Qi Mi's gaze stopped at the [Doctor's Examination and Diagnosis] column.
Although there is no clock in the room, if this schedule applies to all patients, then the next activity after her breakfast should be a doctor's examination.
If the doctor's re-diagnosis can give her a better result, then she may be able to get rid of the chains and even go out for activities.
She must seize this opportunity.
Qi Mi walked back to the bed.
In order to leave a good impression, she even put the things on the bedside table in order, wiped the minor stains on the floor with paper, and tried to behave like a normal and good citizen, waiting for the doctor to arrive.
I don’t know how long it was after, but just as Qi Mi was lying on the bed drowsy, the doctor knocked on the door and walked in.
It was a female doctor in a blue coat, slightly older than the young nurses, with neat short hair. Unlike the young nurses she had seen before, this one didn't seem afraid of her. She gave Qi Mi a warm smile as she entered, and without hesitation, she sat down in the chair beside the bed.
Seeing the box of food without a single grain of rice touched, her expression was slightly surprised, but only for a moment, and she quickly returned to normal.
"Don't worry, you've been recovering well recently. I'll just ask you a few simple questions today and then you can rest." The female doctor crossed her legs leisurely, took the medical notebook in her hand, and pulled out a blue pen from her breast pocket.
Qi Mi nodded. Although she looked calm on the surface, she couldn't help but feel a little happy in her heart. If the condition of this girl named Feng Ran really improved, then it would be a great help to her.
As usual, the female doctor read out Feng Ran's basic information, then sat up straight and got to the point.
She glanced at the patient sitting obediently beside the bed and soothed him in advance, "Feng Ran, you can treat this conversation as a game, just like we did every day before. Tell me whatever you think of, okay? It doesn't matter what it is."
"Um."
"Okay, let's get started."
One day, a ferocious rabbit and a skinny tiger met on a very narrow wooden bridge. Below the bridge was a bottomless abyss. If they weren't careful, they would fall to their death. The question now was, who do you think would be able to cross the bridge and reach the other side of the cliff?
After saying that, the female doctor stared at her seriously and repeatedly told her to relax and say whatever she thought.
Qi Mi lowered his head in silence, his mind racing.
She knew that this must be some kind of mental health test, testing her current recovery. If she wasn't careful, she might answer it wrong.
After all, she wasn't very sure about her mental state.
Her first reaction after hearing this was that the rabbit should be able to cross the bridge.
A ferocious rabbit encounters a frail tiger on a narrow wooden bridge. One is larger, the other smaller. The larger animal is undoubtedly less stable. Although the tiger is the king of beasts, the condition given in the question is frail, and its physical condition is likely insufficient to handle a ferocious rabbit.
Rabbits are ferocious, but how ferocious can they be?
If the tiger's aorta could be bitten directly, the tiger would definitely fall into a deep abyss and be smashed to pieces.
The rabbit, on the other hand, should be able to reach the other side of the bridge without any effort.
But no matter how you think about it, this answer is a bit bloody. Qi fans are afraid of stepping on a minefield and dare not answer rashly.
After a few seconds of thinking, Feng Ran's symptoms emerged in her mind again: [extremely strong self-awareness], [poor empathy], and [emotional indifference].
If it was Feng Ran, how would she answer...
No. If you are a normal person, how should you answer?
Perhaps because she was taking too long to think, the female doctor looked at the watch on her wrist and urged, "Feng Ran, tell me whatever you think of. I trust your first reaction."
Qi Mi nodded. With a try-it attitude, she curled her lips and said, "I think... both the rabbit and the tiger should be able to reach the other side of the bridge."
"Oh?" A hint of surprise flashed in the female doctor's eyes. "Why?"
"The rabbit is small and the tiger is big, so the rabbit can easily pass under the tiger's body. In this way, both of them can reach the other side of the cliff without any conflict."
While answering, Qi Mi had been secretly observing the female doctor's expression. Although there was only a slight change, the female doctor seemed very surprised by the answer. She tilted her head slightly, and then wrote and drew on it with a pen, but it was unknown what she was writing.
