Chapter 1171: The new night shift doctor’s surname is Sun
There weren’t many places that needed to be filled out on an ordinary case sheet, but Chen Ge’s case sheet was an exception, there were several pages, and the content on each page seemed to be different.
Dr. Gao was taking notes every day, and as if he had noticed Chen Ge’s puzzled gaze, he put the case sheet down without a trace, “Chen Ge, I remember a few days ago, you told me that you have a great aversion to fear, and that as long as you are in the midst of fear, you will feel very uneasy?”
”That’s right.”
”According to my observation, your second personality should have appeared just to help you share your fear. You’ve been living for a long time in a horror story that you’ve deluded yourself into believing, where everyone but yourself is fictional. You actually understood in your own heart that in order to ease the uneasiness and pain, so another self was born in your mind, namely Xu Yin.” Dr. Gao sat beside Chen Ge’s bed, unable to analyze anything about what was really going on inside his mind from his facial expression, “When you were sleeping in nightmares and living in delusions, Xu Yin protected you from harm; but when you returned to reality and your condition began to improve, your second personality Xu Yin became the biggest obstacle to your recovery.”
”He was an obstacle to my recovery?”
”Under our treatment, you can simply distinguish the border between reality and illusion, but Xu Yin doesn’t have that concept; he exists because of your delusions, and your delusions are his entire world.” Dr. Gao was guiding Chen Ge with every word: “When he wanted to escape the world of delusion, he would desperately grab you so that you couldn’t break free. Maybe in his mind it’s a form of protection, but in reality it’s just hurting you.”
”So what am I supposed to do?”
”Break free from his grip on you, leave the fantasized world to him, and you embrace the sunshine of reality.” Dr. Gao’s eyes stared at Chen Ge, there was a hint of fatigue in his gaze, but in the depths of his eyes, Chen Ge saw a very complex emotion.
That kind of emotion made Chen Ge feel unfamiliar, as if the Dr. Gao he remembered would never show such an emotion.
”He always appears when I’m unconscious, and I can’t communicate with him.”
”It doesn’t matter, we can create a special scene that will inspire it out of your mind while keeping you awake, it’s very dangerous to do so, so we need your full cooperation.” A lot of things seemed to have happened in the hospital in the last few days, which caused Dr. Gao to feel a sense of urgency, he wanted to stabilize Chen Ge’s condition as soon as possible, or at the very least, get rid of Chen Ge’s second personality.
”I can cooperate with you guys, and frankly speaking, I’m also eager to meet my second personality.” As soon as Chen Ge finished speaking, Dr. Gao immediately shook his head.
”Don’t have any curiosity about him, and don’t believe what he says, you’ve managed to get out of your delusion, you definitely can’t sink into it again.” Dr. Gao’s tone was very serious: “Nearly a year of treatment, the results are about to come out, now is the most crucial time, if you falter, then everything will be wasted.”
”I understand, but how am I going to cooperate with you guys?”
”You only need to do one thing when the time comes, and that is to reject him from the bottom of your heart. Remember, you must tell him sincerely that you no longer need his help and don’t want to be dragged into that black ocean of despair again.” Dr. Gao put away the case sheet and stood up, “If he only exists to protect you, then he should understand that his mission has been accomplished and you no longer need him.”
Chen Ge nodded silently.
”The treatment will take place after midnight tonight, I will come to the ward to pick you up.” Dr. Gao took out a pill bottle and fed Chen Ge three pills, “Rest well, tonight should be the most important night for you.”
Pushing the door and leaving, Chen Ge lay on the bed, Dr. Gao’s words echoing in his mind.
”They suddenly adopted such an aggressive treatment method, there must have been some kind of accident.”
”The hospital wants me to voluntarily cooperate with them to destroy the second personality, which means that with their ability alone, it seems that they won’t be able to eliminate the second personality in a short period of time… What kind of existence is Xu Yin in the end?”
”Last time when I was in a coma, I had seen a person standing with his back to me, he bore most of the curse and pain, how could such a person harm me?”
Chen Ge already knew what he had to do, “Tonight is indeed the most crucial night for me.”
Sitting up from the edge of the bed, Chen Ge glanced out the window, and after greeting Dr. Fang, he leaned on his armpit crutches and slowly made his way to the cafeteria.
After comfortably eating a meal, Chen Ge went to the garden outside the hospital ward.
After making sure that no one was watching, Chen Ge began to sneak around in the garden, and when he arrived at the bench he often sat on, he found Zuo Han sitting there, seemingly waiting for him the whole time.
