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CHAPTER 466
"No... It cannot be. I... I–I did not fall for anyone's scheme, right? There must be a good reason," Zheng Ying muttered to herself. "I haven't lost, right? No!"
Scanning around like a deranged soul in search of something but never truly finding it, Zheng Ying's mind tried to work around the situation when the soft sound of her son's voice reached out to her.
"Mum?"
She gulped.
Her eyes landed on her son, Zheng Ling, with his fragile frame and tired eyes, who was standing in front of the bed in the hospital room with a bewildered expression playing on his face.
The thin, blue hospital gown seemed too big for his frail frame, making him appear even more delicate. The monitor wires trailed behind him, suggesting he'd hastily unplugged himself from the medical apparatus.
