Chapter 610: Chapter 609: Let You Suffer in Vain
Madam Zhou hurried to Zhou Xiuer’s room, and by then, she was burning up with fever, her little face flush and scorching hot.
“How did it suddenly get this bad?” Madam Zhou exclaid, quickly having soone fetch water, and she wrung out a handkerchief to place on her forehead.
“Auntie, Xiuxiu doesn’t want to leave; auntie, please don’t send us away,” Zhou Xiuer pleaded with a raspy voice, grabbing Madam Zhou’s hand. “Auntie, Xiuxiu will be obedient and take good care of you.”
A warmth flooded Madam Zhou’s eyes, and she said, “Silly child, don’t talk like that. You’re sick now; just focus on resting.”
“Xiuxiu wants auntie to promise ,” Zhou Xiuer whined.
Although Madam Zhou’s heart softened, she dared not make any promises.
Wufu had already spoken, and if she made a promise to Xiuxiu without his consent, it’s likely that Wufu would be upset.
Noticing Madam Zhou’s hesitation, Zhou Xiuer felt secretly infuriated, her head spinning even more.
Even with Xiuxiu so ill, could Madam Zhou really be heartless enough to emulate that cold-blooded and unfeeling woman, Wufu?
“Auntie…”
“Madam.”
Zhou Xiuer had just begun to speak when she saw Jadeite, the maid beside Wufu, enter and interrupt her.
Seeing Jadeite, Madam Zhou looked behind her but didn’t see Wufu.
“Madam, the young miss has already gone to bed. Hearing that the female cousin wasn’t feeling well, she sent
to attend,” Jadeite said, bending her knee in a curtsy.
Zhou Xiuer felt a sigh of relief upon hearing this, yet so displeasure mingled in.
She was ill, and yet Wufu couldn’t even co to take a single look. Surely, this ant she wasn’t being taken seriously.
However, it was better that she didn’t co. Xiuxiu would have an easier ti convincing her aunt. With her around, it would probably be even more difficult.
With this thought, Zhou Xiuer looked earnestly at Madam Zhou and started coughing.
Madam Zhou didn’t say anything upon hearing that Wufu had gone to bed.
“Madam, seeing that the female cousin seems to be burning up, Jadeite knows a bit of differential diagnosis, which you are aware of, Madam. Why not have her co and take a pulse?” Jadeite suggested.
Madam Zhou’s eyes lit up; the two maids Wufu had purchased were indeed very skilled, and she knew that all too well. The one nad Jadeite did have so knowledge in differential diagnosis; she had even given Madam Zhou a prescription to regulate her health, and after taking it these past days, she felt much better.
“Quickly fetch her here; I was just thinking to call her for a visit,” Madam Zhou said joyfully.
On such a late evening, their mansion was just an ordinary small household, and unlike those wealthy families, they did not have a physician on permanent call. Thus, if soone fell ill in the middle of the night, they could only go out to summon a doctor.
And now, during the New Year’s festivities and with the cold weather, and at this late hour, the doctors would probably be unwilling to co.
Having Jadeite available was the best scenario.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xiuer beca frantic, as if this Jadeite could actually cure her, then her whole ordeal, her strategem of suffering, would have been for naught.
No, she’d risked her health in her gamble, not for it all to co to nothing.
Zhou Xiuer exclaid urgently, “Auntie, it’s so late; there’s no need to bother the people from my female cousin’s side. I just need to sleep, and after resting for a few days, it’ll be fine. There’s no need to see any doctor.”
But Madam Zhou countered, “You’re delirious with fever, burning up to the touch; how could you not see a doctor? Don’t rely on your youth and shy away from dical care; a minor ailnt can escalate to a serious illness, which would be troubleso.”
Without allowing Zhou Xiuer to refuse, she motioned to Jadeite to summon soone.
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