Hospital 444
Chapter 491 - 18: Li Zhixiao (9)

Chapter 491: Chapter 18: Li Zhixiao (9)

Li Zhixiao quickly turned his head back.

But, there was no one behind him.

Already scared out of his wits, Li Zhixiao didn’t hesitate any longer. He rushed towards the main door, opened it with a swing, and escaped outside.

By the time he ran down to Lin Lu’s apartment building, he was covered in sweat.

During this process, he kept looking back to make sure no one was following him.

Then, he took out his cellphone and called Lin Lu.

"What did you say?"

"To put it simply, I need a cursed object! Can you give me the cursed object now?"

After a long silence on the other end, the response came, "Come upstairs."

And so, Li Zhixiao went up.

Lin Lu lived on the fifth floor.

She rented a small apartment of about fifty square meters in the city center by herself. Although it was small, the rent was considerably less, and moreover, the location wasn’t too far from her workplace.

At this moment, Li Zhixiao was like a frightened bird, constantly looking back to see if anyone, or "anything," was following him.

Lin Lu had already opened the door and let Li Zhixiao in.

"Lin Lu, I..."

"Sit down first; I’ll pour you some water."

Lin Lu closed the door and then pointed to a table, "The cursed object is there."

On the table, there lay a dagger.

A dagger covered in fresh blood.

This was the cursed object given to both of them by 666 Hospital. The curse would remain effective as long as the object wasn’t more than two meters away from their bodies.

Therefore, when Li Zhixiao saw the cursed dagger, he felt considerably more at ease.

"There’s a ghost, a ghost that followed me!"

"Is it that woman who claims to be Mang Ge?"

"I’m not sure, I could only see a little of the reflection through the water in a mineral water bottle. But it was very unclear."

Upon hearing this, Lin Lu took a sip of water from the cup on the table and then looked at the dagger.

"Stay here tonight."

From the moment Li Zhixiao entered, he had guessed this would be the outcome.

Staying with his deceased wife’s best friend in the same apartment would, under normal circumstances, be highly inappropriate. But the problem was, at that moment, where could Li Zhixiao even begin to worry about what was appropriate? His life was the top priority.

"Then, alright..."

"Tell me everything that happened to you in detail."

Li Zhixiao then recounted his experience at the guest house in detail to Lin Lu.

After Lin Lu listened to the entire account of Li Zhixiao’s experience, her expression also turned quite grim. Truth be told, Li Zhixiao’s experience was like a complete ghost story.

"I must clarify something: what I’m about to say may seem ridiculous, but every word is true. There isn’t a single lie."

Li Zhixiao spoke very solemnly and seriously, emphasizing his tone, as he feared Lin Lu might not believe him.

Lin Lu replied, "How should I put this... I actually do believe you."

As she said this, she glanced again at the blood-stained dagger on the table, "The two of us have already experienced too many things that seem utterly impossible."

The room once again fell deathly silent.

Li Zhixiao and Lin Lu looked at each other, their gazes locked, unsure of what to say.

After all, neither of them had any confidence that the cursed object could protect them.

Finally, Li Zhixiao found the words to say.

"What on earth is she—a ghost?"

He picked up the glass of water on the table, took a sip to moisten his throat and added, "If, if it was the real Mang Ge who died and then came back as a ghost to find me, I could actually understand that."

"Yes. I don’t understand either. What exactly is that female ghost? Why does she insist she is Mang Ge, and how does she manage to make everyone, including Mang Ge’s parents, say that she is Mang Ge?"

Li Zhixiao glanced at the bloodstained dagger again.

"However, the doctor couldn’t answer our questions either. She only reminded us that, no matter what, we must firmly believe that Mang Ge has long been dead. And she emphasized that we must not doubt this point."

"Mang Ge was my best friend. You should know that, right?"

"Of course. Even when she was with me, she often mentioned you. You two first talked that time in the bathroom, when she saw the tattoo on your back, right?"

"That was when I was quite young..."

With these words, Lin Lu suddenly appeared thoughtful.

"When I was a child..."

She stopped speaking, turned around, and then pulled her clothes down a little.

"You can see this tattoo, right? I drew it when I was a child, and then I had the tattoo artist ink it onto my skin based on that drawing. Actually, I don’t understand either..."

"This tattoo?"

It was the first time Li Zhixiao had seen this tattoo, and he looked visibly shocked.

"But you’re a man, so I can’t reveal it all to you. When I was young, I would have hallucinations. These symptoms lasted a long time... The content of the hallucinations was so real that I couldn’t tell them apart."

"How did this happen..."

"Many people were prejudiced against me. A woman with tattoos seems to be associated with many derogatory terms, like smoking, drinking, nightclubs... as if these are the hallmarks of a bad girl. No one understood why I got such a large, and moreover, such a bizarre tattoo on my body. Later, there were all kinds of rumors in the school... all sorts of unpleasant things."

Li Zhixiao said, "I heard from Mang Ge that when she was young, she actually wanted to get a tattoo, but her family was too strict, so it wasn’t allowed. So she..."

At this point, he suddenly felt that something was amiss.

"Wait a minute, when you were young? Were you that good at drawing back then, or was it the tattoo artist’s free interpretation?"

"It was completely based on the blueprint of my drawing."

"You were that good at drawing when you were young?"

Hearing this, Lin Lu said, "I understand, it is indeed strange. If you asked me to draw now, I definitely couldn’t do it that well. But back then, I easily drew the things I imagined I saw."

"In that case..."

Just then, he suddenly saw that the blood on the dagger began to increase! Even worse, the blood began to flow onto the table!

The hospital prescription was very clear.

If the dagger begins to bleed, then immediately pick up the dagger and point it forward!

Both of them simultaneously grabbed the handle of the dagger!

"Shall we pick it up together?"

"Alright."

Together, they lifted the dagger and pointed it forward!

Then, more fresh blood spurted from the void in front of them, splattering onto the faces of Li Zhixiao and Lin Lu!

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