"He looks a lot like me, and what he asked you to do is related to me. He smokes and has a cheerful personality." Chen Ge felt that the man Dr. Chen was talking about was very similar to his father, but then he thought it was not right: "I am so helpful and law-abiding, how could my father do something like impersonating a police officer and speeding? There may be a misunderstanding."
Doctor Chen glanced at the blood-red tape that was slowly turning in the repeater. He did not refute and nodded gently: "I agree with you. Let's not worry about whether he is your father or not. The matter he asked for is indeed related to you."
"Tell me about it."
"This story begins in the third ward. I followed the method that man taught me and sent Men Nan's personality into the door, successfully closing it. But after more than half a year, I found that the door was opened again."
"Was it the dean who did it?" When Chen Ge was completing the mission in Ward 3, he learned that the dean had cancer. He didn't want to die, so he entered the world behind the door.
Doctor Chen shook his head: "The dean is old and doesn't have the courage. It was Doctor Gao who opened the door and it was he who secretly instigated the dean."
Dr. Chen sighed softly, and the emotions in his eyes became complicated: "I regard Dr. Gao as my best friend, and I understand why he did this. If it were me, I would definitely do the same, because I know how much he loves his wife."
After drinking the water in the bottle, Dr. Chen recounted everything that had happened in the past few years.
"Dr. Gao and I have a disagreement on how to deal with the door. I think the door is ominous and a disaster. Once it appears, we must do everything we can to close it immediately."
"But Dr. Gao's idea is different from mine. He believes that the 'door' can be exploited. Despair, pain, anger, these emotions can all be exploited."
"At that time, I didn't know that he had also opened a 'door'. We had a falling out because of our different philosophies."
"As a result, when I took coercive measures to fight him, I found that he not only knew a lot about the 'Gate', but he even had a Redcoat."
"I am no match for Dr. Gao, so I had no choice but to ask that man for help. But in his eyes, Dr. Gao and I were probably just like two children fighting."
"He did not go to see Dr. Gao, but went directly into the world behind the door of Ward 3. In that world, he seemed to have made a very important discovery, and this discovery was directly related to his subsequent disappearance."
Doctor Chen suddenly stopped talking halfway and looked at Chen Ge, as if he was considering whether to speak about this matter.
"Don't worry, just tell me everything you know." Chen Ge had finished his lunch while listening to Doctor Chen's story.
"You should have also entered the world behind the door of the third ward. I wonder if Men Nan's personality has ever told you that the window of a certain ward cannot be closed."
"Window?" Chen Ge thought about it carefully. He went to Ward 3 several times later and Men Nan seemed to be repairing windows. "I know about this."
"That man had fought with a monster in the world behind the door. The window was pierced by them. I don't know what happened exactly. I only know that the man had a thoughtful expression after he came out of the door. After that, he gave me a task."
Doctor Chen stood up from his bed and said solemnly, "He mentioned three situations, each corresponding to three different ways of dealing with them. If you don't run the haunted house and choose to engage in other professions, let me take care of you in secret; if you insist on running the haunted house but it doesn't make any progress, let me send you a letter every other year in the name of Mr. Chen, advising you to give up; if you insist on running the haunted house and make it better and better, he asked me to find you in person and say something to you."
"What?" Chen Ge felt that his parents seemed to have expected that he would be able to run the horror house well.
Doctor Chen's expression became more serious than ever. He stared into Chen Ge's eyes and said eight words: "Don't go to them."
"Can't we go find them?" Chen Ge narrowed his eyes, smiled and said nothing.
"To be honest, not only did I fail to help you, but you also saved me." Doctor Chen didn't know what to say. Chen Ge's parents probably didn't consider this situation.
"What did they do before they disappeared? Any unusual behavior? Any strange words they said to you? Tell me everything you know word for word." Chen Ge's tone sounded more like a statement than a question.
Doctor Chen didn't even know where he was now. He was afraid that Chen Ge would do something impulsive, so he answered Chen Ge's question honestly: "After they told me this, they never contacted me again. I only know that they often went to the eastern suburbs before they disappeared, and they seemed to be looking for something."
"How do you know they went to the eastern suburbs without contacting you?" Chen Ge placed his fingers on the recorder, and the blood-stained tape slowly turned inside.
"These things are easy to find out. Originally, the East Suburbs was peaceful, but some time before your parents disappeared, all kinds of strange things broke out in the East Suburbs, such as the ghost fire burning the building, the cannibalistic road, the abandoned hospital curse game, the tunnel hearse, the water ghost, the ghost fetus, etc." Doctor Chen's scalp tingled as he talked about it: "Every time when it was late at night, something would happen in the East Suburbs. It was not until your parents disappeared that the East Suburbs returned to peace..."
"Do you suspect that those strange things are related to my parents?"
"pretty close."
"Are you kidding?" Chen Ge held the repeater and frowned slightly: "My family are all honest people. How could we do such a thing? They may have been forced into some huge conspiracy."
"It shouldn't be. East Suburb was pretty much the same as it is now, very peaceful. There have never been any major cases or strange stories." Doctor Chen lowered his voice involuntarily.
"There is definitely a problem. When we finish what we are doing, let's go to the eastern suburbs together. There must be a storm hidden under the calm." Chen Ge waved his hand at Doctor Chen: "You stay here first, and I will send you out at night."
"Okay." Doctor Chen glanced at the repeater secretly and said, "I won't run around. You can take the repeater away without worry."
"A visitor is a guest. How can I leave you alone in the room?" Chen Ge walked out of the ward and turned on the repeater and placed it at the door. "If you need anything, you can ask Hongyi. I will take you away around 7pm."
"Well... thank you for your help." Doctor Chen sat down beside the bed and ate his lunch box. He looked at Chen Ge's back as he left, smiled bitterly and shook his head gently: "This feels familiar..."