I was arguing with the Black and White Impermanence in the water room when a suicidal ghost who had drunk pesticide possessed my back.
The moment Dr. Lu appeared, the Black and White Impermanence vanished without a trace.
All that was left was the insolent ghost lying on my back.
"Do you want something to eat?" Dr. Lu rummaged in his pocket and took out a Fruittella strawberry lollipop, then stuffed it into my hand.
"Ah, thanks." Although I didn't have hypoglycemia, I still took the lollipop.
The pungent smell of pesticide emanating from the ghost made me feel sick. Only the sweet - and - sour lollipop in my mouth could ease the discomfort in my stomach.
When I was taking care of Grandpa just now, I had also eaten some meat congee with him.
However, the congee was really mediocre, far inferior to Si Jiangchen's cooking skills...
As soon as this thought popped up, I quickly warned myself not to dwell on his goodness. Otherwise, leaving him would break my heart!
"Dr. Lu, why are you here?" I suddenly remembered that he was a doctor in the ICU. Why did he come to the Department of Cardiology and Neurology?
"I've changed my post. The ICU is too tiring!" Dr. Lu smiled, looking rather helpless. "Working at that intensity every day will kill me!"
"Hehe..." I laughed along with him. "It's good that you've changed. You can have a good rest!"
Dr. Lu checked his watch. "It's time for me to have dinner... Are you free?"
"To treat a ghost illness, right?" I directly saw through his intention, shrugged and said, "Dr. Lu, you're not here for your own illness. You want me to treat the ghost that's been haunting you, don't you?"
"Uh... How did you figure it out?" Dr. Lu's question immediately confirmed my speculation.
That ghost was probably some kind of earth - bound spirit. Dr. Lu was such a kind - hearted person that he was always nice to everyone. He might have accidentally sensed a ghost with the same frequency, felt sorry for it, and then offered his help.
However, a ghost was a ghost, a spirit that shouldn't linger in the human world. When someone showed pity for them, they wouldn't feel grateful. Instead, they would try their best to cling to that person in order to stay in the human world forever... To achieve this, they wouldn't hesitate to kill those who pitied them!
So, even though I often saw ghosts, I just regarded them as ordinary people.
As long as they didn't bother me, I wouldn't pay any attention to them.
"Dr. Lu, if it's just a passing ghost, I advise you not to meddle in its business!"
Confucius once said, "Respect ghosts and gods but keep them at a distance." Dr. Lu was just an ordinary person. Why did he have to interfere in the affairs of a ghost?
"No, I really think she's so pitiful. So, I want to help her. Du Xinghe, if you have time, please work a night shift with me. I'll take you to meet her and ask you to take a look at what's wrong with her!"
It seemed that Dr. Lu had really been troubled for a long time. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so eager to find me during the dinner break.
... I glanced at the suicidal ghost on my shoulder and couldn't help sighing.
I had encountered more evil ghosts in this one month than in the previous twenty years!
Even if I wanted to subdue this male ghost, I needed to think of a strategy. Instead, I might as well first find out about Dr. Lu's situation. If I could persuade the ghost to leave through reasoning, it would be a meritorious deed that didn't require much effort.
"I can't guarantee that I can work a night shift with you." Si Jiangchen had already contacted me on WeChat. I had thought about the last "Okay" he sent for a long time but still couldn't figure out what it meant.
... However, seeing that he seemed quite busy and didn't contact me again later, he should be busy with his company's social events!
"Please! Please!" Dr. Lu clasped his hands together and bowed to me twice.
"I'll try my best! You go and have dinner quickly. I'll go back, pack up, and then come to find you!"
When I came back from the water room, I brought a male ghost with me.
As soon as I entered the ward, I saw the crimson single eye floating behind the uncle in the first bed narrow into a slit, glaring fiercely at the ghost on my back.
It seemed that even in the ghost world, the saying "One mountain can't accommodate two tigers" was prevalent!
I found it quite amusing but didn't pay any attention to them. I neatly put the tableware into the cabinet, then picked up my backpack and started to pack my things.
"Aren't you going to stay here with me?" Seeing me packing up as if I was about to leave, Du Wenzhong asked me rather unhappily, "Without me in charge, our store's business will surely be desolate. You don't go back either. What if you meet a bad person on your own?"
"I'm not going back. Dr. Lu has encountered a ghost, and I've taken this job." I leaned close to Grandpa's ear and whispered to him, "He took good care of you in the ICU. I'll go and help him out."
"Ah, that's the right thing to do!" Grandpa waved his hand generously. "I'll decide. Since he's an acquaintance, give him a 5% discount!"
...
By now, the sun had completely set below the horizon. The room of over forty square meters was filled with orange - yellow light.
I sat on the chair beside the bed, watching Grandpa get his intravenous drip.
After thinking for a while, I still opened WeChat and left a message for Si Jiangchen.
[I've taken a job at the hospital today. Don't come.]
This time, the WeChat message was quickly replied to.
[There's a business department dinner tonight. I don't have time to go there.]
I was a bit surprised. This tone didn't sound like Si Jiangchen's.
However, I was too lazy to think too much. Anyway, it was sent from his WeChat. As long as this message was there, I could go to find Dr. Lu without any worries.
Grandpa was a patient who had just been transferred to the general ward on the first day. He had to have six bottles of intravenous drip. It was not until after ten o'clock at night that the young nurse finally removed the syringe.
Most of the people in the ward were already asleep. The ceiling lamp had been turned off. Only the light from the corridor shone through the semi - transparent glass.
"Du Xinghe, the doctor wants you to go and be briefed on the patient's condition." The young nurse put away the intravenous drip bottle and then turned to me. "He's waiting for you in the doctor's duty room."
"Okay! No problem." I quickly picked up my backpack and followed the young nurse out of the door.
The light in the corridor was as white as snow, shining on the light - blue plastic floor and emitting a cold and eerie glow.
The young nurse leading the way in front walked at a leisurely pace, but I always felt that something was amiss.
I stared at her back for a while, and suddenly I noticed that in the corridor light, she didn't have a shadow?!
"Let the seven stars suppress the colors and the light shine on the netherworld. May thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit..." As soon as I sensed something was wrong, I immediately made a ghost - expelling hand gesture and slapped it towards the young nurse's back.
Unexpectedly, the young nurse suddenly turned around. On her pale face, there was actually only one eye?!
I was so frightened that I suddenly sat up straight.
I was still half - reclined beside Grandpa's hospital bed. I had just dozed off and had a nightmare!
I looked up and saw that the medicine in the intravenous drip bottle was almost used up. I quickly pressed the call button beside the bed and asked the on - duty nurse at the nurses' station to come and remove the needle...