The apprentice took a deep breath and said tremblingly:

“Master, in the past year or two, we have been reducing the dosage of the medicine to two-thirds when we prescribe it, in order to prolong the course of the disease for patients.”

This... has already made me very uneasy.

However, the dosage of the recent prescriptions has been reduced to half of the normal dosage!

...Master, if this continues, I'm afraid your reputation will be ruined!

After all, some illnesses are quite urgent!

A halved prescription dosage might not be enough to cure the disease, and could even be fatal.

Feng Engui shook his head dismissively and said, "Birth, aging, sickness, and death—how can we control those?"

Seeing that he didn't respond at all, the apprentice could only sigh and walk out.

That evening, Xia Tianxiu carried the bowl of bitter medicine and, after much coaxing and persuasion, finally managed to coax Su Yin into eating it.

Then, they stuffed a piece of sweet maltose into his mouth.

Unexpectedly, Su Yin didn't even finish chewing the piece of maltose before her head lolled to the side and she fell asleep on the bed.

Xia Tianxiu helped Su Yin take off his shoes and wrung out a towel to wipe his face, but Su Yin still didn't wake up.

Xia Tianxiu had some doubts, but she still felt that the doctor's medicine was indeed effective.

Perhaps, it is in his sleep that he is trying to repair his burned-out brain.

With that thought in mind, she returned to her room.

Her room in the Qi family courtyard was a large bedroom at the far west end.

She and Su Yin were deliberately placed in the two rooms in the corner of the Qi family compound furthest away from Qi Yaqin.

As soon as Xia Tianxiu returned to her room, Qi Yasheng knocked on the door: "Yue'er, why don't you go see your mother?"

Qi Yaqin has been taken home from the hospital and is now resting at home.

I said I was resting quietly, but mainly I felt it was too embarrassing to go out.

Xia Tianxiu shook her head: "Since Mom needs to rest, and I know she'll get angry if she sees me, which will affect her recovery, so... it's better if I don't bother her."

Qi Yasheng sighed, "Yue'er, I know you've suffered a lot. But your mother isn't a bad person; she's just a bit short-tempered. When I went to see her tonight, she asked me about you!"

Xia Tianxiu suddenly looked up: "Uncle, did you tell my mother about Su Yin?"

Qi Yasheng nodded and said, "I already told them! This is something I always have to tell my family about."

Xia Tianxiu exclaimed in alarm, "You promised you wouldn't tell, how could you do this?"

Qi Yasheng didn't think it was a big problem. Since Xia Tianxiu had decided to be with Su Yin, it was better to let her mother know about it sooner rather than later.

After all, in Qi Yasheng's eyes, Su Yin was a fool and not worthy of the Qi family's eldest daughter.

However, he didn't want to do the villain himself, so he naturally pushed it onto Qi Yaqin.

Seeing Xia Tianxiu on the verge of tears, Qi Yasheng hurriedly comforted her, "Yue'er, your mother isn't that unreasonable. Go, go see her! Oh, and take Su Yin with you—your mother wants to see Su Yin."

Xia Tianxiu said anxiously, "But Brother Su Yin has taken his medicine and is already asleep!"

Qi Ya sighed, "Then you should go see your mother first and have a good talk with her. You are mother and daughter, there is no misunderstanding that cannot be resolved."

Since things had come to this point, Xia Tianxiu had no choice but to go find Qi Yaqin.

She arrived at the room where Qi Yaqin lived—the largest bedroom on the south side of the second floor of the small building.

After knocking on the door, Qi Yaqin's indifferent voice came from behind: "Come in."

Unexpectedly, just as Xia Tianxiu pushed open the door, she was hit squarely on the forehead by a cookie box thrown by Qi Yaqin.

The cookie box was made of tinplate and was heavy with a whole box of unopened cookies.

Fortunately, the edges were beveled, so Xia Tianxiu's forehead wasn't broken, but it was still quite a blow.

Qi Yaqin, dressed in a silk nightgown with her hair down, sat on the bed glaring angrily at Xia Tianxiu: "You shameless bastard! Not only did you embarrass me at your grandfather's funeral, but you also brought a fool here, wanting to be our Qi family's son-in-law? Are you trying to anger me to death on purpose?"

Xia Tianxiu covered her forehead, which was covered in a large bump, and two lines of tears instantly streamed down her face: "Mom, I'm sorry. But Mom, I really think you need to apologize to Grandpa. Otherwise, he won't be able to rest in peace in the afterlife."

Hearing Xia Tianxiu bring up the old story again, Qi Yaqin became even angrier.

She looked around and saw the iron table lamp among the things she could throw at Xia Tianxiu.

She used all her strength to unplug the lamp and its socket.

Xia Tianxiu hurriedly ran away, crying out, "Uncle, help! Help! My mom's going to kill me!"

The desk lamp came crashing down, landing just past Xia Tianxiu's heel, and the bulb shattered with a "crack".

Qi Yasheng rushed over and saw Xia Tianxiu with a large bump on her forehead. His brows furrowed into a knot.

He grabbed the lamp from the floor, rushed in, and yelled at Qi Yaqin, "Sister, what's wrong with you?! Yue'er was just reunited with her, and you're already trying to alienate her and her daughter?!"

Qi Yaqin glared at her: "I can't handle a daughter like her! She dared to embarrass me at Dad's funeral!"

Qi Yasheng sneered, "I think Yue'er is genuine, and that's a rare quality, just like Dad. Sister, don't think that just because you glare and throw a tantrum, no one will remember what you did! Dad's death was full of suspicious points, and all the suspicions point to you! Sister, if I were you, I would definitely agree to Yue'er's request and apologize to Dad properly!"

"What am I supposed to apologize for? What am I supposed to apologize for?" Qi Yaqin was about to explode with anger again. "Yasheng, we're siblings, how can you not side with me?!"

"Yue'er is also my own niece." Seeing that Qi Yaqin's expression was not right, Qi Yasheng prepared to back down, put away the lamp with the bulb gone, and retreated outside.

Unexpectedly, Qi Yaqin thought he had given in and said arrogantly, "You're trying so hard to win over Yue'er just because you're afraid she'll find out that the incident where she was taken away was all because of your loose tongue!"

“You…” Qi Yasheng turned around and saw Xia Tianxiu standing a little over a meter away from him.

Xia Tianxiu's face turned pale: "Uncle, what did Mom just say?!"

"Yue'er, your uncle will tell you about this slowly." Qi Yasheng's face also turned pale. He looked at Qi Yaqin again. "You finally said it. All these years, you've been holding a grudge against me because of this, haven't you?"

"Isn't it right for me to hold a grudge against you?!" Qi Yaqin lost control again, blood rushing to her head.

Suddenly her eyes rolled back and she fell backward.

"sister!"

"Mother!"

Qi Yasheng and Xia Tianxiu immediately rushed forward!