Chapter 42: City of Happiness
◎If you die, I will take Fang Tong's heart back◎
The girl on the hospital bed had delicate features, but perhaps due to her long-term illness, her complexion was extremely pale. She looked like a fragile Barbie doll, which made people easily want to protect her.
She tilted her head, confusion in her clear eyes: "Sister, who are you looking for?"
Gu Nian walked in, stopped in front of the bed, and pointed directly at the other person's heart. "I'll find it," she stared at Lin Baozhu and said, "Fang Tong's heart."
Lin Baozhu frowned slightly, as if puzzled. After a moment, her eyes widened. "Are you saying that the person who donated her heart to me is called Fang Tong?"
She instantly became excited, a blush spreading across her pale face. Then, somewhat nervously, she asked, "Are you Fang Tong's sister? I'm so grateful she donated her heart to me. I wanted to go see her off in person, but my father said the hospital wouldn't reveal the identity of the donor."
After saying that, she looked at Gu Nian sincerely: "Thank you so much!"
Gu Nian looked at the top of Lin Baozhu's head.
Just now, the other party's happiness value increased by 5 points.
Do you feel happy because of other people's donations?
The young Taoist priest, who had come in a step behind, happened to witness this scene and opened his eyes wide in surprise. It was too easy to increase happiness. Xie Han, on the other hand, gave Lin Baozhu a blank look.
Gu Nian suddenly spoke up, "No need to thank me. Fang Tong didn't donate voluntarily. Your transplanted heart was purchased by your father. In other words, this is organ trafficking, which is illegal."
Lin Baozhu was stunned, her eyes instantly reddened, "My dad..."
She struggled to get off the bed, but collapsed powerlessly. Finally, she apologized to Gu Nian with tears on her face: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. It's all my fault. My father was just too worried about me, so he did this. This is all my fault. If I can still leave here, I will definitely find a way to compensate them and confess to her in person."
She couldn't help crying and covered her chest with her hands.
Gu Nian took a look and his happiness value dropped back to 120.
After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Do you really want to confess to Fang Tong in person?"
Lin Baozhu nodded with red eyes: "If I have the chance to leave, I will definitely,"
Gu Nian raised her hand to interrupt her: "You don't have to leave here." She looked around and found a folded wheelchair by the window. She walked over and picked it up, then turned to Lin Baozhu and said, "Wait."
After saying that, she took the wheelchair to the door of the ward's accompanying room, reached into her pocket, took out a key, inserted it into the keyhole, pushed the door open and walked in.
A minute later, the door of the accompanying room reopened.
Everyone in the room looked in surprise at Gu Nian and the person she was pushing as she walked out of the room.
She was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, with pretty features and a serene expression, but her eyes were tightly closed, as if she was asleep.
Xie Han seemed to be thinking about something, and turned to look at Lin Baozhu lying on the hospital bed. Lin Baozhu seemed to be completely stunned, staring at the person in the wheelchair motionlessly.
The little Taoist priest, who was completely taken aback, exclaimed, "Who is this?"
Gu Nian pushed Fang Tong to Lin Baozhu and said, "Okay, you can confess now."
Lin Baozhu: “…”
Her eyes were red as she was about to speak when she heard the little Taoist priest exclaim again: "Ah, your happiness value is dropping! It has dropped by 10 points, and it is still dropping. Now there are only 100 points left!"
Lin Baozhu's eyes turned even redder, and she cried, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."
Gu Nian watched her repeatedly apologize to Fang Tong. After her happiness value continued to drop to 80 points and stabilized, he waited for a while. Seeing that there was really no movement, he finally spoke: "Okay, I've apologized. It seems that you don't know anything about this matter. There's nothing I can do."
She has no evidence now, and it's not good to bully a little girl.
Lin Baozhu's voice was a little hoarse from her apology. After hearing that, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and stopped. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Gu Nian continue, "The contaminated area is so dangerous, I will stay here. In case you die, I will take Fang Tong's heart back. After all, she didn't donate it voluntarily. You should understand this, right?" She said sincerely.
Lin Baozhu: “…”
The little Taoist priest exclaimed again: "Your happiness value has become 70!"
Gu Nian thought to herself that she was lucky she had arrived early. At this rate, she shouldn't have to wait too long. She continued to look at Lin Baozhu sincerely, waiting for her answer.
Lin Baozhu forced a smile and nodded slowly: "Okay."
After saying that, his happiness value dropped by another 5 points.
Gu Nian suddenly remembered something, "Oh, right, I met your father and your brother before coming here. They seemed to be planning to stay with Chairman Xie and not come to the hospital."
Lin Baozhu lowered her head and said "hmm" softly.
Gu Nian looked at the unchanged happiness value and stopped talking.
Lin Baozhu sat quietly on the hospital bed, her eyes lowered, wondering what she was thinking. Gu Nian said that he would just watch over her and asked the little Taoist priest to sit on the sofa next to her.
The young Taoist priest looked at Gu Nian, then at Lin Baozhu, and finally at Xie Han with a calm face and Fang Tong sitting in a wheelchair next to him. He opened his mouth several times and finally closed it.
Master was right, he really still needed to cultivate his mind.
