On the third day after Old Tang's surgery, Zhou Zhongqing checked on him, removed the medical equipment attached to his body, and although the old man could not yet get out of bed, he had progressed to eating solid food besides liquid and his complexion had improved significantly from the previous days.
The old man lay in bed, feeling utterly regretful. At his age, he still had to endure being cut open multiple times, suffering immensely.
If Wanwan and Xiaowu could not make it work in the future, for whom had he endured all this pain?
Zhou Zhongqing often asked how he was feeling.
Everything was normal, except the pain at the incision sites was unbearable.
Whenever he cried out in pain, Zhou Zhongqing simply remarked calmly, "Pain is normal, just bear with it."
Just bear with it?
Easy for you to say when the knife isn't on your body, but he had cuts all over him and couldn't afford to get angry. A slightest irritation could agitate his wounds and cause excruciating pain.
