Infinite Puzzle City

Chapter 153 Hospital Stairwell

The rocking chair creaked.

The old man stared at the TV without moving his eyes away. After hearing what the man said, he realized it after a while and said, "I don't have a door god on my door."

The man was not upset when the old man exposed his lie. He just stood up with a smile, straightened his clothes, and picked up the black umbrella on the table: "Anyway, I have already delivered the letter. You just need to have an idea of how to do it."

After saying that, the man squinted at Xiao Ran and walked to his side: "Those two corpse-raising wells outside are good. They can raise corpses, but don't raise ghosts."

Xiao Ran frowned, said nothing, and made way for the other person to walk out the door.

"Hey, kid, please see me off. The door gods hadn't been put up when I came here."

The man took two steps and seemed to notice that Xiao Ran had put up a door god on the front door, so he turned around and shouted at Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran glanced at the old man.

The old man just waved his hand and then closed the door with a cold face.

"Hahaha, don't look at me like that. I'm not here to arrest your grandfather. Other people give a reward for delivering a letter, but why do I have to eat a knife when I come to your house?"

The man looked behind Xiao Ran and seemed to be able to see the black machete that Xiao Ran was carrying on his back.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran stopped hiding it and took out the knife and put it aside: "How did you find my house?"

"Is it difficult? How did you find other people's houses before?"

Xiao Ran's heart skipped a beat when he heard that, and his eyes became complicated.

"Don't be nervous. I don't know how those people who were bitten to death by the dogs died. They were all a bunch of fools. I'm really just here to deliver a letter this time."

Even though the man repeatedly explained his purpose, Xiao Ran dared not to be on guard.

The other party seemed to know everything, so Xiao Ran didn't say anything more. He opened the rolling door and sent the other party out.

Just as they walked out of the store, the man suddenly remembered something. He turned around, glanced at Xiao Ran, and said with a smile, "By the way, you should be careful too. It was you who got into trouble last time. Grandma Wangchuan has been nagging about you recently."

When Xiao Ran heard the three words "Wangchuan Po", his mind couldn't help but think of his situation under the Wangchuan River. Thinking that he was being controlled by such an evil god, he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Seeing that Xiao Ran didn't respond, the man shook his head, held the black umbrella above his head, and disappeared on the street in a blink of an eye.

Just wait for this guy to leave.

Only then did Xiao Ran close the door.

"Meow!!"

The white cat poked its head out from the shelf, staring in the direction of the door.

Xiao Ran looked up and exchanged a glance with the white cat. Both he and the cat felt a lingering fear at the same time.

But at this time Xiao Ran didn't care about the white cat's mood and quickly walked to the backyard.

open the door.

"Grandpa, that ghost messenger just now came, was he..."

Without waiting for Xiao Ran to finish speaking, the old man raised his hand and signaled Xiao Ran not to speak.

Then close your eyes.

The TV was singing the last line, with a high-pitched voice: "Standing at the palace gate... called Xiao Pan!!!"

Just wait until this high-pitched voice is over, clapping hands and saying "good"
Xiao Ran was speechless upon seeing this.

The old man opened his eyelids and said, "It's not like they came to arrest me, but they asked me to help with something."

"What is it?"

"There was an old man who deserved to die but refused to die. He was urged to die several times by his superiors, but every time he was on the verge of death, he was forcibly dragged back."

Xiao Ran looked at his grandfather with a strange expression: "That's it? Why do I feel like this matter is not as serious as yours?"

"This man is Guo Kaifeng, from the Central Hospital. The ghost messenger just now wanted you to go and see what's going on. You can't always drag people back from the brink of death. That's not right."

"Then why don't you just tell me directly? Is it necessary to come all the way here?"

Xiao Ran complained, but he knew in his heart why the other party had to deliver the letter to his grandfather.

Isn't this obviously a threat to me? If I don't do this, the person who is arrested will be my grandfather.

"Anyway, go and take a look. If you can persuade them, then do so. Some things should not be taken too far. Also, we won't do anything illegal."

"it is good."

Xiao Ran nodded and agreed to this matter. If there was nothing else, Xiao Ran left the room.

Sitting in the yard and thinking carefully, I realized that this matter was actually very simple for me.

