The next day.
It was already past one in the afternoon when Shi Yu finally woke up. She had the day off from the hospital, and she let her eyes drift shut again, sinking back into a lazy haze.
Sunlight blazed outside, but not a whisper of its scorching heat penetrated the room, where the air conditioner hummed silently.
She pressed a hand to her forehead. She’d had too much to drink last night, an
















