Chapter 22 The Third Mental Hospital
A great discovery
Director Zhou left with his trusted monster.
While Gu Nian could use his position as director to gather the patients, Director Zhou hadn't completely relinquished management authority. After a headcount, the remaining patients were relocated to the third floor, still guarded by the monsters. But until Gu Nian gave his approval, at least no more inexplicable disappearances would occur.
In the ward.
Gu Nian and the others sat on the beds on both sides. On the stool in the middle was a document about the girl who had undergone heart removal surgery as the monster had told them.
Song Tian sighed and said sympathetically: "This little girl is too pitiful."
A single-parent family, suffering from severe depression after experiencing school violence, has a mother who recently passed away, and her only caregiver, her grandmother, is aging. How happy they must have been to learn that a hospital was willing to help. Little did they know, this place is a living hell.
The so-called treatments are all fake.
Zhong Xingchi gritted his teeth and said, "When we get out, we'll expose what happened here immediately. What a philanthropist! He's nothing but a wolf in human skin! No, even a wolf knows how to protect its own pack. He's just disgusting trash!"
Song Tian was also furious, but soon worried, "The key is how to get out. According to what the monster said, the girl may have died before the pollution outbreak, so she shouldn't be the core of the pollution. In that case, do we still need to go to the dean's office?"
That dean sounds like someone who is not someone to be trifled with.
Qi Kai said solemnly, "This is the only clue we have right now. We must go there. Although a person will definitely die if their heart is removed, contaminating their core won't necessarily be the same."
If that girl was the contaminated core, and she had just entered her growth phase after having her heart removed, it wasn't impossible. This possibility was even quite high.
Gu Nian, who had been silent the entire time, now raised her head. "I agree with Qi Kai. We should go, but we need to make some preparations before we go." She stood up and said, "We need to find out what exactly happened to this girl in this hospital."
Whether it's to provide an explanation to the victimized patient or to identify the core of the contamination, this matter needs to be clarified. Perhaps the solution to the contamination core lies within.
Gu Nian had a feeling that if they followed this clue, they would have unexpected gains. Besides, they had no better solution at the moment. Gu Nian frowned. She had forgotten to tell her family when she left. No matter what, this matter had to be resolved tonight.
In the end, the four decided to act separately.
Gu Nian went to ask the monster, while Qi Kai and Zhong Xingchi and Song Tian were responsible for contacting the nurses and patients respectively, to learn more from the side. In short, they had to find out everything that happened after the girl entered the hospital.
After the agreement was made, Gu Nian left the ward.
Before going to find the monster, Gu Nian thought for a moment and went to the hospital's archives. She didn't have to sneak around like Qi Kai had done last time; this time, she went in openly. With the director's authority, she had access to more information. When she came out, she had a document in her hand.
On the way back, Gu Nian suddenly stopped and looked downstairs through the corridor window.
In a corner below, two monsters huddled together, talking about something. Coincidentally, Gu Nian knew both of these monsters and had come into contact with them before.
One is the frog monster that blocked the way at the door when I first entered the hospital, and the other is the □□ monster I just saw in the lobby. The two monsters look quite familiar.
Are these two relatives? They look quite similar in appearance.
I don't know what he said, but the frog monster jumped up and hit the toad, as if he was a little angry. Then he scolded the toad and finally walked away with his hands behind his back.
A moment later, the monster that had just come in from outside was stopped by Gu Nian at the door.
Gu Nian smiled and asked, "Is the security guard at the door your relative?"
The monster held it in for a long while, then quacked once, followed by a series of quacks. It looked like a guilty thief, and it was obvious that it was hiding something.
Gu Nian's face darkened: "Do you want to tell me yourself, or do you want me to ask someone else? I remember that the hospital doesn't allow relatives to work together?" This is a special regulation of the Third Mental Hospital. Gu Nian had just read a lot of rules and regulations in the archives, including this one.
"If you don't tell me now, you'll have to wait and explain to the dean." After saying that, Gu Nian turned around and left.
The □□ monster behind him quickly became anxious and jumped forward, saying, "Expert Gu, wait a minute, I'll tell you. That security guard is a distant cousin of mine. We really only found out about this after we entered the hospital. You must trust me."
Gu Nian walked towards the elevator without stopping.
□□guai was so anxious that he scratched his head and croaked, "Expert Gu, I really haven't done anything to harm the interests of the hospital. Oh, and that girl you're looking for tried to escape earlier. Fortunately, I warned my cousin in advance, otherwise she would have escaped."
Gu Nian stopped and turned to look at it: "Thanks to you?"
□□guai nodded quickly. "Really? This is a big deal. If she really gets away, our hospital will suffer a huge loss. I heard the person who placed the order offered an exorbitant price."
Gu Nian raised his eyebrows: "So you have made some contributions."
□□guai laughed and was about to brag a little more when he heard Gu Nian ask, "How did a little girl like her escape to the gate when there were so many people guarding the hospital?"
She looked puzzled, as if she was genuinely curious.
Seeing that she had no intention of blaming him, □□guai relaxed and pointed upstairs, "It's still Xiao Zhang's teacher. He was just a front man invited by the dean to cooperate with the interview. He really thinks he's a big shot. It was he who secretly leaked the news, and that's why he almost got away."
Gu Nian understood and asked casually, "What about you? How did you know she was going to escape and even notify your cousin in advance? Don't worry, I want to ask for your credit, so I need to know."
Hearing the request for merit, □□'s eyes lit up and he chuckled, "It's nothing, really. I just saw that she was a little girl and it wasn't easy, so I paid a little extra attention and care to her. My cousin scolded me several times for this, but luckily he stopped me in the end."
Gu Nian looked at its face with its lewd smile and finally understood why it was a monster. It turned out to be a toad that wanted to eat swan flesh, and when it couldn't get it, it wanted to destroy humans.
The monster had no idea what Gu Nian was thinking at the moment. Its mind was focused on one thing: eating. Merit meant more food.
It looked around and lowered its voice, saying, "Expert Gu, there's one thing I haven't told anyone. Actually, there was more than one person helping that girl that night. But it was too dark, so I didn't see clearly and didn't dare to say anything. He must have stolen the body!"
At that time, he thought it was better to have less trouble than more, but now that he has been caught, he has no choice but to provide more information. If he can get a bigger share of the profits, it would be even better.
Gu Nian glanced at the monster and said seriously, "I'll remember you."
□□The monster suddenly showed a look of joy.
Because of this accident, Gu Nian went to find the octopus monster's teacher again. After learning the real purpose of Gu Nian and others' visit, the old man finally revealed the identity of that person.
The person who helped the girl escape was a nurse in the hospital.
When Gu Nian was about to tell Qi Kai about his discovery after reuniting with others, he saw one more person in the ward and took back the words that were about to come out.
Zhong Xingchi said excitedly, "Gu Nian, we've made a big discovery!" He pointed at the middle-aged man standing in the corner, "This is the caregiver who once took care of that girl. He also helped her escape before. He was the one who secretly hid the body."
The honest-looking middle-aged man clutched the corner of his clothes awkwardly, his face filled with fear. "I just wanted to collect her body, but it suddenly started moving. I was so nervous and scared, and someone was about to come in, so I hid her in the closet."
Gu Nian asked: "Where is the body now?"
The middle-aged man said, "It's in the lounge in the dean's office. It's actually an operating room, and that's where those people secretly performed the surgery."
Gu Nian and the others looked at each other.
It seems that they have to go to the dean's lounge.
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