Listening to the rustling sound of the pen tip, Qi Mi's heart could not let go.
She had no way of judging whether this answer could prove that she had returned to normal. She just thought about it and deliberately gave a beautiful and friendly answer, trying to avoid answers that implied bloody and cold meanings.
As long as it is the opposite of Feng Ran’s symptoms, it should be the correct answer.
She didn't know if it was Qi Mi's illusion, but she found that when the doctor read the question just now, he seemed to emphasize "ferocious" and "thin"... and almost subconsciously, her first reaction was to firmly imprint these two words in her mind, but the result she thought of was not right.
So she could only deliberately avoid these two words when answering the question and simply mentioned tiger and rabbit.
Similarly, when Qi Mi was feeling uneasy, the female doctor also drew a horizontal line under these two words and wrote a comment next to it: Not mentioned?
In this psychological test, rabbit = yourself and tiger = others.
According to experience, people with criminal tendencies are particularly fond of observing their targets in order to judge the timing and method of their attack. Among them, [ferocious = authoritative, powerful] and [weak = timid, ordinary] are the impression labels that patients with general antisocial personality have on themselves and other people except themselves.
Especially when the other party has the same interests as themselves (crossing the bridge), patients with this disease generally choose the rabbit, that is, to cross the bridge by themselves.
So this answer from Feng Ran's mouth was the first time the female doctor heard it.
It felt to her like an extremely dangerous person had thought carefully and found the answer that was most beneficial to her, and was trying his best to become like a normal person.
This is something Feng Ran has never shown before.
The ten seconds of silence seemed like ten hours.
Just as Qi Mi secretly took a deep breath, the female doctor stopped writing and continued with the procedure to the next question.
[Second question: Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong are a loving couple. Xiao Hua is their good friend, but she has a crush on Xiao Ming.
Because Xiao Ming's birthday was approaching, Xiao Hua and Xiao Hong secretly planned to give Xiao Ming a birthday surprise. However, on the birthday, only Xiao Hua showed up, and Xiao Hong didn't show up until the end of the party. Later that night, Xiao Ming committed suicide by jumping off a building. What do you think was the reason?
The female doctor continued to examine.
Qi Mi was silent for a few seconds, clenching and unclenching his fists, and finally decided on the answer in his mind: "Maybe, maybe it was because Xiaohong had an accident on the way to Xiaoming's birthday party. Xiaoming was so sad that he felt that he had hurt Xiaohong, so he did something stupid..."
The female doctor paused, leaned forward slightly, and said with a half-smile: "Are you sure, this is your answer?"
Qi Mi glanced at her and said uncertainly, "Sure."
The female doctor nodded thoughtfully and continued to write something in the medical notebook.
Qi Mi raised his eyes and silently observed the female doctor's every move, his heart rising to his throat.
In fact, after hearing this question, her first reaction was to determine the answer -
Xiaohong was made into a birthday present by Xiaohua and given to Xiaoming, which is why Xiaoming collapsed and committed suicide.
Because Xiao Ming and Xiao Hong are a loving couple, Xiao Ming likes Xiao Hong and Xiao Hua likes Xiao Ming.
In order to make Xiao Ming happy, Xiao Hua killed Xiao Hong and made her into a birthday present, and brought her to Xiao Ming's birthday party early.
When Xiao Ming saw Xiao Hong's body, he collapsed and jumped off the building.
She knew that this answer was definitely not normal.
After a few seconds, the sound of the pen tip rubbing against the paper stopped.
The female doctor looked up, but still did not answer whether her answer was right or wrong, and moved on to the next topic.
She extended the end of the pen in her hand towards Qi Mi.
Qi Mi glanced at her and took it hesitantly.
Female doctor: [Third question, when you got this pen, what was your first reaction?]
First reaction...
Qi Mi observed the tip of the pen, quickly glanced at the female doctor's throat, and after two seconds of reaction, she waved the pen in the air a few times: "I want a piece of paper to draw with."
