Chapter 77: Tian Xiuxiu Ran Away

Lan Mo was chatting enthusiastically with Little Useless about raising Heavenly Silkworms.

After exchanging gifts, she didn’t even want to “steal vegetables” anymore and directly swallowed the elixir Little Useless had given her, which was said to enhance twenty years of internal energy.

In an instant, Lan Mo felt a warm current flowing through her meridians and coursing throughout her body.

Just as she was feeling comfortable, suddenly, that warm current surged rapidly straight toward her Baihui point, making her head feel as if it were about to explode.

A flicker of panic and fear flashed in Lan Mo’s eyes, and her delicate little face turned bright red, as if roasted by fire.

Shouldn’t it be sinking qi to the dantian? Why was she feeling so lightheaded from practicing?

Stay calm, don’t panic! Don’t panic! The more she panicked, the more likely she’d suffer qi deviation and turn into Mei Chaofeng.

Only by calming her mind could she slowly suppress this surge of true qi!

Lan Mo gently closed her eyes and slowly relaxed. Soon, the warm current flowed back down through her meridians and finally gathered in her dantian.

After sinking the qi to her dantian, Lan Mo let out a long sigh of relief. A sense of clarity spread from her limbs and bones, making her feel incredibly comfortable all over. Her delicate and radiant face emitted a faint, soft glow, and her feet felt light as if treading on clouds.

Had she really absorbed twenty years of internal energy? Did that mean she could start practicing Flying Needles now?

Lan Mo found several boxes of silver needles, gently pinched one between her index and middle fingers, and quickly flicked it toward the door.

Swish! A silver needle shot out but fell to the ground before even reaching the door.

First attempt ended in failure!

Keep trying, keep going!

The second attempt ended the same way, and the third also failed… Soon, seventy or eighty silver needles were lying scattered on the floor.

Her hand was almost worn out from practicing—couldn’t these little things just stick properly into the door?

Lan Mo went to ask “Little Useless in the Cultivation World” about the situation. 【Miss, I took the elixir you gave me and gained twenty years of internal energy, so why am I still failing at practicing Flying Needles?】

【Little sister, since you already have internal energy, close-range Flying Needles should be easy, right? Take a silver needle and flick it toward the Hegu acupoint on your hand to see if it can penetrate.】

【I thought with twenty years of internal energy, I should at least be able to stand three meters away and shoot needles at the door. So it turns out I can only do close-range Flying Needles for now?】

【Haha, you’ve just learned to walk and already want to run—why not fly? To practice Flying Needles at a distance of three meters, internal energy alone isn’t enough; it requires a lot of practice.

You need to start with half a meter, then practice at one meter, step by step. I won’t chat anymore—I have to cultivate. Leave a message if you need anything!】

【Okay!】

Lan Mo took a silver needle, sterilized it first, and quickly flicked it toward the Hegu acupoint on her left hand. Sure enough, it didn’t hurt at all.

She pulled out the needle and tried it on a drink bottle to see if she could pierce the cap. After several attempts, it wouldn’t go in.

Just as she was about to give up, on the last try, the silver needle suddenly shot into the bottle cap.

Oh wow, this definitely wasn’t a coincidence. It seemed this technique still required a lot of practice—practice makes perfect!

It was getting late, so Lan Mo hurried to take a bath. After washing up, she tossed her clothes into the fully automatic washing machine and lay on the bed, slowly reading the book “Nine Yang Golden Needle Technique.”

Nine acupoints formed a group, and each group had different effects. The combinations of acupoints were ever-changing, and Lan Mo wanted to see how they were paired.

Because randomly changing one or two acupoints could also alter the effects.

The next day, she would still go to “Little Wang from Medical Equipment” to help buy a chart of the eight extraordinary meridians and a colored chart of the twelve regular meridians circulation. She would also buy a small bronze acupuncture figure and a rubber acupuncture figure for practice.

Lan Mo thought as she read, but soon fell asleep while reading.

