An Jie’s heart ached even more, and Luoiyan, standing beside him, also turned around and began to sob.
It seed that the fiery pain in her throat reminded An Yueyue, and after a mont of stunned gaze, her eyes suddenly widened. No one knew where she got the strength from, but her body, which had been too weak to even lift her eyelids, suddenly beca strong.
She violently threw off the quilt on her body and, looking at her bare legs, hot tears cascaded out as she held her face and wailed loudly.
Her throat hurt so much, and her crying was so hoarse, that it was completely different from her usually gentle and clear voice.
Hearing her little sister’s agonized wailing, An Jie’s heart hurt beyond asure, and all he could do was to hold his pampered little sister tightly and cry with her.
What exactly An Yueyue experienced during the day and night she was missing, even though she didn’t say, An Jie and others could guess.
Perhaps she was too heartbroken; after crying for a while, An Yueyue fell into a faint again.
Luoiyan instructed the servant won to guard the door well while asking Pingping to prepare hot water for An Yueyue to bathe.
She was pregnant, but she had always treated An Yueyue as her own little sister. How could she ignore her sister’s plight?
Luoiyan went to the bathroom together with Pingping and personally began to wash An Yueyue.
During the washing, An Yueyue woke up twice. The first ti, she frantically splashed water on herself and poured cold water over her head despite Pingping’s attempts to stop her.
This sudden outburst and anger made her faint again.
Luoiyan hurriedly washed her with warm water, and just as she was about to lift her out of the bath, she suddenly realized that An Yueyue was awake again, staring fixedly ahead without responding to her repeated calls.
A chill ran down the spines of the maid and mistress, and they quickly called a strong servant woman to carry her back to bed.
All the bedding and such on the bed had been replaced with new, and An Yueyue’s previous clothes had also been collected and burned.
They thought An Yueyue would create a commotion upon waking up, but unexpectedly, she just lay there, gazing at the ceiling, unmoving, without even turning her eyes, as if she had gone mad.
Luoiyan and An Jie were worried to death, and they urgently sent for a doctor.
But with An Yueyue having experienced such an event, calling anyone might risk a leak of information.
After much thought, Luoiyan decided to send Pingping to invite Lin Yuan, who was known throughout the Capital city for having a little sister apprenticed to a very skilled Divine Doctor, as the safest option.
Pingping hurried off, and Luoiyan personally stayed by An Yueyue’s bedside, fearing she might harm herself out of despair.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and a servant ca to report that An Yueyue’s maid had woken up, but she was frantically tearing at her clothes and yanking her hair while alternately crying and laughing, down to drooling.
An Jie told Luoiyan to stay in the room while he went himself to see the situation. The little maid was a few years younger than An Yueyue and had just turned ten. How could she not go mad after suffering such tornt at such a young age?
However, An Jie also heard plenty of information in her disjointed words, her constant cries of "stay away, don’t co near " indicated that she must have endured an even more horrifying experience than An Yueyue.
An Jie clenched his fists tightly, cursing Wu Jiangtao, a beast who would one day et his fate!
The little maid was pitiful indeed; he instructed the servant won to take her back to her room and take good care of her, then An Jie turned and went back to his own room.
An Yueyue still looked the sa, and Luoiyan’s eyes were almost swollen from crying, clinging to her hand, continuously speaking to her, but sadly, she didn’t receive any response.
"Miss, Miss Lin is here!"
Pingping’s voice arose, and in a blink, she entered the room, followed by Lin Yuan and Xiao Linshuang, as well as Shui Xian carrying the dicine chest.
Seeing the situation, Lin Yuan had Shui Xian put down the dicine chest and then went out to wait.
Luoiyan looked at her gratefully, and hurriedly asked Xiao Linshuang to perform the pulse diagnosis for An Yueyue.
Xiao Linshuang’s dical skills were not bad, but after all, she was just a little girl, still ignorant of so matters, only able to discern injuries based on the pulse.
Seeing the state of An Jie and his wife, Lin Yuan’s heart sank further, having guessed An Yueyue’s plight when Pingping had co to find her earlier.
Now, witnessing it firsthand, her heart ached even more.
The room was so quiet that even the breathing was deliberately softened.
Montarily, Xiao Linshuang withdrew her hand. She wanted to check An Yueyue’s body, but as her small hand just touched her clothes, An Yueyue, who had been staring at the ceiling, suddenly moved her eyeballs, startling Xiao Linshuang into instinctively crying out.
"Miss Lin, my little sister, she... she might not want to be touched by others."
Luoiyan’s voice was choked with sobs as she hurriedly explained.
Xiao Linshuang tilted her head, slightly confused.
Lin Yuan understood, however, and pulled Xiao Linshuang aside: "Presumably, the Young Lady has already examined Miss An’s body. If there is an injury, we could ask the Young Lady about it later."
Xiao Linshuang nodded and then went aside to write a prescription.
An Yueyue, apart from being abused, didn’t actually have any other injuries. Xiao Linshuang’s pulse diagnosis only revealed that she was suffering from extre anguish and frustration, which was pent up in her heart. That’s why Xiao Linshuang wanted to check if she had any physical injuries.
Having written a prescription to ease An Yueyue’s distressed heart, Xiao Linshuang also took out several bottles of dicine for external application and included a box of ointnt to reduce scars.
Thinking of the sowhat crazed maid outside, An Jie asked Pingping to bring Xiao Linshuang to treat her as well.
Of course, Lin Yuan also specially instructed Pingping not to let Xiao Linshuang examine the maid’s body.
After all, it involved the maid’s reputation, and with Xiao Linshuang being only eight years old, such early exposure to these matters wasn’t good for her.
After exchanging a few words with Luoiyan, Lin Yuan also learned the identity of the main culprit behind this matter.
Xia Zheng had actually sent people to look as well, but Wu Zhengqing was very cunning; there was no property registered under the Wu Family’s na in the Capital city, and one could only search carefully. Such a search would naturally take ti.
The ordeal An Yueyue faced was painful, but to say that she had no responsibility in the matter was also unjustifiable.
While they were speaking in the room, they suddenly heard a burst of urgent and disordered footsteps from outside.
The sharp and slightly cracked voice of An Yixiang also ca through: "Yuer! Yuer! Mother is here! Mother has co!"
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