Bang! Bang!
He didn't know how long he had slept, but He Fei was awakened by the constant banging of metal and the noise of people. He opened his eyes in a daze, and subconsciously looked outside the door. He saw figures in the corridor outside, including several men carrying electric batons. The security guards were opening the doors to each ward, and the patients who had been locked up all night were walking out. Directly across from them, Tom and Max also got up and got out of bed in a sleepy state, and then walked out of the ward under the orders of the security guards.
He was slightly startled, and quickly looked out the window. As far as he could see, although there were still snowflakes all over the sky outside the window, the sky was already bright.
(Is it morning? I slept all night?)
Seeing that the time came to the early morning of the next day, He Fei was surprised and suddenly woke up. His originally confused thoughts were quickly replaced by vigilance that followed. Perhaps he noticed He Fei's strange reaction, and Max who walked out of the room kindly reminded him : "Hey, He Fei, come out quickly. It's breakfast time. After washing up, go to the third floor quickly."
Just like what the female nurse said yesterday, the current time is 7 o'clock in the morning, which happens to be breakfast time for the patients.
"Uh, okay, I understand, come out now!"
He Fei answered casually. At the same time, seeing his Asian colleague react, Max didn't say much and just lined up to leave with other patients. It is true that he wanted to escape from this place immediately, but when he saw the security guard's hands After being shocked with the electric batons, both Tom and Max had no choice but to be obedient and began to clean up in the washroom under the surveillance of the security guards. After cleaning, the two of them went to the bathroom together with He Fei, who had arrived late. Walking downstairs, He Fei observed his surroundings intently.
If after receiving electrotherapy yesterday, he was already in low spirits when he was taken to the 5th floor and had no time to observe carefully, then this time, he finally observed the 5th floor completely.
First of all, it is certain that since it is a patient accommodation area, the structure of the fifth floor is relatively simple. It is very different from the lobby on the first floor and the nursing hall on the second floor. There is a straight corridor leading to the end, and the left and right sides are all made of iron. Each ward is marked with an Arabic numeral. His, Tom, and Max's wards are neither in the front nor in the middle, but at the edge at the end of the corridor. Max is No. 27, and Tom is No. 28. , He Fei himself lives in Ward No. 29. Except for Ward No. 30, which is unknown whether anyone lives in it next door, the wards of the three of them are all located at the end of the fifth floor.
The only regret is that since the hospital prohibits patients from entering the corridor on the fourth floor at will, under the surveillance of the surrounding security guards, He Fei, who was passing by the fourth floor, could only take a few quick glances. As far as he could see, he could see the layout and layout of the fourth floor. The fifth floor is somewhat similar. The same corridor extends to the end, and there are rooms on both sides. However, the environment is much cleaner and more beautiful than the fifth floor. The doors are all regular wooden doors. It is indeed a staff accommodation area. The accommodation conditions It is far beyond what patients can compare with.
The scene He Fei saw was also inevitably captured by Tom. Seeing that the environment in the staff accommodation area was so much better than the patient area, while walking, Tom couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "These damn bastards, they live like this by themselves." Okay, but they let us live in a place similar to a prison cell. This is simply treating the patients as prisoners!" ap.
Of course, these are just small details. He Fei made instinctive observations in order to obtain as many intelligence clues as possible. Soon, the three of them arrived at the canteen area on the third floor with a large number of patients. The canteen area was nothing special, just an empty hall. The dining table was filled. After the three of them sat down around a dining table, they stared at the standard mashed potatoes and a bowl of corn porridge in front of them. Tom and Max's mouths twitched, even He Fei couldn't help but notice. I cursed in my mind.
Are hospitals short of money? They actually let patients eat these! ?
The answer was naturally no, because the three of them soon found the answer. Looking around, they saw with their own eyes that several doctors nearby who were eating and chatting had ham salad on the table!
Grass! ! !
Seeing that the patients were all fed simple food with no nutrition, and the doctors were all eating high-end food, the three of them, including He Fei, were furious. Such double-standard treatment made the three people who were already extremely dissatisfied even more. Angry, but unfortunately, anger is just anger after all. In reality, they always swallow their anger and dare not speak out. After all, yesterday they knew how the hospital treated patients. The cruel attitude of punching and kicking them at every turn made them
He didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction at all, so he had to swallow his anger. Similarly, because he had seen the cruelty of the hospital, not only did He Fei remain silent this time, but even Tom and Max learned the lesson. This time they stopped protesting and instead He lowered his head to eat as if resigned to his fate, forcing himself to eat the extremely bad potato porridge in the bowl, cursing in a low voice while eating.
Yes, even if the food is unpalatable, the three of them can hold their noses and admit it. Even He Fei, who is not used to Western food, faces everything with the minimum survival standard of just having enough to eat.
