Chapter 47 Pediatrics

What solemn oath did Ai Chan make before they entered the hospital gate?

——'I wouldn't even lose my cat!'

What's the result?

"...I'm lost, and my cat is lost too." Ai Chan squatted beside the service desk, like a half-dried mushroom thrown into a corner and left to fend for itself.

When Qi Xiaopang heard that the cat was lost, his heart skipped a beat. Thinking of his brother Qing's cat-slave attitude of treating the cat as his queen and serving it carefully, he was afraid that he would really be kicked out this time and go back to the temple to continue being a bald monk... But the strange thing was that his brother Qing was neither furious nor anxious, but calm as water.

Xiaopang didn’t understand and didn’t dare to ask.

The nurse next to her had a complicated and alert look, with a hint of a pervert. After all, a normal adult wouldn't go to the information desk and fabricate a friend's age and IQ to broadcast a message looking for someone when they're lost... God knows she was trying to comfort him and broadcast the message, but after all that trouble, the 'Xiaobai' and 'Xiaopang' who came to her door turned out to be two grown men... Oh, and a policeman.

I'm really heartbroken :)

Qing Bai knew that the cat was 'lost', but it couldn't really be considered lost because the transformed person had accompanied him back and forth. However, he really didn't expect that such a big monk could be 'lost'. If Officer Yang hadn't said that the person who called the police was their friend, Qing Bai would never have followed the broadcast to pick up the person. He couldn't afford to lose this person.

After Officer Yang showed his police ID to arrest the person, the nurse's gaze changed again, from looking at a pervert to looking at a perverted criminal.

Qing Bai took two steps back, trying to disguise himself as a passerby.

Unfortunately, the next second Ai Chan pounced over and hugged Qi Xiaopang. After slapping each other on the back a few times, they began to pour out their grievances to each other.

"Zhili, you don't even know what we've been through! Time travel! Campus horror! Unpredictable people and ghosts! Murder in the dark of night! Two-level reversal..."

"Little Fatty, you don't know what I went through! I sensed something was wrong the moment you entered the hospital! I waved desperately to get you to come out, but the cat ran away again! That cat ran so fast, it disappeared in the blink of an eye. I had no choice but to follow you into the hospital, but we didn't expect to enter the same hospital. I counted on my fingers and saw that there were patients in critical condition. I was so scared that I quickly called the police..."

After completing the registration, the nurse, who only nodded at the end, looked more and more complicated. She lowered her voice and said with pity, "Our hospital's psychiatry department is also quite famous. It's in the building next door."

Officer Yang smiled as he put his ID away. His thick eyebrows and wide eyes looked very honest and sincere. "This young man just graduated and is under too much pressure. He's addicted to escape room script-killing games. We'll give him some psychological counseling first. If it doesn't work, come back later."

The nurse had only been working for two years, and she immediately understood what he said. The wariness in her eyes dissipated a little, and she nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Officer Yang: "Serving the people."

After listening to the entire conversation, Qing Bai twitched his lips, glanced at the time, and walked out. More than forty minutes had passed... Before Ban Bieyi was carried away, he deliberately stuffed the folding umbrella under the pillow of the mobile bed. He didn't know if the doctors or nurses would take it away. If they did, Zhou Xiaoya's soul would be floating around now.

The three behind them quickly caught up. Officer Yang was observant and attentive, his professionalism sharp. "You keep checking the time. Is there something urgent?"

Qing Bai thought for two seconds, and without hiding it, he whispered about Zhou Xiaoya's residual soul.

Officer Yang took it very seriously: "Will it have any impact on Ban Bieyi?"

It’s not that Officer Yang thought too much, but Ban Bieyi’s appearance after the incident was too miserable. He looked pale and frail, and it seemed that he would die at any time. He was so weak and haggard, and there was a ghost guarding next to him. Even if he had no ill intentions, it was inevitable that people would worry that it would cause some bad reactions.

