Facing three startled women, Teng Jingzhi knew that things were not that simple. There might be one person in the hospital who knew him in real life, but there couldn't be three. Even if there were three, it was impossible for him to meet them all at once.
Moreover, they mentioned the suicide note in the mobile phone, which was something only he knew.
Teng Jingzhi smiled and said, "Can you explain what's going on?"
Yu Xiao hesitated. If he wanted to explain it clearly, he would have to mention what happened in the Wise Hospital. It would be too cruel to tell a person who is still trying that he will die.
The hesitation on Yu Xiao and the other two's faces was very obvious. Teng Jingzhi saw it. He turned around and moved a stool from the bedside and placed it by the door. He sat down, slightly raised his head and looked at the three people in another bedroom, and said: "Although I don't know how you know me, I can see that you treat me as a friend."
Yu Xiao did not refute, Teng Jingzhi said: "Then let's start with this copy. Can you tell me how much you know about this copy?"
Yu Xiao calmed down and said: "We have been in this copy for a while. After entering, the space outside this door will change. It is no longer the corridor before. Every time the door is opened, the space outside the door will change. It may be a bedroom, a living room, or a kitchen and toilet. These spaces are different, some are new and some are old. According to our speculation and verification, it is not only the space outside the door that changes, There is still time..."
She told Teng Jingzhi all the information she knew, and after she finished speaking, Teng Jingzhi looked thoughtful. The three of them looked at him. If he had any questions, the three of them would answer them at the first time.
After a while, Teng Jingzhi finally raised his eyes and said, "Because the time here is messed up, people from different times may meet here, right? You are from the Sixth Hospital, and I have never heard of the Sixth Hospital. That means I am a person from the past to you, right?"
"Yes." Yu Xiao nodded.
Teng Jingzhi nodded, and then said: "So you already knew me before entering this copy, the future me..."
Yu Xiao paused, and just as he was about to say something, Teng Jingzhi smiled bitterly and said: "I was already dead at that time, right?"
Zhou Xiaozhen: "How do you know..."
"You just said it." Teng Jingzhi was very calm, "You actually met a living Teng Jingzhi, which means that in the future you have seen the dead me."
He was very smart and guessed the truth from just a few words.
Yu Xiao didn't know what to say. In the face of such a truth, any words of comfort were so pale.
But Teng Jingzhi didn't seem too sad. He had a calm expression and seemed to have expected this result. Yu Xiao said, "I know which copy you are in... I can tell you the situation in that copy. If you know it, you may not die."
Teng Jingzhi did not object. He nodded and said, "Okay, tell me."
Yu Xiao was considering where to start. Teng Jingzhi said, "Please tell me everything, including the experience of you and I meeting."
So Yu Xiao started from the beginning, from when he just entered the Wise Hospital.
During the process of speaking, Teng Jingzhi remained very calm until Yu Xiao mentioned that he had a strong desire for flesh and blood after death. Teng Jingzhi pursed his lips tightly and showed a sad look.
After that, both bedrooms fell into silence.
They knew in their hearts that even if they told Teng Jingzhi these, it probably would not change his ending, because the ending was set.
After a long while, Teng Jingzhi nodded and said to Yu Xiao sincerely: "Thank you, thank you for telling me this, and thank you for taking my phone out."
Teng Jingzhi looked up at the ceiling and let out a long breath.
Zhou Xiaozhen couldn't bear to see him like this, so she said, "Actually... you already know the situation of the Wise Hospital. Maybe the ending can be changed."
Teng Jingzhi didn't say anything. He just said, "I didn't expect that there is even a Sixth Hospital. In which year did you enter the Sixth Hospital?"
Yu Xiao told the time. Teng Jingzhi was very surprised, "It's been more than 20 years."
He hesitated, but still said, "You got my phone. Have you tried to contact the people in the address book? How many of them are still... still alive?"
"We only contacted one, because we often heard his nickname on the morning news, and we didn't dare to contact others casually." Yu Xiao said.
Teng Jingzhi asked, "Who?"
"Haikuang Tiankong." Yu Xiao said a little embarrassedly, "In fact, I have contacted him many times, but I never had the chance to ask his name. He... has a bad temper."
Hearing this, Teng Jingzhi's expression became very strange, and asked, "What's bad about him?"
Yu Xiao didn't know how to describe it for a while. Zhou Xiaozhen said, "He is moody, hangs up the phone at any time, and gets angry with people. But he is very generous."
Teng Jingzhi was very surprised to hear this, "Is Xingxing so bad-tempered now?"
"..." Yu Xiao was stunned for a moment, "What?"
