Chapter 57 - The Nightmare
Nangong
Yue retracted her hand and told Que'er: "Take it and show Qingya to
see..."
"Yes." Que'er gave bow and hurried to
Qingya's house.
Nangong Yue said to Yimei: "Yimei, reward Ning Pozi with
two taels of silver." Immediately, Yimei stuffed two piece of silver money
to Ning Pozi.
Ning Pozi happily took it and thanked the reward,
"Thank the Miss Third. Thank the Miss Third for the reward."
“If you find anything
else, report back immediately."
"Yes, yes." Ning Pozi responded quickly, bowed
and excused herself.
At this time, Que’er came back with the bundle. "Miss
Third, QingYa said that this is what she saw."
Nangong Yue nodded, "Okay I know, you put this away. Let's
go see brother first." Saying that, she walked towards Nangong Xin's room.
When she returned to the door of Nangong Xin's room again, Liu
mama was guarding the door. When she saw Nangong Yue, she was busy welcoming
her and said worriedly, "Miss Third, the doctor is here and is applying
needles to the Second Young Master."
Nangong Yue nodded, and after a worried glance she went to the
next room and waited.
The waiting time was always so hard, she was almost sitting on
her feet ...... and didn't know how long it took before she finally heard
movement from Nangong Xin's room and someone pushed the door out.
"Doctor, how is the younger son?" It was Nangong Mu's
voice, the usual leisurely manner was no longer there, only the worry of as a
father remained.
"He will wake up in a while, but ......" the doctor
said hesitantly.
"Doctor can says straight away there is no defense."
“Your son's illness is caused by fright, it is possible that he
will be cured when he wakes up. There is also a possibility that ......"
the doctor paused and told the truth, "he may be caught up in a nightmare
because of excessive fear and cannot extricate himself."
"How is this good?" Nangong Mu asked again anxiously.
"Ai, heart disease needs heart medicine, if this really
happens, we need to rely on the family to care more and let him come out of his
fear early." The doctor sighed, "I will prescribe a pair of
tranquilizer soup later, take them first."
"Good, good, this way please, doctor." Nangong Mu
hurriedly said.
The sound of their footsteps faded away, and Nangong Yue came
out from the second room and entered Nangong Xin's room, just in time to hear
her mother's surprised voice ringing out.
"Xin Ge’er, Xin Ge’er, you are awake."
Brother is awake! Nangong Yue's heart rose to her throat and
subconsciously quickened her steps.
"Mother, mother ......" Nangong Xin weakly shouted.
Nangong Yue's heart is happy, brother called mother, that means
brother recognized mother, does it mean brother is okay?
She walked with anticipation to Nangong Xin's bed, but fell into
an ice kiln.
Only to see that at this time, Nangong Xin wrapped himself into
a cocoon with quilts, shrinking in the innermost corner of the bed, face in
shock, eyes dull, it is obvious that Lin Shi is in front of him, but he did not
see, as if he had not seen and repeatedly calling mother ...... a more mournful
than a cry.
"Mother is here, mother is here ......" Lin's heart
was breaking, jumped up and hugged Nangong Xin tightly, "Xin Ge’er,
don't be afraid, mother is here, no one dares to bully you!"
But Lin Shi's embrace did not awaken Nangong Xin. Nangong Xin
was hitting and kicking at Lin Shi, immersed in his own world, shouting:
"Ghost, ghost, let go of me! Mother, save me! Save me!"
Lin Shi's face was sad, even though she was pained by Nangong
Xin's beatings, she still clung to him and refused to let go, her face already
brimming with tears: "Xin Ge’er, Xin Ge’er, it's mother,
mother is here."
This scene caused
Nangong Yue simply heartbroken to death, before her eyes could not help but to
float a scene from a previous life: Previous life, after the death of her
brother drowned, her mother was also holding her brother's corpse, crying more
than tears, grief was overwhelming ...... then gradually became insane, the
disease of epilepsy increasingly aggravated, and finally fell into madness.
In the blink of an eye, her own once happy family was destroyed!
"Brother! We're here! There are no ghosts here!"
Nangong Yue also padded over to her mother and brother, calling out sadly.
But Nangong Xin was still immersed in his own world, shouting
"Ghosts, ghosts!" Then he kicked Lin Shi heavily.
Lin Shi let out a cry of pain and her whole body fell backwards.
Nangong Yue hurriedly held her up and looked at Lin Shi nervously,
"Mother, are you all right?"
At that moment, Nangong Mu returned and asked urgently,
"What's wrong? Is Xin Ge’er has woken up?"
"Brother is awake, but he can't recognise me or
Mother." Nangong Yue's eyes were as red as if she was a rabbit, and her
lips were trembling slightly.
Nangong Mu frowned at Nangong Xin and called out repeatedly,
"Xin Ge’er, Xin Ge’er......"
But Nangong Xin did not even raise his head, his body shrunk
into a ball, his face buried in his knees, trembling uncontrollably.
"Father, mother, why don't you let me give acupuncture for
brother!" Nangong Yue requested once more.
Nangong Mu turned his head to look at Nangong Yue and said gently,
"Yue Jie'er, don't worry. The doctor has already prescribed a
tranquilizing medicine, so when your brother drinks it and wakes up after a
good sleep, he will be fine." His demeanor was certain and his tone was
resolute, as if, as he said, Nangong Xin was not in any serious trouble.
Nangong Yue was stunned, she just heard what the doctor said to
Nangong Mu, which is not such an understatement ...... she glanced at Lin,
became silent and said to herself: look at it again, it is possible that
tomorrow brother really will be well.
At this time, only to hear Nangong Mu ask again, "Yue Jie'er,
you just went to see QingYa, what did she say?"
Nangong Yue then said what QingYa had said, as well as the ghost
mask and white clothes that Ning Pozi had just sent to her, without
hiding anything.
Lin Shi was almost furious at her words and said in a trembling
voice, "Who on earth would want to harm my Xin Ge’er like
this!" She said, "Blame me for not being able to protect Xin Ge’er
and letting someone do this to him!"
Nangong Mu hurriedly said warmly to comfort Lin Shi: "Ruo
Yan, you are not to blame for this matter. It's the culprit who is evil-minded
and refuses to spare even such a pure-hearted child as Xin Ge’er. Don't
worry, I will definitely catch the culprit and Xin Ge’er will be
fine." He turned to Nangong Yue and said, "Yue Jie’er, the
time is late, you go back to rest."
Lin Shi immediately shifted her attention again and said,
"Your father is right, Yue Jie'er, go back to rest first, there is
mother here, don't worry."
Nangong Yue shook her head, "It's better to wait for
brother to take the tranquilizing soup, then I'll go and rest."
"Alright then." Lin Shi nodded her head and agreed.
In this way, Nangong Yue waited until the Tranquilizer
Decoction came, coaxing Nangong Xin to drink and sleep, and then she dragged
her tired body out of Qianyun yuan and returned to Mozhu yuan.
This night, Nangong yue naturally failed to
sleep well, and got up before the sky was light. After washing up under the
service of several maids, and after breakfast, she hurriedly went to Qianyun
yuan to visit Nangong xin.
