TFWYH – Chapter 138 The Son is Injured

Lady Wei’s face instantly drained of all color. Her body swayed, and she nearly fainted.

Wei Ziyan cried out in shock:
“How is that possible? Lady Ling, could you have made a mistake? Maybe—maybe this is just normal infant jaundice!”

Tang Wan cast her a cool glance.
“Impossible! I examined the baby right after birth. He was very healthy—there’s no way his liver function would be damaged for no reason.”

Wei Ziyan seemed shaken to her core. She muttered in disbelief:
“But who would want to harm my little brother? He’s just a newborn, he doesn’t understand anything!”

“Go fetch your father, quickly!” Lady Wei forced out as she clutched Wei Ziyan’s hand, her tear-filled eyes now burning with ruthless determination. “I want to see who dares to harm my son!”

She had been married to Wei Gao for many years with no children. After countless fruitless visits to doctors, her family had finally spent a fortune to invite an imperial physician from the palace to treat her.

By middle age, she had finally been blessed with a single son.

Never had she imagined that someone would lay a hand on him. That was no different than cutting out her very heart!

“No matter who it is,” Lady Wei ground her teeth, her voice a low growl, “I will never forgive them!”

“Mother, don’t worry. I’ll find Father right away!” Wei Ziyan shivered, then hurriedly ran out.

Once she was gone, Lady Wei turned back to Tang Wan, eyes pleading. Her long-suppressed tears finally fell.
“Lady Ling, I beg you—please save my child. If you can save him, I will repay you with my life if I must!”

“Don’t panic.” Tang Wan frowned, then pulled from her basket—or rather, from her hidden dimensional space—glucuronolactone, vitamin A, and vitamin D, handing them to Lady Wei.
“I’ll write down the instructions for you in a moment. Feed these to him regularly.”

“Just this?” Lady Wei stared at the strange-looking medicines in confusion.

“…” Tang Wan was speechless.
(From the way you say that, you almost sound like you think this isn’t that serious…)

Taking a deep breath, she explained:
“The baby is far too young. His damaged liver cells can only recover slowly. We can’t use strong medicines. How much he can recover will depend entirely on his own body.”

Lady Wei nearly collapsed at those words!

Didn’t this mean her once healthy baby had now been turned into a sickly child because of this?

“Damn it! Damn it! Who could it be? Who would harm my son like this?” Lady Wei cried, almost breaking down completely.

Tang Wan calmly said:
“You should be grateful they didn’t poison him. Otherwise, at his age… he would already be dead.”

Hearing this, Lady Wei wept even harder, her cries ripping from her chest.

A mother’s heart feels her child’s pain more than her own—Tang Wan understood.

But she didn’t know how to comfort her. After a pause, she simply pulled out a small packet of sesame candies from her robe and offered it.
“Want some candy?”

Lady Wei didn’t want to eat. She clutched her baby tightly in her arms.

Not long after, Wei Gao rushed in upon receiving the news.

The moment Lady Wei saw him, she collapsed into his arms, sobbing bitterly—until she fainted from grief.

Wei Gao carefully laid her down, covering her with a quilt. His hands trembled as he carefully picked up the baby.

Just a few days ago, he had been full of joy, rewarding his subordinates and even quarreling with his wife over what to name the boy.

He had even proudly given his son a nickname—Jiu Jin (“Nine Jin”), after his hefty birth weight.

But now…

Wei Gao’s eyes grew bloodshot at the thought.

Holding his son close, he walked out and, gritting his teeth, ordered his men:
“Bring every wet nurse we hired during this time to me! I will interrogate them myself!”

“Yes, my lord!” The subordinates, grief-stricken as well, cupped their hands and hurried off to obey.