"A Chen, you can't just ignore me!"
Lin Shuya, who had just been scolded by me, finally came to her senses and grabbed Si Jiangchen's arm, crying, "You... You must help me think of a way. Maybe... This is the last time your sister will ever ask you for anything!"
I turned back and took another look at Lin Shuya because there was a strong sense of panic in her voice.
This time, I finally saw what was wrong with her. She was crying genuinely this time, not like her usual fake tea - ceremony - like act.
Under her thick layer of foundation, her skin was covered with blister - like ulcers.
Where her tears had fallen just now and been wiped away with a handkerchief, patches of raw, red flesh were exposed.
"You can attend to her matter."
I didn't want Si Jiangchen to cling to me. It was just right that Lin Shuya came to ask him for help. It made me feel that there was someone in the dark helping me so that I could make up for my mistakes!
"You have to stay by my side today."
Si Jiangchen didn't intend to let me go. "I'll handle everything!"
As he spoke, he had already put his arm around my waist and imprisoned me in his arms.
"Old Tang."
Si Jiangchen called out, "Have you made an appointment with the Religious Affairs Bureau?"
Steward Tang had already handed the items and materials that Si Jiangchen needed for going out to Ji Chen, who had been waiting for a long time. Hearing Si Jiangchen's question, he immediately replied, "Sir, the appointment has been made. You can go there at any time."
"A Chen, I'm going to get treated... We don't need to go to the Religious Affairs Bureau..."
Lin Shuya asked anxiously, "Where... Where are you taking me?"
"Sister Shuya, you should know your own illness. It can't be cured by ordinary medicine now."
Si Jiangchen had already walked towards his car.
"We can try another hospital. If injecting platelets doesn't work, I can drink them directly! I can even eat them!"
Lin Shuya's hands were shaking violently. Her previously feigned elegance was gone.
She hunched over as if she had aged dozens of years.
Her husband, Wei Wenzhao, beside her, had a pained look on his face, but somehow I felt that he was actually in a good mood. The slight upward tilt of his eyebrows inadvertently revealed his excitement.
Hearing his wife say such a terrible thing, Wei Wenzhao quickly supported Lin Shuya's body. "Shuya, how can you say such a thing! You're a patient, not a vampire!"
"Get out of my way!"
Lin Shuya disdainfully pushed Wei Wenzhao aside. "Don't act like a saint in front of me. What are you anyway! You've taken all my money to support your mistress, and now... You're lecturing me?"
"Shuya!"
It seemed that Wei Wenzhao hadn't been scolded by Lin Shuya in front of everyone for a long time. The fat on his round face trembled a few times, but he suppressed his anger. "The children are here. Why bring up the past..."
Wei Wenzhao didn't want to mention the old things. He turned to look at Wei Yuan, who had just walked out of the dining room and was giving instructions to Feng Qianqian. He frowned slightly.
"Wuwuwu... A Chen, look. I don't have a single close relative in this family..." Lin Shuya cried and reached out to grab Si Jiangchen's sleeve. "I... I only have you to rely on..."
Since I came back from the underworld, I already knew all the ins and outs.
I also knew that Lin Shuya had been infected with corpse poison and was unable to bear children. According to what she had said in a fit of anger just now, her so - called son, Wei Yuan, should be the child of Wei Wenzhao's mistress. Lin Shuya had raised him.
"Mom, why are you pestering this guy again?"
Wei Yuan had a bad temper when he woke up. After scolding Feng Qianqian, he saw Si Jiangchen with two women in his arms. He immediately stepped forward to support Lin Shuya's arm. "Didn't we discuss it last night? We'll just go to the Religious Affairs Bureau to find those traditional Taoist doctors for health - preserving treatment... Dad has connections in the Religious Affairs Bureau. Why beg him?"
"I don't want to go to the Religious Affairs Bureau!!"
Supported by her son, Lin Shuya cried even more sadly. "None of you are willing to listen to me. I want to go to the hospital, the best private hospital. If it's not good enough in the country, I'll go abroad!"
"Your skin was damaged by the hormones in Western medicine. Let's try some traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions!"
Wei Yuan was very good to his mother. Although he frowned, his voice was gentle.
Lin Shuya's health had been getting worse recently. The red spots on her skin had gradually spread, and then her skin started to peel and ulcerate.
Her personality had also changed from being elegant and dignified to being more and more tyrannical and unreasonable. Once when she went to find her son, Wei Yuan, because the secretary didn't report to Wei Yuan who was in a phone meeting in time, she actually picked up a paper - cutter on the desk and slashed two long cuts on the secretary's face.
Wei Yuan had no choice but to pay a large amount of compensation from the company to silence the secretary.
Wei Yuan thought that the company was just an empty shell anyway. He was too lazy to look for sexy and beautiful women, so he just let Feng Qianqian follow him to make up the numbers.
Although Wei Yuan hated Si Jiangchen very much, he had to admit that his suggestion was reasonable.
Si Jiangchen thought that Lin Shuya's ulcerated skin was due to long - term blood - transfusions and hormone use, which had damaged her constitution. Coincidentally, the new director of the Religious Affairs Bureau, who was about to take office, was very knowledgeable about "Taoist health - preservation". It would be better for Lin Shuya to go there and give it a try. Maybe there would be a miraculous effect.
The so - called Religious Affairs Bureau was where people came when they had intractable problems that the secular world couldn't solve or incurable diseases, hoping to find a glimmer of hope.
As soon as Lin Shuya heard about the Religious Affairs Bureau, her face turned ashen. She immediately and firmly opposed Si Jiangchen's suggestion. She would rather go abroad for a full - body blood transfusion or even follow the example of a certain European countess and use fresh blood for diet and bathing.
Such a wild idea naturally couldn't be approved by Si Jiangchen and the others. Si Jiangchen still made an appointment in advance with the health - preservation experts in the Religious Affairs Bureau to ask them to help Lin Shuya think of a way!
Lin Shuya was supported by her husband and son into the car.
I was carried by Si Jiangchen and stuffed into the back seat of his car.
"What am I going there for? I don't care whether Lin Shuya lives or dies."
I tugged at Si Jiangchen's neatly ironed shirt and gritted my teeth. "A Xiu has gone to seek revenge from Taoist Su. How can she beat a nest of Taoists?!"
Thinking of those cultivators around Du Peiyun who had a faint halo around them, I couldn't help but worry about Wang Yingxiu.
"Silly Xiaohe, I'll let you watch a great show that has been in rehearsal for three years today."
Si Jiangchen ruffled my hair and curled his lips. "Wang Yingxiu will get what she wants. Trust me."