Pangolin... he sacrificed himself..." Yang Huaijun said with a somber tone.

"What!" Lin Yi's face instantly turned terrifying. Pangolin, that small, always smiling young man... He never thought that his comrade-in-arms from two years ago would leave this way...

Seeing Lin Yi's expression, Yang Huaijun could deeply understand that feeling. Pangolin was Lin Yi's comrade, and also his comrade! When he first learned of Pangolin's sacrifice, Yang Huaijun, a grown man, couldn't help but cry.

"Perhaps, he didn't die... who knows..." Yang Huaijun, fearing Lin Yi's sorrow, quickly consoled him.

"His body wasn't found?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Lin Yi's eyes. Pangolin was a very sharp young man; perhaps he really could have escaped.

"The bodies were thrown into the drug refining furnace by those drug lords... I only found out later." Yang Huaijun sighed, "When I woke up, I was in such pain that I had to find a hidden place to hide. Later, I lost consciousness and was eventually rescued..."

"Damn their ancestors!" Lin Yi punched the coffee table in front of him, and the exquisite solid wood table instantly turned into a pile of splinters!

Yang Huaijun secretly marveled. No wonder he was called Eagle; he was still so fierce. Yang Huaijun knew he couldn't do that.

"I'm sorry, I was so badly injured at the time that I couldn't check on my comrades..." Yang Huaijun felt guilty every time he thought about it.

"You're not to blame!" Lin Yi shook his head. In that situation, he clearly understood that Yang Huaijun going forward would only mean certain death. In such a situation, preserving strength was the only right choice. "You were seriously injured?"

"Covered in injuries... I recuperated for half a year, and after I recovered, I retired." Yang Huaijun sighed, "Western medicine calls it a complication, and traditional Chinese medicine calls it a complete disruption of the meridians. I can't get emotionally agitated, can't do high-intensity work for long periods, and need to maintain my health with medication."

Lin Yi put the matter of Pangolin aside for now and carefully observed Yang Huaijun. "Give me your hand."

"What are you going to do?" Yang Huaijun was a bit puzzled but still extended his hand as instructed.

"I'm going to take your pulse." Lin Yi placed his hand on Yang Huaijun's wrist, and his expression became serious.

"You can take a pulse? Really, Eagle, I thought you were good at killing, but you can also save lives?" Yang Huaijun looked at Lin Yi in surprise, this comrade who had fought alongside him in the rain of bullets.

"There's a lot you don't know about me." Lin Yi smiled, "Don't you trust me?"

"Don't trust you?" Yang Huaijun widened his eyes, "Who else wouldn't I trust? On the battlefield, I could trust my back to you!"

"Don't be so mushy." Lin Yi's words were playful, but his heart grew heavier. Yang Huaijun's pulse was very poor. He could feel that although his body had recovered, his internal injuries were severe. Multiple organs had not fully recovered and were even showing signs of further deterioration!

"How is it? Is my body still okay?" Yang Huaijun asked curiously, seeing that Lin Yi was really taking his pulse.

"Do you only use painkillers to deal with your problems?" Lin Yi asked, not answering directly.

"Yes, is there something wrong with that?" Yang Huaijun asked.

"Then how are you still alive?" Lin Yi frowned.

"..." Yang Huaijun was speechless, "Damn, are you cursing me to death?"

"I'm not cursing you, but your current condition is very bad. The injuries from last time never fully healed and are continuing to worsen. I don't know how you've managed to endure this long with painkillers, but generally speaking, anyone else would have died from the pain long ago." Lin Yi said with a very serious expression. He wasn't exaggerating; he was stating a fact. And for someone like Yang Huaijun, there was no need to lie. People who have been to war have already put life and death out of their minds. Even if Lin Yi told him he would die tomorrow, Yang Huaijun wouldn't react strongly.

"A traditional Chinese doctor said the same thing before, that I wouldn't live more than half a year. Look, I'm still alive and well, aren't I?" Yang Huaijun indeed wasn't affected by Lin Yi's words and stretched his arms and legs casually.

"He's right; half a year is generous." Lin Yi nodded.

"Eagle, stop belittling me. Do I look like I'm about to die?" Yang Huaijun glared at Lin Yi, somewhat dissatisfied.

"My name is Lin Yi. Don't call me Eagle anymore." Lin Yi looked at Yang Huaijun and continued, "So, the fact that you're still alive is a miracle, possibly due to your strong willpower."

"What's wrong with that?" Yang Huaijun continued to ask.

"You can still use painkillers to alleviate your pain, but in the future... this will get worse and worse!" Lin Yi said, "You might have already noticed that the frequency and dosage of your medication have increased."

"You... really know medicine?" Yang Huaijun was very surprised that Lin Yi had hit the mark with his condition!

"What do you think?" Lin Yi released Yang Huaijun's hand. He had a general understanding of Yang Huaijun's condition. Yang Huaijun's situation was very complex. As the saying goes, all medicine is three parts poison. Each herb would cause some damage to the organs in the body. For example, if Lin Yi prescribed medicine to treat the heart, it might affect Yang Huaijun's spleen or liver, and if he treated the liver, it might affect the heart or kidneys. In short, no matter which part was treated, it would have side effects on other organs. In this case, treatment would be worse than no treatment, only accelerating his death.

Seeing Lin Yi lost in thought, Yang Huaijun couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about your condition." Lin Yi sighed, "It's very complex. Using conventional Chinese medicine would affect other organs. While it might be effective for a single organ, it would accelerate the deterioration of other organs. If treated together, it would be as if no treatment was given, or even lead to poisoning and death."