BOOM!
The moment the name Qingt reached the Chief Medical Officer's ears.
His pupils contracted violently, and the hands hanging at his sides trembled uncontrollably.
After clenching his teeth and refusing to reveal a thing for so long, the Chief Medical Officer finally broke.
Qingt. Of course, he remembered her.
She had been Belina's Chief Palace Maid. When Princess Yu Lan went missing, she vanished from public view as well.
The disappearance of a mere palace maid would hardly attract any attention on the Central Star, a world teeming with nobility.
"What is the real truth of what happened back then?"
"What is this secret you've tried so desperately to hide?"
"Speak."
Shen Zueran stood before the now utterly defeated Chief Medical Officer, looking down and scrutinizing him.
His dark eyes were heavy, like a vortex constantly devouring a person's sanity.
After a long moment, the Chief Medical Officer's difficult, hoarse voice finally sounded out:
