Hospital 444
Chapter 277 - 13 Who Are You?

Chapter 277: Chapter 13 Who Are You?

From childhood, Shen Lisheng, like Ge Niancheng, was one of the two children most frequently mentioned by parents in Nanmian Village as the "child of someone else’s family." Compared to the relatively assertive Ge Niancheng, Shen Lisheng was gentle, and even somewhat submissive. Whenever he spoke, his voice had a peculiar magnetism that made people feel his exceptional tenderness. Hence, there was hardly anyone in the village who didn’t like Shen Lisheng.

Consequently, Dai Wei had a particularly deep impression of Shen Lisheng, even though they were more than a decade apart in age, but his relationship with Shen Lisheng had always been very good.

This was the view of nearly everyone in the village; therefore... five years ago, when Shen Lisheng perished in the White Mist, it caused great anger in the village because at that time... He Yun was in the patrol team.

It’s a well-known fact that when a member of the patrol team goes missing, they will be forgotten by people afterward, with only the captain remembering. The captain has to repeatedly remind everyone for them to recall that the person had once been part of the patrol. But even so, people would not remember how the person died in the mist.

The lineup of the patrol team was decided by drawing lots. With so few young men in the village, eight people had to be selected each day, so it was common for Shen Lisheng to be in the same team as He Yun. In fact, at that time in the patrol team, the two weren’t side by side. However, the only captain who could remember could only look ahead, completely unable to see behind himself. Therefore, he could only confirm that when Shen Lisheng had an accident, he turned his head back and saw an extremely panic-stricken He Yun, who was obviously not in his original position in the team.

For this reason, the villagers believed that He Yun took advantage of the fact that others would forget the death process of a reduced member afterward and killed his rival in love, Shen Lisheng. Afterward, out of anger, the villagers even wanted to tie up He Yun and throw him into the mist. It was only the village chief who insisted on opposing executing a doctor and instead chose to exile him.

"Is Li Sheng still alive?"

"Is he still in the White Mist?"

"Are you sure you heard right? It’s been five years!"

Dai Wei nodded and said, "Yes, that’s right, it’s Brother Li Sheng! It’s him!"

At this moment, Lin Tai said, "There’s no point talking about this now. We need to complete the patrol first! Do you think we can go into the mist to rescue?"

Everyone fell silent.

Yes.

Completing the patrol now was the most important thing.

However, with this interlude, everyone felt heavy-hearted.

Shen Lisheng’s popularity in the village was really too great, especially among the younger generation. He was gentle, empathetic, willing to help others, and surprisingly good-tempered. To end up buried in this great fog without any explanation, many people simply could not accept this fact and believed that it was the malicious act of the despicable He Yun, despite the lack of any direct evidence.

Back then, He Yun said that he himself could not remember why he had suddenly changed his position in the team.

"He’s got quite the nerve, saying that maybe he was trying to save Li Sheng at the time. Bah! Can you get any more shameless?"

"Actually..." At this moment, Lin Tai said, "My brother-in-law thought that without evidence, we shouldn’t carry out a lynching. It wasn’t just because He Yun was a doctor."

"At such a time, the village chief suddenly showed mercy befitting a woman?"

"Yeah, why didn’t he choose to kill He Yun at the time, instead of sacrificing Lei San?"

"Enough!" Lin Tai, looking disgruntled, said, "Do you dare talk about this?"

"Yes, sorry, Captain Lin, I, I misspoke..."

At that time... Lei San...

Indeed, just as Dai Wei had guessed. Uncle Lei San’s disappearance was a murder act instructed by the village chief.

It was also considered an open secret in the village.

Good people like Brother Li Sheng and Uncle Lei San died, yet scum like He Yun remained alive!

Just as the patrol member had said earlier...

Back then, the patrol team led by Uncle Lei San encountered an extra "tenth person." Yet there was no one among those ten individuals whom people didn’t recognize as a stranger.

But among those ten people... one of them was He Yun!

Back then, the village indeed experienced a series of bizarre deaths following the appearance of the "tenth person."

If, according to the Stele’s rules, killing one person was the best choice...

Killing He Yun would have been killing two birds with one stone, wouldn’t it? Sacrificing this scum could have ended the precarious situation the village was facing at the time.

Why didn’t the village chief make that choice?

Dai Wei looked quizzically at Lin Tai, who was leading the way.

As the village chief’s brother-in-law, perhaps Captain Lin knew something inside? Why wasn’t He Yun sacrificed – is there more to the story? From Captain Lin’s tone, Dai Wei couldn’t detect much disgust for He Yun.

He turned his head to look at the fog beside him.

Now, considering... it might be possible that Brother Li Sheng was still alive.

Soon, another half an hour passed.

The new round of roll call began.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

"Four!"

...

"Nine!"

The count was complete, not one person too many, not one person too few.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

An hour had already passed, and a third of today’s patrol was over.

There were still two hours left, enough time to circle the village.

"Phew... It seems the snow isn’t that heavy anymore."

"Yeah, it’s not as dark anymore either."

"I was really worried the snow would be slippery, but surprisingly, none of us have fallen."

"That’s a lucky misfortune!"

"Squad leader Lin, the village chief really thought things through, even having people fill dirt in several sloped areas."

"The village chief is indeed very thoughtful."

The atmosphere among the team wasn’t so heavy anymore, and people even started to joke around.

It seemed the fog was no longer spreading.

"Yeah."

Lin Tai was also fairly relieved at this point.

But deep down, he was still uneasy, occasionally glancing at the White Mist.

All of a sudden, he noticed...

"Huh?"

Was it his imagination?

For a long time, the visibility in this fog had been zero, no matter how close one stood to it, it was impossible to see anything within it.

But now, Lin Tai could faintly make out a vague human silhouette appearing in the White Mist next to him!

Lin Tai’s mouth fell open, and he was completely stunned. He immediately rubbed his eyes and looked again, and this time, the vague silhouette became even clearer. He could even see the silhouette lifting a hand, as if... it was about to reach out of the fog!

Squad leader Lin immediately raised his bamboo pole, ready to thrust it in!

But at that moment, he heard this voice.

"Save... me... Lin... Uncle..."

Lin Tai heard the voice very distinctly.

It was without a doubt Shen Lisheng’s voice!

Lin Tai had watched Shen Lisheng grow up; how could he ever forget it!

"Lisheng?"

His hand holding the bamboo pole slowed down as a result.

"Lin... Uncle..."

Lin Tai swallowed hard, lifting the bamboo pole and slowly pushed it forward.

"Lisheng, is that really you? No... it’s not right, who are you?"

He kept a distance from the White Mist and was ready to let go of the bamboo pole at any moment.

"Save... me..."

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