Chapter 316: There Is a Problem with the Birth Chart

"At first, it was just a fever. Antipyretics could keep it down," the woman explained. "But then the fevers became more frequent. Whenever she burned up, she'd start talking nonsense, and the medicine stopped working."

"What kind of nonsense did she usually say?" Yang Xun asked.

The woman hesitated, as if recalling details that made her skin crawl. "She said... there were a lot of people on her bed. Adults and children. They were all staring at her.

"She also said they were so cold, in so much pain, and they were begging her for help...

"We've taken her to psychiatrists and had brain scans done. Every doctor says she's perfectly fine, but the delirious rambling hasn't stopped."

Yang Xun turned to look at Zhao Linglong, who was standing by the door. Her face was even paler than when she had first walked in. She slightly clenched her fists, her gaze fixed on the tiny figure on the bed. Her lips parted as if she wanted to say something, but she swallowed the words back down.