Chapter 136. Case 18: A new address
Dr. Ann went on to say that when I saw that scene, because I was standing by the window, and the location was only separated from the ghost by a glass at that time, as a normal person, I would normally choose to run away when I encountered such a situation, and in fact I also wanted to be able to run away, but because I was frightened, my feet began to be a little disobedient.
Dr. An smiled helplessly and said, "It's a shame to say, I can't move my feet, not only that, but I even have a weak foot and sit directly on the floor." He went on to say that after the ghost's head had twisted to a certain extent, it seemed to be unable to turn, and I watched as he slowly turned his lower body from the top of the floor, and it should be said that it floated down slowly, as if his head was the axis, and then through the glass, its whole body seemed to be attached to the outside of the glass, and the smile was still the same smile, but as if it was deliberately trying to scare me, it began to hit the glass rhythmically with its forehead. Every time it hit, its body seemed to be rippled by something wavy, and it looked light, and as you just said, a little transparent, but I saw the lights on the upper floor behind it through its body, and it felt as if they were under steam, a little foggy.
To be honest, Dr. Ann's words did scare me a little. I think it's necessary for me to explain some of the so-called ghosts that are scary, but in fact, ghosts have a strong inferiority complex in front of people, in other words, they are more envious of our state as human beings. And when ghosts appear in front of people, they often frighten others to varying degrees, but in fact, if you can think about it carefully, it is not difficult to find that they are showing the state that they feel most comfortable with, without disguise, without concealment, this kind of too real has become a horror in our opinion. If I'm a very simple person, there are probably many ways for me to get in through the glass, but who can stop me from crashing in? Maybe that's what I'm most comfortable with.
Hu Zongren walked to the window, turned around and asked Dr. An, "Is it true that the location where he appeared at that time was about this area?" With that, he pointed to the top of the window. Dr. Ann said yes, he has such a high floor here, even a living person would be shocked to appear outside, let alone the kind of thing that he is sure to be a ghost. Hu Zongren asked him again what happened after that. Dr. Ann said that because he was slumped on the ground and saw the ghost hit the glass again and again, as if it would break through the window in the next second, one of the easiest things to do when people are most afraid is to pray, and this prayer often does not know whether it is useful or not. Dr. Ann said that at that time he felt out his cross, prayed in his heart to protect himself, and closed his eyes, intending to resign himself to fate, but after a while, he noticed that there was no other movement, so he mustered up the courage to open his eyes and wanted to see what was going on around him, but when he looked around, he found nothing.
Dr. Ann beckoned to me, told me to walk to the window, pointed to a mark outside the glass that didn't look obvious, and said, "Look at this, it's the mark left by the ghost when it was attached to the window." I asked him what it was, but Dr. Ann didn't answer, but stretched out his palm and found a suitable angle through the glass and pasted it, only to realize that it was an incomplete palm print, which did not have the area of the palm on the outside of the little finger. Dr. Ann told me that it was not that the ghost was physically mutilated, but that it was probably because of the limitations of the posture at the time, so there were only these marks.
Dr. Ann took us back to the sofa and sat down, and continued to tell us that after that time, I realized that even though I had strong theoretical knowledge and countless cases left by my ancestors, when I really encountered such a thing myself, I realized that I was powerless to fight against it. Soon he shook his head and said, I'm sorry I corrected it, it's not that I'm powerless to fight, it's that I don't have the courage at all, and the ambition to find out what happened earlier has disappeared after this shock.
We didn't talk anymore, I actually understand Dr. Ann very well, as an originally high-paying profession, he actually just needs to live every day in peace, use his knowledge and ability to help those in need, life is ordinary, but he can have no worries about food and clothing. And their profession as a psychiatrist is probably the same as me and Hu Zongren, and they need to constantly enter other people's lives, and maybe after a long time, they will begin to feel the same depression as I have recently, and even feel that we have been living in other people's lives, but our own lives are very qualityless. After a while, Dr. An said that from that night, I felt that I didn't have the courage to continue to stay in the office, so I left the company in the middle of the night, woke up the security guard downstairs, and repeatedly apologized that the door was opened for me so late, and I didn't dare to go home, because I had a wife at home, and I was afraid that my wife would suddenly become that weird look again. So all night, I almost wandered around where there was light but no one, and if I saw someone from a distance, I would have avoided it in advance. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided not to interfere in the treatment of this patient, and I had to think more about myself, because I couldn't ruin my own life because of the relationship between the patients.
