Hospital 444
Chapter 101 - 14: Lu Yuqing

Chapter 101: Chapter 14: Lu Yuqing

The corridors inside the setting sun building were all voice-controlled lights.

However, these voice-controlled lights seemed to be broken, which meant that the sounds made by Lu Yanran as she moved failed to turn the lights on.

So, the corridor ahead was almost pitch dark, as if you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

At this moment, Lu Yanran could only lift her phone, using the feeble light it emitted to illuminate the path ahead.

Her legs felt weak, and she constantly felt as if a terrifying ghost might pounce at her from the darkness at any moment. Her heart was beating so violently that it made breathing difficult. Right now, it took her a full five seconds to move just one or two meters. Additionally, the alcohol hadn’t worn off yet, making her head spin fiercely.

At this moment, Lu Yanran was full of regret, wishing she hadn’t drunk at all! Before this, she had only sipped wine in moderation and never gulped down spirits in such large swigs!

As the dizziness intensified, she began to feel as if the corridor in front of her was spinning. She quickly lifted a hand, bracing against the wall. She had to try slapping her cheeks, forcing herself to stay conscious—she absolutely couldn’t faint, as the consequences were unthinkable.

But this was almost entirely ineffective.

Just as she was sinking into a deep abyss of fear, her phone’s screen dimmed, and then she felt a hand tightly gripping her arm!

That hand was dragging her forward!

"No!"

At the moment she cried out "No"...

"Hm?"

"Are you okay?"

At that moment, Lu Yanran found the corridor had become incredibly bright.

And there was another person beside her.

A tall man.

"Mrs. Zhang, hello," the man introduced himself: "I am Dai Lin."

Lu Yanran looked at Dai Lin, full of suspicion and confusion, and asked, "You... you are Doctor Dai?"

She saw that the area around Dai Lin’s left eye was covered with red bloodshot veins!

At that moment, the bloodshot veins slowly dissipated, which looked very frightening.

"Doctor Dai, your eye—what’s with it?"

"My eye is fine. Sorry to have you come down. Thank you for bringing the Cursed Flesh, which allowed me to... in any case, let’s go to your place first."

Examining Dai Lin standing before her, Lu Yanran was full of doubt and suspicion. Finally, something occurred to her, and she said, "Your business card, do you have one?"

"Yes, I do."

Dai Lin quickly took out a red business card from his person and handed it to Lu Yanran.

The moment she took the business card, Lu Yanran’s mind jolted. Just like that, all her suspicion and caution towards Hospital 444 dissipated.

"I’m sorry, Doctor Dai, I doubted you just now!" Lu Yanran said excitedly, "Lucky you came!"

"I’m sorry, Mrs. Zhang, let me try something. I’ll see if I can take you to the hospital."

Dai Lin then grabbed Lu Yanran’s arm, saying, "Please... don’t struggle. If it goes well, I might be able to bring you inside the hospital."

Afterwards...

The conclusion Dai Lin reached was: there was no way to bring her back to the hospital.

"Just as I thought," Dai Lin seemed totally unsurprised by this outcome, "it seems the space inside this building has been completely disrupted."

Following that, Dai Lin looked towards a certain place in front of them, widening his eyes.

"Doctor Dai?"

"It’s nothing," Dai Lin said. "Could you give me the Cursed Flesh?"

"Oh, sure..."

She took out the Cursed Flesh Source from her bag and was about to cut it with a knife when Dai Lin said, "Let me do it. I am a Paranormal Doctor, so I can eat a bit more. The part that is cut off will regrow immediately."

Then, Dai Lin took the knife and fiercely cut off a large chunk of flesh, gulping it down without hesitation.

Lu Yanran was instantly stunned.

After consuming the Cursed Flesh, Dai Lin let out a sigh of relief and said, "Let’s go."

"Okay... okay..."

Following that, Dai Lin took out his mobile phone from his person and dialed a number.

"You have your mobile phone with you?"

"Yes, it took some effort to get it back."

