Hospital 444
Chapter 222 - 13 The Same Past

Chapter 222: Chapter 13 The Same Past

"I... heard that the exam this time is going to be very dangerous?"

Gao Heyann was slicing the sirloin steak in front of him and said, "Danger is a certainty, of course... the Oroñe Hotel has always been the most terrifying haunted place."

"I’ve looked up some information online, and it says..."

"Don’t believe the stuff on Baidu, it’s not accurate."

Then, Gao Heyann picked up the red wine glass beside him.

"Actually, the reason I’m taking part in this exam is that I’m afraid it’s already too late. My sister... I don’t know how much longer she can hold on. Suffering from long-term soul deficiency, she can only maintain her life by relying on the cursed object inside her body. If this keeps up, she won’t last much longer."

Dai Lin understood what Gao Heyann meant.

She was prepared for the worst, coming to convey her "last words" to him.

"Is your name card printed?"

"Yes."

Dai Lin took out a red name card: "Currently, I’m just rotating through different departments, still a resident physician, so it only lists my position, I’ve printed just 10 for now."

"It does look quite professional," Gao Heyann said as she took the name card from Dai Lin’s hand. "You really are the most suited to be a physician, Dai Lin."

"You as well, Doctor Gao."

"You can call me by my name."

Right then, Dai Lin felt increasingly that Gao Heyann was treating this meal as if it was "the last supper."

It seemed that her trip to Malaysia was truly fraught with extreme danger.

"Gao... Doctor Gao..."

"I told you, you can call me by my name."

After a few glasses of red wine, Gao Heyann’s cheeks were a bit flushed, making her inherently sultry and beautiful face even more captivating.

"What kind of doctor would I be, if I can’t even save the most important person in my life?"

"He Yan..." Dai Lin uttered these two syllables, which was harder for him than facing a ferocious ghost alone.

Paranormal Doctors, as a rule, couldn’t get drunk, unless they wished to be. Importantly, as long as they willed it, they could instantly eliminate all the ethanol from their bodies.

"If it’s really that dangerous... you don’t have to go."

Doctors who had been wounded once could only escape back to the hospital by teleportation. But past experiences had all too cruelly shown that in the face of powerful evil spirits, teleportation often failed.

"Your sister definitely wants you to live well," Dai Lin still hoped to persuade her. "If you speak up, it should still be in time, right?"

"It’s too late. Under normal circumstances, privileges can override rules, but the regulations set by the dean must be absolutely obeyed by everyone. Otherwise, why do you think we have to take exams? Passing the exam allows one to acquire a higher title. A higher title means that the cursed object can be further enhanced, and even more cursed objects can be merged. Even... a small number of people can temporarily enter the Curse Item Unsealing State."

Unsealing cursed objects is the known strongest method for Paranormal Doctors to contend with evil spirits (if we set aside the special permissions owned by the vice dean), for at that moment, the doctor themselves becomes an evil spirit.

"Dai Lin..."

"Doctor Gao... He Yan, maybe you should stop drinking red wine, clearly there’s no need for you to get drunk?"

"Drinking without getting drunk isn’t fun."

Gao Heyann then put the wine glass on the table and said, "Dai Lin, you... you have to live well. Today, I have some important words I want to say to you."

"Alright, I’m all ears."

Dai Lin thought she would undoubtedly repeatedly entrust him to find a way to save her sister in the future.

But instead, she said, "I’ve thought it through... I’ve always been focused on saving my sister, rarely considering your situation sincerely. You also entered this hospital inexplicably, had to embark on such a life, and still don’t know what dangers the future holds. So... if in the future, when trying to save my sister, you face any great danger, or if you can’t enhance your strength in time, you don’t have to feel any burden, prioritize letting yourself survive."

Dai Lin was completely stunned.

"To me now, you’re not just someone who might save my sister in the future, but a like-minded confidant."

Dai Lin could tell that Gao Heyann was very sincere in saying these words; she definitely wasn’t trying to manipulate him.

As he was considering how to respond to Gao Heyann, his ability to observe in 360 degrees without blind spots allowed him to immediately notice a familiar figure entering the restaurant.

Dai Lin immediately looked over... That figure was Dai Ming!

Dai Ming... Why did he come here?

Did he follow me here?

Dai Lin was thinking about how he would introduce Gao Heyan to Dai Ming when he suddenly realized that Dai Ming had gone over to another table.

This left Dai Lin completely baffled for a moment.

At that table sat a woman.

She was wearing a gray trench coat, a red beret, and beside the table rested a yellow scarf.

She was so beautiful that one glance would leave a lasting impression.

Now, seeing Dai Ming approaching, she put down the coffee cup she had been holding.

Dai Ming had no idea that Dai Lin was also in the restaurant.

Gao Heyan also noticed that Dai Lin seemed to be looking at something and followed his gaze.

"Is there someone you know over there?"

"Yes," nodded Dai Lin, "that person at the table over there, the one wearing the white turtleneck, is my cousin."

"Coincidence?"

"Probably... a coincidence?"

Dai Ming looked at the woman in front of him and said in surprise, "You... You’re Ming Yu? It’s really you?"

She was the same woman he had seen in the art gallery during the day.

"Don’t say things like ’it’s you’, such a cheesy line from a soap opera. I recognized your voice when you sent the voice message earlier." She put down her coffee cup and said, "Let’s talk about the painting."

Gao Heyan watched Dai Ming and the woman, saying, "Is she your cousin’s girlfriend? She’s really beautiful."

For her to be praised by the same sex, particularly by an acknowledged beauty like Gao Heyan, showed that the other’s attractiveness was indeed outstanding.

"I haven’t heard him mention that he has a girlfriend."

At that moment, Dai Lin could clearly see Dai Ming’s lips, so he could roughly guess what he was saying by reading his lip movements.

Originally, Dai Lin didn’t want to pry into his cousin’s privacy, but what he had just told him made it hard for him not to be curious.

Then, Dai Lin gradually realized that his cousin’s lips kept repeating words like "painting," "seabed," and "corpse."

Could it be...

After about fifteen minutes, Dai Lin could confirm that Dai Ming and the woman were discussing exactly what he had just told him at the barbecue stall.

"You..."

As she listened to Dai Ming’s words, Ming Yu’s hand holding the coffee cup was shaking continuously, until eventually her face began to drain of color.

"Everything you’re saying is true, right?"

"Yes," Dai Ming nodded firmly, "I swear that if there’s any deceit in my words, may I die miserably, struck dead by a car the moment I step out the door!"

Ming Yu stared into Dai Ming’s eyes, and from his gaze, she could almost determine that he was telling the truth.

"There’s actually someone else in this world who has had the exact same experience as me..."

"You... You too... have experienced this?"

Ming Yu began to delve into her memories, "The earliest time was when I was seven years old, one night, I was doodling with crayons... Lots of people said I had a talent for drawing, so my mom even sent me to art classes. That’s when I drew... the woman who sank to the bottom of the sea."

"Wasn’t that on May 3rd?"

"I don’t remember the date."

Dai Lin could also clearly see Ming Yu’s lips, and he could roughly tell what she was saying from her lip movements.

"She..."

Dai Lin then turned to Gao Heyan, asking, "Paranormal Doctor, can a ghost... have the power to influence two completely unrelated people living in different places at the same time?"

"Yes, they can. But clinically speaking, such cases are not very common. Moreover, generally, they would have to be in the same city. Someone like Jiang Han, who can directly affect Lin Sen from such a distance, it’s almost impossible for it to be a ghost."