Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Chapter 179

“Headway Acupoint, Divine Court Acupoint, Sol Acupoint, and Cordial Acupoint! The process will conclude once you place the needles into these four acupoints. Don’t forget about it, okay?” Sebastian reminded as he placed the last needle.

Winnie, who was observing at the side, nodded. “I’ve recorded it in my phone’s memo.”

“Good! Now, you need to pay attention to the time. Usually, the needles will stay on the patient’s body for around twenty-five minutes. You may extend the period according to the patient’s condition. Now that the patient over here isn’t moving, I’ll check the medicine you grabbed earlier.”

“Okay!”

Just as she finished her sentence, she heard Xavier’s voice.

He sounded gloomy, as though he was aggrieved. “Come over here, Dumbo.”

She was stunned for a second before realizing she had been focusing all her attention on studying and had totally forgotten about his existence. “Can I go there and take a look at him myself, Old Mr. Xander?”

The old man waved his hand avoidantly. “Go ahead. Although, remember not to talk too much with the patient.”

Then, he quickly stepped toward the medicine cabinet. Couples nowadays sure do love giving each other weird nicknames. Even though Winnie is such an intelligent woman, her husband calls her Dumbo.

When his train of thought ended there, Sebastian had goosebumps.

Currently, Winnie was standing next to Xavier, who was lying down.

Looking down at him, she pressed her finger to his lips. “Don’t talk. All you need to do right now is to lie down here quietly. Just pretend you’re a dummy.”

His eyebrows furrowed. “You’re abandoning me?”

“You don’t have to worry about me going too far away. In a while, I’ll be heading out to prepare your medicine. You’ll be able to hear me talk even when I’m outside.”

“Why are you learning these things?” Xavier frowned even more intensely. “There’s no need for you to do this. You can let somebody else do it instead.”

“No. There are some things that I wish I can do it myself!”

When Sebastian placed the needles into the acupoints earlier, she saw the old man’s hand trembling. If everything went according to his wishes, his granddaughter, Yolanda, would take over his responsibilities.

While the old man wholeheartedly believed in his granddaughter, Winnie was worried about putting Xavier in Yolanda’s hand.

Xavier’s mouth opened. “But—”

“No buts!” Winnie hated how fussy he was. He’s wasting my precious time arguing about this with me.

Thus, she cut him off. Since no one was around them at the moment, she lowered her head and kissed his lips.

Even though she only gave him a light peck, he felt as though he had tasted ambrosia and wanted more.

Sensing Xavier’s intention, Winnie directly pressed his neck to stop him and warned, “Behave yourself! Otherwise, once I learn acupuncture, I’ll cripple you. Be a good boy, all right?”

“You’re getting bolder, Dumbo!” Despite his furrowed eyebrows, he couldn’t muster any anger as he stared at her.

In fact, he liked it when his Dumbo acted like that.

Winnie couldn’t be bothered to talk nonsense with him any longer, so after she gave him another peck, she went straight to Sebastian.

When she arrived, Sebastian had completed the examination.

“Not bad. Sixty grams of aconite, forty grams of dried ginger, twenty grams of turtle shell, ten grams of cinnamon, twenty-five grams of amomom, and twenty grams of licorice. All six of these ingredients are exactly the right amount, no more, no less. I noticed how fast and accurate you were when you were grabbing the ingredients. I almost can’t tell you’re new to this. You’re quite suitable for this job,” he praised.

Despite his compliments, Winnie still acted very humbly. “As you said, this isn’t anything noteworthy. There is more for me to learn.”

It brought joy to the old man to see a youngster who was neither arrogant nor impatient like her.

“Take your time to learn the art of medicine one step at a time. There’s no way anyone can master it overnight. Oh yeah, why hasn’t your doctor friend returned yet? He seems to have been gone for a long while.”

call. Maybe

All we’re missing is the well

Josiah, but he didn’t pick up even after

Sebastian. “I think I need to go and look

an eye here,”

one more time. The two of them just so

with Sebastian, she

the room, she saw Louis, who was standing

to be, he quickly asked, “What’s wrong,

come

before heading there with a bucket. He hasn’t returned yet. I thought maybe the well is

tried calling him, but he didn’t

known Josiah, he had never heard about Josiah failing to answer

was wrong. “I’ll

the duo arrived in

Xander residence had many herbs, to the point that it almost seemed like it was part of nature. However,

down the stone path, they soon saw someone

was lying down on the ground. Based on

Louis exclaimed in shock before running toward

Winnie followed behind.

Dr. Houghton! Can you hear me?” Since Louis had no idea what had happened to Josiah, he didn’t dare to move the latter’s body around carelessly. Instead, he gently slapped the

blood, Winnie determined it wasn’t caused by an

body, she realized the entirety of

rolling up his pant leg, she saw two round, deep, and bloody circles on his calf.

knife, and swiftly drew a cross on the wound

to stop the venom from spreading further into his body. “Quick, carry him back to Old Mr. Xander! He

Louis saw Josiah’s leg as well, he realized the snake that bit the doctor was definitely not

his back

to return with him. However, her

she sprinted toward

to the building, Sebastian had already fed Josiah an

and I was able to guess which one bit him. The antidote I gave him earlier is specially used to treat a wound from this kind of venomous snake. After a while, pinch his philtrum. He should wake

mean this one?” Just as the old man finished speaking, Winnie handed over

interior of the bucket was already covered with a

oval, elongated leaves, thin stems, and faint pinkish-white petals that resembled

When I was reading a book about the foundations of traditional medicine earlier, I saw a case mentioning this particular

is remarkable how well you can apply your knowledge to practical use. Come, I’ll teach

man’s instructions, she mashed the herbs and applied them to

philtrum. As expected, he quickly woke

the moment he

that thought in mind, he dazedly stretched his hand

hand was about to touch her face, Winnie grabbed his wrist and furrowed her eyebrows. “What’s going

back into reality. Upon returning to his senses, he realized Sebastian and Louis were

goodness she stopped me in time. Otherwise, things are going to

Josiah’s thoughts ended, he exclaimed, “A snake bit me on the leg! It had a red flower

for some reason, he felt as though it wasn’t everything that had happened. He tried to

spacing out, Winnie asked,

went to fetch some

She nodded. “Yes.”

I was bitten by

eyebrows furrowed. “How would I know?

you guys

a bush of honeysuckle. What’s the

his head, Josiah stared at his still swollen calf. “This feels so weird. Even though the snake

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