Chapter 155: Just Three Months

Alec also looked at Elena with curiosity but remained silent. After a while, Elena finished taking Dorine’s pulse. She gently placed Dorine's hand down and looked up at her. "Godmother, you must have had a serious illness when you were young, which severely weakened your immune system. Is that right?" Dorine was astonished, as she hadn't expected Elena to know such personal details. After all, even Phoenix didn’t know this part of her past. "How did you know?" "I could tell from taking your pulse," Elena replied with a smile. "Just from taking my pulse?" Dorine was even more surprised. Though she had heard about the wonders of Eastern medicine, this was beyond her expectations. "When I was three years old, I went to the countryside and was bitten by some poisonous insect. I had a high fever for more than half a month that wouldn’t go down. Even when the church was called, they couldn't help. It took a long time before I gradually recovered, but ever since then, my health has been