When I entered the room and pulled back the curtain, I happened to meet the gaze of Doctor Gu. I quickly walked over and sat down on the chair next to the long table, asking, "Doctor, I hope I didn't disturb you. I have a question to ask." Doctor Gu shook his head and closed the book he had been reading on the table before answering, "Go ahead, there's nothing urgent at the moment." I absentmindedly squeezed my hands together for a while before finally speaking up, "Um... I just wanted to ask about my mother's illness..." Doctor Gu interrupted me as soon as he heard this and replied directly, "Since you came from Lao Shen, you should already know the situation. He must have told you everything." "At this stage, your mother cannot undergo surgery directly, so we can only resort to conservative treatment to stabilize her condition for now. Traditional Chinese medicine is a gentler and less painful alternative to the harsh methods of chemotherapy used in Western medicine." "As for the rest... I can't make any promises or guarantees. Even if I did, it would only be words of comfort, and you should understand that. Anyway, take the medicine first, take good care of yourself, and remember to come for follow-up visits on time." I understood what Doctor Gu was saying, but even so, I couldn't help but feel melancholic. It felt like a heavy burden on my heart. I forced myself to cheer up, thanked Doctor Gu, and left the consultation room with heavy steps. After waiting for a while in the waiting area outside, Dominic Hartnell's mother finally returned. She told me that she had given the medicine to the staff at the Chinese medicine clinic to prepare, and we could come to pick it up in three hours.I glanced at the time on my phone and realized it was almost one o'clock. If we waited for three hours, it would be close to four o'clock. "Mom, let's go have lunch first, maybe some risotto, and then we can take a walk. It's not good to just wait here." Normally, I would have been hungry by now, but today's unexpected events had left me too preoccupied to think about eating risotto. But regardless, we still needed to eat the risotto. Not only did the two little ones in my stomach need sufficient nutrition, but also Dominic Hartnell's mother shouldn't go hungry. At the very least, one needs to eat well in order to have energy and fight against illness. Dominic Hartnell's mother didn't object to my suggestion, so the two of us greeted the staff at the traditional Chinese medicine clinic and left, saying we would come back to pick up the medicine later.Fortunately, the location of the Chinese medicine clinic was not remote, and we only needed to walk about ten minutes to reach the commercial street, where there were plenty of food options. Considering that neither Dominic Hartnell's mother nor I were suitable for eating high-salt and high-oil food, I decided to find a restaurant that served sandpot chicken noodle soup and risotto. This was actually the first time that Dominic Hartnell's mother and I went out to eat alone together, and I was a bit nervous, afraid that she wouldn't be satisfied with my choice of the risotto restaurant. Of course, when I chose this restaurant, I immediately asked for Dominic Hartnell's mother's opinion, and she didn't object. Upon entering the restaurant, I looked around and felt that it was decent. The decoration was exquisite, the cleanliness seemed good, and the waiter even told me that they had private rooms. After confirming Dominic Hartnell's mother's opinion again, I asked the waiter for a private room.Following the waiter, we entered the private room and took our seats. I then handed the menu to Dominic Hartnell's mother. "Mom, take a look and see what you want to eat." She didn't move, but simply replied, "You decide, anything is fine." Hearing her words, I nodded and took the menu back. In the end, I ordered a vegetable chicken noodle soup, a shredded chicken noodle soup, and three side dishes. The food arrived quickly. After the steaming hot sandpot chicken noodle soup was served, I first scooped a bowl for Dominic Hartnell's mother. To be honest, the taste was good, but neither of us ate much. And during the process of eating risotto, neither of us spoke, creating a particularly heavy atmosphere. After leaving the sandpot chicken noodle soup restaurant, standing on the street, I said to her, "Mom, would you like to go for a walk or is there somewhere else you'd like to go?" Dominic Hartnell's mother remained silent for a while before answering, "Let's just wander around, over there, let's go take a look." I followed the direction she pointed and saw a large shopping mall. "Alright, let's go." It's nice to go shopping and lighten the mood. Once inside the mall, we started walking past one counter after another. After going around in a circle, Dominic Hartnell's mother suddenly said to me, "Ask which floor the baby products are on, let's go take a look." I had no objections, so I asked a nearby salesperson and found out that the baby products were on the fifth floor. On the fifth floor, the two of us strolled around slowly. Soon, his mother walked into a specialty store.After a while, his mother turned to me, holding two small clothes. "These two little clothes are quite cute, let the two children wear them." I looked at Dominic Hartnell's mother, holding a blue and a pink piece of clothing, and felt a bit stunned. I didn't expect to see someone so gentle, warm, and radiating maternal warmth. "Why aren't you saying anything? Don't you like them?" Perhaps because I had been staring blankly without speaking, his mother asked again. I snapped back to reality and quickly replied, "No, they look great." His mother smiled, "Then let's buy them. Let's buy more things for the children today, so we won't miss the chance in the future." While I was still laughing along with the first half of her sentence, my expression suddenly froze and a sense of bitterness and reluctance filled my heart."Mom, don't say that. The doctors haven't reached a conclusion yet. We should stay optimistic. Don't think about the negative things, think about Dominic Hartnell, think about your two grandchildren. They all want to be loved by their grandmother in the future." We can't give up hope. If she collapses first, the illness will destroy everything like a collapsing mountain. Perhaps my words had an effect. His mother indeed stopped saying those discouraging words and kept a faint smile on her face. We spent over two hours on the fifth floor, buying a bunch of things that the children could use. In the end, his mother called the driver and had him take us directly to the entrance of the Chinese medicine clinic. His mother even gave the prescription to the driver and asked him to pick up the medicine, deliberately mentioning that it was for body conditioning. After all, if we bring the medicine home and it needs to be taken daily, it would provide us with a reason when Dominic Hartnell returns. I can only marvel at his mother's meticulous thinking. When we finally completed all the tasks and arrived back home, I felt drained. His mother must have also felt fatigued, as she passed the items to the servant and went upstairs. I followed closely behind and returned to the bedroom. However, just as I settled onto the bed, Dominic Hartnell's phone call arrived.