The eldest son's eyes were full of reproach, as if he had seen through his little scheme.
For a moment, Yun Youtian couldn't help but feel annoyed, yet also guilty. He thought to himself that he couldn't ruin his image in his eldest son's eyes just because of a single pill. So, though reluctant, he still took out a painkiller: "Eat, eat, eat! All you know is how to eat! What good will taking too much medicine do? Second son is about to bring the fairy back. Once she's back, won't everything be resolved? Why do you have to take medicine…"
While muttering to himself, Yun Youtian handed the pills to Yun Fusheng and poured him half a bowl of water.
To everyone's surprise, Wang Shufen had no intention of drinking water or swallowing the pills. She didn't care how dirty her hands were from rolling on the ground, nor how bitter the pills were. She just grabbed the pills, chewed them, and swallowed them.
However……
It's unclear whether the tablets were slow to take effect, or if the poison in Xiao Jiuzhong's body was so potent that painkillers couldn't suppress it, or if Wang Shufen's posture while taking the medicine was a bit off... Even after He Xiangu arrived, Wang Shufen was still writhing in pain on the ground.
"Fairy Maiden, please." Because he felt that Fairy Maiden He was a person with real skills, Yun Wansheng had a certain instinctive awe for her, so he treated her with utmost respect the whole way. Even now, when they arrived outside his own courtyard and he heard his mother crying out in pain, Yun Wansheng still took the lead in front of Fairy Maiden He, and his tone and actions were very attentive.
However, He Xiangu herself, in order to show her 'compassion and pity', rushed into the house as soon as she heard Wang Shufen cry out in pain.
He Xiangu quickened her pace, and Yun Wansheng naturally followed suit, jogging behind her. Before Yun Youtian could react after He Xiangu entered the house, he shouted, "Dad, the fairy is here!"
Yun Youtian, who was feeling distressed and worried, was overjoyed upon hearing Yun Wansheng's words and instinctively said, "The fairy has arrived? That's wonderful! Fairy, please help me take a look. My wife is in so much pain, and even the painkiller I gave her just now didn't work..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yun Youtian's face stiffened slightly.
Of all things he could say, why did he have to reveal that he gave his own wife painkillers?
What if the sorceress overthinks things and thinks they don't trust her, and then refuses to perform the ritual for his wife? What then?
It must be said that Yun Youtian's concerns were not entirely unreasonable.
After all, the so-called "fairy nuns" in folk religion who perform exorcisms and magic tricks are all nonsense and deception. Many people's "successful spells" are simply because they added powdered Western "medicine" to the so-called talisman water. When the "medicine" took effect, they considered their "successful spells."
To avoid trouble, many sorcerers and shamans, upon hearing that a patient has seen a doctor and taken "medicine," will make excuses about potential conflicts or simply say, "If you don't believe in them, why bother inviting them?" and then turn around and leave.
If it were in the past, He Xiangu would definitely have turned around and left.
Earning less is a small matter; if it ruins her reputation, then it's not worth it—although she doesn't really have a reputation to speak of.
However, this time He Xiangu did not take these things to heart.
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