A nine-year-old child is incredibly naive, thinking that as long as they survive and get out, life would go smoothly.
However, the girl already in her teens has a bitter smile at her lips.
"Even if I'm cured, what then? I'm already blind, lost my legs. This horrible appearance, even my parents would despise me."
Little Ruan Qi chokes out a rebuttal: "No, that's not true... Parents love you the most..."
"But I can't be a burden to them." Tears fall from the girl's only remaining eye as she looks towards the ceiling with her hollow socket, "My family isn't well off, my parents are farmers. Returning to the village like this would bring shame upon them. Rather than being ridiculed for a lifetime, I'd rather just die."
The girl's words make Little Ruan Qi realize the cruelty of the world for the first time.
She doesn't understand why someone injured would be mocked; nor does she understand what's wrong with desperately clinging to life.
