Chapter 194: Is There Still Hope for Her? (Thanks to Sister Wei for the monthly ticket and additional update)

Xie Pan’Er felt a twinge of heartache. If it were anything else, she would have given it up without hesitation, but these were medicinal herbs.

"Get up first. I’m not sure if your sister can use these medicinal herbs, but I can take your sister to a Doctor to have her re-examined."

Hearing Xie Pan’Er’s words, Zhao Fei was momentarily stunned. The woman who had just emerged from inside looked confused and pressed, "Fei’Er, is that you? Did you manage to bring a Doctor? Your sister is doing very poorly. I might be blind, but I can sense her breath is very weak. She’s not responding when I call her."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fei froze, his heart sinking to the depths.

"Mother! What are you saying? Is... is my sister... Is she really not going to make it? I... I didn’t bring a Doctor. It’s my fault. I’m useless; I can’t save my sister."

Hearing that he hadn’t brought a Doctor, the woman swayed and collapsed. Xiaosuisui rushed over to support her. Before Xiaosuisui could speak, the woman began to wail loudly.

"You didn’t find a Doctor? Then isn’t your sister beyond saving? WAAAAH... Oh, Heavens! What has our family done to deserve this? Why must you punish us so? My husband went to war and never returned, and now you want to take my young daughter’s life too! How unfair you are!"

Hearing this, Xiaosuisui felt an inexplicable pang in her heart. She was very upset and turned to look at Xie Pan’Er.

"Pretty Big Sister, can your medicinal herbs really not be given to them?"

Xie Pan’Er was taken aback.

This little girl, though she has an unlucky tongue, seems kind-hearted. Perhaps those around her haven’t noticed her peculiarity and haven’t guided her, or maybe she herself can’t control it and is unaware.

"Suisui! It’s not that Big Sister doesn’t want to give them these medicinal herbs; it’s really that Big Sister doesn’t understand medical skills. All medicine has some toxicity; it can’t be taken recklessly. If I gave these herbs to them and something bad happened, it would be Big Sister’s fault."

Hearing Xie Pan’Er’s words, the little girl suddenly remembered something and said, "I learned medical skills from my Second Maternal Uncle! I can diagnose illnesses for people."

Hearing this, Xie Pan’Er’s lips twitched.

How old even are you, child? Even if you learned medical skills in the womb, you wouldn’t be ready to practice by now, would you? Such big words from such a small child, claiming she can treat people!

Xie Pan’Er thought this, and Zhao Fei felt the same way. A bitter smile touched his lips.

"Really? Little girl, you can treat illnesses?" the blind woman asked, her voice trembling with a sliver of hope. "Then, can you take a look at my daughter? She’s about to die! Her whole body is burning hot; you can’t even touch her!"

The blind woman could only tell that the speaker was a child, but she didn’t know this child was only four and a half years old. She pinned all her hopes on this child.

Zhao Fei and Xie Pan’Er both opened their mouths to speak but couldn’t bear to shatter the woman’s hope.

Xiaosuisui helped the woman into the City God Temple. On some damp straw lay a girl, slightly older than her. The girl’s eyes were tightly shut, her lips were cracked, her clothes were torn and ragged, and there were faint traces of blood on her wrists and shins.

The little girl compared the symptoms to the various conditions described in her Second Maternal Uncle’s medical notes. Then, she lifted the sick girl’s clothes to check her injuries. For some reason, her own eyes grew moist.

"How is it, Doctor? Can my daughter still be saved?" the blind woman pleaded.

Xie Pan’Er and Zhao Fei had also entered the City God Temple by now. They squatted on either side of Xiaosuisui, their gazes fixed on her face.

"Suisui! This older sister can be saved, right? She can live, can’t she?" Xie Pan’Er asked, her voice softer than she intended.

For some reason, Xie Pan’Er now felt that if Xiaosuisui’s words could so potently decree life and death, then surely she could also give people hope, right? This act against her conscience was thus born quite naturally.

Oh, Heavens, please forgive me for so deliberately using a child’s words, but I only do this because I genuinely want to save this other child before me.