"What happened next?"
Listening to Haitang's story, Shao Zilong and I were both a little shocked and couldn't help but ask.
"I called my sister and she didn't respond, so I went to look at her hand to bandage her wound. I found that three of my sister's fingers were really stepped on and broken." Haitang continued, "I don't know how to deal with it. I had to wipe the blood for her and wait until she wakes up."
"When my sister woke up, I told her what happened before. She said it was okay, took off the ring, asked me to keep it, and then straightened the broken finger."
"It hurts so much just looking at it. My sister didn't even frown. She even picked up the grilled fish to eat."
"It seems like your sister is also a foodie." Shao Zilong smiled.
Haitang shook her head and said seriously, "Sister is not the one, I am."
"Haitang, did you just say that your sister took off a ring and asked you to keep it?" I interjected and asked.
"Yes, my sister has always worn that ring." Haitang said.
I asked her if she could remember what the ring looked like and which finger it was on.
"It's a black ring. Actually, I don't know if it's a ring. It's just a very simple ring with no decorations. My sister used to wear it on her thumb. It's just the right size."
"Later, when we both grew up, my sister wore the ring here." Haitang stretched out her left hand and pointed to her middle finger.
This made me subconsciously think of the palm print I saw in the Ice Prison.
On the woman's hand, there was a mark similar to a ring on the middle finger. Both of these points matched.
"Then your sister has been in the lunatic asylum, and has her condition gotten better?" I asked after thinking for a moment.
Haitang nodded, "I always felt that the dean and my father knew each other before. He promised my father not to send my sister away, but he never sent her away, and he took good care of me."
"As for my sister's condition, I think it's much better than before. Her waking hours are gradually getting longer and she can talk to me for a while."
After that, Haitang said some things about the little crazy sister, but most of them were relatively ordinary things.
"What do you think? This young lady is quite weird."
While Haitang entered the room, Shao Zilong came over and whispered.
"How about sending her grilled fish together?" I suggested.
"That's okay." Shao Zilong smiled.
We will talk about this matter when Haitang comes out.
Haitang naturally had no objections. In addition to grilling fish, she also grilled some sweet potatoes, corn, etc. and filled a large basket full of them.
However, the village is currently blocked and cannot be entered or exited, so we can only wait.
It wasn't until evening that Shen Qingyao came to call us and prepared to leave.
I said I still had something to do, so I didn’t go with them.
Shen Qingyao didn't say anything. After coming out of Shimen Village, the two sides parted ways. Shen Qingyao returned to Meicheng with his dead and injured brothers, while Shao Zilong and I followed Haitang to the Red River Lunatic Asylum.
The route to the lunatic asylum is very simple. After leaving the village, just keep walking along the river.
After walking for about an hour, Haitang pointed ahead and said, "That's it."
This place actually belongs to the foot of Qinglong Mountain, but it is not in the same location as Shimen Village. All that is seen is a pile of gray buildings lying dormant on the ground.
In the dim light, it looked like a beast.
Apart from the sparse woods on the side, there is a rocky beach, which looks very desolate.
After walking forward for a while, I came across a barbed wire fence. There was a sign on the side with eight big red characters saying, "Private place, no one allowed to enter."
Haitang took us and walked east along the barbed wire fence for a while, pointing to a damaged hole and saying, "I always get in here."
With that said, she took the lead in getting in.
She was thin and petite, so Shao Zilong and I found it a bit difficult to get into her, so we simply turned over.
"That's amazing!" Haitang's eyes lit up.
After crossing the barbed wire fence, we walked forward for a while and arrived at the lunatic asylum.
If you look at it purely from the outside, you wouldn't actually know that this is a hospital at all. All the buildings are square cement rooms that look dusty.
There was no sign at the door, no sign of a mental hospital, not even a name.
"Is this place always so quiet?" Shao Zilong asked after looking around for a while.
"It's usually quite quiet." Haitang also had some confusion on her little face, looking around and asked, "But why can't you see anyone today?"
We didn't meet anyone along the way. Even after entering the lunatic asylum, everything was deserted.
Except for a few swings making a creaking sound in the wind, there was no movement.
Haitang took us into a five-story building and walked up the stairs.
At this time, the sky had darkened, but there was no light in the entire lunatic asylum. Haitang went to press the switch on the wall, but found that there was no electricity.
"What's going on?" Haitang muttered in confusion.
She quickened her pace and led us to the fourth floor, through the corridor, and into a very huge room.
Inside, countless small rooms are divided.
But at this time, the room was empty, no one was around, and all that was left was garbage on the floor.
Haitang's expression changed drastically, she put the basket on the ground and ran anxiously inside.
We followed her to a room, and Haitang was stunned when she stood at the door.
Obviously, this is where the little crazy sister lives, but the building is also empty at this time.
"Where's sister?" Haitang asked blankly.
At this moment, a strange noise suddenly came from not far away.
Shao Zilong rushed over immediately. I took Haitang with me and rushed over.
When they arrived at the place, they saw Shao Zilong standing there, with a little fire flashing not far from him.
It turned out to be a nurse in white clothes, holding a lighted white candle in her hand, her head lowered, and she was slowly walking over from the other end of the corridor.
Shao Zilong winked at the two of us, and the three of us stood aside.
The nurse in white walked with a very stiff and weird posture, and her face was illuminated by the candlelight with a ghostly look. She walked past the three of us without looking away, and walked down the stairs all the way.
"Are all the nurses here so enthusiastic?" Shao Zilong asked, staring at the other person's back.
Unexpectedly, Haitang actually said "Yeah", nodded and said, "It's like this, very cold."
"Are you sure this is coldness?" Shao Zilong looked at Haitang in surprise.
"Isn't it?" Haitang asked a little confused, "My father said this is cold."
