Chapter 223 It’s too late, that’s fine
This is a room with an overall white tone. On one side of the room, there is a row of copper-aluminum alloy radiators on the wall. On the other side, there are two beds placed side by side, with two bedside tables on the sides. The middle of the bed is separated by a sky blue curtain.
On the wall at the head of the bed, there is a whole row of sockets of different sizes and emergency call buttons.
Wen Nan was so familiar with this room that even if he closed his eyes, he could easily recall every detail in every corner.
This is Taoyuan Psychiatric Hospital, Ward 404.
Where he lived for many years.
The room was unusually quiet at this moment. Only the faint sound of breathing could be heard coming from the other side of the curtain.
Wen Nan walked forward slowly, passed through the curtain, and saw the person lying on the bed behind him——
That's him.
His face looked a little haggard, his complexion was pale, and there were dark circles under his eyes. At this moment, his eyes were closed, his brows were furrowed, and he was wearing a straitjacket. Although he was sleeping soundly, it was obvious that he was not sleeping well.
Wen Nan walked step by step to the bedside and looked down at his sleeping face.
It was a strange feeling, like my soul was leaving my body.
Is this a dream? A dream about myself from a God's perspective?
Wen Nan stared at his face for a while, then leaned over, raised his hand, and gently touched his cheek.
The moment my fingertips touched the skin on the side of the person's face on the bed——
His mind suddenly began to shake violently, as if it was going to shake his brains out. His head was splitting and his head was spinning...
When the sad feeling passed, he found himself changing from a standing position to a lying position.
My eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and my eyeballs kept rolling from side to side, but I just couldn't force my heavy eyelids open.
He tensed his arm muscles and used force on his waist and abdomen, trying to sit up, only to find that his whole body was bound, tightly wrapped in some familiar fabric.
"Ho, ho, ho..."
With a strange sound coming from his throat, Wen Nan tried his best to break free from this "cage".
With a "click", the sound of the door opening was heard.
Then there were hurried footsteps, and a figure came to his bedside, raised his hand and shook his shoulder.
The moment Wen Nan was touched by the other person, he felt like he was electrocuted. He shuddered all over and woke up.
My eyelids opened and my blurry vision gradually came into focus.
This is the room where “I” was lying just now, on the same hospital bed.
It seems that his soul has returned.
His sight slowly moved from the glaring white light strip on the ceiling to the face of the person beside the bed.
The young woman in a nurse's uniform smiled at Wen Nan and said, "Are you awake? Your illness lasted for many days this time. We were all scared."
Wen Nan stared at the young woman's face without saying a word.
Seeing this, the nurse's smile faded a little. She briefly checked Wen Nan's various signs and then said, "Are you awake? Why aren't you talking?"
Still without a response from Wen Nan, the nurse thought for a moment and said, "I'll go get Doctor Zhang to come over. Wait a minute. He happens to be on night duty today."
After saying that, she turned and went out. After a while, she led a middle-aged man in.
The man was wearing a white coat, had a square face and short hair. It seemed that he had stayed in the hospital for too long without washing his hair. His hair was sticky and looked a little greasy, and there was also blue stubble on his chin.
Unlike the elite doctors we usually see on TV, this chief psychiatrist looks a bit sloppy.
Doctor Zhang walked to Wen Nan's bedside, smiled at him, and greeted him like an old friend: "Long time no see, Wen Nan."
Wen Nan glanced at the nurse behind Dr. Zhang, then looked back at Dr. Zhang, "Can you help me solve..."
He just opened his mouth and found that his voice was hoarse. He coughed twice. When he was about to speak again, Doctor Zhang on the other side spoke first:
"Untie him."
The nurse was a little hesitant, but Dr. Zhang insisted. She finally called an assistant in to help untie Wen Nan's straitjacket, and then left the ward at Dr. Zhang's instruction.
Wen Nan and Doctor Zhang were the only two people left in the room. Wen Nan propped himself up with his arms and tried to sit up. Doctor Zhang stepped forward, held his hand, and helped him sit against the head of the bed.
Doctor Zhang pulled out a bottle of water from somewhere and handed it to Wen Nan. "Are you thirsty? Do you want some water?"
