Zhang Tie returned home on September 13. By September 15—three days after Zhang Tie had returned home—his mother had fallen ill.
His mother's illness had come without the slightest warning.
The day after Zhang Tie returned, on the morning of the 14th, Linda, Beverly, and Fiona, who had spent the whole night fooling around with Zhang Tie, still rose early as usual to pay their respects to their parents-in-law at the main residence, lest the family laugh at them. Then they had breakfast together. At that time, Zhang Tie's mother still seemed perfectly normal. It was only that evening, when the family gathered around the table for another meal, that her appetite seemed lighter, and she ate one less bowl of rice. No one paid it any mind then, because Mother had always been in good health. No one imagined that on the morning of the 15th, she would fall ill. While having breakfast, she suddenly felt dizzy, and the world spun around her as she collapsed into her seat.
Zhang Tie and Zhang Yang were both shocked, and the entire Zhang Family residence was thrown into turmoil.
At noon on the 15th, outside the bedroom of Zhang Tie's parents in the main residence, Zhang Tie, Zhang Yang, their sister-in-law, Linda, and the others waited quietly.
The finest doctor in all of Huaiyuan Hall had entered the room to examine Zhang Tie's mother and take her pulse. To avoid interfering with the doctor's work, the people who had originally crowded around the room had all stepped out for the time being. Only Zhang Tie's father remained inside.
Although Zhang Tie was already a Knight, he was not a doctor and knew little about treating illnesses. Zhang Yang, as a Pill Master, could only be considered half a doctor. With