"Auntie, I want to take a bath." I said.

The eldest lady hurriedly said: "I forgot, you eat first, I'll carry water for you, the fever has subsided, I took a bath and slept, and I will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow morning." "The conditions of the health center in the town are not very good, and I have to go to the water boiler to carry water for bathing.

It was so busy, and by the time I took a shower, I was lying in bed, it was already an hour later, and it was close to ten o'clock in the evening.

My aunt was helping me do my laundry in the bathroom, and I saw the right moment and immediately left the ward and walked towards the nurse's station. The town health center is very small, only a few wards, go to the nurse's station, and tell the nurse to call the family and ask the family to bring money to settle the bill tomorrow. The nurse just explained: "Hurry up, this phone can't be occupied all the time." ”

I dialed the number for life, thinking that by this time, the bell should not have slept yet. But the phone rang, but there was no answer, and the nurse went to see the patient sent by the emergency department several times, saying that he was drunk and fell and was bleeding. I called twice and no one answered well, so I let out a long breath and put down the phone. Thinking that he would find me for the rest of his life, when he returned to his hometown and inquired, he knew that I was hospitalized here, so I should be fine. I haven't heard from him for a day and a night, so he should be able to find the hospital tomorrow morning, right? It's not that I didn't think about leaving the hospital while no one was paying attention, but when I woke up, I found that I still had dozens of dollars in the pockets of my clothes, and now I didn't have any of them. The fever has just subsided and I don't have the strength, where can I go?

The eldest lady ran out of the ward and asked about the wrinkles on her face, "Leisurely, where have you been?" If you're gone, how will I tell your parents tomorrow morning? ”

"I just want to come out for a walk, auntie, I'm fine."

"Don't think about it for the rest of your life, let the adults talk about it, their family has divorced before, and now you ignore them, and their family doesn't dare to say anything. Besides, it was their family who spoke first, so you can listen to our advice, look at the injuries on your body... Hey, he's not human at all. ”

My face was strangely red, and I couldn't tell my elders the reason for the bruises, which they saw as evidence of my abuse.

Back in the ward, the eldest lady was busy drying clothes and washing dishes, and she was busy in the bathroom all the time. I sat in bed so bored that I looked out the window, and I slept all day, and I was so weak that I couldn't sleep now.

Outside the window is the courtyard of the hospital, and there are only two buildings in the health center of this town, which is also the outpatient clinic in front, and there is a two-story building, which is the inpatient building, the obstetrics and gynecology department on the second floor, and there are a few wards on the first floor. There was a small street lamp in the courtyard of the hospital, and in the dim light, a man walked in and waved at me in the dim place.

I was surprised, the person in the dim light was clearly Zong Sheng! He found it so quickly? And you came here so late? I didn't think much about it, so I got out of bed and trotted outside, and the aunt behind me shouted, "You Xuan, where are you going?" It's dark outside. ”

Walking out of the inpatient building, standing in the hospital, I called softly: "Zong Sheng? "No one answered me. And there was no one in this courtyard, only the dim street lamp. "Zong Sheng?" I shouted again, I had seen him just now, and he was waving at me, and I could only see the courtyard for the few seconds I walked from the hospital room. Just for a few seconds, even if he wants to leave, it is impossible for him to have no shadow at all?

"Zong Sheng?" I screamed louder, I didn't believe I was dazzled, I wanted to see him, I wanted to explain it to him. But there will definitely be no lovesickness and dazzle. No one responded, and there was no one in the yard.

Wrong! This is not a yard! I looked around in amazement, and the two small buildings that were supposed to appear in front of one and one behind me were gone. There is only darkness around, and the only thing that exists is the small lamp not far from me, the small lamp is still there, why is the building gone?

I panicked. "Hell yes!" I snorted and swallowed to calm myself down. I can see ghosts, that's because Zong Sheng has changed my physique, but he has also drawn talismans on me, I can see them, but they can't hurt me.

"I want to... Get back. "I encouraged myself in my heart, there were small lights and walls, and I remembered that the walls were connected to two buildings, and if you walked along the walls, you would definitely find the buildings.

