Chapter 58
When Jiang Li returned, the three people in the room were momentarily stunned.
Then, the Little Girl took the initiative to wave her over, inviting Jiang Li to join in.
“Sister, come here, let me do your makeup too~”
The Little Girl smiled sweetly, her voice crisp and clear.
On her neck was a conspicuous stitched scar.
Jiang Li withdrew her gaze and did not agree to her request.
“No, little sister, I’m too tired. I need to take my medicine and rest.”
Jiang Li still remembered Doctor Hao’s instructions.
Three Pills after meals, not one less.
Jiang Li sat down by the bed, picked up the bottle of Pills from the nightstand, smoothly twisted open the cap, and poured out three Pills.
She put the Pills in her mouth, drank water, tilted her head back, and swallowed.
At that moment, a clear, crisp laugh reached Jiang Li’s ears.
Jiang Li glanced sideways.
She saw the Little Girl covering her mouth, sneaking glances at Jiang Li and giggling.
The other two patients also had sly looks, lips pressed together, but said nothing.
Jiang Li took in all their expressions.
Half a second later.
Jiang Li curved her lips, “Little sister, is this what you’re laughing at?”
She opened her palm.
There, perfectly placed, were three white Pills.
Seeing this, the three in the room exchanged glances, stunned.
“Little sister, your hands are still too weak. You didn’t tighten the cap on the bottle,” Jiang Li said with a smile.
Actually, Jiang Li had noticed at a glance that something was wrong with the Pills just now.
The looseness around the bottle’s mouth was obvious; a twist was all it took to feel it.
When opening a new bottle of medicine, you always need to use a little force.
But when Jiang Li opened the cap, that silky, effortless feeling was clearly off.
Her Pills had been tampered with!
Even though the Pills were all bad no matter how they were swapped, Jiang Li still wanted her original Pills back.
Who knows when Doctor Hao might act up again.
If Doctor Hao checks the Pills during rounds at night and finds something wrong, Jiang Li could get marked down again.
“Give me back my Pills.” Jiang Li’s smile faded, her tone turning serious.
The patients who had been gloating froze, their smiles disappearing.
The Little Girl, her scheme exposed, looked both embarrassed and angry.
She bared her teeth.
A second later, she suppressed the anger in her eyes and replaced it with a sinister smile.
“Sister, don’t be mad.” The Little Girl put away her makeup, took out a needle and thread from her pocket.
As she walked toward Jiang Li, she deftly threaded a red string through the needle’s eye.
“Being angry is bad for your skin. How about this, I’ll sew your mouth shut for you, then you’ll never be angry with me again!”
The Little Girl laughed cheerfully, but a crack appeared on her rosy face.
Jiang Li watched the Little Girl warily.
She quietly reached behind her, and with a flick, the dagger from her Space appeared in her hand.
If this Aberration tried anything, Jiang Li would never sit and wait for death.
Never mind bullying a child-right now, this child was planning to bully her!
The Little Girl drew closer, step by step.
Jiang Li’s grip on the dagger tightened.
Three more steps and the Little Girl would be right in front of her.
Jiang Li counted silently: three, two…
One!
With a loud bang, the iron door of Room 402 was violently kicked open.
A small, red figure stood at the doorway, face dark-
It was… Red Infant!!
In the blink of an eye-
That red figure flashed past Jiang Li in an instant.
With a “boom,” a huge dent appeared in the wall opposite the iron door.
Red Infant gave a “click” as he tilted his neck.
He bared his fangs, eyes blazing with fury, a shadow spreading across his face.
At this moment, Red Infant was gripping the Little Girl’s neck tightly, pinning her against the cold wall.
“Ugh…” The Little Girl kicked her legs desperately, trying to break free from Red Infant’s restraint.
But the irritable Red Infant looked determined to go all the way.
Red Infant’s eyes were fierce, and his grip grew tighter and tighter, until finally, he snapped the Little Girl’s neck with brute force.
“Red Infant.” Jiang Li called out to him.
Red Infant’s ferocious expression instantly softened at the sound of Jiang Li’s voice.
He withdrew his hand, letting the Little Girl slide freely to the ground, then turned and dove into Jiang Li’s arms.
“Mommy!” Red Infant’s voice was on the verge of tears. “Who is that little sister? Are you going to abandon Yingying…”
Jiang Li patted Red Infant on the back. “No, no, Mommy loves her darling most. That little girl is not Mommy’s child.”
The Little Girl, whose neck had been twisted by Red Infant, coughed twice, clutched her neck, and got up from the floor.
She shot a venomous glare at Red Infant, then, as if nothing had happened, took out a needle and thread and sewed up the wound on her neck.
It was as if the Little Girl wanted to get back at Red Infant.
Swinging her twin ponytails and stepping in her pink little shoes, she clicked over to Jiang Li on her own initiative.
Then, with a bright smile curling her lips, she took Jiang Li’s arm.
The Little Girl said, “I declare! I can’t find my mommy, so from now on, she will be my mommy!”
No sooner had the Little Girl finished speaking than Red Infant slapped her with a loud smack.
“Shameless,” Red Infant scolded.
The Little Girl covered her now badly swollen cheek, feeling terribly wronged.
She clenched her little fists, wanting to hit Red Infant back, but knew she couldn’t win.
In the end, she sniffled twice, ran off to the side, and hid in a corner to cry.
Although the Little Girl’s words sounded like a tantrum, Jiang Li kept them in mind.
Jiang Li turned and asked the Old Man who was a fellow patient, “Who is her mother?”
The Old Man wiped the rouge from his face, put on his glasses, and replied seriously, “Her mother was also Patient ID 1037 before. This girl often came to the hospital to see her mother.”
Jiang Li picked up the photo frame from the trash bin and showed it to the Old Man. “Is this woman her mother?”
The Old Man adjusted his glasses, looked closely, and then shook his head. “No.”
At this moment, Jiang Li also noticed that behind the photo frame, there was actually a hospital slip hidden.
Jiang Li quietly took the slip and put it in her pocket.
“Child, when was the last time you saw your mother?” Jiang Li asked the Little Girl.
The Little Girl looked up, wiped the tears from her face, and asked, “If I tell you, will you help me find my mommy?”
“Maybe.” Jiang Li tossed the empty pill bottle and walked over to the indented section of the wall.
She bent down, picked up the Pills that had fallen from the Little Girl, counted them, and put them back into the bottle.
“If you tell me, I might help. If you don’t, I definitely won’t,” Jiang Li replied lazily.
The Little Girl hesitated for a moment, bit her lip, but finally spoke up.
“The last time I saw my mommy… I can’t really remember. I just remember that she had to come to the hospital once every day.”
Jiang Li couldn’t help but frown.
How could a psychiatric patient manage to enter the hospital every single day?
Did she know the way out of the Madhouse?
“I remember my mommy’s number was also this one.” The Little Girl pointed to Jiang Li’s chest badge: Patient ID 1037.
“Mommy said she wasn’t sick, but a group of doctors kept giving her injections. Then mommy disappeared, and I could never find her again…”
After hearing the Little Girl’s account, Jiang Li’s expression grew even graver.
Her index finger twitched.
Suddenly, a bold conjecture flashed through Jiang Li’s mind-
“Wait.”
Jiang Li stared intently at the Little Girl. “Is your mommy… named Lin Yi?”