Hospital 444
Chapter 145 - 22 Scalpel

Chapter 145: Chapter 22 Scalpel

Lu Yuqing found a high-class coffee shop near the villa area and took a seat.

Most of the neighborhood was affluent, so the price of the coffee was significantly higher than the average.

Lu Yuqing didn’t mind.

She just genuinely liked coffee.

Because in the past... before she had lost that good friend of hers, that friend used to love drinking coffee.

Her parents had taught her that a "friend" was someone who was "beneficial to oneself." On the contrary, those of different classes, statuses, and unable to offer any help could not be considered friends.

Lu Yuqing picked up the coffee that was brought to her and took a sip.

"Yuqing, you’re really amazing, you passed the resident doctor exam so quickly!"

"He Yan, what do you think our next department assignment will be?"

"I’m thinking of getting some experience in the emergency department..."

"Isn’t the emergency department very dangerous? The whole emergency center is like a giant haunted house!"

"You can get very good training in the emergency department, and I also want to help my sister a lot."

Memories from days gone by came flooding back.

Could He Yan still manage to return to the hospital alive?

Reason told Lu Yuqing it was very unlikely.

Altering memories wasn’t really the most terrifying part.

The fundamental reason Yin Wuque chose to disassociate himself from this matter was that the curse involved an untraceable otherworldly dimension.

She knew some inside information...

Now, already five gates to hell had fully opened, and the hospital would be facing severe challenges ahead, with the death rate among surgeons also rising.

For Yin Wuque, he could save Gao He Yan at a great cost. But to him, that cost might be more than he could bear.

Both Dai Lin and Gao He Yan probably couldn’t make it back alive.

Honestly, sitting here, she couldn’t guarantee that she wouldn’t be caught up in this terrible curse.

She didn’t want to die.

She glanced at her phone.

The appointed time had passed, and Dai Lin hadn’t contacted her.

"Has he had his memory altered, or is he dead?"

What kind of terrifying curse power was hidden inside Eagle Garden that it could be so powerful?

As time passed...

The sky outside had already darkened.

In the coffee shop, some oddly dressed people appeared and began celebrating the Halloween party.

Only then did Lu Yuqing remember that tonight was Halloween.

For a Paranormal Doctor, a particularly unlucky night.

She looked at the guests dressed up as devils and monsters, then checked the time.

It was almost seven o’clock.

She had unexpectedly sat here all day.

Dai Lin had still not made contact.

Was he dead now?

Or?

Just then, she saw the door of the coffee shop being pushed open.

To Lu Yuqing’s astonishment...

The person who entered was none other than Yin Wuque!

"Yin... Deputy Director?"

Yin Wuque almost sprinted to Lu Yuqing’s table and sat down.

"How are they doing right now?"

Lu Yuqing was stunned for a moment, then said, "You’re here to save He Yan, right?"

"I’ve mostly figured it out." Yin Wuque said with an icy voice, "But once we enter that house, we’ll be at its mercy."

"Including you, Deputy Director?"

"What’s frightening is the otherworldly dimension behind it." Yin Wuque analyzed calmly, "It’s my nature not to fight unprepared. If I am to make a move, it must be a decisive hit."

"Are you the only one who came?"

"I’m here... isn’t that enough?"

Indeed, the other party had the confidence to say so.

After all, Yin Wuque was hailed as a rare genius in the history of Hospital 444, the successor designated by the former Deputy Director, Lu Yuan.

"Dai Lin has already entered Eagle Garden. It’s certain that the source of the curse lies within..."

"The owner of the cursed house, named Gao Qishu, pen name Abyss Blue Whale, is a well-known bestselling author."

"You’ve figured this out? I don’t read much, so I haven’t heard of this name. But how did you find out?"

"Because..."

Just as he said this, Yin Wuque suddenly grabbed Lu Yuqing’s arm tightly, and then, the café turned blood red!

A bright red skeleton appeared beside Lu Yuqing, gripping her tightly!

"You!"

Lu Yuqing never expected Yin Wuque to strike at her!

Suddenly, everything returned to normal.

"I need your help to rescue He Yan," Yin Wuque continued, "I will give you a cursed item. As long as you help her, the cursed item is yours."

