Gu Jiansheng swallowed hard and, with stiff resolve, said, "I just came to see how Grandfather is..."
"And then?"
"To ask about something," Gu Jiansheng added hurriedly. "It's really just to seek advice."
Uncle Gu looked at Gu Jiansheng, did not express any opinion, but opened the door and entered the sickroom. He soon came out and said to Gu Jiansheng, "The Old Patriarch allows you to enter. Remember, do not stay long and do not say anything that will upset your grandfather."
Gu Jiansheng quickly agreed.
He then followed Uncle Gu into the sickroom.
The sickroom was in excellent condition, elegant and clean, with a faint smell of disinfectant and green potted plants everywhere.
They went through the living room to enter the sickroom.
At first glance, he saw a lean old man half-reclining on the hospital bed, seemingly lost in thought.
He realized it had been more than half a year since he had seen him last.
His eyes were sunken, and he looked frighteningly thin.
