Chapter 155: Knocked Out

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Song Jingchen was silent for a moment before suddenly reaching out to grab Shen Yijia’s hand. He took the teacup with his other hand and drank the tea in it.

As soon as the tea entered his throat, Song Jingchen’s body trembled, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground with a shattering sound.

Shen Yijia’s heart tightened. She asked anxiously, “What’s wrong?”

She had yet to experiment with it. “What if the book lied? What if it had been upgraded to poison?” she thought.

“Did I end up murdering him? Is it too late for me to find the person who wrote the book and kill him?”

“But so what if I kill the author?”

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By then, there would be no point. Her beautiful husband would already have been buried in the ground.

“Madam Li would make me pay with my life, right? When I die, can we still be a ghost couple?

“No, no. At that time, Song Jingchen would probably want to kill me.”

“Should I fight back, then? Would ghosts die? Do they turn into extra dead ghosts?”

Shen Yijia felt that her mind was in a mess, and her thoughts were all jumbled up.

The veins on Song Jingchen’s forehead bulged. Soon, he was covered in sweat, and his grip on Shen Yijia tightened.

The pain pulled Shen Yijia back from her thoughts. She felt that her hand was about to be broken.

Her heart was pounding. It was different from the past when she was flustered from interacting with Song Jingchen. Now, it was as if something was stabbing at her heart, making it hurt.

She couldn’t tell if her heart ached more or her hands hurt more.

“Hubby…” Shen Yijia’s voice was filled with sobs, like a helpless and uneasy child who had done something wrong.

Song Jingchen’s mind, which was originally occupied by pain, woke up a little. He opened his eyes and looked at Shen Yijia. When he noticed her slightly red eyes, he loosened his grip.

He pulled Shen Yijia into his arms and hugged her tightly.

Gritting his teeth to suppress the pain of his meridians being torn apart, he comforted her in a hoarse voice, “I’m fine. Don’t cry.”

“Really?” Shen Yijia looked up at Song Jingchen with teary eyes. “I don’t need to become a ghost now?” she thought.

Song Jingchen’s voice trembled as he nodded. “Yeah.”

Seeing that he was suffering, Shen Yijia looked at her free hand. “I’ll knock you out so that you won’t feel any pain.”

Song Jingchen couldn’t hear what she was saying anymore. He could only vaguely see Shen Yijia’s mouth opening and closing. He thought that she was still worried and wanted to comfort her.

However, he felt a pain in the back of his neck and fainted.

Shen Yijia looked at her hand and opened her mouth wide.

She seemed to have used too much strength just now.

Shen Yijia carried him to the bed and laid him down.

Even though he was unconscious, his brows were still tightly furrowed. In less than ten minutes, his clothes were drenched in cold sweat.

Shen Yijia was afraid that he would catch a cold, so she stripped him *****.

Looking at the ***** person, Shen Yijia blushed slightly. She kept muttering in her heart, “I didn’t look, I didn’t look, I didn’t look.”

However, her eyes could not help but glance at his chest.

His figure was so good that she wanted to touch it…

Song Jingchen grunted. Shen Yijia quickly shook her head and threw this very uncouth thought to the back of her mind. She leaned over and asked softly, “Does it still hurt?”

There was no answer.

Shen Yijia heaved a sigh of relief and muttered, “I’ll get some water for you.”

By the time she finished wiping Song Jingchen’s body, Shen Yijia’s face was as red as a tomato.

However, she was relieved that Song Jingchen was no longer sweating.

Afraid that he would suddenly wake up and realize that he had been seen *****, Shen Yijia quickly helped him change into clean clothes and sat at the side guiltily, waiting for him to wake up.

Chapter 156: Misunderstanding

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Obviously, she had underestimated her strength. After lunch, Sister Huan came to call for dinner, but Song Jingchen didn’t wake up.

Shen Yijia had not eaten lunch and was extremely hungry. She had no choice but to eat first.

The two of them had not left the room for a day. She thought she would be questioned.

Shen Yijia had already thought of an excuse in her heart, but no one asked about it. They didn’t even ask if Song Jingchen was coming for dinner.

They kept putting food into her bowl and asking her to eat more. Under Widow Wang’s strange gaze, Shen Yijia ate her fill.

When she left the dining table, she heard Widow Wang whispering advice to Madam Li.

“Your son’s body is too weak. You have to nourish him more. I know a prescription. Try it on him next time.”

Madam Li’s face turned red. She wanted to defend her son, but when she thought of Shen Yijia’s strange strength, she muttered, “Sister Jia’s stamina is too good.”

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Shen Yijia was speechless.

Shen Yijia had no idea that she had been misunderstood as a female hooligan who had sucked her man dry. She slowly returned to her room.

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Song Jingchen was still unconscious. At least he was still breathing.

Otherwise, Shen Yijia would have suspected that she had become a young widow.

Remembering the scene of Widow Wang fighting with Bruiser every day, Shen Yijia shivered.

“Wait, but I don’t have children.” she thought.

It had to be said that Shen Yijia’s attack was really ruthless. When Song Jingchen woke up, it was already late in the morning.

He opened his eyes and looked around before realizing where he was.

Shen Yijia sat at the side, dozing off. She was wrapped in a blanket from head to toe, revealing only her face.

It looked almost comical.

Shen Yijia’s hand was still holding his hand tightly. Song Jingchen even felt a numbing sensation in his hand.

The inexplicable pain in his body had disappeared, replaced by a sharp pain at the back of his neck.

