Chapter 7 – This Girl Really Knows How to Shut People Up

Before she ended up in this place, Xu Nuo had been a pediatrician. She was originally on her way to attend a forum on complex childhood diseases when an accident occurred.

So when she heard the commotion upstairs, her instincts as a doctor immediately drove her to go check it out.

Xu Nuo turned on the bedside lamp and quickly got dressed.

“So annoying!” Xu Shan grumbled, disturbed by the noise and the sudden light. She pulled the blanket over her head and clamped her hands over her ears. “That brat cries every day. Doesn’t she ever quiet down?!”

Xu Nuo shot her a glance—no empathy at all.

She closed the door softly behind her and quietly headed upstairs.

Up on the second floor, the light was on in Lu Huaizheng’s room, and the door was slightly ajar.

She reached the doorway and peeked inside through the gap. Cheng Wanying’s face was streaked with tears. Lu Huaizheng was holding her shoulders, softly comforting her. “It’s okay. Yi Yi will be fine.”

“It’s my fault! It’s all my fault. She kept crying and coughing, so I wanted to give her some water. I didn’t think she’d choke on it…”

“It’s not your fault. It’s okay.”

Meanwhile, Lu Yi Yi was hanging upside down—Lu Cheng was holding her by her legs while her back faced Lu Chen, who was using a hollow palm to pat her back.

Choked on water? That was Xu Nuo’s first assessment.

She stepped forward and knocked on the door before pushing it open. “Can I take a look at the child?”

Right now, the baby could barely cry anymore. Her complexion had changed, and Lu Cheng was visibly flustered. When he saw Xu Nuo walk in, his face darkened. “What are you doing here? You’re not even married into this family yet—what do you know about taking care of children?”

Xu Nuo glanced at him coolly. “Are you married?”

Lu Cheng: “I…”

How had he never noticed before—this girl really knew how to shut someone up!

But this wasn’t the time for petty arguments. Xu Nuo quickly said, “Let me see her. My grandma was the local village doctor—I learned quite a bit from her.”

“You think you can handle this?” Lu Cheng was full of doubt.

“I can.” Xu Nuo saw that the child’s complexion was worsening and didn’t waste more time. She directly took the baby from Lu Cheng’s hands. “She might have something lodged in her airway and could be close to suffocating. Since your method isn’t working, let me try a different approach.”

She was just about to perform the Heimlich maneuver when she noticed the baby cough twice, making a high-pitched, dog-like barking sound.

Her instincts kicked in immediately. Xu Nuo reached out and gently pinched the baby’s cheeks to get her to open her mouth.

The whole family looked on anxiously, unsure if they should stop her or not.

“Does she even know what she’s doing?” Lu Cheng frowned. “If you mess this up, how are we supposed to explain it to my second brother and sister-in-law?”

“Flashlight,” Xu Nuo said firmly.

“You—”

Lu Cheng was about to argue again when he caught sight of Lu Chen’s calm but piercing gaze.

He knew that look well.

Whenever he got into trouble or made a mistake, his older brother would give him that exact expression. Lu Chen didn’t have to say a word—it was enough to crush you under the weight of unspoken pressure.

Lu Cheng obediently shut his mouth.

Lu Chen opened a drawer, took out a flashlight, and shone it into the baby’s throat.

Using the beam, Xu Nuo examined the situation. “This isn’t from choking. It’s acute laryngitis that’s led to laryngeal edema. This is serious. We need to get her to the hospital immediately. If it progresses into a complete airway obstruction, she could suffocate to death.”

“You—are you even reliable?” Lu Cheng asked again, clearly still skeptical.

A village girl… and she knew medicine?

Xu Nuo didn’t bother answering.

Reliable?

At the very least—more reliable than you, right?

Lu Chen frowned. “Lu Cheng, there’s no time for doubt. Let’s go to the hospital now.”

When Cheng Wanying heard that the child needed emergency care, her face went pale.

Her second son and daughter-in-law had been married for years before finally having a daughter. This week, the couple was too busy with work, so they sent the baby over for a few days.

