Hospital 444

"Mirror?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin stopped his pen and looked towards Gu Yanan.

"Yes, that’s right. At the time, we also found it very strange..."

Dai Lin remembered the first clause of the Hospital 444 contract that he had forgotten and then recalled.

"Every day when you wake up, you must look in the mirror to make sure there isn’t a black inverted cross on your forehead. If you find a black inverted cross, never, ever approach a Demonic Department Doctor."

This point was in stark contrast to the hospital’s official rules. The hospital staff rules clearly emphasized that whether one is a doctor or a nurse, if an inverted cross appears on their forehead when looking in the mirror, they must seek treatment from the Demons Department immediately.

As for which one was telling the truth, Dai Lin was unable to judge at the moment. But from various indications, Dai Lin was increasingly wary and uneasy about the Demonic Department. Had he known these inside stories sooner, he never would have carelessly allowed Dai Wei to enter the Demons Department for treatment.

Ever since he recalled that line from the contract, Dai Lin carried out this task every day. As soon as he woke up in the morning, he would immediately check his forehead in the mirror for any abnormalities. Furthermore, he deliberately grew out his bangs when getting a haircut, so if there were any abnormalities on his forehead, it would ensure that they weren’t discovered by others.

Fortunately, so far, there hadn’t been any abnormalities on his forehead.

But hearing what Gu Yanan said, this bizarre rule of the customs in the Black Swamp Village was eerily similar to that hidden clause of the contract!

Gao Heyann also looked puzzled and asked, "Within an hour of waking up? No matter what time you get up?"

At this, Dai Lin was deep in thought... Was this a coincidence?

In theory, Gu Yanan and Wei Zhengxian were not doctors from Hospital 444, so their foreheads shouldn’t display an inverted cross, but this still made him vigilant.

This curse case was probably not simple.

"You, please continue, Miss Gu."

"At that time, we..."

...

At the time, upon hearing this, both Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan were stunned.

What sort of weird rule was this? To stay at a guesthouse and not be allowed to look in a mirror?

"This, ma’am," Wei Zhengxian asked with confusion, "we’ll definitely need to wash up after waking up in the morning, so we’ll definitely need to use the mirror."

"Just for an hour," the landlady insisted: "It’s our village custom. All outsiders must abide by it."

A custom?

Gu Yanan immediately thought that this might be some rural superstition. She had even heard of something like not combing your hair in front of a mirror at midnight... Or was it peeling an apple?

"Alright, got it, ma’am," Gu Yanan said, pulling Wei Zhengxian, "Let’s go, Zhengxian."

The landlady nodded and said, "Alu, go move the guests’ luggage."

Wei Zhengxian quickly waved his hands, saying, "We don’t have any luggage, no need to move anything."

"Fine, Alu, take the guests to their room."

The employee named Alu nodded.

Just like Uncle Si, he was also extremely ugly, so ugly it was memorable at a glance.

Gu Yanan began to feel that this village was truly strange, with villagers who were either extremely beautiful or extremely ugly. In any case, she hadn’t seen any average faces; all were very memorable.

Alu appeared very silent and sullen. Without saying anything, he started walking, and Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan quickly followed.

The guesthouse was built halfway up a hill and, without an elevator, they expended a lot of effort before they reached their room.

Just as they opened the door and before they could turn on the light, Alu suddenly said behind them, "Remember your promise, for one hour after waking up, don’t look in the mirror."

Wei Zhengxian was taken aback because Alu’s tone sounded like a warning. It wouldn’t have felt out of place even if he had added a sentence like "If you dare not do as I say, I’ll kill you."

Before Wei Zhengxian could speak, Alu had already walked away.

Gu Yanan was a bit angry and said, "What kind of attitude is that!"

Wei Zhengxian instead said, "Let it be, after all, we are not familiar with this place, it’s better not to cause unnecessary trouble."

After entering the room, Gu Yanan went to the window and discovered the night view was actually quite good. Under the night stars, the entire village was brightly illuminated.

"Yanan, come here, let me treat your wound,"

Wei Zhengxian opened the medical kit that Alu had brought up and took out mercurochrome, iodine, alcohol swabs, and gauze, among other things.

