Hospital 444

Dai Lin was taking notes; he had already unconsciously written over a dozen pages, and Gao Heyann’s question was indeed one he was also curious about.

Just at that moment, the consultation room door suddenly opened.

"Dr. Gao," the man who opened the door was a doctor with an expressionless face that was eerily like a wax figure; Dai Lin had never seen this person before.

The doctor looked directly at Gao Heyann and said, "Deputy Dean Fang is currently in the Wraith Surgery Department director’s office. His visit this time is primarily related to the Malevolent Ghost curse that was removed from Gao Qishu and Jin Yun Lan. You and Dr. Zhao She are both directly involved, and since Dr. Zhao has already finished his shift, Deputy Dean Fang hopes you can go there now to report the patient’s condition."

"Fei Jingyan..."

Gao Heyann looked at the male doctor, her hand trembling subconsciously.

She cleared her throat and said, "I am currently seeing a patient, and as for Deputy Dean Fang..."

Dai Lin gazed at this male doctor, and at that moment, he felt increasingly that the doctor’s face didn’t seem real, not at all like that of a living person, even giving Dai Lin a sensation akin to the "uncanny valley" effect.

"Deputy Dean Fang is asking you to go there immediately. As for the patient... just leave her with Dr. Dai to handle."

"I said I am in the middle of seeing a..."

The male doctor walked into the consultation room, coldly watching Gao Heyann.

"Deputy Dean Fang said, he wants you to go ’now’."

Gao Heyann bit her lip tightly, while Dai Lin could see that she was very afraid of this doctor named Fei Jingyan.

Dai Lin could see it clearly... his name badge read "Chief Physician of the Department of Cursed Objects Fei Jingyan."

Curse Object Department Doctors, apart from coming to retrieve the removed curses after surgeries and taking them back to the Curse Objects Center, generally do not leave the Curse Objects Center. Aside from the outpatient surgeries during clinic hours, most surgical operations are carried out in the inpatient department, so Dai Lin had never seen a Curse Object Department doctor in the outpatient building before.

"Dr. Dai, please help Ms. Gu record her medical history first; I’ll go over there for a moment."

In the end, Gao Heyann chose to obey.

"Dr. Gao, you..." Faced with this sudden turn of events, Gu Yanan was completely taken aback; there was no precedent for a doctor to be summoned in the middle of a consultation by a superior.

"I’m sorry, Miss Gu, I’ll be back soon. Dr. Dai is also a very capable doctor; please tell him about your medical history for now."

Then Gao Heyann followed Doctor Fei Jingyan out of the consultation room.

After the two doctors left, Gu Yanan seemed at a loss and said, "This... Dr. Dai, about the question Dr. Gao just asked..."

"Just tell me in order, take your time," Dai Lin figured that the reason Gao Heyann asked that question was to help determine the symptoms of the curse. Since he didn’t have as much clinical experience as her, even if Gu Yanan told him, he wouldn’t be able to make much out of it.

"Alright then..."

Dai Lin remembered the look in Gao Heyann’s eyes just before; she was clearly very scared.

What she feared probably wasn’t this doctor named Fei Jingyan, but likely Deputy Dean and Curse Affairs Deputy Dean Fang Shen.

The Deputy Dean came here, was it not because of the Double Ghoul Curse case? But instead, because of the curse incident at the Gao family villa?

Even now, Dai Lin still felt a lingering fear of the terrifying Malevolent Ghost, Jin Yun Ran.

However, at the moment, Dai Lin was more worried about Luo Ren’s condition. He saw the hidden rule on that name card; Luo Ren absolutely couldn’t come to the hospital again. But Dai Lin had no idea what had happened to Luo Ren that he would come to Hospital 444 for consultation. After getting off work, he had to rush home immediately to ask him about it.

He went over to the water dispenser nearby, poured a glass of water for Gu Yanan, handed it to her, and said, "Continue, Miss Gu, after that... what happened when you stayed in Hei Zhao Village?"

"At that time, we were conflicted. There were differences of opinion on how to investigate this person named A Yuan," Gu Yanan didn’t touch the glass of water but said, "Actually, when I heard the villagers talk about something called ’Black Blood Ancestor,’ I felt something was wrong. Rationally, the best approach would be to quietly get hold of A Yuan’s hair and then go for a DNA test."

