Lu Qingqing's eldest daughter-in-law disclosed Zhao Xinxin's illness to Lu Qingqing over the phone while Zhao Xinxin was accompanying Lu Qingqing on a walk along the cement road through the village, with a female bodyguard trailing them from a distance.
As they walked, they slowly left the village.
Not entirely out of the village, but rather beyond the area with clustered buildings, stepping into the wilderness.
On either side stood towering ginkgo trees, with green wheat seedlings carpeting the ground.
In the distance were layers of verdant hills, nearby were shimmering bays of clear water, and countless stalks of dried yellow grass swayed in the breeze. The scenery was beautiful, like a painting.
Zhao Xinxin mustered her courage and, gritting her teeth, began speaking about the issue of her blocked fallopian tubes.
