After being poisoned by mushrooms, all the strange creatures became fascinated by me.

Tang Li lowered her eyes and quickly thought.

On her first day at the hospital, she witnessed the blond guy bullying the skinny guy at the elevator entrance.

The blond-haired man wanted to test the rules on her. After seeing her enter the elevator alone without incident, he assumed the rules were true and followed her into the elevator alone. However, when it was his turn, the strange event was triggered. The blond-haired man was killed, and one of his legs was removed by the elevator maintenance worker and attached to his own body.

The blonde girl weighs less than 100kg, so rule four is indeed false. However, she broke the rule but got away with it, and Director Cao said that the spider "barely counts as having served an adult," implying that the spider helped her when she was taking the elevator alone.

"Sir, hello!"

"Sixth floor, we've arrived."

That sound seemed familiar.

She clearly heard voice announcements when she rode the elevator alone recently, but they stopped when she rode with Dr. Jerry, Jiang Hui, or Gu Xiaomei. Now, upon listening, it sounds remarkably similar to Spider's slightly trembling, fawning male voice.

So she wasn't alone in the elevator; she was with Spider.

Spiders may have the ability to become invisible, or they may simply cling to the elevator car so that the elevator detects the combined weight of the two of them.

Tang Li smiled.

She leaned slightly forward, glancing at the spider's newly grown yellow leg, and said slowly, "Of course... My reward, is it any good?"

The spider's eyes widened with excitement, its face almost glowing with elation.

It turns out the adult already knew he was in the elevator. The adult even used this method to lure the blond-haired guy onto the elevator, letting him walk right into their trap. The adult didn't even say a word, yet so easily harmed a human. Truly worthy of being a high-level, eerie being—this human was even a reward from the adult!

I am willing to follow you to the death!

The spider thanked them profusely. The surrounding monsters also withdrew their gazes, forcing smiles and praising Tang Li's kindness. Tang Li glanced around, knowing that the monsters' suspicions hadn't been dispelled, and tonight's meal was destined to be accompanied by a series of tests.

Respond to each move as it comes.

The cold dishes were served first, and Tang Li, looking at the cucumber salad and sweet and sour peanuts, lost all appetite. Director Cao stared at Tang Li's left hand, all three eyes showing concern, and both mouths spoke at the same time: "Sir, your hand... why is it bandaged? Are you injured?"

"Head Nurse, aren't you going to let the adults see this!"

Before the head nurse arrived, Tang Li twirled the knife beside her, but lost control and the knife flew up and pierced the wine glass next to Director Lei.

"Oh dear," she laughed, "my hands really aren't very dexterous anymore."

Director Cao's lapel was splattered with wine. Tang Li, seeing his stiff expression, laughed out loud. "Just kidding, Director Cao, you don't really think..."

Tang Li suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze contemptuous and sharp. "These two or three little cats from the Ghost Story Hospital, they think they can hurt me?"

She waved her bandaged left hand at the group of ghosts, her expression nonchalant. "I'm not injured. I forgot to wash my hands and went to the human restaurant with blood all over them. But since I'm pretending to be human, it's hard to explain where the blood came from, so I wrapped it in bandages to pretend it was from my own injury."

"Do you understand now?" Although it was Director Cao who started the trouble, she turned her gaze to the dean and asked with a flippant smile, "Dean?"

Dean Lei Hong, whom she had only met once before, was still the same hypocrite. He remained unmoved, nodding with a smile, and spouted platitudes like "it's all a misunderstanding, I was just worried and confused," trying to smooth things over. Tang Li couldn't tell whether he believed him or not.

Director Cao moved closer to her, concealing the hatred in his eyes. He bowed and scraped, apologizing profusely, offering her a drink, and urging her to serve the food: "Sir, please wait a moment, we have prepared fresh dishes especially for you..."

"Fresh?" Alarms went off in Tang Li's head. She tilted her head, looked at Director Cao's three eyes, and said dismissively, "What could be fresh in a place like this?"