Who would’ve thought something like this would happen?

“Don’t worry. Yi Yi will be okay,” Lu Huaizheng said as he started getting dressed. “Come, I’ll go with you.”

Lu Chen glanced at his watch. It was already past midnight. He quickly said, “Dad, your health’s not the best. Don’t go. I’ll drive and take Mom instead.”

“That’s fine. Let Chen Chen go with me,” Cheng Wanying agreed.

Time was tight—there was no room to waste it.

Lu Chen picked up the phone on the desk and called Xiao Wei. “Drive over. I need the car in five minutes.”

Seeing that Cheng Wanying was still shaken, Xu Nuo gently suggested, “Auntie Cheng, let me come with you.”

After all, she was a guest, and watching someone else rush around after a long day of train travel made her feel a little guilty.

“There’s no need. With Chen Chen by my side, I’ll be fine. You should go rest.”

Since that was her decision, Xu Nuo didn’t insist.

She returned to her room, lay down, and quickly drifted off to sleep.

When she woke up again, it was already early morning. The sunlight filtered through the sheer curtains and scattered golden specks on the floor. Birds chirped outside the window, and a soft breeze wafted in. Everything felt so pleasant.

Beep beep beep—

The alarm clock by her bed went off. She glanced at it—it was already 8:00 a.m. Xu Shan, sleeping beside her, was still snoring like a pig.

“Time to get up,” Xu Nuo said as she gave her a nudge.

Xu Shan grumbled, “Leave me alone. I don’t wake up until nine.”

Xu Nuo was speechless.

And she still thinks she can marry into the Lu family?
She didn’t know what Xu Shan was thinking.

Xu Nuo got up, tidied her bedding, changed out of her pajamas, and slipped into the same clothes she’d worn yesterday.

She stepped outside to the courtyard faucet to wash up. Just as she finished washing her face, Aunt Lin, the housekeeper, poked her head out of the living room window.

“Nuo Nuo, quick! There’s a phone call for you!”

Xu Nuo blinked in surprise. “For me?”

“Yes, for you,” Aunt Lin said with a smile when she saw Xu Nuo’s confused expression. “It’s from the hospital. Madam Cheng said she wants to thank you.”

Xu Nuo immediately understood. Looks like the baby had made it through the night safely.

“I’m coming.”

She shook the water off her hands and took the phone from Aunt Lin. “Hello, Auntie Cheng? This is Xu Nuo.”

After the terrifying ordeal last night, Cheng Wanying sounded much more cheerful. “Nuo Nuo, Yi Yi was put on IV fluids. She’s already doing much better this morning. The ER doctor said if we’d arrived even a bit later, the swelling in her throat would’ve caused suffocation. We would’ve lost her.”

Hearing that cheerful voice from the other end of the line, Xu Nuo finally relaxed. A smile tugged at her lips. “It’s nothing, Auntie Cheng. I’m just glad I could help. Which hospital are you at? I’ll come by later to visit Yi Yi.”

Cheng Wanying had originally planned to decline—after all, the hospital wasn’t a convenient place to visit, and Xu Nuo had just arrived in the capital.

But then she changed her mind.

It’d be good for her to come. That way, she could ask Lu Cheng to take her around and let them bond a bit more.

“Alright,” she agreed. “Nuo Nuo, hand the phone back to Aunt Lin.”

“Okay,” Xu Nuo replied sweetly and handed the phone back to Aunt Lin.

She didn’t know what Cheng Wanying told her, but Aunt Lin kept nodding while listening. When she hung up, she went straight upstairs.

Xu Nuo figured the phone call wasn’t for her anymore, so she returned to the courtyard to finish washing up.

Just then, Lu Cheng came downstairs and plopped onto the sofa. He casually crossed his long legs on the edge of the coffee table. “Hey, Mom—what’s going on?”

His mother’s voice came through the receiver.
“Son, Nuo Nuo’s coming to the hospital to see Yi Yi. After breakfast, you drive her over with you, alright?”