When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After all, she was old and had been living a comfortable life, so it was only natural that she suffered backaches after being out in the yard for too long.

She was clutching her waist while sitting limply on the bamboo chair in the yard, frowning in pain.

After clearing away the few weeds left in the yard, I washed my hands and handed her the pain-relieving medicine.

She frowned, unwilling to accept it.

I pursed my lips. “These are painkillers. They are not harmful.”

Having said that, I put the medicine in her hands. Then, I went inside and fetched a cup of warm water for her.

She seemed stunned. Perhaps unable to bear the pain, she accepted the cup of water and took the medicine.

As I kept the rest of the medicine aside, I said, “This medicine has few side effects. If the pain is intolerable, you can take one or two tablets to relieve the pain.”

She glanced at me with her lips pursed and turned her eyes upon the yard, saying, “Your voice sounds so nasal. If you have a cold, please don’t pass it to me.”

I couldn’t help letting out a laugh. She was obviously concerned about me, but she just had to put up a mean front.

Forget it.

She is, after all, an arrogant lady of a privileged upbringing.

Being childless and way past half her life, perhaps she was thinking of spending her twilight years alone in peace.

“Yeah, I’ll go back and take some medicine.” It was commonplace to get the flu during the winter months.

into the house. When she came out, she held a bag of Isatis tinctoria root in her hand. “Make drinks with this using

I took it and smiled, saying, “Thank you,

grunted in reply without saying

out, and most of the snow had melted. With the sun high in the sky, it was

Sally had started a fire in the yard, which warmed up the

and asked, “Would you like to stay for lunch? It’s been snowing for a few days, so I only have some dry

“Anything would

life could be refined or simple. Although it was only dry rations, it

was already a fire in the yard, so she brought out some potatoes and sweet potatoes for me to

having a barbeque in

However, when she brought

was not much conversation between Sally and me, some things need not be said as long as we understood each

any proper meals, so my tummy felt

cutlery, his handsome face displayed a smile as he

be told, I did not really like it, but I

taste buds were not the same as

took the half-eaten baked potato from my hand. After taking a bite, he raised his eyebrows and said in amazement, “Good cooking

“Aunt Sally barbecued

and said, “Okay, there is some more. Go home quickly after eating. You guys are causing a

tend to keep their true thoughts to

of us understood

from the house and sat by my side, holding

curt replies while passing the barbecued meat to him. While handing over the sauce to him, I explained, “It

smiled and did as he was told., then