With a heavy heart, Mark left the children’s bedroom. Descending from the second floor, the sky outside the window had gradually brightened with a faint blue hue. However, something was getting closer, raising dust in the distance. It was a carriage rushing urgently.
“Is there an urgent patient?” Mark wondered as the carriage, adorned with the wolf emblem symbolizing Vice Viscount, drew near. “Why is the Viscount’s carriage here at this hour?”
As soon as the carriage stopped, a woman hurriedly jumped out. “Adele?”
Mark eyed her with suspicion. She appeared like magic right after discussing Jade and Adele a while ago. However, her clothes were soaked with blood, and her hands and face were covered in it.
“Adele! What happened…?”
“Mark, help me, please!”
Adele urgently cried out with a pale face.
“Are you injured?”
Surprised, Mark rushed towards her, and she quickly nodded.
“Not me, but…”
After a moment of hesitation, Adele brought Mark to look inside the carriage.
“…!”
Seeing the bloodied wolf crouching inside, Mark was so shocked that he couldn’t even make a sound. Despite his rich experience as a veterinarian, he had never encountered such a large wolf before, especially one with such dazzling silver fur.
Even more astonishing was Adele’s attitude toward the dying wolf. She approached it again, stroking its neck while whispering something, as if consoling a hurt baby, tender and cautious.
“Do you want me to treat this wolf?”
Mark asked in disbelief, and Adele pleaded tearfully, “Please, Mark. I know coming like this is shameless, but you’re the only one we had.”
Upon hearing this, Jennifer, who had descended from the carriage, escalated the situation.
“Treat it right away!”
She drew a knife, pointing it at Mark’s throat.
Mark thought he hadn’t fully woken up yet. Suddenly, Adele appeared with a strangely bloodied wolf, and now he could be killed if he wasn’t careful.
All of this happened in just one or two minutes.
“Jennifer, what are you doing! Put down the knife!”
“But the lord…!”
“Jennifer!”
Adele’s sharp command silenced Jennifer, who quickly closed her mouth and put the knife away.
“Adele, am I not having a nightmare, right?”
Mark finally regained his senses and asked.
“I’m sorry. We came running all night from Bluegale, so we’re a bit excited.”
“We’re on our way from Bluegale right now?”
“We’ve been running without a break.”
Jennifer seemed to change her strategy, revealing her hand, which had been gripping reins and a whip. When she opened her hand, the skin was peeled off, and it was terribly swollen, bleeding profusely.
“Well…”
Mark sighed and soon rolled up his sleeves. “It’s shameful to bring a patient to a doctor. Let’s see.”
As he willingly entered the carriage, Adele and Jennifer heaved sighs of relief.
Adele believed that the only person who could save Kristin was Mark. He was a capable veterinarian and had been treating people for a long time, making him a trustworthy individual.
And, above all, a reliable person.
Of course, she knew that coming like this was a bad move on Mark’s part, but right now, she didn’t want to think about anything other than saving Kristin.
As Mark examined the bloodied wolf’s condition, he sighed softly.
“What on earth happened…?”
“How is it? Can you save it?”
“Doctors are never sure about any patient. We can only do our best.”
Although Mark’s words were somewhat cold, his skillful touch examining the wounds was more reassuring than any words.
“We need to quickly suture the wounds on the shoulder and the side! Adele, hurry and fetch the royal medical bag from my clinic.”
“Alright, Mark!”
As Adele rushed off,
“Hey, lend me a hand here with that bulk.”
Bulk…!
Though Jennifer would have caused a commotion under normal circumstances, now she had no choice but to listen obediently to Mark’s words.
“Understood, teacher.”
The water Mark washed his hands with turned entirely reddish-brown.
Judy, Mark’s assistant who was sleeping, quickly prepared and came out to assist him. Mark’s clothes, as well as Judy’s apron, were now soaked in blood.
Splash!
Finally, when the door to the clinic opened, Adele, who had been anxiously waiting in the corridor, quickly approached.
“Is the surgery successful?”
“For now, the blood vessels and wound closures went well. But because it bled a lot, and the wounds are extensive, we need to keep an eye on it.”
Despite Mark’s cautious words, the breath of the silvery wolf inside the clinic was surprisingly calm. It seemed as if it had fallen into a deep sleep.
But even so, Adele was uneasy at the sight.
What if it doesn’t wake up?
“I injected painkillers, so it should sleep well for a while.”
“Will it wake up by evening?”
“Let’s try our best.”
“Thank you so much, Mark. I didn’t get a chance to greet you properly, but if it weren’t for you, it would have been a big problem.”
“Let’s save the thanks for later. More importantly, can you two talk quietly?”
Mark spoke, conscious of Jennifer, who stood like a barrier behind Adele.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
