Hospital 444
Chapter 221 - 12 Another Painter

Chapter 221: Chapter 12 Another Painter

Dai Lin’s heart suddenly tightened when he heard this.

"You mean..."

"Yes. I saw the exact same painting, that woman, no, I should say ghost. On the painting, most of her clothes were rotten, and the chest area had almost turned to bones, but the rest... was all the same!"

Could such things actually happen?

"Could it be a coincidence?"

"Absolutely not! Those paintings from back then were all locked up by my parents afterward, it was impossible for anyone else to have had access to them... So, I want to know how exactly that artist managed to paint that picture..."

For Dai Ming, his dream had been bizarrely cut short like this, and afterward, he could only, like everyone else, partake in the grueling college entrance examination, and he only managed to get into an associate degree program, a world apart from his cousin Dai Lin.

No matter what, he wanted to find out why he would encounter such a peculiar psychological barrier while painting.

If he could break through such a psychological barrier, perhaps he could paint something else? Dai Ming didn’t want to paint this woman for the rest of his life!

Absolutely not!

"I contacted people at the art gallery, hoping to get in touch with that artist. I had the gallery staff convey a message to the artist: ’Can you only paint this woman?’"

Dai Lin immediately asked, "So... are the paintings you did before still around?"

"They should be locked up in the bedside cabinet at my house, but it’s been so many years, I’m not sure if they’re still there."

"Find the paintings, and I’ll help you have a look. Hmm... I mean, our hospital also has a psychology clinic."

"I visited a psychology clinic when I was a kid..."

"It’s different from when you were a kid; the country is now paying more attention to psychology clinics, with all sorts of treatment methods..."

"Then... I’ll go back and look."

If he got hold of the paintings, Dai Lin planned to take them straight to the hospital, starting with the Department of Apparitions. The head of the Department of Apparitions, Lu Ping, was also from the Yiwuque Sect. If it was confirmed to be merely the work of a resentful spirit, Dai Lin would feel much more at ease.

Just then, Dai Lin’s phone suddenly rang.

Dai Lin picked up his phone and saw it was Gao Heyan calling.

"Hello, Dr. Gao?"

"I’m going to Malaysia tomorrow morning to attend the examination."

"Tomorrow morning?"

"Travel plans have been brought forward. After discussing it with Chief Song and Chief Lu, we decided to set off earlier to fully prepare for this examination."

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin knew that the location of the exam—the Oroñe Hotel in Malaysia—was in itself a very terrifying site of supernatural phenomena. Although they could teleport back to the hospital at any time during the exam, the risks were still undoubtedly high.

"Before I go... there are some things I’d like to tell you about. Can we meet?"

Dai Lin weighed his options while looking at Dai Ming before him, and said, "Where should we meet? Shall I come back to the hospital?"

"I’m in City W."

"Hmm?"

"I’ve rented a place in City W. For a while, I’ll be staying here temporarily."

"You..."

"No need to be surprised; I have enough money to rent or even buy a house. I’ve been saving Spiritual Therapy Points all these years. The salary of a chief physician in the Wraith Surgery Department is quite high, about 200,000 Spiritual Therapy Points per year."

Based on the current exchange rate between Spiritual Therapy Points and RMB, 200,000 Spiritual Therapy Points can be exchanged for about 600 to 700,000 RMB. Of course, the exchange rate fluctuates each year, but Spiritual Therapy Points will definitely not depreciate. The only downside is that you can’t deposit them in a bank to earn interest.

By the way, since becoming a resident physician, Dai Lin’s current monthly salary is 5,000 Spiritual Therapy Points.

"So you are now... in City W?"

"Yes. I’ll send my location to your phone."

"Alright, I got it."

After hanging up the phone, Dai Lin reminded Dai Ming, "Remember... to look for those paintings when you go home. I have something to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first."

"Huh?"

"This meal is on me, I’ll go settle the bill."

What’s the point of skewering alone? Dai Ming suddenly felt a wave of melancholy wash over him.

After Dai Lin had left, Dai Ming took another sip of his beer.

At that moment, his phone unexpectedly rang.

Dai Ming saw that the call was from an unknown number.

