There is neither the satisfaction of a deep sleep nor the fatigue of a light sleep. It seems that I just lie in bed and open my eyes and then close them again, and a new day has arrived.
The living tree has long since woken up and is sitting on the bed basking in the sun as usual. The other hospital bed is still empty, with no new patients admitted.
"Good morning, little Lina."
Lu Li responded to the greeting, and then looked at the living tree with the "peaceful" expression of basking in the sun on his face.
As if an illusion, he found that the bark wrinkles of the living tree had disappeared a lot - at least the face was no longer old.
Putting on his windbreaker, Lu Li walked out of the ward. First, he gave the anti-inflammatory medicine to the ulcerated boy in exchange for a caramel. He came to the corridor and slowed down when he passed 208, but he didn't see the man bullying the boy again.
Arriving at Ward 210, Lu Li told Mildred Hempry the story of the ulcerated boy.
"I'm glad the anti-inflammatories came in handy..."
But the old man had no intention of giving Lu Li another pill. So he told another story about the man who bullied the boy in Ward 208. Mildred Hemprey shook her head and said that his story was incomplete.
It seems that "solving a patient" counts as a story.
The former replied coldly, "I just hope you disappear from my eyes as soon as possible," while the latter made an incomprehensible snort.
After questioning the three patients in turn, the ship responded to Lu Li with a whistle as expected. It asked the tall figure, "Do you need help?" He asked Lu Li in return.
When Lu Li was about to leave with the head nurse, the boy who was called "Dog Meat" suddenly stopped Lu Li, expressed his gratitude, and gave him a piece of dried fish.
Lu Li confirmed that he was indeed suffering from paranoia, otherwise it would be difficult to explain how this specimen-like skeleton with no flesh and blood tissue could make sounds.
Lu Li stopped in front of the door of Ward No. 213, feeling happy and disappointed at the same time - the door of the ward was closed. He didn't have to face the fear of the unknown, and he couldn't face it.
Lu Li paused in front of the door for a moment. When he heard the dull scolding sounded again, he turned and walked towards the nurse's station.
The humming lullaby gradually emerged, then gradually faded away as Lu Li passed by.
Lu Li left the ward and explored Ward 205 with the door open: the three patients in the ward were: a graceful lady with long hair hanging on her shoulders, a tall figure wearing a dirty coat and a faded scarf covering half of his face.
as well as……
Lu Li stopped in front of the door, and the nurse just walked out of Ward 213 at the end. A certain gaze was accompanied by the "ta-da" footsteps, which did not disappear until the nurse entered a ward.
Before leaving, Lu Li asked the "gatekeeper" and "pig man" the question again: "Do you need help?"
The head nurse turned to Lu Li, her rough voice softened: "Thank you, kid."
Lu Li accepted the gift of dog meat. Now, he has a story to tell Mildred Hemprey.
Lu Li, who received no pills but only a piece of caramel, returned to the corridor. At this time, bursts of yelling and cursing came from the ward in front of him.
Only the gentle lady asked: "Can you get a ball of thread? I want to knit a sweater for Michael."
Turning around to go back the way he came, Lu Li noticed that at some point, the pale thick fog outside the window had become covered with a layer of yellowish color.
Lu Li, who gradually became familiar with the situation, continued to contact other wards, but the doors of many wards were closed, including Ward 210.
Da da da——
After a little hesitation, Lu Li did not knock on the door to close the ward, but walked towards the girl in the wheelchair.
The girl in the wheelchair paused slightly and wrote on the paper: [I don’t know]
The sixth dusk arrives unexpectedly.
"I heard the man in Ward 208 bullying the boy again. I tried to stop him, but he then threatened me."
Bang——
At dusk, which seemed to arrive randomly, Lu Li sent the wheelchair-bound girl back to Ward 201.
"This is what I should do."
The curtain opened with a "swish", and the true appearance of the head nurse on the second floor was revealed to Lu Li - it was an old skeleton without flesh and blood. It looked like the bones of a lizard or a dragon, with a long and wide kiss.
Then it was strange - what caused the association of "paranoia"?
Lu Li followed the skeletal head nurse and found that the door of Ward 205 was open, but he had no time to observe for the time being. He followed the head nurse into Ward 208, where a cold and thin man looked at him with an ugly expression.
Silence flows silently.
Lu Li kept his distance from the man behind the door and did not deny it: "If you do something else again, the nurse will still come to see you."
The cold man's response was to slam the door shut, and the turbulent wind blew the black hair from his forehead.
A ship lying on a hospital bed.
As if urging Lu Li to leave as soon as possible, night replaced dusk at an unusually weird speed. Lu Li left in a hurry, barely making it back to Ward 204 before nightfall.
Lu Li continued to observe for a few minutes, making sure that there was nothing in the corridor and that the living tree had fallen asleep. He opened the door and walked out of the ward.
【Thanks】
"Did you tell the nurse?"
Trading caramel for a second peaceful night, Lu Li approached the door, opened a gap, and observed the corridor under the night sky.
But Lu Li noticed that her skirt looked like a dance skirt.
There are no nurses or security guards patrolling the building, if you are careful...
Lu Li walked towards the nurse's station, his footsteps echoed in the corridor, as if he was disturbed, and the shouting and cursing in the ward suddenly stopped. When Lu Li passed by Ward 208, the door suddenly opened, revealing a cold face.
Maybe she longs to get up and dance again? Or wants a brand new dance dress?
"Gatekeeper, you are bullying Dogmeat again." The head nurse accused the silent and cold man, "I don't want to see you bullying this child again. If it happens again... you know the consequences."
This time the head nurse was behind the curtain. When Lu Li narrated what happened, a rough voice came from the curtain: "Don't worry about the kids, I will make the decision for you."
Lu Li didn't know where to find the thread ball, but he still agreed to her.
The head nurse left the ward after warning the cold man, but the so-called "consequences" made the cold man taboo and even did not dare to anger Lu Li.
What is the difference between the hospital at night and during the day?
Lu Li couldn't be sure. He might have returned without success, or he might have encountered special circumstances... such as the lock in the activity area being unlocked, or the door of Ward 213 at the end of the corridor being open.
"Do you need help?" Lu Li asked her.
The sign held up by the wheelchair girl is still the same as yesterday.
Lu Li felt that it was time for the doctor to check his condition again.
Holding on to the wall, he walked quietly in the silent corridor without any light. The soft sound of the soles of his shoes touching the floor tiles was the only sound on the second floor. But soon, Lu Li heard something incomprehensible from the depths of the darkness, like whispers or songs,
Like a murmuring movement.
Just when Lu Li judged that the sound came from the stairs, the darkness around him suddenly became thick and squirming, wrapping him up in the blink of an eye...
Lu Li suddenly opened his eyes.
As he lay on the hospital bed, exploring the corridor last night seemed to be just a nightmare. Only the number "seven" on the calendar on the bedside table told Lu Li that it was not a nightmare.
