Jiang Lin

On the Doctor's advice, Jiang Lin left the ward.

The corridors are usually spacious and bright, with sunlight streaming in through the windows, making the whole corridor look warm and comfortable.

It's more like a high-end sanatorium than Asylum.

There were many other patients in hospital gowns moving around in the corridor, but they rarely interacted with each other.

Everyone was busy with their own things in the hallway—dancing, reading, talking to themselves, or staring blankly at the wall.

Jiang Lin looked around at everything, and it all felt very familiar.

That's right, she had been staying in this hospital for a long time; she was a patient here.

The thought resurfaced in Jiang Lin's mind again—yes, what's there to doubt?

However, the patients on this floor are a bit bored...

"Let's go down to the lower floors," Jiang Lin said through the window. She could see the building had five floors, and she was on the fourth. "But can I leave my floor?"

Although Jiang Lin had some doubts and worries, she quickly convinced herself.

There shouldn't be any problem, right? No Doctor or anyone had ever warned her that she couldn't leave this floor...

Jiang Lin had no Memory of this hospital having a similar setup... she even vaguely remembered that she seemed to have been to the lower floors.

I can't remember exactly when I went there... Oh well, I was there for treatment.

It's not surprising that memory is affected after taking various psychiatric medications.

Jiang Lin thought of this and made a decision.

She wanted to go downstairs—for no particular reason, but the urge was growing stronger.

Jiang Lin then began searching on this floor.

Without wasting too much time, Jiang Lin found the stairs leading down this floor.

The sign at the entrance to the staircase reads "Emergency Passage".

Jiang Lin opened the door and saw cleaning staff tidying up the stairwell, and several patients writing and drawing on the walls.

Upon seeing that it was Jiang Lin, the patients did nothing else but nod slightly in greeting.

Jiang Lin sighed, looking at the paintbrushes in their hands with some envy—these people were allowed to paint because of the Doctor's suggestion.

Just like she wasn't allowed to paint.

However, Jiang Lin quickly adjusted her mindset and continued walking down, soon reaching the third floor.

Do you want to go to the third floor?

Jiang Lin hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to continue walking down.

She went down one more floor and arrived at the entrance to the second floor.

A security guard was squatting behind the door of the stairwell on the second floor, smoking. When he saw that it was Jiang Lin, he quickly stood up and stubbed out his cigarette, looking a little embarrassed.

"Oh dear... can we not tell the Doctor and the hospital director?"

The security guard said with a forced smile.

Jiang Lin nodded slightly and said softly, "Of course not."

She's not the type to tattle.

Although the hospital has a no-smoking policy, the security guard had already come to the stairwell and didn't disturb anyone...

Hearing Jiang Lin's words, the security guard breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly opened the door for Jiang Lin in a fawning manner.

"You want to go to the second floor, right? Hurry up and go!"

After the security guard finished speaking, Jiang Lin politely thanked him and went inside.

Upon arriving at the second floor, Jiang Lin discovered that it was no different from the fourth floor.

They were all patients, each busy with their own affairs.

But this time, she was drawn to one of the patients.

She was also wearing a hospital gown, but with gold-rimmed glasses, and looked very approachable.

She was crouching by the window in the corridor, cautiously and furtively looking outside.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but step forward and ask.

"Hello, what are you doing?"

Jiang Lin asked, startling the other person, who then turned around.

"Who are you?!"

After looking Jiang Lin up and down, the other person frowned and spoke in heavily accented Hunan dialect.

"No, you're not from this floor... you're a patient from upstairs?!"

Jiang Lin nodded. "Yes, I'm from the fourth floor... What's wrong?"

The girl with the gold-rimmed glasses became even more wary. "The fourth floor? What are you doing on our second floor... gathering information?"

"You intend to start a war with us?"

The girl with the gold-rimmed glasses clenched her fists, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Jiang Lin was taken aback, and couldn't help but feel that the other person's thought process was very strange.

But upon closer reflection...

This is Mental Hospital.

The other person's strange thought process is actually normal.

After all, if she were mentally sound, why would she be in this hospital?

Jiang Lin remained calm and explained the situation to the other party in a composed tone.

"We're all patients in the hospital... Why fight a war based on floor level? What's the point?"

"We don't have any conflicts of interest... Moreover, the shared identity on each floor isn't enough to unite enough people and become a reason to start a war."

The woman with the gold-rimmed glasses opposite him listened and looked thoughtful.

"Yes... yes, that makes a lot of sense."

"So you didn't come here to start a war?"

Jiang Lin nodded.

The woman with gold-rimmed glasses stroked her chin. "Then why did you come all the way to the second floor?"

"Because... I was bored, and it's not far, just down two flights of stairs."

Jiang Lin said softly, she herself didn't really know why.

At first, I just thought the people on the fourth floor were boring, and then I suddenly had an urge to come here.

But this reason was enough to convince the woman with the gold-rimmed glasses. "I see... you really have the drive to get things done!"

"I admire you. Let's be friends. What's your name?"

Jiang Lin was just about to introduce herself when she was suddenly interrupted.

"Wait a minute... You don't need to tell me your True Name! It's not safe!"

Seeing the woman with the gold-rimmed glasses speaking so seriously, Jiang Lin was stunned. "Unsafe? What do you mean?"

"I suggest we use code names," the woman with the gold-rimmed glasses said seriously. "After all, we've only just met, and the environment here is quite unusual!"

"Names are just for convenience in addressing each other; let's wait until we're closer before using our more commonly used names!"

Jiang Lin found the other person's words very convincing.

"That...that makes sense," she said softly, then added, "You can call me...uh, I mean Robin!"

In Jiang Lin's memory, she seemed to have used this name for a long time; it was probably her nickname before she came here.

Who knows!

Jiang Lin looked at the other person.

"And what is your name?"

The woman with the gold-rimmed glasses said smugly, "Hey, I've already prepared a 'code name' for this kind of situation... Listen carefully, I am..."

She paused, then suddenly froze.

"Huh? Who am I again?"