Chapter 14: The Clue to Another Interruption
At noon the next day, Su Bai rarely left the school, got on the bus, and came to the door of the First Hospital of Nanjiang City.
Looking up at this crowded building, it is a little white and dazzling during the day, and there is much less yin qi than at night, which is more reassuring.
I came to the hospital this time mainly to fulfill the wishes of the elderly.
He has dialed the old man's son's number several times on his mobile phone since yesterday, but it has always been unanswered, and it is pointless to continue to waste time.
And the old man basically didn't know anything about his son's situation except that his name was Ge Ningjian.
Since his son said a few years ago that he was going to go out, he has never come back, but he has only sent back a sum of money regularly, so that the old man can live without worrying about food and clothing.
But money can't ease the feeling of longing.
I'm afraid the only clues that can be found now are some information in the hospital.
He rubbed his face and adjusted his expression before walking towards the hospital.
"Hello, I'm looking for a patient who lives here," he found a front desk in the hall that received patients, pretending not to know what happened yesterday, and thought for a while, "It's called Ge Hongqiang, I don't know which ward he lives in?" ”
"Ge Hongqiang again?" The front desk sister had a strange expression, "Who are you?" ”
"I am one of his juniors, and I heard that he has been hospitalized for a long time, so I came to visit." He smiled.
"I'm sorry, he died yesterday." The sister at the front desk lowered her head and clicked on the computer, and then lowered her voice and muttered, "This one by one, I haven't seen anyone after being hospitalized for so long, but I'm so positive now." ”
She probably didn't expect Su Bai to hear what she said beyond ordinary people, but he didn't pierce it, just didn't hear it, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "That's what a pity......"
"By the way, I heard that there was a nurse who often took care of the old man when he died, I wonder if I can meet her?"
"This ......" the sister at the front desk hesitated a little, then nodded, "Yes, but it's best not to disturb their work, and talk about anything when they are free." ”
Hearing the news, he walked down the hall to the back of the inpatient building.
According to the news at the front desk, the nurse should be nursing the old lady in ward 1207 today.
"Wait...... 1207? ”
His steps up the stairs suddenly paused, and his expression was a little delicate.
Isn't it the old man in the ward where he bumped into him last night?
"That's a coincidence......"
As he walked up to the second floor, he suddenly heard a loud noise.
This should not have happened in a hospital room where there should have been a quiet rest.
He stood at the top of the staircase and looked in the direction from which the sound had come from, and saw that the doors of wards 1207 and 1208 were open, and the old lady he had seen last night was standing in the doorway, shouting at the patients and doctors and nurses in the hallway.
"There really are ghosts! I saw it yesterday! ”
"Right here...... You see, this is the ward! There was a man who was covered in black, like a legendary ghost, and came to capture the soul of that old man Ge! ”
Su Bai's face was a little delicate, and he walked over slowly and silently.
Fortunately, not many people believed such words, and two older and more experienced nurses stepped forward to try to dissuade the old lady from going back to her room to rest, not to say strange things here, and to disturb the rest of other patients.
The doctors rubbed their temples with some headaches, considering whether the old lady was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and whether to make a diagnosis or something.
The rest of the patients watched the old lady shouting as if she were crazy.
Su Bai walked around the crowd in a low-key manner and came to the door of 1208 to take a look.
The door opened, and two white bouquets of fresh-looking flowers sat next to the bed, and a nurse was tidying things inside.
The old lady at the door of ward 1207 was finally persuaded to go back, but she was still muttering things like "I'm not crazy, what I said is true".
After the people around him gradually dispersed, Su Bai walked into the ward of 1207 and knocked on the door.
The old lady who was still sulking inside and the young nurse who was bending down to make the bed looked back at him, a little puzzled.
"Is there something wrong?"
Su Bai greeted politely: "Excuse me, I want to ask about some things about Mr. Ge next door......
A few minutes later, he formally spoke to the nurse, surnamed Liu, in the hallway.
"You're also here to find Grandpa Ge?" She had just finished using the medicine for the old man, wiped the fine sweat on her forehead, and asked with some doubts.
