Xiren also understood Su Pan'er's laissez-faire attitude toward her, which made her hesitant to take the initiative to report without authorization. Now that Su Pan'er asked, she naturally dared not conceal anything.
"Old Mrs. Qin has not eaten a grain of rice for half a month, and she has become so thin that she is unrecognizable, young lady, you see..."
Su Pan'er thought for a moment; she could let her fend for herself, but she couldn't allow any incidents to happen on the government ship she was aboard! Thus, she instructed someone to fetch a doctor, but there was no doctor on the government ship other than Su Pan'er herself.
In the end, Su Pan'er ordered the government ship to temporarily dock, and only then a capable doctor was summoned. With prescribed medicine and administered acupuncture, the situation finally improved somewhat.
Meanwhile, Su Pan'er's attention turned to matters other than the two children.