Chapter 19 Old Friends
In the hospital room, Lu Yao frowned slightly, intently working on setting up her live streaming room.
After a series of steps, she breathed a sigh of relief and submitted the application to open a live streaming room.
The system indicated that the official review process for ChanLe would take one day.
This modern gadget, while convenient, also has many cumbersome aspects.
Thinking of Xuan Cheng Dao Ren's swindling and deceitful appearance, she couldn't help but curl her lips.
Rather than letting charlatans like Xuancheng Daoren run rampant online and mislead the public, it would be better for her to return to her old ways and use her skills to truly help people resolve their doubts.
After dealing with the matters in the live broadcast room, Lu Yao leaned against the headboard, her thoughts drifting away.
The matter concerning Dr. Li Mei has been properly resolved, which can be considered as repaying Dr. Li Mei for her treatment and care.
At this moment, another figure appeared in her mind—Gu Yuzhen.
Gu Yuzhen, a normal person hiding in a mental hospital, makes Lu Yao suspicious of her spying.
Why was Gu Yuzhen spying on her?
Did she really realize that she was different from before?
To find out the truth, Lu Yao got up, walked to the table, and picked up the blank paper left by Li Mei.
She picked up her paintbrush, and with a few strokes, a simple little figure appeared on the paper.
She carefully tore the little figure off along the edge.
His hands quickly formed a mudra, and he chanted incantations in a clear, ethereal voice.
As the incantation was chanted, the paper figure that had been lying quietly on the table seemed to be infused with life, and it stood up shakily.
Its small body swayed under the light. When Lu Yao saw this, she reached out her hand, and the paper figure seemed to be summoned, lightly jumping into her palm.
Lu Yao gently blew a breath of spiritual energy onto the paper figure.
The spiritual energy, like a gentle breeze, instantly merged into the paper figure.
A magical thing happened: the paper figure suddenly seemed to come to life and began to dance merrily in her palm.
Sometimes it spins, sometimes it jumps.
"Paper Spirit, please do me a favor."
The paper figure seemed to understand her words, stopped dancing, and stood obediently in her palm, waiting for the task to be assigned.
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In the dead of night, the Fifth Mental Hospital was like an isolated island shrouded in darkness, quiet and somewhat oppressive.
Occasionally, the sound of patrolling footsteps could be heard, echoing clearly in the silent space.
Lu Yao's paper spirit, like a light feather, silently drifted into Gu Yuzhen's ward through the crack in the door.
Inside the ward, Gu Yuzhen was fast asleep, her face serene.
The paper spirit slowly rose up and floated to Gu Yuzhen's forehead, emitting a faint purple glow.
Meanwhile, in her own room, Lu Yao kept her eyes tightly closed.
She was completely focused on entering Gu Yuzhen's subconscious through the contact between the paper spirit and Gu Yuzhen.
In Gu Yuzhen's memory, Lu Yao saw herself.
No, that doesn't entirely reflect who she is now.
Rather, it was the remnant of her soul before it returned to its place.
Like a quiet, obedient doll, it sits quietly in the corner.
In this chaotic mental hospital, surrounded by patients who were either insane or dazed, Lu Yao's appearance at that time was truly unremarkable.
But Gu Yuzhen couldn't help but look at her.
From the first time Gu Yuzhen saw her, she often stared at Lu Yao silently.
Even Li Manxiang, the nurse in charge of taking care of Gu Yuzhen, noticed this unusual situation.
Li Manxiang voiced Lu Yao's question: "Yuzhen, why do you keep looking at that girl?"
Gu Yuzhen was taken aback and slowly withdrew her gaze. "I don't know. I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
A hint of confusion lingered in her eyes as she tried to recall, but to no avail.
Li Manxiang pondered for a moment, trying to explain to her using her medical knowledge.
"When our brains process information, they may confuse current visual information with fragments of memory stored in the past, which is why you have a feeling of déjà vu."
She gently patted Gu Yuzhen's shoulder, trying to reassure her.
"Is that so?" Gu Yuzhen's expression remained indifferent as she nodded slightly, seemingly accepting Li Manxiang's statement.
However, in the days that followed, she would still quietly watch Lu Yao from afar, feeling that Lu Yao was like an old friend.
Even today, a group of doctors and nurses are talking in the hallway about the thugs who broke into the ward.
Gu Yuzhen stood quietly to the side, listening attentively.
When she heard that it was Lu Yao's room, her previously calm expression instantly changed.
Gu Yuzhen's heart began to pound.
Of course she knew that Lu Yao was a pretty young girl with an endearing appearance.
The thought that the thugs dared to break into Lu Yao's hospital room made Gu Yuzhen's anger burn uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was because she herself had encountered the same despicable villains.
Wang Degui, the one who bought her and brought her to a remote mountain village.
That painful experience, like a nightmare, often resurfaces in her mind.
She feared that Lu Yao would suffer the same tragic fate as herself.
The more she thought about it, the more worried she became, feeling as if a million ants were crawling all over her.
So she secretly urged Li Manxiang to take her to the garden to relax.
Actually, he hoped to run into Lu Yao and confirm her safety with his own eyes.
In the garden, Gu Yuzhen walked briskly, her eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, not missing a single corner.
Finally, after wandering around the garden for a long time, Gu Yuzhen saw Nurse Xiao Zheng appear downstairs with Lu Yao in the distance.
Lu Yao remained as quiet as ever, silently following beside Xiao Zheng.
Gu Yuzhen stood still, gazing at Lu Yao from afar.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, Lu Yao turned her head and met Gu Yuzhen's gaze.
Their eyes met in mid-air.
Gu Yuzhen was startled and quickly looked away.
Her heart suddenly started racing.
strangeness!
Lu Yao had never cared about anyone's gaze before.
She was oblivious to the outside world, isolating herself entirely in her own world.
Gu Yuzhen lowered her head, her brows furrowed, and began to slowly process this strange feeling.
Gradually, she began to appreciate the difference in Lu Yao.
She wondered, "Lu Yao, what exactly happened? Why is she different from before?"
At this moment, Lu Yao, who had discovered all of this through the paper spirit, fell into deep thought.
Gu Yuzhen felt like she was an old friend?
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