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Chapter 23 Idiot, you didn't even say you were injured.

The force with which he held her hand was so strong, it felt like he was going to crush her bones.

Qiao Nian struggled a few times but couldn't pull it out, while Lu Xiao stared at her stubbornly.

"Who is he?"

His voice was hoarse and trembling, even carrying a hint of pleading.

Qiao Nian looked at the man kneeling in the snow, biting her lip and remaining silent.

Qiao Guowen was extremely anxious, "Niannian, this is not the time to throw a tantrum. You have to tell your son-in-law the truth. If you won't tell me, I will..."

"dad."

Qiao Nian's tone was relatively calm. She stopped the impatient Qiao Guowen and looked up at the man in front of her.

"Tell me first, do you have a relationship with Chen Jing? Do you have any plans to marry her?"

"marry?"

Lu Xiao was delirious from the fever and his reaction wasn't quick enough. "Why should I marry her? Who is she?"

Qiao Nian...

Could it be that what the book said about Lu Xiao marrying Chen Jing a year later was false?

Before Qiao Nian could figure it out, Qiao Guowen impatiently spoke up from the side, "Son-in-law, son-in-law, don't think nonsense. Both children in Nian Nian's belly are yours, they are yours."

"dad……"

"what?"

Lu Xiao's face was flushed, and his eyes were somewhat unfocused. He stared intently at Qiao Nian, "Is what Dad said true?"

"My child?"

Qiao Nian felt agitated by that gaze and pulled her hand away abruptly. "Otherwise, whose child do you think I would be pregnant with?"

"Lu Xiao, do you think I'm as fickle as you?"

Qiao Nian was still unhappy in her words. Why did that book say that Lu Xiao married Chen Jing?
One of them is her favorite person, and the other is her least favorite person. She would be unhappy just putting their names together, let alone getting married.

Lu Xiao, who had been staring at her intently, suddenly smiled. "Good, good, good!"

As long as Niannian acknowledges that the child is his, then regardless of whose child it is, the child will belong to him and Niannian.

"Are you crazy? What's so good about it? Get up, I'm taking you to the hospital."

Qiao Nian half-carried, half-dragged Lu Xiao to his feet, while Qiao Guowen quickly unloaded the firewood from his back. The father and daughter then helped Lu Xiao back home.

The firewood wasn't thrown away; it was stored in my spatial storage and taken back with me.

Nian Yunci's eyelids had been twitching since the afternoon.

Therefore, when she saw her son-in-law arrive, she didn't even have time to ask him if he had eaten. She directly told him that she was worried something might have happened to them.

Without saying a word, the son-in-law went into the mountains.

They haven't come back yet.

Nian Yunci was so anxious that she paced around the doorway several times.

"Don't worry, little sister, nothing will happen."

Wang Xueqin comforted Nian Yunci.

Nian Yunci nodded, but the worry on her face did not diminish at all.

After pacing back and forth a few times, she couldn't resist anymore and wanted to go to the village to find Tian Shichang and ask him to find someone to help search in the mountains.

Just as she was thinking this, Wang Xueqin spoke up, "Is that Niannian and the others back over there? What's wrong with Xiao Lu? Old Li, Old Li, come out quickly, come out quickly."

Wang Xueqin anxiously called for people to come into the house.

Nian Yunci turned around and saw her daughter and husband helping their son-in-law walk away, and she was extremely anxious.

"Niannian, what's wrong with my son-in-law?"

"Mom, Lu Xiao's injury hasn't healed properly. He braved the wind and snow to travel, and his wound has reopened and he has developed a high fever. We need to take him to the hospital."

Qiao Nian explained as she walked.

"A high fever? How did he get a high fever? It's all my fault. My son-in-law's complexion was already not good when he came, but I didn't notice."

Nian Yunci felt extremely guilty.

Qiao Nian told her not to be upset and to take her to the hospital first.

"Brother Qiao, sister-in-law, if you trust me, let me take a look at him."

