Chapter 195 A Stain

What does it remind you of?

Doesn't it look like a pretty dress?

"Is it a crown? The sun in the sky? A yellow fish?"

"An embroidered handkerchief, an osmanthus tree in front of the door, pastries, a gold hairpin..."

Lu Qingqing spoke one sentence at a time, her words wildly imaginative and completely unrelated.

She wasn't speaking loudly; it was like a casual chat, and even the surrounding chatter was louder than her voice.

But Liu'er seemed to really take it to heart.

She kept staring at the flower, her fierce expression replaced by boundless fear.

"Like a hairpin, like her hairpin! Don't go... let me go..."

Overwhelmed by fear, her eyes twitched and contracted incessantly, and her breathing became rapid; she was showing signs of sudden death.

Lu Qingqing quickly inserted an acupuncture needle into the back of her head.

Liu'er softly fell into Mu Daye's arms.

At this moment, Mu Daye's eyes were bloodshot, and the seven-foot-tall man looked as if he was about to shed tears, which was heartbreaking.

"Dr. Lu, please save her! Please, save her!"

He looked at Lu Qingqing as if she were a lifeline.

Back at the Lu family home.

Mu Daye recounted how he met Liu'er.

However, he also explained to Lu Qingqing that some things concerned their safety, so they needed to keep them from her.

But those things have nothing to do with treating the disease.

"I first met Liu'er two years ago in the spring at an inn in Tongzhou."

She was a young lady from a wealthy family, with many attendants. Actually, I didn't know her name; I only noticed that one of the attendants had the character "Liu" tattooed on his clothing.

A rough and lowly bodyguard shared an inn with a young lady from a wealthy family; one had a private room, and the other had a shared room.

While transporting the goods, the escort agency's large chests collided with the Liu family's entourage.

The box in the attendant's hands rolled and overturned, scattering books all over the ground.

They were so frightened that they apologized repeatedly.

Just as the attendants were about to get angry, the young lady turned around and casually brushed the matter aside.

A breeze blew, lifting the veil and revealing a face as exquisite as a fairy.

That one time was enough to leave an indelible mark on Mu Daye's mind.

"The second time I saw him was in the capital..."

At that time, we delivered the goods, and that night we all had a big drinking session. The other brothers went to see the bustling city of Kyoto.

I wasn't interested in anything, so I just wanted to go back to the inn to sleep.

It was late at night, and the streets were deserted.

I saw two people completely covered up, carrying... a corpse, which they just dumped by the roadside.

From their conversation, I learned who they were.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Lu, I cannot reveal their identities. All I can say is that we can never afford to offend them in our lifetime."

Lu Qingqing understood that in the capital city, everyone was either a dragon or a tiger, and no one could afford to offend them.

“Go on.”

"I don't know why they killed someone and then dumped the body in the street. It won't be long before the night watchman finds it."

Out of curiosity, I opened the sack after they left…

Mu Daye's tone changed, and his eyes became terrifying, as if he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

In the end, he could only vent his frustration by clenching his fists, his joints cracking.

"I saw Liu'er... completely naked! Her whole body was covered in wounds, and even her hair was pulled out in a mess, as if she had been gnawed by a wild beast!"

A person who was once as beautiful as an immortal has become a... gruesome corpse!

She suffered...inhuman torture!

The most serious injury was to her head; I guess she hit it herself!

She couldn't stand the fact that she had crashed into it!

Mu Daye could no longer speak. He covered his face with his hands and let out a low sob of anger, hatred, and yet sorrow and helplessness.

Lu Qingqing hadn't expected Liu'er's experience to be so tragic; no wonder she had reacted so strongly just now.

She looked at the woman lying quietly on the bed and brushed her bangs aside with her hand.

Sure enough, there was a scar the size of a walnut on it.

Mu Daye composed himself and said, "Fortunately, she didn't die. When I put clothes on her, her fingers moved."

I took her away immediately, and not wanting to attract attention, I rented a house in a secluded place.

Three days later she woke up, but she was blind and mentally impaired. The doctor said there was a blood clot in her brain. If the blood clot dispersed, she might recover. If the blood clot dispersed but she still didn't recover, then her brain was damaged and it would be difficult to recover.

The capital city was too unsafe. I was afraid those people would find out, so I quickly took Liu'er back to my hometown.

Dr. Lu, that's the whole story.

The reason I hesitated before was because I was afraid that if I told someone, it would be leaked.

Sometimes I think, maybe we should just stop treatment, because reminding her of those things would probably cause her even more pain.

But seeing her being ridiculed, unable to leave the house for the rest of her life, going from a high-class young lady to a fool without dignity, I feel miserable every day!

I heard her sometimes cry after she fell asleep at night.

If she is conscious, wouldn't she also want to get better?

When you truly like someone, you want them to be happy.

Mu Daye is a good man.

"Dr. Lu, I'll listen to whatever you say now. What do you think is the best course of action for her?"

Lu Qingqing told the truth: "Her condition is very serious, more serious than I imagined."

There are two ways to treat this disease. One is to use strong medicine to dig out her memories and help her overcome her nightmares.

But this is dangerous. If she can't handle it, she may completely collapse and never wake up again.

I don't recommend this kind of risky approach.

The second approach is to take it slowly, gradually drawing her out little by little. This could take a long time, perhaps a year, or even several years.

"I choose the second option!" Mu Daye said without hesitation.

Lu Qingqing guessed he would say the same thing.

"Don't worry, I will adjust the treatment schedule according to her ability to accept it. If she is resilient, it may not take that long."

"No, Dr. Lu, we can take it slowly. We must prioritize her health."

"Okay. There's one more question, about the child, what's going on?"

"The child?" Mu Daye's expression darkened again.

"She gave birth to a baby girl, who must have been born out of wedlock. Her body color was abnormal from birth. I wanted to throw her away, but perhaps because she had been in her womb for a long time, she had mixed feelings for the baby girl. I was afraid of upsetting her, so I kept her for a while."

But the baby girl was born sick, cried incessantly every night, and eventually died, so I still abandoned her.

Lu Qingqing could tell from his dislike for the baby girl that this was why he threw the child away.

Was that baby girl an illegitimate child?

But Lu Qingqing felt it didn't seem like it.

If it was an illegitimate child, why didn't Liu'er let it be thrown away? She was still thinking about it even while eating candy.

No woman would like a stain, right?

"What did she do to the child?"

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