“Xixi, do you know traditional Chinese medicine?” Lu Peishen looked at the well-behaved girl beside him with some surprise.
Traditional Chinese medicine wasn’t something just anyone could learn.
Ye Xixi gave him the impression of being quiet and reserved—not the type of girl who would study TCM.
Ye Xixi nodded. “My uncle had no talent for it and didn’t like studying it. My grandfather had no choice; he couldn’t find anyone to inherit his knowledge of TCM, so he started training me instead.”
“Originally, I wanted to apply to a TCM university for my college entrance exams, but due to some issues, I fell two points short and ended up choosing media studies.” Back then, her aunt had pressured her to drop out of school.
She refused and secretly went to take the exams.
That was why she panicked during the test and made a mistake on one question.
She missed her chance to attend a TCM university by a hair’s breadth.
Even though she didn’t get in, Ye Xixi never complained.
Media studies was also a major she enjoyed.
In the future, she could work in a media-related field. Once she saved enough money, she planned to take over her grandfather’s traditional medicine clinic.
She could even take on an apprentice to help with consultations.
“So, Uncle Lu, Grandma, if you trust me, may I give it a try?” Ye Xixi didn’t dare to boast about anything else, but when it came to TCM, she was very confident.
Lu Peishen paused for a moment, then glanced at the elderly lady and asked, “Grandma, do you trust Xixi?”
The old lady was taken aback for a few seconds, then lowered her head and touched her completely numb legs.
Truthfully, did it really matter who treated her?
Since Xixi had studied TCM, the old lady didn’t mind letting her give it a try.
“Alright, I trust you, Xixi. How about you help Grandma with the treatment from now on?”
Ye Xixi nodded. “Don’t worry, Grandma, I’ll do my best to heal you.”
The old lady smiled. “It’s alright. Even if you can’t cure me, it’s fine. Grandma is willing to be your test subject.”
After she finished speaking, Sister Chen, who was standing nearby, gently smiled and said, “Madam, perhaps the young mistress can succeed.”
“By the way, the kitchen has prepared dinner. Madam, Young Master, Young Mistress, would you like to take your seats and eat?”
“Alright, let’s eat, let’s eat.” The old lady raised her eyes and looked at Ye Xixi with a warm smile. “Xixi, come sit by Grandma. I’ll eat with you later.”
“You’re pregnant now, so you need to eat more.”
Mentioning the little bean sprout,
Ye Xixi felt a bit shy, her cheeks flushing. “Grandma, alright.”
*
After dinner, everyone chatted at the table for a while longer before Ye Xixi accompanied the old lady to her room to examine her legs.
Since her legs became paralyzed and atrophied, the old lady’s weight had plummeted year by year.
She had lost her former plump, graceful appearance, replaced by a heartbreaking thinness.
If the old lady’s legs weren’t paralyzed, she would probably take Sister Chen to the garden every day to stroll and plant flowers.
Instead of sitting in a wheelchair all day. Thinking of this, Ye Xixi resolved to definitely cure the old lady’s legs.
“Grandma, don’t be afraid.” Ye Xixi bent over and gently massaged the old lady’s wrinkled, severely atrophied legs, saying, “Let me try to identify the cause of your condition.”
“My legs suddenly became paralyzed out of nowhere, without any warning.” The old lady sighed. “It was last year, after I returned from an art exhibition…”
The past was too painful to recall.
She had dressed up beautifully to visit the art exhibition, but after returning, her legs simply wouldn’t support her anymore.
“Grandma, did you meet anyone at the art exhibition?” Ye Xixi frowned, curious.
She had just touched the old lady’s leg and noticed that the tendons and meridians resembled the effects of a poison called ‘Shou Wu Zi’.
This poison is not fatal.
But it gradually causes the loss of walking ability.
Leading to paralysis.
Her grandfather had treated a patient poisoned with ‘Shou Wu Zi’ ten years ago, and the symptoms were exactly the same as the grandmother’s current condition.
The old lady frowned and thought carefully: “It seems not.”
As she finished speaking, Sister Chen, who had a good memory, spoke up: “Old madam, have you forgotten?”
The old lady glanced sideways: “Sister Chen, what is it?”
“When we were at the exhibition, we accidentally bumped into a rather striking woman. She reached out to steady you?” Sister Chen reminded.
That striking woman?
The old lady immediately remembered and said to Ye Xixi: “Xixi, I did run into a young woman. She bumped into me.”
“Is she related to my leg injury?”
Ye Xixi couldn’t guarantee it was definitely related, but she needed to explain to the old lady that her leg condition was caused by poisoning.
“Grandmother, your leg has been poisoned.”
“It’s the ‘Shou Wu Zi’ toxin. Its symptom is causing paralysis and atrophy of your legs,” Ye Xixi said truthfully.
As soon as she finished, Lu Peishen behind her narrowed his eyes: “Xixi, are you sure?”
