Chapter 35: Suspicion.

Lin Yannan rushed to the woman and asked, "Is the child choking?"

"Yes, yes, he choked, he screamed a few times but then stopped responding, miss, please save him, please save him..."

Lin Yannan hugged the child and let the child lie on her arm. While patting the child's back with her hand, she patted a few times but the foreign object still didn't come out. Lin Yannan then turned the child over and controlled the strength to press on the child's abdomen. With the help of the impact force from pressing the abdomen and the diaphragm rising, perhaps the child could spit out the foreign object.

Xiao Qian, on his first day at Shuntian Prefecture, found his time in the yamen dull. With no one coming to file complaints, he took a few yamen runners to stroll around the streets. His main intention was to see how far the rumors of the haunted incidents had spread and if they had become a topic of discussion in the neighborhood. He was curious to see which individuals or factions would react to the matter and hoped to employ a strategy that would draw them out into the open.

"Why are there so many people gathered in front?"

"I hope there is no trouble." Chief Catcher Guan Sheng guessed.

"Let's go and take a look."

The constable escorted Xiao Qian and squeezed inside. They saw a woman crouching on the ground, constantly pressing on a child's stomach. Xiao Qian couldn't help but be startled. Isn't that Lin Yanyan? What is she doing?

"I think it's hopeless. We've been patting and pressing for quite a while now."

"Yes, the child is gasping for breath."

"I think we should have sent her to the clinic earlier. It's not far from here, and this young girl might be limited in medical skills."

"I also feel the same way. This child has been delayed. If we had sent them to the clinic earlier, maybe they could have been saved."

The onlookers were discussing one after another.

The woman listened and began to doubt Lin Yanyan's medical skills. Her initial gratitude and anticipation turned into mistrust and resentment. She stepped forward, wanting to snatch back her child, and cried out, "Do you really know how to save them? If you keep pressing like this, my child will be pressed to death by you."

“檀云，给我拉住她。”林晏晏面色沉冷。

檀云心里也很着急，小姐干嘛要救这孩子？小姐又不是大夫，这下好了，人家说不定还会赖上小姐。不过，小姐的吩咐她还得照办。

Tan Yun tried to obstruct, but he was forcefully pushed by the woman and fell in a complete mess.

The woman then rushed towards Lin Yannan, shouting, "Give me back my child, give me back my child."

Her cries were extremely heart-wrenching.

萧潜上前拉住那妇人：“你稍安勿躁，莫要阻碍救治。”

“她哪是救人，她分明是在杀人，我的孩子都快被她弄死了……”

“这位姑娘快把孩子还给人家吧！你是好心，但也要量力而行呐！”一围观老者劝道。

“是啊姑娘，你别白费力气了，人家都不领你的情。”

Ignoring all the voices, Lin Yannan said to Xiao Qian, "You come help me. When I say 'press', you press down with force."

Xiao Qian hesitated for a moment and replied, "Okay!"

Lin Yannan magically pulled out a leather bag and unfolded it, revealing a set of silver needles.

Siao Qian's eyes showed a trace of astonishment.

Lin Yannan plucked a silver needle, grabbed the child's hand, and pierced the index finger with it, giving the command, "Press."

Xiao Qian immediately pressed hard.

The child, whose eyes were closed tightly, suddenly opened his mouth and sprayed out a foreign object the size of a fingernail. Then he started coughing violently.

"He's alive, the child is alive," the crowd exclaimed. Reply: That must have been a frightful moment. I'm glad the child is safe now.

"I didn't expect that this young girl really saved the child."

"Yes, the little girl has excellent medical skills. She pulled the child back from the brink."

The woman approached and hugged the child, sobbing loudly, "Zhi'er, Zhi'er, you scared your mother to death..."

等妇人想起来谢谢救命恩人才发现救命恩人已经不见了。

Lin Yanyan and Xiao Qian walked side by side.

"Thank you for just now."

It was not only gratitude for his cooperation, but also for his trust.

When everyone doubted her, he chose to believe in her.

Xiao Qian sneered with a lowered brow, "You really can remain composed, were you confident at that time?"

"No, I just did what I could." Lin Yanning replied truthfully.

Xiao Qian was startled: "You dared to save him even without medical qualifications and certainty? If you can't bring the person back to life, you might be sued and face legal trouble."

"I didn't think about all that. Jingyuan choked when he was a child, and I saw Li Mama do it this way. I thought it was simple, luckily I came up with a clever idea and thought of using a silver needle."

"Where did you get this silver needle?"

Tan Yun, who was following behind, also wanted to ask where the silver needle came from. She had never seen it before.

"Of course, I bought it," Lin Yannan casually replied. She said she bought it, did he expect her to tell him where she bought it from? Besides, Tan Yun doesn't follow her every time she goes out.

萧潜点点头：“看来你是真想走医道一途了。”

“那不是，我喜欢做药膳，买银针是因为不想每次都用簪子，不趁手。”林晏晏冲他眨眨眼。你也不用装不知道那胖子就是我，我自己认了。

Xiao Qian was taken aback and smiled bitterly, "You are the boldest woman I have ever met. You dare to treat any illness with your half-hearted medical skills."

Tan Yun wholeheartedly agreed, exactly, Miss, could you please be more relaxed next time? Otherwise, your servant will be scared to death sooner or later.

Lin Yannan smiled and said, "By the way, Your Excellency..."

Xiao Qian gave her a meaningful glance, and Lin Yannan turned around to look at the constable following behind her. She quickly changed her words, "I still have some matters to attend to at the shop, so I will take my leave."

"Alright, I'll go see Jingyuan another day."

Xiao Qian watched Lin Yannan leave, his expression complicated. Why would Tao Siyu's silver needle pouch be on her?

He had seen that silver needle pouch once before, with a dark pattern of a tea flower pressed on the lower left corner of the yellow cowhide. There's absolutely no mistaking it.

Did she dress up as a female ghost in the Tao's residence the other night?

But why would she go to the Tao's residence? What is her relationship with Tao Siyu? One is the daughter of a physician, while the other is the legitimate daughter of the marquis's household. They shouldn't have any connection between them.

Xiao Qian is puzzled and confused.

But one thing is certain, Lin Yannan has a secret.

At this moment, Lin Yannan is also thinking, why is Xiao Qian accompanied by a yamen runner? Did he go to the yamen to handle official business? The question is, how can a prince like him work as a yamen runner?

Lin Yanyan never expected that there would be outsiders who had seen Tao Siyu's silver needle pouch, so she confidently took it out and used it.

"Miss, didn't we just come out of Tongyuan Building? Are we going there again?" Tan Yun is straightforward, believing whatever others say.

Lin Yannan has also gotten used to it, having a good heart is always better than having a bad one.

"Just an excuse, do I have to go along with him?"

"Oh, so where are we going now?"

"Home."

Master and servant went to the end of the street to find their carriage. As they walked, Lin Yannan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

They saw a familiar person coming out of a pawnshop up ahead, it was Liu Ma.

"Isn't that Liu Ma?" Tan Yun also saw her.

Lin Yannan pulled Tan Yun around and couldn't help but be curious. Who was Mrs. Liu pawning for, herself or Yao Shi?

Well, Yao Shi borrowed one million taels to invest, and her mother's jewelry was taken back by her eldest uncle. The financial power in the family is now in the hands of Third Aunt. Now Yao Shi needs to make up for the deficit and prepare dowry for Lin Zhenzhen. She should be in a tight spot!