The doctor frowned deeply. Seeing his expression, Mr. Chi's heart skipped a beat: "Doctor, is there something wrong with my wife's health?"
The doctor seemed somewhat hesitant, glancing at them. Chi Yan lowered his eyes and calmly said, "Please speak freely."
Once he spoke, the doctor had nothing left to hide. He said cautiously, "Your symptoms seem to be caused by lingering toxins."
"The poison hasn't been completely eradicated?!" Chi's mother froze on the spot, and Chi's father's expression also changed abruptly.
He forced a smile and said, "Doctor, are you sure? My wife hasn't been poisoned..."
The doctor said with certainty, "I have been practicing medicine for many years and I have some insight. Your wife was originally very healthy, so why did she suddenly fall ill? Haven't you ever had any doubts?"
After these words were spoken, the room fell into a deathly silence.
Chi's mother seemed to have something blocking her throat; she opened her mouth, her expression shifting unpredictably.
Chi's father was in no better mood; his wife had been poisoned without his knowledge!
...
After the doctor left, no one spoke for a long time.
Chi's father looked at the silent Chi Yan, his lips moved, and he asked with difficulty, "Son, do you know something?"
Why would they suddenly have a doctor take their pulses out of nowhere? If he didn't know beforehand, why would this happen?
But he couldn't understand why, if his son knew, he had kept it from them all along and was only telling them now.
Chi Yan looked at his mother and suddenly knelt down without saying a word: "It is your son who has implicated you, Mother."
As Shen Tangning was pondering whether to leave, Chi Yan spoke up: "There's something I've kept from Mother for many years."
Chi's mother seemed to realize something, her fingertips trembled, and she stepped forward to help him up: "Ayan, get up and talk first."
Chi Yan refused to get up and simply recounted what had happened: "Mother, do you still remember the year your son passed the imperial examination and you suddenly fell ill?"
Chi's father's face turned pale, and after a moment of silence, he said, "That illness came on so suddenly that even the most renowned doctors were helpless."
“Exactly.” Chi Yan curled his lips in a mocking manner. “I passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, and then my mother fell ill. Don’t you find that strange?”
"You mean..." Mother Chi felt a lump in her throat, something flashed through her mind, and her body suddenly trembled.
Shen Tangning quickly stepped forward to help her: "Mother, please sit down first."
Chi Yan's eyes were dark, and he pursed his lips: "I still remember my aunt's expression at that time."
At this time, the Lady of the Marquis was still young, and her arrogance was evident when she was alone. She looked down at him from her high position, and although she was smiling, her tone was cold: "Yan-ge'er, you are a smart child. You were able to find out that something was wrong and almost made a scene at the Marquis's place."
Young Chi Yan was pinned to the ground, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at her. He swallowed his resentment and pleaded bitterly.
Lady Hou took a sip of tea indifferently and said slowly, "The Hou family already has a heir, so there is no need for anyone else to shield him from his brilliance. Your mother suffered because of you. I will give you the choice between your future and your mother."
He could never repay the debt of gratitude for being born and raised, so he could only give up his promising future and live a life of frustration and discontent as a playboy.
After hearing this, Chi's mother was already in tears, her eyes filled with hatred. She recalled many details she had never noticed before.
During that time, the Hou lady, who was not very affectionate towards her, often invited her to have tea, and not long after, she fell ill.
Even after she recovered from her illness, Lady Hou never invited her to any of the gatherings.
The thought that her son had to bear these heavy experiences because of her made Chi's mother feel as if her heart had been ripped out!
Her son should have had a better future; it was she, as his mother, who ruined it for him!
Mother Chi clutched her chest, managing to squeeze out a few words through gritted teeth: "I've been so tolerant of her, yet she's so cruel!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