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
The female doctor raised her eyebrows slightly, reached out to let Qi Mi return the pen to her, and continued writing in the notebook.
Not long after, she put the pen back into the breast pocket of her blue coat, and the smile on her face deepened. "You're recovering really well, Feng Ran. It's beyond my expectations. You have to continue to cooperate with the nurse and take the medicine, okay?"
When Qi Mi heard that there was a chance, she immediately stopped the female doctor who was about to leave the room and said, "Doctor, can I move freely now?!" She raised her hand and pointed to the schedule posted on the back of the ward door, looking at the female doctor expectantly.
"Well..." The female doctor was a little embarrassed. "Although your condition has improved, I'm afraid you can't go out and move around freely."
Qi Mi frowned: "I'm fully recovered, why can't I go out and move around freely?"
"I think you're quite clear about this question, right?" The female doctor sighed. "Feng Ran, you should have noticed that everyone is quite afraid of you. After all, cannibalism is truly shocking. If you weren't a mentally ill patient, you'd know what would happen to you, right? It's best for you to stay here obediently. There's no need to go out and cause panic. What do you think?"
The female doctor spoke in a gentle tone, but her attitude was very firm.
Qi Fan: "..."
The door closed again.
Qi Mi was panicked. She had not expected that this thin-looking little girl would be involved in a cannibalism case. She did not know what to say for a moment and could only watch the female doctor leave.
The plan failed again.
She became more and more anxious and angry, and kicked the bed, and suddenly a loud bang exploded in her ears.
I thought I could get out if I performed well enough, but I never expected my consciousness to randomly cross over to the body of an ogre... Ogre, who wouldn't be scared by hearing that? And I still want to go out and do things openly? It's just a dream!
She was anxious. It had been at least an hour since she entered the barrier, and yet she was trapped in this body in the room... What should she do?!
Qi Mi paced back and forth beside the bed anxiously. In the silence, she suddenly had an idea.
Wait, one of Feng Ran’s symptoms seems to be [super strong self-awareness].
Very self-aware...
How could someone with such a strong sense of self allow himself to suffer any injustice?
Qi Mi seemed to have caught something and looked down at the four chains that bound her hands and feet. The two red marks on her wrists were left when she tried to break free from the chains. Before that, Feng Ran's wrists were white and clean, without the slightest scar.
She didn't think someone like Feng Ran could accept such restraints without resisting.
Since there are no scars, there must be a way for her to escape the shackles without getting hurt.
After calming down, she followed this line of thought and searched within the range that she could reach.
Qi Mi noticed a faint handprint on the window glass. Judging from the size of the hand, it must have been left by Feng Ran.
She was tied up with chains and there was no way she could get to the window, which further confirmed Qi Fan's guess -
Feng Ran must have left some way to secretly open the small lock on the chain.
There weren't many things in the room, so it wouldn't take long to search carefully. After searching everywhere and finding nothing, she noticed the kettle on the bedside table.
After opening it, she poured out all the warm water inside. When it cooled down a little, she tried to shrink her hand and put it in.
Feng Ran's hands were small and soft, and she easily reached into the thermos and touched the bottom of the pot.
Then she used her fingernails to dig out a circle of stainless steel wire from a circular groove at the bottom of the pot.
This should have been a paper clip before, but now it is stuck in the groove when it is unfolded. If you don't pick it out with your hands, it will not be found when pouring water.
The four small locks on the iron chain are old-fashioned locks and should be easy to open with wire.
Qi Mi bent the wire into a special arc according to the mark left on it and inserted it into the lock. She was not familiar with the first one and it took her several minutes to open it, but after finding the right feeling, when she opened the fourth lock, she opened the small lock in seconds.
She was delighted and calmly put the stainless steel wire back to the bottom of the pot.
At this time, it was probably time for other patients to move around freely, and there was a bustling sound coming from the corridor.
After removing the chain, Qi Mi stood behind the door and observed the situation outside through a small window above.
