"Xiao Yu, tell honestly, has Juanyan ntioned anything about divorcing you?"
This question struck Nan Yu like a bolt of lightning, sending a chill down her spine.
She guiltily glanced at the fully white-haired Chi Ying, hesitant about how to respond.
Suddenly, a ringtone sounded inside the car.
Xu Qi respectfully passed a mobile phone from the front, "Old Madam, it's the Young Master's call."
Chi Ying imdiately took it, "Juanyan, what's wrong?"
Nan Yu, sitting beside her, clearly heard Huo Juanyan's husky and magnetic voice co through from the other end.
"Grandma, I've been busy with company matters recently and won't be able to join you for dinner at the ancestral ho tonight. I'll arrange a good ti later to bring her back for you to et."
Chi Ying, with a knowing look, snorted coldly, massaging her temple as it began to tighten, "You're busy, so there's no need for you to co back. As for my precious granddaughter-in-law, don't bother yourself with the busy work of fetching her, I've already picked her up."
Without waiting for Huo Juanyan to say anything, she continued, "By the way, since you've called, I might as well ask you directly, have you talked about divorcing my granddaughter-in-law?"
Hearing this, Nan Yu involuntarily eased her breathing, pricking up her ears, curious as to how Huo Juanyan would reply.
On the other end, Huo Juanyan remained calm and collected, "No."
Chi Ying, having received a definite answer, stopped massaging her temple and smiled, "Alright then, you go about your business, we don't need you to worry about us."
After hanging up, Chi Ying turned to look at Nan Yu, gripping her hand with heartfelt emphasis, "Xiao Yu, if Juanyan is thinking about a quick divorce, you must tell . You are such a good child; he can't be allowed to mistreat you."
She paused, her tone rising, "Even if it cos to divorce, it should be because you feel you cannot continue living with him. When that ti cos, Grandma will absolutely support your decision to divorce."
Ward by her words, Nan Yu replied, "Grandma, it's too early to talk about these things."
Chi Ying patted her hand and nodded, "Right, you've only just married; we shouldn't speak of such inauspicious matters."
After speaking, she leaned back sowhat tiredly and closed her eyes, continuing to rub her temples with even more effort than before.
Seeing this, Nan Yu asked with concern, "Grandma, is your head uncomfortable?"
Xu Qi, from the front, caught a glimpse of this scene in the rearview mirror and spoke with concern and impatience, "Old Madam, is it your chronic headache acting up again? I'll call Old Li to wait at the old house now."
Chi Ying furrowed her brow deeply, "Xiao Yu, this is an ailnt I've had for decades, it's nothing serious. Xu Qi, don't call Old Li. He's quite busy at the hospital on normal days. A bit of dication and so rest should suffice for my headache."
Her entire head felt as though shackled by a tightening band, incessantly constricting, accompanied by the stabbing pain of countless insects gnawing at her brain.
The pain was worse than ever—it seed her condition had worsened.
Nan Yu saw Chi Ying's lips turning pale, her struggle against the pain evident. She quickly grasped Chi Ying's wrist to take her pulse.
"Grandma, I know a bit of dical skill, let check on you," she said.
Only a few seconds passed before she furrowed her brow, her gaze heavy. Glancing again at Chi Ying's complexion, whitened like paper, it appeared she might faint at any mont.
Without further hesitation, Nan Yu said to Xu Qi in front, "Uncle Xu, please slow down the car a bit, I need to administer a couple of acupuncture needles to Grandma."
Upon hearing this, Xu Qi showed so reluctance, "Young Madam, the Old Madam has seen many well-known doctors from ho and abroad, and quite a number of practitioners of Traditional Chinese dicine as well, all to no avail. So acupuncture treatnts even worsened the Old Madam's headaches. You see..."
He hesitated and then changed tack, "Old Madam, we are not far from the hospital; I'll go straight there to find Old Li."
Chi Ying opened her cloudy brown eyes, clinging to the last shred of her sanity, eting Nan Yu's earnest and clear gaze with a sudden and inexplicable trust.
"Xu Qi, drive slower and let Xiao Yu try," she commanded.
Xu Qi dared not disobey, imdiately reducing the car's speed, driving slowly and smoothly.
Just redirecting the destination from the ancestral ho to the hospital.
Nan Yu then took out a box of needles and began administering them to Chi Ying's head.
Her delicate hands skillfully twisted the thin Silver Needle, rapidly and precisely inserting it into the acupoints.
In just three minutes, Chi Ying's entire head was filled with Silver Needles.
Nan Yu looked at her, "Grandma, how do you feel now?"
"Puh!"
The next second, Chi Ying's eyes dilated, and she violently spat out a mouthful of black blood.
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