This wasn't just a problem for her; Jin Zijie himself couldn't understand it either. Especially since he fainted as soon as he entered the door—it all seemed completely unnecessary!
Yan Qing's gaze fell on Jin Zijie. Suddenly, she remembered something and asked somewhat uncertainly,
"Jin Zijie, before you came to this sanatorium, did you have any contact with anyone?" She always felt that there must be something about Jin Zijie, otherwise how could Mu Yang have targeted him?
Jin Zijie's reaction was as if he had seen a ghost. "How did you know?" He had never told anyone!
"Hurry up and tell me, or you won't be so lucky to run into me next time. And Mu Yang can kill you anytime he wants," Yan Qing reminded him.
Jin Zijie suddenly realized, "Yes, even if he has something to rely on, it's all for nothing if he has nowhere to use it!"
So he didn't care about keeping it a secret anymore and directly revealed his secret to Yan Qing.
"In the previous instance, I accidentally saved a weirdo. When she learned that I had to come here, she wrote me a letter and asked me to give it to her aunt, saying that she would protect me."
It turns out that the strange creature Jin Zijie rescued was once an NPC at Wenshan Sanatorium, but later left. However, she still kept in touch with her aunt, so she knew a little about the Wenshan Sanatorium instance.
Therefore, she specifically wrote to her aunt, asking her to take care of Jin Zijie. It was precisely because of her aunt's reminder that he was able to survive the first three days.
"Was it your aunt who told you that you can't drink tonics?" Yan Qing suddenly interjected.
Jin Zijie nodded.
"Who is that aunt?"
Jin Zijie mentioned a person she never expected.
"You mean, that old lady in the cafeteria?!" Forgive her, but she really couldn't associate that trembling old lady with the word "protection." She still vividly remembered the bloody fingers that the old lady would leave with every food cart she delivered!
Jin Zijie was practically swearing an oath, "Really, I'm not lying to you. That old lady once said that she's been here since the first day this sanatorium was built. And even Director Xu can't control her."
"Oh?" Yan Qing's eyes lit up. "There's such a thing?" If this old lady was real, then she really did have something to talk to her about.
Having worked here for so long, she must know a lot. Mu Yang might have already set his sights on this old lady! It seems there's more to this than meets the eye!
"By the way, did that old lady give you anything? Otherwise, how could you have caught Mu Yang's eye?"
Jin Zijie was completely impressed by her. He took out an old, tattered handkerchief from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"Here it is! The old lady said I must carry it with me at all times, so that those bad things won't dare to get close to me."
Yan Qing didn't accept his handkerchief, but examined it carefully. It was indeed just an ordinary handkerchief. It looked like it had been used by the old lady for a long time, as the edges were worn and frayed.
"Is this handkerchief really useful?" Forgive her poor eyesight, but she really couldn't see anything unusual about it.
Jin Zijie nodded heavily and quickly put the handkerchief close to his body. What a joke! This thing had already protected him from several inexplicable disasters.
And ever since he arrived, those strange doctors and nurses have been desperate to stay far away from him. It must be because of this handkerchief.
As Yan Qing was wondering, the voice of the Netherworld Brocade Fox suddenly echoed in her mind.
“Master, the owner of that handkerchief is a high-level supernatural being! I can sense that even in this five-star dungeon, that supernatural being is a top-tier existence.”
So that's how it is. It seems she underestimated her before. That old cafeteria lady who looked like she had one foot in the grave was actually a high-level weirdo!
The supernatural world is different from the human world; higher-level supernatural beings can naturally suppress lower-level ones. And that handkerchief carried the scent of the old lady from the cafeteria, something those lower-level supernatural beings would absolutely avoid at all costs.
It seems the world is truly full of wonders!
Yan Qing became even more determined to meet the old lady, but unfortunately, the old lady still did not appear by the time she got off work.
The doctor handing over the shift was none other than Zheng Na, the one who had been searching for hearts all over the streets. However, besides her, there was also an unfamiliar female college student who seemed to be a new doctor.
This time, Zheng Na didn't directly ask her to hand over the shift. Instead, she took the new female doctor to the office. They happened to bump into Yan Qing, who was returning from rounds. In a rather comical turn of events, Yan Qing saw a look of utter disbelief on Yan Qing's face—the first time she'd ever seen such a bizarre expression!
"You, how are you still alive?!" Zheng Na's mouth formed an "O" shape.
"That's strange, why can't I be alive? I still have to go to work." Yan Qing was also extremely curious. Why were people saying she was dead?
"But, but didn't you go to the 'safe house' at the end of the corridor last night? You absolutely mustn't go in there at night; no one who goes in ever comes out alive!"
Zheng Na looked terrified. "Tell me! Are you a human or a ghost?"
Yan Qing was amused by her, "You're such a weirdo, yet you're afraid of ghosts? Too bad, you'll be disappointed, I'm human."
Zheng Na finally relaxed. She patted her empty chest, her face still showing lingering fear.
"My God, it's terrifying that someone can actually walk out of the 'safe house' alive at night!"
Yan Qing was speechless, her face full of black lines.
Since the "safe house" was mentioned, Yan Qing automatically recalled the door that was suddenly locked last night. It seemed that this person was plotting to kill her!
It's a pity she didn't die; the murderer must have been incredibly disappointed.
Yan Qing's first suspect was Mu Yang, who clearly had no good intentions towards her. Moreover, he had been on duty the previous night, making him even more likely to have acted against her.
However, there is still a contradiction: if Mu Yang really did it, why would he need to wait for him at the door?
Thinking about it that way, it didn't seem like him anymore. But besides Mu Yang, he really couldn't think of anyone else.
Never mind, I'll just have to think about it later.
She deliberately arrived a little early for her shift change today, specifically to wait outside the office and try to ambush someone. Unfortunately, she waited until 8:30, but still didn't see Yue Qi.
She went directly to the second ward, only to receive a shocking piece of news: Yue Qi hadn't come to work at all!
The strange doctor who was taking over his shift was so worried he was almost bald, and kept pleading with her.
"Dr. Yan, please think of something quickly! If Dr. Yue doesn't come, I'll have to keep going!"
Without saying a word, Yan Qing turned and left the room, running towards the corridor.
—Destination, fire escape.
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