Hospital No. 444

Chris Owen never imagined that he and his wife would reach this point.

He was a university professor whose main research was geology. In the college, he is a teacher who is highly respected by the students. At home, he is also the head of the family who is highly respected by his family.

But everything was broken when he discovered that his son was secretly smoking marijuana.

In the United States today, the proportion of people who smoke marijuana has even surpassed that of smokers. On college campuses, it is commonplace and common for students to smoke marijuana. The key is that more than 20 states across the United States, including Washington, DC, have legalized marijuana.

Smoking marijuana has become completely legal.

In contrast, Chris, who resolutely reprimanded his son after discovering he was smoking marijuana and threw all the marijuana in his room into the toilet, seemed like an outlier in the family.

He knows very well that once a person chooses to be an addict, he will continue to try more exciting drugs. In the United States, it is not difficult for a minor to purchase heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs. There are even brokers in schools who specialize in transporting and wholesale drugs.

The wife accused herself of making a fuss out of a molehill, saying that smoking marijuana is no longer a big deal and even most of her colleagues have tried it. In her opinion, this is not much different from smoking.

But as a college professor, Chris knew exactly what that meant. The son, protected by his mother, refused to admit his mistake, so he slapped him in the face and left the house.

A month after his son John ran away from home, he was arrested by the police.

He was accused of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he and he were drug addicts, whom he met in a bar. The woman accused John of being violent to her on multiple occasions and sexually assaulting her.

The wife insists that the other party is framing her son purely for money.

In the United States, the ME TOO feminist movement is on the rise, and the scandal involving the sexual assault of a university professor's son immediately spread, making it difficult for Chris to continue teaching at the school.

He could only go to the police station and pay a bail amount to temporarily release his son.

What is certain at present is that John did have sexual relations with the woman. There is no doubt about this, and he does not deny it. However, he claimed that he was just smoking marijuana with her and using drugs to "facilitate sex" and was definitely not sexually assaulting her. The other party said this because he deliberately wanted to extort a sum of money.

However, the matter soon became a big deal. John's photo was posted on Facebook, and based on his identity as the son of a university professor, it immediately spread wildly on social media. Many people have identified him as a sexual predator, and then countless rumors were added to the Owen family.

Chris was overwhelmed, and in the end, even he himself doubted whether his son might have sexually assaulted the woman.

The son finally chose to commit suicide.

Chris looks back now and regrets it very much. If he had known it earlier, it would have been better to bail him out without paying. If he was detained, he would not be able to commit suicide even if he wanted to.

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At this time, he closed the book in his hand.

"Is your book about the neurological effects of drugs?"

Chris was stunned and looked at the blonde woman opposite.

She pointed to the cover of the book: "This is a German book."

"Yeah...yes. I actually don't know much German, so it's a little difficult to read. There is no English translation of this book in the United States, only the German version."

Chris looked at the blond woman in front of him and said, "Do you know German better?"

"It's not bad. I'm a translator, and I'm good at Chinese and German. I first learned Chinese because I liked Bruce Lee. Later, I learned German again."

"Then, can you help me read these paragraphs?"

"Okay, let me take a look."

Chris handed the book to the other person.

After taking the book and reading it, she said: "This is about investigating drug abuse in the United States. It means that a large number of painkillers are overused in the United States."

At this point, she looked at Chris and said, "Speaking of which, when I was learning Chinese, I learned that in Chinese, the abused drugs we call drugs are all called drugs."

The word "drugs" was spoken in Chinese, so Chris didn't understand what it meant, so he could only repeat it mechanically: "drugs?"

"That's Poison. Look, this paragraph mentions that China's anti-drug measures are the most stringent in the world..."

Afterwards, she translated a few paragraphs for Chris and said, "Well, but are you interested in researching this area? Most people don't read such academic books to learn German, do they?"

"That's right... This book discusses the effects of drugs on the nervous system. I don't quite understand many parts."

After all, Chris is just a professor of geology and has no special experience in medicine or pharmacology.

His son died, and his death made his innocence an eternal mystery.

The wife believed in her son unconditionally and insisted that the other party was blackmailing him.

And he wanted to know whether he had serious hallucinations after smoking a lot of marijuana.

He read a lot of books on this subject, and even bought books written by foreigners. However, even after reading these books, he could not get the answer, and there was no way to know whether his son was really guilty.

"However, in China, do Drug and Poison mean the same thing?"

"Yes. China is the country with the strictest drug control in the world, because about a hundred years ago, they also had such a high drug abuse rate as our country."

"Qing Dynasty? Opium War?" Although he is not a history student, Chris is quite familiar with this well-known modern history.

After a long silence, he said: "Did you mention Bruce Lee just now?"

"Well... My husband and I are fans of Bruce Lee. Although he has passed away for so many years."

Chris remembered that there were also posters of Bruce Lee in his son's room. He did not expect that his son would like the Chinese martial arts star of the last century.

"It is indeed very important for a couple to have common hobbies."

He once thought that he and his wife were soul mates.

But unexpectedly, they could not get together at all in the end.

The words "Only death can separate us" in the wedding vows have become so funny.

"I'm going to Washington, DC to meet him now."

"That's great. Are you from Washington?"

"No, I'm from Atlanta, and he lives in Philadelphia... Our situation is complicated..."

"Do you think... you and your husband are soul mates?"

Chris didn't know why, but suddenly asked such a question.