Hospital 444
Chapter 239 - 30 The Only Hope

Chapter 239: Chapter 30 The Only Hope

"Fang Zhou, what do you think I should do?"

Ever since Dai Lin had joined Hospital 444, he had barely spent a few peaceful days.

Fang Zhou carefully looked at Dai Lin and said, "We’re both doctors, so I won’t just offer comforting words. Currently, there is no way to treat your cousin. All we can do is pray that the process of losing his soul doesn’t continue. Thus, we need to continue with the examinations to monitor the situation, and Miss Pan must be admitted for an inspection too."

"If the soul deficiency process continues..."

"Dai Lin, are you sure you want me to say the rest?"

How cruel it was.

Dai Lin knew that if the situation continued, Dai Ming would certainly end up like Gao Menghua, maybe even worse.

And Dai Lin himself could very well follow in their footsteps.

"If we catch that female ghost..." Dai Lin suddenly thought of something, "If we can catch her, then create an amulet..."

"The ER has already checked; there were no signs of any ghost approaching your cousin. Although he has drawn her..."

"Maybe the female ghost will appear near Miss Pan next. If we catch that female ghost, create an amulet! Maybe there’s hope, right? Fang Zhou, am I right?"

Fang Zhou looked at Dai Lin’s eager eyes and said, "Theoretically, it’s possible."

"Then there’s hope! Let’s find a way to catch that female ghost!"

Fang Zhou immediately fell silent.

Could Dai Lin’s idea... perhaps truly be feasible?

"Alright," finally, Fang Zhou nodded, "I’ll think of a way. Tell me, how can we contact Miss Pan Yizhen."

...

Wen Xiaoshu had long been used to Fang Zhou’s inability to come home for dinner on time.

Even so, she would always make extra and heat it up when he returned.

Today, however, Fang Zhou didn’t come back very late.

But Wen Xiaoshu noticed that this time, as soon as Fang Zhou entered, he was deeply troubled.

"Tell me what’s wrong." Wen Xiaoshu knew Fang Zhou was an Angel in white, a healer of the sick and injured, but he also frequently faced various difficult medical cases.

"Ah Shu..."

Fang Zhou looked at his wife and finally decided to half-truthfully reveal the situation: "I have to go out of town, on a business trip."

Wen Xiaoshu hadn’t expected that Fang Zhou would have to leave for another trip so soon.

"How long will you be gone this time?"

"I don’t know." Fang Zhou always felt guilty lying to his wife, but he couldn’t tell her the truth. If there ever came a day when he could tell her everything, it would only be when she becomes a patient in the hospital.

"Okay, I’ll help you pack."

Wen Xiaoshu didn’t ask any further questions. She was a very detail-oriented woman and could sense that Fang Zhou didn’t want to disclose what this business trip was for.

"There’s no need to pack anything, Ah Shu..."

"Don’t be courteous with me, Fang Zhou. I am your wife."

Wen Xiaoshu felt helplessly that since marrying Fang Zhou, he had always been overly polite with her.

This, perhaps Fang Zhou himself had not realized.

"Alright."

As Wen Xiaoshu walked into the bedroom to prepare some clothes for Fang Zhou, she couldn’t help but recall... the first time she met Fang Zhou and Xiao Meng.

Back then, Wen Xiaoshu had been a website editor, working as a ghost writer.

One time, during a downpour, while she was on the subway, so many people jammed in that someone cut themselves on the frame of her umbrella.

Unfortunately, that person was a hemophiliac. The terrifying aspect of hemophilia is that even a minor cut won’t stop bleeding, especially in a situation like on the subway.

When the patient couldn’t stop bleeding, a family member sought Wen Xiaoshu out for a reckoning. That’s when Fang Zhou stepped forward, stating he was a doctor. Then, somehow he managed to stop the bleeding of that patient!

Wen Xiaoshu was very grateful to Fang Zhou. Although he declined, Wen Xiaoshu insisted on treating him to a meal.

That was the beginning of their acquaintance, and they started off as friends.