“Yes, Uncle Lu, I wouldn’t harm Grandmother or make things up,” Ye Xixi immediately turned around, nervously raising her right hand to assure Lu Peishen.
Lu Peishen wasn’t disbelieving her, but he never imagined someone would dare poison the old lady?
He immediately reached out and gently held Ye Xixi’s raised right hand: “Xixi, I believe you.”
“Is there an antidote for this Shou Wu Zi poison?”
Now feeling Uncle Lu’s warm hand holding hers again, Ye Xixi’s ears unconsciously grew hot. She cleared her throat softly and said: “Yes, there is.”
“Fortunately, ten years ago, my grandfather treated a patient poisoned with Shou Wu Zi. I watched and know how to cure it.” Ye Xixi said with a flushed face, trying to withdraw her hand.
Lu Peishen gazed deeply at her, his eyes suddenly becoming extremely soft: “Really? Xixi, if you can save Grandmother, I’ll remember it in my heart.”
He would never forget.
Ye Xixi bit her lip, feeling shy. Why was Uncle Lu looking at her with such soft eyes? It made her heart flutter.
“It can be cured. I’ll go write the medicinal recipe now.”
Ye Xixi softly broke free from Lu Peishen’s broad, firm grasp and turned to find pen and paper to write the medicinal recipe for the old lady.
Lu Peishen glanced at the young girl’s retreating figure before walking to the old lady: “Grandmother, I’ll investigate this poisoning matter.”
The old lady nodded, calming herself: “A’Shen, you’ve brought back a treasure this time.”
“You must treat Xixi well.”
Lu Peishen curved his lips: “Don’t worry, I will.”
Xixi was his precious, delicate wife.
No one would take her away.
“Please rest first. I need to arrange some matters.” After speaking, Lu Peishen took out his phone and went outside to make calls.
He dispatched people to investigate the woman from the art exhibition a year ago.
Meanwhile, Ye Xixi leaned over the desk in the old lady’s bedroom to write the medicinal recipe.
After completing it, she handed it to Sister Chen.
Knowing the old lady could be saved, Sister Chen was overjoyed and repeatedly thanked Ye Xixi before hurriedly going to prepare the medicine.
Not wanting to disturb the old lady’s rest, Ye Xixi quietly lifted her skirt and slipped out.
She had just cautiously walked to the bedroom corridor when she accidentally bumped into Lu Peishen, who had just finished a phone call.
They collided into a full embrace.
Ye Xixi’s soft, delicate frame pressed against Lu Peishen’s sturdy body like a soft sponge. As a member of the Wolf Clan, his sensitivity to a woman’s softness was far keener than that of an ordinary man.
So, before Ye Xixi could pull away, his throat tightened. Gently grasping her shoulders with both hands, he said in a low voice, “Be careful.”
“Ah—Uncle Lu, I didn’t mean to.” Thinking Lu Peishen was scolding her, Ye Xixi immediately apologized in a small voice.
Lu Peishen coughed lightly. “I’m not blaming you. I’m worried about you.”
“Are you afraid of me?”
She wasn’t afraid of him—it was just… she felt shy whenever she touched him.
Her ears tinged red as she suppressed the fluttering in her heart. Tilting her face up to meet his deep, intense dark eyes, she bit her lip and whispered, “No, I’m not.”
“It seems like you are.” A faint smile curled at the corner of Lu Peishen’s lips as he teased her deliberately. “Xixi, am I a wolf?”
【Although, he really was.】
Ye Xixi blinked her big eyes. “Huh? Uncle Lu, you’re not a wolf.”
“Then don’t be so afraid of me.” Lu Peishen’s breath tightened, his hands still firmly gripping the young girl’s shoulders, showing no intention of letting her go.
This made the girl nestled in his sandalwood-scented embrace feel as though the tips of her ears were on fire.
They burned fiercely.
“Okay.” Ye Xixi bit her lip, trying her best not to let herself grow dizzy from the intense scent of his pheromones.
Oh no, Uncle Lu really smelled so good.
It wasn’t the fragrance of cologne.
It was the scent of his masculine pheromones.
It easily made girls like her feel lightheaded and disoriented.
“Then tonight, you won’t refuse to share a room with me, will you? We’re newlyweds now.” Lu Peishen lowered his head, his magnetic sense voice drifting down slowly.
Like a leaf suddenly brushing against the tip of Ye Xixi’s heart.
The tingling sensation nearly made her explode.
Help, was Uncle Lu going to share a bed with her tonight?
“Xixi?” Not hearing a response, Lu Peishen called her name softly again.
Snapping back to reality, her ears burning as if boiled, Ye Xixi hastily replied in a fluster, “Okay, alright.”
“So obedient.” Lu Peishen smiled, his eyes momentarily glowing with the Wolf Clan’s fiery blue in the dim light.
Starting tonight, he wouldn’t hold back.
He would slowly begin to charm his pregnant wife.