C14 Chapter 14

Maybe because they saw Chu Jiuge as their last lifeline, the servants of the Xie family didn’t question her at all and instead looked at her with complete trust.

The young attendant was respectful as well. The moment Chu Jiuge came over, he immediately stepped aside to make room for her and didn’t forget to thank her. “Thank you, miss, for stepping in to help. Whether or not you can save my young master, the Xie family will remember this kindness.”

It wasn’t that the Xie family trusted just anyone. The situation was extraordinary, and with no better option, the attendant could only choose to believe Chu Jiuge.

Anyone bold enough to say their young master was still breathing had to have some skill. No matter what, he had to take the chance.

“Bring your young master out.” Chu Jiuge didn’t get into the carriage. Instead, she leaned in at the door and, together with the attendant, lifted Xie Xuan out and let him rest against the side of the carriage.

The moment they settled him, Chu Jiuge reached out and began unfastening his collar. Xie Xuan’s attendant instinctively moved to stop her, but seeing the grave look on her face, he pulled his hand back halfway.

Their young master was handsome, and women often tried every trick in the book to get close to him. As for this Miss Chu...

Well, he did suspect she might be taking advantage of the situation to cop a feel, but their young master had already stopped breathing, and she was the only one saying he still had a chance. Even if she was trying to take advantage of him, he could live with it.

“Hmph...” Xiao Jing’an and Yuen Yunhua stood off to the side. Watching Chu Jiuge’s every move, they didn’t believe for a second that she could save Xie Xuan and assumed she had some ulterior motive.

A woman who would plan to elope with a man before marriage, a woman bold enough to write explicit love letters to a man—how capable could someone like that really be?

Xie Xuan’s guards exchanged looks and also felt Chu Jiuge seemed unreliable, but before they could say anything, they heard her shout, “Everyone back up! Don’t crowd around him so much—he can’t breathe.”

“Miss, is my young master really still breathing?” The servant shoved the bystanders back a step, but stayed where he was, anxiously asking Chu Jiuge.

His young master’s face had turned blue, and he seemed completely still. How could he possibly still be breathing?

“It’s suspended animation. He’s still breathing.” Chu Jiuge steadied herself and placed her fingers on Xie Xuan’s neck and over his heart. After confirming there were still signs of life, she said firmly, “He can still be saved.”

The pill doctors of East Forest didn’t really diagnose illnesses. They simply refined whatever pills a patient needed. In the eyes of the Xie family servants and Xiao Jing’an, Chu Jiuge’s way of examining him looked a little showy. But when they heard her say so decisively that he could be saved, none of them spoke up.

There was no rush. The man was right here, and if anything went wrong, they could always settle the score later. With the Xie family’s influence, there was no one they couldn’t deal with.

“Did you just give your young master some medicine?” After checking along Xie Xuan’s throat, Chu Jiuge turned to the servant with a stern look.

“Yes... yes, I gave him a Lung-Clearing Pill.” The servant’s instincts told him he had made a mistake...

“It’s stuck in his throat. It didn’t go down.” Chu Jiuge pointed at Xie Xuan’s throat.

That was why Xie Xuan had temporarily stopped breathing. An asthma attack alone wouldn’t have made him stop breathing so quickly.

“Ah? Then... then what do we do?” The servant’s face went pale, and his legs gave out beneath him as he collapsed to the ground.

If the head of the family found out that the Third Young Master had choked to death because he gave him the medicine the wrong way, then... he was finished.