C14 Chapter 14

Maybe because they saw Chu Jiuge as their last lifeline, the Xie family servants didn’t question her at all. They looked completely willing to trust her.

The young servant was also very respectful. As soon as Chu Jiuge came over, he immediately stepped aside to make room for her, not forgetting to thank her. “Thank you, miss, for stepping in to help. Whether or not you can save our young master, the Xie family will remember this kindness.”

It wasn’t that the Xie family trusted just anyone. The situation was simply too unusual. With no better option, the servant 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.

Chu Jiuge didn’t get into the carriage. Instead, she leaned in through the doorway and, together with the servant, helped lift Xie Xuan out and prop him against the side of the carriage.

The moment they settled him in place, Chu Jiuge reached over and started undoing his collar. Xie Xuan’s servant instinctively moved to stop her, but when he saw how serious her expression was, his hand paused halfway and slowly withdrew.

Their young master was handsome, and young ladies were always trying 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 practically stopped breathing, and she was the only one insisting he was still alive. Even if she was taking liberties, he could accept it.

“Hmph...” Xiao Jing’an and Yuen Yunhua stood nearby, watching Chu Jiuge’s every move. They didn’t believe for a second that she could save Xie Xuan and assumed she had ulterior motives.

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

The guards beside Xie Xuan exchanged glances, also feeling that Chu Jiuge seemed unreliable. But before any of them could speak, they heard her shout, “Everyone back up! Don’t crowd around him—he can’t breathe!”

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

Their young master’s face had turned blue, and there was no visible sign of breath. How could he still be alive?

“His breath is shallow. He’s not dead.” Chu Jiuge steadied herself and placed her fingers on Xie Xuan’s carotid artery and over his heart. After confirming he was still alive, she said firmly, “He can be saved.”

The doctors in East Forest weren’t skilled at diagnosis. They only refined different pills according to a patient’s needs. So in the eyes of the Xie family servants and Xiao Jing’an, Chu Jiuge’s way of examining him seemed a little showy. Still, when they heard her say with absolute certainty that he could be saved, no one spoke up.

There was no need to rush. The man was right here. If anything went wrong, they could always settle accounts afterward. With the Xie family’s power, there was no one they couldn’t deal with.

“Did you just give your young master some medicine?” Chu Jiuge checked along Xie Xuan’s throat, then looked sharply at the servant.

“Y-yes. I gave him a Lung-Clearing Pill.” The servant’s instincts told him at once that he had made a mistake...

“The pill is stuck in his throat. It never went down.” Chu Jiuge pointed at Xie Xuan’s throat.

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

“Ah? Then... then what do we do?” The servant went pale. His legs gave out, and he collapsed to the ground.

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