Seeing Shuqi speak thus, the woman dared even less to take the pills. They remained at an impasse for quite a while, until the Elder fell silent for a long moment, finally sighed as if resigning himself to fate, and nodded at the woman.
Only then did the woman timidly, as if forced, accept the pills from Shuqi's hand.
At first, seeing the woman take her pills, Shuqi had felt a measure of joy. But this joy lasted barely a second before it vanished.
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