Chapter 139 Doubts

The pain from the back of her hand jolted Luo Huayi awake.

He clutched his right hand, which had a red welt from being hit, his back turning cold. "I just..."

"You're asking for it," Luo Jingchen slammed his chopsticks down, his face darkening. "Eat it or don't, it's up to you."

After throwing a tantrum, followed by the grating sound of a chair scraping against the floor, Luo Jingchen left the restaurant without looking back.

Luo Huayi snapped out of her daze and ignored Luo Jingchen who had left. "I just thought I was in the cafeteria of the orphanage."

Xin Que twirled the chopsticks in her hand again. "I'm not sure if it's the space or Luo Jingchen's doing, but they are definitely trying to entice us to eat."

Luo Huayi forced herself to stop looking at the dishes on the table.

After sitting for a while, Xin Que and Luo Huayi told the air that they were full before getting up and leaving the restaurant.

As they rose from their chairs, Luo Huayi caught a glimpse of the tempting stir-fries, fried dishes, and stews on the table, covered in a thick layer of dust.

It's disgusting.

It looks like... incense ash.

Luo Huayi immediately looked away.

"Can we use work as an excuse to leave here?" Luo Huayi asked Xin Que in a low voice.

Xin Que: "Give it a try?"

As soon as the two reached the door, a emotionless voice came from behind them.

"Brother, my sister-in-law's stomach is clearly upset, and you still want to push her to go to work?"

Luo Jingchen grabbed Xin Que's hand, pulling her tightly to prevent her from moving forward, his emotionless eyes fixed on Luo Huayi, "You have no conscience?"

Seeing Xin Que's pale expression, Luo Hua immediately withdrew his leg from the doorway.

Luo Jingchen coldly released Xin Que and turned to walk towards the living room.

"How are you?" Luo Huayi asked her.

Xin Que shook her head slightly.

...

The two returned to the small bedroom.

"Is this a stomach ailment arranged by the plot?" Luo Huayi locked the door and went to look at the woman sitting in the chair.

"It's not a big problem." Xin Que leaned back in her chair, and apart from a slightly sickly appearance on her lips, her demeanor was no different from usual.

Luo Huayi was worried. "You're not feeling well. We need to get out of here quickly."

“There’s no use in being anxious,” Xin Que yawned. “In this situation, whoever loses their composure first will lose.”

Do you have a habit of taking a nap in your family?

Luo Huayi had no choice but to force herself to calm down. "Yes, the Luo family always rests for an hour and a half after dinner before going to work."

Upon hearing this, Xin Que slid down to find a more comfortable position. "Since there's nothing I can do right now, I might as well rest for a while."

Seeing the woman lean back in her chair and slowly close her eyes, Luo Hua asked, "You...you're really alright?"

Xin Que had a headache from his noise. "Do I look like something's wrong?"

Luo Huayi stopped talking.

He sat on the edge of the bed, staring blankly at the woman's closed eyes.

The bedroom was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, but Luo Huayi had to listen carefully to detect Xin Que's calm and restrained breathing.

As her gaze fell on her forearm casually draped over her abdomen, Luo Huayi felt increasingly uneasy.

The stomach ailment the plot gave her this time was definitely not as nonchalant as she made it sound.

Luo Huayi looked at the locked door.

I checked the bedroom when I entered; there was nothing there except for some simple furniture and decorations.

Luo Hua thought of the medicine prescribed by Dr. Xu.

Could that be a cure for stomach problems?

Lost in thought for a while, I heard another soft knock on the door.

"Sister-in-law, come out and take your medicine."

Luo Huayi looked at Xin Que, who still had her eyes closed. She had heard it too, but she just turned her head away as if annoyed, her voice muffled, "Never mind."

After giving Luo Huayi two words, Xin Que fell silent again.

It was as if he had just been annoyed by being disturbed from his rest.

The knocking continued for a while before gradually stopping.

"Brother, the medicine and water are at the door. Don't forget to make sure your wife takes her medicine, otherwise her stomach problems will get worse..."

The young man's voice, muffled and indistinct, came from behind a door: "Be careful of cancer."

The last four words are a blatant threat.

Luo Huayi slowly raised her hand to mid-air, wanting to touch Xin Que, but ultimately refrained from doing so.

"Xin Que?" he asked softly.

Xin Que did not move.

"Go to bed and rest," Luo Huayi said. "Aren't you tired lying like that in the chair?"

Xin Que finally moved. She tilted her head to one side and raised her hand to cover her face naturally. "No need, I'll just take a nap and then get up."

She then fell silent again.

Luo Huayi could tell that the woman's voice sounded tired, so she didn't bother her anymore.

After a while, he calmed his breathing and tiptoed towards the door.

Xin Que is in very bad condition.

In the past, she had either been on guard the whole time in front of him, or she had always maintained an offensive and defensive posture. She had never been like this before.

Luo Huayi mentally reviewed the haunted house with no way out and the plot that had tormented Xin Que to the point of unconsciousness for a long time, and finally placed her hopes on the medicine given by Dr. Xu.

Slowly pull open the door, and a European-style retro wrought iron tray lies quietly at the entrance.

The corridor was deserted.

Two slats of brightly colored capsules, along with a water glass beside them, silently gazed up at Luo Huayi in the doorway.

Luo Huayi bent down and picked up the tray.

The bedroom door was quietly closed and locked again.

Xin Que seemed to have really fallen asleep in the chair, and didn't even make a move to wake up when Luo Huayi came in and out.

Luo Huayi placed the tray on the table next to Xin Que, holding two pills she had just taken out of the packaging.

"Xin Que?" Luo Huayi half-squatted down next to the armrest she was leaning against and said softly, "There's no other way... I'll try the medicine first to see if there are any problems. If I'm still normal when you wake up, that would be best."

"If there's a problem with the medicine..."

He probably won't die.

As Luo Huayi's consciousness gradually faded due to the bitter taste rising in her throat, she was still thinking about the times she had been brought back from the dead.

At least I still have the protagonist's halo, so I shouldn't be killed by just two pills...

The tall man's figure collapsed with a "thud" at Xin Que's feet.

This small bedroom became completely quiet.

...

"Xin Que?"

I felt dizzy in waves.

The sharp pain spread from her abdomen to her limbs and bones, like hooks pulling at her internal organs as if they were about to shift. The pain made her want to curl up as much as possible.

The damp, slightly itchy blades of grass beside her cheeks and the back of her neck reminded her that she seemed to be lying in a lawn.

The woman's incoherent laughter faded into the distance, and then a strange young man walked towards them.

"I don't understand you," the young man said casually, sitting down next to her with his hands on the ground, seemingly complaining about something. "You've been bullied like a grandson, and you still act so pathetic?"

Xin Que lay on her back on the lawn, the sunlight filtering through the dense foliage, making her eyes hurt.

What is he saying?

The young man seemed to see the confusion in her gradually unfocused eyes.

After a soft rustling sound beside her, the young man's voice rang in her ears, very close.

He lay down next to Xin Que, his gray hair falling down to Xin Que's cheek as he moved, gently brushing against the woman's scratched skin.

His warm breath, accompanied by his voice, sprayed into Xin Que's ear, which was extremely nasty.

"What am I saying? How come... you weren't the one who was pushed down the stairs by your sister and your fiancé to silence you?"