"Sisi! Sisi! Sisi!"

Everyone shouted her name anxiously, pinching the philtrum below her nose, but they still couldn’t wake her.

Jiang Chengwu touched her forehead. She wasn’t running a fever; in fact, her temperature was a bit low.

Even though she was unconscious, the pained expression on Jiang Si’s face didn’t ease in the slightest.

Jiang Chengwu had read a few medical books, but he had no practical experience and couldn’t even be considered a barefoot doctor. Hating his own powerlessness, he gritted his teeth under everyone’s anxious gazes and said, "Why don’t we call Qin Shen over to take a look?"

Everyone was at a loss. Right now, Qin Shen was the only doctor available, making him their only lifeline.

Even if the things inside the house might arouse Qin Shen’s suspicion, they had to try.

Jiang Linhai immediately said, "I’ll go get him!"

Shen Baoying was frantic, but she still had some sense left.

"You have to ask if he’s even willing to come over first!"

Qin Shen was a good person, but outside were ferocious Weasel Crocodiles. Taking the lifeboat out, even if they reached Qin Shen’s house, meant facing immense danger on the way back.

Qin Shen and Sisi weren’t even dating. Who would be willing to take such a huge risk?

Shen Baoying’s words reminded Jiang Linhai. He frowned and said, "Then I’ll go to Sisi’s room and try to contact him from there."

"Okay."

Between the two houses, the downpour was like a thick curtain of rain.

The ROARING sound of the rain acted as a natural soundproofer.

Jiang Linhai cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted, "Qin Shen! Qin Shen—can you hear me?"

The only reply was the cold sound of the rain.

The whole family joined in, shouting, "Qin Shen! Qin Shen! Our Sisi is sick, could we trouble you to come take a look? Qin Shen—!!!"

Still, no response came.

Jiang Linhai was dejected. "Maybe he heard us but doesn’t want to come."

Shen Baoying suppressed a sob. "It would be understandable if he didn’t want to come."

"THWACK—"

Something suddenly hit the wall of their house.

Everyone froze for a moment, then was overcome with joy.

It seemed to have been thrown from Qin Shen’s house.

Jiang Linhai picked up the stone, which was wrapped in plastic, and took out a slip of paper from inside.

Everyone gathered around to look. A few neat words were written on it: Don’t worry, I’m on my way.

Shen Baoying clutched the note, crying with joy. "Qin Shen is such a good person!"

Jiang Linhai said worriedly, "It’s too dangerous for him to wade through the water. I should row over to get him!"

Jiang Chengwu shook his head. "The rain is too heavy, and there are Weasel Crocodiles in the water. You can’t row it alone. The two of us will go together. Let’s get the lifeboat down now!" He then added to Zhang Qingzhi, "If we don’t make it back, take good care of yourselves!"

Tears welled up in her eyes as Zhang Qingzhi choked back a sob and nodded.

Jiang Linhai had just carried Jiang Si to the wire-frame bed in the room.

"KNOCK KNOCK—"

Someone was actually knocking on the window.

Everyone turned in unison, their eyes widening in astonishment.

Somehow, Qin Shen was hanging from the window, braving the hurricane-force winds and torrential rain.

"SPLASH—"

A giant Weasel Crocodile leaped out of the water, its massive jaws snapping at Qin Shen.

Everyone’s expressions froze. In that instant of terror, Qin Shen kicked out with a leg as strong as a steel rebar.

The Weasel Crocodile never expected its prey would dare to stick out a leg.

It especially didn’t expect that Qin Shen’s kick was comparable to the Foshan Shadowless Kick. In an instant, the Weasel Crocodile was dazed and dizzy, its snout was knocked crooked, and several of its teeth were kicked out.

It fell back into the water with a PLOP and fled as if for its life.

Jiang Linhai was the first to recover. He quickly opened the window, pulled Qin Shen inside, and asked excitedly, "How did you get here?"

There was no boat below the window, which was very strange.

Qin Shen said without a change in expression, "I swam over from the back."

