Chapter 58

Su Cheng opened the door marked "Office Corridor." Behind the door was a straight corridor with three doctors' offices on the right.

Su Cheng couldn't help but wonder, if there were too many patients, could three doctors really handle it?

The three offices each have a nameplate indicating the doctor's responsibility for a particular bed.

There is a line of small print at the bottom: Please do not go to the wrong place, please do not waste the doctor's time.

Su Cheng remembered that she was number 29, and she pushed open the door to Doctor Wu's office, which was in charge of beds 21-60.

The office was dark; it was a completely enclosed room with no lights on. Perhaps because it had been stuffy for a long time, Su Cheng smelled a musty odor when she opened the door.

The only light in the room came from the computer screen.

"Da da da..."

The quiet office was filled with the sound of keyboards being tapped.

Doctor Wu is a tall, slender middle-aged woman who sits upright in front of the computer.

The white light from the screen shone on Doctor Wu's expressionless face, and amidst the rhythmic "click-clack" sound, it created an eerie atmosphere...

"Doctor Wu?"

Su Cheng's sudden voice caught Doctor Wu's attention, and the keyboard clicks abruptly stopped.

Doctor Wu didn't notice her coming in at all.

Doctor Wu stiffly turned his neck, looked at Su Cheng, and his eyes behind his thick glasses flickered slightly. "Please sit down. Which bed are you in? Is there a problem?"

Doctor Wu's voice was dry, as if it had suddenly stopped after a long period of silence, and his tone was also a bit awkward.

"It's too dark, can I turn on the light?"

Su Cheng walked into the room, asking questions as she pressed the switch on the wall.

The overhead light came on, illuminating the entire room. Doctor Wu frowned uncomfortably but didn't say anything more.

"Doctor, I'd like to ask how to calculate the due date? I want to know when my baby will be born."

Doctor Wu clicked the mouse, but his eyes fell on Su Cheng's belly. He paused, then asked, "Why aren't you showing yet?"

"Maybe I'm too thin."

"Did you have an ultrasound?"

Su Cheng thought for a moment, still a little confused, then shook her head. "I don't remember."

Doctor Wu nodded. "Forgetfulness is a very normal thing."

She clicked the mouse on the system, and after a while, she said hesitantly, "Hmm, I found your ultrasound image..."

Su Cheng's eyebrows twitched slightly; she was certain she hadn't had an ultrasound.

Doctor Wu asked herself slowly and deliberately, "The baby's position is normal, and the baby's size is normal, so why isn't the pregnancy showing?"

Su Cheng leaned closer for a look, her expression subtle. "Doctor, this isn't my ultrasound scan. Look at the name..."

"Huh?" Doctor Wu adjusted her glasses and leaned closer to the computer screen. The reflection in the lenses made her dark pupils appear dull...

Doctor Wu's eyesight seems to be failing.

While Su Cheng was focused on the ultrasound report, she glanced at the sticky note under the keyboard on the desk and the locked cabinet beside her.

My gaze returned to Doctor Wu's computer screen, watching her click on the search bar in the office system...

"Ah, I see, this isn't your medical record. You are Su Cheng, bed 29."

Doctor Wu belatedly opened Su Cheng's medical record. "You don't look like a woman in her sixth month of pregnancy. Go to the ultrasound room on the second floor for a checkup."

Doctor Wu took out a test form, filled it out, and pushed it in front of Su Cheng.

"Okay, thank you, doctor."

The ultrasound room is on the second floor, so doesn't this examination report become her pass to go out?

Su Cheng got up and left. Her original intention in coming to the office was to look for other clues in the inpatient department, but she didn't expect to have such an unexpected discovery.

My mind flashed back to the cabinet next to Doctor Wu.

Even though someone was inside, the door was locked. This unusual behavior suggests there's a secret.

As Su Cheng pushed open the corridor door and returned to the ward, she faintly heard Li Li's scream.

"Mom, I don't want to drink it!"

"Lili, how could you be so inconsiderate? I've been simmering this soup for ages..."

Su Cheng walked to the door and looked inside.

Li Li, with a sullen face, was forced by her mother-in-law to drink a large bowl of herbal soup.

Li Li's husband didn't come this time, and the atmosphere between her mother-in-law and Li Li became even worse. Her mother-in-law lectured her while feeding her the herbal medicine.

Just as her mother-in-law turned away, grumbling, a murderous glint flashed in Li Li's eyes...

Su Cheng looked away and turned around. Perhaps she should keep a closer eye on Li Li from now on.

After showing the ultrasound report to Nurse Liu at the nurses' station, Su Cheng entered the elevator amidst the latter's displeased gaze.

She pressed the button for the first floor.

It's easy to get into the inpatient ward but hard to get out, so Su Cheng plans to go back closer to the time she'll meet up with Mo Yiyi.

She looked up at the elevator's air conditioning vent.

The red silk seemed to be blown twice before slowly coming to a stop.

But there was no wind in the elevator, and the air conditioning wasn't on either.

"Come out."

Su Cheng spoke calmly, releasing the Pressure of a Celestial Master.

