She felt almost no strength in her muscles at all. Her arm felt incredibly weak, heavy, and sluggish, as though she had been completely bedridden and paralysed for months on end. Surprised and thoroughly alarmed by her body's state, she immediately turned a bewildered gaze toward her mother.
"Mom..." Ji Gu Niang called out, her voice trembling slightly.
"Niang'er, let's just eat first. Mom will explain absolutely everything to you later, okay? Just trust me." Sang Yuling persuaded softly, her eyes pleading.
Seeing the desperate, raw expression on her mother's face, Ji Gu Niang finally gave up arguing. She obediently allowed her mother to feed her the warm porridge one careful spoonful at a time, swallow after swallow.
