Chapter 104 - Give Me One Minute (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

The room was clean and thickly carpeted. The edges of the tables and counters were wrapped in thick cloth. There was a fruit plate on the coffee table but nothing sharp like knife or fork.

“Doctor Gao, please come in.” A woman in a white dress welcome Doctor Gao and Chen Ge into the room. She looked to be in her forties and took good care of her appearance.

“Has Wang Xin’s condition improved?”

“I’ve given her the recommended sleeping pills and anti-depressants, but the effect has not been as positive as I hoped.” The woman smiled weakly. “If anything, her condition hasn’t improved, but all the side effects did show themselves—dry heaving, shivering, and shaking hands. She could not even grip the chopsticks during lunch, and the food fell all over the table. Doctor Gao, do you think Wang Xin can still be cured?”

“Believe me, she will get better.”

“Hmm.” The woman then noticed Chen Ge behind the doctor. “And this is?”

“My name is Chen Ge.” Chen Ge did not want to waste time. “Can I please meet your daughter?”

“This…” The woman turned to Doctor Gao to ask for his opinion.

“I will join him.” After Doctor Gao nodded, the woman reluctantly let Chen Ge into the room. “The child is in her bedroom. After having one spoon of lunch, she started wailing.”

The woman walked to a door. She knocked lightly on it for quite some time, but there was no response. She placed her hand on the door knob, twisted, and opened the door a sliver. The woman sighed wordlessly before moving back.

“Let’s go in.” Doctor Gao looked at Chen Ge. “Do not say anything to provoke the patient, before you do anything, please discuss it with me.”

“Okay,” Chen Ge promised before he was let into the room. The carpet in the bedroom was even thicker, and the edges of the cupboards and table were all sanded off. There was not anything sharp in sight; even the windows were installed with anti-theft netting. There was not a bed in the room. Instead, there were two thick mattresses placed together. All of the decorations were white, and there were no personal effects.

Doctor Gao moved to the side, and Chen Ge finally saw the woman he was looking for. A slender girl was lying on the mattress. The white shirt with a round collar barely covered up her frame, her skin was white to the point it looked translucent, and she appeared fragile, like too violent a movement would cause her body to snap.

Realizing that she had guests, the girl slowly sat up in bed. While Chen Ge expected a raging mental patient, the girl was surprisingly normal, if a little reticent.

Doctor Gao squatted down beside the mattress to maintain a level eye contact with the girl and asked kindly, “Wang Xin, does your head still hurt?”

The girl shook her head and took a glance at Chen Ge before putting her head down.

“Then, have you been sleeping?” Doctor Gao asked, but this time, the reaction elicited was much more intense. She reached out to grab at her own hair, and when she released, there were strands of black hairs stuck between her fingers. That was how strong she was as she yanked her hairs out.

“Still can’t sleep, huh?” Standing up, the brows of the good doctor were deeply furrowed. “Neither of the medicines had an effect?”

“Doctor Gao, may I speak to her?”