Chapter 2826: Justice Academy

  In the cold night, her voice became even sharper and more panicked. Chen Tianfa and Zhao looked at each other, both seeing incomprehension in each other's eyes.

  Just as he was about to delve deeper into the matter, Xi Mei's urgent cries startled him again. "Father and mother, hurry up!" Her voice trembled with tears.

  Realizing things were serious, several people put down their chopsticks and rushed to Xi Mei's house.

  "What's wrong? What's wrong?" Zhao hastily pushed open the door and said.

  Looking at Xi Mei who was at a loss, Chen Tian took a step forward and gazed at the little girl who was sleeping not very soundly.

  All that can be seen is that on this cold winter's day, her face has broken out in a sweat, and her eyebrows are also furrowed together in discomfort, as if she is suffering greatly.

  "Old Zhao reached out a hand and touched her forehead, exclaiming in surprise, 'Kid's father, Xi Mei seems to have a fever.'"

  Chen Tianfa placed his palm on her forehead and then leaned his own forehead against hers, saying, "Yes, the fever is still not mild."

  Xī Jú clenched her fists, with a guilty look on her face, saying: "It's all my fault, I didn't even have time to take care of Xǐ Mèi for an entire afternoon. If only I had come over earlier to take a look, maybe Xǐ Mèi would..."

  Before she could finish speaking, Zhao interrupted her, "It's not your fault." If anyone was to blame, it should be herself, as a mother who failed to take good care of her child.

  "Ruihao, hurry up and go to Hui Chuntang to find the doctor." After Ruihao nodded, he hastily called out to Xiju, "Xiju, go to the kitchen and bring her some ginger soup."

  Ximei frowned in her sleep, still uncomfortable. Mrs. Zhao hurriedly patted her through the quilt and whispered to Ximei, "Ximei, take Xiehe out quickly, don't let you both get sick on New Year's Day."

  How can she be at peace when going out? She shook her head and firmly said: "I won't, I want to stay here and watch my sister."

  Turning to Xihe, she saw Xihe also shaking her head firmly and said: "I also want to watch over my sister here."

  Zhao nodded comfortingly, but in an instant, a resolute glint flashed in his eyes. "No way, you all hurry up and get out of here, don't let Ximai infect everyone, or else we won't be able to celebrate the New Year!"

  Seeing them hesitate, Chen Tianfa also said, "It's okay, Dad will take good care of your sister, you can go out first."

  Seeing their parents' resolute attitude, they knew that saying anything now would be useless, so they could only turn around and leave.

  "Xǐ mèi, xǐ mèi?" Gently shaking Xǐ mèi's body, Zhao said softly.

  Dazed and confused, I opened my eyes to see two anxious people in front of me.

  "Hey sister, what's wrong?" Chen Tian asked with a pretended calm tone, suppressing his own unease.

  "Dad, I'm fine, just a bit nauseous." The little girl said weakly and then fell asleep again.

  "Feeling nauseous?" Zhao's wife looked at her husband worriedly, "I've never heard of fever causing nausea. Did Zhong Wu eat something unclean at noon?"

  Chen Tianfa also shook his head uneasily.

  Gently shaking her awake, she softly asked: "Xi Mei, did you eat something bad for lunch?"

  Xi Mei shook her head and replied after a moment: "No, I didn't eat anything at noon."

  After finishing speaking, thoroughly fell into darkness.

  Looking at her daughter sleeping, Zhao said to herself: "It's all my fault, I didn't even notice that Xi Mei didn't eat lunch today, no wonder she's suffering like this."

  Chen Tianfa was also pacing back and forth in the room, but he still maintained a thread of clarity, comforting his daughter-in-law, "It's not your fault, it's not your fault."

  The waiting time seemed especially long, and Chen's couple walked around the house for half a day without seeing Dr. Da's arrival. The anxious Zhao couldn't help it and went forward to help Jie Mei get dressed.

  "Hey, what are you doing? If you carry her out like that, she'll catch a chill again!" Chen Tianfa pressed down on his wife's hand to stop her.

  Zhao shook his head, "It's already this late and he still hasn't arrived, we can't wait any longer." After saying that, he tried to put the clothes on Xi Mei.

  Unexpectedly, just as he was about to put on the Zhao family's clothes, he suddenly shouted out in surprise.

  "What's wrong? What's wrong?" Chen Tian stepped forward and asked in puzzlement.

  Unfortunately, no one answered him, and when he looked up towards Zhao's line of sight, he was startled as well.

  Only then did Xi Mei's arm reveal a red rash the size of a needle head!

  Incredibly, Chen Tian looked at Zhao with a startled expression and asked, "Quickly, look to see if it's only on his arm or all over his body."

  Upon hearing this, Zhao nodded and quickly turned Xi Mei's small body over, looking at her back which also had several red spots similar to those on her arm. The two instantly froze in shock.

  Half a day later, Zhao asked incredulously, "Hubby, did I see it wrong? Is there really nothing on Xi Mei's body?"

  Chen Tianfa was also in a state of panic, he remembered that when he was young, he had heard adults say that someone in the neighboring town had developed this kind of rash and none of them survived!