Dr. An said that the next day I called the patient's wife and suggested that she be sent to a psychiatric hospital, considering that sending such a hospital requires a higher treatment unit to issue an appraisal of her mental state, so I issued her a letter of introduction in violation of the law, and told her that if she was sent to the hospital, remember to call me and tell me, I said that I have a wide range of contacts in this medical system, and I can help her find a better doctor. Dr. An smiled bitterly and said, Actually, I lied to her, I just hope that after she really sends people in, I can live a little more stable.
Hu Zongren asked Dr. An, what about you now, all these days have passed, do you think you are living a stable life? Dr. Ann was a little embarrassed to say, in fact, no, although there are no more people around him to remind him endlessly to look for a hat, but that does not mean that this incident has not happened, it will continue to press on his chest like a heavier and heavier stone. I thought that after being sent to the hospital and locked up, I would relax a little, but every time I went to bed at night, when my wife turned over and faced him, he would scare himself so much that he couldn't sleep anymore, because he was afraid that his wife would suddenly open her eyes, and then said to him with a look of déjà vu, remember to help me find a hat.
Hu Zongren said, although we haven't been to the psychiatric hospital, but we have some understanding, but for what kind of patient is sent to the hospital, I won't come to pester you, I don't quite understand, in view of the previous situation, it seems to come and go as soon as you want. I told Hu Zongren that because psychiatric hospitals are usually accompanied by treatment, there are also some internal and injectable drugs, which can relieve the patient's emotions, and similarly, have a calming and paralyzing effect. My guess is that after the patient was admitted to the hospital, he used some kind of medicine or something, and his body and soul were bound.
Dr. Ann said that when I learned that I had been admitted to the hospital, I asked a good friend of mine who worked in that hospital to help me keep an eye on the patient's condition, and the reason I only told him that because it was my previous patient and I needed to monitor their treatment and so on. I asked Dr. An, so you came to us this time, in fact, whether you catch ghosts or not is not the main thing, do you hope that we can use the matter of catching ghosts to untie your own heart knots?
Dr. Ann lowered his head, then nodded.
Hu Zongren said to Dr. An, "Okay, you tell us the name and address of the patient's hospital, and we will try our best to find out about it." I nodded, and although Dr. Ann's reasons were a little selfish in the final analysis, I was somehow full of understanding for him, because I imagined that if it were me, it would probably be nothing more than that. So Dr. Ann stood up and walked over to his desk to find a rectangular piece of white paper, presumably from the previous pathology. Write down the address and phone number, hand it to me, and tell me that this phone number is my friend's, and when you get there, call him, and he will take you to the patient. I'm not going to be with you, I really can't face that look again.
I took the note and put it in my bag, and then asked Dr. Ann, I have the last few questions I want to ask you, can you still remember the ghost you saw at the window at that time? Dr. An nodded, then shook his head again, and said to me with some pain, not that he couldn't remember, but that the feeling was too strange, and he always felt that this face was very deep in his mind, but it was difficult to remember it if he thought about it carefully. But the only thing I know for sure is that smile, everyone's facial features are different, and it's basically difficult to have the same smile. I asked him if it was the smiling look in the previous video. Dr. Ann said yes.
I have no problem to ask, but before leaving, I made a layout of the scene according to the convention, I first searched in the room for a while, and found traces of ghosts in many places, this ghost gave me the feeling of being a little confused, but even if I was confused, I couldn't let go of my obsession, and his obsession, I thought it was the hat, but there was no way to confirm it.
It wasn't until he painted on the window and buried incense ash under the carpet that Hu Zongren also pasted a few different charms on the top of the doors of several doors in this room, and then told Dr. An not to close the curtains, but to turn on the lights in the room at any time, so that these charms in one direction could control each other through the reflection of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Hu Zongren said that we can only do so much for the scene, and before we finish it, you should be careful in everything, and I wish you peace.