Chapter 186: Back to Reality 5

It was already early morning when she came out of Mei's house. Yu Xiao declined Uncle Mei's offer to take her back to the hotel and walked alone on the street in the early morning. It

was much colder in the early morning than in the daytime, but fortunately Yu Xiao no longer felt cold. She walked to a barbecue restaurant and bought a barbecue. While waiting, she looked at the rising white smoke, and her mind was full of what she had seen and heard at Mei's house.

She volunteered to ask Mr. Yin Yang to help Grandpa Mei. If she wanted to take the opportunity to find out where Brother Chuang was buried, she wanted to go to Brother Chuang's grave to take a look.

But on second thought, she felt that she was quite boring. As the director, she knew that Brother Chuang's grave was just a simple grave. Brother Chuang's soul did not exist there. Brother Chuang could not hear anything she said to the tombstone.

But since the words had been spoken, Mr. Yin Yang had to be invited. Yu Xiao only knew one Mr. Yin Yang, and that was Zheng Dongli.

And Zheng Dongli was not free, but fortunately Yu Xiao was not short of money. Spend some money to help Grandpa Mei choose a Feng Shui treasure land, just as a thank you for Brother Chuang's care for him in the hospital.

"Your barbecue is ready." The proprietress handed a bag of barbecue to Yu Xiao.

The next morning, Zhao Lan knocked on Yu Xiao's door, and the smell of barbecue hit her face. She walked into the room and saw the lunch box on the table, and asked, "Did you go out for a midnight snack last night?"

"Yeah." Yu Xiao answered while wiping his face.

Zhao Lan was in a complicated mood. She thought that Yu Xiao couldn't eat barbecue in the hospital, so she wanted to eat enough during the time when she was discharged from the hospital. Thinking of this, Zhao Lan looked at Yu Xiao with pity in her eyes. She decided that as long as Xiao Xiao still wanted to eat, she was willing to accompany Xiao Xiao to eat barbecue three times a day.

Then, at Yu Xiao's suggestion, the three of them had wonton noodles for breakfast in the hotel restaurant.

"You went to Brother Bed's house last night?" Zhou Xiaozhen asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Yu Xiao lowered his head and drank a sip of noodle soup, and said: "Originally, I couldn't sleep so I went to the community for a walk. I didn't expect to meet Brother Chuang's grandfather by chance."

Listening to Yu Xiao talking about Brother Chuang's family situation, Zhao Lan couldn't bear it and said: "Didn't you say that ghosts can also use mobile phones to leave the hospital? The attending doctor is also a ghost. Why can't Brother Chuang be discharged? Is it because the points are not enough?"

"Points are not a problem." Yu Xiao pursed his lips and said: "But he is no longer Brother Chuang."

"Why not Brother Chuang?" Zhou Xiaozhen didn't understand, "Didn't you say that they look the same? Just because he has no memories of when he was alive, he is no longer himself?"

"That's not what I meant." Yu Xiao thought for a moment and explained, "Let me put it this way. The human body is a container, equivalent to a bottle. The soul and ghost are like water, which has no shape. The form in which the ghost exists depends on the shape of the container. Although the current attending physician Mei Huaixin looks exactly like Brother Chuang, they only look the same."

"No..." Zhou Xiaozhen still didn't understand, "Then where did Brother Chuang's ghost go?"

"I just said that ghosts have no shape. In the hospital, ghosts that have not entered the container exist in the form of Yin Qi." Yu Xiao lowered his head and fiddled with the noodles in the bowl with chopsticks. "Before he died, Brother Chuang had been seriously invaded by Yin Qi. His body was full of Yin Qi. After he died, his ghost was also Yin Qi. It's like a drop of water flowing into a lake. It's no longer possible to tell which Yin Qi is Mei Huaixin and which Yin Qi is the invading Yin Qi..."

Zhao Lan understood a little, "So we can't use the Laojun Talisman on him, right?"

"Yes." Yu Xiao nodded, "The Laojun Talisman will remove the Yin Qi from the body, but now Brother Chuang is also Yin Qi. If the Laojun Talisman is used, what will be left is just an empty body."

There is no other way. If the attending doctor named Mei Huaixin is discharged from the hospital using Brother Chuang's identity, it will just be another thing to replace Brother Chuang.

"Then you have already met Brother Chuang's family, and the party will have to wait until tomorrow. What are you going to do today?" Zhao Lan asked.

Yu Xiao hadn't made up her mind yet, so Zhou Xiaozhen said, "Let's go climb the Great Wall!"

