"Can you give me a heart?" the little girl asked eerily as she slowly, stiffly rose from her wheelchair. She raised a hand and pointed at her chest. "It's empty in here."
"They dug mine out!"
"If you won't agree, then I'll just have to... dig it out myself."
The room was dim, yet the girl's face was deathly pale, giving off an unsettling glow like a searchlight. Her eyes were hollow and eerie, and the bloody curve splitting the corners of her mouth stretched all the way to her ears.
At the sight of this graphic horror scene, Jian Ran's smile only deepened.
Beside him, Lu Yanting stood shoulder to shoulder with him, his face as cold as an iceberg, without the slightest change in emotion.
The little girl's threats might as well have been directed at thin air; they had no intimidating effect whatsoever. A little humiliated and angry, she suddenly made her next move.
Her limbs twisted like those of a puppet being manipulated. She abruptly dropped onto all fours and bared her fangs. "I can't wait anymore."
"I'm going to eat you right now!"
Watching the little girl prepare to charge, Jian Ran unhurriedly pulled a sheet of Talisman Paper from his pants, even taking the opportunity to discuss the matter with Lu Yanting. "Looks like this hospital doesn't just do business with the living. It's expanded into serving the dead, too."
"This doctor's got a pretty good head for business. So why doesn't he pay his employees?"
"Tsk, tsk. That's just wrong."
Lu Yanting smiled as well. "It's exactly as you said..."
Before he finished speaking, the little girl scuttled forward like a wild beast, moving rapidly on her hands and feet. Her exposed fangs looked as though they had been honed, incomparably sharp.
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