Jiang Yao was somewhat surprised to see Shen Yuanwu, not expecting her to be here as well.
Hadn’t Shen Yuanwu also been present at the scene in her previous life?
So even Shen Yuanwu couldn’t save the Sun family’s child back then?
In her past life, she had indeed heard that this child didn’t make it.
But she hadn’t been present at the scene, so naturally she didn’t know the specific details of what happened.
Since she failed to save the Sun family’s child, why did Divine Doctor Xue take Shen Yuanwu as his disciple back then?
Jiang Yao didn’t have time to ponder this further and first lowered her head to look at the Sun family’s child.
Shen Yuanwu had already walked up to the two women from the Sun family. She reached out to check the child’s pulse, frowning as she asked,
“What happened to the child?”
The surrounding crowd also recognized Shen Yuanwu.
“Isn’t that Miss Shen?”
“It’s Miss Shen! Miss Shen knows the Qihuang Arts, so this child might be saved, right?”
“Not necessarily. Look how blue the child’s face is, and his body has gone completely limp like this…”
“Ah, what exactly happened to this child? Is he sick? Or did some accident occur? It’s truly heartbreaking to see.”
“Miss Shen seems quite skilled. She should be able to save the child, right? She must save this child.”
Hearing the discussions around them, the Sun family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law wept even more bitterly.
The Sun family’s elderly lady cried, “After lunch, the maid took the child for his nap, but the maid fell asleep herself. Xuan Ge’er secretly ate two fruits from the table. Th…then he must have choked. Xuan Ge’er’s mother found him collapsed on the floor when she went over. We immediately carried Xuan Ge’er out to seek medical help. We just don’t know how long Xuan Ge’er had been choking. When we woke that maid, she was crying uncontrollably too, and we still don’t know exactly when Xuan Ge’er ate the fruits…”
The Sun family’s elderly lady truly wished she could kill that maid.
She and her daughter-in-law usually took care of Xuan Ge’er themselves.
But today, both of them had some matters to attend to, and by the time they went to check on Xuan Ge’er, this had already happened.
After finishing her crying, the elderly lady looked at Shen Yuanwu with desperate hope in her eyes.
“Miss Shen, how…how is my Xuan Ge’er? Will he be fine if we just remove the stuck fruit?”
But even as she asked, the elderly lady herself held little hope. Throughout the journey, Xuan Ge’er hadn’t struggled at all, his body had become so limp it was hard to hold him properly.
What this meant, how could she not know? She was merely hoping for a miracle from heaven, praying that her grandson could survive.
After listening, Shen Yuanwu’s frown deepened further.
Having checked Xuan Ge’er’s pulse, she found there was no pulse at all.
Shen Yuanwu shook her head, “I’m sorry, the child has no pulse anymore. But I’ll still try.”
After speaking, Shen Yuanwu wrapped her arms around the child from behind, making a fist with her right hand and pressing it against a spot two fingers above the child’s navel. She covered her right fist with her left hand and began pressing on the child’s abdomen.
Watching Shen Yuanwu’s procedure, Jiang Yao thought this method could indeed be very effective for objects stuck in the throat.
This was abdominal compression, rapidly increasing the air pressure within the abdominal cavity. This pressure could help expel the foreign object from the windpipe.
It was quite a novel first aid method for choking.
Others watching Shen Yuanwu’s actions were also astonished.
“What is Miss Shen doing?”
“It looks like she’s trying to save the Sun family’s child, but how will this help?”
“I don’t know. And didn’t Miss Shen just say this child has stopped breathing?”
“Ah, poor child. That maid is truly detestable, going off to sleep while supposed to be caring for her young master.”
Amidst the surrounding discussions, Shen Yuanwu’s hands never ceased their movements.
When the Sun family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law heard Shen Yuanwu declare that Xuan Ge’er had stopped breathing, they collapsed to the ground. Now, seeing Shen Yuanwu still continuing resuscitation efforts, they couldn’t help but cling to a sliver of hope.
After several more rounds of chest compressions, Shen Yuanwu finally gave up.
