A Blessed Daughter - Chapter 420

A Blessed Daughter
Chapter 420 – Having someone by my side on New Year (2)

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In recent years she had been surrounded by Meimei, Nanny, Uncle Xu, and Brother Yong — always lively and cheerful. Especially Brother Yong and Meimei, who bickered constantly, filling the air with laughter. Because of that, she hadn’t thought about those memories of her past life for a long while.

But this year, for some reason, those memories resurfaced.

Perhaps it was because fewer people were around her now. Or perhaps because this year’s New Year was harder than those before.

Still, when she thought about it, things weren’t all bad. At least this time she still had a caring family member by her side— unlike that lonely year long ago.

After a while, Wei Jinyi suddenly felt a weight on his shoulder.

Turning his head, he saw that Wei Ruo had fallen asleep against him.

She must have been exhausted, though for some reason she had insisted on staying up with him to greet the New Year.

After some time, Wei Jinyi carefully lifted her into his arms and carried her over to the bed. Gently, he set her down, took off her shoes, and tucked the quilt around her.

The candle by the bed flickered, casting its light across Wei Ruo’s face. For reasons he couldn’t quite explain, Wei Jinyi found himself staring, lost in thought.

-candle

Only after a long while did Wei Jinyi finally rise to leave. Before stepping out, he carefully blew out the candle and closed the door behind him.

The next morning, Wei Ruo woke up early, her mind still weighed down with worries.

Dawn had already broken. It was the first day of the New Year, but Wei Ruo needed to hurry over to check on yesterday’s patients.

Though she had risen early, Doctor Cheng was already ahead of her.

“Good morning, Doctor Cheng,” Wei Ruo greeted him.

“Master Xu, come quickly and take a look— Constable Xing’s fever cooled down!” Doctor Cheng’s voice carried an excited edge.

Wei Ruo immediately stepped forward to examine him and confirmed that the fever had indeed subsided.

“How are you feeling now?” Wei Ruo asked the constable.

“My throat’s a little sore, but the headache is gone. The pain’s pretty much gone now.” Constable Xing’s reply came in a hoarse voice, yet his breath was steady, and he looked much improved.

He added, “I sweated through the latter half of the night. My bedding was soaked, but after changing into dry covers, I feel completely refreshed.”

“That’s excellent, excellent! A most promising sign!” Doctor Cheng exclaimed with excitement.

It was the first time he had seen such significant improvement in a patient with this illness.

Up to now, even the fortunate ones who survived hadn’t shown recovery on this scale— most were still weak and listless.

Turning to Wei Ruo, Doctor Cheng said, “Master Xu, your method is effective! The diagnosis of pneumonia was correct!”

Wei Ruo’s face lit up with joy as well. Nothing could be more encouraging than to see their treatment working.

“In that case,” Wei Ruo said, “let’s try it on a few more patients today. With more cases to observe, and different constitutions to consider, we can refine the prescriptions and the acupuncture techniques further.”

“Good, we’ll go by your judgment!” Doctor Cheng agreed without hesitation.

Not long after Wei Ruo had risen, the other physicians were up as well. Like her, none of them had been able to rest easy, as they were all worried about the patients.

Madam Yuan personally brought them bowls of tangyuan for breakfast. It was the local custom, the first meal of the New Year must include tangyuan, symbolizing reunion and wholeness.

–Tangyuan is glutinous rice balls, a traditional Chinese dessert made from sticky rice flour. Their round shape symbolizes reunion, harmony, and family togetherness.

After hastily finishing their meal, they threw themselves back into work.

Today, even more patients needed treatment, making the workload heavier than the day before.

This time, they expanded the range of patients: some were as old as fifty, and they deliberately chose cases that showed different symptoms, hoping to gain a broader understanding of the illness and improve their treatments.

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