A Tale of Chase and Love s1

In their matrimonial bedroom, Aarti was clutching the magazine close to her chest.

“Oh, my gosh! Why did I find out only now? This isn’t fair,” she muttered.

“I know what to do!” Aarti resolved to get ready for the concert. She knows she has a husband but now she’s wishing to be her daughter’s age.

“Kim Tae Hyung, you’ve gained an auntie-fan” Aarti quickly picked up her not so costly phone and made a call.

“Hello, Mr Eduard. Yeah, please get the jet ready. Shut up! ” she quickly ended the call and decided to read the latest news.

She just had a feeling that she really should check the news now. And for sure, when she did, she was stunned. So stunned that the phone fell from her hands and broke in two.

A tear slid down her right eye, and she immediately rushed to her vanity table and opened one drawer.

Inside that drawer were lots of jewelry made from pearls and diamonds.

She removed all of them and threw them on the floor.

Finally, what came into view was a box which she opened and its content was a dagger.

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Thomas Williams, Theresa’s uncle aged 36 and dressed in a 3-piece suit, rushed inside the living room panting heavily, startling Theresa’s dad who was so concentrated on the reports.

His PA only gasped for a second before recovering her calm and bowing her head slightly low.

“What is it, little bro?” Mr Clarks asked, dropping the reports back on the table.

Thomas immediately handed him his tablet.

“Big bro, Theresa is in danger,” Thomas cried.

“How?” Mr Clark was reluctant to accept this news.

This is his only baby Theresa we are talking about. Theresa came at a time when the doctor had said that Aarti was incapable of giving birth and that he was impotent.

Since her arrival, they had been spoiling her, giving her whatever she wants and even let her go see her idol.

Why then is Thomas saying that their baby is in danger? It was at this moment that Aarti ran down the stairs quickly with a dagger in her hand.

Her hair, which was earlier in a ponytail, is now in a mess. Her eyes were red from sorrow and anger.

“Clark, give me back my daughter,” Aarti barked as she ran towards her husband, wanting to stab him, but Thomas took the dagger away from her and held her in place.

“Let me go, Thomas. Let me go,” Aarti cried.

“Clarks, I warned you not to let her go, but did you listen? Did you? Now see! I, Aarti, I am now childless. What do I live for? I want to die.” Aarti tried to struggle free but was no match for Thomas’ strength.

Clark looked at the news on the tablet and looked at his wife and brother with mouth agape. His hands trembled, and the tablet fell from his hands and scattered into some pieces.

Clarks sank down to his knees, and a tear slid down his right eye. He then roared in sorrow. The PA and the servants around nearly fell to the ground from the roar.

Clarks looked at Aarti, who was crying hard for her lost daughter.

Heaven knows how much she spoiled her daughter, and now she’s all gone. If she’s given a second chance, she’d never let her baby go to that damned concert.

Now her daughter. Their only heir… is gone. Gone from this world!

Aarti could not bear the guilt descending on her and fainted.

“Get the emergency car ready. Alert the family hospital,” Thomas ordered.

The PA nodded and left the sitting room to get the orders carried out.

Clarks immediately got up from kneeling, snatched Aarti from his brother and took her downstairs.

“Aarti, please hold on for me and Theresa,” he muttered as he rushed out of the living room.

Luo Ye.

Han residence.

Han Ling is lying on her large bed, unconscious and breathing slowly.

The doctor invited, has treated some of her injuries but from what he could see, this also requires the intervention of an alchemist and it so happens that the current alchemist king in the capital, happens to be doctor Fu’s older brother!

Both chose different paths in life and have not had a good relationship either. If both could come here, then Han Ling will be cured fully.

But it so happens that none of these two are easy to invite. Getting one of them means good fortune.

The doctor sighed and then checked her pulse again when the doors were suddenly blasted open. Jin Ehuang entered the room in urgency and threw a gold coin at him.

“Guards, throw him out,” she instructed.

Immediately, two guards came in and without a word dragged the fat doctor away, along with his assistant Lu Bai.

When they had gone, Jin Ehuang walked close to her daughter and sat beside her.

“My child, you’ll be fine. Mama is promising you that whoever did this, I will find them and kill them.” Jin Ehuang muttered softly while caressing her daughter’s hair.

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Doctor Fu had just appeared inside the Han residence.

His appearance differed from before.

Earlier, he looked unkempt, but now he is clad in a clean robe. His hair had been made into a bun with some strands loose. His unshaved beard was also gone.

Now he looked more like an old scholar than a doctor!

Taking elegant yet firm steps, he headed into the Han residence pavilion and then sat on a chair he found pleasing to his eyes.

“This place is nice. But there are no rats to catch…” he did not get to finish his statement before a blast of wind hit him and stopped.

It was Jin Ehuang.

“So you’re finally here,” she remarked.

“Yes, I had to come, as I heard that the gracious madam Jin would spread a sumptuous feast of demonic rats, so I had to come,” said Doctor Fu with a smile.

His teeth were brown, and Jin Ehuang found it disgusting.

“Doctor Fu, you seem to forget something.” she then brought out two books.

On seeing them, Doctor Fu quickly got up from the chair, laughing nervously.

“Where is she? Take this old man to her and err… don’t forget to pay me in meat. Not just any meat. Demonic rats to be specific,” he stated.

Jin Ehuang merely nodded and sped away, leaving an unhappy Doctor Fu.

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Doctor Fu saw Han Ling’s condition was very bad, but then he still smiled.

“She has poison in her body. This is gotten from inhaling the earth fire smoke,” said Doctor Fu as he scratched his head.

“Earth fire? Who could be so cruel to do that to my innocent child? Doctor Fu, cure her now. You must before my husband comes back.” said Jin Ehuang.

“Oh, your husband is not around. No wonder I did not hear any dog barking.” doctor Fu said, rubbing his trimmed beard.

“Doctor Fu, I thought you wanted demonic meat,” Jin Ehuang asked.

“Yes! Err… the way to cure it is by giving her the urine of a *horse dog*” he said with a smile and then added ” it can also cure her injuries when combined with the eye of 3rd-grade peach”

Jin Ehuang nodded and gave the two adult books back to him.

“Go to the pavilion. You’ll get your pay there,” she said while looking at Han Ling.

“It had better be 700 years old.” Doctor Fu stated before disappearing.

“Stupid,” Jin Ehuang muttered as she brought out another two books from her storage ring that could not house living things. But this ring was already a treasure. It was not something one could get easily just because he’s rich.

It is mostly the royalties that have this. She is the mother of the imperial concubine Han Chunhua, so how could she not get one!

Her husband, Han Chao, is currently in one village in Luo Ye, far away from the capital tending to matters concerning the drought in that village. Before he returns, her Han Ling should have been fine.

She sighed and then sat beside Han ling again, placing her left hand on hers.

Those who harmed her child must pay!

Note: The horse dog in this imaginary world, is an animal with a horse’s head and a dog’s body. This animal’s urine is said to have healing properties (according to doctor Fu).

3rd-grade peach is a fruit (Peach) that has a green colour and pink stripes in the middle. Jin Ehuang eats this peach daily in the afternoon as it helps one look younger.