Chapter 912: Tricked into a huge loss (1/2)

As soon as Han Yunxi heard “miscarriage” and saw the bloodstains on the ground, she shouted, “Stop crying! Take me inside, quick!”

Mu Linger was frightened. “I...I, I have to go--”

“Hurry!” Han Yunxi snapped.

Mu Linger had no time to explain as she rushed Han Yunxi indoors. Ning Jing never expected to see her and yelled at Mu Linger, “Where’s the medicine? And the doctor?”

Mu Linger forced her tears back before the shouts of both women. “Big sis, I’ve already taken her pulse. Ning Jing’s child can be saved, but she desperately needs medicine to calm the baby right now. I said I’d find a doctor because it’s safer.”

“What kind of medicine do you need?” Han Yunxi asked.

Mu Linger hastily stammered out a prescription and Han Yunxi simply took the ingredients out of her medical pouch. Or rather, she retrieved it from her detox system. All of Mu Linger’s ingredients were common items, so she had them in spares in storage. But they were mainly used for antidotes, not fetal medicine. Mu Linger and Ning Jing were both curious about how she’d managed to get everything, but now wasn’t the time for questions. Mu Linger checked to make sure the ingredients were right before going to brew medicine herself.

Han Yunxi made sure Ning Jing was all right before hurrying out to clean all traces of the blood. By the time she got back, Ning Jing was staring blankly at the ceiling. Han Yunxi sighed and couldn’t help but wonder how she would have explained herself to Tang Li if anything happened to Ning Jing today. She sat there for a long while in silence before Ning Jing looked her way.

“Han Yunxi…”

Han Yunxi glanced at her but said nothing.

“Han Yunxi, you must think I’m hilarious, right?” Ning Jing smiled bitterly.

Han Yunxi’s voice was cold. “You’re simply abominable! How could you hide something this big fom Tang Li?!”

Agony flashed though Ning Jing’s eyes. She didn’t want to explain beyond turning aside and keeping quiet. Han Yunxi fell silent as well. Soon, she thought. It’s better for Tang Li to tell her these things himself.

Once Mu Linger returned with a decoction, Han Yunxi left to find a doctor. By the time she came back with one, Ning Jing had already drank her medicine and fallen asleep. The physician examined the patient, then Mu Linger’s prescription, and added a few moe medicines. He said that although the child had been saved, Ning Jing would have to stay bedridden for a month. Once he left, Mu Linger finally broke down into low sobs.

“Big sis, I didn’t mean it! I really didn’t mean it!”

Han Yunxi finally realized that Mu Linger was calling her “sister” now. When she looked at her tearstained face, she couldn’t help but feel helpless. “What’s the use if you apologize to me?”

“Big sis…sobsob…” Mu Linger’s cries intensified.

Han Yunxi immediately muffled her mouth. “Be quieter, won’t you? Ning Jing needs to rest!”

Mu Linger immediately shut up. Her teary eyes opened wide, making her look pitiful. She hadn’t even realized she was calling Han Yunxi her “big sis” now.

“Why did you run over here?” Han Yunxi asked.

Mu Linger finally remembered something. “Big sis, I, I...I got into another bit of trouble.”

Han Yunxi grew alarmed. “What is it?”

“Manager Jin wants to kill me,” Mu Linger said timidly.

Now Han Yunxi was outright shocked. “Just what happened?”

Mu Linger told her the story from beginning to end. Last night, she’d gone to spend big at East Origin Hall’s auction house and squandered a total of 300 million or more to buy every single object for sale. She ran into Manager Jin at Myriad Merchant Hall’s front doors today. The man wanted to murder her, but she reacted fast enough to escape inside where he didn’t dare to follow. As it turned out, Manager Jin didn’t have a single cent to his name after turning over the East Valley Private Bank to Fifth Elder last night. News had just spread this morning, so the bank didn’t have time to cancel his limitless gold card. Simply speaking, thanks to Mu Linger’s wild spending, now he owed at least 200 million in debt. That would have been a night’s worth of gambling work for Manager Jin in the past, but now it was an astronomical sum!

Even if he wanted to pay with his life, his life still belonged to Myriad Merchant Hall, ah!

Han Yunxi was a little angry, but after hearing Mu Linger’s explanation, she almost laughed out loud! Who knew Mu Linger knew how to screw people over too? No wonder Manager Jin wanted to kill her.

“Manager Jin has a buttload of debt now?” Han Yunxi muttered as she seemed to recall something.

“Big sis, I never thought things would get so serious.” Mu Linger had only wanted to get payback, but never expected to make Manager Jin so miserable. Although the bank in charge of his limitless gold card was different from his own East Valley Private Bank, they had scary methods to force payment from their clients. Manager Jin would have hard days from now on.

“Big sis, how about I sell off those things I got from the auction house at low prices and have him return as much money as he can?” Mu Linger was still kindhearted.

“No need. Have him panic a few days before we deal with it,” Han Yunxi said. She already had a plan in place. Manager Jin was originally from the Wintercrow Clan, so he should know their language. Perhaps he was the key to reversing Myriad Merchant Hall’s fortunes.

“Linger, stay here and take care of Ning Jing. Keep this a secret no matter what, understand? Otherwise, Ning Jing won’t forgive you for the rest of her life,” Han Yunxi said.