What should he do this time?
Recovering and being discharged was absolutely out of the question, leaving him no choice but to remain ill.
Given that all four patients just now had received "special treatment" without exception, Li Xian strongly suspected he would meet the same fate whether his condition worsened, improved, or stayed the same.
If it was unavoidable, he could only hope that "special treatment" would deduct Health Points rather than Mental Value.
In short, as long as he survived, everything else could be worked out.
Still mulling this over, Li Xian stepped into the consultation room and saw two people he had not expected at all:
Doctor Ding and the Head Nurse.
The doctors... weren't assigned according to the consultation room numbers?
Right up until he stepped through the door, Li Xian had instinctively assumed Ji Xie would still be examining him today.
Instead, he found himself facing the worst possible situation.
What would today's examination involve? Would it be the same as last time?
He slowly approached Doctor Ding and the Head Nurse. The former pointed at the bed to one side.
"Lie down."
Li Xian did as instructed.
Unlike during the previous examination, Doctor Ding did not ask Li Xian any irrelevant questions, but got straight to the point.
"Take off your shirt."
After saying this, he turned and switched on the machine at the head of the bed.
Seeing this familiar procedure, Li Xian silently took off his shirt. Doctor Ding soon finished adjusting the machine and attached the electrodes to Li Xian's skin. Once numbers began appearing on the display, he bent down and leaned over him-
Doctor Ding's movements showed very little commitment. He merely bent at the waist, keeping his head a good thirty centimeters away from Li Xian's, with both