When Master finished speaking, he looked extremely emotional, his eyes even turning a little red.
I didn't know what Master had gone through, but from the way he looked, he had clearly experienced some difficult times.
Most obvious was how much he had aged.
"Master, everything will get better."
Leaning against the bed, I spoke to Master.
Master nodded after hearing that.
"That's right. Everything will get better."
As he said this, a smile appeared on Master's face.
After getting to his feet, he took a deep breath and instinctively reached for the cigarettes in his pocket, intending to light one.
Before I could say anything, Uncle Yu rolled his eyes. "Are you a fucking idiot? You can't smoke in a hospital room!"
Only after Uncle Yu snapped at him did Master come to his senses. "Oh, look at me. I'm too excited, too excited. Xiao Jiang, lie down and rest for a while. My craving's acting up, so I'm going out for a smoke."
With that, Master slung his cloth bag over his back and headed straight outside. Grandmaster's memorial tablet should have been inside it.
Seeing this, Uncle Yu spoke as well. "I'm heading out too!"
As he spoke, Uncle Yu followed him outside.
At that point, only the few of us remained in the room.
Since everyone could tell that what I was involved in was not something easy to discuss, no one asked about it.
Pan Ling changed the subject from earlier. "Brother Jiang, is there anything you want to eat? I can go buy something for you later."
In my current state, I had nearly lost all sense of taste.
To put it bluntly, I was someone whose yang fire was extremely weak and could go out at any moment.
I didn't want to eat