Qing Bai couldn't tell whether it would have any impact, after all, intuition was something that was hard to explain.

Ai Chan, who had learned most of the truth from Qi Xiaopang, reassured everyone, "Don't worry. Strictly speaking, Zhou Xiaoya isn't a ghost right now. She's just a lingering obsession that won't affect anyone."

Officer Yang looked Ai Chan up and down and asked curiously, "This person... knows a lot about these things?"

Speaking of which, the call to the police was quite interesting, otherwise he wouldn't have been the one to respond.

Ai Chan nodded modestly: "I know a thing or two."

The act of introducing oneself always seems to be self-promotion, and this is when the advantages of having companions are reflected.

"He's a monk, a professional match." Qing Bai added in a flat tone, "Occasionally reliable."

Officer Yang was stunned for a moment, looking at the large word "宅" (homebody) on Aichan's T-shirt. He said tactfully, "So you're a monk. It's true... real people don't reveal their true appearance."

"Hahahaha, no no, just an ordinary monk..." He said that and tried to poke Qing Bai in dissatisfaction, but poked nothing.

"What do you mean by occasionally reliable? When have I ever been unreliable?"

Qing Bai deliberately made the shape of "cat" with his mouth.

Ai Chan instantly stopped arguing, but still felt a little dissatisfied. The signature smile on his face dimmed a lot, and he sighed softly, "I guess no one in this world can keep an eye on your cat..."

Qing Bai lowered his eyes and pretended not to hear.

…

When the four quarters of an hour was about to end, several people finally found Ban Beiyi who had been placed in the ward. The nurse who was giving Ban Beiyi an IV thought they were relatives of the patient, and sighed a few times that Ban Beiyi was lucky and had a long life, as the wound was only slightly infected after all the trouble.

After the nurse gave the instructions and left the ward, Qing Bai began to look for a folding umbrella. Ban Beiyi was still dizzy and did not respond when people touched him. But when he lifted the corner of the pillow, he did not see any trace of the folding umbrella.

Qing Bai was just wondering if a doctor or nurse from the emergency department had accidentally removed the umbrella because it was in the way, when he heard Qi Xiaopang exclaim in surprise, "What's that old classmate holding in his hand?"

When he turned around, he found that Qi Xiaopang had already lifted the quilt while he was checking the pillow... It didn't matter if he lifted it, it was hot and he was still feeling hot anyway, and the umbrella that Qing Bai found was in Ban Bieyi's hand.

Qi Xiaopang pulled at it, but it didn't budge. Then, as if realizing something, he looked up at Qing Bai and said, "Brother Qing, Zhou Xiaoya's soul isn't in here... is it?"

Ai Chan said "Amitabha", and Officer Yang's expression became quite serious. The answer was already clear.

Qing Bai touched the exposed umbrella handle with his hand, was silent for a moment, and was about to speak when the dark blue folding umbrella suddenly became blurred in water and a wisp of light smoke rose.

The light smoke lingered around Ban Bieyi's bed, like mist around green pines, like clouds covering clear mountains, like the reluctance before separation of all things in this world. But it did not stay for too long. Finally, it stopped in front of Qing Bai for a few seconds as if to say thank you, and then it seemed to have already determined its direction. In a moment, it passed through the ground and disappeared, as free and easy as the wind.

Not until the wisp of smoke completely disappeared and the ward was quiet for a long time did someone speak.

"Hey, hey, he's leaving now?" It happened so suddenly, so quickly, so unexpectedly that Fatty Qi didn't quite understand. "The teacher has been unconscious the whole time, so he probably doesn't know anything. If there's anything you want to say, we can tell him orally."

Qing Bai used a little force to take the umbrella, which seemed to have faded a bit, from Ban Bieyi's hand and gently placed it on the bedside table: "Maybe... there's nothing to say."

After all, the closest relationship between them is that they were once junior high school classmates.