Thinking of the scene before he fainted, Song Jingchen held his forehead helplessly.

Although he didn’t die from the pain, his neck was almost broken by this little girl.

Seeing that Shen Yijia was so tired from sleeping, Song Jingchen sat up and wanted to carry her.

Only then did he realize that something was odd.

He had exerted force on his thigh that couldn’t move in the past.

Song Jingchen was stunned. His heart was filled with mixed emotions. He was excited and confused, but he also couldn’t believe Shen Yijia’s abilities.

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He subconsciously moved his hand and Shen Yijia and immediately woke up.

Song Jingchen heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that he was still alive.

“You’re awake? How do you feel? Does it still hurt?” Shen Yijia asked quickly. She even shook Song Jingchen’s hand.

The numbness in his hand made Song Jingchen gasp and quickly hold her restless hand.

He shook her head, then nodded.

Shen Yijia was stunned. “Are you shaking your head or not? Does it hurt or not?” she thought.

“The back of my neck still hurts a little. It doesn’t hurt anywhere else.” Song Jingchen looked at Shen Yijia’s hand meaningfully.

Shen Yijia retracted her hand guiltily and rubbed her nose. “Maybe it’s a side. What about your legs? Can you move them?”

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After asking, Shen Yijia was still a little nervous. She looked at Song Jingchen’s legs with a serious expression, afraid that she would hear a negative answer.

She had always relied on her spiritual liquid. If even the spiritual liquid couldn’t save Song Jingchen’s leg, she didn’t know what to do.

Song Jingchen stared at her for a long time before suddenly smiling and nodding.

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Chapter 157: Practice Walking

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“I was able to move just now. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before I can stand again.”

After saying that, Song Jingchen even moved his thigh slightly.

“You can’t stand up?” Shen Yijia initially heaved a sigh of relief when she heard the first half of the sentence. At the same time, she was happy for Song Jingchen.

However, when she heard the second half of the sentence, Shen Yijia’s face fell. If he could move, why couldn’t he stand up?

When he realized that his legs could feel something, Song Jingchen had secretly tried to move them. He could only move them slightly, but he didn’t have the strength to stand up. As soon as he had this thought, his legs seemed to have lost their strength.

Song Jingchen lowered his eyes.

He thought about what had happened in the imperial prison.

Shen Yijia thought that Song Jingchen was upset that he couldn’t stand up. She scratched her head and comforted him. “It’s fine. This is only the first time. Let’s try again in 15 days. Maybe it’ll work next time.”

If he couldn’t do it the first time, she would give him the spiritual liquid again and again. He could definitely do it.

She didn’t explain why it would take fifteen days.

Song Jingchen automatically understood that Shen Yijia needed to consume too much energy to treat him each time, and it would take 15 days for her to recover.

He shook his head. “It has nothing to do with you. My legs are healed. It’s just that I can’t stand up right away.”

For one, he didn’t want Shen Yijia to spend any more energy.

Additionally, Song Jingchen knew that he had to overcome the rest of the challenges himself. No one could help him.

Shen Yijia looked at Song Jingchen’s legs in confusion. “You can’t stand up? Are your legs disobedient?” she thought.

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For disobedient people, she would just beat them up. However, she couldn’t just beat Song Jingchen’s legs up. What if she broke them again?

Shen Yijia was frustrated.

Due to the fact that Song Jingchen’s legs hadn’t completely recovered, Shen Yijia was depressed for several days.

Although Song Jingchen said that his legs had recovered and it was only a matter of time before he could stand up, she was still anxious.

The two of them did not tell the rest of the family, to prevent them from worrying.

Every day when they returned to their room, Song Jingchen would ask Shen Yijia to help him stand up. Only then did Shen Yijia realize that Song Jingchen was really tall. She had to look up to see his face.

After practicing for a few days, Song Jingchen’s legs still didn’t make any progress. If she let go of him, he would definitely fall.

Shen Yijia was glad that she was strong. Otherwise, Song Jingchen would have been injured all over.

In the end, Shen Yijia found a few wooden sticks and built a simple parallel frame in the neighboring study for him to practice walking.

The end of the year was approaching. Song Jingchen’s initial active practice had turned into him only practicing when Shen Yijia urged him to. Shen Yijia was so frustrated that she wanted to try using the spiritual liquid again, but fifteen days had yet to pass.

Moreover, she felt that Song Jingchen didn’t seem to care about his legs anymore.

In the past, it was obvious that he wanted to stand up again. Now that he was fine, he was in no hurry.

Song Jingchen was not anxious, but Shen Yijia was.

On the 29th of December, someone knocked on the courtyard door that had not been opened for a long time.

The snow was still falling intermittently. Madam Li thought that it was New Year’s Eve, so she brought her family to the kitchen early in the morning.

If not for Furball’s reminder, everyone would have ignored the knock on the door.

In this weather, no one would go out unless they wanted to die.

Shen Yijia stuffed a freshly fried dumpling into her mouth and said in a muffled voice, “I’ll open the door.”

With that, she held the umbrella and went out.

She opened the courtyard door.

Many villagers of Xiagou Village were standing outside.

After not seeing them for nearly a month, Shen Yijia almost did not recognize these people.

It was strange that they could walk here with the snow on their bodies. What surprised her was that these people were all sallow and thin. Their cheeks were sunken and their cheekbones were prominent.

If not for the fact that she was familiar with Song Tiegen, Shen Yijia would have thought that they were beggars.