Chapter 26: Li Qingluo

Li Qingluo gently shed tears, shaking her head with a face full of grievance.

"Eldest son, you've misunderstood; it's not like that. I suddenly recalled… Hongfenguan was under renovation, so yesterday I ate some pastries in the courtyard, but I didn't notice a oleander sprouting on the wall."

"Perhaps the oleander pollen fell onto the pastries, so when I got up early I felt dizzy, nauseous, even had diarrhea."

As she spoke, the knife in Li Qingluo's hand fell, and she supported her dizzy head, as if about to collapse.

Que'er hurriedly steadied her, anxiously calling, "Miss, miss?"

Que'er urgently looked to the doctor standing nearby, "Doctor, could you please examine the miss?"

The doctor first looked at Li Kechuan, and after Li Kechuan's assent, stepped forward at once.

The doctor felt her pulse, and his complexion changed.

"Indeed, it shows signs of poisoning! This…"

Li Qingluo, anxious, said, "Doctor, my blood can still be used for mother, right?"

The doctor, forced to speak, said, "Miss, don't be hasty. Your blood and flesh can no longer serve as the lady's medicine guide."

Knowing it's poisonous, yet still taking blood and flesh— isn't that blatant deception?

Doctor Jiang shook his head at Li Kechuan; Li Kechuan nearly ground his molars, and his face grew dark.

"Is it truly such a coincidence? Li Qingluo, you'd better not deliberately stage this as an excuse to avoid treating mother."

Li Qingluo, seeming not to want to be misunderstood, shook her head with tears and explained, "How could I know mother suffered an eye disease that required my blood and flesh?"

Indeed, how could she know?

She would never know this!

Because even Qu Shi only learned today Li Kechuan's true intention.

Doctor Jiang, concerning his life, could not possibly reveal a single word.

So, is this truly just a coincidence?

One cannot help but believe it.

Li Kechuan also did not expect the plan to be disrupted so.

His resentful gaze fell on Li Qingluo, seeing her face also full of disappointment.

"Then I wouldn't be able to fulfill filial duty to mother, right? If it's like this, only the eldest son can do this for mother?"

"Regrettably, as a daughter, since returning I have not accomplished any deed for mother. Mother, I am an unfilial daughter!"

Li Qingluo spoke while kneeling, sorrowfully wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.

Qu Shi forced herself to endure a twitching eye corner, and looked up at the eldest son.

Li Kechuan's face was so gloomy it seemed it could drip water.

But this trap was dug by him himself; he didn't expect the intended person not to fall, and it turned on him?

What a Li Qingluo, waiting to watch him take blood and flesh?

Li Qingluo looked up, meeting Li Kechuan's gaze.

She was indeed waiting for him!

Waiting for him to also taste the living feeling of bleeding and flesh!

Li Kechuan picked up the small knife, but before he could act, Qu Shi grabbed him.

"Wait! Kechuan, mother doesn't want your blood and flesh as medicine! You, you all are pieces that fell from mother's body; mother herself is already in pain, how could she bear letting you suffer with me?"

"Doctor Jiang, is there no other method?"

Why didn't she say this when she just took the knife?

Now that the drama falls on the son, can it not continue?

Li Qingluo's heart was clear, yet she still had to put on a moving expression.

Doctor Jiang wiped sweat from his forehead, hurried forward and said, "Yes, yes, of course there is. It's just that this medicinal material is extremely rare…"

Li Kechuan's knife was taken away; Li Qingluo looked at him, a flash of mockery and ridicule crossing her face.

Li Kechuan clenched his fist and angrily growled at her, "Get out! Get out right now!"

Facing his angry shame, Li Qingluo paid it no mind.

She slowly rose and addressed Qu Shi, "Mother, this daughter will step out first. By the way, mother, once the prescription is ready, let me brew the medicine for you and attend to your illness; I will certainly care for you attentively until the day you recover. This is also my chance to show filial piety, so please, mother…"

Qu Shi's face involuntarily showed terror, and she waved her hand quickly, "No, no, no! No need! I have been restless these days; since I must take medicine, I don't want to see a troubled person. If nothing is wrong, you should not come near me for a while; it only gives me a headache."

She was speaking plainly, expressing her disgust.

Li Qingluo's loss seemed about to break, and her voice trembled with unrestrained sobbing and reluctance, "Yes… mother, please rest well. Doctor, kindly treat mother's eye disease; if there is any need for my effort, I will do my utmost."

After speaking, Li Qingluo was helped out by Que'er; before she even left the hall, she heard the sound of cups breaking and feet kicking from the main house.

Que'er, unable to contain her anger, said, "Miss, they're too over the line!"

Even Que'er saw the peculiarity of today's game; Li Kechuan and the others still regarded her as they did in the previous life, their eyes completely clouded by filial piety, unable to see any differently?

Seeing Que'er's angry face, Li Qingluo was surprisingly calm at that moment.

"What does that amount to?"

After all, they haven't killed her outright.

Having not finished her off, Li Kechuan must now be so furious he feels like vomiting blood, yet he must forcibly hold it in.

Thinking of this, Li Qingluo's mood lifted with a hint of pleasure.

However, he certainly will not just leave it at that.

On the way back, Que'er, full of confusion, asked, "Miss, you say… did the lady truly suffer an eye disease?"

Li Qingluo: "Whether it is or not, does it matter? Speaking of this, Que'er, please go again and find a doctor for me. The oleander pollen toxin is truly unbearable."

After speaking, Li Qingluo clutched her stomach; her pallid face already bore large beads of sweat rolling down.