After hearing Xiaozhen's suggestion, Yu Xiao immediately thought of what to do today. She said, "I'll contact Zheng Dongli today and talk to him about helping Grandpa Mei find a cemetery. Then we'll... make plans."

Zhao Lan was as if she had been pardoned, and quickly said, "Okay, I think this is fine."

Zhou Xiaozhen was very disappointed, "It's so hard to come to Beijing..."

Zhao Lan quickly comforted her, "Don't you want to be an athlete and participate in the Olympics? You will have many opportunities to stay in Beijing in the future, and you will have many opportunities to climb the Great Wall."

Zhou Xiaozhen thought that this was indeed the case, so she immediately became happy.

Yu Xiao ate the remaining noodles in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, and then called Zheng Dongli.

Zheng Dongli always answers the phone promptly, but he seems to be in a quiet place where he can't speak loudly. After answering the phone, he said very quietly: "Hello, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

Yu Xiao asked: "Are you busy?"

"No." Zheng Dongli continued to whisper: "Just tell me if you have something to say."

Yu Xiao asked: "Have you decided on the location of the party?"

"Not yet, but it will be decided this afternoon." Zheng Dongli asked: "When are you leaving for Beijing? I'll pick you up at the airport?"

"No, we were there yesterday." Yu Xiao said, "I have something to ask of you. I have an elder who is over 80 years old. He wants to find a good Feng Shui site for himself. Can you help? Don't worry, I'll pay for it."

Zheng Dongli on the other end of the phone laughed softly, "It's my honor that the boss is willing to patronize my business. OK, where is your elder from? I'll help him find a good Feng Shui site after the party is over."

Yu Xiao calculated the time. Today is the fourth day since she was discharged from the hospital, and tomorrow's party will be the fifth day. She can only stay in the hospital for about a week at a time, which means that after five days of discharge, the obsession may wake up at any time.

She was worried that it would be too late, so she asked, "Is it okay today?"

"Is it so urgent?" Zheng Dongli said embarrassedly, "Not today, I have something to do today."

He paused and said, "Remember what I told you before, about that elder friend of mine who is in the same situation as us? He... is in the hospital, and is on his deathbed. I can't leave at this time."

Yu Xiao thought of the elderly patient who was discharged from the hospital he mentioned, and was a little surprised, "He's still alive now?"

You can't blame Yu Xiao for being surprised, because most patients can't wait to be discharged from the hospital when their points are just enough, so they can only live to be over 70 years old. Zheng Dongli's elder must be more than 70 years old, so Yu Xiao was surprised. How many points did the elder accumulate before he was discharged from the hospital?

Zheng Dongli felt that Yu Xiao's words were a bit strange, but he didn't think much about it, but said: "He is indeed very long-lived, he is already 123 years old this year."

"Wow." Yu Xiao was very surprised.

Zheng Dongli suddenly asked, "Do you have any plans today?"

"No plans." Yu Xiao said.

"Why don't we go to the hospital?" Zheng Dongli said, "Send this old man off. He may be the first person in the world like us."

Yu Xiao thought for a while and said, "Wait a minute, I'll ask Sister Lan and Xiaozhen."

Zhao Lan and Zhou Xiaozhen were very curious about this, and they had nothing to do today, so they agreed immediately. On the way to the hospital, Zhou Xiaozhen was shocked, "That senior is really strong. He actually got enough points to live to 120 years old. Sister Xiao, have you ever heard of such a strong man in the hospital?"

"No." Yu Xiao thought about it carefully. She really hadn't heard of such a patient, but she always felt it was strange.

The taxi stopped outside the gate of the hospital's inpatient department. The three got out of the car. Yu Xiao saw the hospital security driving a big dog. They did not stop and went to the cardiovascular department of the inpatient department according to the text message sent by Zheng Dongli.

The cardiovascular department was on the fourteenth floor. As soon as they got out of the elevator, they saw Zheng Dongli.

Zheng Dongli was waiting for them outside the elevator. Seeing them coming, Zheng Dongli whispered, "Follow me."

Zhao Lan whispered, "The family of that senior is here, right? Would it be inappropriate for us to go?"

"He has no family." Zheng Dongli led the way in front of the three people. "He has had heart problems since that serious illness. He has not married for so many years and has always been alone."

Yu Xiao and the other two looked at each other and followed Zheng Dongli in silence.

Zheng Dongli said, "He is too old, and his friends have long passed away. Apart from the people who are responsible for taking care of him, only my uncle and I are here today. He will feel very happy that you can come."

It was a single ward. When Yu Xiao walked to the door, she heard the sound of instruments. There were a few bouquets of wilted flowers in the ward, and an old man with white hair and skinny body was lying on the bed.