He answered his phone.

"Hello, Mr. Dai, we’ve contacted the artist. She said... she’s willing to meet with you. I’ll add you on WeChat using the phone number I have for you, and then I’ll connect you with the artist."

"Yes, yes, thank you!"

Dai Ming got so excited that he stood up abruptly, nearly smashing the wine bottle on the table to the floor.

I can get in touch with the painter now!

Soon, his WeChat was connected with the artist who had the WeChat name "Ming Yu".

After adding the WeChat, he realized that it was a female painter.

At that moment, Dai Ming was extremely nervous.

He didn’t know what to say to her.

Did she share the same experiences as him?

"Hello," she quickly sent a message, "Do you know the experiences behind my creating this painting, the message you had the gallery convey to me?"

Because he was so nervous, Dai Ming struggled to type smoothly, so he grabbed his phone and sent a voice message instead, "It’s like this, you might find it absurd, but I’ve also been drawing the same pictures since I was a child."

He was very nervous when he said this.

Then, he added another sentence.

"I... When I created these paintings as a child, it was as if I were possessed; I couldn’t produce anything besides these paintings."

After sending the voice message, Dai Ming was extremely nervous, unsure of what her reply would be.

Next.

A voice message came back, just a few seconds long.

Dai Ming immediately clicked on the message.

"I’m in W city right now. Let’s meet."

Dai Ming was startled, why did the voice sound familiar?

Afterward, Ming Yu sent him a location.

It was the address of a three-star hotel in the city.

Dai Ming grabbed the skewers from the table and wolfed them down, not even bothering with the unfinished beer, and rushed to a nearby shared bicycle.

After scanning the QR code on the shared bicycle with his phone, Dai Ming swiftly pedaled away.

Guided by the navigation on his phone, he hurriedly made his way to the hotel.

Although the other party’s voice message was brief, it was more than enough to confirm his judgment.

The other party... very likely had the same experiences as him!

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have reacted like this!

But that voice... it seemed very familiar. He felt like he had heard it somewhere before, and it must have been recently.

At that moment, a fat man who had been sitting next to Dai Ming’s former seat watched Dai Ming’s retreating figure and said, "Riding a bike after drinking counts as drunk driving, you know."

Sitting opposite him was a woman of high attractiveness with a hot figure, whose description from the neck down was sure to cause this Chapter to be removed for inappropriate content.

"Vice President Han, you possessed someone in the theater last time too, so that’s how you kept informed about the magic show, right? Are you planning to keep an eye on him for a while?"

"Due to certain reasons, I have to keep watching him," the fat man... or rather Han Ming possessing the fat man, naturally wouldn’t tell the woman about the letter he sent to Dai Lin.

The woman pouted, "It’s up to you to tell or not. I’m only the chief nurse, not a doctor. I’m not one of your trusted insiders."

Dai Lin did not recognize this woman because she usually presided over the ICU ward of Hospital 444, the Chief Nurse of Hospital 444—Huo Jialan!

...

The meeting place between Dai Lin and Gao Heyann was an elegant Western restaurant inside a three-star hotel.

It was quite a change going from the barbecue stall to a high-end Western restaurant.

Gao Heyann had been waiting for Dai Lin for some time.

"You’re here," Gao Heyann said as she saw Dai Lin and waved to him.

Deciding to meet Dai Lin again before leaving for Malaysia was not a spur-of-the-moment decision for her.

Initially, she did not have high expectations for Dai Lin, even thinking he might directly suffer Curse Backlash, which was not uncommon among intern doctors. But unexpectedly, Dai Lin’s growth rate greatly exceeded her expectations.

Even so... compared to her sister’s condition, Dai Lin’s growth was still too slow. Therefore, knowing the risks, she still had to give the exam her best shot.

And now, for Dai Lin... she regarded him more as a like-minded confidant. In this hospital, there were not many doctors who practiced medicine with compassion anymore. So lately, she had started to see things differently.

Before leaving, she had some things she wanted to tell Dai Lin.

Dai Lin quickly walked up to Gao Heyann and took a seat.

"You order first," Gao Heyann passed the menu to Dai Lin, "This meal... it’s on me."

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