The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 988 - 967: Illness (Happy Birthday to the book friend "Yellow Tangerine")

Chapter 988: Chapter 967: Illness (Happy Birthday to the book friend "Yellow Tangerine")

Manbao’s eyebrows furrowed slightly as she felt Yin Huo’s hand, and it took her several moves before she could hear his pulse. To be more precise, she closed her eyes.

The carriage suddenly became silent.

Manbao felt for a long time, and slowly opened her eyes. She looked carefully at Yin Huo’s face before withdrawing her hand, "Have you been in poor health since you were a child?"

Yin Huo lowered his eyes without speaking.

Manbao continued, "Your energy is very weak. You’ve been taking medicine all along, haven’t you?"

Because Yin Huo always remained silent, Manbao would stare into his face when asking him questions. Seeing him pause for a moment and then nod slightly, she quickly asked, "Do you remember your prescription? What did the doctor say?"

Yin Huo withdrew his hand without answering, his facial expression scarcely changed, but Manbao could feel that he was displeased.

After thinking for a moment, Manbao said, "Your illness is not light. Do you often feel breathless, feel palpitations and discomfort when your emotions fluctuate, and unable to control your tears?"

Bai Shan, Bai Erlang, and Liu Huan all turned to look at Yin Huo.

Yin Huo shifted to avoid Manbao’s gaze.

Manbao persisted, "Do you also have trouble sleeping, lack of appetite, feel inexplicably sad when alone, want to cry, and sometimes even think about... death?"

Bai Shan, Bai Erlang, and Liu Huan were startled and looked at Yin Huo even more seriously.

Yin Huo also looked at Manbao in surprise and then lowered his head under everyone’s gaze.

Bai Shan’s eyes nearly bulged out with shock. Was this true?

Bai Shan coughed softly, his voice much softer, "Life is so precious, why harbor such despair?"

Yin Huo pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "I’m not in despair."

Liu Huan then said, "So your crying isn’t because you’re just a crier, but because you’re sick?"

Manbao ushered the three to the side and continued speaking to Yin Huo, "Your illness needs treatment. You have to trust me. Before you go to school tomorrow, could you stop by Jishi Hall? I’ll take a look at you."

Yin Huo disbelieved, "Just melancholy, how could that be an illness?"

"It is an illness."

Yin Huo fell silent again.

Manbao prattled on, "Do you know? When I felt your pulse just now, it took a long time for me to find it. Among the patients I’ve seen, you are one of the weakest. Were you premature, have you been weak since childhood?"

Yin Huo looked up at her, still silent.

Liu Huan nodded repeatedly, "Exactly, exactly, he was premature and has been frail since childhood."

Why did Liu Huan know this?

Of course, because Yin Huo had six sisters. If anyone made Yin Huo cry, the first thing his six sisters would say was exactly that.

Manbao said, "The five organs in the human body form a system, a cycle, just like the five elements, and are closely related. Therefore, the strong can support the weak, or they can overwhelm the weak, but if all your five organs are weak, that’s very dangerous."

Yin Huo clutched the corner of his clothing without speaking.

"There are two issues with your health, depressive mood is one, physical weakness is another. If you want to treat the depressive mood, you must first address the physical weakness, and to tackle the physical weakness, the depression also needs to be treated."

Manbao continued, "Otherwise, your physical health won’t improve because of your depressive mood, and a depressive mood will make it harder for your body to recover."

"Hold on," Liu Huan raised his hand, "So, are you going to treat the depressive mood first or the physical weakness?"

Manbao gave him a sidelong glance, devoid of any gentleness, "Both at the same time!"

Yin Huo’s eyes drooped as he said, "It’s incurable."

"Who says it can’t be cured?" Manbao’s spirits lifted, tempting him, "I’m very confident that I can cure you..."

"Are you even more skilled than Imperial Doctor Tan?"

Manbao blinked her eyes. "You’re being treated by Imperial Doctor Tan?"