Upon hearing this, Dai Lin hastily asked, "Do you have a hair sample from this person named A Yuan on you now? If you do, then give the hair sample to me."

"No... I don’t."

"That’s a shame..."

"Can your hospital do DNA testing?"

"No... that’s not it. Please, continue."

In fact, with one strand of Gu Yanan’s hair, Dai Lin could instantly know everything that happened to her in Hei Zhao Village, but the experience with Jin Yun Ran still left him uneasy; it’s better not to take someone’s hair lightheartedly, otherwise, he might unknowingly be cursed as well.

"At that time..."

...

"Taking a strand of hair, that’s indeed a good idea."

Upon hearing Gu Yanan’s suggestion, Wei Zhengxian also felt it was the most reliable idea, although, getting close to someone and obtaining their hair was clearly not easy. And the key was that Ayuan was now full of vigilance towards them.

"Zhengxian, listen to me..." Gu Yanan had a new idea, "Next, you go and say, after calming down and thinking it over, you feel you’ve mistaken the person, and therefore, you want to apologize to Ayuan."

"You mean..."

"If we want to investigate secretly, pretending to be sure that you recognized the wrong person is the best approach. Just in case there really is a human trafficking organization in this village, it would also serve to lull them into a false sense of security."

When Wei Zhengxian heard Gu Yanan say this, he found it to make sense, considering his previous reckless behavior indeed could not solve the problem.

"Of course, if your brother is indeed pretending not to recognize you, then in a place with no one around, he might secretly tell you the truth. Once he lets his guard down around us, try to get into his room, and either get a hair or his toothbrush... Then we’ll leave immediately to get a DNA test done!"

"Okay, Ya Nan, let’s go with your plan!"

After discussing what each of them should say, Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan went to the landlady.

Speaking of which, Wei Zhengxian noticed that the business of this guesthouse didn’t seem very good, with not many people in the restaurant. With such a business situation, could the landlady really keep going?

"Landlady," Gu Yanan, worried that Wei Zhengxian’s acting skills weren’t up to par, spoke first, "Sorry, my boyfriend mistook someone earlier. It’s just... that young man earlier looked too much like my boyfriend’s brother."

The landlady then said, "I can understand... Mr. Wei, your brother has been missing for many years?"

"Yes..." At this moment Wei Zhengxian’s mind was filled with myriad thoughts, and he could only respond tepidly.

"Landlady," Gu Yanan then asked, "We’d like to apologize to the person from earlier..."

"Speaking of which, Uncle Huang Si who brought you here yesterday is his father. You guys really have some fate."

"Wha..." Wei Zhengxian’s eyes bulged upon hearing this.

That middle-aged man from yesterday?

Even Gu Yanan was unsettled now, saying subconsciously, "Landlady, you’re not joking, right?"

"There’s no joking about this, Ayuan is Uncle Si’s eldest son, everyone in the village knows that. Uncle Si got married at twenty, and the following year his wife gave birth to Ayuan..."

Uncle Huang Si, with a face so ugly it was striking, memorable enough to play Qiu Qianchi in an opposite-gender role in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," could have fathered a son with Ayuan’s looks? Normally, one would suspect being cuckolded, right? Genetic mutations aren’t that exaggerated!

Now Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan were almost one hundred percent certain: whatever Ayuan! That must surely be Wei Zhengkang!

Wei Zhengxian stepped forward and asked, "Landlady, don’t you think... he... actually looks more like me?"

However, the landlady’s next words left Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan extremely astounded.

"Actually, parents and children not resembling each other isn’t something very surprising in our village."

What?

Gu Yanan suddenly thought of something, "Do the young people in your village... could they all have had plastic surgery?"

But then she felt it made no sense. Even plastic surgery requires a foundation, to change from extremely ugly to a beautiful man, that would require top-notch surgical skills!

"No," the landlady shook her head, "We never have plastic surgery. As for the specifics, I’m not able to explain."

Wei Zhengxian and Gu Yanan left the guesthouse and were walking around the village.

They soon discovered...

In this village... there were either stunningly handsome men and beautiful women, or people unspeakably ugly, with no middle ground.

"This place..." The more Gu Yanan saw, the more shocked she felt.

What exactly was hidden in Black Marsh Village?