I was startled by the sudden memory that popped up in my head.
Wasn't the direction the young Dr. Lu was looking in exactly where "I" was?
But I had absolutely no memory of it!
We weren't from the same era. When he was in high school, I was just a primary - school student...
"All I want now is for Li Li to return to normal," I said.
Dr. Lu looked at me, his eyes full of pleading. "I don't need to get married. I just want to spend the rest of my life with her like this!"
"You big fool!!!" I muttered under my breath.
This guy was really unreasonable. I could accept someone finding a virtual 2D lover as a wife, at least that wouldn't harm a living person's body!!!
"What's wrong with her?" Since I had promised to help Dr. Lu, I had to figure out how to cure Li Li's ghost - related illness.
"… Uh." Dr. Lu blushed again. "She... she's been extremely horny lately. Before, we only did it in the break room or at home. But in the past week, she wants it every day! Even when I just take a little nap, she'll come to me... just like what you saw earlier!"
This time, not only his face but mine also burned like fire.
"Have you noticed any abnormalities in yourself recently? Like your mood... or work?" I had to force myself to ask.
"… Our department took in a patient sent by the police before." Dr. Lu frowned. Judging from the way he blurted it out without thinking, that abnormal incident had really left a deep impression on him!
"He was a suspect in a duty - related embezzlement case and might also be involved in a murder. He was unconscious when he was arrested in the Haiyue Building, so the police sent him to our hospital."
"The Haiyue Building?! Then... is the suspect named Yang Fan?"
When it came to the incident at the Haiyue Building a couple of days ago, who else could it be but Yang Fan being carried out unconscious by the police officers?!
"Yes, his name is Yang Fan." Dr. Lu nodded. "Do you know him?"
"We were colleagues for a day."
The story of the Haiyue Building was a long one and had nothing to do with Dr. Lu, so I was too lazy to explain. "Why is he in your hospital?"
"Our hospital has a cooperation with the police. Yang Fan's physical functions are completely normal, but he's been in a coma. Now he's under solitary surveillance upstairs." Dr. Lu frowned even tighter, as if recalling things he didn't want to remember. "On the second day of his hospitalization, there was something wrong with his eyes."
"Wasn't he in a coma?" I was surprised.
"Yes, he was just lying in the hospital bed. There was a cut starting from the inner corner of each of his eyes."
As Dr. Lu said this, he gestured a horizontal line across the bridge of his nose in front of his own eyes. "It was very deep and even cut through the bridge of his nose!"
Instantly, the bloody face of Li Chengxian popped into my mind!
Wasn't he possessed by the "One - Eyed Buddha Mother" and ended up looking like that?!
Just thinking about that extremely terrifying face with the single eye across it made me shiver.
"Our hospital received an inquiry from the police, so we had to assign more nurses and install all - round surveillance in that solitary ward."
As a young and promising doctor in the intensive - care unit, Dr. Lu was naturally sent to consult on Yang Fan's case. After the examination, the wound between Yang Fan's eyes was cut by an extremely sharp scalpel. The technique was so skillful that it was obvious the person was used to holding a knife!
"What did the surveillance footage show?"
Since Dr. Lu said so, there must have been an important discovery, so I asked.
Dr. Lu sighed. "It showed the already dead Li Li..."
His words were full of helplessness, but they sent a chill down my spine.
Suddenly, the lights on the ceiling of the doctor's office started to flicker. The half - closed door silently swung open as if blown by the wind. Then, a pair of feet in white nurse's shoes walked in.
Yes, just a pair of feet!
There was nothing above the calves in flesh - colored stockings...
"Li Li, why are you here?"
Dr. Lu seemed to be used to having a ghost girlfriend around, but he subconsciously stepped in front of me.
"Lu Lin..." A soft voice drifted in the air, sounding plaintive and weak. "You promised that even if she appeared in your life, you wouldn't abandon me."
"I never thought of abandoning you, Li Li. You're sick. I've asked Du Xinghe to take a look at you!" Dr. Lu looked at the empty air in front of him with great concern.
"Liar! You want to get close to her. You want to rekindle your old love! Don't think I don't know!!"
The voice suddenly turned shrill, like countless needles piercing my eardrums.
I couldn't help but cover my ears.
You really need to have extremely strong mental fortitude to date a ghost. Otherwise, just this high - pitched scream would be unbearable!
"Li Li, you don't really love Dr. Lu!" I peeked out from behind Dr. Lu. "You just want to monopolize him and provide nourishment for that so - called 'Buddha Mother'. Once Dr. Lu is dead, you'll just find another man. You're just a 'ghost prostitute' controlled by an evil spirit. You're even too afraid to show your real face. People don't even remember you when they abandon you!!"
"Liar!!! I'll kill you! Kill you!!"
Li Li was completely enraged by my words. A face full of bloodstains suddenly appeared in the light, followed by a pair of hands holding a scalpel and a body with a bloody hole in the chest. She passed right through Dr. Lu's body and lunged at me with the knife.
I wasn't afraid of this kind of controlled ghost. It would just be a waste of a ghost - suppressing talisman!
Unexpectedly, just as Li Li lunged at me, she suddenly seemed to see something that terrified her. She immediately tried to turn around and run away. The suicidal male ghost hidden on my shoulder suddenly popped his head out of my hair and grinned wickedly as he grabbed Li Li's hair.
"Aah..."
Caught by the male ghost, Li Li was like a frog caught in a python's coils. She was so terrified that she even forgot to struggle!
"You bitch. I didn't expect to meet you here..." The male ghost cackled sinisterly. His mouth spitting out black slime grinned at Li Li. The pungent smell of medicine mixed with the smell of thick blood was almost unbearable. "You still weren't being obedient after I killed you?!"
"Did... did you kill Li Li?!"
For a moment, I was shocked beyond words.
"You bitch. You used so much force when inserting the gastric tube into my wife. Didn't you deserve to die?!" The male ghost sneered ferociously. "My wife is gone. Even if you die ten thousand times, it won't ease my hatred!!"
As he said this, he opened his big mouth and started to gnaw on Li Li's ghostly body.
"Ugh... ugh..."
The male ghost took a bite on the back of Li Li's head, and a red, bloody hole appeared where the black hair had been.
Although I was a ghost - catcher, seeing the evil ghosts devouring each other at such a close distance still made me feel extremely nauseous! Just as I was about to cover my mouth and nose, I saw a white eyeball roll out of the piece of hair that Li Li had been bitten off with a gurgling sound!!