The surgery was successful.
Mu Ran lay on the bed, enveloped in total darkness, where she could only hear the footfall sounds nearby.
She tightly grasped the bed sheet with both hands, her whole body trembling uncontrollably, as if she was in a confined space where all senses were magnified countless times.
And this darkness wasn't transient; it would be for a lifetime.
"Mu Ran, this is what you owe her."
A chilling voice from a man echoed in her ear.
Three hours ago, he had coerced her into signing the divorce papers.
In just two hours, he had personally led her to the operation table, removing her cornea and giving it to Xia Yanqi.
Mu Ran clenched her teeth tight, yet she was still shaking uncontrollably.
"Why did you do this to me?"
"Three years ago, when you hit her with your car, causing her blindness, you should have expected this outcome."
Lu Chuanbai looked down at her condescendingly, his eyes filled with mockery and the hint of hatred for her resonated in his tone.
She had explained her side of the story regarding this incident countless times, yet he had never believed her.
He only believed Xia Yanqi.
Mu Ran turned her body to face away from him and suddenly started to chuckle in a low voice.
"Yes, this is my retribution, Lu Chuanbai, this is the retribution for my love for you, I deserve this."
She couldn't hold back, tears still burst from her eyes, but her eyes hurt too much, and the tears that flowed out were mixed with fresh blood.
She looked incredibly strange and horrid.
"Are you satisfied now?"
"You've only lost your eyes, but she has lost her whole life. We will count one by one all the evil things you’ve done to her."
With his eyes full of resentment, Lu Chuanbai swept over her cheek. His voice had not yet fallen, and he strode away.
......
About three days after the surgery, someone came in and forcefully took her away.
Mu Ran was blind, she was helpless and struggling fiercely. With all her might, she slapped the aggressor's face.
"Who are you?"
As soon as her voice fell, a slap swung fiercely towards her. She couldn't stand firm, bumped into a cabinet, and a metallic box of incense on the cabinet hit her head directly.
The red blood followed the texture, staining half of her face.
She held back the pain, trying to move backward, but behind her was a wall. She managed to touch the window, gritting her teeth and howling angrily.
"If you come any closer, I'll jump out of here!"
"If you die, it would be a relief for your grandma to send a young soul to the underworld."
Following a set of footprints outside the door, Lu Chuanbai's voice echoed in.
Today, he was dressed in a silver-gray tailored suit. He had a frosty demeanor, and his physique was on par with a magazine cover model.
Only a trace of disgust and nausea could be found within his brows and eyes.
He coldly looked at Mu Ran, "If you jump from here today, I might actually start to take notice of you."
Mu Ran's fingernails are digging into the edge of the window. Suddenly, they break. She grits her teeth tightly, feeling like someone is chipping away at her heart piece by piece, the cracks in her heart are growing larger.
Now, all she has left is her grandmother. If she dies, how will her grandmother live?
"What do you want?"
Suddenly, Mu Ran calms down. Lu Chuanbai lifts an eyebrow. His dark eyes are filled with frost.
"I want you to live in hell for the rest of your life, reflect on your sins day after day, forever living in the past with no tomorrow."
What does it feel like to turn love into hatred?
If she had a knife in her hand, she thinks that she would go down with Lu Chuanbai.
As she thinks, Mu Ran suddenly laughs, "Isn't that what I'm doing now?"
"Not nearly enough."
Seeing her laugh, Lu Chuanbai suddenly flies into rage, clutching her throat and pinning her against the window.
"I want to kill you, but Yan Qi insists on sparing your life. How could you bear to hurt such a good woman?"
Mu Ran's half body was hanging outside the window; if he let go, she would fall to her death, shattering her body to pieces.
Or he could strangle her to death right there.
He was squeezing her throat, her fair neck bruised from his grip. She was gasping for breath, instinctively trying to pry his hand loose.
Mu Ran was coughing intermittently, veins popping out on her forehead. Her originally pale face turned a ghastly red, with traces of blood flowing down to the back of his hand.
