"Mom, are you feeling a little better?"
Liu Wenying massaged her mother's lower back as she lay prone on the bed, asking softly. Ever since her mother's accident, those lingering effects only flared up occasionally. The most agonizing part was her mother's lower back, which would hurt in sudden, severe bouts—though the pain never lasted very long, it was intensely sharp.
"Yes, Xiaoying, do you really want to study medicine?" Liu's mother replied. The massage hadn't actually relieved much yet, but her daughter's filial piety warmed her heart so deeply that the pain in her back felt much better already.
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