Chapter 689: Qin Huai’s Childhood
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Qin Huai knew that All Yu was teasing him on purpose, but when he saw her winking, he found it funny.
Looking at the current situation, they already had a better life. He was already 14 years old, and Ah Yu was also going to be 12 years old this year (still 10 years old on the surface).
The past was not important anymore.
No one expected that he could really break the curse of certain death and completely recover.
As for his health…
He knew better than anyone that it was given by Ah Yu.
Compared to Ah Yu, there was no need to hide some of his childhood events.
“I… didn’t have a good life in the past.” Qin Huai deliberated over his words before saying, “When 1 was young, I was weak. My family often invited doctors to visit, but 1 didn’t seem to recover from my illness. 1 even crawled out of the gates of hell several times.”
He said it casually, but All Yu’s heart skipped a beat. “Is it because you’re too sick? But Doctor Hu and Divine Doctor Xue have both seen your body. They all said that you’re fine and were just born weak.”
When Qin Huai was in Hu Family Village, his physical condition was better than before. Ah Yu only felt that he was not as lively as her other Big Brothers. Sometimes, she would ask Hu Xiao tong why Qin Huai did not look good.
Of course, Hu Xiaotong’s medical skills were not good, so he went to consult Doctor Hu, who had returned home later. Doctor Hu told him that it was a condition brought from birth, and strictly speaking, it wasn’t considered a serious problem.
Many people are born weak due to insufficient maternal nutrition, and many children cannot survive under such circumstances. Some don’t even make it through their first month, while others, after struggling to reach the age of seven or eight, still succumb to their frailty and die prematurely.
This kind of illness is incurable in the countryside; it requires various expensive medicinal herbs to sustain the patient. Moreover, there’s a high risk that the body won’t respond well to tonics, leading to unintended consequences. Besides, most rural families cannot afford the cost of such treatment.
Qin Huai recalled that time. He thought that he was at the end of his rope and would cough up blood from time to time. He was really terminally ill and had no spirit.
He had asked the doctor to prescribe him some strong medicine, which could temporarily support him and prevent him from being bedridden, but it would also speed up his demise.
“I guess so,” Qin Huai said. “You know, my maternal ancestor is Duke Yong. Just as those books say, even if he keeps a low profile, he still attracts enemies. As a result, being raised in Therefore, I, who was raised in Duke Yong Manor, will occasionally be implicated.”
The word “implicated” may sound light, but in reality, Qin Huai often encounters poison in his food or sudden appearances of poisonous snakes and insects in the courtyard. Whenever he goes out to see a doctor, he either encounters a carriage overturning or gets involved in a sudden fight.
At first, they didn’t realize it was an assassination attempt. It was only when Chi Jia captured an assassin who had come to kill him that they understood. Meanwhile, Qin Huai went out alone and found Madam Qin looking at a pile of corpses without any expression on her face.
At that time, Madam Qin’s dress was stained with blood. She turned around in the dim yellow evening sun and looked at the young Qin Huai.
Qin Huai cowered and shouted in fear, “Mother…”
“Don’t call me Mother.” Madam Qin’s expression turned even colder. She said coldly to the two-year-old child, “You’re a child of the Qin Family of Jiangnan. Don’t act so disgustingly! If you’re really afraid, go back to the residence and don’t come out to harm others in this life. Do you know how many innocent people you’ve led to death because you went out on your own!”
Little Qin Huai was immediately so frightened that tears welled up in his eyes. However, before they could fall, Madam Qin left. Little Qin Huai stared blankly at Madam Qin’s back.
He was really afraid and thought that his mother would hug him.
Just like other mothers.
Later on, Chi Jia hurriedly came to pick him up and said to him, “Young Master, the weather is cold. Let’s go back first.”
At the thought of this, Qin Huai suddenly said, “Ah Yu, actually, when 1 was young, I especially hoped that I was a child of an ordinary family. Even if 1 was born weak and didn’t live long, it’s better..”