"Do you mean..." said Shui Ruolan with a trembling voice.

"What triggered it? Was it the same in the previous years?" asked Qin Wanru, as she caught the implication, and tried to hold back the despair in her heart.

"In the past, the illness was also triggered by unforeseen circumstances, when the weather turned cold in autumn and winter. On one hand, it was because your grandmother's body was unable to withstand the cold because age is catching up with her. On the ...