"..."
Seeing her downcast expression, Shang Ruyi immediately understood. The thirty-plus deaths yesterday, along with the seventeen from last night, were likely all from here.
A healer's heart is compassionate. Watching patients die one by one while being powerless, how could one not feel sorrow?
Shang Ruyi thought for a moment and said, "It's not your fault that they couldn't be saved."
"..."
"It's the fault of this epidemic."
Hearing this, Su Qinglan lifted her eyes again, a trace of gratitude surfacing in her smile.
Shang Ruyi also looked at her with newfound respect—being a female official is already difficult, and to stand out is even harder. This Su Qinglan could persist, and in such times of epidemic, she stands firm at this place. It shows she has a resilient mind and a character like an orchid.
She truly lives up to her name.
