Chapter 341
Chapter 341
“The nurses’ station first?” Mu Xin suggested.
Jian Fan and Qin Nan both nodded.
The nurses’ station was near the entrance. The three immediately walked over and began searching by flashlight.
According to the Script, the key was hidden inside a drawer at the nurses’ station, but that drawer was locked. To find its key, they had to locate the nurses’ lounge and search the pocket of a nurse’s uniform hanging inside. The code for the electronic lock, meanwhile, was written in a notebook in the nurses’ lounge. That notebook was hidden on a bookshelf, so they had to pick it out from a pile of books.
Of course, that was merely what the Script said. Qin Nan and the others had no idea whether any of it was actually there.
However, judging by what had happened earlier, the Script still offered some useful guidance. Since the nurses’ station was also nearby, all three decided to try it first.
“They’re locked.” As soon as Qin Nan arrived, he tried the drawers.
Every single drawer in the row was locked.
According to the Script, only one drawer should have been locked. Now, the entire row had met the same fate.
In other words, they had to find countless keys, and only one drawer key would lead them to the main entrance key hidden inside.
Qin Nan stared blankly again.
Jian Fan turned on the computer at the nurses’ station.
The computer might contain some information, even though the Script had not mentioned it.
But the moment Jian Fan started it up, he encountered a problem.
The computer required a login password.
Jian Fan thought for a moment, then suddenly began working at it.
Qin Nan had seen Jian Fan’s abilities long ago and felt completely confident. Jian Fan would certainly be able to crack the password, so Qin Nan waited beside him without concern.
He waited and waited, only to see the computer screen go black.
Wait, what?
What had happened?
“Are you still not done?” Seeing that the screen had gone black and Jian Fan had stopped working, Qin Nan could not help asking.
Jian Fan turned around and said apologetically, “Sorry. I think I broke the computer.”
Qin Nan was baffled.
Mu Xin was baffled too.
With Jian Fan’s technical skills, how could he fail to crack a mere computer login password? And he had even broken the computer?
That made no sense. There was only one possibility: Jian Fan was constrained by his assigned persona.
Mu Xin blinked, feeling that she had probably guessed what his persona was.
He was supposed to be completely useless and drag everyone down from time to time.
Excellent. Jian Fan was working hard to adapt to his persona.
“It’s fine,” Qin Nan said quietly. Then he added, “The code wouldn’t have been on the computer anyway.”
Jian Fan gave a soft hum.
At the same time, Jian Fan gained another wave of Popularity.
There appeared to be no clues at the nurses’ station, so the three decided to follow the Script and look for the nurses’ lounge.
Most of the rooms in the hospital were patient rooms, but the hospital’s keys were unlikely to be hidden in one of those. Their chances were probably better in places associated with the nurses or doctors.
And so, the three headed straight for the lounge.
They were unfamiliar with the hospital and had no map. As a result, they wandered back and forth while searching for the lounge, wasting a great deal of time and even taking a wrong turn. Whether they had truly gone the wrong way or the three were merely creating an entertaining moment for the show was impossible to know. In any case, their wrong turn earned them another wave of Popularity.
It was not much, but something was better than nothing. If they kept accumulating small gains, would they not eventually add up?
After getting lost repeatedly, encountering ghostly figures that appeared without warning, and hearing strange music suddenly begin to play, the three finally found the lounge.
Then they encountered another problem.
The lounge was locked too.
It was just…
Numbing.
Just then, an eerie gust of wind swept past.
Mu Xin shuddered. When she raised her eyes, she immediately cried out, stumbled several steps backward, and landed hard on her bottom. A female ghost in red was now floating where she had just stood.
Well, damn.
Mu Xin could only marvel at the audacity of it.
That ghost’s face had nearly been pressed against hers!
Was it trying to scare her to death and inherit her Ant Huabei bills?
Neither Qin Nan nor Jian Fan had noticed anything wrong. Both froze when Mu Xin screamed.
Qin Nan was the first to step forward and help Mu Xin up.
Seeing how badly Mu Xin had been frightened, the female ghost in red gave a disdainful snort. “Timid as a mouse.”
Mu Xin fell silent.
Fuck. Why didn’t they switch roles and let the ghost try it?
Jian Fan studied the female ghost, his eyes flickering slightly.
These ghosts were appearing rather frequently. Could frightening the cast truly be their only purpose?
Jian Fan had some ideas, but as the group’s resident deadweight, he should not take the initiative to uncover clues. So he glanced at Qin Nan.
Qin Nan froze at first.
He found the look inexplicable, but when Jian Fan glanced at him a second time, he understood.
But his assigned persona was taciturn. If he asked questions, would that count as breaking character?
Jian Fan probably could not speak up either. After some thought, Qin Nan decided he could try, as long as he kept his words brief.
He immediately smiled at the female ghost in red. “Beautiful Big Sister, may I ask you something?”
The female ghost’s expression chilled. “Who said you could call me Big Sister? Show some respect.”
Qin Nan paused, then corrected himself. “Beautiful Auntie?”
“Do I look that old?” the female ghost complained again.
Qin Nan wanted to roll his eyes but restrained himself. “Beautiful lady, may I ask you something?”
The female ghost gave a soft hum and finally responded. “What?”
“Where is the key to this lounge?” Qin Nan asked directly.
The female ghost rolled her eyes so far that her eyeballs popped out and rested on her eyelids. Her tone, however, was playful and coy. “Why should I tell you?”
Confronted with this sight, Qin Nan swallowed with some difficulty. Before he could speak, Mu Xin took over, her face full of admiration. “You really know? You’re amazing!”
Mu Xin knew Qin Nan’s persona. A taciturn person had suddenly said so much that she feared he might break character and lose Popularity. As soon as she realized what he was trying to do, she immediately took up the baton. Qin Nan, naturally, was happy to become an observer who suited his persona.
The female ghost in red appeared to enjoy the praise. She gave a haughty hum. “Of course. In this hospital, if I dared call myself third, no one would dare claim second.”
Hmm?
Wait.
Was there something wrong with that statement? The ranking was off.
In other words, there was someone even more formidable than the female ghost in red?
That person was surely someone they needed to watch with utmost caution. Qin Nan quietly committed it to memory.
Mu Xin noted it as well, though she still gave an enthusiastic “Wow!” and said, “You’re incredible. Oh my goodness, I admire powerful people like you most of all.”
Thoroughly pleased by Mu Xin’s praise, the female ghost finally looked at her directly. “You have good taste.”
Mu Xin smiled bashfully, then asked the female ghost, “Then may I call you Big Sister?”
Calling her “lady” created too much distance and would make it difficult to coax information from her, but Mu Xin could not simply address her as Big Sister without asking.
The female ghost had probably been delighted by Mu Xin’s praise. She nodded arrogantly, as though granting a favor. “Go ahead.”
“Big Sister,” Mu Xin immediately said sweetly, seizing the opening to draw closer.