Lu Chuanbai's bodyguard watched this horrific scene with a chill, even feeling a trace of sympathy for this woman.
One more second, and she would be dead.
Lu Chuanbai's face was frighteningly gloomy. Suddenly, he released his grip, picked her up and roughly threw her to the ground.
Her head hit the wall, causing her world to spin instantly.
Disoriented, Mu Ran lay on the ground, as she suddenly began coughing, blood trailing from the corner of her mouth.
Lu Chuanbai frowned deeply, the bodyguard immediately handed him a quick handkerchief. He took it, wiped his hands and threw it on the ground, before turning to leave.
In the vast sickroom, only his icy voice echoed.
"Take her to the insane asylum. No one is allowed to visit without my permission."
Mu Ran did not resist, she was like a shattered doll, discarded by his people to an insane asylum.
Then a devastating news descended, she was pregnant.
This was the results of the physical examination the doctors in the insane asylum gave her, it's impossible to be mistaken.
She rubbed her stomach, staring blankly for a moment before coming back to her senses.
This child is innocent; she couldn't give up just like that.
"I want to see Lu Chuanbai!"
Like a madwoman, Mu Ran suddenly scrambled off the bed and started pounding on the door.
Someone opened the door, striding in with an imposing air. "What is it?"
Mu Ran knelt on the ground. "Please tell Lu Chuanbai that I am pregnant, and I wish to see him."
Pregnancy was serious business. The man didn’t dare to delay and promised to inform Lu Chuanbai.
But she did not get to see Lu Chuanbai.
During the night, the rain was fierce, with sporadic thunder roaring in the distant sky.
Mu Ran laid on the ground, covered in blood. Beside her stood two men, each holding a club.
A few minutes ago, these men had mercilessly thrashed her stomach with their clubs till a pool of blood seeped from under her, only then did they stop.
Her child could no longer be saved and was miscarried amidst the pool of blood.
And Xia Yanqi, stood arrogantly before her, a smug smile playing on her lips.
She lifted her foot, her high heels cruelly stepping on the back of Mu Ran's hand, contempt gleaming in her eyes.
"You thought having his child would make Chuanbai spare you? Unfortunately for you, he only wants me, Xia Yanqi, to bear his children. You are nothing more than a weed on the roadside."
"Have his child? You think you're worthy?"
Mu Ran gritted her teeth so hard there was a faint taste of blood.
"I want to see Lu Chuanbai!"
Xia Yanqi sneered, "Do you think I could have found this place if he hadn't told me?"
So this was all Lu Chuanbai's doing, even his own flesh and blood weren't spared!
Mu Ran's entire body was in immense pain, her abdominal area felt as if all her internal organs were being stirred together. But this pain was nothing compared to the callousness of Lu Chuanbai.
Mu Ran's facial features became somewhat distorted, her face was extremely pale due to exhaustion, giving off an extremely frail beauty.
Xia Yanqi despised her beautiful face. She squatted down, pinched her chin with a finger, and contemptuously said,
"Thanks to you, I can finally see the light again."
"For the sake of your eyes, I'll end your pitiful life. Try a better reincarnation in your next life."
"Hahaha..."
The shrill laughter echoed in her ears. Mu Ran stared blankly in her direction, the wind and rain pounded against the windows creating a particularly gloomy atmosphere.
"Xia Yanqi, even if I turn into a ghost, I will not let you go."
After she finished speaking, her hatred was so overwhelming, she vomited a mouthful of blood.
Although she couldn't see, her clear eyes seemingly blocked everyone's heart with fear.
Xia Yanqi's gaze gradually became colder, she stood up and instructed two men, "Burn this place down, make sure you clean up well."
The two men immediately nodded, Xia Yanqi elegantly walked away in her high heels.
Not long after, flames rose from all around, the room where Mu Ran was soon surrounded by a fierce fire. By the time people discovered it, Mu Ran's room had been reduced to ashes.