Chapter 23 Xincheng Hospital "Because of what you said, I didn't listen to a single word..."
The sky had unknowingly darkened.
As the last rays of sunlight dipped below the horizon in the west, the hospital was enveloped in boundless darkness.
"Yes." Lin Fengbai walked to the window, gazing at the dark night outside. His voice was carried away by the night wind, sounding like a sigh. "When I was alive, I wanted freedom, thinking that I could achieve it after I died. I never thought that even after I died, my wish would still be freedom. Isn't that pathetic?"
As night fell, Lin Fengbai's body returned to its semi-transparent ghostly form.
Shi Yu's body is the same.
At first, this assimilation only reached the chest, but now it has spread throughout the whole body.
Shi Yu walked to Lin Fengbai's side and looked out at the vast night with him. He said, "Don't think like that. There's nothing tragic or not tragic. It's the perpetrator's fault."
"Thank you for comforting me." Lin Fengbai glanced at Shi Yu and said, "You helped me fulfill my wish, so I will repay you with one. Don't worry about your health; you'll recover after you leave here."
Shi Yu agreed, then added, "I have a few questions I'd like to ask you."
He had finished reading Lin Fengbai's story, but it was from Lin Fengbai's perspective.
In the few days since he entered the game, he has seen and encountered some things, and he wants to do some verification.
Lin Fengbai said, "Ask away."
"Was the steward harmed by Lin Qinghe?" Shi Yu asked bluntly.
Lin Fengbai remained silent for a while before speaking.
"Yes, because Uncle Chen... helped me escape." He closed his eyes briefly, then opened them, his eyes red-rimmed, filled with pain and self-reproach. His voice trembled. "When we were little, Uncle Chen was so good to us, treating us like his own children, but because of this..."
"That man is insane! Besides the butler, there were several other people who offended him with their words, and some who simply said the wrong thing by accident and didn't mean anything by it, but he still..."
Lin Fengbai couldn't continue speaking, and Shi Yu understood.
"They were dismembered and buried in the hospital's small garden, right?"
"yes."
Shi Yu took a deep breath and asked a somewhat naive question: "Do you have police in your world?"
“Yes.” Lin Fengbai turned his head and gave Shi Yu a bitter smile. “He created the rules of this world, and he also created all the people and ghosts in this world.”
After a pause, Lin Fengbai said softly, "Police, too."
Shi Yu fell silent.
After a long silence, Shi Yu spoke again: "You once tried to kill him, and you did, but you didn't succeed. If you were given another chance now, and you could guarantee 100% success, would you do it?"
The storyline they triggered this time, [Twins], requires him to help Lin Fengbai fulfill his wish, so Shen Su's task should be to help Lin Qinghe fulfill his wish.
Lin Fengbai and Lin Qinghe are two opposing camps. Lin Fengbai's wish is "freedom", so Lin Qinghe's wish is very likely "Lin Fengbai".
Therefore, as long as Lin Qinghe lives, Lin Fengbai cannot gain freedom.
Shi Yu asked this simply to find out Lin Fengbai's determination.
He wouldn't want to take things so extremely if he could think of other ways.
Lin Fengbai was clearly aware of this as well.
Lin Fengbai thought for a long time, and finally shook his head: "I don't know... but if there is a third way, if it can give me freedom and I have other choices, I still hope he is alright."
"After all... he was a really good older brother when we were kids."
Perhaps because the memories were too bitter, Lin Fengbai took out the candy Shi Yu had given him, picked up a small piece of candy, and put it in his mouth.
Lin Fengbai's body became semi-transparent, and the candy in his hand also became semi-transparent.
The sweetness melted on his tongue. Lin Fengbai said, "Since I became a ghost, nothing tastes good to me. But it's amazing that I can taste the sweetness in the candy you gave me. It tastes like orange."
Lin Fengbai couldn't bear to finish the candy in one go, so he wrapped it up in the wrapper and put it back in his pocket, asking Shi Yu, "Do you like candy?"
"So-so," Shi Yu said honestly. "I have a bit of low blood sugar."
Lin Fengbai nodded in understanding, then asked, "So you always carry candy with you?"
"No, someone gave it to me."
"Someone else? Your companion? He must care about you a lot, he always carries candy with him for you."
