The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 74 - Madam Your Vest has Fallen Off
Chapter 74: Chapter 74: Madam, Your Vest has Fallen Off!
Chapter 74 -74: Madam, Your Vest has Fallen Off!
“Manman cured it,” Lu Xingzhou said in a gentle voice, carrying a trace of pride in his eyes as he spoke.
“Manman? Her?”
Unlike his reaction, the elders exchanged doubtful looks with one another.
Lu Yaobang scrutinized Jiang Man very seriously, examining her closely.
A moment later, he burst into laughter, “Xingzhou, your joke isn’t funny at all.”
“Do I look like someone who loves to joke?” Lu Xingzhou’s face darkened instantly, and his voice became even more muffled and cold.
Lu Yaobang choked and immediately fell silent.
“Then, Xingzhou, why don’t you tell us how did Manman cure your illness?” Lu Xuemei wasn’t like her second brother, who was extremely afraid of his nephew.
Although she also feared Lu Xingzhou, she still dared to speak out.
“Indeed, we are quite curious. Manman, at her age, even if she had studied medicine, she couldn’t have studied for many years. So many famous doctors in the country couldn’t cure your illness, yet she could? It really is hard to comprehend,” Meng Lian said, not as blunt as the others, but her real thoughts were also skeptical.
“Cured with hypnotism. I remembered the root of the nightmares. The car accident that took my parents left a deep psychological scar on me, causing me traumatic amnesia. The trauma led to me continually having nightmares. Actually, those weren’t just nightmares, but my own demons. I always felt that it was my fault that my parents died, and was continuously guilt-ridden, blaming myself, numbing that part of the memory, and then torturing myself repeatedly through the nightmares.”
“Xingzhou…you mean to say, you remembered the car accident? You really remembered?” The matriarch was immensely shocked, hardly able to believe it.
Not just her, Meng Lian and the other two also widened their eyes upon hearing this.
“I remembered. At that time, dad was driving, and a truck suddenly switched lanes and smashed into us. Originally, dad could have jumped out of the car and escaped, but to protect mom and me, he turned the steering wheel so that he would hit the barrier. At that moment, mom could have jumped out as well, but my seat belt was jammed; to save me, she was delayed for quite a while. When she finally managed to hold me and jumped, the car exploded…”
Lu Xingzhou recited all of this calmly, the pain no longer piercing his heart.
This memory, after Jiang Man helped him retrieve it through hypnotism, he had thought about countless times over.
“The doctors told you that my amnesia was due to post-traumatic sequelae, that’s why, all these years, you didn’t mention anything about the accident to me, afraid it would trigger me further.”
“…Xingzhou, you really remembered! You really did remember!” The matriarch’s hands were trembling with excitement as she burst into tears and laughter, overwhelmed with joy.
“Manman, you are the Lu Family’s lucky star! You are our family’s benefactor!” After saying this, the matriarch, supporting herself on the dining table, stood up, as if she was about to bow to Jiang Man.
Jiang Man quickly supported her.
Although she was arrogant, she understood respect for the elderly and love for the young.
The idea of the grandmother bowing down to her was unacceptable.
“Grandma, what are you trying to do?” Jiang Man also stood up, grabbing the old lady’s hand.
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The matriarch’s eyes brimmed with tears, but her lips curved upwards, “Of course, to thank you on behalf of the ancestors of the Lu Family.”
“Mom, please don’t, Manman is a junior. If you bow to her, beware the heavens might strike her with lightning!” Seeing this, Lu Xuemei hurriedly steadied the matriarch, “Besides, what if it was just a coincidence? After a meal, you can’t attribute everything to the last bite of food and think that all the previous bites were in vain, right? Similarly, so many doctors have treated Xingzhou; just because Manman also had a look doesn’t mean it was all her doing, as if the previous doctors achieved nothing.”
“Manman, have you studied medicine?” Meng Lian, unlike Lu Xuemei, who was so blunt and unpleasant, asked with a dignified posture, kindly and gently probing.
Jiang Man raised her eyebrows, continuing to eat, and responded half-heartedly, “I have.”
“How long did you study?” Meng Lian asked softly, smiling as she continued.
“It’s been over a decade,” Jiang Man said indifferently.
She initially began learning medicine to strengthen her body, as she had a heart condition from a young age. Because of this, her adoptive father gathered the best physicians and medicinal materials from all over the world for her.
Being immersed in this environment, she learned a bit from each famous doctor, combining their knowledge over time, and gradually developed her own foundation.
“More than ten years, that’s quite a while. You could be considered a veteran,” Meng Lian nodded. “Since you’ve studied for so long, how long have you been practicing medicine? Do you have a license to practice?”
“No,” Jiang Man replied, her tone light as air, unbothered by the question.
Her medical skills were simply an ability she had acquired while treating illnesses; she had never thought of making a fortune from it.
The treatments she gave to the Duke Louis and the boy with the tree bark condition were only during a vacation when she happened upon injustice and decided to help.
“Zhou’er, Dr. Wan is a big name in the medical community. Not only has he received numerous awards in our country, but he has also won many trophies abroad. Didn’t he get invited by Oxford University for a lecture recently? I think it’s Dr. Wan’s treatment that had an effect on you. Manman just happened to be there…”
“Second Aunt is right; it was a coincidence. Don’t take it too seriously,” Jiang Man was not interested in the recognition for curing Lu Xingzhou’s stubborn illness.
Seeing several elders arguing red-faced and thick-necked over the matter just made it all the more tiresome for her.
She had cured Lu Xingzhou not out of a desire to show off, but simply out of goodwill, wanting to help him.
As a powerful figure, she had long been immune to empty praise, adoration, and compliments and had no interest in the favor of the three members of the Lu Family.
But Lu Xingzhou refused to let it go; he was upset that his wife, Jiang Man, was being belittled and disrespected by the elders.
“Manman is exceptionally intelligent. It’s not an overstatement to call her a genius! She cured my hidden ailment not by luck, but through genuine skill,” Lu Xingzhou insisted.
“Er…” Meng Lian and Lu Xuemei exchanged glances.
“Alright, alright, if you say it’s her, then it’s her,” Lu Xuemei conceded with a mixture of acquiescence and reservation.
Meng Lian took a more tactful approach, smiling, “Let’s not fight over this. It’s pointless to argue about such things. Since Manman has studied medicine, she surely knows a thing or two. Zhou’er, if she played a role in healing you, she certainly deserves some credit.”
“…” Lu Xingzhou was nearly infuriated by his aunt and second aunt’s attitude.
He looked towards Jiang Man, who, contrary to him, remained calm and indifferent, enjoying her meal.
“Old Madam, Dr. Wan has arrived,” at that moment, Butler Fu led an elderly man with graying hair into the room.
The elder was dressed in a white lab coat, followed by two assistants carrying his medical kit.
“Good day, Old Madam,” Dr. Wan greeted, bowing slightly to the elder Madam of the Lu Family.
When his gaze shifted to the cool-faced young woman who was focused on her meal, he could hardly believe his eyes and exclaimed in disbelief, “Little… Little Shishu (Junior Uncle)?”
Fearing his vision was failing, Dr. Wan hurriedly rubbed his eyes.
He widened his eyes and looked again at Jiang Man.
This time he was certain, and in front of everyone, he knelt down with a ‘thud’.
“Greetings to Little Shishu!”
