"It'll stop hurting soon."
"This is the best hospital."
"The doctors here are really good..."
"...I kept holding her hand..."
"Until she had to go into the operating room..."
"The nurse pulled me away..."
"I told my child, 'Daddy's right outside.'"
"Waiting for her..."
"Telling her not to be afraid."
"That it wouldn't hurt once she woke up again."
"But!"
The Short-haired Man's eyes were bloodshot.
His expression was fierce.
Yet it was also filled with bone-deep sorrow.
"She never woke up again!"
"Never!"
Chi Xiuke fell silent.
She knew...
Aside from those who deliberately caused trouble in hopes of extorting a huge payout...
Most of the people who refused to let things go were family members of patients who couldn't accept what had happened.
They couldn't accept that their loved ones had left them forever.
But...
Just as she'd said before...
Doctors weren't gods.
If they could, they would save everyone, too.
But everyone knew...
That was impossible.
"I'm very sorry about your daughter."
Chi Xiuke looked at the Short-haired Man.
"But..."
"That doesn't give you the right to hurt other people."
Chi Xiuke remained calm.
Her family was her Achilles' heel.
When it came to anyone who wanted to hurt her family...
No matter what their reason was...
Especially when that reason made no sense at all.
She knew her brother.
He was exceptionally talented, conscientious, and responsible...
When a patient couldn't be saved...
The doctor was the one who suffered most, besides the patient's family.
What doctor didn't hope to cure every patient and bring them back from the brink?
Even to prevent incidents like today's, doctors were among the people who most wanted their patients to recover.
"Don't give me that act!"
The Short-haired Man spat.
"How would you know what pain feels