"What do you mean by this?" Xu Qing exclaimed.
Wang Shoucheng stopped pretending and said straightforwardly, "I can't marry a living corpse and keep her at home."
After saying that, he tilted his chin towards the doctor.
Immediately, the doctor told them exactly what he had diagnosed, "It's likely that the second young lady won't wake up. Medicine can only keep her alive for a while."
"Wh... what..." Xu Qing suddenly widened her eyes, filled with shock.
The last bit of hope in her heart was shattered. Her legs went weak, and she almost fell.
Then, she quickly stepped forward and tightly grabbed Wang Shoucheng's sleeve, pleading with tear - filled eyes, "Master Wang, I know the Wang family has quite a few connections in the capital. Please find a doctor from the capital to treat Huan'er! She will surely be saved!"
Wang Shoucheng expressionlessly shook off Xu Qing's hand and said coldly, "What does this have to do with me?"
The news of Xie Qinghuan's serious illness had spread throughout Qinzhou City in the past two days, and he had been ridiculed because of it.
People said that his horoscope was too strong. Before his wife even entered his family, he had caused her to fall into a coma.
If he really married her and she died without waking up, he would never be able to shake off the bad reputation of being a wife - killer.
So, he had brought the doctor here today specifically to get a definite answer.
If Xie Qinghuan was really hopeless, then he could just call off this engagement.
"You and Huan'er have already exchanged betrothal horoscopes. She is your fiancée!" Xu Qing tried to move Wang Shoucheng with this.
But Wang Shoucheng remained unmoved and snorted, "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten."
After saying that, he immediately took out Xie Qinghuan's betrothal horoscope from his pocket and casually threw it on the ground.
"Here, take it back."
Xie Jing stood with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes as he watched Wang Shoucheng's retreating back.
Then, he squatted down and picked up Xie Qinghuan's betrothal horoscope.
Although he said nothing, he already understood in his heart that Wang Shoucheng had come prepared today.
If Huan'er could still be saved, the engagement would naturally be valid, and they would be grateful to Wang Shoucheng.
If Huan'er was hopeless, Wang Shoucheng would call off the engagement on the spot without any mercy.
But the most urgent problem at the moment was not Xie Qinghuan's engagement with Wang Shoucheng, but her illness.
Just then, Xie Yanchuan led Ruan Jiu and Su Wan into the room in a hurry.
"Father, there's a way to save younger sister!"
Xie Yanchuan's voice came before he even entered the room.
Hearing this, Xu Qing's eyes lit up, and she quickly stepped forward.
"Yanchuan, is it true?"
Xie Yanchuan nodded and then pointed at Su Wan beside him and said, "Miss Su knows a witch doctor who can treat younger sister's illness!"
After hearing this, Xie Jing looked at Su Wan suspiciously and then at Ruan Jiu.
They were as thick as thieves, and Ruan Jiu had never gotten along well with Xie Qinghuan since childhood.
Su Wan immediately stepped forward and said, "There was a person in Huaizhou who had the same illness as Xie Qinghuan, and was cured by the witch doctor."
Xu Qing still didn't believe it and asked, "Are you being so kind?"
Ruan Jiu smiled and said, "Madam, look at what you're saying. The second young lady is already in this state. How could we harm her?"
Xu Qing tightened her lips, looking hesitant and unable to make up her mind.
Seeing this, Ruan Jiu continued, "The second young lady has been in a coma for two days and is only kept alive by medicine. It's better to give it a try than to do nothing."
Xu Qing pursed her lips, looked at Xie Jing, and asked, "Shall we give it a try?"
Xie Jing frowned, supporting his forehead and thinking.
There was no better way at the moment, and Huan'er's illness couldn't be delayed any longer.
So he said, "Then we'll have to trouble Miss Su."
So, Xie Yanchuan led Su Wan and rode off to Huaizhou at full speed to invite the witch doctor.
The witch doctor came to the Xie Mansion and immediately felt Xie Qinghuan's pulse.
Then, he asked for Xie Qinghuan's birth date and time and went to the courtyard to set up an altar for a ceremony.
Ruan Jiu and Xie Jingchu stood side by side, watching with great interest as Xie Jing, Xu Qing, and Xie Yanchuan knelt in a row in the courtyard.
The witch doctor smeared black dog blood on their faces, grabbed a handful of incense ash and threw it into a clear bowl of water, and asked them to drink it.
Even though they were reluctant in their hearts, for the sake of Xie Qinghuan, they had to drink it with gritted teeth.
Seeing this, Ruan Jiu almost burst out laughing.
She held back her laughter and whispered to Xie Jingchu, "Where did you find this person? He's really vicious."
Xie Jingchu raised his eyebrows and said, "Who asked them to have ideas about you before."
Sure enough, Xie Jingchu was sly and vengeful.
After a while, the witch doctor stroked his beard and said to them, "The second young lady's illness is caused by her engagement with someone whose horoscope conflicts with hers."
Hearing this, Xu Qing immediately jumped up, looking angry, "That damned Wang Shoucheng! If it weren't for him, Huan'er wouldn't have become like this!"
Just thinking about Wang Shoucheng's high - handed and determined look when he insisted on calling off the engagement with Huan'er made Xu Qing even angrier.
But Xie Jing was relatively calm. He asked in a deep voice, "I wonder if the old gentleman has a way to cure Huan'er?"
The witch doctor frowned, looking hesitant, and said, "There is a way, but..."
"But what?!"
The three of them asked in unison.
"But it's a bit difficult."
"Please just tell us, old gentleman!" Xie Jing paused and then continued, "As long as I can cure Huan'er, I'm willing to do anything!"
"Because the person who was previously engaged to the second young lady has offended her lifespan, that's why she has fallen into a coma.
Now, we can only find someone whose horoscope is compatible with hers. After the two get engaged, take a bowl of that person's heart - blood and let her drink it. Only then can the second young lady wake up."
After hearing this, the three of them all showed hesitant looks on their faces.
Not to mention whether they could find someone whose horoscope was compatible with Xie Qinghuan's.
Even if they did, how many people would be willing to cut their flesh and let out blood, let alone the dangerous thing of taking heart - blood.
"Husband, this..." Xu Qing looked at Xie Jing, her face all twisted as if she could squeeze out water.
But there was no other way at the moment!
Xie Jing had no choice but to say to Xie Yanchuan, "Yanchuan, go and post notices immediately! If we can find such a person, the Xie family is willing to offer ten thousand taels of gold!"
After hearing this, Xie Yanchuan immediately asked the witch doctor for the birth date and time.
Then he rushed out.
But three days had passed, and they still hadn't found anyone whose horoscope was compatible with Xie Qinghuan's.
Seeing that Xie Qinghuan's breathing was getting weaker, even the doctor said that Xie Qinghuan couldn't be kept alive by medicine for much longer.
Xu Qing cried all day long, and Xie Jing sighed all day long.
The couple seemed to have aged a lot overnight.
Xu Qing regretted it so much that she wished she could turn back time.
If it weren't for her insisting on betrothing Xie Qinghuan to Wang Shoucheng, her Huan'er wouldn't have suffered so much.
If Xie Qinghuan really couldn't wake up, she was afraid that she would follow Xie Qinghuan.
Just when their hopes were being gradually extinguished, Xie Yanchuan actually brought someone back.
"Found him!"