The layout of the hospital is in the shape of a U. You can see many patients on the opposite building coming out of their rooms in groups under the supervision of doctors.
But the corridor outside her door was so empty that no one passed by.
Qi Mi tried to pull the door twice but couldn't open it, so he looked at the window behind him.
The room she was in was on the third floor, facing the hospital's backyard, which was overgrown with weeds and a very high wall enclosed all the buildings.
Qi Mi looked around the room, hid the unopened disposable chopsticks in his sleeve, opened the window, and jumped out lightly.
At this time, the sound of radio gymnastics "one, two, three, four, two, two, three, four" came from the U-shaped courtyard. Looking out from the corner, I could see more than a dozen patients waving their arms like a group of demons.
From a visual point of view, it looked abnormal that these people were playing their own games, and it was impossible to tell in which bodies Lao Wei and the others' consciousness was trapped.
Four or five doctors and nurses were watching these people. Qi Mi didn't dare to go forward rashly and could only squat in the weeds and wait for an opportunity.
Not long after, the radio gymnastics ended and the patients were able to move freely in the yard.
It seemed that it was time for the doctors and nurses to take a break. They exchanged glances and left one after another, leaving only the patients gathered together, talking and laughing.
Qi Mi looked around, bent down and ran over to the people closest to the door, and asked mysteriously, "How many blue pills do you want to take?"
This was the secret code she and Ye Shiliu agreed upon before entering the barrier, to be used to find each other.
After asking this question, the expressions of several patients were all confused.
Qi Mi sighed, knowing that Ye Shiliu was not here, so he could only look for the next target.
She had just run a few steps forward when she saw two young nurses coming back from their rounds, so she quickly retreated behind a pillar of the building.
While observing secretly, she noticed a teenage boy in the crowd who seemed unfamiliar with the others. He wandered among the patients, and after a brief conversation, he immediately moved on to his next target like a thief.
Qi fans understood it at a glance.
This boy is most likely Ye Shiliu, and his purpose of walking around here is to find himself through the secret code.
She quickly found a stone on the ground and threw it to him to get his attention when he came closer.
"Hey! Here!" Qi Mi lowered his voice and waved at him.
The boy was stunned for a moment, then a smile broke out on his face and he ran over happily.
"How many blue pills should I take?"
"How many blue pills should I take?"
The two asked almost in unison, word for word.
It goes without saying that they are definitely companions.
Ye Shiliu burst into tears of joy and sniffed helplessly, "This is my first time entering an A-level strange creature's barrier. Seeing so many people moving, I thought I couldn't find you. I was so scared!"
Qi Fan wondered, "Is it abnormal for them to move like this?"
"Of course it's not normal!" Ye Shiliu explained, "Have you forgotten that last time I went to the barrier to look for you, everyone else inside became motionless like puppets? Logically speaking, after we Purification Officers enter the barrier, most of the tricksters will pause space to hide themselves. That way, as long as we see who else is moving in the barrier, we can tell at a glance whose body the consciousness has traveled to..."
"But now you see it, more than a dozen people, all moving. They're truly A-level tricksters, not afraid of us at all." Ye Shiliu sighed and folded his hands. "Plus, this barrier is so vast and filled with so many items. I really don't know what to do. How about relying on your hand skills to touch everything?"
"Then how long will it take to touch it?" Qi Mi was speechless.
The mental hospital is so big with so many rooms that she might not be able to find anything even if she scratches the whole room with her hands.
What's more, her freedom is now restricted. She can only sneak out to meet Ye Shiliu, and she has to be careful to avoid being discovered.
There was not much time left, so Qi Mi briefly explained his situation to Ye Shiliu.
Upon hearing that this seemingly fair and pretty girl was actually an ogre with a personality quirk, Ye Shiliu took two steps back reflexively: "???"
He used to think he was quite unlucky, but now compared with Qi’s fans…how could anyone be more unlucky than him?
