Hospital 444
Chapter 122 - 35: The Mystery of Vice President Lu Yuan’s Death

Chapter 122: Chapter 35: The Mystery of Vice President Lu Yuan’s Death

At this moment, Dai Lin’s brain raced with countless thoughts.

Although his left eye was sending unprecedented danger alerts, he couldn’t see through the red mask at such a close distance!

But from the half-exposed face of the nurse, Dai Lin was certain... he had never seen this nurse in Hospital 444 before!

People he had once seen with his Devil’s Eye, even if only in a fleeting glance, he would never forget!

And the way this nurse was staring at him, no doubt... she must be suspicious!

Suspicious that he could see her, yet acted as if he couldn’t!

Then the question arose, if the nurse attacked him next, was he supposed to just not fight back?

But the left eye’s warning made it clear to him, facing this nurse, he was bound to die!

He must absolutely... not let her realize!

Finally, Dai Lin made a decision... he yawned casually and then closed his eyes!

He released the curse suppressing his desire to sleep, and immediately, a strong drowsiness overcame him.

He might as well just fall asleep!

It was a gamble!

Because it was genuine sleep, no flaws could be detected!

If he really could see the nurse, how could he possibly fall asleep?

Fall asleep... fall asleep... fall asleep...

Suppressing the fear in his heart, Dai Lin fell straight into sleep!

But under the strong fear and anxiety, even with intense sleepiness, it was very hard for him to truly fall asleep. After being in a hazy state between dream and wakefulness for a long while, Dai Lin slightly opened his eyes.

The nurse...

Was gone.

The door to the ward was also closed.

Dai Lin didn’t show any sign of relief but turned over and closed his eyes again to sleep. Only this time, he was positioned a bit closer to the nurse call button.

This matter... he couldn’t tell anyone.

Neither inside Hospital 444 nor outside of it.

Under what circumstances a doctor can see the doctors and nurses with red masks is unknown, it might purely be accidental. But without a doubt, they absolutely must not inform other doctors or nurses about this; otherwise, others would only survive by ignoring them. It’s quite clear that by telling others, one might be discovered by those red-masked doctors and nurses!

The black inverted cross...

The red mask...

The thirteen levels of staircase steps...

The Demons Department that must always have exactly four people...

The underground morgue where the bodies of the deceased patients must be placed...

The outpatient area that must absolutely not be entered from midnight until four in the morning...

And the most important taboo of all...

Including the deputy dean, absolutely no doctor, nurse, or patient is allowed on the thirteenth floor of the hospital outpatient building, which happens to be the office of the dean!

What other mysteries are hidden within Hospital 444?

...

Inside Hospital 444, there is no distinction between night and day.

Even during the day, without seeing the sunlight, Dai Lin couldn’t feel the dawn.

He just wanted to be discharged as soon as possible and return to his position in the outpatient clinic.

Around noon, Gao Heyann came to visit him and even brought lunch.

The overall patient meals at Hospital 444 were actually very good, but Gao Heyann still preferred to bring Dai Lin his meals.

"Observe for three more days, and you can be discharged," Gao Heyann stared at Dai Lin and said, "You’ve been in the hospital for less than a month, yet you’ve ended up in the wards more than once."

Dai Lin looked at Gao Heyann in front of him. He guessed that Gao Heyann probably did not know about the past relationship between Yin Wuque and Wei Shirling.

The information Han Ming had given him about Yin Wuque’s time before and after being admitted to the hospital could be verified, and it seemed unlikely he lied. However, this brought up a point that Dai Lin found quite puzzling.

Yin Wuque’s entry into Hospital 444 could not have been a coincidence.

In terms of timing, Gao Heyann had not yet joined the hospital as a doctor, and her sister, Gao Menghua, had always hidden this from her.

Yin Wuque’s lover, Wei Shirling, and An Minglu died in the same way. After that, he met Gao Menghua at Wei Shirling’s grave and later... he became a doctor at Hospital 444?

It wasn’t a TV drama, where could such a coincidence come from?

