Fu Ya's heart sank. It was indeed sepsis, a serious infectious disease that could be life-threatening if not treated promptly.

She immediately pressed, "Has the treatment begun?"

Xu Jingjing sighed: "That's the problem. We don't have penicillin G, so we gave her gentamicin. Three hours have passed, and there's no sign of improvement."

Upon hearing the news, Liu Laidi burst into tears. She choked out, "It's all my fault for not listening to Dr. Fu yesterday. If I had listened to Dr. Fu, she wouldn't be in such a serious condition."

Actually, she wasn't heartbroken for the child, but rather afraid. She was afraid that if something happened to Wang Pan'er, her husband would definitely be affected, and he would blame her and send her back to the countryside.

Fu Ya didn't want to talk to her, so she turned to look at Wang Pan'er, touched her, and felt that her body temperature was still a little low. But she had no other choice but to pray that she could pull through.

When Fu Ya got off work that evening, she went to check on Wang Pan'er, but seeing that she was still asleep, she left helplessly.

She first went to Qing Xuanzi's courtyard to see her daughter, and talked to Qing Xuanzi about Wang Pan'er's illness. She then talked about the things that happened after she fainted at her doorstep. Finally, she said worriedly, "I'm worried that if anything happens to Wang Pan'er, that crazy woman Liu Laidi will hold me hostage."

Qing Xuanzi gave her a pill and said, "This pill will melt in your mouth. She will get better after swallowing it, but don't let anyone know."

Fu Ya now trusts Qing Xuanzi almost as much as Rong Lianhu, so she doesn't doubt his words at all.

He put away the pills, said goodbye to Rong Jiaojiao, and took the braised rabbit meat that Qing Xuanzi had made home.

The next day, she went to the hospital early as usual. Seeing that Wang Pan'er was still unconscious, she pretended to check her temperature and put the pill in her mouth.

Wang Pan'er's lips moved slightly, as if she felt the foreign object in her mouth, but she quickly fell asleep again.

Fu Ya didn't go to see Wang Pan'er again at noon. It wasn't until she was about to leave work that she went to check on her and was surprised to find that Wang Pan'er had already woken up.

When Wang Pan'er woke up, she was in a daze and it took her a long time to answer when others asked her questions.

When she saw Fu Ya come in, Wang Pan'er's eyes lit up. She moved her lips, and the word "Mom" was on the tip of her tongue, but she swallowed it back down.

Tears streamed down her face, and it took Fu Ya a while to comfort her before her emotions gradually calmed down.

The first thing he said was to express his gratitude: "Auntie, thank you for saving me."

Fu Ya felt that Wang Pan'er gave off an inexplicable sense of vicissitude, which was particularly incongruous.

She looked closely at Wang Pan'er's face and saw that the three chickenpox marks on the tail of her eyebrow were still there, and the position had not changed. She then looked at her wrist and saw a two-centimeter-long bluish-black tooth-shaped wound.

She then exclaimed, "No need to thank me. You're just a kid. Don't think too much. Taking good care of your health is the most important thing."

Wang Pan'er wanted to cry again. During her coma, she had a dream in which she was sick just like this time, and Fu Ya saved them and herself.

After being discharged from the hospital, she listened to her mother's instigation, saying that she got sick because Fu Ya cursed her, causing the family to spend a lot of money and almost losing her life.

In the dream, I was both stupid and vicious, and I listened to my mother's slander and tried to kill the Rong family's precious daughter time and time again.

However, her daughter is exceptionally clever and has never harmed her.

Later, he jumped into the water himself and tricked Rong Zhigao into saving him.

Then her mother became fixated on her, insisting that Rong Zhigao marry her. Rong Zhigao had no choice but to marry her.

During the Cultural Revolution, her mother somehow obtained a radio that could receive foreign channels and had her bring it to Rong's house, whereupon she reported them as spies.

The entire Rong family lost their jobs, and her mother forced her to divorce Rong Zhigao. She listened and was then sold by her mother to an old man, where she worked like a slave for the rest of her life.

Although she felt it was a dream, it felt very real. Now, she wanted to verify something.

She said, "Auntie, although I can't open my eyes, my mind is awake."

"I know it was you who gave me the pills that made me better, but don't worry, if you don't want anyone to know, I promise I will never tell anyone."

Fu Ya looked at Wang Pan'er in surprise: "You knew it was me who fed her?"

A storm raged within Wang Pan'er's heart; she was now certain that the dream she had would definitely come true in the future.

But she couldn't remember anything useful; she only remembered how she did bad things and how she met a tragic end.

Did Heaven take pity on me and let me dream about it in advance so that I could avoid the calamity?

She shook her head, thinking it was unlikely. The most likely explanation was that Heaven didn't want the Rong family to be framed by her and end up losing their jobs and being demoted, so it let her dream about it in advance to prevent her from doing something foolish that would harm herself and others.

Thinking too much made her feel drowsy again. Seeing that she was not feeling well, Fu Ya got up and told her to rest before leaving.

The next day, Wang Pan'er felt better, so Liu Laidi asked to be discharged from the hospital. Wang Pan'er knew that she was already better and that she would be fine going home, so she didn't cry or make a fuss and went home with Liu Laidi.

When Liu Laidi and the others returned to the family compound, they ran into Xiang Lan. Seeing that Liu Laidi had brought the weak Wang Pan'er back so quickly, Xiang Lan was very angry.

Xiang Lan is a strong woman. In her mind, girls are never inferior to boys, so she can't stand seeing others belittle girls.

But she knew she couldn't reason with this woman, so she decided to wait for her husband to come back and have a serious talk with him.

In the courtyard at No. 7 Sanli Lane, Qing Xuanzi took out a sketchbook he had finished drawing, which contained pictures of various plants.

He pointed to the things Rong Jiaojiao had seen before and taught her: "This is cabbage, this is eggplant, this is cucumber..."

The little girl repeated after her, her words unclear: "Vegetables...vegetables, seeds...melon..."

After teaching him patiently many times, Qing Xuanzi took out a large cabbage, patted it, and said, "This is a large cabbage."

The little girl then took out a large cabbage, patted it haphazardly with her two little hands, giggling as she did so, revealing her two pairs of small front teeth, with drool constantly dripping down her face.

Qing Xuanzi wiped away her drool and patted the cabbage, saying, "Put it away."

Then she put the cabbage into her sleeve and looked at Qing Xuanzi, then at her subordinates. The cabbage was still there.

Seeing her like this, Qing Xuanzi took out the cabbage again and said to her, "Take it out."

Seeing that the little girl was still looking at him with confusion, Qing Xuanzi repeatedly put the cabbage away and took it out, determined to make Rong Jiaojiao understand the meaning of the words "put away" and "take out" in the shortest possible time.

Qing Xuanzi patiently repeated the actions, demonstrating and explaining at the same time: "This is putting it away, and this is taking it out."