The call was quickly connected. Then, Lu Yanran saw on Dai Lin’s phone screen, a video image appeared, that of a long-haired, delicate-featured female doctor wearing a white lab coat.

"Doctor Lu," Dai Lin said to the female doctor on the other end of the phone, "I have now arrived at the Sunset Building and have made contact with Mrs. Zhang. Currently, I cannot return to the hospital, I can only wait for the full moon night."

"You have worked hard, Doctor Dai. There’s no choice, at the moment, only you can come to the Sunset Building," the female doctor surnamed Lu replied, "You must strictly follow Doctor Liang’s treatment plan."

"I will have to request leave from Director Song later, I can’t hide this anymore."

"Doctor Dai..." Doctor Lu continued, "From now on you must contact me at regular intervals every day, if there is an emergency, I will take a risk and come here to rescue you."

"Understood, Doctor Lu. Anyway, please let Vice Director Han know to have my brother talk to me after he is discharged from the hospital."

"Doctor Dai, when you are on the move, face your phone screen forward; I will help you survey the surroundings for any resentful spirits..."

"Okay."

Listening to the two doctors converse with such calm, Lu Yanran’s inner panic diminished considerably.

The two of them then walked into the stairwell, with Lu Yanran following Dai Lin’s steps, swiftly heading up the stairs.

During this process, Lu Yanran could be described as tense and silent, but, unexpectedly, everything went smoothly.

But just as they reached the thirteenth floor, Doctor Lu’s voice came through the mobile phone.

"Don’t go up."

After these five words, Dai Lin frowned and asked, "Doctor Lu?"

"I know you can’t see anything with your left eye. It’s not in front of you, but as soon as you go up, the ghost will appear immediately. Although you’ve consumed the Cursed Flesh, at this stage, it’s better not to directly confront the Resentful Spirit. I do not wish for your arrival to attract the attention of the malicious ghost too soon."

"I understand, so?"

"With the Cursed Flesh present, the Resentful Spirit cannot stay there for long. Wait until I say you can go, then you can move."

"Okay."

Listening to Doctor Lu give orders with such calmness and self-possession, Lu Yanran quickly asked, "Can’t your hospital send a few more doctors over?"

Dai Lin shook his head and said, "Due to certain special reasons, only I can come."

"What special reason?"

"The reason I am here is not only to take you from this building to the hospital for treatment but also to retrieve the cursed object left here by Doctor Liang Zhigao. The cursed object is key to treating you all."

"Doctor Dai." On the phone video, Doctor Lu continued, "I want to remind you of one thing. You must never be complacent; since Doctor Liang has passed away, the cursed object could be revived by the curse at any time. If it develops to that extent, not only will you be unable to suppress that ferocious ghost, but the revived devil, along with the ferocious ghost, will come to kill you. You must keep this in mind. I can’t guarantee I’ll be able to stay in contact with you."

"Dead, Doctor Liang died?" Lu Yanran was startled upon hearing this, "How did he die?"

"Doctor Lu, Doctor Liang he..."

"There’s no need to keep the patient in the dark," Doctor Lu said from the other end of the video, "Please be assured, your brother will be discharged soon. I will arrange for a video call with him for you."

After a while, Doctor Lu suddenly said, "Doctor Dai, since there’s nothing to do right now, I have a question for you."

"What is it?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin’s expression became more serious as he said firmly, "Let me first declare that I won’t answer any questions that might be detrimental to Vice Director Yin."

"Has He Yan ever mentioned me to you?"

Dai Lin was taken aback.

Clearly, he had not expected her to ask such a question.

"Even once... has she ever brought up my name, Lu Yuqing, to you?"

Dai Lin shook his head and replied, "I absolutely don’t recall her mentioning you to me. The first time I learned of Doctor Lu’s name was at the time when Vice Director Han arranged the contract."

"I see... indeed, she has already moved to the point where she doesn’t even want to mention me, hasn’t she?"

Then she sighed and said, "Go up. The Resentful Spirit won’t come out anymore."