I touched the wall and walked a few steps along it before I was caught by a small paper figure on the ground. That kid used the same paper as the yellow rune paper used by Zong Sheng, and there was a drop of blood on it. The little paper figure that Zong Sheng made? What's the matter with the blood on the back? Since Zong Sheng is around here, why don't you come out to meet me? Even if the eldest mother is here, he will have a lifelong temperament, even if my parents are here, he will not hide like this!

"Zong Sheng, are you here? Zong Sheng? I shouted, and the figure I had seen just now was clearly him, and it was eerily quiet, and there was no sound at all.

I felt like crying, but I held back. "Afraid of what? If Zong Sheng really came to me, he wouldn't hurt me, and if it was a ghost, they wouldn't be able to hurt me. I took a few deep breaths, put my hand on the wall, and slowly walked forward while feeling the wall, still holding the little paper figure in my hand.

Walking, walking, there was nothing but darkness around, I had been walking, but the street lights over there had always been there. I don't know how long I walked, but it felt like the distance was a lot longer than the distance between the two buildings I remembered. I already had a thought in my heart that I really had the hell to go.

I didn't dare to stop, I was afraid that if I stopped, I would cry out in fear. At this moment, my hand touching the wall felt a different touch. I turned my head to look over. In my hand, I felt a door. My heart chuckled. As I walked all the way, the light was dim, but I could still see clearly. If there's going to be a door here, I should have seen it before I touched it. But it was only after I felt a different touch on my fingers that I realized that I had touched a door.

I tried to push, and the door opened. Now in this place, the only thing that can move is me and this door. Shall I go through the door and have a look?

I was nervous and scared. I looked around, I walked for so long, but there was no change at all, the small light over there was two or three meters away from me at the beginning, and now it is only five or six meters away from me. I've been walking for a long time, just a few meters. You can see it with all your eyes. If you go on any further, it is estimated that you will not be able to get out here, so it is better to gamble once, walk in from this door and take a look, maybe there will be changes?

I made up my mind, kicked my footsteps, and stepped through the door.

There was a cold smell coming from the door, and I could feel that there was a lot of humidity here. The door opened, and the light of the small lamp shone dimly. Here, except for the slanting light at the door, there was darkness. Nothing to see.

I took a cautious step forward, and the door behind me suddenly slammed shut. I exclaimed, and the only source of light was gone. My heart was beating in my throat, as if it was going to jump out at any moment.

There was a slight sound in the darkness, and the light of the lighter shone through. A man's back is revealed in the light.

I almost blurted out: "Zong Sheng? ”

But in the next second, I realized that I was wrong, and that person was not Zong Sheng. He is shorter than Zong Sheng, and his stature is also thinner than Zong Sheng. The man took a lighter and lit an old kerosene lamp on a table top that was also old and mottled. There was also a notebook and a ballpoint pen on the table. I secretly sighed, even if it wasn't Zong Sheng, I finally saw someone, and I could leave there and go back to the hospital.

I asked, "Big brother, do you know how to get to the hospital?" ”

"This is the hospital."

I looked around, and under the light of the kerosene lamp, this room was small, but there was another room next door to it. No equipment, no lab coats. Even if it's a small clinic, as long as there will be a white coat.

"Big brother, I was hospitalized in a health center. It's late now. I'm going back. If the nurse doesn't come to the ward, I'll be criticized. ”

"Hospitalized." The eldest brother said quietly, speaking very slowly, and then he slowly turned around and said, "No one can get out of here." Wait, in a few days your family will come here to find you. When the time comes, let them go through the formalities and then take you away. ”

"How many days?" I was puzzled, not understanding his words at all, "Big brother, I'm going back to the inpatient department now." Or my mom will be able to come to me early tomorrow morning. Besides, you don't have anything here, I'm still a sick person, and I'll be seriously ill if I stay here. ”

"You're here because you're a patient. There are no dead people here. As he said this, the man's voice grew deeper and deeper. By the end, the voice had become that of an old man in his seventies and eighties.

Not only his voice, but also his body shape, also changed, bending over, bowing his head, coughing, with the gasping sound that is common in old people.

What did he just say? "There's no place for people who die outside." What does this phrase mean? My heart was shocked, and I immediately missed a beat. What does he mean, I'm dead?

"Big brother, what is this place?" I could hear the trembling sound.

The old man slowly sat down at his desk, opened his notebook, and replied in an old voice, "The place where the dead in the hospital come - the morgue." Your name is Zong Youxuan, oh, I've found a record. ”