Ms. Zhou's face darkened for a moment. She paused slightly before saying, "President Du, you know my situation. I've had a rough few years. But my father-in-law is really good to me; he treats me like his own daughter. If not for that, I probably would have divorced a long time ago."
Du Heng sat quietly to the side, listening intently to Ms. Zhou without interrupting.
"Starting last year, the old man's hands began to shake so much that he couldn't even hold chopsticks. When he tried to drink water, he would spill it all over the place and not get a single sip."
"Have you been to the hospital?"
"We first went to the Neurology Department of Provincial First Hospital, where they diagnosed him with Parkinson's Syndrome. They prescribed some medicine and sent us home. Later, we visited the first affiliated hospital of JZU. There, they stated he had degenerative lesions in his brain and bone marrow system. They also prescribed medication, but it wasn't very effective."
