Chapter 59
No one ever said that a doctor must be a man.
If Doctor Lin Yi was the Little Girl’s mother, then everything the Little Girl said would make sense!
At the very instant Jiang Li asked this question, a tall figure suddenly appeared at the doorway.
Night had already fallen, and at some point the lights in the corridor had come on.
A faint, cold light shone behind the person, stretching their shadow long and thin across the threshold.
An oppressive force seemed to sweep into the room.
Almost the moment she caught sight of the silhouette, Jiang Li immediately fell silent.
Under that icy gaze, Jiang Li quickly took out her medicine bottle, poured out three pills, put them in her mouth, and swallowed.
The entire movement was smooth and decisive, without the slightest hesitation.
In reality, the pills had already been quietly slipped into her Space before even touching her lips.
Taking medicine was just for show.
“Snap!” The nurse squeezed into the room and switched on the light.
Ward 402, which had been dim, instantly became bright.
Doctor Hao and the nurse entered together.
“Were you just talking to someone?” Doctor Hao narrowed his eyes, demanding an answer from Jiang Li.
Jiang Li’s breath caught-
He heard her!
At this moment, if Jiang Li replied even a single “yes,” she would certainly be marked for the “third time” and thrown into the Dark Room.
No food, no sleep.
At this rate, even if Jiang Li weren’t already mad, she would be driven mad!
Jiang Li stared at Doctor Hao, her expression unchanging, and answered flatly, “No.”
But Doctor Hao clearly didn’t believe her.
He slowly walked past Jiang Li and stopped by the outer wall.
“Then explain to me, how did this wall get damaged?”
Doctor Hao stared at the dented wall, his shoulders trembling slightly, the smile in his eyes barely concealed.
He suddenly turned his head, his gaze turning bloodthirsty.
Then, under Jiang Li’s gaze, Doctor Hao did something extremely bizarre.
His eyes bulged wide, filled with glee at catching Jiang Li’s mistake.
His hands dangled before his chest like a small dog.
A long snake tongue flicked out, swaying from side to side, making a “hiss-hiss” sound.
At this moment, Doctor Hao looked even more like an Aberration than Jiang Li did.
“Tell me, how did the wall get damaged?” Doctor Hao spoke with his tongue between his teeth, his words slurred and his voice hoarse.
The way he looked at Jiang Li was as if staring at prey about to be swallowed whole.
Jiang Li couldn’t help feeling her scalp tingle.
When Jiang Li didn’t answer for a long time, Doctor Hao’s snake head suddenly loomed larger.
His snake mouth opened as wide as it could, stretching down from above, almost about to swallow Jiang Li’s whole skull.
He was waiting for an explanation.
If Jiang Li couldn’t explain, it was over!
If Jiang Li stayed silent too long, it was also over!
The black snake’s fangs were right before her-this was her last chance.
Jiang Li frowned and squeezed her eyes shut.
Her palm clenched unconsciously.
How could she explain this…
She had to come up with a reasonable story!
Otherwise, if Doctor Hao thought her condition had worsened, she’d lose points, be thrown into the Dark Room, or-more likely-be eaten on the spot!
Every outcome was waiting for her!
Think, think-
There had to be a solution. She couldn’t give up, couldn’t give up!
The viewers watching the live stream in Huaguo all held their breath at Jiang Li’s predicament.
It was a dead end.
This headache-inducing situation was simply inexplicable!
The only plausible explanation was that Jiang Li’s “paranoia” was worsening-this was the only reasonable answer!
But clearly, that was a death sentence.
Many netizens were so frightened they closed the Live Streaming Room outright.
There was no other way-Asylum Horror Tale had descended on Huaguo, and there was no escape!
But in the Live Streaming Room, Jiang Li still hadn’t given up.
She kept her eyes closed, her index finger joints twitching subconsciously.
In her mind, Jiang Li rapidly replayed every detail of what had just happened:
Entering the room, the Little Girl swapping out the medicine, sewing Jiang Li’s mouth shut, the Red Infant entering, strangling the Little Girl, the Little Girl searching for her mother…
Wait-
A flaw suddenly appeared before Jiang Li’s eyes.
