Wan Meiling was stunned speechless.
It took her a while to react. After a beat, she covered her eyes, which had momentarily turned red, and whispered, "If it's just low blood sugar, it should be easy to treat, right?"
"Yes. Hypoglycemia is actually not an illness. It's caused by insufficient internal heat and insufficient food. We just have to give Yangyang more nutrients in the future. Also, when he's feeling unwell, it's best to feed him sugar or sugar water…"
Wan Meiling crouched down. Silently, she began to cry.
Elderly Lady Qi and Qi Jingshu, who had initially wanted to come over and make sarcastic comments, turned away in embarrassment.
They couldn't understand what "insufficient internal heat" meant, but they could understand the bit about insufficient food. The boy was just hungry.
When Qi Yang was more than a year old, Qi Jingshu's family refused to let Elderly Lady Qi take care of him on the grounds that they had already separated from the family. In order to go to work, Wan Meiling had no choice but to send him to her mother.
They had agreed that ten yuan would be given to Elderly Lady Wan each month, and she would put in her best efforts to take care of Qi Yang's needs. However, though Wan Meiling obediently gave the money to her mother each month, the child nearly starved to death.
Later on, when Qi Yang fell ill, Wan Meiling went to the Wen family to seek a diagnosis. The other party heard that Old Master Wan had diabetes, and diagnosed Qi Yang with hereditary diabetes that had skipped a generation.
At that time, Old Physician Qi was no longer around.
The Wen family was well-known for their skills in traditional Chinese medicine. Coupled with the fact that many neighbors and friends had said so, they accepted the diagnosis.
There were many foods that diabetics could not eat, and Qi Yang's daily nutritional requirements were still not met. As a result, he had been unable to recover.
Thinking about how Qi Yang had suffered because of the misdiagnosis, Wan Meiling cried even harder.
However, she didn't dare to believe Qi Mianmian entirely. After she came back to her senses, she asked softly, "Mianmian, are you a hundred percent sure?"
Qi Mianmian nodded. "I'm one hundred percent sure, but my diagnosis might not be one hundred percent accurate myself. Anyway, testing blood sugar levels is both simple and cheap. Why don't you take Yangyang to test his blood sugar levels first? By the way, don't go to the Wen family for medical help anymore."
When Wan Meiling heard the last sentence, she looked at Qi Mianmian in disbelief. "You mean… you mean…"
Did the Wen family give a misdiagnosis on purpose?
Wan Meiling thought about it carefully and felt that this was highly likely.
Disregarding the fact that Luo Qingwen was the third daughter-in-law of the Wen Family, it was often said that two of a trade could never agree. It had been said that there was some old enmity between Old Master Qi and Old Master Wen back then…
Sigh, she had been too naive.
She had hoped that since Old Master Qi had already passed away, the Wen family would have let go of old grudges and treat them with compassion…
However, all of that was no longer important. The most pertinent thing now was to bring the child for a checkup.
She looked toward Qi Jingtang, brimming with excitement. "Help me apply for a leave of absence. I'll take Yangyang to test his blood sugar levels right now."
Qi Jingtang hesitated for a moment. "We'll go together."
Qi Mianmian found herself speechless.
So her father wasn't entirely clueless on how to conduct himself.
She instructed them to make sure that the boy had an empty stomach before testing his blood sugar, and that he could only drink a little water. Then, Qi Mianmian returned to the courtyard to discuss the ingredients they would need to buy to bake the bread and cakes tomorrow with Qi Zhen.
Qi Jingshu narrowed his eyes and watched them for a while, then said in a deliberately ambiguous manner, "Mianmian, you've changed a lot in the past two days, haven't you?"
If not for the fact that he was a staunch philosophical materialist, and didn't believe in the existence of ghosts or deities at all, he would have suspected that she had been possessed by a demon.
Qi Mianmian, who had suddenly turned into a drama queen, gave a deep sigh and said slowly, "My mother has always told me that I don't need to learn anything, and that I don't need to do anything. As long as I listen to her and marry Xue Ming with the dowry she'll give me, I can enjoy life as she does. I believed her, so I've always done as she said. Yesterday, she pushed me off the bridge for a mere thousand yuan. What does this mean? This means that she doesn't have much money. She's actually not living well.
And she didn't like me either.
Everything she told me in the past was a lie.
So I decided that I would rely on myself for everything from now on.
When Grandfather was still alive, he had always praised me for being smart. He said that I was just a little timid, and that I should overcome my timidity and charge forward boldly by engaging my instincts. That's what I'm doing now."