Sweet Rebirth: The Little Healer

Sun Haoran even brought out a bottle of wine, and Zhao Nuanyue took the opportunity to have two glasses. Unable to hold her liquor, she became a bit dizzy, her face flushed red.

Zhao Nuan Yang helped his sister to her room, but Zhao Nuanyue just giggled foolishly, shaking her brother’s arm. ”Nuanyang, you know what? My wish has finally come true. I can finally be with Hua Yusen, openly and officially.”

”I know, Sis. I’ve always known you like Hua Yusen. As long as you’re happy and you think it’s worth it, I’ll support you both,” Zhao Nuan Yang said. ”Even if Hua Yusen never wakes up, as long as you love him and you’re willing, I will still support you.”

Little Red Carp chimed in with a grin from the side. ”Don’t you worry, Brother. Our brother-in-law will wake up. I took a look today, and I estimate he’ll be awake in about three months.”

Though already groggy, Zhao Nuanyue’s muddled mind cleared slightly upon hearing Little Red Carp’s words. She widened her pretty eyes and stared at the girl. ”Little Red Carp, didn’t you say it would take half a year for him to wake up? It’s only been two months, so there should be at least four months left.”

It was true that it was originally supposed to take at least half a year, but Little Red Carp hadn’t expected Hua Yusen’s physical constitution to be so much better than she had imagined.

”It’s actually quite simple. Our brother-in-law has a very strong natural constitution, so he can absorb that Spiritual Power faster. Once all the Spiritual Power is absorbed, he’ll naturally wake up,” Little Red Carp explained seriously. Then she looked at Zhao Nuan Yang. ”So, Brother, don’t you worry. Your sister won’t be a widow, and she certainly won’t have to live like one while he’s still alive.”

”Spiritual Power? What is that? Why didn’t you guys tell me? It seems like you two both knew and kept it a secret just from me?” Zhao Nuan Yang was unhappy. Now that he knew his sister’s and Little Red Carp’s secret, he wanted to share in it with them, not be kept in the dark and left to worry about his sister.

Seeing her brother like this, Zhao Nuanyue comforted him. ”Little Red Carp wasn’t sure before. Now that she is, aren’t we telling you? I gave Hua a shell before, one that Little Red Carp gave us to keep us safe. When he was shot, one of the bullets hit that shell. Because the shell blocked the most critical shot, Hua’s life was no longer in danger. But even though the shell shattered, the Spiritual Power inside it entered his body through the wound. Before we came, his body couldn’t absorb that Spiritual Power. After Little Red Carp arrived, she helped guide and regulate it, and now his body can.”

Zhao Nuan Yang was dumbfounded. He spoke in disbelief, ”My god, that’s incredible! To have so many strange people and bizarre events around me makes life all the more wonderful and rich. Since you and Little Red Carp both say so, I won’t worry anymore. Hua Yusen is a man worth entrusting your life to. As long as he wakes up, he will definitely love you and cherish you.”

”Mhm!” Zhao Nuanyue nodded. She had never doubted that. ”And thank you, Nuanyang, for always supporting and encouraging me.”

”You don’t have to thank me, Sis. You’re my sister, so I’ll support you no matter what you do. No reason needed,” Zhao Nuan Yang replied with sincerity.

After sharing the secret with Zhao Nuan Yang, Zhao Nuanyue started to feel groggy again. Soon, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

In the east of the city, at the Guo family’s home in Shijia Lane, they were gathered at the dinner table, mocking another family.

The Hua family!

”Dad, do you think that Zhao Nuanyue is an idiot? She’s so good-looking, she could easily find a normal man. Even if she couldn’t be a proper wife, being a mistress would be fine, too. She’d live a life of luxury. It’s so much better than wasting her time with a useless man,” Guo Donghai said, completely baffled. It was such a waste of a pretty, delicate beauty like Zhao Nuanyue.

Hearing her brother mention Zhao Nuanyue, Guo Dongmei grew displeased. Ever since her unpleasant falling out with Zhao Nuanyue, which had even made her cough up blood from anger, she desperately wanted to see Zhao Nuanyue live a miserable life.

”A woman like that with no family background, how could she possibly find a good family? As for being a mistress, just look at the current situation. Who would dare to so brazenly defy the political climate!” Guo Dongmei pursed her lips and said irritably. ”We were the ones who broke off the engagement with the Hua family in the first place, and that useless Hua Yusen is especially not worth mentioning. A woman like Zhao Nuanyue is only good enough for a comatose, living dead man.”

Hearing his son and daughter’s words, Mr. Guo chuckled and said, ”The Hua family might not be what it used to be, and it can’t compare to our Guo Family now, but they have deep roots and may have strength we don’t know about. As for Zhao Nuanyue, while I don’t understand her mentality in insisting on marrying Hua Yusen, I do know she is by no means a simple person. Otherwise, that old geezer Gu Qingyu wouldn’t be so invested in her.”

”That’s right, I find it strange too. Besides her beauty, what else is so special about this Zhao Nuanyue?” Guo Donghai said with a nod. ”I’ve already sent people to secretly watch her. We’ll see if we can find any clues from her to use against the Hua family.”

”This time, Brother, you’re going to fall behind me. I already have a full grasp of Zhao Nuanyue’s situation and am getting ready to deal with her,” Guo Dongmei said with a cold smile that didn’t reach her eyes. ”When I went to Nianqiao Village, I was bullied and insulted by Zhao Nuanyue. This time, I will get it all back, with interest.”

Hearing this, a very important question suddenly occurred to Mr. Guo. He asked, ”Dongmei, are you sure Gu Qingyu ingested all of that potion? Based on when you gave him the drug, it’s already been a year and five months. Although Gu Qingyu’s body is weak, he isn’t dead. Don’t you find that strange?”

”Yes, I find it very strange too. But I’m certain that he definitely took the potion. Otherwise, when Gu Qingyu returned to the city last year, he wouldn’t have looked so frail, weak, and at death’s door,” Guo Dongmei insisted. To this day, she still had no doubts.

”But the master said that no matter who it was, anyone who took that potion would be dead within a year and a half. Yet now, a year and a half has passed, and Gu Qingyu is still alive and well. In fact, his body seems to be slowly recovering. Don’t you find that strange?” Mr. Guo was half-convinced, half-skeptical. He believed his daughter wouldn’t lie, but he also didn’t doubt there was a problem with the master’s potion. After all, six months ago, he had personally conducted an experiment, and the sturdy man used as the test subject was already dead.

Guo Donghai thought carefully, then said slowly, ”Could it be that Gu Qingyu found a good doctor who happened to be able to neutralize the poison?”