"Clang clang clang"

The elevator shook twice.

A pale, snow-white face was revealed in the dark passageway inside the air conditioning vent.

Her long black hair covered half of her face, and her bloodshot eyes darted around, wanting to escape but too afraid to do so.

Are you a hospital employee or a patient?

She answered softly, "No, I don't remember."

After a moment's thought, Su Cheng decided to ask a more targeted question, "Do you know the purpose or source of nutritional meals?"

This time she didn't deny it immediately. Her red eyes narrowed slightly as she recalled the events, and it took her a long while before she looked up.

"I... I remember."

She stuck out her slender tongue and licked her white lips. "The nutritious meal is delicious, my belly is getting bigger, I'm pregnant!"

A note from the author:

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Chapter 58

Su Cheng strung together the words she said and concluded, "You mean, eating nutritious meals can make you pregnant?"

His bloodshot eyes crinkled into a smile. "Mmm! Delicious, delicious!"

Su Cheng wanted to ask more questions, but "ding," the elevator arrived at the first floor, and the female ghost instantly shrank back into the depths of the air conditioner vent in fear.

What was there on the first floor that terrified her?

Su Cheng remembers that in addition to the people who came to see a doctor, the staff in the lobby included nurses at the information desk, pharmacists at the pharmacy, and registration clerks.

The elevator doors opened, and Su Cheng stepped out.

The lobby remained clean and tidy, with several people in yellow cleaning uniforms lying on the floor, intently scrubbing the grout lines with brushes.

In addition, Su Cheng noticed that there were security guards in black standing guard by the gate.

There were also seven or eight young men and women in red volunteer uniforms in the lobby. They smiled at each patient, and if a patient gave them a strange look, they would immediately go to them.

With so many people, the hall became crowded.

Su Cheng's gaze fell on a woman being closely followed by a volunteer.

The woman, dressed in fitted sportswear, retreated anxiously, saying, "No, I don't need help."

The volunteer smiled and said, "You look like you need help. How can I help you?"

The woman was extremely annoyed by the harassment, but she showed no intention of leaving the hospital or doing anything to get rid of the volunteers.

Su Cheng understood immediately; the woman was a contestant.

As for why she was unwilling to accept the volunteers' "help," it was undoubtedly because she couldn't figure out if there was a trap behind it...

Su Cheng turned her eyes away and met the gaze of a male volunteer.

The other person's narrow eyes curved into a line, and his lips stretched into a symmetrical arc, revealing eight white, sharp teeth, pulling the muscles of his entire face into a perfect smile.

He walked quickly and happily toward Su Cheng.

Su Cheng didn't want to get entangled, so she quickly retreated to the elevator, pressed the button for the basement level, and then held down the close button.

The male volunteer quickened his pace, his eyes fixed only on Su Cheng, and didn't even notice the cleaner lying on the ground, who tripped and fell while taking a step.

He quickly got up, and seeing the elevator doors begin to close, he stood frozen in place...

The elevator doors closed completely, obscuring the male volunteer's fading smile.

Su Cheng Perception a deathly aura in the newly added security guards, cleaners, and volunteers.

They had no souls; they were like walking corpses, or some kind of monster dressed in human skin.

"Bite"

The sound of the elevator doors opening brought Su Cheng back to her senses; they had arrived at the basement.

Across the aisle, the elevator leads directly to the cafeteria.

The words "cafeteria" are pasted on the glass door, and rows of seats can be seen inside through the glass.

There were a few people scattered around inside, engrossed in their meals.

Su Cheng stepped out of the elevator, pushed open the glass door, and entered the cafeteria.

Her arrival went unnoticed by others.

"Chew, chew, chew..."

"Smack smack..."

There was no talking in the cafeteria, only the overlapping sounds of eating.

If Su Cheng hadn't noticed the pieces of meat on their plates, she would have thought they were eating some kind of delicacy.

Su Cheng walked around the rows of seats and headed towards the food serving window.

It wasn't mealtime, and only two windows were open. An auntie wearing a white hairnet was dozing in front of a rice bucket.

Even as Su Cheng walked to the window, she still kept her head slightly lowered and made soft snoring sounds.

"Knock knock, could you pack me a nutritious meal?"

"... Can."

The cafeteria lady slowly raised her head.

Su Cheng recognized her face and couldn't suppress the urge to shout, "Yan Yu?!"

Yan Yu's dazed eyes widened for a moment at Su Cheng's exclamation, then she blinked and a look of joy appeared on her face, "Su Cheng."

Su Cheng glanced at her work clothes, "Why are you...?"

"I..."

Before she could finish speaking, the auntie at the other window walked over, her eyes darting back and forth between Su Cheng and Yan Yu. She smiled and asked, "Yan Yu, you can't chat during work hours. Have you forgotten the rule again?"

Yan Yu's smile faded. "I was packing nutritious meals for the guests. It was just normal conversation, not idle chatter."

Under her aunt's watchful eye, Yan Yu lifted the lid of the bucket, revealing chunks of meat submerged in the broth. The enticing aroma filled the air, and both Yan Yu and her aunt swallowed hard.