As for those who have a crush on someone and those who are secretly loved, the victims and the first people to discover the death scene... it's better not to talk about them.

Qi Xiaopang nodded, seemingly understanding, then sensibly skipped the topic and chatted about unimportant 'trivia': "Hey, where do you think that soul went? Back to the underworld to queue up for a number and wait for a new life? There are more than ten floors here. If she dives down, who knows how long she'll float there. I wonder if the remaining soul can take the elevator. At least she can get to the first floor and then burrow into the ground. Oh, I forgot there's a basement here, so wouldn't that be faster..."

Ai Chan interrupted Qi Xiaopang's meaningless nagging: "Calculate the years, that girl's reincarnation can run, jump, and solve elementary school math problems. They say it's an obsession, don't treat it as a ghost."

Qi Xiaopang said "Oh" and asked, "So where did it go?"

Ai Chan smiled, his eyes full of meaning, completely different from the wolf-faced mushroom who was squatting at the service desk waiting for someone to claim him, which made Officer Yang look at him sideways.

"Isn't the pediatric department downstairs?"

Qi Xiaopang was shocked: "You mean Zhou Xiaoya's reincarnation is also in this hospital?"

Ai Chan nodded: "It should be said that it is precisely because Zhou Xiaoya's reincarnation is in this hospital that Chang Qiuqiu's flaw is also in the hospital."

After all, Chang Qiuqiu was trying so hard to find the person who harmed Zhou Xiaoya. If 'Zhou Xiaoya' was missing, it would be in vain even if she dragged in more old classmates.

Ai Chan's words contained a lot of information. Qing Bai thought for a moment and said, "Will it have an impact on Zhou Xiaoya's reincarnation?"

Once you have been reincarnated, it is a new life. Even if it is a remnant soul that is obsessed with something, being pulled into the cracks and reliving the old dreams of the previous life will surely not be a good thing.

Although Ai Chan was a little surprised by Qing Bai's focus, she quickly replied, "Yes."

Seeing Qing Baiqi, Xiaopang, and Officer Yang all looking at her with serious expressions, Ai Chan didn't dare to keep it a secret any longer and said quickly, "The obsession has been resolved, and the remaining soul has returned to its place. She will be no different from an ordinary person from now on, free of illness and disaster, and won't need to come to the hospital often."

Qi Xiaopang breathed a sigh of relief, and Qing Bai also felt that this was good... At least he could grow up healthy in this life and take physical education classes with his classmates.

...Just looking at Chang Qiuqiu's reaction in the crevice, it seemed as if he didn't know that Zhou Xiaoya's soul was also there. Then why was her crevice in the hospital? Thinking of the nine years when she disappeared after leaving the crevice, Qing Bai had a hunch that he must know something.

Qi Xiaopang: "It's good to go back. But no wonder that 'Zhou Xiaoya' looks so dazed, like a puppet on strings. We initially thought she was a smokescreen sent by the lord, but it's thanks to her that the past can be repeated within the cracks... Alas, we finally found out the truth."

"Stupid?" Qing Bai shook his head. "Who do you think sent the text message we received?"

Qi Xiaopang was genuinely stunned: "Isn't that Chang Qiuqiu?"

Qing Bai didn't understand: "Why do you think it was Chang Qiuqiu?"

Qi Xiaopang explained: "Didn't she say that if the old class and the others couldn't find the real murderer, they would bring more people in?"

Qing Bai said patiently, "But we are obviously not among those 'more people' she mentioned."

Yes, Qi Xiaopang finally realized. They weren't his old classmates from Class 2, Grade 9. Why drag them into this mess, letting them be the spectators watching their past childhood grudges, love-hate relationships? And that message was clearly about Ban Bieyi. Now that he thought about it, what critical illness notice? That was clearly a cry for help! A cry for help asking them to save Ban Bieyi!

...No wonder they were sent with Banbieyi's number, and no wonder they were the only ones who arrived at the hospital.