50 You are important to me
◎It was the first time someone said this to her◎
They actually shot the patient.
"Oh my God..." The gunshot was extremely clear, and all the players in the room heard it clearly. Wu Shanyue's face changed immediately when he heard the sound. No wonder so many people died overnight. I'm afraid that except for a few patients who died of natural causes, most of the patients died from gunshot wounds.
"What on earth are they planning to do?" Zhu Lan clenched her fists. She felt more and more that this instance was filled with hostility. She hated this feeling. "And that roar and commotion just now—what on earth was going on?"
"Is that the patient's noise?" Li Yiqing walked slowly to the door, squatted beside Qi Qiuxue, and spoke to her in a low voice. "Why would they make such a noise? Everyone seems normal during the day, right?"
At this moment, no one can give an answer.
The footsteps of the group were getting farther and farther away. As if as a routine, they checked each ward in turn. As the ward door was pushed open, Qi Qiuxue heard some noises more or less.
It was a heavy breathing sound, like a sleeping beast, which must have come from the patient. The group held high-end pens, and the sharp nibs brushed across the paper, recording the status of each room.
"The patient in room 1301 is beginning to experience a 'death countdown'."
"The patient in bed 3 in room 1305 is showing signs of recovery and requires close observation."
"The patient in room 1314 is currently safe."
"The patient in room 1322 is currently safe."
“…”
Death countdown, back to normal?
Qi Qiuxue grasped the key words in the words. The death countdown was relatively easy to understand. After repeated experiments and observations, they had already figured out the state of the patient when he was about to die, as well as the time pattern of when he would die, even accurately determining a certain interval. Whenever the count in this interval returned to zero, the patient's life would also come to an end.
And back to...
Qi Qiuxue repeatedly pondered the word "return". The patients' conditions tonight were generally very strange. That kind of heavy breathing should not be a sound that a healthy human being can make, but they said that this condition was "temporarily fine."
If this "healthy" state is regarded as an intermediate state, "normal" or "abnormal" may be the initial state of the patients before they are admitted to the ward. But no matter which one it is, it is enough to show that the people in the hospital must have made a certain degree of human intervention in the patients' physical condition.
What is their purpose?
"Let's go back first." Fearing that they would come back again, Qi Qiuxue slowly got up and called Li Yiqing to go back to bed together.
Because she had been squatting for a long time and her leg was injured, Qi Qiuxue's figure was obviously staggering.
Li Yiqing quickly supported her upon seeing this. He held her hand in the darkness and walked with her towards the bed, "Axue, walk slowly."
"Don't let yourself get hurt next time." She was terrified and worried, and she kept nagging, "I don't want anything to happen to Xue. If you have to use such extreme methods next time, you might as well use them on me."
"It hurts a lot." Qi Qiuxue said.
"I'm not afraid!" Li Yiqing shook his head. "My pain is better than yours."
"Why do you care about me so much?" Qi Qiuxue raised her lips when she heard that. She felt that there was nothing shining about herself that was worthy of Li Yiqing's concern.
She had thought that given Li Yiqing's personality, the other party would think for a while before replying, or simply stammer and skip the topic without wanting to answer. However, she had barely finished speaking when the other party answered with such decisiveness and resolve.
"Because you are very important to me." Li Yiqing said, with light flowing in his blue eyes.
These words really made Qi Qiuxue stunned. It seemed that no one had ever said such words to her since she was a child. When she was a child, she was quiet and had a strange personality. The teachers and children in the orphanage didn't like her, so Qi Qiuxue had no friends and didn't need friends.
Later, when she grew up, she became a busy office worker. Every day she worked and had no private time for socializing. She got along with her colleagues at a distance that was neither too close nor too far, and just maintained the most basic courtesy.
Qi Qiuxue rarely confides in others, and few people confide in her, so Li Yiqing's somewhat straightforward behavior really caught her off guard.
"Okay." After a moment, Qi Qiuxue nodded, not wanting Li Yiqing to be too disappointed. "I'll pay attention."
"That's good." Li Yiqing smiled at her happily.
Before lying back on the bed, Qi Qiuxue followed her heart and reached out to touch her head.
It feels like a soft golden retriever.
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Nothing else happened tonight, so Qi Qiuxue took the time to recuperate. After handing over her shift early the next morning, she found an opportunity to visit the three wards that she cared about.
1301 is the day when the countdown to death begins, 1305 is the day when a patient relapses, and 1316 is the day when the night nurse says another person has died due to "worsening of the condition".
Just as imagined, a thick smell of death filled the air in Room 1301. Qi Qiuxue pushed the door open and entered, seeing the patients lying on the beds in a decadent and decayed state, like flowers that were about to rot. No matter how much fertilizer was applied or how much water was poured, it would be difficult for them to survive.
Qi Qiuxue tried to talk to them, but they had no strength left and couldn't even do something as simple as opening their mouths.
I'm afraid that after tonight, this ward will welcome a new batch of patients.
Qi Qiuxue frowned, closed the door and walked out, then turned and went to Ward 1305.
Compared to Room 1301, this place is a little more lively. Some patients are eating, some are chatting, and when they see Qi Qiuxue come in, they will greet her in a friendly manner.
Neither their words nor their actions seemed out of place. It was hard to connect them with the group of people who breathed heavily like monsters yesterday.
Except for the patient in bed number three.
At this moment, he was lying in a curled-up position under the quilt with his head buried deep, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
He was lying on his side with his back to Qi Qiuxue, giving people the illusion that he was sleeping. But when Qi Qiuxue walked in front of him, she saw that his eyes were clearly wide open, staring straight ahead, and she didn't know what he was thinking.
His head was covered in cold sweat and his body was shaking slightly. Qi Qiuxue tried to talk to him but got no response.
So she chose to take a step closer and gently lifted the patient's quilt to expose the patient's head completely.
She saw him biting his nails, even the flesh on his fingertips. The most severe bites were so severe that the bones were exposed, but he seemed to have no reaction and did not seem to feel any pain.
His condition was extremely abnormal. If this was what those people called "reversion", then it meant that the conditions of the patients in this hospital before they were admitted to the ward must have been the same as his, all abnormal!
What kind of hospital is this?
Qi Qiuxue took a deep breath and tried to observe the patient in front of her more closely, but just as she was about to take action again, the man suddenly came to his senses and noticed her approaching.
In the next second, the man's empty eyes suddenly turned to her.
Qi Qiuxue felt uneasy when he looked at her. She subconsciously stopped moving forward and changed her tone to a friendly one, asking, "Sir, are you okay?"
Without getting an answer, the man slowly stood up in Qi Qiuxue's sight and rushed straight towards her.
"?!" Qi Qiuxue reacted quickly and dodged to the side to avoid his attack. There were too many patients around, and the doctors and other nurses might come quickly after hearing the noise, so she did not take out her knife.
Her injured leg from yesterday made her movements a little slow, but fortunately Qi Qiuxue was focused and alert enough. While dodging the man's repeated attacks, she instructed the other patients: "Ring the bell!"
"Okay, okay!" The onlookers finally reacted and hurriedly called other doctors and nurses for help. They all held down the crazy man and injected him with a sedative.
"What's wrong with him?" Qi Qiuxue looked up at the doctor in front of her and recognized that this was the person who had treated a crazy patient just two days ago.
"He has a history of mental illness." The doctor said calmly.
The same excuse as that day.
Qi Qiuxue was completely unconvinced: "Another history of mental illness?"
"That's right." The doctor smiled kindly, seemingly full of goodwill. "You know, with the pressures of life these days, it's normal to have some mental illness."
Qi Qiuxue: “…”
【Author’s words】
Here I come.
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