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A group of six of us returned to the hospital. The fat man also met his attending doctor, who enthusiastically asked him if he had left something behind in the hospital.

Chen Xiaoqiu stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, where is the three-story building behind the inpatient department that goes straight and turns right?"

"Huh?" The doctor was stunned for a while, then looked back, "That's the psychiatry department over there."

Psychiatry…

We looked at each other.

Qian Lan asked me to go to Room 302 of that building. I asked Fatty and Xue Jingyue before, but they didn't know, but now they know the answer.

As the doctor said, that building is a psychiatric department. There is a "Psychiatric Medicine Department" sign at the door. The first floor is for registration and medicine purchase, the second floor is for outpatient clinics, and the third floor is the ward. The entire psychiatric department is arranged here.

The thin man rubbed his arms and whispered to us: "Why is this arrangement so strange?"

"Maybe it was a department that was expanded later. This happens often in hospitals." Chen Xiaoqiu disagreed.

This is true. There is no such thing as a hospital closing for renovation. Even a hospital with branches will not close down a campus for renovation or reconstruction. The result is that the hospital buildings are constantly expanding like playing a simulation game, the architectural style is very inconsistent, and the arrangement of departments will be very confusing.

But the department listed separately in the Central Hospital is the Psychiatric Department, and Qian Lan asked us to come here, so the feeling is different.

The thin man muttered: "This place feels eerie... Do you feel there is a sinister wind?"

Guo Yujie slapped him down and stopped his thoughts.

The ward on the third floor is not as weird as the scenes in horror movies. It is quieter than other departments and has more active people than the intensive care unit. The biggest difference is that the door to the ward here is basically closed, and the scene inside can only be seen through the small window on the door.

Room 302 is the first one on the right when you go up the stairs. You don't have to walk through the long ward corridor. The thin man is very happy about this.

The ward is a four-person room, and there are people on all four beds. They are all silent, depressed, and unhappy. Qian Lan is the only patient's family member in the ward.

I originally thought I would see Director Zhou here, but I didn't expect that what I saw would be a young girl.

We knocked on the door and came in. The other three patients didn't even raise their eyelids, but this girl turned her head and looked over.

I thought this girl looked familiar, but other than that, I didn't notice much.

Qian Lan greeted us: "You are here. There is no place to sit...that..." Qian Lan looked at me.

I shook my head slightly at Qian Lan.

The thin man didn't dare to look at the girl.

The fat man stared at the girl for a long time and suddenly said "ah".

"What?" Qian Lan was very nervous.

The girl just looked at the fat man indifferently.

"I remembered, that day on the road...well, we saw her when we passed near your house that day. It was after school." After the fat man finished speaking, he asked the thin man and me for confirmation.

Only then did the thin man have the courage to look at the girl and nodded, "Yes, that school uniform."

It dawned on me.

Qian Lan was a little disappointed, "Oh. That's it."

The girl looked away, looked at Qian Lan with disgust, leaned on the bed, closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Qian Lan looked at us, but hesitated to speak.

I was a little confused and didn't understand what was going on, so I winked at Qian Lan.

Qian Lan was sluggish for a while before he reacted, "Then, I'll give it to you..."

"Okay." I agreed.

We went downstairs in silence.

Guo Yujie was the most curious and couldn't wait to ask: "Aunt Qian, what's going on?"

Qian Lan smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know what's going on." She pointed to a low house on one side, "Let's talk over there."

I didn't even know what that house was for. Qian Lan led the way in and discovered that it was a hospital canteen. Fatty has been hospitalized here for more than a week, and Xue Jingyue comes to see him every day. This is the first time that the two of them know that this is a canteen.

A few of us occupied an empty table. This reminds me of the scene at the fast food restaurant that day. But Qian Lan's state was completely different.

"The soul-calling ceremony was carried out for seven days. My mother never responded. The master also regretfully told us that the soul-calling failed. I was thinking that maybe it was what you said, Xiaolin, that my mother has passed away and was imprisoned. Taken to the underworld. We brothers and sisters started discussing my mother's funeral, and something was wrong with my niece at that time." Qian Lan showed a trace of confusion.

"That little girl just now is your niece?" the fat man asked.

Qian Lan nodded, "Yes, she was an ordinary child, nothing particularly bad or particularly good. My sister discovered that her mobile phone bill suddenly spent a lot of money, and her phone was shut down due to arrears. She also skipped school a few times. . My sister checked her call records, and the list was pulled out. The number dialed was either empty, or out of service, or it was the kind of item that inquires about phone calls and phone bill payments. My sister asked her, but she didn’t tell, and she... Things have become different. Things that she liked before no longer like it, and things that she hated before suddenly like it. She also started putting on makeup and buying clothes. She was not that kind of child before."

"Is this the rebellious period?" the thin man said.

I thought of the children wearing the same school uniform I saw in a fast food restaurant and suspected that it was a matter of school ethos. But I am not in a hurry to tell Qian Lan. Just what Qian Lan said just now, it makes no sense for their family to send a child to a psychiatric hospital.

Qian Lan shook his head, "That's what they thought at first. They had a good talk with her, but she talked back, which made my sister's chest hurt. My brother-in-law beat her, and she screamed so much that the neighbors were called in, and she talked nonsense... ..." Qian Lan paused awkwardly, and then said: "You are still talking nonsense that my brother-in-law wants to kill her, and my sister is still helping. This matter has made some..." Qian Lan couldn't go on.

I can imagine that scenario.

Chen Xiaoqiu asked: "Why did you think of sending her here?"

"They thought there was something wrong with the child's psychology, so they came here to see her. The first time they came, the doctor didn't prescribe medicine or hospitalize her, but just required regular psychological counseling. But after the family returned, She called the police and told the police that my sister and brother-in-law deliberately misled people and wanted to make her mentally ill and kill her... The police came for the second time and questioned my sister and brother-in-law for a long time. Then she told them After the doctor told her, the doctor thought she needed to be hospitalized." Qian Lan sighed.

"Is this a delusion of persecution?" The thin man was stunned, "Dear parents! How could she doubt your sister and brother-in-law?"

Now I somewhat understood why the girl looked at us with hostility and disdain. She probably thinks that we are the "witnesses" sent by her parents to spread the word that she is crazy.

Chen Xiaoqiu asked: "Are you suspicious that her core has been changed?"

Qian Lan nodded, "I also think she shouldn't doubt her parents even if she has this disease. My sister and brother-in-law have always been very good to her and have never been beaten since she was a child. Just that time, she was like this... ...People can’t change so much all at once, right? And her change also started from doing things.”

"She was there when we were doing things?" I was surprised.

"Yes. The master said that the whole family must be here. She doesn't have to follow the fast, but she will be there in the evening. That's why I doubt it." Qian Lan sighed.

"That master, you haven't come to see him?" the fat man asked.

"I looked for him and he said it was no problem. But I was so panicked." Qian Lan shook his head.

"We didn't see anything. But, there is something..." I told Qian Lan what I saw at the fast food restaurant that day, "She may have heard something in school that made her suddenly behave like this. "

Qian Lan slapped her thigh, "Hey! My sister asked the school teacher and he said it was nothing. It seems that the problem still lies in the school!"

"You can ask someone at school to find out." I said.

Qian Lan nodded repeatedly.

It seems like it’s going to be past midnight again today..._(:3」∠)_

You can come and see it tomorrow~