Yu Qi reassured the terrified woman that she did not need to worry excessively about Ji Gu Niang's immediate safety, offering a firm promise that the hospital's elite staff would continue monitoring her daughter with the utmost care and constant attention throughout the long night ahead.
In the end, Sang Yuling listened to Yu Qi's advice with a broken, hollowed-out sense of obedient submission. She returned to her home like a ghost, taking a long and steaming shower in an attempt to wash away the suffocating, metallic scent of the sterile hospital environment. Finally, she managed to drift into a shallow, fitful sleep for roughly four hours before her overwhelming maternal instincts surged, driving her to bolt upright and rush back to the hospital once again.
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