Hospital 444
Chapter 172 - 21 The Magician and the Dream

Chapter 172: Chapter 21 The Magician and the Dream

"Director Chen."

At this time, Fei Jingyan, who had been silent throughout, suddenly spoke up, "Does this mean you intend for the Ghost Surgery Department to take full charge of the surgery? In my opinion, this operation must involve the Department of Cursed Objects."

Chen Jun had not expected Fei Jingyan to contradict him publicly at this moment.

"Doctor Fei, there aren’t many precedents for the direct involvement of the Department of Cursed Objects in surgeries," Chen Jun could only suppress his anger as he spoke, "After all, this patient was admitted under our Ghost Surgery Department. It’s only natural that we lead the procedure."

"Has the curse been definitively diagnosed as coming from a malevolent ghost yet?" Fei Jingyan reminded him, "Didn’t Director Mei previously suggest a tendency towards a malevolent ghost diagnosis?"

"A dual primary malevolent ghost curse? That’s not realistic," Chen Jun argued firmly, "If Director Mei had any ideas, she could have come today to discuss them with everyone..."

"Without postoperative curse analysis, the diagnosis cannot be confirmed as a malevolent ghost curse."

However, Fei Jingyan continued, as if no one else was present, "I do not approve of you, Director Chen, leading this surgery."

For the Department of Cursed Objects to interfere with the surgical arrangements of the Ghost Surgery Department! Such a thing had never happened before.

Many doctors were confused—what could be the reason behind this? It was understandable for other departments to desire priority access to cursed objects, but why would even the Department of Cursed Objects get involved?

Behind Chen Jun stood Han Ming, and behind Fei Jingyan stood Fang Shen.

Without a doubt, although Fang Shen was elusive like a dragon rarely glimpsed in its entirety, he was definitely one of the most feared doctors at Hospital 444. No doctor dared to offend the Department of Cursed Objects—the cursed objects were fundamental to their ability to establish themselves and fend off ghosts.

Even though by regulation, the Department of Cursed Objects had no authority to determine who performed surgeries, once someone of Fei Jingyan’s stature spoke up, no doctor dared to ignore his decision. He wouldn’t have made such a statement at this meeting without Deputy Director Fang’s consent.

The meeting ended on a sour note.

Lu Yuqing and Huo Ping retreated to a less crowded corridor before the former finally let out a breath, asking, "What does Fei Jingyan mean? Why is the Department of Cursed Objects against Director Chen leading the surgery?"

"Clearly, they are just excuses," Huo Ping could see right through it, "The Department of Cursed Objects doesn’t want the cursed objects produced by the surgery to fall into any faction’s hands."

Lu Yuqing immediately thought of something, "If the faction of Deputy Director Yin gains the cursed objects from the double malevolent ghost surgery..."

"The balance might be disrupted."

Everyone knew that if Yin Wuque were to go head-to-head with Han Ming for cursed objects, the former would slightly fall short of the latter. However, the former Lu Yuan faction members, especially Song Min, Mei Quzhen, and Lu Wen, had all rallied to his side, enough to confront Chen Jun, An Zhiyuan, and Li Bolin from Han Ming’s faction on equal terms.

Huo Ping didn’t understand why deputy directors insisted on factional infighting, but Lu Yuqing knew exactly why.

If the factional struggle came to a conclusion, someone like Huo Ping, who switched allegiances so easily, would certainly be the first to be purged.

If Director Chen led the surgery, then Lu Yuqing might also get to participate. If the big shots feasted on meat, she would at least...get to sip some soup, right?

"Off work, off work... after work, I’m no longer just a laborer for this stuff."

Once in the changing room, Lu Yuqing felt a significant relief after exchanging her white coat for casual clothes.

Afterward, with a mind full of thoughts, Lu Yuqing returned to the Blue Heart Coffee Shop.

Her biggest pastime every day was to see the results of the coffee shop’s business.

Then, she discovered Luo Ren was here again.

Lately, his visits to this place had become as frequent as trips home.

At first, Lu Yuqing thought he was coming for Dai Lin, but now, she felt he was coming because of her. Every time, he would stare at her for a long time, and even when she caught him, he didn’t look away.

