Ren Minglang remained at the police station until dawn before finally leaving.
Chi Yu, after talking incessantly with him for hours, drank two large glasses of water to soothe her parched throat. Exhausted from staying up all night, she fell asleep on the interrogation room table, her dark circles betraying her fatigue.
At the hospital, Cui Xian was wheeled out of the operating room and into a ward after an entire night of emergency treatment.
The entire Cui family had gathered, including Cui Shu, the second sister who was already married.
Cui Mother sat by the bedside, her eyes swollen from crying. Her voice choked with grief, "Xian'er is still so young. How will she ever live with this? Wuu wuu..."
Cui Shu's eyes were red too, though she had calmed down from her initial sorrow and was already contemplating their next steps.
"Mom, what's done is done. Our priority now is to make that wretch pay for what she did!"
