On the bed, a woman who had lost almost all her hair due to illness writhed in pain, her retching sounds reminiscent of death's scythe steadily hollowing her body.

The woman looked tired and emaciated. Despite this, traces of her former elegance were still visible in her refined features.

Beside the bed, a man was also in agony, witnessing his wife's condition that seemed worse than death. He attempted to console her with words, but they did nothing to alleviate her physical suffering.

With a glimmer of hope in his eyes, he asked the nurse with a sense of urgency, "Is there any other medication that can alleviate my wife's pain?"

The nurse set down the medicine and a bill and spoke in a flat tone.