Hospital 444

That year, Luo Ren’s mother had only met Dai Wei once. At that time, Dai Wei was just an elementary student, now a high schooler, while Fang Zhou looked at least like a college student. However, fortunately, Dai Wei had been well-nourished as a child and was tall, so he didn’t look like a first-grader, and Luo Ren’s mother didn’t pay special attention to Dai Wei. Thus, Luo Ren felt that they could probably get by without arousing suspicion.

Moreover, the only time Luo Ren’s mother had met Dai Wei was at Luo Ren’s father Luo Zheng’s memorial service. Throughout the event, Luo Ren’s mother was deeply grieving, how could she have specifically noted Dai Wei’s age?

"Dai Lin, your brother is almost as tall as you now," Luo Ren’s mother immediately greeted Dai Lin and the others to sit down and asked, "How are your parents’ health?

Dai Lin nodded and answered, "They’re quite healthy, especially my dad. He practices calligraphy every day now."

Luo Ren’s mother then looked at Lu Yuqing and said, "Yu Qing, you mentioned before that Dai Lin is your colleague, right?"

"Yes, we both work at Zhengkang Hospital, though he is in thoracic surgery, and I’m in cardiac surgery."

"But the content these two departments study is quite similar," Luo Ren’s mother added, despite having retired after turning fifty and had once been a doctor herself, "That’s wonderful, Dai Lin, you’ve become a doctor too."

Dai Lin glanced sideways at Fang Zhou, wanting to observe his expression.

As a doctor of Fang Zhou’s level, he should be capable of making a preliminary diagnosis upon seeing a patient.

At this moment, the fingernails on Fang Zhou’s right hand turned even redder, so when he sat down, he covered his right fingernails with the palm of his left hand.

"Mom," Luo Ren continued, "haven’t you been saying that you haven’t been sleeping well lately? Since we have two doctors here, why not have them take a look at you?"

"What nonsense," Luo Ren’s mother shook her head repeatedly, "I’m just adjusting to jet lag, nothing serious. Besides, doctors are not that miraculous, they can’t know your health by looking at your complexion. Don’t worry, your father and I always go for our check-ups at an overseas health center."

Seizing the opportunity, Dai Lin immediately asked, "Auntie, Luo Ren is just concerned about you. Besides sleep, have you felt any other discomfort recently?"

Clearly, he was asking on behalf of Fang Zhou.

Lu Yuqing also chimed in from the side, "Auntie, I also think their concerns make sense."

Luo Ren’s mother replied, "No, my sleep hasn’t been that bad, and I haven’t felt uncomfortable otherwise. My latest check-up was all normal too."

Dai Lin was certain about this point; he had just performed an X-ray vision scan on Luo Ren’s mother with his eyes and indeed, there were no health issues in her body.

"You..." suddenly, Fang Zhou asked a question, "Do you dream when you sleep?"

The question took Luo Ren’s mother by surprise.

"Dream? I do dream, but when I wake up, I can’t remember what I dreamt about?"

Dai Lin quickly added, "Well, Auntie, the content of dreams can actually have some diagnostic value, I minored in neurology."

"Is that so?" As a former doctor, Luo Ren’s mother wasn’t originally in neurology, but she was obviously not that easily fooled.

On a whim, Dai Lin began to spin a tale, "Recently, I had dinner with a neurologist, and he mentioned a case to me. A patient claimed that he had been having a strange dream in which he felt unusually lucid, and the experiences were very systematic and logical. Most importantly, things that happened in the dream actually occurred in real life!"

A look of surprise appeared on Luo Ren’s mother’s face, while Dai Lin observed even the tiniest wrinkles on her face for any change.

Although he hadn’t learned microexpression analysis, that expression was indeed one of pure surprise. If she had experienced similar precognitive dreams, then she should not have reacted that way. Moreover, Dai Lin hadn’t found any such memories when he read Luo Ren’s mother’s memories through the hair Luo Ren provided.

"Just a coincidence, right?" She shook her head then said, "How could dreams possibly foresee the future?"

Dai Lin continued, "If it only happened once, it could indeed be a coincidence. But the patient had this kind of dream for a month, and every time, the content of the dream became reality. That’s hard to explain medically."

"It’s true that the world is full of wonders." Luo Ren’s mother seemed not quite convinced that such an odd case of illness could exist, "But if it really is that powerful, then I think there’s no need for treatment."

"Everyone, come and eat!"

Luo Ren’s stepfather walked out of the kitchen, carrying a pot of soup, and said, "Come on, let’s eat and talk."

After the six of them sat down, Dai Lin leaned in slightly toward Fang Zhou and asked in a low voice, "Dr. Fang... you?"

"Everything’s normal." Fang Zhou’s "blood test" had revealed nothing amiss, "But that strange feeling, it’s still there."

That strange feeling...

Dai Lin began to scan the surroundings of the house.

Had the evil spirit already started to lurk around? Or had the curse already affected Luo Ren’s family?

After a while, Dai Lin received a WeChat message from Fang Zhou.

You have to admit, his typing speed was incredibly fast.

The message was:

Currently, at Hospital 444, there’s no consensus in the clinical realm regarding the mechanism behind precognitive dreams, and in most cases, it remains controversial. Such cases are rare and don’t pose serious prognostic issues, so not many doctors pay attention to researching precognitive dreams. However, a considerable portion of these cases have hereditary traits.

Additionally, I remembered something. Luo Ren started having precognitive dreams after he wandered into Hospital 444, right?

After reading the WeChat message, Dai Lin looked at Fang Zhou seated beside him.

Then, he nodded.

At this time, Luo Ren’s parents were busy talking to Lu Yuqing, the prospective daughter-in-law, and obviously didn’t pay attention to Dai Lin and Fang Zhou.

Fang Zhou continued to type on his phone at an impressive speed.

It wasn’t long before Dai Lin received a new WeChat message.

"I’ve thought it over repeatedly, and there might be a causal relationship between the two. Although there’s no precedent of starting to have precognitive dreams after entering Hospital 444 clinically, I need to consider all possibilities. I’m asking you, did Luo Ren have any other symptoms after that?"

Symptoms?

For Dai Lin, the biggest "symptom" that Luo Ren had since entering Hospital 444 was being able to see the patients’ guidelines on the back of the business cards!

Originally, Zhang Bei could see those hidden patient guidelines... and Dr. Liang Zhigao wanted to make use of him precisely because of that.

Even to this day, Dai Lin still didn’t know what curse that nightmarish building was under, or why he could escape by handing over the map fragment?

Dai Lin quickly typed new text: "No other symptoms."

The fact that Luo Ren could see the patients’ guidelines absolutely couldn’t be let known to any other doctors!

In fact, Dai Lin had also considered whether Luo Ren’s precognitive dreams were connected to this.

What he feared most was that what happened to Zhang Bei would be repeated in Luo Ren!