Frightening Joke: Above the Mist
Chapter 114 Surgery

Chapter 114: Chapter 114 Surgery

Su Jiexian and Zhong Yi just died like that.

The interval between their deaths was less than half an hour, yet currently, there isn’t the slightest clue about the ghost.

Qin Chuan’s self-reproach is just futile self-consolation; at this moment, an immense, immovable stone weighs on everyone’s heart.

Bai Yanliang, trapped on the third floor, is still completely unaware of all this.

His current state is very peculiar.

His head is dizzy, his vision blurred, as if the sky and earth are rotating.

Bai Yanliang can confirm that his mental state is very stable and his physical condition is quite good, but... now he’s suddenly experiencing this half-awake, half-asleep state.

It’s like something is about to burst out of his mind...

Bai Yanliang shook his head vigorously to keep himself awake.

What’s going on here? Could it be... the problem with that bottle of liquid?

Bai Yanliang sits quietly on the hospital bed; the entire hospital is silent as if nothing exists but him, if he hadn’t seen those two nurses.

Too quiet...

Du Shangjing and the others are also completely absent.

With these thoughts, somehow, Bai Yanliang fell asleep again!

Such a thing happening to him can only be described as incredible.

No... perhaps I shouldn’t say asleep; Bai Yanliang still retains some consciousness, vaguely sensing his surroundings, but his body has begun to rest on its own.

His eyes closed uncontrollably, limbs weak and powerless, fatigue attacking from all sides.

This feeling is very strange, like stuffing a fully charged battery into an old toy car.

And Bai Yanliang is that battery.

When Bai Yanliang "woke up" again, another nurse appeared before him.

Now it’s... what time?

"Awake? Hungry?"

The nurse spoke.

This time the appearing nurse wasn’t either of the previous two; although she only has a mouth on her face, her voice is sweet and melodious, with a well-proportioned figure.

"A bit," Bai Yanliang replied.

"Take your medicine first," she seemed to be staring at Bai Yanliang, "then you can have lunch."

Lunch?

It seems it’s already noon; the sudden wave of drowsiness just now didn’t last very long.

"What’s your name?" With neither the nurse from last night nor this morning here, Bai Yanliang suddenly asked the nurse before him.

She seemed a bit hesitant: "My name is... Tang Xiao Wen."

"What’s wrong with me, Nurse Tang?" Bai Yanliang leaned back against the bed, expressing confusion: "I often feel fatigued and then... uncontrollably fall asleep."

"Haha, it’s just the side effect of the medication, it’s okay." Despite her fearsome face, Tang Xiao Wen with just a mouth can communicate quite normally.

"Medication effect?" Bai Yanliang frowned, dissatisfiedly looking at her: "Nurse Tang, what exactly is my illness?"

"Ah?" Tang Xiao Wen let out a somewhat unexpected sound; she seemed unable to answer this question, simply pouring a cup of water, taking out a few white pills, and handing them to Bai Yanliang.

"Take your medicine first, Hu Chen." Tang Xiao Wen supported Bai Yanliang, pouring him a cup of water.

The contact made Bai Yanliang feel wary, but... this fearsome-faced nurse also carried the unique scent of a young woman, aside from her face, she seemed entirely normal.

She called him Hu Chen.

Bai Yanliang further confirmed one thing, in others’ eyes, he indeed is Hu Chen, and this ward is Hu Chen’s ward.

At this moment, the door to the ward was pushed open.

A man in a white coat entered, wearing a mask, with some gray in his hair, looking to be in his forties or fifties, with thick eyebrows and large eyes, full of vigor.

Unlike the nurse, he has eyes.

Tang Xiao Wen immediately stood upright, respectfully calling: "Dean He."

Dean?

Bai Yanliang looked at him, silent.

Dean He’s gaze stayed on Bai Yanliang, suddenly, he removed his mask, revealing the lower half of his face, which was just the opposite of the nurse.

He has eyes, but no mouth.

Strangely, he could still produce sound:

"Hu Chen, do you know what date it is today?"

Bai Yanliang did not answer.

Sometimes, silence is the best answer, especially when the other person already knows the answer.

Sure enough, Dean He continued on his own.

"One month now, you’re recovering well, how do you feel?"

"..."

"Hmm, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to talk; hang in there for a while longer. If no adverse reactions occur this week, you can be officially discharged."

Dean He didn’t comment much on Bai Yanliang’s silence but turned his head to instruct Tang Xiao Wen: "Take good care of Hu Chen, administer the medicine on time."

"Yes, Dean."

"Hmm."

Dean He put on his mask and turned to leave the ward.

Although Bai Yanliang hadn’t spoken at all, it didn’t mean he knew nothing.

Drawing conclusions from the information Dean He revealed in his words.

Adverse reaction.

The so-called adverse reaction refers to an inevitable immune process when foreign tissue enters an immunocompetent host.

This means Hu Chen underwent some surgery, and now he is... under post-operative observation.

What sort of surgery would be available in such a remote psychiatric hospital?

Furthermore... the iron door sealing the passage between the third and second floors seems like it’s guarding against a monster.

A vague notion starts to form in Bai Yanliang’s mind.

What surgery did Hu Chen undergo, is it voluntary or involuntary?

"Hu Chen, take your medicine."

Tang Xiao Wen held some pills in her palm, her featureless face directed at Bai Yanliang, as if watching him.

After what just happened, Bai Yanliang suddenly felt perhaps due to that surgery, Hu Chen’s cognition of the world has altered.

Actually... whether doctors or nurses, they are normal humans, only that in Hu Chen’s eyes, they appear grotesquely distorted.

So, Bai Yanliang looked at Tang Xiao Wen and suddenly smiled: "When do you think I can be discharged?"

Tang Xiao Wen handed him the water cup and shook her head: "I don’t know, it should... depend on your own recovery condition."

Her response was quite normal.

Bai Yanliang glanced at the pills in her hand, considering for a moment, he took them and tossed them into his mouth.

"Alright, I’ve taken them, where’s lunch?"

Bai Yanliang asked.

Tang Xiao Wen, seeing Bai Yanliang consume the pills, got up to say: "I’ll go fetch it."

Watching Tang Xiao Wen’s departing figure, Bai Yanliang suddenly opened his mouth, spitting out a few pills then placing them in his pocket.

He hid the pills under his tongue, without swallowing, a technique Bai Yanliang often utilized when he first entered Ye City Mental Hospital; back then... he was very agitated, so the hospital gave him medication to calm him down.

Unexpectedly, this technique is applicable here as well.

Calmly, Bai Yanliang turned his head, gazing at the sky outside the window, even though the window was sealed with steel bars, he could still see the scenery outside through the gaps.

Hu Chen has always been confined here; what has this ordinary-looking man experienced in this hospital nestled deep in the mountains?

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