"Xingxing, that's Haikuang Tiankong." Teng Jingzhi said: "His name is Tang Xingyin, I met him in the third copy, he is very young and timid, we all call him Xingxing. After leaving his number, whoever gets a team card will take him with him."
Yu Xiao was stunned, my goodness, so Haikuang Tiankong is like this?
Teng Jingzhi asked, "How is he now?"
"Uh... not very well." Yu Xiao said carefully, "It seems that he has been the only one left in his ward for a long time."
Teng Jingzhi's eyes dimmed, and Yu Xiao continued, "And he seems to have a problem now, his condition is not right. According to him, the number of times he goes to the dungeon is too many, and the negative energy in the dungeon will corrode the living. He did not tell us what would happen after being corroded by the negative energy, but I have a friend in the Fourth Hospital who has started to eat people in his dreams..."
Teng Jingzhi did not react much when he heard the news of his own death before. After hearing about Tang Xingyin's current condition, the worry in Teng Jingzhi's eyes could not be resolved.
"I also have similar symptoms. I dream of eating people. I think it's because I'm under too much pressure." Teng Jingzhi asked, "Is there any solution?"
Yu Xiao shook his head.
Teng Jingzhi sighed, for himself and for his old friends.
"You..." Teng Jingzhi licked his lips, "Can you help me?"
Yu Xiao said without hesitation, "You tell me."
"Can you help me contact my old friends after you get out?" Teng Jingzhi tried hard to show a smile, but he couldn't smile. "Although I... don't have the chance to know, I still want to ask you to do me a favor and help me confirm how many of them are still alive."
"I will." Yu Xiao nodded.
"Thank you." Teng Jingzhi's eyes were red. He thought for a moment and said, "I'll write a letter to Xingxing. You can pass it to him for me."
"Okay." Yu Xiao looked around. "It seems there is no paper or pen here."
She thought for a moment, took out her phone and said, "Why don't we record a video?"
"Video?" Teng Jingzhi was a little puzzled. "You mean video? But here... do you have a camera in your bedroom?"
"No." Yu Xiao shook her phone. "We have this."
"What is this?" Teng Jingzhi looked at it curiously.
"Mobile phone." Yu Xiao turned on the camera and said, "In recent years, not only the hospital has changed, but also mobile phones. Now mobile phones can record videos."
"It's so small... so magical." Teng Jingzhi was full of envy.
"Okay." Yu
Xiao said, "Shall we start recording now?" "Um..." Teng Jingzhi was a little embarrassed, "Can I speak a few words alone?"
"No problem." After Yu Xiao taught Teng Jingzhi how to operate, he gave the phone to Teng Jingzhi. Teng Jingzhi took the phone and walked to the corner of the room.
After a while, he came back and gave the phone back to Yu Xiao.
Taking the phone, Yu Xiao said, "Do you have any message for me to pass on to your friends or Haikuang Tiankong?"
"Just... ask a favor." Teng Jingzhi said with a smile, "As for Xingxing, everything you need to say to him is on the video."
After that, both sides fell into silence again, and then Teng Jingzhi said, "Close the door."
"How about waiting a little longer?" Yu Xiao said, "According to our speculation, the correct way out can only be opened tomorrow."
"Close the door." Teng Jingzhi said again, his eyes gentle and firm, "Sooner or later, it will be closed."
Yu Xiao and the other two looked at each other, and then Zhao Lan stepped forward to close the door. When the door was about to close, Yu Xiao saw Teng Jingzhi's lips move, he was saying goodbye.
Yes, they will meet again.
"Click."
The door was closed. Zhou Xiaozhen rubbed her eyes and said, "I want to cry."
"Cry if you want to." Zhao Lan said with emotion, "So Teng Jingzhi knew us in the Wise Hospital."
Recalling the various things in the Wise Hospital, Yu Xiao had a sense of fate. She didn't believe in fate. She clenched her fists and firmly believed that the three of them would be able to leave the hospital.
"What about now?" Zhou Xiaozhen asked with red eyes, "Do you still want to open the door?"
"Open it." Zhao Lan said, "We haven't found dinner yet."
Yu Xiao squatted on the ground to check the ghost that was struck by lightning, and then she found a mobile phone on the ghost. It was a smart phone, and the screen was completely broken. I don't know if it is still useful.
"Is this a patient?" Zhao Lan also squatted down, looking at the phone with mixed feelings, "So-called this copy is full of patients, the only difference is whether they are alive, dead, or already mutated..."
"Then who cooked that pot of tomato beef?" Zhou Xiaozhen asked curiously, "Which patient cooked the dish and then left before eating?"
Yu Xiao touched his chin and said, "Isn't that a bit too bad?"
