Hospital 444
Chapter 489 - 16: Li Zhixiao (8)

Chapter 489: Chapter 16: Li Zhixiao (8)

Li Zhixiao and Lin Lu had no memory of how they left 666 Hospital.

"How did we get out?"

Facing Lin Lu’s question, Li Zhixiao was also completely baffled.

It took him a while to come to his senses from the daze.

"Did we just go to... 666 Hospital?"

"Yes, we did..."

"But how did we get out?"

By this time, the night had deepened.

There were hardly any people on the streets.

And now, the problem Li Zhixiao and Lin Lu had to consider was...

What should they do next?

For Li Zhixiao, naturally, he would go back to his good friend Liu Gang’s house. But for Lin Lu, that was a problem.

She didn’t want to go home.

"Let’s find a place to discuss what we should do next."

"Okay."

They had to discuss the matter properly.

After all, there were probably very few people in the world who had encountered a situation like the current one of Li Zhixiao and Lin Lu. Apart from each other, they had no one to discuss the problem with.

They found a café that still had a fair number of customers and sat down.

"What exactly should we do now? According to what the doctor said..."

"Wait a minute," Lin Lu suddenly interrupted Li Zhixiao’s words, saying, "Before that, we need to consider a problem."

"What?"

"How should we deal with her? You know who I’m talking about."

Clearly, Lin Lu was referring to the impostor Lu Mange.

How were they going to deal with her?

At that moment, Li Zhixiao was equally at a loss, although the doctor called Yalujia had prescribed them an amulet, he was unsure whether it could really take care of that woman.

"There’s only one amulet, but there are two of us. She might come for us at any moment."

"So, should we take turns using the amulet?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Lu said, "Then who goes first and who later?"

The two fell silent again.

After a while, Li Zhixiao said, "You use it first. I’ve thought about it, and I can’t go to Liu Gang’s house either; she knows I live there."

"What about you?"

"I’ll pick a hotel near your home to stay in for now. If I need the amulet, I can come and get it from you as soon as possible. With the current situation, there’s no better way."

After thinking it over, Lin Lu said, "Is that really appropriate?"

"It’s fine. If she wanted to harm someone, she’d probably come after me first."

Now, all Li Zhixiao could think of was the female ghost Hua Pi from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". Could the real face of that beautiful woman actually be a Malevolent Ghost with a green face and sharp teeth?

Fortunately, there was indeed a hotel near Lin Lu’s home, not too far away.

After parting with Lin Lu, Li Zhixiao entered the hotel and checked into a room.

Walking into the room and sitting down, he felt somewhat relieved.

Clutching the room card in his hand, he reminisced about the series of experiences from the day.

For Li Zhixiao, today had been incredibly long. So long that only now did he realize it was just one day that had passed.

"Just one day..."

Recalling that eerie hospital, Li Zhixiao felt more and more terrified.

To be honest, for some reason, compared to that woman, the hospital felt much more frightening.

"Ah..."

He suddenly realized that in their hurried exit, he didn’t even have a change of clothes.

"Go out and buy some clothes? But there aren’t any shopping malls nearby."

For someone as disciplined as Li Zhixiao, the thought of getting into bed to sleep without taking a bath and changing clothes was quite unbearable. However, this was just a small hotel, not the kind of luxury hotel that would provide clothes for its guests.

So, he had no choice but to leave the hotel and go out to buy some clothes.

About several tens of minutes later, he returned to his hotel room.

As soon as he entered the door, his body suddenly tensed.

There were always a few bottles of mineral water provided for guests in the hotel. He remembered there were four in total.

But now...the water bottles inside the hotel...one was missing.

Strange, could it be that a hotel maid came in to clean the room and took a bottle away? But that didn’t make sense.

He walked up to where the water bottles were and thought, could he have misremembered, and there were only three to begin with?

Ultimately, he decided not to think too much about it and prepared to take a bath first.

He had bought enough clothes to last him two or three days. After all, he didn’t know how long he might have to stay outside.

The hotel’s bathroom was fully equipped with all sorts of items, including shampoo and body wash. He turned on the tap and began to take a shower, getting more spirited as he washed.

While showering, he squeezed a bit of shampoo onto his head, and as the shampoo slid down, he instinctively closed his eyes.

With his eyes closed, Li Zhixiao moved around a bit, and suddenly felt like he had bumped into something with his foot.

He immediately rinsed his head with warm water and opened his eyes.

But upon looking carefully, there was nothing at all by his feet inside the entire shower.

"Just now?"

Was it an illusion?

Li Zhixiao subconsciously stroked his leg.

He could still feel the distinct touch from a moment ago.

He was starting to feel somewhat creeped out.

He quickly finished his shower, walked out of the bathroom, changed into his pajamas, and lay down on the bed.

But in this state, how could he possibly fall asleep?

He tossed and turned on the bed for a long time before suddenly sitting up again.

He stared at the table in front of him.

Now, the mineral water...

Had changed back to four bottles!

Seeing this sight, his eyes widened.

What was going on?

Could it be that someone came into the room while he was taking a shower?

Or is it...

He thought of a terrifying possibility.

And it just so happened that the cursed object was not with him, but with Lin Lu.

He should have known better than to play the feminist and insist on "ladies first". Now that the cursed object wasn’t with him, what was he to do?

He subconsciously stroked his leg. What exactly had he touched just now? The sensation had been very cold!

He slowly got out of bed and walked towards the mineral water bottles, then picked one up to examine it.

However, there seemed to be nothing abnormal. It was just a very ordinary bottle of mineral water.

Suddenly, for some reason, he couldn’t hold it steady, and the bottle dropped to the floor, hitting his foot.

Of course, the bottle wasn’t heavy, and it didn’t hurt. But somehow, his hand just lost its strength.

He quickly crouched down to pick the bottle up.

But at that moment, his eyes widened, and he almost let the bottle slip again.

This time, the moonlight outside the window was particularly bright.

He clearly saw his own reflection on the surface of the water inside the bottle.

And behind his reflection, there stood another silhouette!