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The main hall of the Emergency Department was full of people.

The nurses behind the rectangular reception desk were picking up phone calls and answering questions nonstop, and even though there were three of them, they were extremely busy.

"Please make way" and "excuse me" were the words spoken by the family members of patients as they walked in the middle of the main hall. Some of them looked stupefied, and some wore anxious expressions. Some were crying.

Right now, Shi Qiang's father and eldest aunt were sitting on the bench outside the resuscitation room. They wore blank expressions.

The resuscitation room was connected to the operating theater, and patients' family members were not allowed inside. Hence, Shi Qiang's father and eldest aunt had no choice but to sit outside and stare into space.

Behind them, a sturdy cypress tree could be seen through the thick floor-to-ceiling window.