"You’re implanting a curse within me?"

"Yes."

"If I fail..."

"The curse might revive. You don’t have a choice. I would rather not resort to such means, but I don’t want to lose capable doctors from the surgical department."

Lu Yuqing understood.

"So, you’re willing to sacrifice one attending physician?"

"I hope to achieve the maximum benefit at the smallest cost. Neither Dai Lin nor He Yan can die!"

Lu Yuqing understood.

What Yin Wuque cared about most was still Dai Lin, or to be precise, his eyes.

"Okay... I understand. But how do I use the cursed item?"

"You don’t need to worry. You might lose your memory as soon as you get in there. Also, here’s something for you. If you haven’t lost your memory, I need you to use this..."

...

Lu Yuqing entered Eagle Garden, her heart pounding.

Following the map Yin Wuque had given her, she arrived at Gao Qishu’s villa.

Looking at the lakeside villa before her, all the windows... were dark!

All was pitch black!

Entering the inside, perhaps it was an otherworldly space!

But Lu Yuqing had no choice.

She could only go in.

Approaching the door, she tried to push it open.

Surprisingly, the door opened!

Lu Yuqing swallowed hard, then she walked in...

...

Yunyi felt something was very wrong.

How come the atmosphere on this Halloween night was so strange?

At this moment, even though the lights were bright inside, he felt a strange unease in his heart.

He took a sip of orange juice, then looked at his mother next to him.

His mother was still dressed up in that scary costume.

"Mom," Yunyi suddenly asked a question, "where is... Auntie?"

His mother, who had been calm, suddenly looked at him, then lunged over, grasping his shoulders tightly!

"What... did... you say?"

"No, I’m sorry, Mom!"

Yunyi’s face turned pale with fright, "I, I didn’t say anything!"

Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "Right... yes, I remembered wrong, there’s no auntie, she doesn’t exist..."

"Right..." His mother’s tone softened, "You’re thinking correctly."

Right...

That’s correct...

"Mom, I, I’m going to the bathroom."

Yunyi quickly ran upstairs.

His memory felt very chaotic.

Auntie...

Why would he ask his mother about "Auntie"?

Why?

And...

When he got to the second floor, near the study, he suddenly heard some noise.

He slowly approached the study.

This was where his father had died, so Yunyi had always been afraid to get close.

He pressed close to the gap in the door, looking inside.

Then, he saw a figure, furiously writing something!

Before Yunyi could react, he felt a hand grab his shoulder!

"Going to the bathroom... why are you on the second floor?"

Yunyi turned back to see it was his mother!

"Mom... I just..."

"Were you remembering something... about an Auntie?"

Yunyi looked at his mother’s horrifying face and suddenly ran upstairs in fright!

Something was off!

Mom was not right!

And... the study just now...

He ran all the way to the third floor, with his mother’s voice sounding from behind, "Yunyi... why are you going to the third floor?"

Yunyi kept accelerating his pace...

"Mom! Mom! What’s wrong with you?"

After he reached the third floor, a voice suddenly rang out, "Yunyi! Save me! Let me out!"

This was...

Auntie’s voice!

"Yunyi! Save me!"

Yunyi ran to the isolation area below, hearing the voice coming from the ceiling!

Was Auntie inside?

Why was she trapped up there?

Yunyi quickly grabbed three stools from the room next door, stacked them up, and climbed on top!

Then he reached for the attic lid in the ceiling, pulling down the attic ladder!

"Auntie!"

Then, he saw Jin Yunran coming down from the attic!

On her neck, there was a shocking, blood-red handprint!

Just then, Yunyi suddenly saw his mother approaching!

"Mom!"

Yunyi quickly said, "Auntie was locked up, I..."

"No!"

His mother suddenly lunged at that moment!

"Yunyi, stay away from her!"

Yunyi looked at Jin Yunran in a daze, and before he could react, suddenly...

A knife flew from a distance, steadily... plunging into Jin Yunran’s neck!

"Ah!"

Jin Yunran’s body fell down, in agonizing pain, grabbing at the knife, trying to pull it out, but the process was exceedingly difficult!

A huge amount of blood gushed from her throat like a fountain, but she still stood, dashing forward in a rush!

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