Doctor Li let out a heavy sigh, his eyes filled with undisguised regret.
He had reviewed the patient's records. Hers was a face of such extraordinary beauty that any woman would have envied it.
"The patient... suffered extensive lacerations to her face from explosive fragments. The wounds are deep. Although we did everything we could to clean and suture them, I'm afraid... she will be left with scars that will be difficult to remove."
Doctor Li paused, seemingly searching for words to convey something even crueler.
"The most serious injury is... her left eye. A shard of glass flying at high speed... pierced it."
Boom!
Those words struck everyone's hearts like a bolt from the blue.
Ye Pianran began trembling violently. As a woman, she simply could not accept that her daughter, as proud as a phoenix, had suffered such a devastating blow.
Her legs gave way, and she nearly collapsed to the floor.
"Auntie!" Qin Chuxia and Song Qiuya cried out, scrambling to catch her.
Qin Changhai's face darkened in an instant. His eyes, usually so sharp and imposing, now held nothing but boundless anguish and sorrow.
His daughter had survived, but her face was ruined, and she had lost an eye... With her proud, headstrong nature, could she withstand a blow like this?
"Churan..." Qin Chuxia could no longer hold back her tears. They rolled down like beads from a broken string as she murmured in despair.
The entire corridor fell into a deathly silence once more.
After a long while, Qin Changhai's mountain-like presence seemed to drain away. He looked as though he had aged ten years in an instant.
He wearily waved a hand at Chen Qingquan and the others.
"Go back to your duties. Chu Ran... is a police officer. The moment she put on