Chapter 1160 – Cruel Reality?

　　The memories turned into fragments, every time he recalled it Chen Ge felt a splitting headache, he endured it silently, a blue vein surfaced on his hands that were gripping the bed sheet.

　　Seeing Chen Ge in such pain, Xu Wan no longer continued on, she pressed Chen Ge’s arm, “I know you’re having a hard time, after you finish eating, have a good sleep.”

　　Xu Wan picked up the meal on the bedside table and used a spoon to feed Chen Ge little by little.

　　The taste buds could clearly feel the aroma of the vegetables and meat, which was incomparably real.

　　Chen Ge mechanically swallowed his meal, his gaze somewhat blank.

　　The occasional fragments of memory that surfaced in his mind told him that everything Xu Wan said was true, that he had indeed been searching for his parents, and that he rarely drove to a certain place.

　　The more he thought about it in his mind, the more he was disgusted by the matter of driving.

　　Picking up a tissue, Xu Wan wiped Chen Ge’s mouth: ”If there’s anything, call me anytime. Get some rest, if you recover well, you can move out of the isolation ward tonight, I know you very much want to return to the normal ward.”

　　”Why would I want to go back to the general ward so badly? Is it dangerous to live in the isolation ward?” The words Isolation Ward made Chen Ge a little uncomfortable, and he had a deep impression of those four words in his head.

　　”There isn’t any danger here, no one will hurt you, you only want to go back to the Ordinary Ward because you can see the scenery outside the courtyard walls from there.” Xu Wan left with her dishes.

　　”See the scenery outside the courtyard walls?”

　　After Xu Wan left, the ward was quiet again, Chen Ge was lying on the bed, if he didn’t think about anything, the pain coming from all parts of his body would be much less severe.

　　The sunlight poured over his body, resting on a clean pillow, Chen Ge gazed out the window.

　　The wind and sunshine, the blue sky was filled with a few free-flowing clouds, and the only thing that was a bit of a scene-stealer was the iron mesh on the window.

　　”Is the iron net to prevent thieves from coming in, or is it to prevent patients from escaping?”

　　The environment of this hospital was very good, making it comfortable to stay, but Chen Ge had an inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, and he didn’t know what he was afraid of.

　　A sharp pain would come from his brain whenever he tried to think back, and when he didn’t think about anything and just lay on the hospital bed like a mannequin, the pain would slowly disappear.

　　Moving his body slowly, Chen Ge tried to control his muscles, and after using about an hour, he was finally able to make it out of the bed by his own strength.

　　”Wrists and ankles are strangled with deep purple blood marks from the restraining straps, there are also bruises on my back and shoulders, my left leg is wrapped in a plaster cast, and my cheek is scratched …… “Chen Ge was inspecting his body, his line of sight slowly moved, and finally froze on the back of his hand, where there was a blood-drop shaped wound.

　　”How did this wound appear?”

　　As soon as Chen Ge started to think about it, the nerves in his brain seemed to be yanked hard by a hand, and the pain that drilled through his heart simply made him about to collapse.

　　”Boom!”

　　The door of the ward was pushed open once again, Dr. Gao walked in alone, he was holding a piece of information in his hand, when he saw that Chen Ge was already sitting up, his expression was a bit surprised, “It seems like you’re recovering well.”

　　”Dr. Gao, my head hurts.” Chen Ge sat on the edge of the bed, his body was still very weak.

　　”It’s not time to take medicine yet, come on, you follow me, cross your arms and protect your chest, then take a deep breath.” Dr. Gao patiently instructed Chen Ge, after he calmed down, Dr. Gao moved a chair and sat next to the hospital bed, “Do you still remember what happened last night?”

　　”Last night?”

　　”You suddenly became ill last night, as if you were having severe hallucinations, I called in three caregivers to get you under control.” Dr. Gao took out a mechanical watch from his pocket, he glanced at the time and then placed the watch on the bedside table.

　　The hands of the mechanical watch would make a very faint sound as it moved, accompanied by a specific rhythm.

　　”Tell me about it, just think of it as chatting with a friend, you don’t have to have any scruples, you can tell me whatever comes to mind or whatever you see.” Dr. Gao wore a smile on his face, “You only need to pay attention to one thing, that is, don’t lie, don’t say anything against your heart.”

　　”I can’t remember, I only know that I entered a dark and gloomy hospital last night.” The memories in his mind had turned into fragments, and Chen Ge hung his head down with a pained expression.

　　”What was the name of that hospital? What did you see in the hospital? Were there any other people present around you?” Accompanied by the sound of mechanical watch hands moving, Dr. Gao asked the next question.