Li Ruihua came out from inside and spoke at that moment.

Qiao Guowen and Nian Yunci naturally trusted Li Ruihua.

But since it involves their son-in-law, they have to listen to his and their daughter's opinions.

“Son-in-law… Niannian…”

"Girl, Old Li is very skilled. He used to treat many patients with high fevers in Beijing." Thinking they didn't believe Li Ruihua, Wang Xueqin quickly explained.

Nian Yunci quickly explained that it wasn't that she didn't trust Li Ruihua.

"Thank you for your help, Uncle Li."

Qiao Nian spoke up.

Li Ruihua nodded and told them to help Lu Xiao into the house.

"Guowen, go and heat the kang (heated brick bed) a bit more; your son-in-law can't catch a cold right now."

Nian Yunci instructed her husband.

Qiao Guowen sighed and went to get busy.

When Nian Yunci saw the large footprint on her husband's back, her heart jumped into her throat.

I have so many questions I want to ask, but none of them are as important as my son-in-law right now.

Lu Xiao lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) where Qiao Nian was sleeping.

Qiao Nian wanted to get some hot water to wipe Lu Xiao down and cool him down physically.

Although his eyes were closed, he was unwilling to let go of her hand.

Helpless, Qiao Nian could only kneel on the kang and gently comfort Lu Xiao, telling him not to be so tense and to relax.

Li Ruihua took out his treasured silver needles and inserted them into various acupoints on Lu Xiao's body.

After Li Ruihua performed acupuncture, Lu Xiao's burning temperature really did go down.

Although there is still a slight fever, it is now within the normal range.

Li Ruihua put away the silver needles, and Lu Xiao's tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little.

Although he is still unconscious, at least he's not as scary anymore.

Li Ruihua then said, "Xiao Qiao, take off Xiao Lu's outer coat, I'll check his wound."

"it is good."

Qiao Nian told herself that she was just taking care of the injured.

She took off Lu Xiao's clothes as Li Ruihua instructed.

Seeing the blood-soaked bandage on his right shoulder, near his shoulder, she couldn't help but look away.

Li Ruihua unwrapped the gauze and saw the ruptured wound inside, and he sighed.

"Why did you exert yourself so much after just being injured? No wonder your wound reopened."

Fortunately, he had some medicinal powder that he had prepared himself, specifically for external injuries.

It can stop bleeding and reduce inflammation, and the effect is quite good.

Li Ruihua took out the medicinal powder and sprinkled it on Lu Xiao's wound.

He was about to help Lu Xiao wrap the bandage again when Qiao Nian quickly said, "Uncle Li, let me do it."

Li Ruihua then remembered that the young girl in front of him was also a medical student.

But she's a Western medicine doctor, unlike me, a despised old Chinese medicine doctor...

"it is good."

Li Ruihua withdrew her hand. "From now on, I'll leave it to you, Xiao Qiao, to take care of him. To prevent him from getting a fever again in the middle of the night, I'll go get some herbs. You can boil them for him to drink in a bit."

Li Ruihua was a little guilty when she said this.

Qiao Nian, who was afraid of studying Western medicine, looked down on him, an old Chinese medicine doctor.

To everyone's surprise, Qiao Nian didn't show any disdain at all; on the contrary, she respected him very much.

"it is good."

"Thank you, Uncle Li."

"If it weren't for you today, Lu Xiao might have been in mortal danger. Uncle Li, you saved our family. Thank you."

Qiao Nian kept thanking her.

Their attitude was sincere, without a trace of pretense.

Li Ruihua's tense nerves relaxed, and she smiled and said, "It's alright, it's alright. Xiao Lu usually takes good care of me and your aunt."

"It was just a small favor for me. These feudal dregs can still be of some help, so it's making the best use of them."

"Uncle Li."

Qiao Nian raised her head and looked sincerely at Li Ruihua. "The precious wealth left by our ancestors has never been feudal dross."

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