Hospital 444
Chapter 310 - 46 Vice President

Chapter 310: Chapter 46 Vice President

Dai Wei couldn’t understand a word of the conversation between Kaman and Cary at this time; both were speaking in standard American English, and the little English that Dai Wei had learned was nowhere near enough for a normal conversation with native English speakers.

Up until now, he still couldn’t figure out what was going on. At that time, he had been scared into fainting, and when he woke up, he found himself in this hospital.

Then, he saw Uncle Li, dressed in a white lab coat.

"Dai Wei, this is 666 Hospital," Uncle Li informed him, "Starting today, you are the new intern here."

At that time, Dai Wei was utterly bewildered.

"I’m a doctor in the Haunter Department at 666 Hospital," he said.

"What? Uncle Li, you’re a doctor? But aren’t you a carpenter?"

"Carpentry is just a side job. My main profession is a Paranormal Doctor."

"Para...normal... Doctor?"

"Yes," Uncle Li continued, "Dai Wei, you have been chosen by the dean. You were picked to be an intern, and I will ensure you join my department and save you some trouble."

"I don’t quite understand..."

"I understand. But... you must remember one thing: you do not have the right to refuse the dean."

Then, the elevator reached the tenth floor.

This was the radiology department of 666 Hospital. He was here to undergo a CT scan.

"Don’t worry too much." The female doctor who brought him for the scan was a blonde beauty. She said, "Doctor Li has returned after ten years. He’s greeted each and every one of us, and we will take good care of you."

Later on, Uncle Li told Dai Wei that he had once left a business card for Chief Ge. The business cards of 666 Hospital were common to all doctors and had no names on them.

Whoever held that card would believe entirely in the existence of 666 Hospital. Therefore, the chief had always been very clear about the curse of White Mist and what truly lurked within it—the real evil spirits.

"That temple, I built it," Uncle Li said. "I had sensed early on that something terrible was going to happen to the village, but I didn’t know it would be this White Mist sealing off the village. Now, although the village is still shrouded in mist, the ambulances from 666 Hospital can enter the village."

"Is it possible to bring out the other villagers as well?"

"That’s not something I can decide. The deputy dean is in full charge of the collective treatment of Nanmian Village. The curse that afflicts the villagers requires..."

"Uncle Li, if you’ve always known the truth, why didn’t you tell it straightforwardly to the chief? If it was you..."

"Without the ability to bring them into 666 Hospital, revealing it would have only troubled the chief. All these years, I’ve only identified one evil spirit, Shen Lisheng."

"What?" Dai Wei was extremely shocked, "You mean..."

"Yes, Li Sheng originally emerged from within the mist as an evil spirit."

"How can that be possible? Li Sheng’s patrols never reported an extra person!"

"The pattern I’ve summarized over ten years suggests that when evil spirits kill and become villagers, there are generally two scenarios. First, they kill a villager and take their place without the team leader noticing the reduction in team members; second, they emerge from the mist on their own and become a whole new villager, altering the memories of all the villagers collectively. However, there is also a very special third scenario, like this time, because there was a pregnant woman among the patrol members, even if someone is killed, a whole new villager can appear. Shen Lisheng and Li Yanping are such cases."

"So, you’re saying..."

"Correct. The real situation should be that He Yun and Su Wenxin were originally a couple. Before Spring Festival, He Yun and she returned to the village to visit his parents together."

"So, there was no marriage snatching at all?"

"None."

"Then what about Su Wenqing’s arm?"

"Haven’t I told you before? Shen Zhian is not that kind of person. Su Wenqing’s arm was likely injured by himself, like maybe falling from a basketball hoop. Of course, he isn’t lying; his memory has been altered."

"How could this be..." Dai Wei felt his entire worldview collapsing. This... this was utterly absurd. For years, he had thought that He Yun and Su Wenxin were immoral!"

"So... what about Li Sheng... damn it, Shen Lisheng’s death?"

"Of course, it was my doing. I pushed him into the mist. I discovered it very early, so from the time Shen Lisheng emerged from the mist until I pushed him back in, it wasn’t even forty-eight hours."

"Not even... forty-eight hours?"

Dai Wei’s mouth fell open in an O of shock.

"Yes. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?"

"Why did you keep it hidden..."

"The third special case, I only figured it out because of Li Yanping’s recent incident. Back then, I thought if even with numbers we couldn’t prevent the emergence of an evil spirit in the mist, the village would fall into complete panic. Finding Shen Lisheng was also a coincidence."

"Then if the village chief didn’t know the truth, why did he go to such lengths to protect and cover for He Yun?"

"I am one of the few people in the village who knew the inside story. It should be only the village chief, Jia Yan, Old Zhang, and I who knew what was going on."

"What exactly is the inside story?"

"Nian Cheng has RH-negative Type A blood, which is something very few people know. And He Yun, he has the same blood type."

At this point, Dai Wei finally understood.

"So did He Yun use that fact to make a deal with Chief Ge?"

"I’m not sure about the details. The chief only told us to take care of He Yun. Under the situation where the heavy mist sealed off the village, he had to leave a way out for his son. It was also because of this that he has been able to live in the village up until now. Of course... even if I claimed that Shen Lisheng never existed, it would be hard for anyone to believe, seeing how perfectly the manipulation of memories was done."

Dai Wei didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"Now it’s all over, Li Yanping has been pushed back into the mist by me, just like Shen Lisheng in the beginning."

Next...

Dai Wei asked the question he feared most.

"My dad, my mom... and Dylan, are they okay?"

Uncle Li was silent for a moment.

"Dylan, she’s fine."

Uncle Li only said this one sentence.

Dai Wei immediately understood what Uncle Li meant.

"Uncle Li... can’t you save my parents?"

"The Paranormal Doctor isn’t omnipotent. That white mist, we’ve already collected a part of it for analysis."

Dai Wei felt his mind go completely blank.

He had actually been mentally prepared for this.

Or one might say that for ten years, he had been continuously building up his mental fortitude to face death.

But today, it really happened.

It had actually happened...

...

Three days later.

Dai Wei was finally discharged from the hospital.

"You can’t go back to Nanmian Village for now."

Facing a crowd of blonde-haired, blue-eyed foreign doctors and nurses, Dai Wei felt a strong sense of unease; only when facing Uncle Li did he feel slightly at peace.

"Today I will take you to meet the deputy director."

"The deputy director?" Dai Wei quickly asked, "Isn’t that a top leader of the hospital?"

"Yes. He will ask you many questions, but the first question will definitely be: Do you believe that Hospital 444 exists in this world?"

"Huh?"

"Remember, you must answer ’it does not exist.’ Otherwise, you will never be able to leave the deputy director’s office again. Do you understand?"

"Okay, I... I understand."