The moment she saw the old man, a strange feeling surged in her heart.

Her heart is a mind of obsession, which is no different from a stone under normal circumstances, but this time it had a strange reaction. Yu Xiao walked quickly to the bedside. Zheng Dongli introduced Yu Xiao and the other two to a man beside the bed. He called the man his uncle.

When the man learned that the three of them came to visit the old man on the bed, he was very grateful and said, "It's great that you can come. Mr. Zhou loves to be lively. If he leaves in a deserted place, he will definitely be very sad."

Zhao Lan caught a glimpse of Yu Xiao's strange behavior. In order to avoid embarrassment, she took the initiative to talk to him, "How is Mr. Zhou?" "He

has been in a coma. Sometimes he wakes up for a few minutes, but he is already fuzzy." The man sighed and said, "The doctor said that it will probably be today."

Zhou Xiaozhen looked at the old man on the bed. The old man's eyes were closed and his body was shaking.

"Is he cold?" Zhou Xiaozhen asked.

"Oh, it's not cold." The old man smiled bitterly, "The doctor said he was probably having a nightmare."

Zhou Xiaozhen suddenly felt that this old man was very pitiful. He was about to die, but he was still having a nightmare.

Yu Xiao huddled beside the bed, lowered her head and stared at the old man carefully. At this moment, as if sensing something, the old man on the bed stopped trembling and opened his eyes.

"He's awake." Zheng Dongli whispered, and everyone immediately huddled beside the bed.

The old man opened his eyes, and his cloudy old eyes looked at Yu Xiao. He opened his mouth and said three words clearly, "I'm sorry."

Everyone was stunned.

At that moment, Yu Xiao finally recognized him. She finally saw a hint of the shadow of the former director in this dilapidated and old body. She was extremely surprised at that moment, but then she thought it was natural. Who else could have accumulated so many points except the former director?

After saying those three words, the old man closed his eyes again and spoke nonsense in a daze.

Zheng Dongli's uncle asked Yu Xiao, "Do you know Mr. Zhou?"

Yu Xiao shook his head. Zheng Dongli said to his uncle, "Mr. Zhou is talking nonsense."

"Alas." The eldest master sighed, "Mr. Zhou has been sick these two days and is always talking nonsense. Sometimes he says it's dark, and sometimes he says it's cold. Sometimes he even sheds tears, alas."

"Woo..."

The old man on the bed groaned again. Zheng Dongli moved closer to listen. "Mr. Zhou, what are you saying?"

After listening carefully for a while, he looked up at his uncle. "Wangcai, he said Wangcai."

The eldest grandfather spread his hands and said worriedly, "Mr. Zhou wants to see Wangcai."

Zheng Dongli explained to the three of them, "Mr. Zhou has no children or partner in his life, so he likes to raise dogs. He has raised several dogs. When one dies, he raises another one. They are all named Wangcai. So far, he has raised..."

"Three." The eldest grandfather held up three fingers. "He has raised three dogs."

Yu Xiao suddenly remembered the dog that they saw when they got off the car, lying at the door of the hospital, and refused to leave even when driven away.

"No." The old man put his hands behind his back and turned around anxiously, "We have to let Mr. Zhou see Wangcai before he leaves, otherwise Mr. Zhou won't feel at ease."

"But pets are not allowed in the hospital." Zhou Xiaozhen asked, "What should we do?"

The old man thought about it carefully, then slapped his head and said to them, "You stay here, I'll think of a way!"

After that, he hurried out of the ward.

Zheng Dongli handed Yu Xiao a stool and asked Yu Xiao to sit down. Yu Xiao looked at the dying old man on the bed and thought to himself, what's the point of you trying so hard to get discharged from the hospital, aren't you going to spend the rest of your life with a dog?

Yu Xiao pointed at the old man on the bed and asked, "What's his name?"

"Huh?" Zheng Dongli was pouring water for the three people. Hearing this, he said, "Oh, Mr. Zhou's surname is Zhou, and his name is Zhou Siheng."

"What kind of person is he?" Yu Xiao asked.

"Mr. Zhou is a very good person." Zheng Dongli handed Yu Xiao a glass of water, and then said: "I heard from my uncle that he participated in the Anti-Japanese War when he was young and made many contributions. After the victory, he didn't want to be an official, and because of his poor health, he has been doing relatively leisurely work. When I first met him, he was almost a hundred years old. I don't know much about him, but I remember that he was a good person. I met him when I was in my twenties and he gave me candy."

Zhou Xiaozhen asked: "He likes dogs very much?"

