Jia's jaw dropped, not because of hearing about the illness but that the age didn't match.
"Isn't Hou Jielun…too young for that? I heard that it happens generally after forty?"
Yang Cheng said, "There is no specific age for that but like you said, it's more common to have it after forty. But it happens with young men too."
"Oh."
Though Jia found it hard to believe that Yang Cheng would be somebody's personal doctor like that. He sort of read the conundrum in her mind.
"That family had poured hefty money on our hospitals and researches at that time. I was obliged."
Though expressionless, Jia caught the tone of his apparent grimace when he said 'obliged.' It felt like he would have rather never visited that place in his lifetime.
"Did his condition improve?"
"No. It was because of a multitude of psychological factors that was affecting his performance. But yes, there were physical factors too. Around his teenage, he was a regular consumer of alcohol, tobacco and drugs."
