Why not?

" Why not?" asked Old madam Shen as she stubbornly looked at her son, her brother was graceful enough to let her adopt his granddaughter when she told him that she really wished to have a granddaughter before she died since she wasn't feeling very good these days. She just wanted to spend some good days with her granddaughter before she passed away, it wasn't that she couldn't see that her sons were upset with her decision but ever since she caught a cough last time, her chest has been hurting a lot these days.