He was soaked to the bone with rain, so no one doubted him. They hurriedly handed him a towel, hot water, and a change of clothes.

While Qin Shen was examining Jiang Si, Shen Baoying rushed to close the door to the room where they had been preparing to lower the lifeboat.

Qin Shen reached out to feel for Jiang Si’s pulse. Jiang Si’s eyelashes trembled, and the tight frown on her brow eased slightly.

Jiang Chengwu’s eyes lit up. ’Could it be that Qin Shen also knows traditional Chinese medicine?’

Jiang Linhai asked anxiously, "Xiao Shen, what’s wrong with Sisi? Have you figured it out?"

Qin Shen kept his hand on Jiang Si’s, his gaze fixed on her face. After a long moment, he replied, "It might be a very rare type of sudden cardiac syncope. I’ve seen it in reports from abroad."

Not understanding the term, they quickly asked, "Is there a way to treat it?"

Qin Shen replied in a deadpan tone, "We can try a conservative treatment: traditional Chinese massage."

Everyone was dumbfounded again. ’Traditional Chinese massage can treat sudden cardiac syncope?’

’This feels a little strange.’

But when they met Qin Shen’s serious expression, they swallowed that sliver of subtle suspicion.

Jiang Linhai quickly asked, "Xiao Shen, can you teach us this massage technique?"

Qin Shen nodded. "I’ll demonstrate it once. Watch closely."

Everyone nodded in unison, their expressions incredibly serious.

Qin Shen extended his hand and began applying pressure along Jiang Si’s arm.

From time to time, he would also answer the Jiang family’s questions about how much pressure to use.

Qin Shen massaged her for over two hours without a single break.

Jiang Linhai, worried his hand would get sore, was about to offer to take over. But just as Qin Shen’s fingers left her, Jiang Si, whose frown had gradually been smoothing out, subconsciously grabbed his hand and pressed it to her chest.

"..."

The Jiang family was petrified on the spot. Qin Shen tried to pull his hand away, but Jiang Si only gripped it tighter. Qin Shen frowned as she muttered menacingly, "If you run again, I’ll bite you!"

"..."

Jiang Linhai met Qin Shen’s dark eyes and felt as if Sisi was the one taking advantage of him. His face flushed red, and he didn’t know what to say. Shen Baoying quickly nudged Sisi, "Sisi, wake up, let go! Let go!"

Jiang Si felt like she was lying on a top-of-the-line Simmons mattress, with a big, soft White Tiger using its fleshy belly as her pillow. It was unbelievably comfortable. But with a buzzing in her ears, the noise finally became too much to bear, and she reluctantly opened her eyes.

Qin Shen’s cold, handsome face was the first thing to fill her vision.

Jiang Si snapped awake. When her gaze fell from his hand to her own chest, her breath hitched, and her mind went blank for a moment.

’What is going on!!!’

’Why am I holding Qin Shen’s hand?’

Everyone was overjoyed that Jiang Si was awake. Afraid she might mistake Qin Shen for a pervert, Shen Baoying quickly grabbed her hand. "Sisi, you fainted! It was Qin Shen who swam over in the rain to save you!"

Her palm was suddenly empty, and she felt as if a part of her body had been taken away.

Jiang Si felt a strange sense of irritation. "Thanks!"

Seeing her frown, Qin Shen said in his deep, pleasant voice, "It might happen again."

Shen Baoying quickly asked, "If we use the massage technique you taught us, can we wake Sisi up too?"

Qin Shen glanced at her. "That depends on how well you’ve mastered it."

Jiang Si was completely bewildered. ’What kind of illness do I even have that it needs Qin Shen’s massage to be treated?!’ 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Qin Shen’s massage technique was too complex, and the pressure seemed to be different with every movement. Shen Baoying wasn’t sure if they had fully grasped it. She exchanged a look with the others and asked, "Xiao Shen, the rain is so heavy, and there are still Weasel Crocodiles in the water. Why don’t you wait for the rain to stop before you go back?"