Meng Qing took the terminal, replacing the one originally attached to his left arm. Although it cost him greatly, it was worth the price.
Four bailiffs took Yu Yi out of the tribunal, who would take her to undergo the frontal lobe excision. She was unclear about what this punishment entailed, what the frontal lobe was, or why it had caused a commotion among others in the tribunal. But from others’ reactions, she could tell this so-called excision surgery must be terrifying.
She was terrified, almost unable to move her steps, but the court bailiff supported her, making her move forward even if she didn’t want to. She trembled and asked, “Are you going to cut off some part of my body?”
One bailiff looked at her sympathetically. She was only fourteen years old, raised in a time and space with extremely backward technology, unable to understand what punishment she was about to receive. He softly comforted her, “Don’t be afraid. The anesthetist will give you anesthesia, and you won’t feel pain during the surgery.”
Yu Yi was not afraid of pain, but what terrified her most was not knowing what would be cut off. She had heard of prisoners having their noses or limbs chopped off, and if she were to become like that, she would rather die now.
The hearing chamber was inside the Temporal Management Bureau, and the hospital under the medical department performing the frontal lobotomy was also located within the bureau. The bailiffs took Yu Yi by elevator directly to the hospital area.
When Yu Yi was fixed on a single bed and the four bailiffs retreated outside the operating room, her fear reached its peak. When the operating room door opened again, that fear finally erupted, and Yu Yi couldn’t help but burst into tears.
The doctor, wearing a light green half-length gown and a light green surgical cap, approached her. Through her blurry tearful eyes, Yu Yi couldn’t see his face clearly, only seeing him bending down towards her.
She instinctively wanted to curl up and avoid him, but she was tightly secured to the bed with restraints and couldn’t move at all. She could only cry and beg, “No, please don’t…”
“Don’t be afraid, it’s me,” he softly soothed.
Yu Yi opened her eyes wide. This voice… was Meng Qing!
