A glimmer of bitterness flickered through Chen Zhi's eyes as she closed them and let herself faint. Once unconscious, she wouldn't feel anything.
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Si Ye provided her with an excellent doctor, medication, and nutritional supplements; after a few days of rest, her health had almost fully recovered.
The six days spent on the island felt like a nightmare, and now it all seemed so unreal.
She actually survived six days without food, and hadn't died, which she supposed was a stroke of luck.
Having slept too long, Chen Zhi no longer wanted to lie in bed.
Today she felt much better, having regained seventy to eighty percent of her strength, and could get out of bed to move around.
She planned to take a walk in the garden to regain some vitality and then visit her mother at home tomorrow.
Perhaps it was time to tell her mother the truth, after all, she couldn't keep hiding things indefinitely.
