After taking dinner, Lantian began her duty as an assistant. Because she wanted to finish her chore fast in order to keep her promise with Caihong, she worked the whole night. Even Xiaolan was surprised when she arrived inside her mistress's room in the morning and saw she was sitting at the table.
"Miss, you didn't sleep, did you?" She said.
"I did work," Lantian stated. "Finish." She dropped the brush with a smiling face and stood up, then when she was about to step out of the table, suddenly she had a feeling of spinning around and losing her balance. Hurriedly she dropped her palm on the table to support her stand.
"Miss, are you alright?" Xiaolan yelled and ran to catch Lantian. Actually, Lantian wanted to respond, but she was unable to make it and fell on the table.
"Miss, miss."
No matter how hard Xiaolan shook, Lantian didn't gain consciousness. Without waiting, Xiaolan ran to inform lady Chen. Just heard it, lady Chen was in shock. She ran all her feet towards her beloved girl.
The house of Wu seemed to be in chaos because it was the first time in ten years that the legitimate daughter was not well. Even though she had been sick, it was not serious until she lost responsiveness like this.
On the bed, Lantian slept with her eyes closed. Around there were lady Chen, lady Mei and Xiaolan. Everyone had worried expressions over their faces. They waited silently for the confirmation of the physician who was searching for the cause of the girl's illness.
"Eldest madam," he turned to lady Chen, "did third miss touch anything unusual?"
Lady Chen shook her head as she did not have a clue. At that time, Xiaolan remembered the bat's guano.
"Yesterday, she went to bat's cave to collect its poop," she told.
"Bat's poop!" Lady Chen narrowed her eyebrows. "Why did she do it?"
"The farm ran out of fertilizer so third miss went to take it by herself," Xiaolan said.
"So it should be correct," the doctor said, then opened the sleeves to show the hands of the female patient. On them there were red spots.
"What is that?" Lady Chen said.
"It is an infection. I think it is because of the bat waste," the doctor said.
"But third miss wore gloves and masks," Xiaolan stated.
"It can be she touched it without knowing," the doctor said.
"Is it serious?" Lady Chen said.
"Eldest madam, please don't worry. In general, bat waste isn't poisonous but it has fungus living in it that can be infected when we touch it, but it's not serious."
"Then why did she collapse?"
"Third miss's collapse is not related to the bat waste at all. It should be these days she made herself too exhausted."
"Right," Xiaolan stated. "Last night, she didn't sleep. She stayed the whole night to work for eldest madam."
"Um," the doctor nodded, "that's the point. So just let her rest and cook food for her to strengthen her health, she will be fine soon. About the spots on her hands, I will give the medicine to apply on twice a day; in ten days, it will be treated. However, she should not go out or get close with people because this can infect through the body's touch."
"I know. Thank you doctor," lady Chen said.
"I say goodbye, eldest madam, third madam," the doctor said.
"Yes," lady Mei said and called her maid to walk the physician to the gate.