Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Painting on the Wall
Building 19, the mysterious building that was full of supernatural rumors that could never be demolished, if this medical school had been surrounded by fog from beginning to end, I think the deepest part of the fog would have been this building.
I walked into the basement ward of Building 19 again, the heavy iron door was replaced with a new lock, and it was Hua Guanwen who accompanied me to go, I didn't tell him that we found something about Chen Zhitai, Hua Guanwen opened the iron door and carefully put away the key, telling me that after the accident, Jiang Xinyu in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, the key to the ward was handed over to Hua Guanwen for safekeeping, and anyone entering and leaving here must get her consent.
Hua Guanwen didn't understand the reason why I asked to come here, his intelligence was definitely not the kind of person written on his face, there was far more wisdom than I imagined under his cute smile, he knew when to say what to say, and more importantly, he knew when not to speak.
He followed me quietly, the patients here should have just taken the medicine, under the strong effect of the medicine the patients have become sluggish and sluggish, and they are also indifferent to the stimulation and changes of the outside world, and the ward, which has always been full of hysterical shouts, has become quiet.
I saw An Rongyue standing in front of her with empty eyes through the thick glass twice, not looking at us at all, but looking silently at the door, she was waiting for Wen Jike...... No, it's Chen Zhitai, her subconscious is already used to Chen Zhitai's appearance like a conditioned reflex.
I stood in front of An Rongyue's ward for a long time, Chen Zhitai said that he saw He Xiaoyu again, and I wanted him to come back for this reason, but An Rongyue controlled him to kill, if he was hypnotized by An Rongyue, then why did he finally hold me and Yun Duruo hostage, it was obvious that his logic and thinking were normal, and there was no sign of being manipulated at all.
I frowned and thought for a long time, Chen Zhitai came here for the rumor that his wish could be fulfilled, but Chen Zhitai spent more than 30 years here, I think he didn't fulfill his wish, at least when investigating the case, we never contacted or heard the name He Xiaoyu, so what made Chen Zhitai so convinced to believe and stay?
Bah, Bah, Bah......
My thoughts were interrupted by the sound coming from another ward not far away, it should be the sound of hitting the glass door quickly and forcefully, I turned around and saw that the ward was diagonally opposite An Rongyue's ward, inside was Qi Chutong in a wheelchair, he was staring at us intently, looking like he wanted to come out of it, the glass door blocked his way, he was banging his head against the glass door.
His actions caught my attention, I walked over with Hua Guanwen, Qi Chutong obviously became so excited because of our appearance, I have carefully studied his medical records, paraplegia caused by spinal fracture also compressed his nerves, he could not talk normally and could only say some simple words, in order to inhibit the development of his condition, taking medicine for a long time made him sluggish and stupid.
Qi Chutong slowly raised his hand with difficulty, and struggled to show his teeth and claws to us through the glass, his disfigured face was now even more hideous and terrifying.
"Does he do that often?" I asked Hua Guanwen next to me.
"Yes, he, like the other patients here, has a deep hostility and hatred towards the doctor." Hua Guanwen pointed to the white coat we were wearing and said. "Qi Chutong is particularly serious, he is very aggressive, my ears are ......"
Hua Guanwen took a deep breath and looked at me, and when I heard this, my eyes fell on his crippled ear.
"This is caused by Qi Chutong's attack?"
"Yes, his satisfaction and ** brought to him by cannibalism has never been reduced, and he will attack at any opportunity, I was attacked from behind by him when I was treating him." Hua Guanwen replied with palpitations.
After Hua Guanwen finished speaking, he walked in front of me and looked directly at Qi Chutong inside, it should be the fear of conditioned reflex that made Qi Chutong push the wheelchair backwards hard, his sloppy eyes wandered back and forth between me and Hua Guanwen, until he retreated to the side of the bed and then supported the armrest of the wheelchair with his weak hand, and moved his body tremblingly to stand up from the wheelchair.
Qi Chutong is paraplegic causing his lower body to have no perception, relying on the strength of his hands to support his body, I don't understand what he is doing in front of us, but with his current physical condition, he can't last long, and the whole person fell to the ground from the wheelchair.
I hurriedly asked Hua Guanwen to open the door of the ward, Qi Chutong even if he was lying on the ground, he still struggled to raise his head and look at us with hatred, I went to help him up, suddenly Qi Chutong grabbed my neck with his left hand, and stretched out his right hand to the bottom of his hospital bed, and when his right hand was raised again, I saw a cold light piercing my throat under the light.
I was too close to Qi Chutong, and it was too late for him to choke my neck to dodge, and I was so surprised that I was panicking and at a loss, and I stopped at a place where the cold light was only half an inch away from the blood vessels in my neck, and I saw that it was a sharpened iron nail, and Qi Chutong twitched his terrifying face, but no matter how hard he tried, the iron nail could not advance a bit.
