"The ambulance hadn't arrived yet when he stopped breathing..."
"They took a terrible blow."
"That's understandable, isn't it?"
The auntie furrowed her brow.
"Such a little child..."
"They hadn't kept a close enough eye on him..."
"The two old folks blame themselves terribly."
"...Their daughter-in-law hasn't come to see them since."
"That's understandable too, isn't it?"
"Children are their parents' most precious treasures."
"Especially to their mothers."
"After all, their mothers carried them for ten months and gave birth to them..."
A perfectly healthy child, gone just like that...
And because of someone's negligence...
Who could easily forgive the person responsible, if it happened to them...?
"But the two old folks are pitiful too."
The auntie shook her head.
"Fortunately, their son forgave them."
"They only have one son."
"If their only son resented them..."
The auntie trailed off.
How tragic that would be.
"But as time slowly passed, especially after their daughter-in-law got pregnant again..."
The auntie smiled.
"Things that have happened can't be undone. People have to look forward, don't they?"
"Although their daughter-in-law hasn't come to see them, she's been sending them things through their son."
"I think once the new baby is born, the rift between the old folks and their daughter-in-law should be more or less mended."
"Things are looking up—"
The auntie stopped herself. "That sounds a little strange, doesn't it?"
"I should say... things are slowly getting back to normal, right?"
The auntie nodded.
That was right.
The next moment, the auntie lowered her voice further, giving the conversation an eerie air.
"But nobody knows what happened..."
"It was as if the two old folks had suffered another tremendous blow..."
"They suddenly looked ten years older!"
"Everyone who saw them said the same thing."
"Even though the old folks had been