Wen Nan glanced at the IV needle on the back of his hand, raised his hand to take the water bottle, and placed it on his leg without opening it.
Doctor Zhang dragged a stool over from the side, sat down at the head of Wen Nan's bed, and looked at him with a smile. That smile was as warm as the spring breeze as always.
"Where did you go this time? Why didn't you come back for so long?" Doctor Zhang asked softly.
Wen Nan replied succinctly: "I'm going to fall in love."
Doctor Zhang was stunned for a moment, then his smile deepened, "So awesome? Tell me about your new girlfriend?"
Wen Nan smiled and shook his head, "Not girlfriend, but girlfriends."
He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the word "们".
Doctor Zhang didn't hold it back this time and burst out laughing, "Wen Nan, you're still so funny."
Wen Nan smiled and glanced at the window, where he saw a dark shadow flash by.
His smile immediately faded and his eyes fell towards the window.
Doctor Zhang followed Wen Nan's line of sight and looked towards the window. Then, his smile faded and his expression became cold. "Wen Nan, are you...in a relationship with...them?"
Wen Nan naturally knew who "they" Dr. Zhang was talking about.
He retracted his gaze and looked at Doctor Zhang, and said calmly: "Doctor Zhang, you are much more interesting than me."
Dr. Zhang smiled again and began to ask Wen Nan about the details of his relationships with those girls during this period.
Wen Nan replied a few words without really paying attention, then looked at the time and said, "It's really late, I'm a little tired, can I rest first?"
Doctor Zhang readily agreed, re-examined Wen Nan's physical condition, gave a few more instructions, and then turned and left.
Wen Nan was the only one left in the room. He threw away the water bottle, raised his hand and looked at his palm.
However, except for a few slightly deep lines on the palm, there was nothing else on it...
Wen Nan clenched his hands into fists, took a deep breath, got out of bed, rummaged in the bedside table for a while, and took out an old mobile phone with a screen broken into many pieces.
I squatted on the floor beside the bed, plugged in my phone, and watched the red battery icon on the screen flash from 0% to 1%.
I pressed the power button hard, and the power-on prompt sound was clearly audible in the quiet ward.
Wen Nan raised his head alertly and glanced towards the door. After making sure there was no movement outside the ward, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the screen again.
Messages popped up one after another, turning the phone into a stop-motion animation.
When the return button finally responded, Wen Nan returned to the desktop and subconsciously opened WeChat.
Messages from family and friends filled the screen. Wen Nan kept scrolling down the screen, and finally saw a strange avatar at the end.
The head was a glowing sword and the name was a blank.
When they opened the dialog box, it was also blank, indicating that the two of them did not have any chat history.
Wen Nan was slightly startled.
After hesitating for a moment, I sent a message.
【9】.
The moment the message was sent successfully, Wen Nan did not feel the slightest bit of relief.
The warnings I heard not long ago suddenly rang in my mind:
"—Don't go near that secret room."
"——Behind that door is a place where there is no return."
"——If you force your way through that door, the price you will pay may be more terrible than losing your life."
Taking a deep breath, Wen Nan pointed his finger at the message, pressed it for a long time, and clicked "Withdraw".
Throwing the phone weakly to the ground, Wen Nan sat in the corner, put his hands into the roots of his hair, and rubbed his scalp vigorously.
He closed his eyes and tilted his head back, and the back of his head hit the cold wall with a dull sound.
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His lips moved as he silently repeated a name -
"9527, 9527, 9527, 9527, 9527..."
Nothing happened.
Nothing was summoned.
There was no sound except for the beating of his own heart.
Outside the window, a dark shadow flashed again.
Wen Nan suddenly opened his eyes and looked towards the window vigilantly.
After a while, the figure left the window, walked to the door, and knocked lightly a few times - dong, dong dong, dong dong dong.
Wen Nan's eyes narrowed and he blurted out, "...baby?"
The door was pushed open, and the girl carefully squeezed in, locked the door again, and then hurried to the bedside, knelt down in front of Wen Nan, raised her hands, hugged him tightly, and whispered: "Nan Nan."
Wen Nan's face was stuffed into her chest, making it hard for him to breathe. He raised his hand and pushed her away.
