Only after Old Mrs. Shen had voiced her question aloud did she realize how pointless her question was. If he was now blind, of course it was serious.
"It will all pass. That boy has luck on his side, after all," she said.
Yu Lili forced a smile but didn't say anything.
The old lady had been out the whole day. In addition, she had traveled by plane in the morning. She was long exhausted. Without speaking to Yu Lili any further, she fell asleep without realizing it.
The old lady kept a regular routine. She awoke at precisely 6 a.m. When she woke up, Yu Lili was still in the midst of a deep sleep. Her head was buried under both arms, and her hair covered half her face.
The old lady turned to observe Yu Lili in her fetal sleeping position. Curled up in a corner of the bed, she looked like a child without any sense of security.
