kvmb Chapter 285 Madman
Chapter 285 Madman
The entire psychiatric ward of Tianren Hospital felt gloomy and eerie.
Approaching the nurses' station, there was only one nurse on duty.
This nurse has very dark circles under her eyes; you can tell she's been working overtime for a long time.
"Hello, doctor," Lu He asked her in a particularly polite manner, "Which ward is Su Qing in?"
The grumbling of those who work hard at their jobs means we should try our best to communicate politely.
Her polite attitude earned her the nurse's approval, and she wasn't given too much trouble: "Who are you to the patient? Just register and you can go in."
Lu He took the registration book, filled it out carefully, and then handed it back to the nurse.
The nurse glanced down at the register: "Oh, it's a classmate. Your school finally remembered to send someone to visit..."
Lu He asked with some confusion, "Is this the first time a classmate has come to visit?"
The nurse nodded and chatted for a bit longer: "I guess this child doesn't have many friends at school... otherwise, he wouldn't be like this... go to the end on the right-hand side on the third floor..."
So, Zhou Ziyin didn't come looking for Su Qing after leaving the tutoring school that night.
"Okay, thank you." Lu He held the bouquet in her hands and walked towards the elevator.
She had prepared this bouquet specially, so that it would be easier to convince the doctor that she was there to visit a patient.
I originally thought it would be very strict, like in a crime drama, and that it would be very difficult to infiltrate a mental hospital.
I even mentally prepared myself for that terrifying asylum adventure.
It seems this isn't a horror manga; it's not as outrageous as it appears.
Tianren Hospital is just an ordinary psychiatric hospital.
It's like a hospital ward with protective railings. There are several busy doctors and nurses going in and out of the wards to do examinations and register patients.
I didn't see any patients walking around in the corridor, nor did I see any family members or other visitors.
On the third floor, at the far end, the name Su Qing was clearly written on the ward door sign.
Lu He straightened her clothes, gently pushed open the door, and looked inside.
The lights were off inside, and in the fading light of the afternoon sun, a listless girl lay on the bed, staring blankly at the gloomy sunlight outside the window.
She must be Su Qing.
"Hello?" Lu He tried carefully to wake Su Qing.
The other person did not react and continued to look out the window.
"Su Qing?" Lu He entered the ward, gently closed the door, and walked towards the girl.
The other party still did not respond, as if Lu He did not exist.
"I've come to visit you on behalf of Zhou Ziyin." Lu He tried to elicit a response from her by mentioning some names and important people.
Zhou Ziyin must be very important to Su Qing, right?
Su Qing still didn't react, like a broken puppet, lying scattered on the hospital bed.
Lu He surveyed the ward; apart from a bed, it was almost completely empty. He then glanced at the information sheet at the foot of the bed.
Severe depression.
No wonder she didn't react to the outside world at all, no wonder the ward was so clean.
Lu He grabbed Su Qing's hand and pulled up her sleeve to look inside. Countless scratches were shocking... She really had harmed herself...
This is really serious. How come it's gotten even worse after almost half a year of treatment?
Just as Lu He was trying to communicate with her again, his phone suddenly vibrated.
Lu He picked up her phone, but before she could even see the caller ID, a sharp scream pierced her eardrums.
Su Qing suddenly screamed and jumped out of bed, lunging at Lu He and desperately trying to snatch her phone.
Caught off guard, and with Su Qing suddenly falling ill and gaining strength, Lu He couldn't break free at all, nor did she have time to escape, and was knocked to the ground.
Su Qing snatched the phone, held it high above her head, and slammed it hard to the ground.
"Bang!" The phone smashed to the ground and shattered into pieces.
"Oh no!" Lu He suddenly realized that the strange quiet and cleanness of the ward was because there was no cell phone on the table.
Su Qing probably can't stand looking at a phone. The trauma she experienced before likely makes her extremely sensitive to phones and camera shutter sounds.
It can easily trigger an attack if one is not careful.
If she can't see things like cell phones, that explains why her condition is getting worse and she has to stay in the hospital.
Lu He was preoccupied with blaming herself for her carelessness and failed to notice that Su Qing had already run out of the ward in a frenzy.
The once quiet corridor suddenly became noisy.
Oh no, I've messed up!