She approached Luo Ren’s seat.

"Mr. Luo, do you especially like our coffee?"

Luo Ren looked at Lu Yuqing and leaned back slightly.

"Are you very fond of the magician Raymond Harland?"

Lu Yuqing was taken aback when she heard this.

"How...how did you know?"

Lu Yuqing never followed those film and television stars; her only idol was Raymond—the premier magician of Europe!

"My social media posts are set to be visible for only three days; he couldn’t possibly know that, right?"

Lu Yuqing sat down and asked, "Who told you? He Yan?"

Was that really the case?

Luo Ren felt his heart tighten even more.

The dreams he had...they were true!

He had visions of the future in his dreams!

The most unbearable part for him was that, in the dream’s future, he and Lu Yuqing were already cohabiting as a couple, so the dream was replete with all sorts of R-rated indescribable scenes. And Lu Yuqing, without a doubt, whether in terms of looks or figure, displayed it all quite thoroughly in the dream.

"I..."

But for Luo Ren, he desperately hoped it was just a dream.

"Can I ask you another question?"

Lu Yuqing sat opposite Luo Ren, a conjecture forming in her heart.

Could he be trying to pursue her?

Knowing full well that she was a doctor at Hospital 444?

"I must declare, I don’t mean to offend you. I need to confirm something that is crucially important to me."

Luo Ren clutched his hands tightly, and eventually, he closed his eyes, bowed his head, and asked, "Do you, on the inside of your right thigh... have a red butterfly tattooed there?"

Luo Ren hoped, even if only one detail, that at least there might be some difference between the dream and reality!

But this question, which bordered on sexual harassment, was too difficult to voice, and for Luo Ren, he had no other choice. He had checked all other details of the dream with Dai Lin, including about the magician; this was the last detail that could be verified.

Please... say it isn’t so!

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuqing’s face turned crimson, and without hesitation, she slapped Luo Ren across the face!

"Pervert! Deviant! Rogue!"

How did he manage to peek at that?

This secret was even unknown to her own parents! Gao Heyann didn’t know either!

"Listen to me..." Luo Ren, who had just been slapped, wasn’t irritated at all, but seeing that Lu Yuqing was about to hit him again, he could only grab her arm, "Listen to me, this is about my dream! I dreamed..."

"I’ll believe ’a big-headed ghost’! Pervert! I’m going to give you what you deserve today... Dream?"

Suddenly, Lu Yuqing thought of some cases she had handled in the past at the hospital.

"You’re saying you had a dream that could see... me?"

...

"The second time I had a precognitive dream, something happened that I couldn’t believe."

At this moment, Luo Ren, his cheek still swollen, sat in a private booth of a café, telling Lu Yuqing about it.

Dai Lin had warned him not to enter Hospital 444 again, not to contact Lu Yuqing, but Lu Yuqing was a key person in his dreams.

"In the dream, at the time you and I were..."

"I don’t want to know those unspeakable details." Lu Yuqing gestured with her hand and said, "Tell me the key points."

"You said to me, you could have never imagined that the day you went to attend Raymond’s magic show, you discovered that my mother actually knew Raymond."

"Your mother knows Raymond? Did you call her and ask?"

"I didn’t ask... As to why I didn’t, I will explain that to you in a bit. The key points are what come next."

"Go on."

"That day was a day off. I went with you to see my mom, and you said you wanted to make a good impression on your mother-in-law before we got married..."

"I would never say such a thing!"

"The key point is!"

Luo Ren took a deep breath and continued, "When you and I met my mom... I..."

Lu Yuqing was stunned.

Why had he stopped speaking?

"Wait a minute, let me explain something to you. After I woke up, I searched for news about Raymond, and then, I accidentally found an old photo."

"Could it be?"

"Before I was born, Raymond’s father had come to China to perform magic, and there was an accident with a magic act..."

"Wait, wait a minute! Something just occurred to me, to my knowledge, Raymond does not have plans to tour China, and after he became famous, he has never been to China..."

Just then, her phone buzzed with a news alert.

The headline read, "Famed German magician Raymond Harland to embark on a tour in China"!

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