“Uncle Jun, please let me take a look at your pulse.”
Su Mu checked Jun Hao’s pulse. Sure enough, the toxins of Luohua leaf were present within his body. Through long-term consumption, even if the potency of the Luohua leaf had been weakened, Jun Hao’s physical constitution was nearly ruined.
“How is it?” Cheng Yun asked anxiously.
Over the years, their visits to hospitals for examinations had yielded no concrete results. The test results repeatedly showed the same thing, yet after treatment, the situation barely improved.
“Auntie Cheng, all I can say is that when you were able to conceive Xuanxuan two years ago, it was entirely due to one-in-a-million luck.”
Moving forward, Jun Hao would very likely never be able to have another child.
Hearing Su Mu speak so plainly, Cheng Yun looked at her son—who closely resembled her husband—and suddenly broke down into quiet sobs.
“Auntie Cheng, it’s not completely impossible in the future either. Since you were able to have Xuanxuan, as long as his body is carefully nursed back to health, there’s still a chance.”
Su Mu took out a pen, drew a plant on a sheet of paper, and handed it to Cheng Yun.
“Auntie Cheng, take a picture of this plant and ask a few veteran Chinese medicine doctors if they have it. Occasionally steeping a bit of it for Uncle Jun to drink might prove effective.”
Su Mu didn’t know if this particular medicinal herb existed in this world, but since Luohua leaf existed here, all things in nature counteracted one another—there ought to be a herb that countered this substance as well.
“Mumu, you even know how to practice medicine?” A look of marvel flitted across Jun Ru’s eyes.
Su Mu smiled and shook her head. “Auntie Jun, you joke. I only know a tiny bit.”
“Why is this girl being so modest? Come, take a look at Auntie Jun.”
Su Mu’s skill was far beyond “knowing a tiny bit,” so Jun Ru nervously extended her arm forward.
The reason she had taken the time to come over today was that after hearing Cheng Yun talk about the situation, she worried whether her own body had also been targeted with some strange substance.
She hadn’t been able to have a child for many years either, and she wondered if she had also been poisoned with something like this.
After Su Mu carefully checked her pulse, she found no issues, except…
“Auntie Jun, your body is very healthy, but…”
“But what?”
Jun Ru’s expression grew uneasy, but Su Mu merely let out a soft laugh.
“But from what I can see, Auntie Jun, good news seems to be approaching. You can go to the hospital for a blood test, or just use a testing strip to check first, since I can’t be entirely certain either.”
“Are you saying I…”
Jun Ru gasped, covering her mouth as her eyes filled with overwhelming joy and disbelief.
Over the years, she had chugged down so much medicine, yet there had never been the slightest reaction.
Even so, she still used a test strip to check almost every single month. Yet this month, her period had ended less than half a month ago.
“It’s been less than ten days, so the pulse reading might not be completely accurate. However, a test strip should be able to pick it up by now. Even if it doesn’t, as long as Auntie Jun keeps a relaxed mind, a child will come very soon.”
Even though Su Mu was certain, she couldn’t state it with absolute finality.
Beside herself with excitement, Jun Ru was about to rush home right then and there, but Cheng Yun held her down firmly.
“Look at how anxious you are! I’ll have the family doctor come over to check you right now.”
Cheng Yun pulled out her phone and dialed the family doctor’s number. Unable to sit still at all, Jun Ru hurriedly added, “Remember to tell him to bring some test strips for me!”
The family doctor arrived in less than half an hour. During that time, Jun Ru had already downed quite a bit of water.
Leaving Jun Hao alone in the living room, the four of them went upstairs and waited outside the bathroom for Jun Ru.
A moment later, Jun Ru stepped out of the bathroom with slightly flushed cheeks, holding more than a dozen test strips in her hands.
Cheng Yun hurriedly took the test strips, and Su Mu leaned in to look alongside her.
A small fraction of the strips showed only a single line, while the majority displayed two lines—with the second line being extremely, faint.
“Yun, I… I…”
Jun Ru was so excited she was at a loss for words. She had only come today hoping to see if there were any issues with her health, never expecting to be met with such a massive surprise.