From time to time, there were noises coming from outside. They were the voices of the psychics who came to look for clues. Occasionally, someone would push the door open, confirm that there was no problem, and then quickly leave.
Soon, it was time to adjust the happiness value again.
Except for Fang Tong who was silent, the happiness values of the four people in the room did not change.
Gu Nian glanced at Lin Baozhu, then quickly looked away.
In the evening, a robot came to deliver food, and each person needed 10 happiness points. Gu Nian and the little Taoist priest had both eaten before the pollution outbreak, and Xie Han had also been fed by the little Taoist priest before. In the end, only Lin Baozhu spent 5 happiness points to buy a small portion of food. She was a patient and had to eat.
Lin Baozhu's happiness value was only 60 points.
Gu Nian couldn't help but ponder. She had observed in the banquet hall before that, among everyone, the highest initial happiness value was only 100 points. She didn't think Lin Baozhu would be the unexpected one. In other words, her initial happiness value was at most 100, but when they arrived, it was a full 120.
Most people in the banquet hall gain happiness by bullying the weak. How does a frail patient like Lin Baozhu get those extra 20 points of happiness?
After a while, the door of the room was pushed open again, but this time the person who came in was not a person with special abilities, but the young nurse that Gu Nian had met at the nurses' station before.
The young nurse came in with a tray, looking like she had adjusted her mindset. Seeing Gu Nian in the room, she was surprised and said, "I thought you had already left."
Fear often comes from the unknown. Although they had vaguely sensed the pattern of changes in happiness values before, it was far less detailed than what Gu Nian said. After they understood it clearly, although they were still afraid, at least they knew how to deal with it and were not as panicked as at the beginning.
Gu Nian nodded slightly without further explanation.
Lin Baozhu said weakly, "Sister Xiaofang, so you two know each other?"
The young nurse put the tray down on the cabinet next to the bed and took out the medicine from it. She shook her head sadly and said, "We don't know him. We just met him when the head nurse was wiped out."
She didn't want to think about the situation at that time and quickly changed the subject. "By the way, you should already know the law of changes in happiness value. I thought about it, helping patients recover is my way of gaining happiness value. Besides, the head nurse's efforts cannot be wasted. You have to take the medicine on time and get better soon." She handed the medicine in her hand to Lin Baozhu.
Gu Nian raised his eyebrows and was about to speak when Lin Baozhu started crying again.
Lin Baozhu sobbed and said, "It's all my fault. If I hadn't suddenly fallen ill, the head nurse wouldn't have gone out to get medicine for me, nor would she have spent so much happiness points. I've caused her trouble."
The young nurse's eyes also turned red, but she quickly shook her head and said, "None of us knew that the happiness points would suddenly double and be deducted. This was all an accident. Don't blame yourself too much. Moreover, if you hadn't guessed that helping others could gain happiness points, many patients wouldn't have been able to hold on for long."
The two comforted each other.
After Lin Baozhu took the medicine, the happiness values of both of them increased by 5 points.
At this point, there was no need to ask anymore, Gu Nian had guessed what had happened before.
Perhaps Lin Baozhu guessed some of the rules governing how happiness values change, and told the head nurse that helping others would earn them happiness. The head nurse and the nurse who chose to stay, both highly ethical individuals, realized after trying it out that Lin Baozhu was right, and so chose to help the patients.
In fact, the rules of the City of Happiness are not completely lifeless. The changes in happiness value only follow people's natural thoughts. If you are a good person, you can naturally gain happiness value by helping others, just like the little Taoist priest helped Xie Han before, and his own happiness value also increased.
If used properly, it may form a virtuous circle, or at least last longer.
However, Lin Baozhu's sudden illness disrupted this balance. The head nurse used her own happiness points to exchange for medicines, which was originally calculated, but it happened to coincide with the upgrade of the pollution core.
The happiness value was doubled and deducted, which eventually led to the elimination of the head nurse.
Gu Nian glanced at Lin Baozhu. Was the other party's 120 points of happiness due to the relief of escaping death, gratitude, or something else?
Did she really get sick before?
Before Lin Baozhu looked over, Gu Nian withdrew his gaze.
Lin Baozhu looked much better after taking the medicine. Perhaps because her happiness level had risen a little, she changed her previous silence and took the initiative to say to Gu Nian, "I understand you. If I really can't leave here, you should take Fang Tong's heart. If I can leave, I will also take Fang Tong's family to my side and make it up to them."
Gu Nian looked at her steadily and said, "No need." Because they were all dead.
Fang Tong's only surviving grandmother saw what happened in the Third Mental Hospital on TV. Although everyone tried their best to conceal it, the old woman guessed the truth because Fang Tong did not show up. She blamed herself for agreeing to send her granddaughter to the mental hospital and eventually died of depression.
Lin Baozhu still insisted: "No, this is what I should do."
Gu Nian stood up.
Lin Baozhu's voice gradually became quieter.
Gu Nian: "I'm going to the bathroom."
Lin Baozhu: “…”
Gu Nian got up and went to the bathroom. With a creaking sound, the bathroom door slowly closed.
At the same time, Gu Nian turned around suddenly and punched behind him.
A figure quickly moved away, and a low, hoarse voice rang out.
"It's me, Qin Ping."
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