"It sounds like I really wanted to work here," Dai Lin said with a wry smile and went on, "Isn’t it the same for every doctor here?"

"Not necessarily." However, what Gao Heyann said next was startling, "Most doctors indeed are forcefully recruited by the dean, but occasionally, there are doctors who apply on their own initiative. For example... my sister and I."

Dai Lin’s expression changed.

"There are also doctors who apply on their own initiative?"

"Certain unique individuals can see Hospital 444’s recruitment announcement online, then they are informed about the use of Spiritual Therapy Points. Some people, in pursuit of these points, will actively submit their resumes online to apply."

"Just like the business cards, are these the recruitment announcements that convince those who see them completely?"

"Pretty much. We went through some things in our childhood... Our parents came to the hospital for treatment, and the doctor treating them was our teacher."

"Doctor Jiang Licheng?"

"Correct. Both of our parents had died at that time, and we stayed in the hospital for a long period, slowly healing and recovering. After that incident, my sister was determined to become a Paranormal Doctor."

"Your sister... voluntarily chose to be a doctor?"

"People who know about the hospital, if they have a strong intention in their hearts to actively join the hospital, can also see the hospital’s recruitment announcement online. Whenever there’s a shortage of doctors in the hospital, recruitment is posted approximately every quarter. Tormented by our parents’ death, though surviving, my sister was resolved to become a Paranormal Doctor to save others cursed by ghosts, to prevent patients from experiencing such misfortune out of the blue, as we did."

Dai Lin was stunned by what he heard.

As Gao Heyann mentioned this, she looked up at the ceiling, "Back then, when Vice Dean Lu Yuan was around, he held my sister and her husband, I mean the current Vice-Dean Yin, in high regard... Both were considered the most brilliant surgeons of the younger generation within the hospital, one as the future vice-dean and the other as the universally recognized future head of the Emergency Department. If Vice Dean Lu Yuan hadn’t died, Han Ming wouldn’t have the chance to cause such trouble now!"

Recalling the wary expression Han Ming had when he mentioned "Lu Yuan," Dai Lin ventured to ask, "Lu Yuan was the administrative vice-dean before Vice Dean Yin, right?"

"Hmm. Even now, many of his students are heads of various departments or leading doctors."

Dai Lin felt that at least Han Ming was right about Lu Yuan being his psychological shadow.

"Unfortunately, how did Vice Dean Lu... pass away?"

In Hospital 444, there was no concept of "retirement" for doctors, and even without using Spiritual Therapy Points to extend life, regardless of gender, even at the age of sixty or seventy or older, as long as one did not die, one had to keep working. With cursed objects present, one could age without succumbing to diseases, but without using Spiritual Therapy Points to extend life, the natural degeneration of bodily organs was irreversible. Thus, the replacement of a vice-dean only had two possibilities: demotion or death.

"Don’t ask about that," Gao Heyann didn’t answer directly, "In any department, this is a taboo topic."

As soon as this topic was brought up, Gao Heyann’s expression became much more solemn.

"This Vice Dean Lu Yuan... was he much better than Han Ming?"

"There’s no doubt about that. When Vice Dean Lu Yuan was still around, Han Ming’s faction wasn’t even a factor. Even within his own Department of Fierce Spirits, there were many who outright rejected him. Now, even the head of the Emergency Department, An Zhiyuan, is his man."

Clearly, in Gao Heyann’s heart, the head of the Emergency Department should have belonged to her sister, and now that An Zhiyuan was mentioned, her eyes naturally showed undisguised dislike.

"Oh, and another thing..." Gao Heyann seemed to remember something and said to Dai Lin, "It’s one thing you did this time to save your brother. But now, you owe nothing to people like Han Ming. From now on, stop associating with them, especially Lu Yuqing!"

Dai Lin only knew that previously Gao Heyann and Lu Yuqing had been close friends, but now it seemed her resentment was significant because Lu Yuqing had chosen to switch to the Ghost Surgery Department.

"Alright. I understand."