“Don’t get too excited just yet. Let the doctor draw your blood and test it first.”
Cheng Yun held her hand over her chest. These test strips had actually already confirmed the result, but to avoid getting her hopes up for nothing, it was still best to test her blood.
With a heart bursting with excitement, Jun Ru had her blood drawn and waited anxiously for the family doctor’s lab results.
However, as there was no testing equipment present here, they could only wait for the doctor to return to the hospital before receiving the results.
“Rest assured, the results will be out in an hour at the slowest.”
Cheng Yun was at her side, attentively comforting Jun Ru, while Su Mu went into the study with Jun Hao to discuss their collaboration.
By the time the two of them emerged, three hours had passed. Cheng Yun was preparing lunch with a warm smile on her face, while Jun Pan looked after Xuanxuan.
Jun Ru sat on the sofa, her hand caressing her abdomen as a look of deep satisfaction radiated across her smiling face.
Needless to say, the outcome had naturally been a joyous one.
“This girl has been longing for a child for such a long time.”
Jun Hao shook his head, though his tone was brimming with delight.
His younger sister had been heartbroken over not being able to have a child for so long; now that she finally had one of her own, how could she not be overjoyed?
“Speaking of which, you truly are the lucky star of our Jun family.”
Jun Hao sighed with deep emotion, and Jun Ru chimed in with a beaming smile.
“Isn’t that right?! I even plan on having the child recognize her as a godmother once he’s born! Mumu, what do you think?”
Su Mu: “…That sounds great…”
Being a godmother probably just meant buying more delicious food, drinks, and fun toys…
That was about all there was to it, right?
“Then it’s a deal!”
The smile on Jun Ru’s face never faded for a second—it was obvious just how ecstatic she was.
After sharing a simple, casual meal, Su Mu did not linger any longer. Jun Pan was ushered out by Cheng Yun to see her off.
“Sister Su, I heard my dad say that the other day, you kicked open a van door with a single blow…”
Jun Pan stole a cautious glance at Su Mu, finding it hard to imagine where such immense power could come from within such a small frame.
“Yes. Would you like to see it…?”
Su Mu fixed a faintly eerie stare upon Jun Pan.
Jun Pan: “…”
“N-No thanks…”
Jun Pan shrank back slightly—her own small frame probably wouldn’t even survive half a kick.
“If you ever want to beat someone up next time, I guarantee a win.”
Su Mu raised her hand and hoisted Jun Pan directly in front of herself, stating her assurance with total confidence.
Lifted effortlessly like a tiny chick, Jun Pan: “…”
“By the way, there’s a reality TV show coming up soon—a live Truth-or-Dare broadcast. Sister Su, are you interested in it?”
Su Mu: “???”
“Are you a celebrity?”
Was it the same show as Bai Xiu’s?
However, her own participation would purely be a one-time guest appearance for fun—after all, given her status, the business world was entirely different from the entertainment industry.
Yet Jun Pan’s background was even more prominent than her own; why on earth would she run off to become a celebrity?
She didn’t seem to have heard anything about it before.
“Well, I just suddenly took an interest in it and decided to jump in to play around. I only signed with an entertainment agency not long ago.”
For some reason, Jun Pan felt oddly intimidated whenever she faced Su Mu.
She had no interest in corporate affairs and only wanted to do what she enjoyed, aside from being a privileged slacker.
“Which agency did you sign with?”
The Jun family didn’t seem to have any investments in the domestic entertainment industry.
“Universal Movies & Media.”
Yu Hui’s family company—what a coincidence.
“A friend recommended this agency to me, so I joined to play around. Nobody else knows my true identity, which makes it feel pretty exciting. That specific episode of the reality show happens to require each participant to bring a non-celebrity partner. Sister Su, do you want to join me?”
Truth-or-Dare didn’t sound simple at all. Sister Su’s martial skills ought to be quite extraordinary—at the very least, that group of weakling rich boys she knew certainly couldn’t kick open a van door…
Carrying her along for an easy win would be the absolute best outcome.