Shen Shuyu had been following Yang Yi the whole time. So far, aside from the patients who looked somewhat eerie, there had been no other abnormalities in the psychiatric hospital.
"What's outside?" Qing Yaole curiously looked toward the ward door.
"This is a psychiatric hospital. What else could be outside? More wards!" Gu Yun said.
"I know they're wards. I'm asking whether we can go out," Qing Yaole explained.
The group exchanged glances, but no one spoke.
Gu Yun's eyes darted around as he looked at Qing Yaole. "Why don't you go take a look?"
Qing Yaole hesitated at that.
Gu Yun jabbed Xu Zhening beside him with his elbow.
Xu Zhening froze for a moment, then quickly chimed in, "Yeah, why not go out and have a look? There doesn't seem to be anything useful in this ward."
Seeing Qing Yaole's hesitation, Yang Yi suggested, "How about we go together? Lele, you're brave, so take the lead."
"I'll be in the middle!" Gu Yun immediately said.
"I... I'll be behind Gu Yun!" Jiang Han was timid too.
Xu Zhening was not particularly brave either, but Shen Shuyu and Yang Yi were both women. He could not possibly leave the two of them at the very back.
"Then Shuyu and Sister Yang can walk in front of me," Xu Zhening said.
Shen Shuyu did not decline. She did not have the courage to walk at the back.
"Are you sure you're okay walking last? If not, I can walk last," Yang Yi said as she looked at Xu Zhening.
Xu Zhening was deeply touched and firmly rejected Yang Yi's offer.
"It's okay, Sister Yang. I can walk last!"
Seeing how resolute he was, Yang Yi could only say, "All right. If you get scared, just say so."
"Mhm, mhm!" Xu