"Sit still." Just as Ji Yueyao was lost in thought, Mu Yanxuan's voice suddenly rang in her ears.
Ji Yueyao was startled and turned around to look at Mu Yanxuan, who was holding a medical kit and preparing to carefully bandage her wound. She was speechless. This guy was like a ghost; she didn't even know when he had arrived.
Mu Yanxuan didn't care whether he had scared Ji Yueyao or not. He picked up Ji Yueyao's foot, looked at the large wound on the sole of her foot, gritted his teeth, and began to apply medicine.
"Ouch...it hurts!" Ji Yueyao's big toe twitched, she struggled for a moment, and her face turned bright red.
"You won't learn your lesson until you're hurt." Mu Yanxuan patted her restless instep, sighed softly, and said in a serious tone that Ji Yueyao rarely heard, "If you get hurt like this again next time... I'll really be angry."
"Okay, okay..." Ji Yueyao pouted, becoming much more docile and obediently letting Mu Yanxuan apply the medicine. Judging from his voice, he was probably really angry... Ji Yueyao secretly glanced at Mu Yanxuan, who was carefully disinfecting the soles of her feet with his head down, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up.
After Mu Yanxuan finished applying the medicine to Ji Yueyao, the termites still hadn't saved Qiao Ying. He stood in front of the sofa, constantly overdrawing his supernatural abilities.
“The termites have reached their limit.” Mu Yanxuan said softly to Ji Yueyao as he watched the termites, wrapping his arms tightly around her to prevent her from running away. “If the Qiao Ying he saved hasn’t recovered her normal life signs by the time his power is exhausted, then she is beyond saving.”
"Huh?" Ji Yueyao was taken aback. "Shouldn't the termite's healing ability mean it can save any living person?"
“Logically, that’s correct, but his ability isn’t something that works just by using it. There are certain limits to how he can use it.” Mu Yan paused for a moment, then leaned on Ji Yueyao’s shoulder. “For example, when a person’s internal organs are all injured, the treatment requires determining which part to treat first, because only one part can be healed at a time. So if the heart and intestines are injured at the same time, the heart needs to be treated first. Otherwise, even if you heal the intestines, without a healthy heart, the person will still die.”
"So termites have to constantly use their special abilities, and only under highly precise judgment?" Ji Yueyao understood. Looking at the bent-over termites, she realized that she had underestimated the power of termites.
Seeing that Ji Yueyao understood, Mu Yanxuan nodded and said, "People with healing abilities have to learn about medicine, otherwise they won't be able to make the most of their healing abilities."
"Then Sister Qiao was so badly injured... no wonder the termites struggled so much." Ji Yueyao felt a little guilty. She had never paid attention to these things before. If Mu Yanxuan hadn't said it today, she might never have known how hard the termites worked.
"Captain, it's done." Just as Ji Yueyao was thinking about these things, Bai Yi turned around from the sofa and said. He stood there wiping the sweat from his forehead, feeling quite accomplished. Qiao Ying was so badly injured... but now he had finally saved her. Completing such a difficult task, Bai Yi couldn't help but be happy. Even his tone of voice was light and cheerful.
"Your medical skills have improved further." Mu Yanxuan looked at the white ant's pale face, which was filled with joy, and said quietly while praising him, "Remember your responsibilities next time."
Duty? Bai Yi was slightly taken aback and looked at Ji Yueyao, who was standing in front of the sofa looking at Qiao Ying. Only then did she realize that Ji Yueyao was covered with bandages of various sizes.
"Captain, when did you get injured!" Bai Yi exclaimed, only to be met with a glare from Ji Yueyao.
Ji Yueyao ignored him, squatted down, looked at Qiao Ying's pale face, and whispered, "How is she?"
“She suffered extreme violence for a long time, and she was likely beaten during her pregnancy. She was burned at the same time as her miscarriage… The most tragic thing is that because the baby died in her womb and wasn't removed for a long time, it put pressure on her uterus… She may never be able to be a mother again.” The white ant frowned, a hint of disappointment on his face. He turned his head to look at the small swelling wrapped in a white cloth beside him, saying, “There's no way I can save the baby. It was already less than two months old, a time of extreme weakness…”
The bulge wrapped in white cloth was now stained red with blood, and it was almost obvious that it contained Qiao Ying's unborn child.
Ji Yueyao turned her head to look at the lifeless Qiao Ying, biting her lower lip, "No children...? Is there no way you can cure this?"
“Her uterus is completely destroyed. Even I can’t bring dead tissue back to life.” Termite shook his head and lowered his head slightly. “So I can’t heal her burned skin either, because that area of tissue is necrotic.”
Ji Yueyao fell silent. Had she lost the right to be a mother forever...? She stood there, ultimately saying nothing. Mu Yanxuan walked over, put his arm around her shoulder, and patted her comfortingly, "Ji Yueyao, don't be sad. Shouldn't you be happy that her life was saved?"
“I’m not unhappy…” Ji Yueyao shook her head, “I’m just feeling a bit sentimental…”
"A sigh?" Mu Yanxuan glanced at Qiao Ying lying on the sofa, raised an eyebrow, and said nothing.
"When will Sister Qiao wake up?" Ji Yueyao turned to ask Bai Yi, who was wiping his sweat with a towel.
"Maybe in about a day," said the termite, putting down the towel and resting his hand on the table as he pondered.
"Termitom, you should go and rest." Ji Yueyao looked up and noticed Termitom's fatigue. She said softly to him, "Thank you for your hard work."
"Okay, then I'll go rest for a while." Termite nodded. He was struggling to even stand up. His strength was completely depleted, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
Watching the termites slowly make their way into his room, Ji Yueyao looked up and pointed to the bulge wrapped in white cloth, saying, "Have someone bury this first."
"Okay." Mu Yanxuan nodded, then summoned the snow fox, buried Qiao Ying's unborn child, and had someone take Qiao Ying to a spacious room to rest. It wasn't good for her to always be lying on the sofa.
Rubbing her temples, Ji Yueyao watched as Mu Yanxuan swiftly gave the orders. She lost all appetite and sat down to look out the window, lost in thought.
Qiao Ying was undoubtedly an object of admiration in her eyes back then, but now when she sees the seriously injured Qiao Ying, she always feels a sense of unreality.
Xu Lingnan used to be her partner, but now he turns his blade against her. Yao Lin used to be the most cheerful and lively person, but now she just stays in her room and doesn't even leave the room.
Even Wei Kang...
People change... but such clear and obvious changes can give people a sense of disorientation.
After all, in the very beginning, who could know what the future would hold? (To be continued.)
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