The Mended Doll
"These little tools are very well made." Liu Chengyi studied the items in the display case. "They're almost indistinguishable from real surgical instruments. Even the suture sizes and numbers are marked."
"You know a lot about these?" Xu Ruosi glanced at him. "Were you a doctor?"
"No, I worked with medical equipment for a while," Liu Chengyi replied. "You don't have to eat pork to know what a pig looks like. Learning about this stuff was essential."
"You studied an awful lot, then," Xiao Ling said. "You know every tool there is."
Liu Chengyi shot her an unfriendly look. "If you're looking for a fight, I'm happy to oblige. You don't have to be so sarcastic!"
Xiao Ling was much calmer than before. She shrugged and said nothing more.
Beyond the lobby were numerous treatment rooms. They were called treatment rooms, but looked more like hospital wards. Each room had a separate bed and an assortment of medical equipment, mostly for surgery, including anesthetic machines and oxygen equipment.
Some wards also had mannequins set up for demonstrations, but the demonstrations had little to do with the medical equipment provided. They all involved long steel needles: either piercing hands and feet and pinning them to the beds, or sticking needles all over the body until the mannequin looked like a hedgehog.
"I finally understand what 'Needle Mountain' means. They've turned needles into a mountain," Long Aotian said. "This has nothing to do with physical therapy."
"Only the attraction's name is normal," Xu Ruosi said. "This doesn't look like a place for human experimentation, either. It's just a torture base, and the methods are sick."
"Relax, it's just an attraction," Long Aotian said. "Sun Museum City is a theme park built around horror and thrills. It's no surprise they