American homeless people, surviving in the city

Chapter 167 Insisting on Discharge

Dr. Su Leiya quickly walked to the bedside, whispered a few words to the nurse, seemingly inquiring about the current situation, and then checked Lin Qi's IV drip and current vital signs. After confirming that everything was in order, she walked to the still shaken Lin Qi and asked softly, "Mr. Lin Qi, please relax and take a deep breath. This place is safe. Given your current physical condition, please avoid getting too emotional."

"Don't rush, tell me slowly, what exactly happened?"

Lin Qi gradually adjusted his breathing, and seeing so many people in the ward, he felt slightly relieved.

So he described everything he had just seen in detail to the doctor and security guard. Finally, he couldn't help but change the subject, pointing to the nurse: "...I don't know exactly what happened, or who that person was, but in any case, it's definitely negligence on her part to let someone in while she was on duty at the door!"

"And I even suspect... that person might have been her, or related to her! Otherwise, I just can't understand how a grown person could sneak into the ward and then disappear without her seeing anything!"

Upon hearing this, the nurse panicked and hurriedly explained, "...No, no, it wasn't me! I don't know what happened! I just suddenly heard you pressing the call button..."

"Help! I just ran in, that's all!"

"I swear, Mr. Lynch, I truly did not see even a single person enter or leave your hospital room!"

After listening to their explanations, Dr. Su Leiya did not rush to express her opinion. She first looked at the nurse scrutinizingly for a few moments, then turned to Lin Qi and explained in a tactful tone: "Mr. Lin Qi, sometimes nurses do need to inject other medications into the IV bag, which is a normal medical procedure."

So perhaps you were just half-asleep and were startled by her actions?

"...But I only shouted once, and she just ran out like that? What happened?" Lin Qi wasn't convinced. "If it was just normal procedure, shouldn't she have just explained it to me?"

Moreover, Lynch had an even more crucial piece of evidence to prove that the figure was not performing normal medical procedures, which was the sense of crisis transmitted back by the [Rat's Senses].

However, he couldn't use this as an argument to persuade the doctor, so he had to bring up something else.

In response to Lin Qi's question, Dr. Su Leiya simply smiled calmly: "But being suddenly yelled at in the dead of night can certainly be startling..."

Then, she turned to the nurse and smiled kindly, "Tell me, was it you who came in to change the dressing, but got scared by Mr. Lin Qi's shouting and ran out, too embarrassed to tell us the truth?"

"If that's the case, then please feel free to tell us. Mr. Lynch won't blame you."

Clearly, from a doctor's perspective, this might just be a simple misunderstanding.

Despite her patient attempts to persuade her, the young nurse remained clenched her teeth, tightly pursed her lips, and firmly stated, "I know you mean well, but I really didn't come in!"

She ran to the IV stand, pointed to the label on the IV bag, and said to Dr. Su Leiya, "Look for yourself, Mr. Lin Qi doesn't need any other medications in this IV bag!"

"Is...is that so?"

Now, even Dr. Su Leiya hesitated. She leaned closer to check, and sure enough, it was just as the nurse had said.

Faced with conflicting accounts from Lin Qi and the nurse, she had no choice but to shrug and turn to the security guards who had followed her, saying, "...Alright, since that's the case, we'll just have to check the security footage. You two, go and copy the surveillance video over."

By reviewing the surveillance footage, we can understand the entire sequence of events.

The security guard responded and immediately turned to leave. He returned shortly afterward with a laptop, which contained his…

The footage was copied from all the surveillance cameras inside the ward and in the corridor.

Lin Qi sat up straight on the hospital bed, his eyes fixed on the image on the laptop, trying to make out the appearance of the black figure.

However, the footage that appeared in the surveillance video was completely unexpected.

The surveillance footage did indeed capture Lin Qi suddenly waking up and shouting in the hospital bed, but at the same time, the ward was completely empty except for Lin Qi! The surveillance did capture the moment he woke up, and at that moment, there was no black figure that Lin Qi had seen next to the IV stand!

Then, the image experienced a noticeable blur and frame skipping, lasting for a fraction of a second before quickly returning to normal. However, no suspicious figures were captured on the surveillance footage.

They only captured the normal scene of the nurse rushing into the ward shortly after Lin Qi frantically pressed the button.

Upon seeing the footage from the surveillance video, Lin Qi fell completely silent. On the other hand, the nurse standing to the side, though trying her best to suppress her smile, still had a visible smile curving up at the corner of her eye.

Clearly, the footage from the surveillance cameras was exactly as she testified!

Dr. Su Leiya and the security guards fell silent after watching the surveillance footage. The doctor's brow furrowed deeper as she pulled out her notebook containing Lin Qi's vital signs, reviewing it repeatedly before hesitantly speaking, "Um... Mr. Lin Qi, as you saw, there was indeed no one else in the footage. So, could it be that you did something..."

Was it a very detailed dream, or perhaps a hallucination?

"I understand that you've been through a lot lately and are under a lot of stress, so it's normal to experience hallucinations. However, as you've seen the surveillance footage, this place is completely safe. So, please rest assured and get some rest."

"Do you need me to prescribe some medication to help you relax and sleep?"

Lin Qi did not answer; he just stared intently at the surveillance footage, his eyes unblinking.

He couldn't calm down at all. Instead, he stared at the blurry surveillance footage, and a strong doubt arose in his mind: was that blurry and frame-skipping footage really the original footage from the surveillance video?

It is very likely that it has been deliberately altered!

The thought of this possibility sent chills down Lin Qi's spine. At this point, he could no longer make out what had just happened.

Was it really just a dream? Was it a hallucination caused by excessive stress? Or did someone really break into the room, escape, and then somehow tamper with the security camera footage...?

Suddenly, Lynch remembered Sylvia's experience—she had said in the valley that she had encountered all sorts of strange things at home, but the surveillance cameras had never captured any unfamiliar figures.

Her experience back then was exactly the same as what's happening now. Therefore, it's highly likely that this is the work of cult members again!

They've come knocking again!

Therefore, although Lynch was still unclear about the specifics, he had made up his mind that he would never gamble his life on such a thing!

Lin Qi took a deep breath and said firmly, "No matter what, I must be discharged from the hospital immediately!"

"I'm leaving now!"