After that, she would come to Fang Zhou’s home now and then, at first to visit, then often to help him with cooking. Eventually, she visited his home every few days to cook for him, and most importantly, Xiao Meng really liked Wen Xiaoshu, clinging to her. If Wen Xiaoshu didn’t visit, Xiao Meng would cry incessantly. It just so happened that at that time, the nanny taking care of Xiao Meng had to leave her job and return home because her daughter was pregnant.

Wen Xiaoshu’s work only needed a laptop, and could be done from anywhere. Thus, naturally, she began frequenting Fang Zhou’s home, caring for his child, cleaning, and cooking... until they got married. Everything seemed so natural.

Her relationship with Fang Zhou, rather than being based on love, was more because she was a suitable and ideal partner for him.

...

Fang Zhou actually didn’t need Wen Xiaoshu to prepare anything for him.

He once again transformed into a mummified ghost and arrived in W City, then hurried to the hotel to find Pan Yizhen.

The idea that Dai Lin had was indeed possible to realize, only that most doctors wouldn’t really be willing to do it.

The precedent set by Gao Menghua had already caused psychological shadows for too many doctors. The loss of a soul was incurable, which was the greatest fear for doctors.

Dai Lin had only hoped that Fang Zhou would submit this idea to Xie Chengjun; he never expected that Fang Zhou himself would come to carry it out in person.

For Fang Zhou, he did this for no other reason than because Dai Lin was his friend.

When he was in college, he had joined Hospital 444. At the age when he was in the prime of life, his social circle consisted only of the Paranormal Doctor and patients, and he met his ex-wife Mei Yang because she came to his department for a consultation.

In front of Dai Lin, he had never met a friend with whom he shared similar aspirations. To have one true friend in life is enough!

Fang Zhou used the number that Dai Lin had given him to make a call to Pan Yizhen.

"Miss Pan Yizhen? I am a doctor from Hospital 444. My name is Fang Zhou, and I’m a friend of Dr. Dai Lin," said Fang Zhou as he boarded the bus to the hotel where Pan Yizhen was staying, and asked, "Your CT report has come out."

"Doctor?" Pan Yizhen was a bit surprised, "That’s great, I have something I’d like to discuss with you as well!"

After that, Pan Yizhen told Fang Zhou about the matters concerning Blue Island.

"The person who posted online just replied to me," Pan Yizhen said somewhat excitedly, "He said he has seen that woman!"

"He has seen her?"

"Yes, after he saw the initial drawing of that woman falling into the sea, he asked me if I was from Blue Island, or if I knew anyone from the island."

There really was a lead!

This discovery immediately invigorated Fang Zhou, who had been prepared to attempt a desperate remedy!

There was hope!

Blue Island!

Conducting an investigation there might just uncover some hope!

"Alright, Miss Pan, let’s meet later!"

Unfortunately, even with the hospital’s dedicated phone, one couldn’t get through to the isolation ward.

"Find a way to contact the other party."

As long as he knew the other person’s name and appearance, no matter where they were, Fang Zhou could place a Blood Curse on them, which would be enough to track the individual and understand the truth.

From the current clues, it could be deduced...

That female ghost seemed to have lived on Blue Island when she was alive.

After summarizing the medical records that Dai Lin had given him about the two patients, Fang Zhou realized something.

The earliest point when they drew that woman was very close to each other.

So...

It must be some kind of curse.

That was his first reaction.

But the problem was, there were no signs of a curse in the soul images, instead the soul was beginning to become partially missing.

If that was the case...

He would probably have to make a trip to that so-called Blue Island.

However, Fang Zhou began to think about a problem.

He would probably have to take Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen with him.

In the absence of any curse signs in the patients, even if he extracted blood from the two, Fang Zhou wouldn’t be able to apply a reverse Blood Curse.

Moreover, as Dai Lin said, perhaps only by their side would there be a chance to capture that female ghost, even if it was not possible to fully imprison her. As long as they could bring back a part of the female ghost’s body, there’d be the possibility to create a charm for treatment.

In the case that surgery was not an option, a charm was the only hope for treatment.

However... if that were the case, it still brought many problems.

Fang Zhou himself had to work, and there were only seven doctors in the Department of Fierce Spirits, with just three senior physicians. His outpatient volume was significant, and it seemed that getting leave might be difficult.

But... it was unthinkable just to let Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen go to Blue Island, right? He had to come up with a foolproof plan.