On this trip, Wei Zhengxian’s biggest concern was that Gu Yanan’s wounds might get infected. Although they were just abrasions and had been bandaged, they had not been disinfected promptly, and an infection would be troublesome.

"Zhengxian, let me take a look at you too, you must have been injured as well."

"It’s nothing, I can take care of it myself."

"How can you handle the wound on your back by yourself? Let me help you check it out!"

With no choice, Wei Zhengxian reluctantly took off his shirt, revealing a physique drool-worthy enough to make anyone stare.

Gu Yanan gazed at Wei Zhengxian’s abs and the V-line for two or three seconds, blinking before coming over to examine his wounds.

"It’s not too bad... The wound isn’t very deep." Gu Yanan took the opportunity to caress her boyfriend’s back, her heart itching incessantly.

Gu Yanan was from a rural area and came from a rather conservative family, so up until now, their relationship had been as innocent as that of kindergarten kids. However, this trip had inspired unspoken thoughts in both of their minds.

If it weren’t for the injuries they both sustained, Gu Yanan would have even considered engaging in some human reproductive activities that very night.

After tending to each other’s injuries and applying clean bandages, they finally felt the fatigue weighing on their bodies.

However, given the recent wounds, taking a shower was quite inconvenient.

"Why don’t we just give ourselves a simple wipe-down for now."

"Yeah, that works... How about, Zhengxian, I help you?"

Wei Zhengxian laughed as he saw his girlfriend’s face flush red, and while she was distracted, he suddenly kissed her cheek.

"Zheng, Zhengxian you... you’re terrible!"

"How about I help you wipe down your body first?" Wei Zhengxian grabbed his girlfriend’s hand, and the two entered the bathroom together.

However, once inside, they discovered...

There was no mirror in the bathroom!

"This..."

Seeing this, they immediately remembered the landlady’s words.

"What kind of strange custom is this?" Wei Zhengxian really couldn’t get used to it: "They’re taking this seriously?"

"Who cares about them." Gu Yanan said with a smile: "The lady here can’t go without a mirror! An hour... What do they know about whether we look in the mirror within an hour of waking up? Even if I do look, what can they do to me?"

"That’s true." Wei Zhengxian also considered this a peculiar rural custom and didn’t take it to heart, "But speaking of which, this village really is odd. People are either exceptionally good-looking or just... very..."

"I noticed that too." Gu Yanan thought for a moment and said: "That guy who lit the cigarette earlier was also way too handsome."

"I don’t quite like you praising other men in front of me."

"Aww, are you jealous? Don’t worry, you’re more handsome!"

"Sigh, how can my wife be so superficial, only caring about my looks."

"Get out of here!" Gu Yanan laughed and patted Wei Zhengxian’s back, saying, "Yes, yes, your lady here is just that shallow!"

After all the hustle, the two came out of the bathroom, took off their outer clothes, and went to bed.

With a beauty by his side, Wei Zhengxian wasn’t the kind to resist the temptations of the bed, yet they were both so exhausted that the moment they laid down their eyelids started fighting each other, and very soon after closing their eyes, they both drifted off to meet the Sandman.

They slept for who knows how long, and when Gu Yanan woke up, it was already bright outside.

"Hmm..."

When she first woke up, it took several seconds for her to remember they were staying at a homestay in Heizhu Village.

Picking up her phone that was charging by the bed, she checked the time. It was eight forty in the morning.

"Hmm..."

She looked at Wei Zhengxian still deep asleep beside her and started to admire his sleeping face.

Though it sounded somewhat silly, she thought to herself that having such a handsome man as her boyfriend felt unreal...

She unconsciously stroked Wei Zhengxian’s forehead, his skin was so good, all collagen. If he went into acting, he’d definitely charm countless young girls. She wondered if he ever got captivated by his own reflection.

As she thought of mirrors, she immediately recalled the landlady’s words from the night before, as well as Alu’s warning.

"Hmph... They should have asked nicely, not with that attitude they used yesterday! I’ll look in the mirror, what can they do about it?"

Then, she stood up and began to search... for the compact mirror in her jacket!