Volume 3, Chapter 178 – Terminally Ill

No matter how thoroughly Lu Zhuxin planned, she absolutely couldn’t have anticipated this scene.

With Lu Zhuxin’s deliberate misdirection, Chi Xiyan had taken an incorrect diagnosis and gave the wrong treatment, yet had actually managed to save this old woman.

This wasn’t right! There was definitely something wrong here!

This had to be a cheat!

Even a fluke couldn’t be this ridiculous, right?

Could it be… this was the fortune of a Heaven-Mandated Female Lead?

Lu Zhuxin felt like cursing.

In some novels, the protagonist’s luck was practically no different from cheating.

When she used to read those power fantasy novels and the protagonist pulled off extreme counter-kills with heaven-defying luck, she would feel satisfied.

But now, when Chi Xiyan, this Heaven-Mandated Female Lead, used heaven-defying luck to save this old woman, Lu Zhuxin only felt as uncomfortable as if she’d eaten shit.

And right now, Lu Zhuxin was facing the biggest problem before conquering Chi Xiyan.

“You… who are you?” The old woman’s cloudy gaze swept over Chi Xiyan and Lu Zhuxin.

She lifted her head, trying hard to see the appearances of the people before her clearly.

This old woman had problems with her eyes.

This might be a point she could exploit.

Lu Zhuxin suddenly realized this. She immediately stepped forward.

“Mother…” Lu Zhuxin reached out and grasped the old woman’s hand. “It’s me! I’m your daughter! Have you forgotten?”

“My… daughter?!” The old woman looked in confusion at this woman before her whose face she couldn’t see clearly.

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The voice… was very young, but also very unfamiliar.

The old woman furrowed her brow. She felt a dull pain in her head, and her consciousness was also in chaos.

She didn’t remember having such a daughter…

“Are you really… my daughter?” the old woman asked uncertainly.

“Mother… don’t you remember me?!” Lu Zhuxin quickly said, “It’s me! I’m your daughter!”

She applied a trace of gentle force with her hand.

Damn it… if she really knew illusion techniques, she could use illusions to temporarily deceive this old woman’s senses.

Unfortunately, Lu Zhuxin didn’t know how, so now she could only leave it to fate.

No… she still had a chance.

Lu Zhuxin gently wiped her tears, her voice carrying a sob. “Mother… we successfully escaped!”

“This isn’t that hellish place anymore. We’re in Beihe Commandery now!”

“Can’t you remember, Mother?!”

Lu Zhuxin still remembered that this old woman was a prisoner.

Although Huang Huying hadn’t told her what crimes this old woman had committed specifically, Lu Zhuxin knew she had caused her own children’s families to fall apart, and had finally become seriously ill in a cage, approaching death.

Huang Huying hadn’t spent much effort fishing out this terminally ill old woman. Those jailers simply didn’t care about the life or death of such a terminally ill old woman.

Moreover, to prevent this old woman’s identity from being exposed, Huang Huying had specifically set his target selection in other places. So this old woman wasn’t from Beihe Commandery either!

Thinking of this, Lu Zhuxin’s small hand gripped the old woman tightly.

“Mother… you don’t need to be afraid anymore. No one will beat you now, and no one will hurt you anymore… Wake up from that nightmare!”

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“Mother!”

The old woman was embraced by Lu Zhuxin, her mind still somewhat dazed. However, she had heard the content of Lu Zhuxin’s words.

“Hell…” The old woman’s mind began to slowly turn. That fear etched deep into her bones slowly revived in her memory.

The old woman’s body began to tremble lightly. “Did I… really escape that hell?”

Success!

Lu Zhuxin barely breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally pulled the old woman’s attention away from her identity.

She continued, “Yes! Mother, we escaped… In Beihe Commandery, no one will catch us and take us back…”

“Really… daughter…” The old woman’s tears flowed as she also embraced Lu Zhuxin and cried, “Daughter… I thought I’d never get out… I thought I would die in that cursed place…”

“No, Mother! I’m still here!” Lu Zhuxin gently patted the old woman’s back.

At this moment, although Lu Zhuxin kept comforting the old woman, her attention was actually always on Chi Xiyan.

For Lu Zhuxin, what was most important now wasn’t this old woman, but how to get past Chi Xiyan.

Lu Zhuxin noticed that Chi Xiyan seemed to have furrowed her brow and stepped back.

Chi Xiyan… had she discovered something?

Was this action right now because she was suspicious of something?

Tch …

At this thought, Lu Zhuxin felt somewhat irritated. She hated these unexpected situations.

Chi Xiyan furrowed her brow, looking at this mother and daughter crying in each other’s arms before her.

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She felt like her presence here was somewhat superfluous.

Moreover, she really hated these crying scenes.

In her brief medical practice experience, she had already witnessed too many such scenes.

More than this, what she cared about was some information revealed in their earlier conversation.

This mother and daughter were refugees?

What exactly had they encountered in Nanhe Commandery to make this old woman so terrified?

The traces of torture and beatings found on the old woman now probably came from this as well.

Chi Xiyan thought.

Besides this, there was one more point that made Chi Xiyan feel strange.

“That old woman’s condition… seems somewhat wrong…”

Chi Xiyan furrowed her brow slightly.

Earlier, obvious adverse reactions from medicine overdose had already appeared in the old woman. Even if Chi Xiyan’s medicine dosage hadn’t been wrong, she couldn’t possibly have cured this old woman so quickly.

Chi Xiyan hesitated.

She knitted her brow and looked at the old woman before her.

That sharp gaze seemed to want to see through the old woman completely.

The old woman’s originally dark complexion now appeared very ruddy, her face glowing with health and vigor.

This wasn’t right! This condition wasn’t right!

This wasn’t the state a normal patient should have after being cured.

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After discovering this point, a chill suddenly rose behind Chi Xiyan’s back.

“Zhizhi…” Chi Xiyan opened her mouth with difficulty, but didn’t know what to say.

“Mm…” Lu Zhuxin gently bit her lower lip. She noticed the abnormality on Chi Xiyan’s face and also noticed the change in Chi Xiyan’s expression.

No way… was a Heaven-Mandated Female Lead’s perception this ridiculous?

Lu Zhuxin felt she hadn’t revealed any particularly big flaws, yet Chi Xiyan could still catch the clues.

This wasn’t right!

“Haa…” Lu Zhuxin let out a soft breath.

“Sister Chi… is there something you want to tell me?”

“…” Chi Xiyan looked at Yu Lizhi, silent, hesitation in her eyes.

Yu Lizhi cared so much about her mother, right? Then telling her this truth might be too cruel.

But… as a physician, she should have an obligation to tell the family the patient’s true condition.

Moreover, this also meant Chi Xiyan had to admit her failure.

The promise she’d made earlier might not be achievable.

“Zhizhi, I have a question I need to ask your mother…”

Chi Xiyan looked at the old woman, her expression gradually becoming serious. “Excuse me, ma’am, do you know what this young lady before you is called?”

Lu Zhuxin: “…??”

No way, girl!