But the problem is, I can't do it myself, at least not personally. As my grandfather said, I can't do anything illegal.

What's more, if the company were to find out about this by accident, I'm afraid Zhong Yi would no longer just call me and complain about how boring the job is.

"Never mind, let's go and see what's going on first."

Xiao Ran calmed himself down. If he really couldn't handle it, he would think of other ways. If that didn't work, he would go find Lu Cheng and invite him to his home. He would use the power of Guan Yu as a pretext, as he didn't believe that the other party would really dare to attack his grandfather.

Early the next morning.

Xiao Ran hung up a sign saying the store was closed for the day and went to the City Center Hospital early.

The Central Hospital is considered one of the top tertiary hospitals in Los Angeles. Apart from being expensive, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it.

When his grandfather was not feeling well before, Xiao Ran had brought his grandfather here for treatment, so he was very familiar with the layout of the hospital.

Wearing a mask, he blended into the crowd queuing at the hospital entrance, followed the gate, and headed straight to the intensive care area.

"Hello, I'm a relative of the patient, looking for Guo Kaifeng."

Walking to the nurse's station, Xiao Ran told Guo Kaifeng's name. The nurse looked up at Xiao Ran and pointed to the east corridor unhappily: "Bed 219."

Xiao Ran was a little confused by the nurse's unfriendly tone, so he turned around and looked for the ward number.

The strong smell of disinfectant in the hospital made people feel very uncomfortable, but Xiao Ran felt that the smell was just right, at least it could cover up the corpse stench on his body to some extent.

Arrived outside beds No. 219-220.

This intensive care unit cannot be entered, but the situation inside can be seen through the glass. Xiao Ran glanced inside.

There was only an old man lying on the bed in the room with tubes inserted all over his body.

The old man has sparse hair and loose skin stuck to his cheeks, with not a single piece of flesh visible.

"Are you a relative of the patient?"

At this time, a doctor in white coats and two nurses came over, holding thick medical records in their hands and looking at Xiao Ran.

"Uh……"

Before Xiao Ran could explain, the doctor said impatiently, "The old man's condition is very complicated. He is too old. Repeated rescue and medication are also a torture for him. So I hope you will carefully consider it for him."

After the doctor finished speaking, he turned around and walked into the ward and began to examine the old man on the bed carefully again.

Before leaving, Xiao Ran noticed that the two nurses were looking at him strangely.

Xiao Ran had no expression on his face, but he was smiling bitterly in his heart: "Good fellow, the King of Hell called him out, and you guys dragged him back time and time again, and in the end, I was still wrong?"

Just then, the alarm on the monitor sounded.

Then nurse Xiao Ran and the doctor immediately began to rescue the old man in a hurry.

"Shh!"

A nurse pulled the isolation curtain on the window, and Xiao Ran could no longer see what was going on inside.

Xiao Ran stood outside the window, looking at the blue isolation curtain expressionlessly, without any ripples in his heart. Although it was immoral to hope for someone to die, as the doctor said, such repeated rescue was actually meaningless and was also a torture for the patient.

At this moment, the isolation curtain in front of him shook slightly, and then the old man who was originally lying on the bed walked out from behind the isolation curtain.

The old man looked up blankly, and finally his gaze stopped on Xiao Ran: "Child, have you seen my son?"

"No, but I can take you to look for it."

Xiao Ran frowned slightly and said to the old man.

The old man smiled and shook his head: "No, he should be in the stairwell, I will go find him myself."

As he spoke, the old man walked towards the fire escape next to him as if he was familiar with the place.

Seeing this, Xiao Ran simply followed behind and was about to push open the fire door. In the dark corridor, a pungent smell of smoke and dust hit Xiao Ran. Looking closely, he saw a middle-aged man on the steps holding a cigarette in one hand, with his head lowered, and shaking sobs coming from his shoulders from time to time.

The ground was already littered with cigarette butts.

The old man sat down next to the man leisurely, stretched out a hand and gently touched the man's head, with a kind look in his eyes. After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Xiao Ran: "Child, can you help me convey this?"

This was against the rules. Even when his cousin passed away, Xiao Ran never directly conveyed the news to him as his cousin. But Xiao Ran looked at the old man's kind face and finally did not refuse.

(End of this chapter)