When she woke up the next day, she found her right wrist aching so badly it felt almost broken. She quickly took out a dog-skin plaster from her medicine box and applied it.

Originally, she had planned to continue practicing today, but it seemed she could only rest now. She would resume practice tomorrow once the pain subsided.

After breakfast, Lan Mo was in a very good mood because of those silkworm babies.

But as soon as she stepped out of the office, she noticed the atmosphere was off—had something major happened?

What a disappointment!

Which pregnant woman had given birth yesterday? Everyone looked so grim—could it be that the baby didn’t make it?

“Doctor Li, what’s going on with all of you?”

“Ah, don’t even mention it! It’s infuriating! That Tian Xiuxiu gave birth to her child a little after seven last night, but by around ten, she and her mom sneaked away, leaving the baby behind.”

They ran away? Leaving the child behind? Wasn’t there a nurse on duty at the hospital?

“Doctor Li, did she give birth to a daughter?”

“Yes, Doctor Lan, how did you know?”

“I could tell from the tone!”

Not to mention she had guessed seventy to eighty percent from the pregnant woman’s belly, just hearing Doctor Li’s tone made it easy to deduce she had given birth to a daughter.

If she had given birth to a son, they would have surely taken him to the in-laws’ house to exchange for some money.

But giving birth to a daughter was different. Not only would they not get any money by bringing her back, but the in-laws would mock her for failing to bear a son. If this got out, who would dare marry her in the future?

Lan Mo asked Li Jing, “Doctor Li, how could they sneak out of the hospital so late at night? Wasn’t anyone on night duty?”

Wang Min stepped forward and said, “I was on night duty last night. Around nine, Comrade Tang in the next bed also went into the delivery room, and I and the duty nurse had to attend to her.

Who would have thought Tian Xiuxiu and her mother would be so shameless? They sneaked downstairs, opened the gate in the dark, and fled overnight without even paying the hospitalization fee.”

“Didn’t you report it? Isn’t their home address on the medical record?”

At this, Li Jing and Wang Min grew even more furious. Li Jing sneered, “Home address? There are so many brigades below—they just filled in a random one. Who knows if it’s real or fake?”

“Didn’t they bring any proof, and you still admitted them?”

Li Jing sighed helplessly, “That Tian Xiuxiu’s mother is a sly old fox! When they came yesterday, she swore her husband would bring the money later and hand over the proof materials along with it. But those things never arrived, and they just sneaked away…”

Lan Mo realized that people in this era were too trusting and not very cautious. When patients said they would submit the materials later, the staff actually believed them without a second thought.

Unfortunately, there were no surveillance cameras during this period, and the hospital didn’t even have security guards. When patients left, the staff, busy with their work, might genuinely not notice.

No wonder it was said that medical staff in some hospitals often mixed up patients’ babies, and there were even child traffickers sneaking into hospitals to steal infants.

It seems she must be extra careful when giving birth in the future. If she has her baby in a hospital, they must take turns keeping watch twenty-four hours a day, leaving no opportunity for any bad person to take advantage.

Thinking about these things, Lan Mo became melancholy again.

Lan Mo asked, “What should we do then? Do you plan to raise that little girl yourselves? I think you should still report it to the police!”

The story about the husband being dead shouldn’t be a lie, right? If they even made that up, Lan Mo really wanted to award them the Best Actress prize.

“The child is being taken care of by Nurse Xiao Fang. The Hospital Director said they will go to the Police Station to report the case immediately.”

“Ah…! That Tian Xiuxiu, she and her mom are truly ungrateful! Doctor Lan, you saved her yesterday, and they didn’t even say a word of thanks.”

Lan Mo’s intention in saving someone wasn’t to win the patient’s favor, nor did she plan to become friends with Tian Xiuxiu, so why bother with that insincere thank you?

When the mother and daughter came, it seemed they didn’t bring a single piece of baby clothing. Who knows what that poor little baby girl was finally wrapped in?

Now that her biological mother has left, who is feeding her? She really is a poor little thing!

I hope the police can step up and find Tian Xiuxiu and her mother soon…