Chapter 209 A Sudden Change
[Who got a nosebleed?] She'll laugh at her!
A touch of a little hand...
Oh, it's me!
etc!
Chiu Chiu's eyes widened as she looked at the bright red fingertips, and she burst into tears, sobbing, "Waaaaah!"
【Oh no! It's a terminal illness! It's definitely a terminal illness!】
Yun Jinglan's expression changed drastically, recalling that Qiuqiu had once hinted in her heart that she would die young...
She barely dared to think any further; if Chunxiao hadn't caught her, she would have fallen to the ground by now.
Chunxiao: "Madam, Miss has been eating too much dry food lately. Is she getting too much internal heat?"
Chunxiao's words helped Yun Jinglan regain some of her composure. Jiujiu loves to talk nonsense.
Definitely not!
Mrs. Tang immediately tried to stop the bleeding by stuffing a handkerchief into Qiuqiu's nose, but the bleeding wouldn't stop. Even she panicked.
"Yun Shi, quickly call a doctor!"
The two adults were in a panic, and the scene became chaotic, but Chiu Chiu was still engrossed in the story she had made up for herself.
[Next, I, the female lead, am diagnosed with a terminal illness. As I approach my death, my parents and brothers finally realize their mistake and see through the true, wicked nature of the fake heiress. But it's too late. They will be holding my cold body, weeping in the rain like a lost, homeless dog!]
Yun Jinglan: “…”
She still has time to make up stories and curse people; it seems she's really alright.
When Su Junyao heard the servants say that Qiuqiu was bleeding profusely, he thought something terrible had happened. Unexpectedly, he heard Qiuqiu's last words as soon as he entered the room. He staggered and scrambled to his feet, looking even more disheveled than Qiuqiu herself.
Then, seeing Qiuqiu's face covered in blood, Su Junyao's heart tightened in alarm. "What happened? What's wrong?"
Yun Jinglan patted his hand to comfort him, and also to comfort everyone present, "It's nothing, he probably drank some mushroom and mutton soup and got a nosebleed because he was feeling hot."
Mrs. Tang didn't dare to loosen her grip on Qiuqiu's nose for a moment: "Something's wrong, something's wrong with this child!"
Yun Jinglan: "Why do you say that, Aunt?"
“Something’s definitely not right.” The granddaughter-in-law of the old Marquis’s second cousin chuckled. “How come our little chick was fine all day, but now she’s bleeding nonstop?”
"Tsk tsk tsk, judging by the amount of blood, it doesn't seem like a simple nosebleed."
When Cheng Yue first entered the family, Madam Tang didn't give her a kind look. To make matters worse, Madam Tang wasn't easy to get along with. Today, she took the opportunity to pick a fight and, without regard for seniority, directly confronted Madam Tang.
Madam Tang's expression remained unchanged, but only those who knew her well could tell that she was angry.
“Yun Shi, Jun Yao, come with me.”
She held onto Qiuqiu tightly and left before the couple could say anything.
With no other option, Yun Jinglan and Su Junyao had to chase after them.
Chen He: "My lord, the first birthday banquet is about to begin. Should we postpone it?"
"Go and ask the old Marquis to take charge of the situation. I'll go and check on things first."
Chen He nodded, glancing worriedly in the direction Qiuqiu had left. Miss Qiuqiu had been as strong as a calf since birth; how could something have happened to her? It must have been from drinking the mutton soup!
When Qiuqiu's nosebleed stopped, Su Junyao and his wife caught up with her. Madam Tang was carefully wiping the bloodstains from her face with a damp handkerchief.
Chiu Chiu suddenly realized that this great-grandmother was quite gentle and not fierce at all!
[Grandmother, you know I've never had a grandmother since I was little.]
Yun Jinglan: "I don't think Qiuqiu looks like anything's wrong."
Su Junyao nodded: "It certainly doesn't look like it."
The aunt was not so gentle with her nephew and niece-in-law, her face darkening: "She has a problem!"
Chirp: [I've been found out?!]
She hid it very well!
How did we discover that she had a problem?
Mrs. Tang pulled open the collar of Qiuqiu's cotton coat, and then pulled open the seam of Qiuqiu's neck. "You unreliable parents, take a good look at what's on her neck!"
In winter, Qiuqiu was dressed like a ball, practically having no neck. When she scrubbed off the dirt in the shower, no one would carefully part her neck. So Yun Jinglan and the others didn't notice anything unusual.
After being reminded by Madam Tang, Yun Jinglan noticed a thin red line, as fine as a hair, on Qiuqiu's neck. She rubbed it with her hand, but it wouldn't come off.
"What's this?"
Chiu Chiu felt a little strange being surrounded by three adults peeking through her neck, so she raised her hand to cover her neck.
What are you looking at! Haven't you ever seen a neck as thick as mine before?!
Chuchu's hands were held down by her parents. "Hmm?"
Su Junyao bowed respectfully and begged his aunt to tell him the truth: "Please enlighten me, Aunt."
Mrs. Tang didn't say anything, but searched the back of Qiuqiu's neck again and finally found a tiny pinhole in her hair.
My doubts sank further. "She's been poisoned by a Gu curse."
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the Soul-Devouring Gu from the Southwest."
"Soul-Devouring Gu?"
Chirp: "Huh?"
[This poison must be very powerful, but when was I poisoned?]
Didn't Uncle Cat put a restriction on her? She also has godparents protecting her! Such a powerful little fish like her won't be killed so easily!
Chiu Chiu looked up at Madam Tang and said, "I...don't believe it!"
[The worms will die if they encounter me, they'll be killed by my cuteness!]
Yun Jinglan pinched her duck-like beak and said, "Please explain more clearly, Auntie."
Madam Tang sighed and rubbed her temples. "Actually, their uncle didn't die from a relapse of an old injury, but from being poisoned by this Soul-Eating Gu."
The Gu worms of the Soul-Devouring Gu are different from ordinary Gu worms. They are thin and long like silk, and can burrow into tiny wounds.
“There’s a needle mark on the back of Qiuqiu’s neck; the Soul-Eating Gu must have entered through there,” Madam Tang said. “And this red line on her neck is the Gu worm!”
“After your uncle passed away, I consulted some ancient books. It is said that people who are infected with the Soul-Eating Gu will fall into a deep sleep, like living dead people who have lost their souls. Then the Soul-Eating Gu will eat the flesh of the infected person little by little, and finally turn him into a skeleton.”
"But the person afflicted by the poison has already fallen into a deep sleep, and will be peacefully eaten into a skeleton in their sleep."
Chiu Chiu shivered, goosebumps rising all over her body. If it were her, there would probably only be fish bones left!
And how can they rest in peace after being eaten to the bone?
That's an absolutely awful joke!
"only……"
Yun Jinglan, her body limp and collapsing into Su Junyao's arms, asked with tears in her eyes, "Auntie, do you have a way to save Qiuqiu?"
Mrs. Tang shook her head: "I don't know, I'm just wondering why Qiuqiu is acting so strangely."
“Logically, someone afflicted by a curse should gradually become thin and only skin and bones remain after falling into a deep sleep.” Madam Tang pinched Qiuqiu’s little arm. “Not only did she not fall into a deep sleep, but she’s also… chubby?”
Yun Jinglan immediately held back her tears, and the couple said awkwardly, "She ate better."
Chirp chirped, "What time is it? Why are you still thinking about my two ounces of meat?!"
Please help me!
Even with a thick health bar, it's not enough for the bugs to eat! All I have left is this body of flesh!
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