Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 108: Chapter 108: Goodbye, Zhao Xiyan

Qi Yue couldn’t remember what they talked about afterwards.

All she knew was that they had talked through the door for a while, it hadn’t been a meaningful conversation. Later, it was Shen Yu who noticed their odd behavior, and then the Zhao Family knew that Zhao Xiyan had stood up.

They held onto Qi Yue, showering her with many words of gratitude and praise.

Afterward, she left.

She didn’t know where to go, but eventually she found herself, as if led by some divine force, back at the cabin with a deer that had run into her.

Yes, even now, she subconsciously still considered this place her home.

In the following days, she tried her best to get along well with the Zhao Family.

Especially with Zhao Xiyan.

After that day, the way he looked at her seemed different.

When she was planting vegetable seedlings in the garden, he would always come over to help.

Sometimes, he would even call her “Yueyue sister,” as if he really were her brother.

One day after dinner, he suddenly said he wanted to teach her a set of knife techniques.

“Yueyue, you have innate divine strength, and although you can protect yourself, you lack a lot in technique. I’ve recently modified a set of knife techniques that suits you perfectly. Once you learn it, I can rest assured.”

After that, he began to teach her the techniques, hand on hand.

Several times, his hands were holding hers, and she was forced to lean partially against him, those were her happiest yet most torturous moments.

But once everything was over, she often felt proud of her self-control.

Look at her, how capable she was in front of Zhao Xiyan, no matter how much she liked him, she could act as if nothing was going on, as if she truly loved someone else in her heart.

Sometimes, she even thought that staying here was quite nice, at least she could see him every day.

But soon, an unexpected visitor shattered her illusions.

The visitor was a junior official from the supervision department, who appeared suddenly on horseback outside the cabin.

At that moment, she was demonstrating the knife technique to Zhao Xiyan, so that he could correct any inaccuracies.

“Miss Qi Yue, Miss Qi Yue, there’s a letter from the Prefectural Office.”

Hearing it was a letter from Chu Yuntian, Qi Yue hurriedly took it and became instantly anxious.

“Is my foster father injured?”

“The attack was very chaotic at the time; the current condition of the Prefectural Governor is still unknown, only that he was rescued back to the Prefectural Office.”

The day after she left, Chu Yuntian and his men had been patrolling the eastern part of Longnan Ridge when they were suddenly attacked by the waiting Donggao Army. Sixty men were with him, ten died on the spot, and the rest were injured!

Qi Yue immediately decided to return right away.

She handed the letter to Zhao Xiyan.

“You’ve fought against the people from Donggao before, what do you think this letter implies?”

Zhao Xiyan glanced at it, and his handsome eyes immediately furrowed.

“First provocation, then strike; this is Donggao’s usual tactic. I’m afraid they’re going to make a move on Longnan Ridge.”

She forced a smile and shook her head.

“No, it’s you who must return to the Capital City.”

The Donggao’s attack on the eastern part of Longnan Ridge wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision—perhaps the people from Nanyue had already prepared.

In such a situation, one Hu Chengxuan wouldn’t be enough.

The Emperor must appoint a new Great General, but Beiyuan was already teetering, filled with deceitful officials; good soldiers were few and far between.

In these circumstances, Zhao Xiyan standing up again undoubtedly meant his return to the Capital City.

Qi Yue mounted her horse and suddenly turned back to look at Zhao Xiyan.

“I’ve left you a gift; I won’t see you off when you leave. Let’s part here!”

The horse ran fast, but not as fast as her tears rolling down.

Yes, how could he not leave?

Who would forsake the position of Great General Marquis to stay in these wild hills and ridges?

Besides, in the Capital City, there was Lady Bai Shao, the woman he loved!

Tears blurred her eyes, but her heart felt a determination like never before.

“Goodbye, Zhao Xiyan, we needn’t see each other ever again.”

Driven by a desperate urge to return, what should have been a seven or eight-day journey, Qi Yue forcefully condensed into three days.

Fortunately, she had the Spiritual Spring Water, and had fed the horse pills made from the Spiritual Spring Water. When they reached the Longnan County Government, the horse had not collapsed and died from exhaustion.

As she galloped through the city gate, she thought she saw Hu Keqing in armor waving at her, but she couldn’t concern herself with that, she didn’t stop until she reached the Prefectural Office.

As soon as she dismounted, she saw two doctors carrying medicine chests coming out from inside.

She grabbed one of them and asked, “How is the Prefectural Governor?”

He gestured with his hand and sighed, “We’ve done all we could, you should arrange the funeral as soon as possible!”

Qi Yue angrily pushed the man away and hurried inside.

Chu Yuntian could not die.

To her, he was like a father.

Her heart burned with urgency, tangled with anxiety, silently cursing the merciless fate.

Had she just lost one home, given up the man she loved, only to lose another loved one in a blink?

Lady Chu and the aunt had already heard of her arrival, already crying as they came to greet her.

“Yueyue, you’re finally here. Go see your foster father quickly, he’s been asking for you, wanting to see you one last time.”

Qi Yue cursed internally, to hell with the last time.

Today, she would defy the heavens and change fate!

Despite being mentally prepared, the scene before her still made her eyes widen with rage.

Chu Yuntian was gravely injured.

The people from Donggao had plunged a knife into his chest, right at his heart.

His entire chest was covered in blood, his clothes soaked through with bloodstains turning black, but since the knife was still there, no one dared to attempt removing his clothes.

His previously radiant face was now as yellow as gold foil, his eyes half-closed, already lapsing into unconsciousness.

“Foster father!”

Unstoppable grief surged from her heart, and Qi Yue rushed over, crying out.

Although she had only spent a few days with this old man, his fatherly kindness and simplicity let her experience once again the long-missed love of a father.

She could not let him just die like this.

She trembled as she grabbed his arm, took his pulse, and quickly assessed the surgical procedure in her mind.

“Yueyue…”

The unconscious Chu Yuntian opened his eyes, looking at her with a tender gaze.

“Foster father, I’m here, don’t be afraid. I’ve come, I will save you!”

Qi Yue, trembling, stuffed a few Qi Gathering Pills into his mouth.

“Yueyue…”

“Foster father, don’t speak, I’m preparing now, you’ll be alright soon.”

Chu Yuntian’s ashen face managed a desolate smile, then he started to reach under his pillow.

Qi Yue, thinking it was something important, quickly helped him pull it out.

Chu Yuntian made her unfold it; it was actually a deed to a large estate, and additionally, there were silver notes worth ten thousand taels.

“Yueyue… the silver… is for you to start… start…”

The wife of the Prefectural Governor had long been unable to stop crying.

“Yueyue, this is the money your foster father prepared for you to start a pharmacy, he said he was waiting for you, and now you’ve come, please accept it.”

Qi Yue hastily stuffed the deed and the silver notes back under the pillow, defiantly saying, “I don’t want it, I want you to come back to life, I want you to personally take me to that house, I still want you to personally choose a good location to set up the pharmacy…”

“Yueyue…”

Chu Yuntian called out weakly, tears streaming down his wrinkled eyes.

Qi Yue knew that now was not the time for sorrow, she had to save him!

Chu Yuntian’s condition could only be addressed via surgery in a sterile space, perhaps then he could be saved.

But she was just one person, with only two hands, how could she accurately stop the bleeding and suture the wound while simultaneously removing the knife?