Chapter 760 - Night Falls [2 in 1] (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

Chang Gu sounded incredibly urgent but did not give a reason for that. Before Chen Ge could ask for more information, the call had already ended.

“Why would Chang Gu be at a psychological illness recovery institute? Also, isn’t he almost completely blind? How did he get there in the first place? Was he kidnapped?” Putting the phone away, Chen Ge grabbed the backpack that he had packed earlier and slowly stood up.

“For now, I think I should put the mission regarding the School of the Afterlife aside. I will make a decision on what to do after meeting up with Chang Gu in person.” He left the theme park and hailed a cab to get to Jiujiang Psychological Illness Treatment Center.

There were three currently operating mental asylums in Jiujiang, and incidentally, Chen Ge had been to all three of them already. After entering the lobby, Chen Ge found a deserted corner and summoned Qiumei out from the comic.

“Hey! What are you doing over there‽” Before Chen Ge could communicate with Qiumei, he was spotted by one of the doctors. “The visiting time is already over. If you wish to visit someone, please come earlier tomorrow.”

“But I’m not here to visit a patient…” Chen Ge slowly turned around while his brain turned quickly trying to come up with an excuse. To Chen Ge’s surprise, he managed to recognize the doctor. When he was there in Lee Zheng’s name to investigate Jiang Xiaohu, he had encountered this doctor. Even though he had forgotten the doctor’s name, Chen Ge could still remember the doctor’s face.

“Did Inspector Lee tell you to come here again?” The doctor was also surprised to see that it was Chen Ge.

After nodding, Chen Ge added in a soft whisper, “I wish to ask about someone from you.”

“Who?”

“His name is Chang Gu.”

“There are no patients here with that name.”

“Then, could he be one of the visitors that came today? He has weak eyesight, and one of his eyes is missing a pupil.”

“If such an easily recognizable person showed up today, the nurses on duty would have talked about it. Wait a minute, I’ll go ask them for you.”

In the breakroom, when the doctor listed Chang Gu’s physical characteristics, it struck a bell with one member of staff immediately. “I think they arrived around dusk. They were visiting a patient in a deep coma.”

“They?”

“Yes, other than that blind man, there were two men and a woman with him. I have no idea what their relationship is, but they acted strangely around each other. It felt like they did not know each other at all.” Since the doctor was there and Chen Ge looked like he was part of the law enforcement, the employee answered truthfully.

“Where are they now?”

“They left after visiting the patient, but now that you mention it, there was something weird.” The employee thought about it before explaining further. “The two men and woman returned about half an hour after they left. They asked me if I’d seen the blind man. They seemed to have been separated, and I even helped them look around the grounds for him.”

Chen Ge had a basic grasp of the situation. Chang Gu had been found by the ‘parents’ and dragged there for some reason. After visiting this mysterious patient, Chang Gu had made use of the chaos and slipped away.

“Brother, who is the patient that they visited today? Do you mind showing me this patient as well?”

“This…” The employee turned to the doctor with difficulty. After the doctor nodded at him, the employee stood up and said, “Okay, I’ll take you there.”

The group walked out of the building and headed toward the quarantine zone at the back of the institute. Chen Ge had visited this kind of quarantine zone before—they were normally used to treat and accommodate highly dangerous and hostile patients.

“The patient that they visited is Chang Wenyu; she is in a coma. She has been with us for many years now. She does not have much family left, but every month, someone comes to deal with her hospital bills.” The employee had a deep impression of Chang Wenyu.

“Why would you place a coma patient in a quarantine zone? I don’t think she’ll be able to harm anyone else, will she?” Chen Ge asked out of curiosity.

“Even though she is in a coma and shows no sign of resuscitation so far, those who went too close to this female patient had some strange things happening to them.” The employee still wanted to say some more, but the doctor next to him suddenly coughed, interrupting the employee.

“I have heard of this patient, Chang Wenyu, before. After her physician examined her body, they realized that her mental nerves and nervous system are working perfectly. She does not have the symptoms of a coma patient. Instead, it is more fitting to say that she is in a deep sleep,” the doctor explained to Chen Ge.

“What do you mean by deep sleep?”

“To put it simply, you can understand it as the patient is in a dream that she cannot wake up from.” The doctor appeared to be reluctant to continue this topic with Chen Ge, so he walked faster. “We’re here. This is it.”

Jiujiang Psychological Illness Treatment Center’s quarantine zone was different from the Third Sick Hall’s quarantine zone. It was more humane in appearance. There was no sign of wires and walls. There was merely a no entry sign that hung on the door to pose as a warning.

After entering the quarantine zone, Chen Ge felt a conspicuous drop in the surrounding temperature. The temperature inside the building was much lower than outside, and it was much quieter. There were no other sounds; it was as if they were the only living people in the area. As he was led down the corridor, the curiosity in Chen Ge’s heart grew.

Normally, the more dangerous the patient, the deeper their room would be assigned. Chang Wenyu was merely a coma patient, but her room was in the deepest part of the building!

“Can I enter the room to take a look?” The room door was not locked. Before the doctor even gave him the permission, Chen Ge pushed the door open and entered it.

The room was surprisingly big. There were three beds in the room, but only the bed in the middle was occupied. Walking to the bedside, a face that could only be described as uniquely beautiful entered Chen Ge’s eyes.

The patient’s information hanging at the end of the bed showed that the woman was supposed to be almost thirty, but the woman lying in bed could easily pass as an eighteen-year-old girl. Time seemed to have left her untouched. Maturity and sweetness mixed into a deep, scented cocktail or a milk tea with ice.

The only flaw was that the woman’s left eye was missing, and only a hollow eye socket remained. It ruined the overall beauty of the face. However, in another way, it also made her stand out from the rest.

“So, she is Chang Wenyu.” The patient lying in bed was completely different from the Chang Wenyu in Chen Ge’s imagination. He definitely did not imagine a mature woman trapped inside a young woman’s body.

His gaze moved downward, and Chen Ge noticed that part of the cover was pulled aside. It just so happened to show the detaining straps that were underneath.