Seven years. Seven whole years!
Someone born blind might never understand that feeling. For someone who had once opened his eyes to the beauty of the world, only to have that privilege taken away, the anticipation was especially intense.
Now, "being able to see," something utterly ordinary to most people, felt nothing short of miraculous to Jia Luoxin.
The ClearSight Artificial Eyeballs installed in his eye sockets conveyed the world around him to his brain with incredible realism. As someone who had once possessed normal vision, he could detect no difference whatsoever between the images produced by these artificial eyeballs and those produced by natural eyes.
Then his gaze settled on the face of the child beside his wife.
"Yuanyuan?" he called tentatively.
"Daddy!" The child excitedly broke free of his mother's hand, ran over, and hugged Zhou Changlin.
The doctor standing nearby suddenly said, "Jia Luoxin, you've only just had surgery. Don't get too excited! If excessive tears cause the wounds to become infected, that will be trouble. Besides, you haven't seen light for seven years. To give your nerves time to recover and adjust, I suggest you keep your eyes closed and rest as much as possible."
"All right, all right! We'll listen to the doctor," Bai Hua said hurriedly. "Jia, close your eyes. I'll help you walk!"
Jia Luoxin grinned. "Honey, thank you for everything you've done all these years."
Scenes like Jia Luoxin's unfolded around the world. Almost every hospital had set aside at least a dozen operating rooms to perform Artificial Eye Replacement Surgery nonstop.
The surgeons could rotate, but the operating rooms could not stop! Every hospital's scheduling system was already fully booked for the next two or three months, and the waiting lists kept growing.
The situation was a little better in