Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Life had returned to normal, and Lu Dangui always felt that everything that happened a while ago was like a dream.
In the morning, he bought a bag of steaming hot xiaolongbao (soup dumplings) downstairs from his apartment building, paired with a cup of delicious soy milk. He then squeezed onto the subway to the hospital, browsing the news and listening to music in the crowded carriage. After finishing breakfast in a few minutes, he changed into his white coat and sat in the examination room to greet the first patient of the day.
On his way home from get off work, he stopped by a restaurant and order a basket of pan-fried dumplings. After getting home, he relaxed in bed and played a couple of games. That was how his day ended perfectly.
Every day was ordinary, which was the kind of life an ordinary person should have.
The infighting and power struggles within elite circles, and the fratricidal conflicts within wealthy families, were all things that were extremely distant from his own life.
As for what happened with Xing Cheng that night, Lu Dangui soon came to terms with it.
Their encounter wasn’t even a casual fling; it was purely accidental.
We’re all adults here. We each get what we need, and neither of us owes the other anything. We can all understand that.
“Dr. Lu, have you started dating someone lately?”
After receiving the White Rabbit milk candy that Lu Dangui fed her every day, Jian Jingjing sat in front of the hospital bed and asked in a serious tone.
Lu Dangui’s hand trembled, and he almost dropped the ward round record book:
“I’m so busy with work, how can I have time to date?”
Holding Qiao Qiao tightly in her arms, Jian Jingjing tilted her head and said, “But Dr. Lu, you seem different lately.”
Lu Dangui: “…What’s different?”
“I don’t know how to describe it,” Jian Jingjing hesitated for a moment before speaking earnestly, “It just feels like Dr. Lu… you seem to have grown up.”
Over time, Lu Dangui gradually discovered that Jian Jingjing’s inner world was more delicate than that of ordinary people. Her illness had also shaped her intelligent and quick-witted personality; some people were born with a strong sixth sense, and Jian Jingjing was a perfect example of this.
“Don’t novels often describe how one’s complexion improves after making love?”
Jian Jingjing winked playfully: “I feel like you look pretty good lately.”
Hearing Jian Jingjing’s words, Lu Dangui felt a complex mix of emotions.
“…I’ve been going to the gym a lot lately, maybe that’s why.”
What he said was actually the truth.
He had researched online and discovered that the drug Xing Yu had given him was one that metabolized very slowly. To speed up the elimination of the drug from his body, he had recently started drinking eight glasses of water a day, going to bed early and waking up early, and exercising at a gym near his home every day after work.
“Oh–“
Jian Jingjing’s face clearly said, “Dr. Lu, don’t say anything, I understand.”
“What’s going on in this fourteen-year-old kid’s head all day?”
Dr. Lu lightly flicked the back of her head, and Jian Jingjing covered her head and giggled as she dodged away.
Since being admitted to the hospital, Jian Jingjing’s mental condition had been improving at a visible rate.
Knowing that the child was very dependent on him, Lu Dangui would come to the inpatient department to chat with Jian Jingjing for a while every day before leaving work.
Today, Jian Jingjing unilaterally announced that the Save Wonderland organization had achieved a victory in the first phase.
The Save Wonderland organization was founded by Jian Jingjing in Ward D2. Currently, it had three members: Qiao Qiao, Lu Dangui, and herself. She was the beautiful and kind-hearted Alice, Qiao Qiao was the Mad Hatter, and Lu Dangui was the rabbit who led Alice into Wonderland.
The short-tempered head nurse was the Queen of Hearts and the main antagonist that Ward D2 needed to deal with first. She yelled at anyone who didn’t take their medication, often frightening younger patients, so everyone was afraid of her.
Not long after the organization was established, Jian Alice decided to send her advance team, Dr. White Rabbit, to have serious negotiations with the Queen of Hearts.
Just yesterday, their plan achieved its first phase of success. After talking with Lu Dangui, the head nurse’s attitude was noticeably more lenient when she came to supervise everyone taking their medication.
After sitting by Jian Jingjing’s bedside and chatting with her for a while, Lu Dangui got up to say goodbye and prepared to clock out.
Before leaving the ward, he suddenly heard Jian Jingjing speak from behind him: “Dr. Lu.”
Thank you for being willing to stay with me.
Jian Jingjing smiled sweetly: “Now, it’s finally not just me and Qiao Qiao in Wonderland anymore.”
….
After leaving the inpatient area, Lu Dangui walked along the garden path back to the outpatient building, preparing to return to his department to clock out and leave work.
Before he even entered the main gate, he saw several security guards and psychiatric nurses standing outside talking, their faces full of anxiety.
Seeing Lu Dangui walking towards them, the lead nurse quickly came over to greet him: “Dr. Lu, something’s happened!”
She pointed to the elevator on the side of the building, where maintenance signs had been put up and the area was crowded with people.
“That elevator just malfunctioned. There were two medical staff and a paranoid psychiatric patient who had just been transferred to the hospital inside.”
“The maintenance staff and the police are on their way, but it might take a few more minutes. We’re trying to communicate with him through the elevator intercom, but he’s showing signs of paranoia and has attacked the nurse watching over him. Dr. Lu, what do you think—”
Before she could finish speaking, Lu Dangui had already turned around and ran straight into the security center.
The symptoms of paranoia are severe, especially in patients like this who require transfer to another hospital. Without timely psychological intervention, the lives of both the passengers in the elevator and the patient themselves could be in danger at any moment.
He snatched the intercom from the security guard and stared intently at the monitor screen on the wall.
The surveillance footage showed that there were five people in the elevator.
A middle-aged man stood in the middle of the elevator, holding a lighter in his hand. He held the lighter high above his head, as if threatening the other passengers in the elevator. This man was likely the patient suffering from paranoia.
A girl in a nurse’s uniform was kneeling on the ground, her hands tightly covering her forehead, her face filled with terror.
Lu Dangui’s pupils suddenly dilated.
He saw a very familiar figure on the surveillance footage.
It was the tall bodyguard who always followed Xing Cheng. The bodyguard had his arms outstretched, as if he were protecting the person behind him.
Lu Dangui’s gaze slowly moved upwards, stopping on the figure behind the bodyguard.
Although the image was somewhat blurry, it was still possible to see from the surveillance footage that the person was wearing a baseball cap and a mask, completely covered from head to toe.
As if by telepathy, the person standing in the corner suddenly looked up and stared straight at the camera on top of the elevator.
Those eyes were dark and empty, carrying a chilling coldness.
One person, driven by paranoia, may maliciously harm others. Another person, unable to empathize with others, may attempt to control them through violence to express their emotional blind spots.
Two mentally ill patients were trapped in the same elevator.
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