"..." Is it too late to bring up the topic of preparing candy? Shi Yu said speechlessly, "He didn't prepare candy for me. He just likes to eat it himself. Actually, we don't get along well."
"oh."
The viewers in the live stream were as enthusiastic as ever:
I detected a deep sense of doubt in that single "oh."
"If we could get out of here, wouldn't you stop hating me?" "I never hated you, I just couldn't stand you." "Oh, so you two don't get along."
"I can't stand how you don't value your own life." "That summer at the beach, don't you remember?" "I understand, you two don't get along."
[Are you guys doing this on purpose? How can you dig up someone's past like this? Don't they have any dignity?! To this, I just want to say—good job, girls! Please continue!!!]
Am I the only one curious about what happened to them at the beach that summer?
"I always carry candy with me just for you"—I never thought of this as a romantic trope! I didn't expect Lin Fengbai to be a fellow fan.
[I remember Xia Wanwan asked Shen Su for candy, but Shen Su said he didn't have any. Later, when Shi Yu had low blood sugar, he had candy again. That's really a double standard.]
He even washed his hands before handing Shi Yu the candy!
[It's not washing, it's scrubbing! And scrubbing it very clean!]
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While Shi Yu and Lin Fengbai were communicating, two people from another camp were also communicating in a VIP single room in the hospital.
The atmosphere was far less harmonious than here.
After the nurse left, Shen Su leaned against the sofa and took a nap for a while, then heard a knock on the door.
Thump, thump, thump.
Three sounds, neither too loud nor too soft, with even intervals.
After about a minute, when there was no response from the person inside, the person who knocked entered uninvited.
"Hello, I am Lin Qinghe."
The newcomer was dressed in a white lab coat, wore silver-rimmed glasses, and had a royal blue fountain pen pinned to his chest. He exuded a refined and mature air, with a gentle and courteous smile on his face.
"I'm sorry, I thought you were asleep." Lin Qinghe nodded, expressing her apology.
“I did fall asleep…” Shen Su sat up straight on the sofa, slowly stretched, and grinned at Lin Qinghe. “Just woke up.”
He stood up and shook hands with Lin Qinghe, his eyes bright and piercing: "Thank you, Dean Lin, for changing me to a single room."
"No need to thank me." Lin Qinghe's smile was perfect, neither cold nor distant. "This makes it easier for us to chat."
That concludes the pleasantries.
"As requested, I need to play you a short story clip." Lin Qinghe said, a faint smile still on his face, his tone of voice barely changing.
“I don’t think it’s necessary.” Shen Su said with a smile.
Lin Qinghe was slightly taken aback, but quickly regained his normal expression.
Lin Qinghe was very tolerant and forgiving of the guest's rudeness, and humbly asked for the reason: "Why is that?"
Shen Su: "Because I don't believe a single word you say."
"..." Lin Qinghe smiled, a smile a little wider than his previous standard smile. He said, "What a coincidence, I didn't quite believe you would genuinely help me either."
"Be more confident and remove the word 'too'."
Shen Su continued, "I'm an egoist; I only think about myself. I really don't want to help you, but I have no choice right now, do I?"
"I must help you, and I must help you succeed." Shen Su's smile faded as he asked, "Your wish is for Lin Fengbai? Can you be more specific?"
“No…” Lin Qinghe slowly shook his head, “My wish is that the world I created can continue to function peacefully.”
“My brother’s wish is freedom. As long as this world exists, he will never be free. And for this world to function peacefully, it needs your help to eliminate the hidden dangers.”
"Right now, the biggest hidden danger is your companion," Lin Qinghe said slowly, looking at Shen Su with interest. "Are you willing to let your companion die?"
"What else? If he doesn't die, I will. I don't think this death penalty is aimed at you."
Lin Qinghe stared at Shen Su for a long time, seemingly trying to glean something from Shen Su's expression, but he failed to do so.
Is it because Shen Su is too good at disguising himself?
It seems that Shen Su truly doesn't have that kind of thing.
"I like your personality; you're ruthless enough." After failing to gain any insight from his observations, Lin Qinghe offered his praise without reservation.
"Thank you, but I don't like you," Shen Su said politely.
"..."
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