134: Saving Xia Rushuang

The brief excitement didn't last long.

Buzz—

A dull buzzing sound exploded in Xia Rushuang's head, and an incredibly sharp pain radiated from her chest.

Her breathing was rapid; her heart had reached a critical point and was on the verge of collapse!

This extremely rare heart disease would flare up due to emotional agitation, bringing with it ultimate agony.

It was like a severe gastritis patient recklessly drinking strong spirits; the burning alcohol first stimulates the taste buds, and after a brief numbness, it frantically corrodes the weak gastric mucosa. The drinker first feels a fleeting pleasure, but the price is endless acid reflux, heartburn, and agonizing torment.

This was Xia Rushuang's current state.

Seeing this, Cao Lang supported her slender arms and asked with some concern, "Can you still hold on? I haven't even touched your legs yet, and you're already about to give out?"

Xia Rushuang's beautiful face was completely bloodless and deathly pale. She sat tremblingly on the edge of the bed, one hand clutching her full chest while the other tightly gripped Cao Lang's hand.

"Let me... catch my... breath... my heart... feels so bad."

Cao Lang sat down beside Xia Rushuang, gently stroking her beautiful back as he asked:

"Do you have any emergency medicine? Just hold on for a bit longer. I only said a few things and you couldn't take it? If we really start clearing the blockages later, wouldn't you just ascend straight to heaven?"

Hearing this, Xia Rushuang gave a faint, charming roll of her eyes.

This man before her was truly... interesting... She was about to die, yet he was still persistently thinking about that.

"Hold me."

Xia Rushuang's vermillion lips parted slightly as she leaned against Cao Lang's sturdy shoulder.

Cao Lang's large hands wrapped around her waist, gently holding her soft, delicate body, feeling the final moments of extreme tenderness.

"Tell me, what is the point of a person's life? No matter how beautiful one is, how much wealth one possesses, or even if one holds supreme power, in the end, doesn't it all return to dust, becoming a pile of bones forgotten by time?"

Xia Rushuang was already having some difficulty speaking.

Every few sentences, she had to gasp for air several times.

She had a premonition that her end was near.

A dying person's words are kind.

The words she spoke now were heartfelt, the maxims she had summarized from her life.

Looking back on her life, she had enjoyed a peak existence since childhood that many could never achieve no matter how hard they worked. However, Heaven had given her a broken body. Had she not been born into a powerful family, she would have lost her life at birth.

For over thirty years, it had taken the painstaking efforts of countless top doctors and the consumption of innumerable precious medicinal herbs just to keep her alive until now.

In the last two years, her grandfather had found an Ancient Medical Family for her. Relying on top-tier ancient formula pills, Xia Rushuang had barely kept her heart functioning to reach this point.

"The meaning of living is great. While alive, you can love and you can do things. Once you're dead, you lose all five senses. No matter how comfortable it might be, you can't experience it. Don't you think living has great meaning?"

"But all I ever experience is pain, never joy..."

A look of agony flashed across Xia Rushuang's face, her brows furrowing into a beautiful arc. Usually indifferent, even she couldn't withstand such intense pain today.

"That's why I'm here. Wait until you've recovered a bit, and then we'll start."

"..."

Cao Lang looked down at the beauty on his shoulder and held her gently, giving her some time to recover.

"If only I could live like a healthy person..."

A montage of her life flashed before Xia Rushuang's eyes.

When she was seven, she watched her playmates running around the courtyard. Though she was envious, she couldn't join them.

In middle school, she had a sudden heart attack at the aristocratic academy and was rushed to the hospital; she never went back to school after that.

As an adult, she met a man who moved her heart. But because she got too excited while kissing, it triggered heart pain. Later, that man was turned by her grandfather, taking money and abandoning her.

Later, she began to study Buddhist teachings to keep her heart pure and her desires few, looking indifferently upon everything in the world.

Two years ago, she moved to Tan Palace and lived in seclusion, sending everyone away, wanting to face the final sunset of her life alone.

But now that the final moment had truly arrived, she found she couldn't face it with such indifference.

Who doesn't want to live?

Better to have nothing than to have no money; better to have anything than to have a disease!

Of these two necessary conditions for a happy life, Xia Rushuang only possessed one.

So even though she lived a life envied by the world, she knew in her heart that she was not happy!

As death approached, she had thought of a thousand ways to die, even considering taking her own life with a bullet to end it quickly.

Finally, she decided it would be more worthwhile to reach the peak in a state of ultimate bliss. Now, it seemed even this small wish could not be fulfilled!

"Cao... Cao Lang, I'm afraid I won't be able to fulfill our agreement. You... just talk to me."

Xia Rushuang endured the massive, agonizing pain that felt like her muscles were being torn apart. Tiny beads of sweat broke out on her forehead, and her slender, delicate hands tightly gripped Cao Lang's sleeve.

"Fine... considering you're unwell, let's forget about it for now..."

Cao Lang pulled Xia Rushuang closer, one hand around her willow-like waist and the other supporting her legs. With a bit of strength, he pulled her entirely into his embrace, and after straightening her up, he felt the soft, honey-like thighs of the top-tier goddess.

"Hehe, you really are interesting. To have a man as calm as you by my side at the end of my life... is also an interesting thing. I hate... weeping and wailing the most... it gives one no peace..."

Xia Rushuang allowed Cao Lang to hold her without the slightest resistance. Her five senses no longer had time to feel Cao Lang's warmth before pain snatched away her control.

Now, even if Cao Lang's large hands wandered wantonly, Xia Rushuang wouldn't feel a thing. She was even having trouble breathing now.

Pain surged like a landslide or a tsunami.

"I have a premonition that tonight is my end. Cao Lang... after I die, tell my family to scatter my ashes into the sea... In the next life... I want to be a free-spirited fish, swimming in the ocean, free from the torment of illness."

Xia Rushuang's lips turned white from the pain, and she was almost unable to speak. The pain in her heart spread through her entire body, and the breath of life was rapidly draining away.

"Hey, hey, hey, Xia Rushuang, are you really going to die?"

Cao Lang sensed something was wrong and shook Xia Rushuang vigorously, but the only response was her rapidly dilating pupils.

What the hell is this?

Cao Lang was speechless. Looking at the top-tier beauty in his arms, the reward hadn't even been collected yet, and she was already dying.

Besides, if she really passed away in his arms, wouldn't that leave him with a lifelong psychological shadow?

"Fine, fine, I really give up on you. I only have this one Great Reverting Pill, you're really getting a bargain."

Cao Lang grumbled, but his hands didn't stop. He forced open Xia Rushuang's exquisite little mouth and stuffed in a pill that looked like a mud ball, about 1.5 cm in diameter.

This pill was fragrant and as warm as jade; from its appearance to its texture, it exuded an extraordinary rarity.

It was the Great Reverting Pill that Cao Lang had gone home to fetch earlier.

It was a pill gifted by the system when he unlocked [Life Mentor for Young Wives]. He hadn't used it until now, never expecting to use it in such a situation.

Cao Lang had originally thought that if he successfully held hands with Xia Rushuang and gained 100 Years of Medical Skill, he would then find a way to treat her.

He hadn't expected she wouldn't last that long.

If this Great Reverting Pill really worked and saved Xia Rushuang's life, he would have to clear her blockages vigorously to get back his investment with interest.

It would be best if he could trigger a few critical hits... [Reminder: The website will be updated soon, which may cause loss of reading progress. Please save your "Bookshelf" and "Reading Record" (screenshots recommended). We apologize for any inconvenience caused!]