Hospital 444
Chapter 538 - 40 I’m taking this exam!

Chapter 538: Chapter 40 I’m taking this exam!

Dai Wei was, for a moment, somewhat puzzled by what Alujia really meant to say.

"Remember that villain?"

"Um... yes, I remember."

How could he forget? The guy almost NTR’d the protagonist, Neo.

Back when Dai Wei watched the movie, he wished he could jump into the screen and wipe out that character.

He...

Huh?

Suddenly, Dai Wei had a feeling that something was amiss.

When had he watched that movie?

He grew up in Nanmian Village since childhood. After it was covered by a dense fog, it had been impossible to leave or enter, so where did he get the chance to watch any sci-fi movies?

"When... did I go to watch the movie?"

Yet, the plot of the movie seemed clear in his mind.

Alujia moved closer to Dai Wei.

"You should be very aware of one thing, the Faust family is not charitable. They would never let you marry into them and promote you within the hospital for no reason at all."

"This I have realized, but I don’t understand why I..."

Because of your brother.

That’s what Alujia was thinking internally.

Because you have a brother who can bear the brunt of the Abyssal Curse.

"You’ll find out eventually, Dai Wei."

Dai Wei truly didn’t like it when someone left their sentence half-finished.

But there was no helping it, that was just Alujia’s character, and Dai Wei couldn’t do anything about it. So, he could only sigh and say, "Alright, where do you want to go shopping next?"

Speaking frankly...

Although Alujia was a widow, she was indeed a beauty.

A beautiful woman always has some privileges. Therefore, Dai Wei didn’t say much and helped her carry the big and small shopping bags.

...

The Oroñe Hotel.

This place had long been one of the venues for Hospital 444’s doctors to take their senior professional title examinations.

To many doctors, however, it also represented the place where the Director of the Demon Department met his demise.

"Director Li’s body has yet to be found."

"A new round of exams is about to start again soon."

Within a stepped room at the hospital, many doctors were listening attentively to the lecture and jotting down notes; the speaker was Xie Chengjun, the Deputy Director of the Wraith Surgery Department.

This person, who normally talked incessantly and was never short of words, had recently undergone a massive change in personality. Gone was his long-winded nature, replaced by nothing but solid information, which left many feeling unaccustomed.

Lin He, serving as the attending doctor at the Wraith Surgery Department, was still quite hesitant about this exam.

After learning that the head of the Demons Department had died in this hotel last time, she gave up the idea of participating in the exams. However, if a doctor stayed at the attending level forever, it meant that the curse within their body would eventually backlash. Only by getting promoted and receiving a new curse could they achieve a balance between the curses.

Considering this, the Paranormal Doctors within the hospital ultimately had to make a choice. The last time Lin He went for a check-up, the Curse Object Department Doctors had already told her that if she didn’t implant a new curse within three months, the curse backlash would inevitably occur. By then, even the Curse Object Department Doctors couldn’t help. After all, the Curse Object Department was a medical technology department, not responsible for clinical treatment. They could only ensure a preventive extension of a curse’s backlash, but when the moment of backlash arrived, the Curse Object Department couldn’t offer treatment to the Paranormal Doctors.

Lin He had no choice; it seemed she had no option but to partake in the exams.

The time, location, and chief examiner for the test have all been decided.

Technically, taking a test is unlike treating patients on a regular basis; it’s not dangerous. If you encounter danger, just teleport back to the hospital, and that should be the end of it. As long as your luck isn’t too bad, there usually isn’t a risk to your life. Once you pass the test and attain a higher professional title, you can implant new curses.

Standing onstage, Xie Chengjun said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the specific procedure for this examination is roughly as follows. Now, we will enter the question-and-answer session. If you have any doubts about the exam, you may ask your questions."

Consequently, several hands raised from below the stage.

Lin He wanted to raise her hand but didn’t know which question would be better to ask at the moment.

"Have you heard?" said a female doctor next to her. "It’s about Director Li An’s situation."

"That’s hardly news," Lin He glanced at the female doctor and replied, "Now, who doesn’t know about that."

The fact that Director Li An had died at the Oroñe Hotel had long been spread around and could scarcely be considered a secret anymore.

Lin He was about to say that the other party was behind the times, but to her surprise, the female doctor continued, "I’m not talking about Director Li dying at the Oroñe Hotel; it’s about his son."

"His son?"

"Yes, Director Li has a son. It is said that back when he was sent down to the countryside... you know."

Hearing this, Lin He immediately lowered her voice and asked, "Then... what happened afterward?"

"I heard about it too; it was many years ago, long before you and I joined the hospital. At the time, Director Li’s son was admitted to the Demons Department for treatment. However, his son never recovered and also never left the hospital."

"The son of the Director of the Demon Department went in and still couldn’t be cured?"

This was obviously quite shocking to Lin He.

"Yes. Doctors aren’t always able to save their relatives who are patients, like Doctor Fang Zhou in the Department of Fierce Spirits; his wife Mei Yang did not survive either."

"I’ve also heard about that; originally, his wife was a patient in the Wraith Surgery Department, and later they fell in love and got married. A Paranormal Doctor dating a patient is quite rare in our hospital. Sigh... But are you sure that Director Li’s son wasn’t cured?"

"Yes."

"Patients from the Demons Department would not be handed over to doctors from other departments, and Director Li probably wouldn’t have discussed his son’s condition with other clinical doctors either. Are you really sure... his son wasn’t cured?"

"There’s no wall in the world that doesn’t let some wind through—I have my ways of finding things out. This much is certain."

If he had never been cured... then was Director Li’s son dead, or was he still receiving treatment in the hospital ward of the Demons Department? But after all, Director Li was already dead.

"However, recently, a patient from the Demons Department was discharged. Moreover, the mother of that patient is a new doctor in the Demons Department."

"Really? That’s so bizarre, isn’t it?"

"Yes, I remember her name is... Mo Mei..."

Suddenly, the room’s door was opened.

All doctors turned their eyes in that direction!

Subsequently, almost everyone began to breathe rapidly!

Because the person standing at the doorway was... Dai Lin!

"Doctor Xie," Dai Lin looked toward Xie Chengjun and said, "I plan to take part in this professional title exam and go to Oroñe Hotel."

...

Dai Wei’s cellphone suddenly rang.

He picked up the phone and saw the caller—it was astonishingly Uncle Li!

He set the shopping bag down and answered the phone.

"Uncle Li, where are you?"

Aluga turned her head upon hearing "Uncle Li," naturally knowing that the caller was Li Dongshan.

That... the son of the Director of the Department of Demonology at Hospital No. 444!