CHAPTER 265: CHAPTER 263 INJURED QIN LAN

In Chen Xin’s refuge, Mo Qingxin watched as her sister came out of the room carrying a prepared meal, and asked worriedly, "Sister, is Sister Lan still refusing to eat?"

"Yes, she still doesn’t want to eat." Mo Qingyan nodded at her sister with a worried expression and took the meal back to the kitchen.

Faced with this situation, Mo Qingxin couldn’t help feeling anxious and said to Mo Qingyan, "But if she doesn’t replenish her nutrition, it won’t be conducive to her wound healing! In the current situation, how can Sister Lan not eat?"

"Ah, try to understand Lan. After all, such a thing happened." Mo Qingyan sighed, feeling not only worried but also heartbroken for Qin Lan.

Hearing her sister’s words, Mo Qingxin could only lower her head regretfully and sighed, unable to help but say, "It would be great if Chen was here, he would definitely have a way to persuade Lan."

"Yes, he would definitely find a way with the food." Mo Qingyan nodded, agreeing with her sister’s words, "So we need to take good care of Lan right now and think of a way to guide her when Chen returns, to help her walk out of the shadow of this incident."

"I understand, sister, but if Sister Lan keeps refusing to eat, her body won’t be able to take it! We must find a way to make her eat!" As a doctor, Mo Qingxin knew that for an injured person, timely replenishment of nutrition was crucial for faster recovery and maintaining the energy needed for healing.

If she doesn’t eat, her body will consume more nutrients than usual, and she won’t be able to endure it for long.

"Think of another way, for now, leave the food here. Later, Xiaoxin, you can warm it and try giving it to Lan again." Mo Qingyan, having no better solution, could only let her sister try once more.

Mo Qingxin nodded and agreed, "Leave it to me, sister. You should rest for a while. You haven’t been resting well these days while taking care of Sister Lan."

"I’ll leave it to you, then. I’m going to take a shower and rest for a bit." Mo Qingyan gave her sister a tired smile before heading toward her room to take a shower and get some rest.

Seeing her sister’s exhausted state, Mo Qingxin couldn’t help but sigh again, thinking it would be great if Chen Xin were here, hoping he could return soon.

Meanwhile, in the room, Qin Lan lay lifelessly on the bed, her expression deathly still, as if she had completely lost her vitality, leaving only an empty shell behind.

Clearly, one only becomes like this after experiencing a major blow, turning into despair with a heart ashen with grief.

As for why Qin Lan became like this, one only needs to look at her right hand to see, for now, Qin Lan had already lost her right hand, the entire arm gone from the shoulder.

This happened two weeks ago, when Qin Lan encountered an accident during a mission, being buried under collapsed bricks and soil while saving someone.

Although she was rescued in time, her right hand was too severely injured and had to be amputated.

Such a thing is an unbearable blow, not only to a SWAT sniper but even to an ordinary person.

For a SWAT sniper like Qin Lan, losing a hand meant losing everything she once had, the dreams she had been striving for, the work she had devoted countless efforts and sweat into...

All were lost when she went from being a whole person to being handicapped with a missing hand.

She could no longer hold her beloved sniper rifle, join her comrades on the battlefield, or embrace her loved ones with both arms. All of that was impossible now.

This left Qin Lan utterly devastated, even after spending two weeks in the hospital where other injuries were treated, allowing her to be discharged, but her hand could not be restored, nor could the trauma in her heart be healed.

If Chen Xin were here, perhaps there would be a way to comfort Qin Lan, but with Chen Xin absent, Mo Qingyan and Mo Qingxin, the two sisters, truly did not know how to console her.

All they could do was bring Qin Lan from the hospital to Chen Xin’s place, so she could be cared for at any time.

However, even with Mo Qingyan and Mo Qingxin’s care, Qin Lan visibly wasted away, filled with lifelessness, lacking any of her past vitality and vigor, as if life had completely lost its hope.

Qin Lan certainly knew it was no good not eating, but she had neither the appetite nor the desire to eat.

For her, losing her right hand and becoming disabled was worse than dying.

If it hadn’t been for someone stopping her in time, Qin Lan might have already taken her own life.

After all, such a blow was too great for a young woman to bear.

In Qin Lan’s perspective, her future offered no hope at all.

Before the disaster, she might have relied on prosthetics to regain basic self-care ability, avoiding complete despair and being able to start a new life.

But in the current post-apocalyptic environment, even with prosthetics, she had lost her ability to labor, becoming completely useless. Who would go to such great lengths to equip her with prosthetics and take in someone who had lost the ability to work?

Chen Xin? He would surely take her in, but Qin Lan did not want to be a burden to Chen Xin.

She was sure that upon learning she had lost a hand, Chen Xin would do everything possible to get her a prosthetic, to restore her as much as possible to her former self. If Qin Lan had even a hint of selfishness, she could just cling to Chen Xin, knowing he wouldn’t drive her away but rather take good care of her.

But Qin Lan didn’t want that. She didn’t want to be a burden to Chen Xin. That was not the life she wanted. If she did that, she’d feel shameless, finding death more agreeable.

The reason she’s still lingering here is partly due to the care from Mo Qingyan and Mo Qingxin, who prevented her from ending her life.

The other reason is her last wish, to bid farewell properly to Chen Xin.

Even if she wants to end her life, Qin Lan couldn’t bear not seeing Chen Xin one last time.

"Sister Lan, may I come in?" As Qin Lan was lost in thought, Mo Qingxin pushed the door open and walked in, carrying the food that Mo Qingyan had brought before.

Placing the food on the bedside table, Mo Qingxin checked over Qin Lan’s body before persuading her, "Sister Lan, please eat something! You’ll harm your body like this! Even if you truly don’t want to live, don’t you want to see Chen Xin one last time? How can you hold on until he returns like this?"

"..." Mo Qingxin’s words affected Qin Lan somewhat, making her show a flicker of emotion in her eyes.