”Did you read the note?”
”En.”
”What are you going to do next?”
”Look for Zhang Wenyu outside the sickbay, they may have retained their uncensored memories.”
”Do you need my help?”
”Dr. Gao is going to treat me after midnight tonight, if something happens to me, you can escape outside the hospital first.” Chen Ge had a smile on his face, and just from his tone of voice it was impossible to hear what kind of menace he was facing tonight.
”I’ll escape alone?”
”En, you protect yourself first, there will be plenty of opportunities later.”
”How’s your new roommate? Can you become friends with him?” Zuo Han inquired carefully.
Chen Ge shook his head, “He fantasizes that he has things inside him, like syringes and snails, I looked at his throat and ended up finding a human face in his mouth, his own face.”
”A face in his mouth?” Zuo Han sucked in a breath of cool air.
Chen Ge and Zuo Han both spoke very fast, in less than a minute they had finished talking, Zuo Han didn’t stay too long and left directly.
After sitting on the bench for almost an hour, Chen Ge found that there was movement in the flowers.
He walked over on his armpit crutches and saw that cute white cat head in the flowers, ”You seem to have gained weight? Why do I feel like you’ve gotten a little bigger?”
After not seeing Chen Ge for two days, the white cat meowed and meowed, its heterochromatic pupils filled with worry.
It rubbed against Chen Ge’s leg and led Chen Ge to the vicinity of the garden fence.
A few meters away, Chen Ge saw Zhang Ya standing outside the fence, and Zhang Ya dressed in red brought Chen Ge an inexplicable sense of affection.
”Didn’t you say you would come every morning?” There was no blame in Zhang Ya’s tone, but more worry, but even she herself didn’t know why she was worrying about a stranger.
”I thought you wouldn’t come.” Chen Ge walked over to the fence and grabbed the rusty iron railing with both hands, “Zhang Ya, I need you to do me a favor.”
”What favor?”
”Help me look for someone called Zhang Wenyu in this sitting city.” Chen Ge’s voice was very low: “They are being hunted down, and the hospital is treating them as fugitive mental patients, when in fact they are not sick.”
Looking at Chen Ge, who was wearing a hospital gown, Zhang Ya was a bit hesitant, it would be hard for any normal person to accept such a request.
After all, in the eyes of a normal person, one would definitely have to trust the hospital, rather than going to trust a mental patient.
”You just said that they are being chased and shopped? Zhang Wenyu is not a person? Rather, it’s a proxy for many people?”
”En, those patients have different appearances, ages, and occupations, but they have one thing in common, and that is that all of them are called Zhang Wenyu.” Chen Ge looked at Zhang Ya very seriously, “You should especially pay attention to the tourists who visit the haunted house, if they still retain their previous memories, then someone should know the connection between me and the haunted house, and there’s a high possibility that they’ll take the initiative to look for you.”
”I don’t quite understand what you mean.”
”You don’t need to understand, you just need to ask out if they remember the real past, inquire about the information related to me, and then find a way to pass that information to me.” For insurance purposes, Chen Ge instructed another sentence, “If I have an accident and don’t show up here for many days in a row, then you can go and look for someone called Zuo Han, he’s very smart and should know how to maximize the use of Zhang Wenyu’s memories.”
”Why do I feel like you are explaining the aftermath?” Zhang Ya felt that this mental patient in front of him was really strange, his mouth was saying all sorts of strange words, but he himself did not develop any impatience, as if the other party was telling the truth.
”Tonight I’m going to do a very dangerous thing, and I don’t know if I’ll be able to meet up with you again.” Chen Ge was ready to leave after saying that, “Remember my words, Zhang Ya.”
”Wait.” Zhang Ya suddenly opened her mouth as she walked next to the fence, getting this close to Chen Ge for the first time, “I’ve been running to wait for you for the past few days, but I actually wanted to ask you something.”
”Wanted to ask me?”
”After we met that day, I had a dream that night that the parents I was living with weren’t actually my parents, my real parents had a car accident, and that day was my birthday, and their car was still loaded with a birthday gift for me and a cake they had just bought.”
”Zhang Ya’s birthday gift …… “A very inconspicuous fragment of memory in the corner of his mind was turned over, and Chen Ge blurted out a few words off the top of his head, “It’s a tutu?”
After saying that, Chen Ge and Zhang Ya both froze as they looked at each other.
