Having devoted myself to guiding souls, I was surrounded by them after my death.

Chen Shi leaned against the wall, waiting for the Ghost-type Pokémon to return successfully.

"Click." A minute later, the sound of a lock being opened came from behind the door.

He gripped the doorknob, ready to open the door, but then thought better of it and pulled his hand back.

"Buzz—" Soon, the phone vibrated.

Su Yining: Open Sesame~

Chen Shi smiled slightly before pushing the door open and entering.

Chapter 20 Ward No. 404 (please follow up)

"They're very quick."

Chen Shi cautiously pushed open the door and saw Su Yining raising her eyebrows, looking at him with a proud expression:

"Of course, I'm a ghost, senior."

Senior, is this something to be proud of...?

Chen Shi still couldn't understand Su Yining's thought process. To figure out the inner thoughts of this hot senior, human civilization would need to develop for at least several more decades.

He looked at the front desk and saw that the nurse had already returned to her seat, completely unaware that something was missing from the table, and continued playing on her phone as if nothing was wrong.

"Walk."

Chen Shi made a quick decision and went to the stairwell with Su Yining.

"Here, the registration form."

Su Yining handed over the register and said, "I just flipped through it when I picked it up. The time intervals between the registrants are quite long, so I should be able to find records from the last few months."

"This is a private hospital. There are many good hospitals in Nanhai City, so there are definitely not many people in this kind of place."

Chen Shi took the booklet and began to quickly flip through it.

The two students sat on the stairs, their heads huddled together as they flipped through the book.

The stairwell was narrow, and the air was thick with the smell of disinfectant. The lights were dim, and the "Emergency Exit" sign next to it glowed green. Indistinct voices could be heard coming from somewhere, making the small space feel particularly eerie.

However, the thought that there was a "ghost" sitting next to him suddenly made Chen Shi realize that there was nothing to panic about.

"Ah! Here!"

"found it."

Chen Shi and Su Yining saw that name almost at the same time.

[Visitor: Zhang Buju]

[Phone number: 13..., ID number...]

[Visit recipient: Zhang Yan]

Ward number: 404

"Both surnamed Zhang? Siblings? No, this Zhang Yan might not even be a real person," Chen Shi muttered.

"Junior, you really have a thing for older men, you never even guess they're siblings." Su Yining's focus is always so strange.

"Senior, we're Sherlock Holmes and Watson now, can we be serious?"

"Hehe."

Chen Shi carefully put away the register and immediately went to the fourth floor.

"Be careful. We've confirmed that Zhang Buju and Wu Hui are the same person, so he might not actually be visiting someone in the hospital. Similarly, this Zhang Yan might not actually be a patient either."

After Chen Shi finished speaking, he suddenly realized that Su Yining had stopped talking.

Turning around, I saw her bright red eyes staring intently, as if gleaming in the darkness.

"It has a ghostly feel, just like it did back at Nanjing University." Su Yining walked around, looking around as if she were Watson observing a crime scene.

"Sure enough, there are evil spirits in this hospital too."

Chen Shi was not surprised; he was more concerned about something else.

Su Yining can sense spirits from a great distance; this must be what Jiang Liu meant by "inspiration." Judging from this, Su Yining's inspiration is exceptionally strong. Is it due to a special constitution?

Soon, we arrived at the fourth floor, where the smell of disinfectant in the air was even stronger.

Whether it was the psychological suggestion of "reconstruction after fire" or not, Chen Shi always felt there was a faint smell of burning in the air.

Inside the corridor, although the sun was shining brightly outside, all the windows were facing away from the sun, making the floor very dark, with only a few pale light tubes illuminating the space.

As I walked forward, the sound of my footsteps echoed in the emptiness, and there was no trace of the previous voices, as if the entire fourth floor was isolated from the outside world.

Chen Shi mustered his courage and pushed open several doors, but without exception, no one was inside.

Moreover, the entire fourth floor consists of private wards, about ten wards, with only one bed in each ward.

"Nobody here?"