Yin Huo didn’t want to talk anymore. The carriage slowly came to a halt, and Daji jumped down from the vehicle, setting down the footstool, and said, "Young Master, Miss Man, we’ve arrived."

Manbao lifted the curtain and looked outside, Yin Huo also glanced out, and they saw the gate of his home.

He was startled; they really did take him home.

Bai Shan and the others dismounted from the carriage, and seeing Yin Huo still in a daze on the vehicle, said, "Aren’t you going home?"

Yin Huo came to his senses, climbed down from the carriage with his eyes downcast, and the following servants of the Yin Family and the Liu Family silently stopped their carriages and quietly ran up to them.

The servants of the Yin Family carefully looked over their young master, noting no injuries and, most importantly, no signs of crying; they all let out a sigh of relief, it seemed he wasn’t bullied.

Yin Huo handed his book basket to a servant, nodded to Manbao and the others, and said, "I will talk to my sisters about this. It’s all a misunderstanding."

Manbao said, "I’ll be waiting for you at Jishi Hall tomorrow."

Yin Huo didn’t respond, only fell silent for a moment, then turned and walked away.

The servants of the Yin Family surrounded Yin Huo as they entered through the gate, Liu Huan stepped forward, looking at Manbao, "Does he really have an illness?"

Manbao nodded, "And it’s a very serious one."

She had never seen this kind of illness; she had only heard Teacher Mo mention it, and it seemed difficult to treat. It looked like she would have to consult Teacher Mo tonight. Luckily, when she had taken his pulse earlier, she had committed the details to memory.

Liu Huan was surprised, "He’s actually sick..."

Bai Shan and Bai Erlang were also very surprised, "There’s actually a disease that causes crying?"

Manbao said, "There are all kinds of strange diseases in this world; this is just one of them."

She was also stunned when she first heard Teacher Mo mention it, that there was such a disease where one’s mood could become so depressed that they lost all control over themselves, completely devoid of inclination to live.

But the most difficult part of Yin Huo’s illness wasn’t this; it was his physical frailty. He was genuinely weak; he seemed to have no serious illness, but this kind of condition was the most dangerous because he could easily fall ill. From minor ailments like colds and coughs to serious conditions like organ failure, he was susceptible.

"By the way, how old is he? I forgot to ask his age just now."

"Sixteen," Liu Huan said, "A year older than me."

"No way, he’s sixteen?" Bai Erlang was shockingly surprised, "He looks younger than me; I thought he was only twelve or thirteen."

"The enrollments for Imperial Scholarship and Major Examinations at the National Academy require students to be at least fourteen years old. Do you think everyone is as favored by the Emperor’s grace as you? Actually, he should have received the Imperial Scholarship to enroll two years ago, but he became seriously ill just before starting school, and that prevented his enrollment; last year, he was about to enroll again, and there was a sudden spell of cold weather in spring, and he fell ill once more, so he missed out again."

Liu Huan said, "Even this year, his health wasn’t good, but he insisted on attending school. His family couldn’t stop him, so they let him enroll, but as soon as he entered the school, he started coughing. It is said that his sisters took care of his classmates, asking them to look after him in school."

Liu Huan paused, then said softly, "That’s why everyone thinks he’s so delicate and privately doesn’t like to play with him. When speaking to him, if their voices are a little louder, he gets startled, his eyes reddening easily..."

Liu Huan murmured softly, "No one thought he was suffering from such an illness..."

Manbao stared at the gate of the Yin Family, deep in thought.

Bai Shan tugged at her, "Let’s go, let’s go home."

Manbao nodded, climbing onto the carriage.

Liu Huan also started to climb aboard, and Bai Shan turned to look at him, asking, "Aren’t you going home?"

Liu Huan replied nonchalantly, "My home is just up ahead, not far away. I’ll just ride back with you. Just a turn around the corner and I’ll be there. It’s on the way."

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