Chapter 1449: Chapter 1444: Obsession Turns to Illness

When Chu Yihan and Su Yingxue arrived with the Imperial Guards and soldiers, what they saw was this bloody scene. The village chief had already died, chopped into pieces; two other young men, though still alive, had their bodies mutilated, with severed limbs scattered on the ground. They were still crying and begging for mercy, but Zhuiying showed no intention of sparing them.

He meticulously sliced off their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths, leaving them to cry in excruciating pain, rapidly disfiguring them further.

“Xiao Yu, make him stop!”

Chu Yihan yelled in a low voice.

This was on the streets of Jiang Du City, where such indiscriminate killing could not be tolerated in his presence.

Holding the person in his arms, Xiao Yu had already stopped listening or paying attention to the chaos outside, “Yan’er, whether in life or death, we will always be together.”

Even if she could not survive, he would not let her face fear alone.

“Brother Yu, Ningning…”

Before Su Miaoyan lost consciousness, she thought she heard the cry of a baby,

Her child, so small, so soft, crying so helplessly.

Su Yingxue stepped forward, asking Xiao Yu to release Su Miaoyan to her for treatment. Xiao Yu, however, refused to let go. He seemed deaf to all persuasion. Su Yingxue, concerned for Su Miaoyan’s safety, had no choice but to physically struggle to take her.

Zhuiying and Zi Wei, each defending their masters, ignited a fierce battle.

Finally, Su Yingxue succeeded in taking Su Miaoyan back and put her in the carriage of the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor.

Xiao Qingyu, feeling helpless, could only watch as Su Hao pinned Xiao Yu to the ground. Each time he thought back to this night, it would tear his heart apart.

He would never forget how that evening, Xiao Yu screamed in utter agony and despair.

He vomited blood all over the ground, yet still, he lost Su Miaoyan.

Chu Yihan had Qilin Garden sealed off, ordering Xiao Qingyu to stay there awaiting punishment, and had Xiao Yu, Mu Qianya, and Zhuiying detained in the old residence. This sorrowful moonlit night thus came to an end.

In the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor, lights were kept bright all night. Su Yingxue and Rong Sheng stayed in the medicine hut, working tirelessly all night to save Su Miaoyan’s life.

Su Yingxue’s Soul Capturing Acupuncture Technique stopped the blood clots in Su Miaoyan’s brain, saving her from life-threatening danger, but her body remained weak. She needed to recuperate for a while before she could recover.

Su Yingxue closed her eyes, allowing Little Ginseng to keep monitoring Su Miaoyan’s brain. After Little Ginseng checked and reported that the blood clot had not spread, Su Yingxue was completely relieved.

“Her condition was delayed. If she had been brought to you earlier, wouldn’t a few needles have solved everything?” Little Ginseng pouted, its crisp tender voice echoing in Su Yingxue’s mind.

Su Yingxue wasn’t angry, “Xiao Yu acted like a madman. I took Miaoyan away to save her, not to kill her. Holding onto Miaoyan any longer would only have jeopardized her further.”

Rong Sheng, washing his hands nearby, heard her and lightly said, “Compared to losing his love forever, he would rather die with her.”

“Does he not trust my medical skills?” Su Yingxue frowned.

“It’s not that he doesn’t trust the medical skills; he trusts no one, just like Chu Yifeng, turning his paranoia into a sickness,” Rong Sheng said indifferently.

As soon as Rong Sheng finished speaking, Chu Yifeng’s voice rang out from outside, “Sister, if you don’t come out now, I’m going to barge in.”

“Do not come in.”

Rong Sheng wiped his hands clean, approached Su Yingxue, and discussed with her the follow-up medical treatment for Su Miaoyan before concluding the matter.

Before leaving, Rong Sheng handed Su Yingxue a book, “This is the structure of the human brain, which I have drawn in detail and annotated. You might want to read it, for you may need to perform brain surgery in case of emergencies.”

“Operate on… the brain?” Su Yingxue found the idea daunting. “For me, that might be quite a challenge.”

She had performed surgeries on the body before, but operating on the human brain was something she dared not approach lightly.

“You have already blazed a trail in surgical operations. Since you have begun, you should delve deeper into the field. Moreover, Shu Li, your senior sister, has once performed a successful craniotomy,” Rong Sheng said, his eyes full of encouragement for her.

Believing in Su Yingxue more than in her own unpracticed hands, Rong Sheng was confident that Su Yingxue could further develop surgical procedures in this world,

especially since there were many more medical challenges for them to tackle.

Su Yingxue accepted the book from Rong Sheng, which detailed craniotomy procedures. She sat in the medicine hut, reading it all day long.

Outside the medicine hut, Chu Yifeng couldn’t wait any longer and whisked Rong Sheng away, talking about taking Xi’er out of the city for fun. Though still unmarried, they seemed just like an old married couple with a child, a picture of happiness and contentment.

Today, many had visited the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor to see Su Miaoyan, including Zuo Qingqing who had once harbored a crush on Chu Yifeng. She saw him with a fan in his hand, holding Rong Sheng tenderly, suave and utterly tender-eyed, which twisted her handkerchief out of shape.

Zuo Qingqing’s maid indignantly said, “This Eighth Prince is too fickle! Just a few months ago, he was caring and sending you large boxes of gold and jewels, and now he’s joyfully romancing this woman, completely forgetting his promises to you.”

“How could I ever dream to match the distinguished status of the Eighth Prince?” Zuo Qingqing maintained a calm facade but internally, sinister thoughts had already taken root.

Upon returning home, she immediately sent her maid to fetch her wet nurse and instructed her to bring her worldly and experienced son to meet in her courtyard.

At the old mansion, Chu Yihan came to see Xiao Yu in person. Seriously injured and unable to stand, Xiao Yu could not pay his respects, not that he intended to.

His swollen, purplish eyes stared fixedly at Chu Yihan, demanding, “Give Yan’er back to me.”

“Give her back to you? Can you save her? If Yingxue hadn’t recovered her last night, Yan’er might have already been a corpse by now, Xiao Yu,”

Chu Yihan reminded coldly.

Yet Xiao Yu, completely heedless, roared, “Give Yan’er back to me! You, don’t think about taking her away.”

“In your current state, forget the Marquis of Martial South’s Manor, I would also refuse to let her return to your side. You better come to your senses and see how many lives your hands are stained with!” Chu Yihan reprimanded coldly.

Despite the great tragedy that befell the Xiao family, losing his wife and child, Chu Yihan had sympathized with his pain and turned a blind eye to the bloody deeds of the Xiao family, not holding them accountable.

But this time, Xiao Yu had gone too far, slaughtering an entire village to vent his spleen, which crossed Chu Yihan’s limits.

Especially, his so-called protective measure for Su Miaoyan, which involved hiding her and nearly costing her life.

And then there was Mu Qianya!

“You instigated Mu Qianya, and she harmed the empress, I will not let her off either!” Chu Yihan left with a flick of his sleeve, unwilling to engage further.

Outside the door was Su Hao, following Chu Yihan.

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