In the barrier with so many people present, Qi Mi's consciousness happened to travel into the body of an ogre and was tied with a big iron chain. His luck was really bad.
Ye Shiliu suddenly felt that the body of this mentally retarded child seemed to be in good condition?
Noticing Ye Shiliu's sympathetic look, Qi Mi rolled his eyes at him in disdain and continued with business: "Old Wei is listening to the healing music, so he might still be conscious. You can ask those people one by one later, and maybe you can find him."
"Boss, it's easy to talk about it. It's just those children..." Ye Shiliu hesitated to speak. It has been such a long time since they came in. The five people, big and small, who came in first might be in a stage of confusion. It would definitely not be easy to find them.
Qi Mi understood what he meant: "As for my colleagues and those children... we can only talk about it after we find Gui Shizi."
This was the only solution. She had originally wanted to find the four kids by asking for their words. After all, it was impossible for these four illiterate little guys to suddenly learn to read after traveling through time.
But on second thought, this is a mental hospital!
There must be many patients who cannot read, so there is no accuracy at all.
After thinking about it, everyone's consciousness would naturally return to their bodies after the barrier was broken. Qi Mi felt that there was no rush to find them at this moment. It was more important to find the hidden weirdo as soon as possible.
But Ye Shiliu held a different opinion from her.
"When I woke up, the nurse was cleaning the bed next to me. Although she told me that it was just scattered ketchup, I'm not stupid. I was sure it was definitely blood, and it was all over the bed!"
Qi Fan's heart skipped a beat: "How could there be so much blood?"
"I don't know either, but I think this mental hospital should be more than just a mental hospital. Have you read the Patient Guidelines? I feel like every rule in it is so strange." Ye Shiliu said with a pale face.
"What are the patient information guidelines?"
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Seeing that Qi's bewildered expression didn't seem fake, Ye Shiliu blinked in disbelief. "No way! Don't tell me you haven't read the Patient Information Guidelines yet. It's right there on the bedside table. Didn't you see it?!"
Qi Mi shook his head.
She turned the room upside down, but the only piece of paper she saw was the schedule behind the door. She didn't see any information about patients or any rules.
"How could that be? There are identical rules on both bedside tables in my room, even in the same position. How could you…"
"Could it be because I don't need them?" Qi Mi interrupted him and analyzed, "Look, under normal circumstances, I should be chained and locked in the room the whole time, and I wouldn't do anything unnecessary. So those rules are meaningless to me, so there's no need to post them?"
Ye Shiliu seemed to be thinking, "That should be the case, but I think you should understand it. After all, you are still running around secretly. What if you accidentally step on a landmine?"
Qi Mi thought it made sense, so under Ye Shiliu's cover, he covered his face with his hair and secretly followed him to the room on the second floor.
Perhaps to cover up the smell of blood, the room was filled with a strong smell of disinfectant.
The bed next to Ye Shiliu had been emptied, leaving only the bare wooden bed board.
After all the items on the bedside table disappeared, the patient instructions with black text on a white background posted in the middle became very conspicuous.
[Instructions for Patients of Senlan Psychiatric Hospital]
Our hospital adheres to the principle of "treating patients with kindness and helping them recover as quickly as possible" and strives to take good care of every patient. For your health, you will need to strictly adhere to the following guidelines during your hospitalization:
1. Please strictly follow the daily schedule, cooperate with the doctor's diagnosis and treatment, and take medication with the nurse. If you have any questions while in the room, please press the emergency call bell at the bedside. Our doctor or nurse will arrive promptly to help you resolve any issues.
2. Normally, doctors in our hospital wear blue coats and nurses wear pink uniforms.
Once you find that the doctor or nurse entering the room is not wearing these two colors, please ignore them and don't talk to them. Closing your eyes and ignoring them is the best way.
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Just as Qi Mi had glanced at the first two items, she heard Ye Shiliu, who was standing guard at the door, suddenly remind her to pay attention:
"Someone is coming, hide quickly!"
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Regarding testing, it's all bullshit.
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