Inside the tent, the atmosphere was as oppressively still as the dead silence before a violent storm. Mei Yuxin lay quietly on the cot, her face as pale as paper, her breathing terribly weak. The physician stood to the side, shaking his head with a sigh, and spoke to General Li with a helpless expression: "General Li, Vice General Mei's injuries are too severe. This old man has done all he could, but nothing more can be done."
General Li froze in place. His eyes instantly reddened, and tears welled up in them. With a trembling voice, he pleaded: "Physician, please think of something else. There must be a way, right? She cannot die, she cannot..."
The physician helplessly shook his head once more: "General Li, Vice General Mei suffered deep trauma to her back, damaging her internal organs. It is truly beyond saving. You should... make preparations for her final rites." With that, the physician packed his medicine box with a helpless sigh and slowly retreated from the tent.
Chapter 96