  Just as the two of them were in a state of shock, rapid footsteps echoed from outside the courtyard, and Ruihao's loud voice rang out, "Father, mother, I've invited the doctor over."

  Chen Tian stood up, walked quickly to the door and invited the doctor in. Just as Ruihao's children wanted to follow him in, Chen Tian's face stiffened and pushed them out.

  "Dad, I also want to go see my sister." Ruihao said anxiously.

  The remaining children also looked at their somewhat abnormal father with a look of eagerness and longing.

  Chen Tian took a deep breath, suppressing the unease in his heart, and forced himself to say, "It's okay, little sister will be fine soon. You guys going in would just add to the chaos. Be good and wait outside for a while."

  After finishing speaking, he also didn't care what the children wanted to say and 'bang' closed the door.

  He walked quickly to the bedside and asked, "Doctor, what's wrong with my daughter?"

  The doctor held his breath and pressed his finger on Xi Mei's small arm.

  Zhao sat on the edge of the bed, tears streaming down her face, dropping one by one onto the quilt. Chen Tianfa was also tense, looking at the doctor and then casting his gaze back at the little girl who was fast asleep.

  Firecrackers can be heard from time to time outside, the New Year is approaching, and the festive atmosphere is much more lively than usual. Even the howling cold wind, people also spontaneously choose to forget.

  At this moment in the house, two people anxiously looked at the doctor in front of them, as if he was their only hope.

  Chen Tianfa panted heavily, watching as the doctor lifted up Xi Mei's sleeve, his own hands also being pinched painfully by Zhao Shi.

  After a moment, the doctor put down Xi Mei's sleeve, sighed and shook his head. "You two don't need me to say it, you also know what this is, right? It can't be saved, you should prepare for her funeral."

  As soon as the words were spoken, Zhao's body suddenly collapsed, and she opened her eyes wide in disbelief, saying, "How can this be? Doctor, take a closer look, how could it be that there is no way to save him?"

  The doctor in front of him quickly stood up, packed his things and said, "To be honest with you, your daughter has smallpox, it's incurable. You know that."

  Madam Zhao rushed forward, grasping his sleeve and crying, "Doctor, think of a way to save my daughter!"

  The doctor shook his head helplessly, "I'm sorry, madam, I really can't do anything about it."

  After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out quickly. This thing is deadly if it gets stuck on you. If it weren't for the sake of the Zhang family and the Wang family, he wouldn't have come here.

  As she watched him leave, Zhao also couldn't support her own legs and suddenly fell to the ground, covering her face in despair and crying, "It's impossible, this can't be happening, she was fine just this morning!"

  Zhao couldn't believe that the little girl who was still jumping around in the morning would be lying lifelessly on the bed at night, and what's more, was diagnosed by the doctor as having no chance of survival.

  How cruel it is for her, how can she bear it?!

  Xī jiě mí mí huò huò zhōng, mào sì tīng dào yǒu rén shuō tā huó bù liǎo duō cháng shí jiān, nǔ lì kāi yǎn, jiù jiàn zì jǐ niáng qīn zhā zhù dà fū de xiù zi, kū de yī liǎn bēi shāng.

  What's even more outrageous is that the person seemed to be looking at him with a gaze full of pity, as if he was about to meet King Yama.

  Ignoring her mother's bitter entreaties, she turned and left.

  Muttering in her heart, "you"

  Don't wait for me to get better before you collect me

  "(I knew I would be harmonized, so I obediently harmonized myself"

  Never mind, just understand it.

  But just as he was about to speak, several young servants who had just gone out rushed past him without even greeting him.

  No sooner had he turned the corner than a dark figure blocked his way just ahead.

  In the darkness, he couldn't see who was blocking his way and thought he had run into a robber. With a "bang", he knelt on the ground, spouting out clichéd lines.

  "A heroic man spares lives, considering the elderly below and the young above..."

  Before he could finish speaking, the person in front of him became impatient and scolded in a low voice, "I didn't ask you so much, honestly, what did you just do at Chen's house?"

  Just now the Chen family was so noisy, even those living opposite them noticed it. Now going to the Chen's would be adding fuel to the fire, so coming to intercept the doctor wouldn't make everything clear?

  As soon as he heard that, the doctor let out a sigh of relief and his tone became more casual. "This family's young daughter doesn't know what got into her, she actually contracted smallpox! Isn't it clear? Can her life be saved?"

  His face was covered with a large black cloth, and in the darkness, the expression of the newcomer was also deeply blocked by the night. Only his eyes flashed with a sinister expression, before he could say anything else, his wrist turned, the knife handle exerted force, and the doctor silently fell to the ground.

  Xu Peifeng removed the black cloth from his face, looked at him disdainfully, and said, "You dare to speak like this in front of me? You're not afraid of death? Alright, let you lie in the snow for an hour, and see if you still dare to speak like that afterwards!"

  Treading on the crunching snow, Xu Peifeng didn't even give a glance as he strode past him with big steps.

  It was as if it had been waiting for him, and the big snow that had stopped for a day suddenly started falling again.

  And his figure slowly turned into a black dot and finally disappeared completely on the street.