"Yes." Zheng Dongli said: "Especially the big black dogs."

Because there was no other topic, Zheng Dongli asked Yu Xiao, "What about the elder you mentioned?"

He was talking about Grandpa Mei. Yu Xiao smiled and said, "Nothing, it's just... he's over 80 years old and not in good health, so he wants to choose a cemetery for himself in advance."

Yu Xiao didn't know much about this, so she asked, "Does the cemetery also have Feng Shui?"

"Yes." Zheng Dongli looked a little embarrassed, "But to say that it's a perfect Feng Shui treasure land, I'm afraid it's impossible."

"By the way." Zheng Dongli asked, "Aren't you also a Xuanmen? Don't you understand Yin Yang Feng Shui?"

Yu Xiao thought to herself, what kind of Xuanmen am I? I'm more like a ghost. She laughed dryly, "I don't understand, I just know how to draw some talismans."

This made Zheng Dongli even more puzzled, "Didn't the person who taught you to draw talismans teach you anything else?"

"No." Yu Xiao said.

Zheng Dongli felt very puzzled, because as far as he knew, few people in the Xuanmen only learned one thing. Even if they only specialized in one thing, they would have some understanding of other aspects. How could they be like Yu Xiao, who knew nothing about other aspects?

Just when he was puzzled, the door of the ward opened.

He saw his uncle walking in with a huge mountaineering bag on his back. As soon as he entered the ward, the grandfather quickly closed the door, then panted and leaned against the wall and said to Zheng Dongli: "Hurry... take off the bag..."

Zheng Dongli quickly took off the bag on his back, weighed it in his hand, and said: "It's quite heavy, what is it?"

Zhou Xiaozhen: "I guess it's a dog."

Zhao Lan: "I think it's a dog too."

"Cough cough..." The grandfather coughed twice tiredly and said: "What else can it be if not a dog? Xiaodong, be quiet, don't let the dog bark."

Zheng Dongli opened the bag gently, and a big black dog came out.

The old man held a teacup in one hand and put his other hand on his waist and said, "Oh my god, this big dog is really tiring me out."

The dog came out without barking, but walked directly to the bedside, staring at the old man on the bed with its eyes

wide open. Yu Xiao watched for a while, then grabbed the old man's hand on the bed and put it on the dog's head. The dog stood still, letting the old man's hand on his head, and hummed twice.

At this time, the hand on the dog's head trembled slightly, and the old man on the bed opened his eyes again. He glanced at Yu Xiao, then at the black dog, and then closed his eyes.

The electrocardiogram machine issued a shrill alarm.

The doctor and the nurse heard the sound, pushed the door open and took a look, and were immediately shocked, "Where did such a big dog come from?!"

There was a commotion in the ward.

Yu Xiao and the others were driven out of the ward along with the dog.

Yu Xiao asked in a low voice: "Have you chosen a grave for the old man?"

"Yes, we have chosen it a long time ago." Zheng Dongli said with a pained look: "It is very expensive."

The dog squatted at the door of the ward, opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue, staring at the door eagerly. The medical staff and patients passing by were all frightened. Finally, the nurse issued an ultimatum that the dog must be taken away immediately, otherwise the security guard would be called.

But the dog was unwilling to leave, and Zheng Dongli finally carried the dog away.

After going downstairs, the dog lay on the ground with a heartbroken look. Yu Xiao asked, "What are you going to do with this dog in the future?"

Zheng Dongli shook his head and said, "I can't keep one. I don't like dogs. Sometimes I have nightmares, in which I am often bullied by dogs."

Zhou Xiaozhen thought to herself, how could such a powerful senior be afraid of dogs? She asked, "Uncle, are you afraid of dogs?"

Zheng Dongli sighed, "There's something I want to discuss with you."

"You tell me." Yu smiled and said, "As long as it doesn't harm us, we are all easy to talk to."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Zheng Dongli hesitated, as if a little embarrassed, he said, "Can you please not call me uncle at the party tomorrow?"

"Ah?"

"I think I... am not actually old." Zheng Dongli said embarrassedly, "You call me uncle these days, and I have nightmares at night. I always dream that I am so old that my teeth fall out..."

Zhou Xiaozhen couldn't help laughing out loud, but then she thought about the death of someone just now, and it was inappropriate to laugh so loudly, so she quickly held it back.

Just as she tried to hold back her laughter, she heard Yu Xiao's hearty laughter, "Hahahahahahaha..."

Zheng Dongli felt embarrassed. Yu Xiao said, "Then you can help my elders find a Feng Shui treasure land. If it doesn't charge, we can consider calling you Brother Zheng."