Chapter 210: Volume 1_Chapter 210: Does She Look Like She Was Frightened?

Volume 1_Chapter 210: Does She Look Like She Was Frightened?

Jun Mengran turned back, looking at Lady Shui with anticipation.

"Mother—"

Jun Mengran thought Lady Shui would seek justice for her, but when she met Lady Shui's cold gaze, the words she was about to say were swallowed back involuntarily.

Lady Shui spoke indifferently, "Eldest Miss, don't come to my side in the future!"

The tone was very cold.

Before, she still called her "Mengran," but today she directly addressed her as "Eldest Miss," which was clearly much more distant.

Jun Mengran looked disbelieving; after a moment of sadness, only full-blown anger remained on her face.

Jun Mengran pointed at Lady Shui, then pointed at Yun Qiyue, her voice trembling with anger, "I am the one you raised; why don't you protect me, but instead protect an outsider? Do you really consider me your daughter?"

Lady Shui's expression did not change in the slightest because of Jun Mengran's questioning; she only spoke ruthlessly, "I have never considered you a daughter."

Such cruel words made Jun Mengran stagger, her eyes filled with hurt.

After all, she had been raised by her side; to say Lady Shui had absolutely no feelings for her would be impossible.

It was just that she had never thought this young girl was so scheming.

Or rather, it wasn't that she hadn't thought of it, but that she didn't want to think in that direction.

When she saw Jun Mengran's heartbroken look, Lady Shui still decided to explain.

"When I first came, I didn't intend to bring you by my side." After all, her purpose in coming here wasn't to be anyone's stepmother, but rather, it had always been because of Jue'er.

"It was just that your father brought you to my side, letting you follow me to learn some things. I originally saw that you were pitiful and had no biological mother, which is why I let you come to me every few days, but I never promised to be your mother."

As for Jun Mengran calling her "Mother" later, she had once corrected her, but she couldn't correct it, and later she was too lazy to correct it.

And after hearing Lady Shui's words, Jun Mengran suddenly remembered.

Back then, when she was sent to Lady Shui's side, she actually wasn't very young; she had memories.

So, she still remembered that she had always reminded herself to call her Aunt Shui.

She had indeed listened, but her father had always told her to call her Mother.

Her father told her that if she called her Mother, then she would have a mother in the future.

Because she had always wanted a mother of her own, she listened to her father, and no matter how Lady Shui corrected her, she never changed how she addressed her.

And having gotten used to calling her Mother, she had always treated her as her own mother. Now that she thought about it, Lady Shui had actually never promised her anything.

This truth made Jun Mengran somewhat unable to accept it; she really had always treated her as her own mother.

"Even if you never admitted it, I have been by your side for so many years; am I really not as good as an outsider?" Jun Mengran pointed at Yun Qiyue and questioned.

Upon hearing this, Lady Shui glanced at Jun Mengran.

Finally, her gaze landed on Yun Qiyue, and she said with certainty, "Yue'er is Jue'er's wife, not an outsider."

Jun Mengran felt her heart being struck hard, and she could no longer breathe.

So, she was an outsider, was she?

Jun Mengran glared at Yun Qiyue with hatred, and then, without saying anything else, she turned and ran away.

Jun Linche had lost face, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Lady Shui seemed to carry many unclear emotions, but they vanished in an instant.

Afterward, he cupped his hands toward Ye Lanjue, "I have offended you today; I will come to apologize another day."

Saying this, Jun Linche darkened his face and led his people away.

Only Ye Lanjue's group remained in the pavilion.

Regarding what had just happened, Lady Shui seemed not to take it to heart at all. No longer looking as cold as before, she smiled at Yun Qiyue, "Yue'er, you must have been frightened just now, right?"

Yun Qiyue: "..." Did she look like she was frightened?

She was merely... curious to death.

Seeing Yun Qiyue not speaking, Lady Shui couldn't help but sigh. She was no longer as indifferent as before, and her face couldn't help but show a bit of worry, "That child has been deep-thinking since she was young; in the end, I still couldn't set her on the right path."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Qing quickly said, "Madam is kind-hearted; it is Miss Jun who failed Madam's painstaking efforts, not Madam's fault."

Lady Shui didn't say anything more, just smiled.

Afterward, the group escorted Lady Shui back to her courtyard. During this time, Doctor Yin did not leave, which almost made Yun Qiyue certain that this Doctor Yin was Ye Lanjue's person.

Under Ye Lanjue's signal, Yun Qiyue finally spoke about Lady Shui's physical condition, which she had been holding back for a long time: "Aunt is in poor health because she was poisoned, which also affected her nerves, leading to her legs being inconvenient."

As soon as Yun Qiyue said this, Doctor Yin, who was on the side, let out an "Eh."

Then, Doctor Yin was seen kneeling halfway in front of Lady Shui, taking out a silk handkerchief and placing it on Lady Shui's pulse.

After taking her pulse for a long time, he frowned.

Yin Zhong looked at Yun Qiyue, "I wonder where the conclusion of poisoning comes from?"

Yin Zhong had taken her pulse and hadn't reached any conclusion.

Or rather, this wasn't the first time he had taken Shui Qianqiao's pulse, but every time he did, he hadn't seen anything else.

He could only see that she was physically weak and needed proper rest.

However, in reality, Yin Zhong had doubts about her deteriorating physical condition and her increasingly inconvenient legs.

After all, being too normal meant being too abnormal.

Now, hearing Yun Qiyue state the conclusion of poisoning, yet he hadn't seen anything, he was puzzled.

It wasn't that he doubted Yun Qiyue's medical skills; after all, he had long heard of Yun Qiyue's abilities.

Even... Yin Zhong subconsciously glanced at Ye Lanjue in the wheelchair, then shifted his gaze away.

Upon hearing this, Yun Qiyue also became interested in Yin Zhong.

"Did Doctor Yin notice Miss Jun's abnormality just now?" Yun Qiyue asked.

Upon hearing this, Yin Zhong did not hide it, "Miss Jun's pulse indeed seems like she is pregnant, but it seems to have some differences from a normal pregnancy."

Yun Qiyue nodded.

She was even more certain that Yin Zhong's medical skills were not bad.

You have to know, her fake pregnancy medicine could change the pulse and make people have the illusion of being pregnant.

And the margin of error could be said to be minimal; without some ability, one wouldn't be able to see it.

Afterward, Yun Qiyue explained Lady Shui's situation to Yin Zhong.

"The poison Aunt has been poisoned with, if I'm not mistaken, should be small amounts over many times, accumulated over many years. It belongs to a special chronic poison, which is very difficult to detect by taking the pulse, just like the fake pregnancy medicine I gave Jun Mengran, which is extremely difficult to detect."

In fact, it wasn't extremely difficult, but rather impossible to detect at all.

If she didn't have the Ghost Hand, she might not have been able to detect it just by taking the pulse.

Because Lady Shui's poison didn't affect the pulse, so it couldn't be felt.

And Lady Shui, upon hearing this, was a bit curious, "Then when did Yue'er take my pulse?" ===== CHAPTER 211 =====