Chapter 291: Mute Granny’s tears (2/2)

“What are you doing?!” Han Yunxi clutched her pouch tightly, but Mute Granny’s struggles were strong enough to snatch it her way. Han Yunxi was about to grab it back when she realized that Mute Granny wasn’t digging through her things. Instead, she was cradling the medical pouch while softly stroking the embroidered Xin (心) on its surface. Very quickly, her old face filled with tears.

Seeing this, Han Yunxi stood in place, neither moving nor retreating. She couldn’t bear to see the elderly cry! Han Yunxi glanced at Gu Qishao, who shrugged his shoulders helplessly. In this situation, the only thing they could do was wait. A long time later, Mute Granny finally wiped away her tears and looked up at Han Yunxi. However, her eyes this time were full of love and affection. Faced with such a gaze, Han Yunxi could only gave a start, feeling a little overwhelmed. She was defenseless before such a look, so much that even her voice grew soft. “Granny, this item belongs to me. You recognize it?”

After she asked her question, Han Yunxi remembered that Mute Granny couldn’t hear her.

“Can I take a look inside?” Han Yunxi gestured towards the house. Mute Granny seemed to have understood. She quickly entered the rooms to light the lamps, Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao following behind. They saw that the inside was neat and tidy without a speck of dust. But besides a few large pieces of furniture, there were no personal articles in sight.

“Everything that Mu Xin left behind is in the inner rooms. Go in and have a look,” Gu Qishao said, before Mute Granny actually took out a bag of things from the inner rooms to give Han Yunxi. When Han Yunxi opened the bundle, she found a few handkerchiefs, personal purses and other small things. But each and every one of them was embroidered with the same Xin (心) as the one on her medical pouch.

Mute Granny busied herself with taking out everything from the inner rooms, before comparing each embroidered character with the one on Han Yunxi’s medical pouch. She opened her mouth and tried to speak, but she couldn’t make a single sound. Han Yunxi only felt bewildered by the sight. Typically speaking, deaf-mutism in people made them mute because they couldn’t hear. In other words, the deafness in the ears made it impossible for the person to listen and learn how to speak. It didn’t mean they couldn’t make noises at all. Mute Granny couldn’t say a single thing, which made her situation abnormal. When Han Yunxi recalled the poison she’d sensed on Mute Granny’s body, she blurted, “Someone poisoned her to make her mute!”

Gu Qishao stuck up a finger. “Smart!”

“What’s this all about?” Han Yunxi asked.

“She wasn’t just poisoned mute, but deaf as well. I haven’t been able to figure out the poison, though. If you can cure her, maybe she’ll tell you everything about Mu Xin.” This was the real reason that Gu Qishao had brought Han Yunxi here.

If even Gu Qishao couldn’t determine the type of poison, it was no wonder that her detox system was uncertain as well. Things had gotten troublesome. Gu Qishao was right. The best way to find out everything about Mu Xin, who this Mute Granny was, and why she was guarding Mu Xin’s things here, was to cure her and then ask her. Mute Granny looked between Gu Qishao and Han Yunxi. She couldn’t hear what they were saying, but she seemed a little anxious. She stuffed a big bundle of Mu Xin’s things into Han Yunxi’s arms before signaling that they should leave.

Han Yunxi did want to leave, because it wasn’t safe here. She carefully tidied up the things and reached out a hand to Mute Granny, indicating that they should leave together. But Mute Granny not only refused, but retreated to the inner rooms instead. Han Yunxi and Gu Qishao followed, only to see a painting as soon as they entered the room. The woman in the painting was dressed like a doctor, and she carried a medical pouch that was identical to Han Yunxi’s own. She was a very young woman, with delicate and pretty features. Though she couldn’t be considered a beauty, she had a brilliantly sweet smile that evoked a sense of sincerity and compassion.

Perhaps it was the blood flowing in her veins to blame; perhaps the smile itself had infected her. In any case, Han Yunxi felt that the entire world had turned more beautiful upon looking at that smiling face. She noticed the inscription in a corner of the drawing. This woman was none other than Mu Xin, but the inscription simply read, ‘It’s not enough to simply know your name.’

Could her father have written these words?

“Granny, we should bring along the painting as well, is that it?” Han Yunxi said as she went to take the drawing, but Mute Granny stopped her with a shake of her head. Han Yunxi only understood that Mute Granny didn’t want her to take it, but not anything else.

“Granny, I’ll take you along and help treat your poison,” Han Yunxi said as she gestured with her hands. Unfortunately, even if she could express herself somewhat with sign language, Mute Granny wouldn’t understand her. She even tried to force Mute Granny to leave, but she simply hugged a house pillar and refused to go. Finally, Han Yunxi took Mute Granny aside to sit down as she started up the detox system. Since Mute Granny wouldn’t leave, she could do a thorough examination first. Maybe she could even treat her poison here.

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While Han Yunxi was hiding in the Mu estate, Long Feiye had already arrived with shocking speed to the Wang Clan’s Medical Materials Association. Wang Shuchen originally wanted Chu Qingge to stay in a guest room, estimating that it’d take Long Feiye at least a day to show up if he came from Medical City. But Long Feiye had come before the the night was even over.

Currently, Lil Thing was still eating its fill in the cupboard of medicinal ingredients. Wang Shuchen and Wang Ruochen didn’t take Long Feiye to see Chu Qingge right away, but led him to the little squirrel first.

“Your Highness, this pet of yours is certainly interesting. It doesn’t look very big, but it has an amazing appetite.”

Long Feiye had gotten all the details long before he rushed over here. He’d never liked little animals, much less kept pets. The only thing he knew was that he’d given his gold card to Han Yunxi. Without even bothering to shed his dust-covered cloak, he hurried into the Association, his handsome face seemingly frozen beneath a layer of solid ice…