The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 251: Chapter 251: Only Six Days

Xia Wenjin pulled his hand away and said, ”What childish nonsense are you talking about? Let go!”

”I’m not talking nonsense!” Huangfu Jingchen didn’t let go, instead, he tightened his grip, his eyes firm and resolute, ”Your medical skills are the best here, and if even you can’t find a solution, then we have to seek help elsewhere!”

Xia Wenjin sighed, ”But I’ve already been infected!”

”It’s precisely because you’ve been infected that we need to take you away!”

”Have you forgotten, this is an epidemic, it’s contagious!” Xia Wenjin reminded him, ”We established this quarantine center here and even had Shang Jingwang send troops to control the entire Wangshan Town to prevent anyone from sneaking out and spreading the disease elsewhere. We are the ones who suggested and initiated this, should we go against it now?”

Huangfu Jingchen: ”...”

He was at a loss for words.

Indeed, all their hard work and efforts were to prevent the spread of the epidemic and avert more uncontrollable chaos.

But if an infected person went out, how many more would be infected?

Xia Wenjin said, ”Besides, I’m a doctor myself, my skills may not be the best, but they surpass those of many city doctors, and yet I can’t cure myself. Are you sure you can find a renowned doctor who can cure me? Or perhaps...” she let out a bitter laugh, ”You mean the Capital City? Are you thinking of finding an Imperial Physician? Let’s not mention that meeting an Imperial Physician isn’t easy, even if it were, could you reach the Capital City, thousands of miles away, in just six days?”

Six days?

Huangfu Jingchen’s pupils constricted, she had said earlier that after the onset, it could extend to twelve days before death, which meant Wenjin had already been sick for six days?

Six days, only six days?

No wonder five days ago when he saw her, she only spoke a few hurried words to him before making an excuse to leave, and three days ago, she merely greeted him from afar without coming close.

So, she had already known her condition back then.

Yet she said nothing.

How ridiculous, he even tried to guess from Doctor Yan’s expression whether Wenjin had any problems. Seeing Doctor Yan looking normal, he hadn’t thought much of it.

Looking back now, how simple-minded he was?

Not to mention Wenjin is a woman, she didn’t want others to know her identity. Even if that wasn’t the reason, as the head doctor of the quarantine area, with her superb medical skills, she was practically the backbone of the other doctors. If news of her infection spread, those doctors might panic as well.

Wenjin was considering the bigger picture.

But knowing her thoughts only made Huangfu Jingchen’s heart ache more.

Watching Xia Wenjin smiling nonchalantly, as if she was completely unfazed by her situation, Huangfu Jingchen felt both pity and helplessness.

Six days, those two words weighed like a mountain on his head, almost suffocating him.

He wasn’t the one infected, yet he was more anxious than Xia Wenjin.

He was more flustered than when he first found out Xia Wenjin was a woman, he stared at Xia Wenjin dazedly, unable to take her out, and with no doctor here to treat the epidemic, and the cure that Xia Wenjin and the other doctors were researching still not complete, could he just watch her die?

He looked at her, his gaze full of worry and urgency, ”Since you won’t leave, I’ll go search for a renowned doctor who’ll surely arrive within six days. Wait for me!”

Xia Wenjin smiled and said, ”Hmm!”

Even though she was smiling, with a bright and warm smile, Huangfu Jingchen felt a pang in his heart. Wenjin was just trying to comfort him, pacify him.

They both knew, would the doctor he found have higher skills than Xia Wenjin? Even if so, could he find him in six days? And even if he did, given the severity of the epidemic here, would that doctor be willing to come?

These words seemed so powerless, it was merely a beautiful hope born out of helplessness and frustration.

No matter how unwilling Huangfu Jingchen was, no matter how much he wanted to truly find that person and cure Xia Wenjin, these things weren’t just determined by human will.

Huangfu Jingchen suddenly reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Xia Wenjin was startled, ”Are you crazy? I’m sick, it’s contagious!”

Huangfu Jingchen didn’t care, ignoring Xia Wenjin’s avoidance and resistance, he held her tightly in his arms, resolutely whispering in her ear, ”You promised to wait for me!”

After saying this, he released her, turned, and strode out the door.

Watching him leave, Xia Wenjin followed his back with her gaze, a wry smile slowly appearing on her lips.

She actually was mentally prepared, she wasn’t a deity, she was dealing with epidemic patients, and although the chance of catching the disease was quite random, not guaranteed with immediate contact, the more you walk in the night, the more likely you’ll encounter ghosts!

With so many contacts, how could she guarantee she was fine?

It wasn’t that she didn’t value her life, nor was she trying to be a hero!

But being in such an environment, seeing everything before her, as a doctor, she couldn’t just turn a blind eye and walk away! Any conscientious person couldn’t just walk away!

When she first discovered she was infected, seeing that red spot so glaring, she wasn’t without fear.

However, after being afraid, she accepted it calmly.

In the face of great disasters and epidemics, who still cares about themselves?

Doing what she can, with a clear conscience, doing her utmost to prevent a massacre, to save some lives, maybe that’s why Heaven let her live again!

The people who died because of her in her past life, those killed by Huangfu Yuxuan through her, perhaps could be repaid through this epidemic!

This might be the most meaningful thing in living another life!

To live freely and unrestrained, to roam the Jianghu, was her desire! But thinking back to the poisons she made in her past life, becoming tools for Huangfu Yuxuan’s killings; the people she trained, becoming Huangfu Yuxuan’s Death Warriors; everything she did paved the way for Huangfu Yuxuan’s ascension, a path built on piles of bones, stained with blood and dust!

This is also her sin!

To repay old debts, to atone with her body, why not?

At least, if she died, she could rest in peace; if she survived, she could roam the Jianghu without that heavy burden in her heart!

She was still working hard on the cure, with six days left, if she could find it, that would be her fortune! If not, that would be her fate! She’s accepted that!

Another wave of coughing rose in her throat, she clenched her fist, holding it back with effort, her face turning red before she finally suppressed it.

Afterward, she looked at the white cloth strips on the bed, shook her head helplessly, and bound them again. Then she sat back at her desk, taking the stack of medical prescriptions in her hand, glanced at it, then took a blank sheet, dipped it in ink, and continued calculating new medicinal combinations based on the previous research results.

The fact that she was also infected, only she knew before, now there was one more, Huang Zheng!