My Lady Always Lacks Ambition-Chapter 961 - 939: Never Afraid of Being Falsely Accused (2)

Everyone quieted down.

Qin Liuxi placed two fingers on Mrs. Deng’s wrist, observing her smooth and delicate palm, and said, "You don’t do any heavy work at home, do you?"

Mrs. Deng was stunned, then smiled with pursed lips, glanced at Lai San, and said, "My husband doesn’t allow me to. He takes care of chopping wood, fetching water, and laundry, saying it’s too strenuous."

"Hmm, what kind of water do you use for fetching?" Qin Liuxi switched hands while observing her complexion.

"We live by the river, so naturally, we use river water." Lai San replied.

Qin Liuxi asked, "Do you also drink this water?"

"Yes."

Qin Liuxi withdrew his hand, examined Mrs. Deng’s tongue coating, and asked, "What have doctors said in the past? How’s your diet?"

"They all say it’s due to irregular eating habits and invasion of evil energy, prescribing medicine for damp cold and abdominal pain." Lai San interjected, "The medicine provides some relief, but the pain returns soon after, and her appetite is poor. It’s completely off-target, making her vomit and have diarrhea, which makes me want to demand accountability from them."

"Improper medication could mean a misdiagnosis, but there’s no need to cheat the doctor. Cheating too much will bring karmic retribution upon you, and it will backfire." Qin Liuxi commented.

Lai San sneered, "With my worthless life, should I fear this?"

"Your life may be worthless, but what about your wife?" Qin Liuxi continued, "You won’t let her do heavy work, but are willing to let her face retribution?"

Lai San hesitated, "This—what does it have to do with her?"

"You are one unit as a couple. The silver you cheat is also used by her, right? If you use money that shouldn’t be used, you’ll surely face karmic retribution."

Lai San became a bit anxious and pursed his lips, bluffing, "Are you diagnosing or not? You’re rambling on. Maybe you don’t know how to treat illness? Talking about this Divine Dao thing, I won’t be fooled into donating incense oil; I don’t believe in that."

Internally, his heart was pounding. Could his wife’s persistent abdominal pain be due to some sort of retribution?

"Dear." Mrs. Deng sighed helplessly.

Lai San pouted, "I’m just speaking the truth."

"You’re certainly good at caring for your wife, but unfortunately, you haven’t used the right method." Qin Liuxi chuckled, then asked Mrs. Deng, "Does the abdominal pain persist frequently? How long have your eating habits been irregular?"

"It started last summer." Mrs. Deng said, clutching her abdomen, "It’s not always painful, just sporadically, along with nausea, regurgitation, and discomfort."

Qin Liuxi tapped the table and asked, "The river water you drink, do you boil it?"

"This..."

"Your pulse is sunken but tight, and unusually large—it’s not due to righteous energy and external evils, but moving worms causing Qi stagnation." Seeing their confusion, Qin Liuxi clarified, "To put it simply, your abdominal pain and nausea are due to worms in your abdomen."

Everyone felt a shiver run through them—worms?

All were startled, even Mrs. Deng instinctively looked at her abdomen. Is there a worm inside her?

"This must be wrong, how could there be worms?" Lai San jumped up in alarm; this was a bit terrifying.

Qin Liuxi replied, "Having worms isn’t unusual. There’s an ancient saying that if it’s not roundworms in your belly, it’s evident that intestinal worms are common. Especially with unclean eating habits, worms are more likely to appear. You drink water fetched from the river, and when I asked if it’s boiled, you clearly hesitated."

Mrs. Deng said, "Actually, there is some boiling, but when it’s hot, sometimes we forget and drink it quickly because we’re thirsty..."

Everyone drinks like this, so it’s not a problem.

"In the past, South County experienced floods and epidemics. Although the river water is running water, you don’t know what’s in the river channels, and eggs are abundant, even leeches. If you’re not careful and drink water with eggs or leeches, they can nest in your abdomen."

Let alone Mrs. Deng, even the people present felt chills, imagining swallowing a leech, then...

Nian Youwei swallowed, thinking of issuing a proclamation to the villages below; river water must be boiled before drinking.

Lai San recalled an incident, one midsummer night last year, when Mrs. Deng called out for water due to thirst. He got up to fetch it, but the water jug was empty, so he went to the kitchen and scooped a ladle of water from the jar to drink dark as it was, without checking for worms. Mrs. Deng took a sip, finding the taste odd, as if something was swallowed.

It was midnight, and neither paid attention; after all, water is just water. Within days, she complained of abdominal discomfort, persisting to this day.