Hospital 444
Chapter 257 - 48 Return of the Soul

Chapter 257: Chapter 48 Return of the Soul

"Dad, you, you can’t see it?"

Hai Han only felt a chill throughout his body, it wasn’t so dark that one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face, so why on earth couldn’t his father see anything?

"We need to hurry up, Dad!"

Before he could continue, suddenly, a figure ran in front of Hai Han and Hai Jian Shi!

"You two, get out of here fast!"

The figure said with a sonorous and forceful voice, "I’ll handle this!"

Huh?

Hai Han looked at the person and noticed that the man’s left eye had suddenly turned a bloody red!

When Hai Han looked back toward the shore, he saw... that the dark shadow had disappeared.

The man let out a sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "Thank goodness, thank goodness..."

Hai Han grabbed the man and demanded, "You can see it, can’t you? Tell me! Who are you?"

Meanwhile, Hai Jian Shi was confused from beginning to end, he looked at the man doubtfully and asked, "Sir, you aren’t from the island, are you?"

"Hmm." The man nodded and said, "This is my business card."

He took out two red business cards and handed them to Hai Jian Shi and Hai Han.

"Hospital 444..." Hai Jian Shi stared at the words on the business card, his eyes filled with shock and suspicion, "Resident Physician Dai Lin?"

Hai Han quickly realized and said, "You know Mr. Dai Ming, don’t you?"

Dai Lin nodded.

"I want to tell you some things about Hospital 444."

Next, Dai Lin briefed father and son, Hai Jian Shi and Hai Han, in as few words as possible about Hospital 444, the ghost curse, and the paintings of Dai Ming and Pan Yizhen.

What surprised Dai Lin was that Han Ming had provided him with even more detailed information.

This intelligence was not just because he had received that letter, but also as a warning: I have a grip on everything related to you; don’t think about making any sneaky moves.

For Dai Lin now, Yin Wuque and Han Ming gave off a vibe similar to Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan. Both were ambitious, and he could only try to seek a balance between the two.

"Hospital 444..." Hearing such bizarre stories would be hard for anyone to accept, but the phenomenon of reincarnation on the island and the nature of the business card itself made Hai Jian Shi more inclined to believe Dai Lin than most. Naturally, Hai Han felt the same.

"Aunt Leng Mu..." Hai Han turned to Dai Lin and immediately said, "The woman in the painting... is it her?"

Dai Lin nodded.

"My thoughts are completely aligned with those of my cousin."

Hai Jian Shi felt his mind in turmoil.

"How could this be..."

...

Ji Danshu opened the bathroom door.

She had spent roughly half an hour inside.

Having cried and then calmed down, Ji Danshu planned to find her husband tomorrow and have a good talk with him.

But when she opened the door, she was stunned. Outside, it was pitch black.

What’s going on?

Ji Danshu was full of doubt; why had Dan Yang turned off the lights?

"Bro? Bro, are you there?"

There was no answer.

Ji Danshu felt something was amiss. She touched the wall with her hand, groping her way forward bit by bit until she found the light switch.

Ji Danshu pressed the light switch.

No response.

"Is it a power outage?"

Ji Danshu’s unease grew.

But that’s wrong... wasn’t the bathroom light working?

Ji Danshu looked towards the bathroom.

Then she saw that even the bathroom was plunged into darkness!

Ji Danshu’s heart pounded wildly.

"Bro... Bro... Ji Danyang! Where are you?"

Could it be a blown fuse?

No, that’s impossible... Ji Danshu distinctly remembered that when she opened the bathroom door, the light was still on.

Moreover, if there was a sudden power outage outside, Dan Yang should have said something to her from outside the bathroom.

Dan Yang...

Where did she go?

The room was already fairly dark, and now, with the curtains drawn over the windows, only a sliver of moonlight seeped through the gaps, providing a faint glow.

Now engulfed in such darkness, Ji Danshu couldn’t help but start to feel afraid.

"Ji Danyang! Are you there? Ji Danyang!"

She continued to feel her way along the wall, inching forward, planning to go upstairs to see if Dan Yang was there.

Finally, when Ji Danshu reached the staircase, she called out again, "Dan Yang! Dan Yang!"

There was no response.

Could Dan Yang be upstairs looking for candles or a flashlight?

The thought made Ji Danshu grip the stair rail and begin to slowly make her way upstairs.

Every step she took felt incredibly difficult.

Meanwhile...

Hai Jian Shi, Hai Han, and Dai Lin arrived at the Rose Inn.

Upon opening Dai Ming’s room door, Dai Lin said, "Dai Ming, now, I think we have more clues."

"It’s good to have clues!" Having seen his cousin Dai Lin come over, Dai Ming was already greatly relieved, and upon hearing about clues, he immediately said, "I’ll ask Miss Pan to come over and listen to your new findings!"

"Hmm."

Dai Ming ran to the door of Pan Yizhen’s neighboring room and started knocking.

But...

Pan Yizhen did not open the door.

Dai Lin had a bad feeling and immediately started to use his x-ray vision to see inside the room!

What he saw next was...

Pan Yizhen was painting!

"How is she... painting again? Didn’t we agree that she wouldn’t paint anymore?"

Dai Lin immediately realized something was wrong!

...

Ji Danshu began to recall what her brother, Ji Danyang, had told her.

"The island has always said that those who are murdered cannot be reincarnated. But only our father and the older generation are aware of another belief."

"Another belief?"

"In fact, it’s not that those who are murdered cannot be reincarnated, they just don’t do so in the usual way. Normally, people reincarnate as spirits. But the murdered, they don’t reincarnate; they become evil spirits in this sea and possess corpses to return to life!"

The moment she heard the phrase "possession of corpses," it all clicked for Ji Danshu.

"Possessing corpses means being under the sway of an evil spirit wearing a human skin!"

She began to recall the various unusual behaviors of Leng Mu from the past, and the consistently deathly and terrifying themes of her paintings.

Back then...

Her father had conducted a sea burial for a woman who died from domestic violence.

That woman’s name was... Mei Hanyin.

Hai Han’s ’Han’, Hai Yin’s ’Yin’.

Both these names were... given by Hai Jian Shi.

All this happened before she was born.

Her father performed the sea burial for Mei Hanyin.

He did not believe the other saying about evil spirits.

But father had made a wrong decision.

"Back then, dad had already noticed something odd about Leng Mu. You remember, right? The rumors related to her, the people in her paintings who later died! It was then that dad found the business card of Hospital 444. Dad’s demise from cirrhosis could very likely be because he paid too many Spiritual Therapy Points, which shortened his life."

At this very moment... Dai Lin forcibly entered Pan Yizhen’s room!

Pan Yizhen had almost completed the painting in front of her.

What she was painting was Ji Danshu in the dark!

And that female ghost, at that moment...

Was standing two steps below Ji Danshu on the staircase!

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