After the meal, Tang Shiba took Yang Xin and the others out to continue looking for people.
[Host, there's a crazy woman on the first floor. She's the biggest gossip here. Go ask her-she might know who Little Fatty is!]
Following the system's directions, Tang Shiba found the crazy woman in a corner of the courtyard.
[Tsk, tsk. She's only half lucid, but even that can't stop her thirst for gossip!]
[Host, some people could go mad and still round up a bunch of ghost buddies to gossip with.]
The crazy woman was gossiping with several fellow patients.
Tang Shiba and the others sat nearby to listen.
The crazy woman said, "I got a few more sons and daughters today. Sigh, they started fighting with my other children as soon as they arrived. They're such a handful!"
Patient One said, "Whatever you do, don't withhold their food. It's perfectly normal for children to be naughty. My son ended up buried in the ground because I wouldn't feed him. No matter how much I call him, he won't wake up!"
Patient Two said, "With all those sons and daughters, how many houses will you have to build for them? These three buildings don't seem big enough."
Patient Three said, "I heard they built another one out back, where they keep cats, dogs, and things. They cry all day long. All that crying keeps me awake at night."
[Host, this crazy woman just claimed you all as her children!]
Tang Shiba didn't mind what the woman said. Instead, she enjoyed their gossip.
[This crazy woman used to run an orphanage, so she sees everyone in this hospital as her children!]
That explained it. They'd thought she was deliberately taking liberties with them, but that was the reason!
[The woman who said her