Chen Shi was wary of his surroundings. The entire fourth floor gave him a very uncomfortable feeling. If he had to describe the feeling, it was like a living person accidentally entering a place of death.

Su Yining, on the other hand, was jumping around energetically, showing no signs of discomfort.

408...

407...

As the destination drew closer, suddenly...

"Da da!"

There are footsteps!

"Hide."

Chen Shi immediately pushed open the door to the next room and hid in ward 405. Su Yining followed closely behind, leaping into the room on tiptoe, her figure flashing past like a cat.

"Shhh."

He made a shushing gesture, and Su Yining nodded, also raising her index finger to her lips.

"Da da... da da..."

The footsteps were very close; they were coming from room 404 next door.

He entered the country illegally, and if he's discovered, it'll be hard to explain. Besides, we don't know if Wu Hui has any accomplices in this hospital; we can't alert him.

Chen opened the door a crack and cautiously peeked out.

"Squeak~"

The door to room 405 opened, and a female nurse came out.

The female nurse was tall and slender, wearing a long-sleeved nurse's uniform, a nurse's cap, and a mask, so her face was not visible, but you could see that she had a short, chin-length bob.

The nurse was holding two small vials of blood, and it looked like she had just finished drawing blood from a patient.

She held a booklet in her hands and began to approach 405.

"Da da... da da..."

Chen Shi and Su Yining instinctively shrank back, their shoulders pressed together. The fragrance of crape myrtle flowers temporarily masked the pungent smell of disinfectant, making him feel a little better.

However, the next moment, his heart jumped into his throat.

"clatter!"

The nurse glanced around and suddenly stopped at the door of room 405!

Oh no, are they going to come in?

Chen Shi gasped, already thinking about how to make a pretext.

Just then, the nurse's phone rang.

After the call connected, a voice came from the other end of the line; it was the nurse at the front desk.

"Wenjie, did you take my registration book when you went to get your blood drawn? I can't find my book and key."

"I didn't take it. Wait for me to come back and look for it."

At the door, a nurse named Wenjie hung up the phone and hurried toward the elevator.

Su Yining winked, then deftly made a small figure with her fingers, gesturing as if to say: Let's go?

After watching for a while longer and confirming that Wenjie had left, Chen Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"gone."

He turned around, but suddenly felt another gaze upon him.

His gaze drifted into the room...

Suddenly, a pale, ferocious face appeared behind me!

"!"

Chen Shi's heart leaped into his throat, but he didn't scream. Instead, he immediately reached out and covered Su Yining's mouth beside him.

Just then, a pair of slender, white hands reached out from beside him and covered his mouth.

Chen Shi and Su Yining covered each other's mouths, afraid that the other would cry out. Looking straight ahead, they saw a face full of wrinkles, with the corners of the mouth turned up to reveal two rows of uneven, yellow teeth.

That was an old man, an old man wearing a hospital gown!

"Little one, who are you visiting?"

The old man spoke.

I'm talking about you, not all of you...

The old man couldn't see Su Yining.

Upon confirming this, Chen Shi and Su Yining simultaneously released their hands.

"Uh, I've come to visit relatives," Chen Shi replied, forcing a smile.

"Relatives? There's only me and the person next door on this floor. Little one, you've come to the wrong place."

The old man grinned, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and sized Chen Shi up and down.

"I'm sorry, I might have miscounted the floors when I went up the stairs."

Chen Shi made up an excuse and prepared to slip away on the spot.

"Oh, right, little one..."

The old man spoke again, offering a reminder:

"Please don't go to the wrong place again, stay away from 404 next door."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shi immediately perked up and pressed for an answer:

"Grandpa, what's wrong with room 404?"

"404... there's something unclean in there."

The old man stroked his stubble and lay back down on the hospital bed.

"Something unclean?" Chen Shi caught the clue and immediately began to press for answers.

"Yes, the patient next door is badly injured; he can barely move his hand. But..."

The old man recalled as he spoke:

"Every night, I can always hear clapping coming from next door!"

Chapter 21 Clapping

"Clapping and laughter?"