Chapter 556 - 207: Acknowledging Kinship (Part 2)

Chapter 556: Chapter 207: Acknowledging Kinship (Part 2)

Chen Song massaged Xu Suying’s head to stop the pain, but it was obvious that this method, which had always been effective in the past, wasn’t working now.

He massaged a few times, but instead of alleviating Xu Suying’s pain, he only made it worse.

Chen Song’s heart ached for her, and his eyes grew moist. He simply pulled Xu Suying into his arms, patting her back and coaxing, "Honey, it’s okay. It’ll stop hurting in a moment..."

The doctor arrived quickly.

He was a doctor from near the government office, and one could tell that to open a clinic in this area, he had to be highly skilled.

The doctor was indeed highly skilled. He first treated Xu Suying to stop the pain. Once he saw she had settled down and quickly fallen asleep, he carefully took her pulse.

The diagnosis revealed that Xu Suying suffered from "liver qi stagnation and excessive heart fire." Moreover, her head had sustained a severe injury in the past, a chronic ailment that had yet to heal.

After making his diagnosis, the doctor looked at the people around him with disapproval in his eyes.

’These people must be the patient’s husband and family. They all look respectable and proper, not like treacherous villains. So how could they have ignored her condition?’

Chen Song wanted to cry but had no tears. ’How could I explain that my wife is usually perfectly healthy?’

It was only in the early years, just after he’d rescued her, that she would get headaches. Or, when it was cloudy or rainy, she would grow agitated and her head would occasionally ache. The rest of the time, his wife was nothing like a patient.

She couldn’t have been healthier, and she couldn’t have been more energetic. She could run and jump, her complexion was rosy, and the word "patient" didn’t seem to apply to her at all.

So much so that after all this time, even he had forgotten that her head had once been severely injured and that a blood clot inside her skull had never cleared.

And because he didn’t remember, it naturally never occurred to him to take her to see a more skilled physician.

Chen Song knew he was at fault and didn’t dare make any excuses, looking on expectantly at the old doctor.

The old doctor stroked his short beard and said, "The injury is old, and it’s in a difficult spot. Even I wouldn’t dare to rashly apply needles. If you can, you should go to the Capital City. I have a senior brother who served in the Imperial Hospital years ago. He left the palace a few years back due to his age. He rarely performs acupuncture on anyone these days, but I will write you a note. Take it with you, and if you go to the Capital City, you can look for him directly. His skill with acupuncture is miraculous; it may be of some help for this lady’s condition."

As Zhao Jing and Xu Yanlin escorted the old doctor out, they specifically mentioned that the severe head trauma had caused amnesia. They asked if her memory might return if the blood clot in her head were to clear.

The old doctor’s brow furrowed even more. He pondered for a long while before speaking. "The brain is an extremely delicate organ. No one can guarantee that disturbing one area won’t affect another. This lady is already very fortunate, considering her circumstances. I have seen patients who, after hitting their heads, have gone blind, deaf, become paralyzed on one side of their body, or even lost the ability to stand... In this lady’s case, I cannot be certain. But what matters is that she is alive. Memories are things of the past; they can’t be more important than the present and the future."

He had a point.

Then again, it was easy for him to say.

For someone with amnesia—someone like Xu Suying—yes, after waking up, Xu Suying was adamant: she had lost her memories!

’She had lost the first fifteen years of her memories in this world!’

’She was Xu Suying, and Xu Suying was her.’

While she was unconscious, she was running, always chasing something. She heard a voice, laced with a fond smile, calling to her again and again, "Ying’er, Mother’s Ying’er, where have you run off to? Mother can’t find you..."

No one had ever called her Ying’er, only the woman in her dream.

’That must be my mother. The mother of this body. My birth mother in this world.’

Xu Suying couldn’t imagine how painful it would be to lose a daughter. Putting herself in that position, she knew that if her Qing’er went missing, she would likely go insane.

Tears shimmered in Xu Suying’s eyes. She gripped Xu Yanlin’s hand tightly and said, "Keep this from your grandmother for now. Don’t tell her about what’s happened to me. She’s in poor health and can’t handle the shock."

Tears instantly streamed down Xu Yanlin’s face. "Aunt, have your memories returned?"

"No."

"Then you..."

"I’m not sure. It’s just a feeling. By the way, I forgot to ask—what was your aunt’s given name?"

Xu Yanlin smiled through his tears. "It was Xu Suying. Your very own name, Xu Suying. Aunt, even though you’ve forgotten everything else, you haven’t forgotten your own name."