Chapter 944: Chapter 942 Xiao Mi Suddenly Becomes Ill…
 

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Chu Yunxuan watched Yan Qing’s silent demeanor and lifted her hand to gently pat Yan Qing’s shoulder.

“I know you’ve been working hard recently, and we’re going to start fighting side by side again, so you don’t have to be so angry about me slacking off a little, right?”

Chu Yunxuan was very aware of what made Yan Qing uncomfortable, but she simply enjoyed teasing Yan Qing; it truly made her happy.

After shutting down the computer, Wen Xin left the study and saw Xiao Mi coming up from downstairs. Xiao Mi seemed somewhat surprised to see Wen Xin.

“Why didn’t you go home with your brother-in-law? And…” Xiao Mi looked around as she spoke, noticing that Mr. Jiang’s men, who would normally be in the living room, were nowhere to be seen.

“Where are those people?” Xiao Mi pointed around the living room, looking at the suddenly peaceful space with a bit of unease.

“The foster father took Wen Huai away. It’s getting late; you should rest early too. Prepare yourself, in a few days I’m going back to Independent State for a good shake-up, and of course, I’ll need your help.”

Wen Xin had decided that since the three of them were a family, she wouldn’t give up on any of them. This time, they would definitely fight side by side.

Xiao Mi looked at Wen Xin, nodded faintly, and then smiled gently at her, “I wonder if our return will scare the Old Fox. After all, he’s always scheming about how to call the shots in Independent State.”

“He’s dreaming. This time, let’s shatter his dreams!” Wen Xin gently patted Xiao Mi’s shoulder, speaking softly, “Rest well. Sun Ning said the special medicine will be ready soon, and you’ll be able to get rid of the virus’s trouble before long.”

Seeing Wen Xin, who didn’t know the secret hidden in her own blood, Xiao Mi nodded earnestly, “Then I’ll go rest first. You should also rest early.”

Xiao Mi didn’t reveal the secret about Wen Xin’s body to her and, after taking several serious looks at Wen Xin, turned and went back to her room.

Meanwhile, Wen Xin was preoccupied with other thoughts and didn’t notice Xiao Mi’s gaze.

In the dead of night, shortly after Wen Xin fell asleep, she heard agonizing moans from outside. She bolted up in bed, sat still, and listened to the rustling sounds in the silence outside.

After listening from the bed for a few minutes, Wen Xin got up, walked to the door, and opened the bedroom door to better hear the noise outside.

Standing at the door, Wen Xin maintained her posture as she tried to pinpoint the direction of the pained moaning, ultimately locating it in the direction of Xiao Mi’s room.

Having identified where the noise was coming from, Wen Xin walked to Xiao Mi’s door and gently twisted the doorknob, finding it locked from the inside.

Wen Xin wanted to confirm that the painful moans were coming from Xiao Mi’s room, so she pressed her ear against Xiao Mi’s door. Hearing the clear anguish inside, her brows furrowed tightly. She was now completely sure that the sounds were indeed coming from Xiao Mi.

Wen Xin thought about knocking on the door to ask Xiao Mi what had happened, but the moans were so painful that she knew it would be impossible for Xiao Mi to get up and open the door. She lifted her foot and kicked hard against Xiao Mi’s door…

With a loud crack, the door flew open from Wen Xin’s kick. Xiao Mi, lying on the floor, trembled involuntarily, seemingly not expecting anyone to come in at that moment.

Wen Xin walked over to Xiao Mi, picked her up from the floor, and dragged her to the bed. She placed one hand on Xiao Mi’s wrist to feel her pulse, trying to figure out exactly what was happening to her.

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At this moment, Xiao Mi was drenched in sweat due to the pain in her body. Beads of sweat, rolling down from her forehead, slowly trickled along her cheeks as shallow moans of pain involuntarily escaped her lips.

Wen Xin held her wrist, feeling her pulse. Her brow unconsciously furrowed tightly together, for the pulse was extremely weak, so weak that Wen Xin had to exert great effort to even detect the throb of her heartbeat.

“Is this pain throughout your body caused by a virus?”

Wen Xin couldn’t discern the source of Xiao Mi’s pain. The only possibility that flashed through her mind was that the virus inside Xiao Mi’s body was causing such agony.

By this time, Xiao Mi had regained a bit of consciousness. She looked at Wen Xin and nodded painfully, but she was unable to speak.

Having confirmed the cause of Xiao Mi’s illness, Wen Xin let go of her wrist, stood up, and left Xiao Mi’s room, intending to retrieve some items from her own room.

No sooner had Wen Xin stepped out of Xiao Mi’s room than she saw the butler standing anxiously outside the door, looking quite worried.

“Miss—what… what happened?”

Awoken suddenly from sleep by the noise, the butler had hastily dressed and run upstairs, only to come upon such a scene.

Wen Xin glanced at the butler, who was looking at her anxiously. Her brow furrowed slightly as she hesitated on how best to explain the situation to him.

“I’ll tell you about it later, I have something urgent to attend to right now. Xiao Mi is not in good shape,” Wen Xin said as she bypassed the butler and headed straight for her room.

About a minute later, Wen Xin emerged from her room with a small medicine bottle in one hand and a black cloth bag in the other, hastily entering Xiao Mi’s room.

Just as the butler was about to say something, Wen Xin turned around and looked at him, “Please go back to rest. We don’t need anybody’s help here.”

Unaccustomed to being the center of attention, Wen Xin spoke to the onlookers with a cool tone. Hearing the sternness in her voice, the people quickly dispersed, leaving only the butler, who watched Wen Xin with concern.

By then, Wen Xin no longer had the time to consider who was still outside the door. She quickly walked to Xiao Mi’s side, took out a pill from the medicine bottle and placed it in the palm of her hand. She pinched Xiao Mi’s chin and pushed the pill into Xiao Mi’s mouth.

Watching Xiao Mi swallow the pill, Wen Xin picked up the black cloth bag that had been set aside. Her fingers, fair as scallions, untied the bag’s straps with a gentle flick, revealing a set of silver needles to the eyes of those present.

Wen Xin, with practiced ease, took the silver needles from the bag, sterilized them one by one, and then densely inserted them into Xiao Mi’s body.

Soon, Xiao Mi began to feel the piercing pain in her body gradually fade away, and she drifted into a deep sleep.

Wen Xin could no longer hear Xiao Mi’s pained moans, replaced instead by the steady sound of breathing. Wen Xin could tell that Xiao Mi had been tormented intensively by the pain, hence she had fallen into a deep slumber.

Staying by Xiao Mi’s bedside, Wen Xin waited fifteen minutes before she began to remove the silver needles one by one from Xiao Mi’s body. After arranging the needles, she covered Xiao Mi with a blanket, and then she left Xiao Mi’s room.