Chapter 157: Chapter 158: Failure to Use Intention
Pei Huaian couldn’t help but recall the first time he saw her, at Mass Burial Mound, holding a child in one arm, exhaustion covering her body, yet adorned with a stern aura. It was a sight that simply did not fit a frail woman, as if she had emerged from Hell.
Shao He glanced at the dazed man and waved a hand in front of his face, “Hey, what are you thinking about?”
“I have never seen a weak woman who could walk out of Mass Burial Mound alive as if it were nothing.”
Shao He placed her hands under her chin and blinked her large eyes, “I am also curious, why would a prince of a nation appear at Mass Burial Mound? Could it be that someone offended you to the extent that you went there in the dead of night to dig up graves and whip corpses?”
Pei Huaian’s mouth twitched a few times, “That’s a rather unique thought of yours.”
Shao He rolled her eyes at him. The carriage stopped at Anji Hall. Pei Huaian, seeing the person about to get off, suddenly grabbed her wrist, “Shao He…”
“What’s the matter?” Shao He turned her head, puzzled.
“I…” Pei Huaian hesitated for a long time, finally smiling and releasing her hand, “It’s nothing, just wanted to ask what time you want me to pick you up tomorrow.”
Shao He was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, “Pick me up at Si Hour, I still have a few patients to see in the morning.”
“Okay.” Pei Huaian smiled and agreed.
After Shao He left, Pei Huaian lifted the carriage curtain and stared at Shao He’s disappearing figure in a daze.
Shao He returned to Anji Hall and went directly to the wing room, intending to use her thoughts to obtain the prosthetic machine. These prosthetics did not require amputation and could be directly installed on a person, but it was much more troublesome in the beginning and required gradual training.
However, this attempt ended in failure. She opened her eyes and realized there was nothing in front of her, which left her very surprised, “How could this happen, what’s going on? Could there be a problem with the YS system?”
She tried to close her eyes again, but again failed. Shao He sat on the edge of the bed and fell into deep thought, feeling perhaps it was her lack of focus that led to the failure.
This matter demanded a high level of spiritual power, requiring focus. Even a slight distraction would scatter the spiritual power.
Therefore, she adjusted her breathing, immersing all her mind into the sea of consciousness, constantly visualizing the look of the prosthetic, sweat beading densely on her forehead.
Just as her body was about to give out, a “bang” sounded, and the mechanical prosthetic appeared before her.
“Finally, success!” Shao He cried out joyfully, holding the mechanical prosthetic in her hands, then tried to dismantle and assemble it.
With experience, this time it was easily successful.
Shao He then quickly ran to the counter, found paper and pen, wrote down the structure of the prosthetic, and drew it.
By the time she finished, it was very late. Upon returning home, Xiao Linzhang was already asleep; Nanny Zhang was watching the child. Shao He glanced at Xiao Linzhang and then turned to rest.
The next day, she woke at Si Hour, not expecting to sleep until now. She hurriedly got up and left in a rush without time to get dressed or tidy up.
She bumped into Qing Shan who was walking towards her and seeing the flustered figure, asked, “Miss, what’s wrong, where are you going?”
Shao He didn’t have time to answer and dashed outside. Barely a few steps out of the room, she saw someone in the courtyard playing with a child.
She stopped, Qing Shan put down what she was holding and followed out, seeing the dazed miss, she waved a hand in front of her, “Miss, are you okay, what on earth happened?”
Following her mistress’ gaze, Qing Shan saw the man standing under the tree shade holding the child, “He just arrived not long ago.”
“I’ll go over and see.”
“Mhm.” Qing Shan nodded, watching the miss walk towards the tree shade.
Pei Huaian turned around, saw Shao He’s attire and asked frowning, “Didn’t sleep well last night?”
Shao He shook her head, her eyes falling on the child in her arms.
Noticing her gaze, Pei Huaian explained, “When I came, Xiao Linzhang had just woken up, so I took him out to play for a while.”
“How did you know I was at home?”
After asking, Shao He felt her question was somewhat superfluous. He must have first gone to Anji Hall and, knowing she wasn’t there, came here.
“Went to Anji Hall, Yun Qian said you weren’t there, so I came here to find you.” Pei Huaian did not mention how frantic he was when he arrived, thinking something might have happened to her.
“Last night, after finishing with the prosthetic, I was so exhausted that when I opened my eyes, it was already this Chinese hour.” Shao He sighed softly.
Perhaps it was related to using too strong a willpower the previous night, causing her to feel somewhat fatigued.
Pei Huaian glanced at the sky, noticing it was about time for lunch, suggested, “Since it’s already this time, why not have lunch before going?”
“Forget it, I still need to go to Anji Hall,” Shao He shook her head, declining.
Seeing her insistence, Pei Huaian handed the child to Nanny Zhang and followed her onto the carriage.
The two arrived at Anji Hall and heard arguments inside.
Approaching, they found out it was follow-up patients who refused to let Yun Qian treat them, insisting only on Shao He coming out would suffice.
No matter how Yun Qian explained, the two people in front of him wouldn’t listen. Their gazes unintentionally fell on Shao He outside the crowd, seeing her like seeing a savior, they hurriedly went out to pull her in.
The two patients then stopped arguing, instead switching to a gentle demeanor, making Yun Qian and others shake their heads helplessly.