　　”That hospital also seems to be called Xinhai Center Hospital, I saw all kinds of words, and the person who accompanied me in was …… Zhang Ya?” A name suddenly popped up in Chen Ge’s mind, and after he subconsciously said it, he immediately covered his head, and the intense pain caused him to curl up on the hospital bed, and he kept letting out miserable screams from his mouth, “It hurts! Head hurts!”

　　Dr. Gao sighed softly, unscrewed the medicine bottle, and fed Chen Ge two more white pills.

　　After taking the pills, Chen Ge’s symptoms eased slightly, and he reclined on the hospital bed, his face frighteningly pale.

　　”Your illness has gotten worse again, last night you stayed in the middle of the Xinhai Center Hospital and didn’t go anywhere. The eerie hospital you saw is here.” Dr. Gao pointed around after seeing Chen Ge calm down, “Do you think it’s eerie here?”

　　The sunlight shone brightly in the hospital room, and the room was clean and neat, this place was not related to horrible and eerie at all.

　　”Maybe this place during the day will be different from this place at night.” Chen Ge vaguely felt as if he had said something similar somewhere.

　　”There is no difference between the hospital during the day and at night, the building is lifeless, it is you who will truly change.” Dr. Gao slowly spoke, “The you during the day is completely different from the you at night.”

　　”Me?”

　　”The daytime you can communicate normally, but the nighttime you seems like a wild beast.” Dr. Gao placed the information in his hand on the hospital bed, “At first we thought you just had post-traumatic stress disorder, then we found out that you also suffered from severe delusions, and just a while ago we discovered the existence of another personality in you.”

　　”Another personality?” Chen Ge’s brain became a bit sluggish, and after receiving so much information at the same time, he was unable to process it for a while.

　　”You should first take a look at last night’s surveillance video.” Dr. Gao took out his own cell phone, which was pure white with a large screen.

　　Pressing the play button, a blurry video began to play on Dr. Gao’s phone screen.

　　Chen Ge, who was lying on the hospital bed, suddenly sat up, dragging his plastered leg, holding onto the wall, and quietly feeling his way to the entrance of the ward.

　　When midnight came, he pushed open the door of the ward and wanted to escape from the hospital, but was seen by the caretaker on duty, and then the two sides broke out in a clash, Chen Ge in the screen was like a wild beast, shouting words that no one could understand, and desperately wrestling with the caretaker.

　　Two or three minutes later, the other two caregivers arrived, the three together to control Chen Ge, will be sent to the isolation ward.

　　Surveillance video does not end here, lying on the hospital bed Chen Ge struggled with all his might, his eyes red, almost bleeding.

　　His body was twisted and deformed, as if he was suffering from unimaginable pain, and his mouth kept opening and hissing as if he was shouting in pain.

　　”Is this me?” Chen Ge was lying on the bed as he silently watched the security camera footage, not remembering anything like this happening at all.

　　”He’s you and he’s not you, to be precise he’s your second personality, he exists because of your illness.” Dr. Gao’s tone was serious, “You have an impression of his existence, you’ve been relying on him, you just don’t want to admit it.”

　　”No, I’m just me, no one else exists in my body.” Chen Ge firmly shook his head.

　　”Really?” Dr. Gao pulled out a page from the information, “Among the bizarre stories you told me earlier, you possessed a ghost that has been protecting you, that stern ghost guarded you without asking for anything in return, and he even regarded protecting you as the only meaning of his existence.”

　　Blue veins rose on his forehead, and before the pain hit him, Chen Ge nodded, “I remember him, this is not something I made up ……”

　　”Do you remember your father’s last name?” Dr. Gao suddenly changed the topic.

　　”Surname Chen.”

　　”What was your name?”

　　”Chen Ge.”

　　”What was your mother’s last name?”

　　”Surname Xu.”

　　”Think back again, what was the ghost’s name?” Dr. Gao’s speech was very fast, and there was no pause in between one question after another.

　　”He was …… called Xu Yin.” Chen Ge covered his head in pain.

　　Dr. Gao placed the information in his hand in front of Chen Ge and pointed to a certain record from a month ago, “The name you gave your second personality is Xu Yin. The daytime you are called Chen Ge, and the nighttime you are called Xu Yin, and the ghost that has been unfailingly enduring all the pain and guarding you without asking for anything in return is actually you yourself.”

　　”Impossible!”

　　”It’s normal that you don’t realize it, according to my observation, the main reason why the second personality will appear is still because you’ve put too much pressure on yourself, you need a pressure-bearing personality to help you share your pain.”

　　”Absolutely impossible! Xu Yin is real! I remember him!”

