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

“Wang Xin’s current condition is considered stable, so go ahead.” Chen Ge mimicked Doctor Gao and squatted down. The girl probably assumed he was also a doctor, so she did not show much resistance. She merely pulled her sleeves down to cover the red welts on her arms, which felt like they were the result of her own rabid scratching.

The girl before him was frail; she gave the impression of a paper kite, like a single thread was everything that connected her to survival. A single mistake, and she would be lost among the dark clouds before being torn apart by the storm.

“Wang Xin.” Chen Ge pulled out the ballpoint pen from his pocket. “Your friend wants to talk to you, so I brought her with me.”

Wang Xin glanced at the ballpoint pen but did not show any special emotion. She probably wanted to smile at Chen Ge’s attempt at a joke but found herself unable to do even that.

Doctor Gao beside him and the woman who was eavesdropping at the door were confused; they did not understand what Chen Ge was up to. Chen Ge was not discouraged by Wang Xin’s lack of reaction. He retrieved a piece of white paper from the desk and placed it on the mattress. He hovered the pen above it and prepared to start the Pen Spirit game.

Chen Ge was facing away from Doctor Gao and facing Wang Xin. He moved his lips but made no sound as he mouthed the incantation to invoke the Pen Spirit. “Pen Spirit, Pen Spirit, you are my…”

As his lips opened and closed, Wang Xin’s focus was slowly attracted to Chen Ge. She turned to look at Chen Ge fully and reading the words on Chen Ge’s lips; she flailed her arms around and shrunk back into the walls like she was reminded of something horrible.

“What are you doing‽” The woman dashed into the room to stop Chen Ge alongside Doctor Gao.

“I’m helping her solve the issue in her heart.” Chen Ge shielded the ballpoint pen in his hand. “No one knew what happened to Wang Xin, but that is the source of her illness! Just give me one minute, I only need one minute!”

His conviction was firm as he squatted beside the mattress with the pen in his palm. Initially, Chen Ge merely wanted to finish the Pen Spirit’s mission, but when he saw how tortured the girl was, he felt the need to do something.

“Why don’t we give him a chance?” After a long confrontation, Doctor Gao chose to trust Chen Ge. “During my sessions with Wang Xin, she has never shown this kind of reaction before. Perhaps this is a good sign.”

Doctor Gao eventually convinced the woman, and they agreed to give Chen Ge three minutes. The two walked to the door, and Chen Ge stood up to close the curtains and the door.

“Wang Xin, your friend has been trying to reach you.” He placed the pen above the paper again and continued to chant. “Pen Spirit, Pen Spirit, you are my spirit from my previous life, and I am your spirit in this life…”

As Chen Ge continued to mumble, the girl hiding in the corner started to get increasingly feared. The nightmare-like memory that had haunted her for years started to appear in her heart. As cruel as it was, Chen Ge forced himself to continue. Not long after that, the pen hovering over the paper started to move on its own. Then, beautiful handwriting appeared on the white paper, handwriting that was different from Chen Ge’s own.

“Wang Xin, I really didn’t expect that a mindless joke would create such a lasting wound in your heart; you must hate me very much, right?”

Wang Xin was stunned when she saw the familiar handwriting. At that moment, her mind was blank; she also did not know what to think anymore.

“You have nothing to do with my death. I merely wanted to scare you when I saw you coming with another friend. Who would have thought the rope would be too tight and the chair would slip?

“You did nothing wrong; it was a silly prank gone very wrong.

“I’m so sorry, Wang Xin. I don’t ask that you could forgive me, but I hope that you can remove the bad memories from your mind and strive to live the best life on behalf of the rest of us.”