The girl was wearing a hospital gown similar to Wen Nan's, with some wide sleeves covering her hands. She held Wen Nan's face and kissed his cheeks, eyebrows, nose tip, and lips hard...
"They said you weren't real, but my fantasy," the girl's voice trembled. "I knew they were lying to me, the whole world was lying to me...
"Even if everyone says you are fake, I still believe that you are real, Nan Nan, I love you. At least, my feelings for you are real..."
The tears on her face covered Wen Nan's face, wet and a little salty.
Wen Nan tasted the bitter taste in the tears, raised his hand, and wiped the tears from the other's cheek with his fingertips, "What's wrong, baby, what happened?"
When the girl heard Wen Nan's voice, her tears started to flow like beads from a broken string, becoming increasingly uncontrollable and falling down in large drops.
She hugged Wen Nan again, with such force that it seemed as if she wanted to embed Wen Nan into her body.
Sobbing, she whispered: "They wanted to transfer me to another hospital. I tried to resist, but I didn't have the power to make my own choice...
"I'm leaving here, Nannan, I'm sorry..."
Seeing the other person pouting and crying, Wen Nan fell silent.
I should be heartbroken, Wen Nan thought.
He still clearly remembers the stinging feeling as if a knife had stabbed him in the heart, churning his flesh and blood.
But at this moment, Wen Nan was very calm and felt nothing.
But he missed the face in front of him.
The longing in his heart made him say nothing. He just raised his hand and traced the other's facial features with his fingertips.
The girl opposite tightly grasped Wen Nan's hand. Suddenly she remembered something, wiped away the tears on her face with the back of her hand, and said hurriedly: "Nan Nan, have you found the water monkey? Did he help you cut it off?"
At this point, her cheeks flushed, she lowered her eyes, and continued: "It's okay, two, two is not impossible..."
"It's too late. How about now?" She suddenly stood up and raised her hand to lift Wen Nan's clothes. "I want you to leave a part of yourself in my body. Then, I can leave with them. If those people want to deceive me again, I won't be afraid. I have evidence to prove that you are real. No one can deceive me..."
The girl's cold hands pressed on Wen Nan's warm skin on his waist and abdomen, causing Wen Nan to feel itchy and he raised his hand to press the other person's wrist.
The girl paused, "Oh, I almost forgot," she retracted her hand, took out a paper box from her pocket, opened it, and stuffed the contents into Wen Nan's hand, "This is for you, our anniversary gift."
Wen Nan opened his palm and saw a simple bracelet.
On the slender chain hung a small silver dragon.
The little dragon is only as big as a little fingernail, with a pair of red wings behind it, and looks very honest and cute.
The girl smiled shyly. "It's LV's newest model this year, limited edition for the Year of the Dragon, for both men and women. I made a small change here."
As she spoke, she raised her finger and pointed between the little dragon's legs.
Wen Nan raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw the two small hairs there.
The girl couldn't wait to start tearing off her clothes. "It's almost too late. They will be here soon. Nan Nan, we have to hurry."
Wen Nan did not move, nor did he refuse. He just looked at the person in front of him quietly with a probing look.
The girl took the initiative to move forward and wanted to kiss Wen Nan's lips again.
At this moment, a golden light flashed at the window.
The moment he saw the golden light, Wen Nan's heart moved, and thousands of emotions surged in his heart at the same time.
In a flash, he suppressed all those emotions.
Raising his hand, Wen Nan pinched the chin of the girl opposite him and pulled her head up.
Looking directly into the girl's eyes, Wen Nan said softly: "Baby, I cut off a head for you. This time, you also sacrifice a head for me, okay?"
The girl looked at Wen Nan in confusion, stunned for a moment, and then smiled again, "Nan Nan, I don't understand, what are you talking about-"
Before the girl could finish the second half of her sentence, a golden light penetrated the room from behind and swept towards her horizontally.
He cut her neck squarely.
The girl opened her eyes wide in horror, "Why...?"
She couldn't utter the last word, her head had already been separated from her body.
Blood gushed out, quickly dyeing Wen Nan's clothes bright red.
Wen Nan didn't care. He raised his head and looked at the man standing outside the door with a long sword at his side.
It was hard to tell what he was feeling. Wen Nan had a smile on his face, but he said:
"You... shouldn't have come in."
(End of this chapter)
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