No matter what Xiulan's mother said to her, she remained adamant about speaking to the doctor.
The next morning, Xiulan went to the office of the doctor in charge of her mother to speak with him concerning her surgery.
Twenty minutes later, Xiulan walked out of the doctor's office looking downcast. The doctor had just told her that her mother's injury was so serious that she needed surgery as soon as possible.
What hurt Xiulan most, was the next sentence the doctor made. He said that her mother's pain was too severe to bear any longer, and her system was already immune to the pain relief drugs.
Xiulan came to understand that the possibility of her mother being in pain after taking those drugs last night, was very high. It was also possible that there was little or no effect after she took the drugs.
