Chapter 1119 - 1146: Back from the Dead (5)
Chapter 1119: Chapter 1146: Back from the Dead (5)
As he spoke, he rudely reached out and shoved the Great Elder, making the Great Elder stagger. Nianyang quickly caught him steady. Though she was angry, in this situation she could only swallow the insult and said gently,
"Little brother, we came here in all sincerity. Although the old madam did take the medicine prescribed by the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner from our sect, the specific situation still needs further investigation. Perhaps the old madam just has a weaker constitution and produced a resistance reaction that led to loss of function, and she’s not truly dead. A human life is at stake here. Could you please do us a favor and inform your masters?"
The people coming and going around them all stopped, staring with wide, disbelieving eyes.
They hadn’t heard wrong, had they? This girl actually said the old madam wasn’t really dead?
Could death even be faked?
Well now, to be fair, in the history of medicine there truly is such a thing as apparent death. It’s just that everyone thinks that only happens on TV, when in fact there are real cases.
The young servant’s face changed drastically. "I think you’re out of your mind, girl. The old madam passed away yesterday. Her breath and heartbeat were completely gone. How could that possibly be fake?"
Nianyang’s expression didn’t change. "I’m a Doctor. I never say irresponsible things. The specifics require seeing the old madam on site before we can know. In medicine, a patient’s death is divided into apparent death and true death, and they can be distinguished within twenty‑four hours. There isn’t much time left now."
As soon as Nianyang said this, not to mention anyone else, even the faces of the Great Elder and the Second Elder changed. They anxiously tugged at Nianyang and said in unison, "Sect Leader Chu, have you lost your senses? Weren’t we coming over to investigate the process of the old madam taking the medicine? How could you say she’s only apparently dead?"
"The Third Elder already said that old madam is truly dead, beyond any doubt. There’s no way it’s fake."
Nianyang didn’t answer, which only infuriated the two young servants even more.
"You people from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Family really go too far. You killed our old madam and now you say she’s only apparently dead. Get out, right now. If you don’t, we’ll have you thrown out."
"Don’t make big sister leave." At this moment, a tender child’s voice rang out.
Everyone looked over and saw a little boy of about five or six running out from inside. He was dressed in expensive designer children’s clothes, carved like jade, and he ran straight over and wrapped his arms around Nianyang’s thigh.
Nianyang looked down and saw that the little boy’s features were extraordinarily beautiful, bearing a strong resemblance to Shi Nuan. Wasn’t this the same little boy she’d seen not long ago who had accidentally fallen into a sewer by the roadside, whom she’d casually pulled out? She’d remembered him only because he looked a bit like Shi Nuan.
How was this little boy here?
"Oh no, young master." The two young servants’ expressions shifted slightly. "Why did you come out? You know her?"
Others didn’t know, but the two young servants did: this young master was the Leader’s only grandson, a true favored child of heaven whom the entire residence had to dote on.
Today the young master had come with his mother to attend the memorial. On the way here he hadn’t said a word, ignored everyone, and carried himself with the full air of a young lord.
How was he suddenly being so warm to some girl?
The young master clutched Nianyang’s pant leg, lifted his soft, rosy little face, and declared righteously,
"How dare you! This young master’s honored guest, and you still dare to block her? If my big sister says she wants to go in, then she goes in. No one is allowed to stop her!"
Whispers rose all around as everyone speculated who this little young master was, that even the Ouyang Family’s servants were so afraid of him.
Since the young master had spoken, the two young servants didn’t dare say more. They could only first invite Nianyang inside, then go report to their masters.