Jin Suting brushed aside her sweat-soaked bangs and asked gently, "Tell me, did Lu Xiaoxiao do anything to you?"
When Cao Cao heard Mrs. Lu's name, her body tensed unnaturally. She looked panicked and said, "No! Not Madam."
Jin Suting frowned, feeling a little puzzled, but did not ask any further questions.
He just said, "Cao Cao, tell me the truth, what happened?"
Cao Cao didn't dare look at Jin Suting, lowered his head and stammered, "Miss, I..."
"Um?"
After Jin Suting asked the question, an awkward atmosphere filled the air.
When Jin Suting was about to speak again, Cao Cao suddenly fainted.
He fell in front of her, and she couldn't tell whether he was pretending or real.
"Oh my god?" She squatted down and pushed the girl who fell to the ground.
He reached out and touched her forehead; it was hot, and her lips were even paler than her face.
How come she didn't notice that the child had a fever? She was still questioning him just now.
Jin Suting was annoyed at her own carelessness and carried Cao Cao back to the room.
Because there are not many people in Suxuan Courtyard and the place is large, the servants each have their own room. It was already very late, and Jin Suting didn't want to call Qin'er, guessing that she had already gone to bed.
There was no sign of Ming's mother in the small dark room, so he had to quickly apply a wet towel to her and go to look for Ming's mother with a lamp.
She was afraid of the dark, and the faint light from the lantern flickered as she walked, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, which was very scary to her.
The route from Suxuan Courtyard to Ming's mother's residence almost goes around the entire general's mansion.
She walked in fear all the way, fearing that some ghost would suddenly appear and take her life.
She was afraid of death, very afraid, so sometimes even when she was very desperate, she would not want to die.
“Knock knock knock—”
Jin Suting knocked three times cautiously, and Ming's mother's door opened, revealing a faint light in the room.
Mother Ming turned sideways and welcomed Jin Suting in, "Miss, what do you want from me?"
Jin Suting picked up the lantern. Her eyesight was not very good and she often couldn't see people clearly in the dark. When she entered the house, the cool wind outside made her feel a little cold.
"Cao Cao has a fever. Can Ming's mother prescribe some antipyretic medicine for her?"
Mother Ming was tidying up the things on the table. After hearing what Jin Suting said, she took the medicine box on the side and put it on her shoulder. She looked at Jin Suting standing at the door and said, "Miss, these people's illnesses shouldn't be brought to me, but I'm not sleepy today. Let's go."
Jin Suting was stunned for a moment. What did they mean? "These people"? Then she nodded and said, "Oh, okay."
He turned sideways to let Ming's mother go out first because she was very afraid of the dark.
——
In Suxuan Courtyard, Ming's mother sighed softly after taking Caocao's pulse.
"This girl doesn't just have a fever. There's a cut on her arm where someone bled her. The wound wasn't treated properly and became infected, causing a high fever." Ming's mother said as she took out the tools to treat the wound.
"What should I do then?" Jin Suting was anxious.
"Miss, don't worry. I'll help Miss Caocao treat her wound and then she'll be fine after taking a few doses of medicine." Mother Ming said slowly and methodically, as if this situation was commonplace.
"Oh, okay." Jin Suting nodded.
After Ming's mother wrapped the gauze around Cao Cao's arm, she asked casually, "Miss, Miss Cao Cao, did you go to see anyone today?"
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