Jiang Li’s eyes snapped open.
“The door lock, there’s a problem with the ward’s door lock!”
Jiang Li’s finger swished, pointing toward the iron door:
“Before I came back, someone else broke into the ward and damaged the white wall.”
Upon hearing Jiang Li’s statement, Doctor Hao’s snake-like mouth retracted.
Everyone in the room turned their gaze toward the iron door.
There, on the right half of the iron door, there was a clearly visible dent.
And the door lock was completely destroyed.
All of this was caused by that kick from Red Infant!
The evidence of the iron door’s damage was right before everyone’s eyes, confirming the plausibility of Jiang Li’s logic.
Just based on this, Doctor Hao could no longer claim that Jiang Li’s “delusional disorder” had worsened and that she had damaged the white wall on her own.
“So… uh, so… that’s how it is.” Doctor Hao’s expression twitched.
It seemed that two personalities were fighting inside him.
One was the persona of a benevolent doctor.
He hoped Jiang Li’s condition would improve.
The other was the persona that, after being corrupted, was gradually turning into an Aberration world NPC.
He hoped Jiang Li would make mistakes, that her condition would worsen, and ideally, that she would become his food.
Doctor Hao’s expression was strange, switching back and forth between good and evil.
In the end, the doctor’s persona temporarily gained the upper hand.
Doctor Hao’s expression gradually returned to normal.
Seeing this, Jiang Li’s tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
In front of her, Doctor Hao reached out his right hand, patted Jiang Li on the shoulder, and his tone became gentler.
“I’ll have someone fix the door lock. Patient ID 1037, your condition is well controlled.”
Doctor Hao rarely praised Jiang Li.
Jiang Li responded with a polite smile.
After speaking, Doctor Hao walked over to the iron door and stood before the Score Sheet.
He took out a fountain pen from his chest pocket, opened the cap, and filled in a new score on the sheet.
60 points.
An increase of 10 points.
Comments: Took medication on time, symptoms alleviated.
After finishing, Doctor Hao gave a couple of routine instructions and then turned to leave the ward.
After witnessing Doctor Hao’s departure, the nurse turned her head and walked up to Jiang Li.
“Patient ID 1037, answer me, have you ever seen a Little Girl with twin ponytails in the hospital?”
The nurse held a small booklet, questioning Jiang Li.
At this moment, the Little Girl, for some unknown reason, was hiding at the entrance of the Toilet, only half her body visible.
Jiang Li recalled Patient’s Rule 8:
[When the nurse asks if you have seen a Little Girl with twin ponytails in the hospital, you must firmly insist you have not.]
Jiang Li looked up at the nurse and denied it outright, “No.”
As soon as Jiang Li finished speaking,
the Little Girl in the corner looked even more sorrowful.
“Really haven’t seen her? Her mother has been looking for her; she got lost in the hospital,” the nurse pressed.
Jiang Li still did not change her answer, “I haven’t seen her.”
This time, as soon as Jiang Li finished speaking, a layer of terrifying veins quickly crawled across the Little Girl’s face.
The Little Girl stared at Jiang Li, standing blankly at the Toilet entrance, thick blood oozing from her stitched neck.
Jiang Li noticed the Little Girl’s body trembling slightly, hugging her arms and shivering.
That posture made it unclear whether she was scared or cold.
“Alright then.” The nurse stopped questioning Jiang Li and turned to the other two patients’ beds.
“What about you two, have you seen a Little Girl with twin ponytails?” the nurse asked.
The two patients glanced secretly at Jiang Li, then shook their heads vigorously.
“Did you see her?” the Old Man asked the Middle-aged Woman.
The Middle-aged Woman hugged her son, shaking her head continuously, “Absolutely not, I haven’t even left the ward.”
“Me neither.”
Hearing their conversation, the nurse seemed troubled.
She tore three sheets of paper from the booklet in her hand and distributed them to the three patients in the room.
“These are photos of the Little Girl. If you see her, remember to tell me.”
After giving her instructions, the nurse turned and left the ward.
Jiang Li took the paper and glanced at the photo on it.
In the photo, there was no Little Girl at all.
Only several indistinguishable, fragmented limbs.”