Director Tang shook his head and said, "A female patient, 45 years old, was admitted to the hospital at 10 o'clock this morning. She had acute diarrhea for three days. Before each bout of diarrhea, she would laugh uncontrollably, accompanied by a painful expression."
Chen Dayong frowned and said, "Three days of diarrhea, even if it's an electrolyte imbalance, shouldn't it cause the patient to become mentally unstable?"
Director Tang nodded and said, "The patient's electrolytes are indeed imbalanced, accompanied by hypokalemia. His white blood cell count is significantly elevated, reaching 2210 per liter. However, his stool routine is normal. He also has a low-grade fever. I took his temperature half an hour ago and it was 38.5."
Internal medicine physician Zeng Pengfei added: "The patient sometimes becomes confused and makes strange laughing noises, mumbling to himself, 'Go away, stop tickling me,' and his hands will involuntarily scratch everywhere."
Li Zheng nodded and said, "The white blood cell count is elevated and there's a low-grade fever. That means there's definitely an infection. Have you treated the symptoms?"
Director Tang nodded and said, "We've used all the antibiotics and are also giving fluids to correct the water and electrolyte imbalance, but the effect isn't obvious yet."
"Hahaha……"
At this time, another burst of laughter came from the ward, a miserable laugh.
"This is the twentieth time I've heard laughter since coming to the hospital. The patients in the next ward are very scared!" Director Tang frowned.
A trace of fear appeared on Zhu Haiping's face, and he whispered, "Could it be that he's been possessed by an evil spirit?"
Chen Dayong slapped Zhu Haiping on the back of the head in annoyance and scolded him with a smile, "You're possessed by evil spirits! You're a doctor. Even after the reform and opening up, you're still so superstitious."
Zhu Haiping's eyes widened as he said, "It's really possible that he's possessed by a ghost! The family members said he's been laughing all day at home! The day before yesterday, the patient passed by a cemetery in the village alone at night!"
Chen Dayong laughed and said, "Haiping, did you ever get frightened when you were a kid? You don't look like a timid person!"
Everyone else stared at Zhu Haiping curiously.
Zhu Haiping scratched his head sheepishly and said, "Indeed, I did. When I was 9 years old, my mom and dad had a fight in the middle of the night. In a fit of rage, they took me back to my grandpa's house. There was no moonlight that night, and we only had a small flashlight, so the light was very dim. We had to pass by a cemetery on the way to my grandpa's house. It was a necessary path, and when we entered the cemetery, I was very scared. Although my mom was also scared, she still protected me by her side, and we hurried on. The cemetery was very quiet at the time, without even a sound of insects."
Zhu Haiping's eyes were hollow, as if he were lost in the memories of that night. He paused, then continued, "It was so quiet around us, with only the sounds of my mom and I's footsteps. From time to time, there were some white ghost lights floating on the grave. I was terrified. My mom also realized something was wrong, so she took me for a jog. As we were running, suddenly..."
Zhu Haiping suddenly raised his voice, startling everyone.
"What happened suddenly? Tell me quickly!" Chen Dayong said dissatisfiedly. The interesting part was over when he heard it. He hated this kind of storytelling that was meant to be a hook.
The others were also completely intrigued by him, and Li Zheng was no exception.
"Suddenly, a dark shadow jumped out in front of us, with green light in its eyes, blocking our way! I was so scared that I burst into tears. My mother quickly hugged me in her arms and stopped me from looking!" Zhu Haiping said nervously.
"What is that? Its eyes are glowing, it's definitely not a ghost!" Chen Dayong said disdainfully.
Zhu Haiping nodded, and said with lingering fear: "My mother was also scared and cried at the time, but she still mustered up the courage and shone the flashlight over there, and found out...it was a black cat!"
"Tsk, I knew it! You guys are just scaring yourselves." Chen Dayong said, not showing any fear at all.
The others also knew that this should be an animal, but the environment at the time was indeed easy to make people feel extremely fearful.
Zhu Haiping continued, "After realizing it was a cat, my mother quickly comforted me and picked up a piece of mud and threw it at the cat. The cat was frightened and meowed, then darted into the bushes and disappeared."
"That's it? There's no need for you to suffer from this psychological trauma for so many years!" Chen Dayong said with a smile.
"It's not over yet," Zhu Haiping said. "After chasing the cat away, we quickened our pace and continued on the path through the cemetery. Deathly silence fell around us again, not a sound of wind, not a single insect chirping. We were running, almost out of the cemetery, when suddenly... a woman's laughter came from behind us!"
"Hiss!" Chen Dayong took a deep breath and felt his hairs stand on end and his back felt cold.
The others also felt a tightness in their hearts.
Even Li Zheng felt a little creepy when that scene appeared in his mind.
"My mom and I were both terrified! We both heard it at the same time, so it definitely wasn't hallucination! We didn't even dare to look back. I was so scared I didn't even dare to run!" Zhu Haiping swallowed and continued in a deep voice, "My mom's instinctive desire to protect me suddenly overwhelmed her. She pulled me along the path and ran. But that laughter seemed to be following us. No matter how fast we ran, the sound didn't get smaller. Instead, it kept getting closer!"
"hiss!"
Internal medicine physician Zeng Pengfei instinctively hugged his arms tightly and felt cold all over.
No one dared to speak, waiting for Zhu Haiping to continue.
"We ran like crazy along the path, but that path could be walked in five minutes during the day, and after running for five minutes, we were still in the cemetery!
At that time, the laughter was getting closer and closer, and more and more miserable!
We couldn't run any longer, and with our hearts filled with fear and utter despair, our legs gave out and we fell to the ground!"
It’s over! We’re going to be caught by the female ghost. Everyone thought.
"The laughter approached us quickly and was next to us soon. We were so scared that we screamed! My mother instinctively exploded and shouted, 'I'll fight you to the death'. She stood up with a flashlight and shone it behind her, but... there was nothing behind her!" Zhu Haiping's face was pale, and he was obviously still in shock.
"That must be your hallucination. In the middle of the night, you can scare yourself to death!" said Chen Dayong.
Zhu Haiping shook his head violently and shouted, "It's not an illusion, it's definitely not an illusion! My mother shone the flashlight over there and found nothing. We felt even more scared at that time! Suddenly, the laughter came in front of us again! My mother quickly shone the flashlight over there...still nothing!
We were all completely desperate. My mother yelled like crazy, "Go away, don't follow us. We have no grudge against you. Go find the person you need to find!"
After shouting this, the laughter suddenly disappeared! "
"Oh! It seems she understood! Then you have met a good ghost!" Chen Dayong nodded.
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