Director Cao covered his mouth and chuckled, "It's all thanks to you, sir. A few days ago, we caught that firm-fleshed blond guy in the elevator. After marinating him for a few days, he's just the right size—not too tough, not too dry..."

……nausea.

Tang Li's face darkened completely, her eyes becoming terrifyingly dark. Her barely concealed expression aroused eerie scrutiny once again. The entire table of people lowered their eyes, rolled their eyes up from under her eyelids, and swallowed hard as they peeked at her. Was it to flatter her, to test her, or to threaten her?

The clattering of dishes drew closer; it was Gu Xiaomei, carrying a tray. The unfortunate intern was also serving as a waitress. She was trembling, and the tableware on the tray trembled as well. Some soup splashed out of the covered stew pot, staining it with an ominous red hue.

Tang Li and Gu Xiaomei looked at each other, and tears of blood sadly fell from Gu Xiaomei's eyes.

Tang Li calmly said, "Take it away. I don't like it."

"This stuff is exceptionally fresh and tender, why don't you try it, sir?" Director Cao approached with a beaming smile, his third eye on his forehead staring intently at her without a hint of amusement.

Tang Li stared at him, and said, slowly and deliberately, "Withdraw."

"What a pity," Director Cao withdrew his gaze and waved his hand, "Xiao Mei, did you hear that? The adults don't like it. But it's a good thing, a really good thing."

He smiled, his thick hand pushing against Gu Xiaomei's shoulder, and leaned closer as if bestowing something upon her, "This is good stuff, Xiaomei. Since that's the case, you can have it."

Gu Xiaomei trembled violently, tears streaming down her face, sobbing, "I'm...I'm sorry, I...I didn't want to eat it either..."

Director Cao's previously amiable face suddenly contorted with rage: "Gu Xiaomei! I'll let you eat! Eat!"

"No! No!" Gu Xiaomei shook her head desperately, leaning back, almost screaming.

Tang Li was furious.

Whether she is human or a monster, besides, she has an ancient surname.

In the midst of the farce, Tang Li grabbed Director Cao's hand, stopping him from forcibly feeding Gu Xiaomei the contents of his mouth.

Director Cao stared intently at Tang Li, his face expressionless. Suddenly, he grinned dramatically, revealing yellowed teeth and blackened gums. With extreme obsequiousness and utter malice, Director Cao extended a large hand towards Tang Li, laughing loudly, "Sir, sir, you've misunderstood. I was just joking with you, just joking."

"Don't let an intern ruin our relationship. Come on, let's shake hands and make up. And then, and then, I'll definitely make Xiaomei take the stew pot away."

Tang Li looked at his hand.

That's the left hand.

He exchanged his left hand for hers, her left hand which was wrapped in bandages.

He's still determined to get to the bottom of things; he's still asking whether she was injured.

Tang Li laughed in her anger.

She raised her hand, not high, just in front of her, when Director Cao grabbed it urgently.

Then--

A piercing, desperate, inhuman wail.

The wailing sound was like a paper cutter, long and sharp, slicing across the entire private room. At the same time, the strange crowd stood up in astonishment. Director Cao collapsed to the ground like a mountain of flesh. He howled and rolled like a domestic pig whose belly had been pierced by a sharp knife. His cries of extreme pain filled the enclosed space, but he could not leave or find relief.

One of his hands was still being held tightly in that slender hand wrapped in bandages.

Unbearable pain surged from the adult's hand, like a raging fire burning his nerves, piercing his flesh, and shattering his spirit. He felt he was going to die, to be torn apart from the very fabric of life. But how could he still be alive? How could he still be alive!

An eerie silence fell over the room as the once aggressive Director Cao was now convulsing and wailing on the ground, while the adults remained seated in their chairs.

He lowered his eyes, waited a long time, and then sneered, "So noisy."