”How did you know? I haven’t told anyone about this dream!” Zhang Ya’s hand also grabbed the fence, “That dream was so real, I woke up with tearstains all over my face, it clearly wasn’t my life, but I couldn’t control the tears.”
”I had a similar dream, only in the dream my parents were the haunted house owners and they suddenly disappeared one day, leaving me alone.” Chen Ge held Zhang Ya’s hand that was gripping the fence, “The life you’re experiencing now is the dream I once had, and the reality I’m trying to escape from now is actually your past.”
”Impossible, I lived with my parents for more than twenty years ……”
”Don’t be in a hurry, you first follow what I said, among those people called Zhang Wenyu, someone should know the truth.” Chen Ge loosened his hand, staying here for too long would easily attract attention, he turned around on his armpit crutches and left.
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The sun set, night enveloped the sick building, and it was dark outside the window.
Chen Ge didn’t know what treatment Dr. Gao was talking about, he could only silently adjust his breathing and try to put himself in a good state.
”The first few nights Dr. Gao had something going on, what is he busy with every night?”
”This is the first time I’ve heard of treatments being placed after the early hours of the morning, could it be that the daytime Dr. Gao is different from the nighttime Dr. Gao as well?”
Looking out the window, Chen Ge was pondering when a bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky.
In that instant, electricity sliced through the sky, followed by a rumble of thunder, and a humid wind blew into the sickroom, blowing the curtains into Chen Ge’s face.
”The sky has changed?”
Since Chen Ge had awakened, the sky outside had always been clear, and basking in the warm sunlight for a while every morning was the happiest thing for him.
”There might be a rainstorm tonight.”
Thick dark clouds piled up in the night sky, an oppressive and uneasy feeling appeared in every patient’s heart.
Dr. Fang leaned his back against the wall, biting his finger, the corner of his mouth was covered in blood, yet he kept muttering something as if he didn’t notice.
At zero midnight, the door to the sick room was pushed open and Dr. Gao walked in alone.
Usually, Dr. Gao would mostly come to Chen Ge with his caregiver, but tonight he came alone, and Chen Ge was instead feeling more uneasy.
”The treatment room is on the fifth floor.” There was a trace of gentleness missing from Dr. Gao’s words, and his voice did not contain any emotion, as if all emotions had been drained away.
”Fifth floor?” Chen Ge had been to the fifth floor, where there was only one ward where critically ill patients were imprisoned, and there were no treatment rooms at all.
Dr. Gao tied Chen Ge’s hands with restraining straps and didn’t let Chen Ge use his armpit crutches as he personally assisted Chen Ge towards the outside of the ward.
When he was almost out of the ward, Dr. Gao turned back towards Dr. Fang and said, “You should come along too, your illness has dragged on long enough.”
Tonight’s hospital didn’t seem to be the same compared to usual, the lights in all the wards were turned off, the duty room and nurse’s station were empty, Chen Ge walked all the way and didn’t even see a single silhouette.
”Here it is.” Dr. Gao took out a large bunch of keys from his pocket, each key had a number written on it, these keys should correspond to the door number of the ward.
Opening the door of the ward, as if on purpose, Dr. Gao casually hung the large string of keys on the hook next to the room door.
”You two find a seat at random.”
There were no lights on in the room, Chen Ge frowned and swept a glance, there were seven chairs placed in the not-so-large sick room, and three of them had people sitting on them.
All of them were wearing gowns, so they should also be hospital patients.
Dr. Fang’s shoulders trembled gently as he groped in the darkness and sat on chair number one.
Chen Ge looked around and finally chose chair number seven, which was closest to the door of the room, to sit down; among the seven chairs, there were still chairs number three and six that were unoccupied.
”Two of the patients who were to receive treatment have gone missing, so their vacant seats will be replaced by me and another night shift doctor.” Dr. Gao sat down on chair number three, “When that doctor comes over, we’ll start treatment immediately.”
Ten minutes later, footsteps sounded in the corridor, followed by a knock on the ward door.
”Knock, knock, knock, knock!”
The door of the room was knocked on six times in a row.
”The door is unlocked, you can just come in.”
The door of the ward was pushed open and a doctor in a white coat entered the room, he saw the empty seat next to Chen Ge and sat down directly.
”This new night shift doctor’s name is Sun, you guys can just call him Dr. Sun.” After a brief introduction, Dr. Gao took out a bottle of medicine from his pocket, “Don’t leave this room no matter what happens during the treatment, if a certain patient suddenly breaks out, I hope that we can all work together to control him and then feed him the medicine.”