Dr. Gao!

Blood seeped from the window frame, flowing across the hand-painted landscape and standing out in stark contrast.

"Even if I were facing death, I wouldn't strip you of your freedom. Besides, I haven't had a shadow for so many years, and haven't I been living just fine? When you reach the mountain, there will be a road; there's always a solution." Chen Ge was an optimist. Though he looked ordinary, he possessed an indescribable charisma that always brought hope to others.

Xiao Bu remained expressionless. On the wall, the blood wrote the same sentence over and over; she seemed to want Chen Ge to think it through carefully.

For those who have been deeply hurt, they would rather endure physical pain than easily trust others. They know all too well that the feeling of offering trust only to discover it was all a lie hurts far more than any blade.

"Let's set that aside for now. You've met my parents—did they say anything to you? Like what they were planning to do, or where they were headed next?"

Chen Ge had kept the Haunted House running even when he had to pay out of pocket because he wanted to hold onto a memory. It was the only thing his parents had left him, and he wanted to protect it well.

Finding his parents had become his Obsession, so whenever he found a lead, he would cling to it tightly.

Xiao Bu seemed to know Chen Ge would ask this. More blood seeped from the window frame, and a new line of blood-red text emerged: They didn't tell me where they were going next, but they mentioned Xinhai Central Hospital in their conversation.

"That cursed hospital? One of the two new Four-Star Scenes that appeared on the Black Phone?"

Chen Ge