In the past few years, knowing that his lifespan was nearing its end and that Xiaodieer was only three or four years old with no one to raise her, the storyteller realized she would become an orphan the moment he died. Pulling some strings, he managed to borrow a low-grade Jiazi Pill from the Sky Dog Gang. After swallowing it, his life was extended by several decades, ensuring Xiaodieer would be cared for.
For some reason, however, lately he had been feeling weak and frail, with a vague premonition that his time would run out once again in just a few short years.
The white-haired storyteller suspected this was because his son, daughter-in-law, and wife had passed away one after another, and on top of that, he had taken out a loan for the Jiazi Pill. Every few months, members of the Sky Dog Gang would come to hound him for the debt, and the overwhelming stress had taken a severe toll on his remaining years.
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