　　”He does exist, but he only exists in your story, in your mind.” Dr. Gao talked to Chen Ge in that very soft tone, “Every time you woke up from a coma, I was the first person to communicate with you, and your first listener, and in your story, every time Xu Yin would appear when you were in danger, he wasn’t that powerful, but he would do everything he could to help you get through it. If you think about it, doesn’t that lonely figure who isn’t powerful look familiar? Doesn’t it resemble yourself?”

　　Under Dr. Gao’s guidance, a figure in Chen Ge’s mind became blurry and then slowly overlapped with his own.

　　Loneliness, pain, and sadness that couldn’t be told to the next person, there were many things in common in them.

　　”Xu Yin, Chen Ge …… “Different fragments of memories surged in Chen Ge’s mind, and he didn’t know who to believe, but he quickly adjusted, “Impossible, if Xu Yin is my second personality, then my previous experiences should all be false, but I remember very clearly, those were all real! There really are ghosts in this world! Xu Yin is also real!”

　　Chen Ge grasped the fragments of memories that emerged in his mind in bits and pieces, his reason told him that Dr. Gao was probably right, but he just couldn’t believe it.

　　”There are no ghosts in the world, the most terrifying thing is the human heart.” Every word Dr. Gao said resonated with Chen Ge, Chen Ge subconsciously thought that Dr. Gao was right, but he inexplicably felt uneasy.

　　”Let’s go, I’ve already done the paperwork for you to move back to the general ward, I hope you’ll get better sooner.” Dr. Gao called Xu Wan, and the two of them assisted Chen Ge out of the isolation ward.

　　A faint odor of disinfectant water wafted along the clean and bright corridor, the doors of the patient rooms on both sides were locked, and there was a thin layer of cloth curtains on the window panes, so you couldn’t see what was going on inside the patient rooms when you stood in the corridor.

　　Through the corridor, there was some noise outside, many patients were in the corridor.

　　”Make way.”

　　Dr. Gao sent Chen Ge to the first ward on the corner of the second floor, which was much larger than the previous one, with three beds inside.

　　”You should still remember which bed you’re staying in, right?” Dr. Gao inquired in a low voice, but Chen Ge was at a loss.

　　”Looks like you’ve forgotten again, it’s okay, take your time, when you completely recover from the injury to your brain, it shouldn’t be so painful.” Dr. Gao assisted Chen Ge to the bed by the window.

　　Sitting on the edge of the bed, Chen Ge looked out the window, outside the protective fence was an amusement park that wasn’t too big.

　　From the bed where Chen Ge was, he could just about see the entirety of the amusement park.

　　Most of the tourists were concentrated on the east side of the park away from the Xinhai Central Hospital, where there were a large number of high-tech entertainment facilities, while the western half of the park close to the hospital was quieter and had very few tourists.

　　The west side of the park was mostly filled with old-fashioned entertainment programs, and one of the more conspicuous ones was a haunted house.

　　The moment he saw the haunted house, memories began to tumble in Chen Ge’s mind, and he covered his head, but he didn’t move his eyes away, forcing himself to gaze at the haunted house that was built on the west side of the paradise.

　　”This New Century Land?”

　　”This paradise is called Shinsegae Land, and you used to stand by the window and look at it all day.”

　　”I remembered something.” Chen Ge grabbed his hair with both hands, thin veins emerged on his face, and sweat continued to ooze from his forehead, “I used to work in the paradise, I inherited my parents’ haunted house, and I own a house of horrors they left behind!”

　　”Just like her?” Compared to Chen Ge’s maniacal tone, Dr. Gao’s voice was very flat as he stretched out his finger and pointed at the entrance of Paradise’s haunted house.

　　Chen Ge followed where Dr. Gao’s finger was pointing, and at the entrance of the Paradise Haunted House stood a woman dressed as a stern ghost, her face makeup was soaked with sweat, she was wearing a red dress, and at this moment, she was holding up a billboard to sell tickets in front of the guardrail of the haunted house.

　　”Zhang Ya?” Chen Ge froze when he saw the woman’s face.

　　”In order to treat you, I specifically went over to inquire, and the identity you set for yourself in the story was actually stolen from that woman. Their family has been running a haunted house here since ten years ago, since her parents’ generation.” Dr. Gao shook his head and looked at Chen Ge with a hint of pity in his gaze, “She’s the one who runs the haunted house in Paradise for a living, and you’ve just been hiding behind the sickbay window to peek at her. You haven’t even said a word to her, you only visited her haunted house once a long time ago and knew that she was called Zhang Ya.”

　　”Impossible, she’s a ghost, the most important ghost to me!” Once again, a sharp pain came from Chen Ge’s brain.

　　”If you really care about her that much, then wait until you get better and go to her in person, you’ll scare her with this look.” Dr. Gao helped Chen Ge to the bedside.