She shook her head and said regretfully to the two women, “Madam Sun, I’m very sorry. Xuan Ge’er has stopped breathing. Please… please accept my condolences…”
The surrounding crowd also showed expressions of pity.
“Ah, still no success?”
“Poor child.”
“Isn’t this the Sun family’s only child?”
The two Sun women finally broke into loud sobs.
Shen Yuanwu appeared sympathetic as she came over and patted Old Madam Sun’s back. “Madam, you must take care of yourself. Such extreme rage and grief attacking your heart – you should really get some medicinal herbs prepared later.”
Old Madam Sun nodded, wanting to express thanks, but she was trembling so violently she couldn’t utter a single word.
Regardless, Miss Shen had tried her best to save Xuan Ge’er.
Miss Shen was a good girl – it was her Xuan’er who had been too unfortunate.
“Who says the child has stopped breathing? The child still has one last breath left. He can still be saved.”
A gentle, soft voice suddenly emerged from the crowd.
These words startled everyone, and all turned to look at the speaker, discovering a woman with snow-white skin and features lovelier than lotus blossoms.
Someone recognized this young woman dressed in married attire.
“Isn’t that Jiang Yao? Wife of Zhuangyuan Lang, Lord Pei.”
“Oh, the biological daughter of the Princess Protector of the Nation?”
“Yes, that’s her. What did she just say? That Xuan Ge’er is still breathing? That he can still be saved? But Miss Shen said Xuan Ge’er had already stopped breathing. After all that resuscitation, Xuan Ge’er showed no response.”
“Is she just seeking attention? Does she even know Qihuang Arts? Could it be that she’s jealous of Miss Shen taking the spotlight and deliberately saying this to upstage her?”
“Does she hold some resentment toward Miss Shen?”
“She must bear resentment. Who wouldn’t? Originally, the Commandery Princess title should have been hers…”
“Perhaps because the Commandery Princess identity was taken, Jiang Yao began to resent Miss Shen? Now that Miss Shen says Xuan Ge’er has no breath, she deliberately wants to contradict her?”
“Even if she wants to oppose her, she shouldn’t do it like this. Xuan Ge’er has already stopped breathing, yet she insists he’s still breathing. It looks like she even plans to disturb Xuan Ge’er’s remains – this is just twisting the knife in the Sun family’s hearts! This is really going too far.”
The speaker was naturally Jiang Yao.
She wasn’t mistaken – Xuan Ge’er truly had one last breath remaining.
She had lived an additional lifetime in another world, where she became a world-renowned Medical Cultivator.
That world was one where cultivation was possible, though she lacked spiritual roots and couldn’t practice cultivation.
But she possessed innate Medical Bone, becoming a Medical Cultivator.
The Medical Bone could be considered her spiritual root.
Without spiritual roots, she only had this Medical Bone, making her most suited to study medicine. She studied diligently and became a Medical Cultivator.
Her medical skills were beyond doubt.
Just with her naked eye, she could discern whether that final breath remained.
Xuan Ge’er indeed still had one last breath. If the foreign object in his throat wasn’t removed quickly, Xuan Ge’er would certainly die.
As Jiang Yao spoke, she had already approached Xuan Ge’er and crouched down, intending to first clear the foreign object from the child’s windpipe.
Shen Yuanwu looked up upon hearing the voice and discovered it was Jiang Yao.
She frowned, “Sister, what are you doing? Even if you have some grievances against me, you shouldn’t deliberately torment Xuan Ge’er’s body just to target me. He’s already pitiful enough, and the Sun family has suffered enough. What you’re doing is just rubbing salt in their wounds.”
She actually hoped Jiang Yao would make a big show of fussing over the body, only to ultimately discover Xuan Ge’er was truly gone. This would make everyone resent Jiang Yao even more.
It might also help fade some of the negative reputation she had gained from that incident at Dingguo Duke Manor.
Jiang Yao said calmly, “Whatever happened between you and my husband at Dingguo Duke Manor can wait. Right now I’m just trying to save a life. And since your medical skills are inadequate, you shouldn’t casually diagnose people. Your actions could get someone killed.”