As predicted in advance from the beginning, almost all the patients here are really crazy. In addition, perhaps because they have lived here for a long time, except for the sanatorium area on the 2nd floor that is usually used for rest and the dormitory area on the 5th floor, there are no In other places, few of these mentally disturbed men and women dare to make loud noises. It is conceivable that the reason why the patients are so honest when eating is inseparable from the electric baton in the hand of the nearby security guard on duty. Under the abuse and violence, this group of mentally ill patients who had no normal thinking were so frightened that they firmly remembered the hospital rules.
"I once heard someone say that Lakeside Mental Hospital has a habit of abusing patients. I thought it was just a rumor. Now I know that this is not a rumor at all. It is true. Not only is this place notorious, it is even worse than the rumors say. Too much!"
During the meal, Tom couldn't help but sigh. While sighing, he gritted his teeth. On one side, listening to the complaints from his colleagues, Max, who dreamed of escaping from here as soon as possible, did not focus on the attitude of the hospital, but took a sneak peek. Several security guards on duty on both sides of the restaurant lowered their heads and said to Tom and He Fei sitting opposite: "Hey, Tom, He Fei, can we escape from here? When I came in yesterday, I found that there were no security guards standing at the entrance of the hospital. , Even if there is no transportation outside, if we can get more warm clothes, I think..."
The blond Max hesitated to speak, but the meaning of his words was easy to understand for Tom and He Fei, who were not crazy. However, as soon as Max finished speaking, before Tom could express his support, He Fei He shook his head first, and at the same time shook his head at the two of them and smiled bitterly: "No, Max, your method is very unrealistic. Yes, if we can get thick enough warm clothes, we can indeed resist the severe cold outside, but you have ignored an important point. .”
Hearing He Fei's words, Tom and Max, who were becoming more and more decadent because they hadn't shaved for several days, couldn't help but cast their eyes on He Fei. Seeing the doubts on their faces, He Fei didn't make any ink, and continued without stopping: "Actually, As early as when I came to the hospital, I had been observing the outside world on the way and also calculated the time. If nothing else happened, the nearest town from here was probably 100 kilometers away. Even if we had enough cold-resistant clothing, it would actually be It is absolutely impossible to walk that far with just your legs without a transportation vehicle, let alone..."
"It's snowing heavily outside, and it's hard to figure out the direction. Once you get lost..."
He Fei didn't continue what he said, but even if he didn't finish what he said, the hopes of Tom and Tom who figured out He Fei's meaning were shattered in an instant, and their faces were ashen!
I understand, I understand completely. No wonder the hospital does not set up personnel at the door. The reason is not because of laxity, but because it is simply unnecessary. Not to mention that the hospital is remote and far away from the town. The current weather alone is enough to trap anyone. Once they leave, A hospital with central air conditioning will have no other ending than freezing to death in the wilderness.
It is worth mentioning that although He Fei has to stay here due to the restrictions of the mission rules, in his heart he hopes that Tom and Max can leave. After all, these two people do not need to perform the mission, they are just plot characters and belong to the plot. The most pure innocent person, the mistreatment of patients in the hospital is second to none, what really worries him is...
ghost!
As an executor, He Fei knows very well that this hospital is a place of death that may appear calm but is actually filled with ghosts!
After concluding that there was a ghost, He Fei hoped from the bottom of his heart that Tom and the two could escape from here.
It's a pity that the cruel reality is before him, so He Fei can't do anything. He can't help Tom and Max, because they will freeze to death after leaving the hospital, so he can only comfort them, and He Fei has already made up his mind. , that is, to race against time while the mission has just begun and before danger has occurred, to collect clues as much as possible before the ghost takes action, and then solve this supernatural incident.
event.
Closer to home, breakfast time passed quickly. According to the hospital's rules, after the meal, the patients must return to the ward on the fifth floor under the supervision of hospital security.
Bang!
The security guard who locked the door strode away. Tom and Max in wards 27 and 28 across the way also lay down on the bed with despairing expressions. He Fei in ward 29 originally wanted to lie down and rest, but just before him When I walked to the bed...
Wow!
A series of slight but still clearly audible sounds of toilet flushing suddenly reached He Fei's ears.
(Um?)
For some reason, He Fei was slightly startled when he heard the sound of water running in the toilet, and his eyes instinctively turned to the wall on the left.
There was a reason for this. Of course, he knew that the ward had its own toilet. If the patient wanted to relieve himself, he could only relieve himself in the ward. But what really surprised He Fei was that he did not expect that the toilet next door to him was the innermost room on the fifth floor. There will be someone living in Ward 30! ?
Remember when I went downstairs to eat in the morning, no one seemed to have walked out of the next door?
Yes, because he had carefully observed the environment on the fifth floor, in He Fei's personal impression, there should be no one next door. From last night to now, Ward 30, which is blocked by the wall and cannot see the actual situation, has been there from the beginning to the end. There was not a single sound, and because the room next door was quiet the whole time, He Fei thought it was an empty room, but he never thought that there was a noise just now, a very clear sound of toilet flushing?
