"We will do our best."

Almost as soon as Seifer went in, Shi Si arrived. He saw that only Mu Yiran was sitting outside the empty operating room, staring blankly at the light at the door of the operating room.

Shi Si pursed his lips, about to rush over and ask her, but when he saw the woman's folded right hand, he stopped and went to find someone to find out what was going on.

Although he had anticipated an unexpected incident, Shi Si still underestimated how much Shi Youxi cared about this woman. His injuries were more severe than expected. Shi Bianji and Qi Pan wouldn't kill him to protect themselves, so Shi Youxi's serious injuries were probably because of this woman.

In that instant, Shi Si suddenly regretted his previous decision.

More than half an hour later, Guan Shiyan arrived with a large number of doctors.

"How is it?" he immediately asked Shi Si.

"We've been inside for almost two hours."

"Please, everyone, do everything you can to save him. And," Guan Shiyan pointed to Mu Yiran, who was sitting dumbfounded to the side, "Quickly arrange for someone to examine her!"

Guan Shiyan took a piece of clothing and draped it over Mu Yiran's shoulders, then thought for a moment but ultimately said nothing.

"He'll be fine. Let someone bandage you up first, otherwise your hand will be ruined before he even gets out!"

Mu Yiran didn't react, as if she was in her own world. Guan Shiyan couldn't persuade her, so he had someone bring the tools. He grabbed Mu Yiran's right hand, which was badly fractured. Guan Shiyan gasped and asked someone to bring pliers to carefully cut the iron ring. Then he looked at Mu Yiran and said, "Bear with it for a moment, we need to put it back on first."

Mu Yiran blinked. The other person gave her painkillers and then quickly put her wrist back in place.

With a "click!" sound.

"Hiss—" The people surrounding them immediately grimaced in empathy.

But the person involved remained completely silent.

After quickly treating Mu Yiran's right hand, Guan Shiyan switched to her left hand. Mu Yiran's left hand was clenched into a fist. Guan Shiyan pressed down on it but couldn't pry it open. "Is there an injury? Loosen your fist and disinfect it quickly. If the wound is too deep, it will need stitches!"

Guan Shiyan reassured her, "Cosmetic injections won't leave scars—"

"I can't let go..."

Guan Shiyan was taken aback. "What?"

"I can't let go... I can't let go," Mu Yiran said slowly, her voice very soft, but everyone around her heard it.

"Is the nerve damaged?!" A doctor next to her immediately and skillfully pinched Mu Yiran's left hand, pressing the acupoint at the base of her thumb, while rhythmically rubbing the median nerve at her wrist on the other side.

A few seconds later, Mu Yiran's fingers trembled violently, and the doctor immediately tried to pry open her left palm.

Several small, bright yellow objects rolled out of her palm.

Everyone was taken aback. Guan Shiyan picked it up; he recognized it. Shi Youxi really liked eating that candy.

They've been around since I was a child, and they're found in every family.

But how did I end up here...?

Guan Shiyan glanced at the stunned Mu Yiran and joked in a relaxed tone, "Haha, did you specially buy these cheese candies that our young master likes to please him? He'll definitely be very happy when he wakes up—"

Mu Yiran couldn't hear Guan Shiyan's incoherent ramblings; she was just staring blankly at the candy that had fallen to the ground.

Should I coax him...?

No, it's to coax her.

She dragged Shi Youxi out of the warehouse, and when they encountered a passerby's car arriving at the hospital, Shi Youxi gave it to her.

His pockets were full of cheese candies, in addition to bullets and a grenade.

Even when he was covered in holes and in unbearable pain, all he could think about was giving her candy.

"Don't be afraid, sister, it hurts. It won't hurt so much if you eat this."

"I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this... I'm sorry you had to see those things..."

"I'm sorry, sister."

He kept stuffing things into her mouth, as if he was trying to coax her, or as if he was constantly apologizing for doing something wrong.

What did Shi Youxi do wrong?

He did nothing wrong, he did absolutely nothing wrong, he just...liked her.

I just like her...that's all.

There were still deep marks left by the pistol on her palm, marks left by the gun that Mu Zhentong had given her.

She used this gun to save Shi Youxi, at the cost of Mu Zhentong's life...

After surviving the ordeal, she was overwhelmed by a devastating breakdown. She couldn't forget Cheng Yuan's appearance, Chen Yiting's pleading voice, or the warmth that vanished when Mu Zhentong broke free from her grasp.

Mu Yiran recalled how she had always been able to confidently tell Shi Youxi that he was wrong, that Shi Youxi's feelings for him were wrong.

But now she clearly realizes that she was right.

Sincere feelings are never wrong, and it's not wrong for Shi Youxi to like anyone.

...It was a mistake to fall in love with Mu Yiran.

Shi Youxi was right to avenge her because he liked her!

Because I love her, choosing her in the face of human life is not wrong!

He's right because everything he does is something he enjoys!

She was the one who was wrong.

She was wrong! She gave Shi Youxi a promise too easily. She was wrong! She didn't realize this unhealthy relationship sooner. She was wrong! After enjoying everything Shi Youxi gave her, she wanted to walk away because she couldn't handle his obsessive feelings.

The mistake was that she failed to teach Shi Youxi what liking someone meant, and she also failed to teach herself.

She always knew that liking someone shouldn't come at the cost of hurting each other, let alone hurting others, yet she still hesitated and made compromises thinking everything would be alright, which led to this situation.

It cost lives, a lesson etched in our hearts!

All the hesitation and avoidance she had experienced over the past month prevented Mu Yiran from ever truly acknowledging her feelings for Shi Youxi. It wasn't until she signed Shi Youxi's critical condition notice that she finally realized it.

It turns out that when you really like someone, you become a coward...

She's a coward.

Cowardly and selfish coward!

A few drops of water instantly dripped onto her palm. The doctor was stunned for a moment and saw Mu Yiran, who was crying all over her face. Guan Shiyan also saw her. The woman was crying very hard, sobbing convulsively, but without making a sound. Her surging tears quickly soaked the candy wrapper on her palm.

"No, why are you crying? Did you hurt yourself?" Guan Shiyan frantically tried to signal Shi Si with his eyes, but Shi Si, who usually put on a show, didn't react at all. She turned and walked away, her back view showing a hint of embarrassment and guilt.

"Stop crying, the surgery will be over soon. If Shi Youxi wakes up and sees you crying, he'll kill me!"

Mu Yiran shook her head, sobbing. She tore open the soggy cheese candy and stuffed it into her mouth. She couldn't suppress the bitter taste. Wiping away her tears, she forced a smile and said to Guan Shiyan:

"Young Guan, you know who I am, right?"

"......"

The familiar phrase "Little Guan" made Guan Shiyan's hand, which was supporting her brace, tremble.

(My daughter felt so guilty that she couldn't take it anymore and wanted to run away completely.)