Song Tangtang’s face was even paler than Ye Siyuan’s as she said, "Sister-in-law said it could cause infertility."
"That serious?"
Ye Siyuan patted her small chest, her expression as if she had survived a great disaster. "Thank goodness I didn’t eat any."
Song Tangtang was stunned. "You didn’t eat any? Didn’t you buy five boxes too? I clearly saw you throw the empty boxes from all five sets into the trash can that day."
Ye Siyuan’s voice was firm. "I didn’t eat any. What you saw in the trash can probably weren’t empty boxes, but the five packs of dicine themselves. I didn’t take a single pill from even one box."
At that mont, Si Mingjing finished taking Ye Siyuan’s pulse.
Si Mingjing’s eyebrows relaxed as she made her diagnosis. "Hmm, there’s nothing wrong with your body."
Ye Siyuan went on to say, "I was actually going to take them. But Yangyang did a divination for and said I was bound to face a calamity soon. The only way to avoid it was to be careful about what I ate and drank. So recently, besides my regular als, I haven’t even ordered milk tea."
Song Tangtang was upset. "Why didn’t Yangyang do a divination for ? Am I not going to face any calamities?"
"Perhaps she didn’t foresee this particular calamity—the diet pills," Ye Siyuan replied.
Song Tangtang thought for a long mont, then touched her head sheepishly and said, "Yangyang did seem to tell not to take diet pills. But with my wedding approaching so soon, I didn’t listen to Little Yangyang."
Ye Siyuan waved her hand. "Then you can’t bla Yangyang. Her divinations are very accurate."
Ye Siyuan was a die-hard fan of Su Chaoyang. She said, "Believe in Yangyang, gain eternal life!"
Si Mingjing found a piece of white paper, wrote a prescription, and handed it to the dispirited Song Tangtang. "Go to Zhang’s Pharmacy on the first floor of Yinhai Building to get your dicine. The owner of Zhang’s Pharmacy is my senior martial brother. Just tell him you’re my sister-in-law, and he’ll prepare the dicine properly for you. He’ll even brew it for you to take back. Take one dose a day. Start with a three-day course to help your body recover."
Song Tangtang looked like she was about to cry. She felt so unlucky. She just wanted to look a bit prettier in her wedding dress but ended up in this upsetting situation. She whined to Ye Siyuan, "Si Yuan, please, will you co with ?"
Ye Siyuan comforted her, "Don’t cry, I’ll go with you."
Song Tangtang then asked, "Sister-in-law, should I call Miss Chen and tell her there’s a problem with the diet pills? I saw you send soone to investigate earlier. Could it be that soone is deliberately trying to harm ?"
"Hmm, not bad. You’re finally using your head," Si Mingjing teased her.
Song Tangtang was mortified.
Listening to their conversation, Ye Siyuan’s vigilance soared. "Mingjing, are you saying soone wants to harm Tangtang?"
Si Mingjing wasn’t certain. She said, "It’s wise to be cautious of others. Let’s not publicize this for now. We’ll see if anything else happens. I don’t necessarily think soone wants to harm Tangtang. I’ll have soone investigate it first."
As she spoke, Si Mingjing added, "Actually, don’t bother buying the dicine. I’ll call my senior martial brother directly to deliver it to your door. You two just act as if you know nothing, and don’t ntion that you’ve stopped taking the diet pills."
Song Tangtang sat bolt upright, now treating Si Mingjing’s words as imperial edicts.
Ye Siyuan detected the implications in Si Mingjing’s words, her hair standing on end. "Mingjing, are you saying soone plotted to harm **? Yangyang said I have a calamity coming! Who would want to harm , and even try to make infertile?"
Si Mingjing, still uncertain, said, "Stay calm for now."
"I can’t! If soone really wants to make infertile, just thinking about it makes my head feel like it’s going to explode! How could I possibly stay calm?" Ye Siyuan fud.
Although she knew Si Mingjing had already sent Song Yuan to investigate, she couldn’t sit still and had her own people look into it as well.
Her mood was terrible the entire afternoon.
After Si Mingjing finished signing all the docunts, she analyzed with her the potential suspects.
"It might still be the conservatives within Atlantis. They don’t want to see you marry into the Mu Continent. rmaids are regarded as sacred Sea Gods in the hearts of the Atlantean people. Since they can’t stop you from marrying into the Mu Continent, they might resort to making you infertile to prevent you from bearing a rmaid child there."
This was Si Mingjing’s speculation.
Everyone has their own faith, and every country has its own as well.
Through the matter of pacifying Baitown City, Si Mingjing gained a deeper understanding of the importance of faith to the populace.
She was cultivating Blue Eye Sunflowers in Baitown City, but they were still in the initial stages of growth. Due to a shortage of the raw dicinal herbs, she couldn’t mass-produce the antidepressant yet. Therefore, she hadn’t started treating the large number of depressed citizens in Baitown City. There was still a long way to go to completely win over Baitown City.
Song Tangtang covered her mouth. "Si Yuan, I think Sister-in-law’s guess makes a lot of sense. Think about it. When Sister-in-law gave birth to Xiaobai, and during those years she was away, didn’t the Mu Continent try every conceivable thod to get Xiaobai back? The people of the Mu Continent couldn’t tolerate Little Dragon cub being raised by Brother Yinhe. If you put yourself in their shoes, you’ll understand. There must be a faction within Atlantis that wouldn’t want your future rmaid child to be raised on the Mu Continent."
Ye Siyuan sat cross-legged on the sofa with a cushion clutched in her arms, kneading it hard.
"This is so annoying! Getting married is just one problem after another!"
Si Mingjing chuckled at her. "What’s there to be annoyed about? You learn from your mistakes. How can you grow without experiencing so trials and tribulations? The small setbacks you experience now will prevent you from suffering major losses in the future. Just consider it a free lesson."
Ye Siyuan stuck out her tongue. "Mingjing, you really know how to comfort soone."
"That’s right. No one is born wise. Everyone needs to beco vigilant through practical experience. Then, when you face difficulties in the future, you’ll be able to handle them with ease. This is lifelong experience, the kind that no one’s protection can give you."
Si Mingjing spoke with conviction.
Ye Siyuan said, "I think you were just born intelligent and have never been tricked by others."
"Who says? I suffered many setbacks when I was young. I also beca vigilant through practical experience."
Si Mingjing said that when she lived on Prison Star, the people sent there were no saints. They were even worse than the villains depicted on television’s Villain Island. It was a world without laws or systems, where the weak were prey to the strong!
"I grew up in a den of villains. Can you imagine what kind of environnt that was?"
Ye Siyuan tried to imagine it: growing up surrounded by all sorts of death row inmates, especially in an environnt like Prison Star. How could anyone grow up unscathed there without being incredibly astute?
Suddenly, her eyes reddened. "Mingjing, it’s all my brother’s fault for not protecting you properly! That’s why you ended up on Prison Star, growing up among villains. I can’t bear to imagine it. My heart aches just thinking about it. It’s too much."
She was no longer angry, but instead beca quite sentintal.
Si Mingjing gave a faint smile. She herself didn’t mind. She felt it was the best school the heavens could have provided, enabling her to cut through obstacles and face the future without fear.
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