"Not really." Zhou Xiaozhen licked the corner of her mouth, "To be honest, the beef was really well cooked and delicious."
"Since she cooked the dish, it means she was very hungry. If she was hungry, why didn't she wait until she ate before leaving?" Zhou Xiaozhen couldn't figure it out.
"Maybe something happened temporarily." Zhao Lan analyzed: "Something happened temporarily, so he had to give up the dish that was almost ready and leave the kitchen."
"What could happen in the kitchen?" Zhou Xiaozhen said as she opened the door. Behind the door was a mess, and even the floor was lifted up.
"No one." Zhao Lan came back after looking around.
So Zhou Xiaozhen continued to open the door, but found nothing after several doors.
Yu smiled and said, "I think our idea may be right, because Teng Jingzhi walked out."
"Yeah." Zhao Lan nodded and said, "If he listened to us, he would not leave the bedroom easily, but he walked out, because he will appear in the Wise Hospital later, so our idea should be correct."
The two were talking in a low voice, Zhou Xiaozhen suddenly said, "Wow!"
The two turned their heads and were also surprised, "Wow!" They
saw another kitchen outside the door, which was different from the kitchen where they took the beef before. The decoration of this kitchen was more retro. But there was another dish stewing on the stove in the kitchen. Zhao Lan walked over, lifted the lid, and praised, "It's pickled cabbage stewed with pork, and there are vermicelli in it."
"Wow..." Zhou Xiaozhen's mouth was watering, "I haven't eaten this for a long time since my grandma passed away."
Yu Xiao opened the refrigerator in the kitchen, and his eyes lit up, "There are still vegetables in the refrigerator, and a lot of eggs."
"There's also rice here." Zhao Lan opened the cabinet under the stove.
"Cook some rice quickly." Yu Xiao said, "You can't just eat vegetables without rice."
Zhao Lan rolled up his sleeves and started cooking without saying a word.
Zhou Xiaozhen squatted at the door and drooled, "Cook more, make some fried rice and save it for tomorrow."
So Zhao Lan cooked a full pot of rice, and Yu Xiao took out the eggs and some vegetables. Neither she nor Zhou Xiaozhen knew how to cook, so they could only watch from the side.
"Sister Lan is such a great cook." Zhou Xiaozhen asked enviously, "Sister Lan, how did you become such a great cook?"
Zhao Lan kept cooking and said, "When I was a child, our family was not well off. My parents worked outside all day and often didn't have time to come back to cook for me, so I had to cook for myself."
Yu Xiao sighed, "My parents didn't have time to cook for me when I was a child."
Zhou Xiaozhen had to ask, "Then why didn't you learn to cook?"
Yu Xiao: "There was a nanny at home."
"..."
Zhou Xiaozhen didn't continue the topic. She asked, "Is the fried rice enough for us to eat tomorrow? I see there are noodles in the cupboard."
Yu Xiao said, "Noodles will clump."
"You can make fried noodles." Zhou Xiaozhen: "Fried noodles are better than boiled noodles."
Zhao Lan had no choice but to take out another small pot to boil water.
The kitchen was filled with various aromas. Zhou Xiaozhen and Yu Xiao squatted on the ground and looked at Zhao Lan happily, and gave him a few flattery from time to time.
"Bang!"
A large bowl of fried noodles was placed on the table.
Zhao Lan pointed at the fried noodles and said, "Save the fried noodles for when you're hungry at night."
He pointed at a large bowl of egg fried rice, "Save the egg fried rice for tomorrow."
"We're eating pickled pork and white rice now." Zhao Lan pointed at a large pot of pickled pork and white rice.
"Okay, okay." Yu Xiao nodded quickly.
Zhao Lan gave the instruction with a smile, "Why don't you bring the fried noodles and egg fried rice to the bedroom? Are you planning to eat in the kitchen?"
After bringing the food back to the bedroom, the kitchen door was closed. The three of them sat at the table. Zhou Xiaozhen said as she shared the chopsticks: "There are so many fresh dishes in the dungeon."
"Maybe it's just the right time since we opened the door." Yu Xiao took a bite of the sour and fragrant vermicelli. She had been hungry for a long time, and now she felt very satisfied after taking a bite. "The food hasn't gone bad yet."
Zhao Lan said as she ate: "I'm thinking about a problem."
Yu Xiao and Zhou Xiaozhen looked at her at the same time. She said: "Once you leave the first space after entering the door, will you have the chance to return to that space?"
"It's difficult." Yu Xiao said: "Even if you find that space again, who can be sure that the time is still the same as then?"
"I have a question too." Zhou Xiaozhen raised her hand and said: "Will we meet ourselves?"