Hospital 444

The rain had already stopped.

Gao Heyann set a timed message on her phone to be sent to Director Song automatically at the scheduled time. When the time came, the message would be sent, and then she would personally come to pick up Dai Lin.

She had been psychologically prepared for this matter from the beginning.

Any curses related to demons were bound to be of great danger. But no matter what, Gao Heyann couldn’t let Dai Lin be in any danger. She did not know that Dai Lin’s life had entered a six-month countdown; believing he was the person most likely to save her sister, he absolutely could not die.

Fortunately, Dai Lin had already given her Ge Lin’s exact address, so Gao Heyann could go to find her by herself.

Although Ge Lin attended a boarding high school, it seemed she always had a hard time dealing with interpersonal relationships. Coupled with the heavy workload of senior year, her parents had let her choose to be a day student. Perhaps for this reason, she got along a little better with An Minglu.

Dangerous as it was, if it really came to it, Gao Heyann could teleport back to the hospital in an instant.

Consider it a pre-exam training session before the year-end exams.

Gao Heyann had also asked Dai Lin for Ge Lin’s mobile phone number. Now, she started dialing that number.

She needed to confirm that Ge Lin was still alive.

At this moment, she was only a block away from Ge Lin’s home.

But... no one answered the phone.

Gao Heyann clenched her hand tightly, her head tilting back slightly.

This situation... seemed off.

However, she continued towards Ge Lin’s home nonetheless.

Of course, she hadn’t come unprepared; before coming, she had also visited the Cursed Object Room to purchase amulets for protection. The only thing was, the effect might be quite weak. Although physicians could purchase cursed objects without a prescription, particularly powerful objects were not just about having enough Spiritual Therapy Points—they also required corresponding medical qualifications.

...

The residential complex of Ge Lin’s home was quite old. As soon as she stepped into the complex, Gao Heyann began to feel an eerie atmosphere creep in.

She followed the address Dai Lin had given her, walking and observing her surroundings.

By this time, she had pushed up her sleeves to reveal the ghost face tattoos on both hands, and was constantly checking for any changes in the tattoos.

Finally arriving in front of the building where Ge Lin lived, she stopped.

"Fourth floor..."

She lifted her head, looking at the building, then bit her lip and headed towards the main entrance of the building.

Entering the dim staircase, she moved up the stairs quietly and cautiously.

During this process, the tattoos on her arms showed no change.

She continued to call Ge Lin on her phone, but again, no one answered.

The situation became increasingly eerie.

Gao Heyann no longer hesitated. She awakened the ghost face tattoos on her arms, putting them on standby for passive activation.

Passive activation amulets were very rare; most amulets could only be activated actively. However, entering a passive activation state meant taking on the risk of the cursed object’s curse awakening.

Of course, if it wasn’t for long, the risk wouldn’t be great.

As she continued to walk upstairs, Gao Heyann suddenly noticed something terrifying!

The tattoos of the ghost face, on her forearms...

were slowly moving up towards her upper arms, across her skin!

She had only reached the third floor when the ghost face tattoos had completely shifted to the back of her arms, beyond the elbows.

Both tattoos had done the same!

This was clearly a warning – a warning to Gao Heyann that it was time to run!

Without escape, death was certain!

Gao Heyann clenched her teeth, closed her eyes, and teleported back to the hospital!

The next second, she reappeared in the hospital corridor!

Realizing she could return to the hospital, Gao Heyann felt reassured and went back to the staircase on the third floor!

"If I can still get back to the hospital, then it’s worth a gamble."

She thought that at least she could find more clues for Dai Lin...

The missing soul of her sister was definitely due to a curse by the demon. Finding clues might not only save Dai Lin’s brother but might also save her sister.

Gao Heyann gritted her teeth and activated the amulet.

She forced the ghost face tattoos to move back to her forearms, and as they did, the tattoos began to protrude slowly.

One advantage of a powerful curse is that the likelihood of a cursed object awakening can be greatly reduced, as curses can counteract each other.

The amulet she had purchased was likely to be ineffective at this point.

If something happened, she would instantly teleport back to the hospital!

Driven by this thought, she continued, step by step, walking towards the upper floors.

Upon reaching the fourth floor, she began to search for Room 407, the place where Ge Lin lived.

In the dimly lit corridor, she moved along the wall, constantly lifting her arms, turning corners...

Ge Lin’s home was located at the end of the corridor.

Gao Heyan discovered that the door to Ge Lin’s home was ajar.

She moved toward it step by step.

When she reached the door, Gao Heyan raised her hand, then pulled the door open and stepped inside.

If someone was inside, she had already thought of an excuse.

However... the room was empty.

"Is anyone there? Is there anyone?"

Still no one.

Gao Heyan walked in, took out her cell phone, and dialed Ge Lin’s number again. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Then, the ringing of a phone filled the air.

The sound came from behind the door of a bedroom ahead.

Gao Heyan immediately hung up and carefully made her way toward it.

The bedroom door was, likewise, half-open.

Through the gap, Gao Heyan peered inside.

After all, she didn’t know what exactly was in there.

Then Gao Heyan saw a pair of feet, lying across the bed.

Lying on the bed?

What exactly was going on?

She pushed the door gently and entered.

But upon entering the bedroom and looking towards the bed inside...

There was no one there!

Yet, she had clearly seen those feet just moments ago!

At that moment, the protruding ghost face tattoo sunk in again, moving toward her upper arm.

Gao Heyan searched all the possible hiding places within the bedroom.

Then, she found Ge Lin’s phone by the bedside.

Gao Heyan quickly picked up the phone, but... she had no way of knowing the passcode Ge Lin had set. Dai Lin would certainly know, but he’d never told her.

Next, she looked under the pillow and after rummaging around, found several strands of hair.

In that instant, Gao Heyan found herself back at the hospital.

At this time, because of the night clinic, the nurses’ station at the Wraith Surgery Department was still on duty.

Gao Heyan arrived at the nurses’ station, and as luck would have it, Nurse Zheng was on duty that day.

"Dr. Gao?" Nurse Zheng looked startled and asked, "You don’t have a clinic tonight, do you?"

Gao Heyan raised her hand... and then handed Ge Lin’s phone and hair to Nurse Zheng!

"Nurse Zheng," she said gravely, "if I don’t come to work tomorrow, give this phone to Dr. Dai Lin. Tell him, these are Ge Lin’s phone and hair."

Then, without waiting for Nurse Zheng to reply, Gao Heyan teleported back to Ge Lin’s bedroom!

Dai Lin knew Ge Lin’s phone passcode, and there might be crucial information inside the phone.

As for the hair... Ge Lin’s fate was currently unknown, and the hair under the pillow could be the most recent she had left, consuming it might grant memories of tonight.

She decided to look again for new clues, ready to teleport back to the hospital immediately if she found anything.

If she stayed any longer, she might truly not be able to return.

"Search again... if there’s still no clue, head back to the hospital!"

The house wasn’t big, and she quickly checked the next room, but there was absolutely no one there.

Gao Heyan also couldn’t sense any ghosts here through cursed objects.

Yet, she had an intuition.

"Something" was indeed here.

She walked back towards Ge Lin’s bedroom.

But just then, she suddenly noticed that the bedroom door was still half-open!

But she had clearly left the door wide open earlier!

There was absolutely no wind in the room; it couldn’t have blown open.

Gao Heyan stepped up to the door, reached out her hand, and attempted to push it open.

But at that moment, something occurred to her, and she peered through the crack in the door.

This time...

She saw once again... those feet lying across the bed!