Hua Guanwen's fat big hand was tightly held on Qi Chutong's wrist like an iron tong, if it weren't for his quick eyes, I would have been splashed with blood on the spot now, I nodded to him gratefully and got Qi Chutong back into the wheelchair, his expression was extremely unwilling to yell at us, and a sound came out of his throat that we couldn't hear clearly.
"You know Qi Chutong's danger now, he always tries all kinds of ways to attack the medical staff, and it seems that he has been polishing this iron nail for a long time, and he has been hiding under the bed waiting for an opportunity to retaliate." Hua Guanwen said lightly while closing the door of the ward.
I still have my mind undecided, my eyes fell on the iron nail in Hua Guanwen's hand, just imagine how dangerous it would be to be with this group of mental illnesses who have been planning for a long time to vent their anger and revenge every day, if it weren't for Hua Guanwen's experience to be on guard in advance, I would probably be carried out from here today.
I walked around the ward accompanied by Hua Guanwen, and I tried to find the answers I was looking for, but I really couldn't see anything unusual about it except the hatred and mania in the eyes of these patients.
When I was about to leave, I passed by a ward, and there was a small chattering sound from inside, and I saw through the glass door that Xu Wanjun was wrapped in a bondage bag and only showed her head, she was the first seriously mentally ill person I came into contact with here, and I can still remember the patterns she drew on the wall by pulling out her teeth alive in the ward, I subconsciously touched the back of my head, there was an obvious scar there, which was a gift from Xu Wanjun to me.
Xu Wanjun in the ward did not look at me and Hua Guanwen, but stood in front of the painting on the wall and kept saying something in his mouth, I tilted my head to look at the painting, I remember that Jiang Xinyu once told me that thirty years ago, Xu Wanjun asked her to paint, Jiang Xinyu met her request, Xu Wanjun completed this abstract oil painting in the ward, but unfortunately Jiang Xinyu misunderstood the meaning of this painting.
She thinks that Xu Wanjun is eager for freedom, and what has been suppressing her is endless restraint and imprisonment, Jiang Xin believes that this is the truest portrayal of Xu Wanjun's introversion, and this painting is enough to show that Xu Wanjun has gradually distinguished between reality and illusion.
But in fact, the painting painted by Xu Wanjun has actually revealed her intentions, but unfortunately Jiang Xinyu has a preconceived idea, thinking that Xu Wanjun is yearning for freedom and wants to leave this ward.
As everyone knows, the running thing in Xu Wanjun's portrait is actually a monster stitched together by countless torn limbs, which is the truest portrayal of Xu Wanjun's introversion.
Xu Wanjun wants to leave here, but she has her own way, those who are different from her become aliens in her eyes, and only death can pull these people into her world.
As the mastermind of the riot that occurred here thirty years ago, I think Xu Wanjun should probably be the most dangerous patient in this ward, so that I don't dare to give her the right to move independently, Hua Guanwen told me that there is basically no progress in the treatment of Xu Wanjun, and the only thing I can do is to give her double the dose of medicine, and she is the quietest when she is stupid.
I looked around Xu Wanjun's hospital room, which had been repainted, and the patterns she had left on the walls had been erased, and Xu Wanjun stared at the paintings on the wall for a long time under the light, making muffled sounds.
I asked Hua Guanwen to help me open the door of the ward, he was stunned for a moment, it was estimated that he was attacked by Qi Chutong just now, I didn't have a long memory because of this, but seeing my resolute attitude, Hua Guanwen still opened the door of the ward and followed me inch by inch.
Xu Wanjun was not distracted by our coming in, I walked behind her and tried to hear what she was saying, and when I stood on Xu Wanjun's side, I saw her squirming mouth, and suddenly found that she no longer had a tooth in her mouth, no wonder she stopped drawing those patterns.
I cautiously moved closer, the muffled voice in Xu Wanjun's mouth seemed to be repeating the same words, and I tried to distinguish until I heard it clearly, my brows furrowed deeply, Xu Wanjun had actually been only saying two words.
Underworld!
I wasn't surprised to hear these two words from Xu Wanjun's mouth, after all, all the rumors in this school Jiang Xinyu told us were made by the woman in front of me, and looking at her appearance, she was indeed completely addicted to her world and couldn't extricate herself.
I asked Hua Guanwen why this painting was not taken away, Hua Guanwen said that he was worried about stimulating Xu Wanjun's emotions, I nodded thoughtfully, since Xu Wanjun can't distinguish between reality and illusion, then what is her fictional world like?
My eyes fell on the painting on the wall, if it was Xu Wanjun's illusory underworld, then there should be other meanings in this painting, with Hua Guanwen's consent, I took the painting off the wall and wanted to take it back to study, to my surprise, Xu Wanjun did not become manic because of the loss of this painting, but turned around and sat silently in the shadow of the corner, I could not see her frightened face in the dim light.