The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 1076 - 155: Ruthless Heart (Happy New Year to Everyone)

Chapter 1076: Chapter 155: Ruthless Heart (Happy New Year to Everyone)

One is a famous old imperial physician from the Imperial Hospital, the other is a prodigious young physician, having risen in renown in recent days, yet only around ten years old.

Which one to trust?

Without hesitation, Old Madam Yin chose to believe Imperial Doctor Tan, given that Zhou Man, Bai Shan, and Bai Cheng have had a feud with her family.

Although that old disagreement fizzled out, and recently her grandson appeared to get along with them not too badly, when her grandson’s illness and life were at stake, Old Madam Yin couldn’t help but become more suspicious.

She turned to a servant and ordered, "Drag Daji down and inquire about everything that happened during this period."

Yin Huo couldn’t help but lift his head, crawling two steps forward, "Grandmother, if you have any questions, ask me."

Seeing him repeatedly defy her, Old Madam Yin couldn’t help but angrily command, "Drag him down!"

The servant immediately stepped forward to drag Daji down. Yin Huo stood up abruptly, his rush of anger making him unsteady on his feet, and he bumped into the table behind him. The porcelain bowl on the table shattered to pieces with a snap as it hit the ground.

He fell to the ground and, seeing Daji being dragged away, couldn’t help but start breathing rapidly, his eyes turning bloodshot in an instant. It was always like this, always the same, no one ever listened to what he had to say!

Regardless of who it was, they treated his words as if they were just passing through their ears, never taking them to heart...

"Yin Huo, what are you doing—," Old Madam Yin’s piercing voice rang out.

Daji, who had been dragged to the doorway, lifted his head just in time to see their young master pick up a shard of porcelain from the ground and, without a second thought, slash it towards his own neck...

Daji’s mouth gaped open, and he broke free from the hold of the person dragging him and lunged forward...

Daji collided into Yin Huo and reached to snatch the porcelain shard from his hand, but it was too late. However, the collision caused Yin Huo’s hand to veer off course, not striking his neck but instead his collarbone.

But the blood that seeped out still caused Old Madam Yin’s legs to go weak; she stumbled forward and pressed her hand over the blood on his neck, shouting, "Quick, go get Imperial Doctor Tan, hurry—"

Daji forcefully pried Yin Huo’s hand away, extracting the shard, barely able to hold back the tears, "Young Master, Young Master..."

Old Madam Yin, jolted by his crying, managed to regain her composure and pointed outside, "Go, go and fetch that Zhou Man, isn’t she a miraculous young physician? Hurry—"

Daji wiped the tears off his face, glanced down at Yin Huo, and turned to run out.

Manbao and company had already finished their dinner and were enjoying the moon in the courtyard.

The moon, though slightly waning, was still bright; they found it quite beautiful, so they sat in the courtyard chatting and moon-gazing.

When the courtyard gate was banged upon, the knocking sounded strikingly familiar to them.

Everyone instinctively looked at Manbao.

Manbao hesitated a bit too, "Another horse fall?"

Unable to resist, Bai Shan stood up, "Let’s go see what it is."

They had only reached the second courtyard when Liu Gui led someone in. In the darkness, this person rushed directly to Manbao and cried, "Young Doctor Zhou, please come and see our young master at once."

Manbao was startled to see Daji, and on seeing his bloodied clothing and hands, his face involuntarily shifted colors, "What happened to Yin Huo?"

"Our young master, our young master has attempted suicide..."

All three widened their eyes in shock, and Bai Dalang swallowed hard, stammering, "How, how did this happen?"

Mr. Zhuang was the first to come to his senses, addressing the three, "What are you standing around for? Grab the medicine box, quick."

Bai Shan and Manbao came back to reality, with Bai Shan running towards Manbao’s room, his hands and feet trembling as he reached for things.

Manbao was also very nervous, grabbing Daji and asking, "Where is he hurt?"

Daji couldn’t quite make out the extent of the injury, and could only crudely point towards an area just below the neck, "Here, there was a lot of blood."

Manbao frowned, "What was used to cut? A knife or a sword?"

"A piece of porcelain."

Manbao asked, "Was it clean?"

Longevity was momentarily stunned before shaking his head, "No, it wasn’t. It had been used to store medicine."

Bai Shan had already grabbed the carrying basket and ran over, Bai Erlang also swallowed hard and followed, while Daji had already harnessed the horse carriage and was waiting.

He glanced at the night sky and said, "It’s almost curfew."

Longevity said, "It’s fine. We’re in the same district, and I have my family’s plaque with me. The patrolling officers won’t stop us."

The horse carriage then quickly headed towards the Yin Family’s residence.

Manbao felt somewhat anxious. After all, Yin Huo was the first accident patient she encountered who was also a good friend of hers.

She asked, "Is his injury serious?"

Longevity wiped her tears and said, "The young master exerted a lot of force, the blood just spurted out. It must be serious."

Bai Shan tightly pressed his lips and asked, "He was fine when we parted in the afternoon. How could he have attempted suicide?"

Longevity said, "The young master’s act of switching medications and doctors was discovered by the Old Madam. The Old Madam was about to take me away, and the young master just...couldn’t see a way out..."

Bai Shan felt something was off; this did not seem like the Yin Huo he knew.

Yin Huo might seem frail and prone to crying, but Bai Shan had always thought he was psychologically strong. How could he commit suicide over this?

"What did he say before attempting suicide?"

Longevity hesitated, then shook his head, "He didn’t really say anything," she tried hard to recall, "It seemed like he told the Old Madam to just ask him if she had any questions."

"Was that his last words?" Even Bai Erlang was skeptical, "How could that be?"

Bai Shan, however, sharply asked, "What did your Old Madam say then?"

"The Old Madam didn’t say much either, she just ordered people to take me away."

Bai Shan and Manbao exchanged glances, vaguely understanding the situation.

The two remained silent, not speaking a word. Manbao lowered her head to see Longevity’s hand bleeding and took out some hemostatic medicine from the basket, "You should apply some medicine first."

Longevity silently took it.

Arriving at the Yin’s residence, the three of them leaped off the carriage, carried the basket, and followed Longevity inside quickly in silence.

Imperial Doctor Tan had already arrived before them and was treating Yin Huo’s wound. However, Yin Huo didn’t seem very cooperative, and Old Madam Yin was crying at the bedside, pleading with him.

Seeing Manbao and the other two come in, Old Madam Yin didn’t even bother to settle past scores and immediately got up to let them forward, "You must be Qilang’s friends, please come and persuade him. The child refuses to be treated, how can this be allowed?"

Imperial Doctor Tan also looked towards Bai Shan and the others, his gaze quickly passing over Bai Shan and Bai Erlang before settling on Manbao.

He had always been aware that Yin Huo had sought medical attention from another physician in private. He didn’t know who it was before, but now he finally understood.

He was quite curious about this rising star in the medical field.

However, now was not the time for questions. Imperial Doctor Tan stood up to give her room, saying, "The wound isn’t very big, I’ve applied hemostatic powder, but his bleeding is hard to stop. He needs to be needled, but the young master isn’t very cooperative."

Manbao glanced at the wound and then took out her own needle pouch from the basket, "I’ll do it."

With that said, she took the place where Imperial Doctor Tan had just been sitting, her hands deftly opening Yin Huo’s clothes.

Yin Huo looked at her with his eyes open, Manbao smiled at him and said, "It will be quick, just like the acupuncture you had before. After a sleep, it will almost be healed."