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Hearing Lin Jiazhong acknowledge that Lin Yongcheng had been taking Five Stones Powder, everyone present didn’t know what to say. Not only had Lin Yongcheng stolen things, but he had also gotten hooked on this stuff; he was absolutely ruined!

Lin Jiazhong pulled Lady Ma to the side, and with a complex look, he glanced at Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan understood and gently nudged Xiao Linshuang out.

Xiao Linshuang pursed her lips, took out the silver needle, and without anyone noticing how she did it, the next thing they knew, Lin Yongcheng on the ground had calmed down in no time. His teeth stopped chattering, and he stopped sweating too.

"I can only stabilize his condition temporarily. If we want to cure him..." Xiao Linshuang bit her lip and looked at Lin Yongcheng with a sad expression and sighed like a grown-up.

Lin Jiazhong just thought she was a child, her medical skills not very refined, so he didn’t take it to heart. Hurrying away, he told the old village chief that he would bring the silver as soon as possible, and then he left.

The needles were removed from Lady Ma, who crawled to her son’s side and caressed his pale, sweaty cheeks with her hand.

At this moment, she wasn’t the daughter-in-law who mistreated her in-laws, nor the shrew who cursed and insulted people in the streets; she was just a mother who loved her son, a mother who wished she could take his pain on herself.

That was all there was to it.

Lin Jiazhong indeed kept his word and had run to and from the town within two hours. He presented the bag of money to the old village chief and wiped the sweat off his face: "Fifty-six taels of silver, not a penny less. Can I take my son away now?"

The old village chief looked at the father with a pained expression and nodded solemnly.

Lin Jiazhong turned around and cradled his son’s groggy head, placing it gently on his shoulder. Then, as if holding a newborn sleeping son, he wrapped one arm around the waist and supported the legs with the other, lifting him off the ground.

Even though Lin Yongcheng had become skin and bones, he must still weigh about a hundred pounds or so. Lin Jiazhong, nearly fifty and never having worked in the fields, found it extremely strenuous to suddenly lift his son.

"Big brother, you..." Lin Jiaxin took a couple of steps forward, wanting to help.

Lin Jiazhong avoided him with a pained voice: "No, we’re no longer related, thank you for your help today. From now on, we should still go our separate ways."

Lin Jiaxin seemed about to say more when he was stopped by Lin Yuan.

Lin Jiazhong prided himself on being educated, always haughty and looking down on others.

Today, being saved by Lin Yuan, who he used to call Little Disaster Star, his pride had taken a serious hit.

If Lin Jiaxin helped too, he’d probably just want to crawl into a hole and hide.

It wasn’t just Lin Jiaxin. Even if others offered help, he wouldn’t accept it. To him, those offers of help were an insult. So, let’s give him the last bit of dignity.

Lady Ma helped to support her son’s legs, and together with Lin Jiazhong, they carried their son back home.

Yet, Lin Yuan’s brows were furrowed in concern. Just now, Lin Jiazhong said that he got the silver from Lin Siyu, and she wondered where Lin Siyu, who was already in a difficult position, could find silver to give him? How did he manage to bring the silver so quickly?

"Sigh!" Xiao Linshuang’s sudden sigh pulled Lin Yuan’s thoughts back to the present.

"What’s the matter?"

Xiao Linshuang glanced at her older sister and saw that Lin Jiaxin and his wife were also looking over. After hesitating for a moment, she still pouted and said, "Cousin Yongcheng, he’s gravely ill, and I’m afraid..."

There was no need to finish the sentence; they already knew what she meant. People who got hooked on such things generally didn’t live long, let alone Lin Yongcheng, who was already emaciated.

"How long does he have?" Lin Jiaxin asked, knitting his brows and with a trembling voice.

Xiao Linshuang bit her lip: "At most half a year."

Half a year...

Lin Jiaxin was silent for a long time, then shook his head heavily and dejectedly went home.

Perhaps, to validate Xiao Linshuang’s highly skilled medicine, Lin Jiazhong spent the following days taking his son around the town to seek doctors and medicines, only to be told that his son was not long for this world.

The couple were in agony, yet they couldn’t let go and continued to seek treatment for their son everywhere. However, they had already seen all the doctors in Zhuma Town, and still, there was no cure to be found.

Lady Ma cried her days away, and Lin Jiazhong also lost a lot of weight. Finally, they thought of Lin Jiaxin’s leg, or to be exact, Lao Fan who had cured Lin Jiaxin’s leg.

Rumor had it that he was a Divine Doctor! Xiao Linshuang was his disciple, and even at such a young age, she possessed such medical skill; surely her master must be even more formidable!