"White Lily Disease?" Xun Ying repeated, hardly able to believe his ears.
The gray - haired doctor opposite him nodded gently, then sighed and said, "This White Lily Disease is also known as depression. This illness often results from long - term pent - up emotions. Overthinking leads to stagnation of qi."
"I've seen a few similar cases. This symptom is most common among women, especially those who have given birth."
"Usually, family members mistake the patient's condition for a personality change and rarely pay attention. If left untreated, the illness may progress to hysteria."
Hearing this, Xun Ying fell into silence.
The things Wen Yu had been through were enough to shatter an ordinary person if any one of them was taken out alone. Yet she had endured so much...
"Doctor, then how can this illness be treated?" He spoke softly, his voice trembling slightly.
Hysteria was something everyone feared.
A proud person like Wen Yu would never be able to accept it if she ever went completely crazy.
The doctor shook his head and sighed heavily again.
Seeing this, Xun Ying's heart tightened instantly. His eyes widened as he stared intently at the doctor. "What do you mean? It's just depression. Can't it be cured?"
"I can only prescribe a prescription to soothe the liver and relieve depression, supplemented with nourishing yin drugs. But in the end, depression is a mental illness. Taking medicine alone may not be very effective."
As he spoke, the doctor picked up his pen and wrote something on the prescription. After a pause, he added, "If possible, it's most important for the patient to stay away from the root cause of the illness."
"I've been practicing medicine for many years. Although I've treated quite a few patients with this illness, most of those who recovered were women who developed depression after giving birth. As for others..."
"As far as I know, in the end, they either developed hysteria or took their own lives."
Xun Ying silently took the prescription, his hands trembling almost imperceptibly.
He clearly knew what the root cause the doctor referred to was.
But Wen Yu was already deeply involved. If she didn't deal with Ji Yunqing and Li Qilun, she would never stop.
"Young man, this illness has to be overcome by the patient herself. Others can't interfere. Remember to think less and don't be too persistent." After saying this, the doctor gave Xun Ying a deep look.
That look seemed both worried and sympathetic, as if he could already foresee the patient's fate.
"I understand. Thank you, doctor." Xun Ying took a deep breath, then turned to get the medicine with the prescription in hand.
When he returned to the mansion, he couldn't help but go to Wen Yu's room.
"Where did you go? You're back so soon?"
Wen Yu asked, her eyes falling on the medicine package in Xun Ying's hand. Her eyebrows furrowed, and there was a hint of worry in her eyes. "Are you sick?"
Hearing this, Xun Ying shook his head and then said seriously, "It's not me. It's you."
"Me?" Wen Yu pointed at herself in confusion. Seeing Xun Ying's serious expression, she couldn't help but laugh. "What illness do I have? How come I don't know?"
After she finished speaking, she saw Xun Ying looking at her seriously.
He seemed to have something hard to say. His eyes were extremely complicated and filled with a bit of pity.
Seeing this, Wen Yu was even more puzzled. "What are you standing there for? You said I'm sick. Tell me what illness it is. Why does it make you so worried?"
"The doctor said that your condition might be depression." Xun Ying spoke in a deep voice, then pleaded, "Let me go and kill Li Qilun and Ji Yunqing for you. Stop getting involved any further."
"After I kill them, I'll take you away from Shengjing. We'll go wherever you want to go and I'll accompany you to relax. How about that?"
Depression?
This was the first time Wen Yu had heard of such an illness.
She took the medicine package from Xun Ying's hand doubtfully and also took the prescription. "Lily, Bupleurum... These are all things that soothe the liver and relieve depression. Does depression refer to this?"
"It doesn't seem to be a big deal. Come on, don't worry blindly. I'm fine."
"As for Li Qilun and Ji Yunqing, I have my own plans. If they were so easy to be assassinated, they would have died many times over given their status."
"Don't sacrifice yourself for me. It's not worth it."
After she finished speaking, she returned the medicine package to Xun Ying and yawned slightly.
Seeing Xun Ying's expression becoming more and more anxious, Wen Yu chuckled again. "Come on, don't worry about me. I'm a bit sleepy and I want to take a nap. Don't do anything stupid."
After she finished speaking, as if she was still worried that Xun Ying might do something rash, she added, "I can't stop you from assassinating anyone. But if you fail, it will be even more difficult for me to deal with them in the future. For my sake, don't be impulsive."
"As for this medicine, it can't do any harm anyway. If you're really worried about me, I can take it."
Wen Yu seemed very easy - going, but she never really took Xun Ying's words to heart.
She had never heard of depression before, but she had indeed been over - thinking recently. Drinking some liver - soothing and depression - relieving herbal soup wouldn't hurt.
After Wen Yu finished speaking, she turned around and entered the room.
She was so exhausted that she really needed a good rest.
She didn't know what was wrong with herself recently. She always felt listless.
As she grumbled to herself, she didn't notice Xun Ying's half - red eyes at all.
Seeing that Wen Yu had really gone into the room to sleep, Xun Ying handed the medicine package to the kitchen.
Then he went out again.
There were many doctors in Shengjing, but half of them had rarely heard of this so - called depression.
Helplessly, Xun Ying had to go back to the first doctor.
"Does this depression have any symptoms? Could she just have stagnation of liver qi?" Xun Ying asked hopefully.
Compared to depression, stagnation of liver qi was more common.
But the doctor shook his head firmly. "Young man, the situation you described is not just stagnation of liver qi. If you're not sure, bring the patient here for me to take a look."
"This illness is rare. If you go to other doctors to inquire, you may not get much information. If I hadn't been a traveling doctor for a long time, I might have had little contact with this condition either."
After the doctor finished speaking, seeing Xun Ying's unyielding look, he sighed again, took out his notes, flipped to the record of depression, and handed it to Xun Ying.
"This is what I recorded during my previous medical practice. If you can read, take a look and compare." There was again that familiar look of sympathy in the doctor's eyes. Seeing Xun Ying reading seriously, he sighed deeply.
The further Xun Ying read, the more erratic his breathing became.
Seeing this, the doctor was even more convinced that he hadn't misdiagnosed. "Young man, is the patient your wife? If these symptoms appear after childbirth, drinking some medicine, caring more about her, and taking her out to relax will help a lot."
"The postpartum women I've met with these symptoms have a high probability of recovery as long as the right treatment is given early. Don't be discouraged."
Xun Ying could hardly listen to the doctor's consolation.
The more he compared Wen Yu's reactions, the more certain he was that the doctor was right.
But why? She had already been so unfortunate. Why did she still get such an illness?
Xun Ying's gaze stopped on the last line of the writing.
After seeing it clearly, his mind went blank with a buzzing sound—
Among the thirteen patients with this symptom, three recovered, seven took their own lives, and three developed hysteria.