"My daughter, I always regret not listening to you before. You were right; they're both ungrateful. But now, with your father lying here like this, I'm all alone. I can't win an argument against them, nor can I fight them. I'm completely helpless... After working hard my whole life, in the end, all the money for his treatment is gone..."
Father Xu had long been awake, but he kept his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep.
The once imposing patriarch was now emaciated, his complexion sallow. He didn't even open his eyes to look at his daughter, only listening to his wife's endless complaints.