"Well," Su Bai noticed the details, "you say it too...... Someone has come to him before? ”
"That's right, a few people came before you this morning, saying that they were here to help with the old man......'s funeral," Nurse Liu nodded lightly.
"That's ......" Su Bai was a little strange, he remembered that the old man himself said that he no longer had any close relatives.
But putting this question aside for the time being, he has not forgotten the main purpose of his coming here today.
"I'm here this time mainly to ask how much you know about his son's situation?"
"Why are you inquiring about this? He owes you money and doesn't pay it back? Nurse Liu was a little wary.
The hospital was full of people, warm and cruel, and she had seen quite a few.
There are many people who commit suicide by taking poison to repay the debts of the father, who repay the debts of the father, and who do not pay the debts of the sons.
Su Bai smiled dumbly and grabbed his hair: "No, no, no, you misunderstood." I am a junior of Mr. Ge, and he handed over some important things to me for safekeeping, so that I could pass them on to his son. Now I want to find out where the other person is first. ”
In order to prove it, he took out Ge Hongqiang's "autographed" supporting documents, which temporarily dispelled her doubts.
"Well, but you might be disappointed, because I don't know much about his son's situation." Nurse Liu thought about it carefully and shook her head.
"Grandpa Ge was admitted to the hospital three years ago, and his biggest pleasure every day was to call his son, as if talking could relieve his pain."
"That phone call used to get through?" Su Bai was a little surprised.
Nurse Liu nodded: "Yes, I was able to get through at the beginning." But generally no one picks up during the day, and when it's late at night, try a few more times, and sometimes it will be connected, and his son seems to be very busy and tired outside, and even if he connects, he generally can't say a few words and will hang up. ”
"But even so, Grandpa Ge is already satisfied."
"Until it started about a year ago, no one answered the phone anymore, and it was always busy. Grandpa Ge's condition also began to deteriorate gradually from that time. ”
"But although the phone can't get through, his son will send some gifts and money every once in a while, or two or three weeks, to ensure that he has food and clothing."
Su Bai thought for a moment and asked, "Is there any other news then?" For example, where does that son work? What do you do? ”
"I don't know." Nurse Liu shook her head a little dazedly.
Su Bai suddenly thought of something: "By the way, is the package sent by the other party still there?" Can you show me? ”
Nurse Liu recalled: "This seems to be there, I'll go find it, you wait here first." ”
She walked downstairs down the hall, and in a short time came back at a trot, a few things in hand.
"These are the last few packages, and the letters in them are all kept by Grandpa Ge himself, and other things like clothes and health products are given to other patients and doctors and nurses for free. I've got one back now. ”
Su Bai thanked her, took it and looked at it carefully.
Although the logistics list on the back of the package is cracked, the sender's address can still be seen.
As he expected, as long as he could find the address, he might be able to get some clues.
Just to his surprise, this shipping address turned out to be overseas?!
Although the world of the new era has experienced some tectonic plate drift combinations that are different from those of the old era, and there is only one unified alliance of countries, there are also divisions of various regions.
This made Su Bai's heart suddenly cold.
If he really wants to go overseas to follow the traces, the high price of air tickets or the time cost is an almost insurmountable barrier, which discourages him.
"It seems...... It can only be said for the time being. ”
He thought with regret.
After writing down the address, he returned the package, turned around and left the hospital.
Originally, I thought that I could earn a lot of merit by fulfilling this wish and contribute to my road to becoming stronger, but it seems that it is still far away.
"I'd better start somewhere else and find out if there are any ghosts I can contain."
Even if other ghosts don't give 50 merit points like Ge Hongqiang, even if it's ten or twenty, it's good to add up to a lot.
Instead of rushing back to school, he walked aimlessly on the street, relieving some of the depressed mood he had been feeling in the last few days.
Looking at the fashionable and beautiful beauties walking around, looking at those cute and playful children, and looking at the pure white and flawless clouds in the sky, it made him feel a lot more comfortable.
It was only at this time that his keen instincts as a Yin official made him sense that something was wrong.
"Looks like someone is stalking me?"
He pretended to casually stop at the door of a bubble tea shop and pretended to buy milk tea, while scanning the surroundings with a vigilant gaze.
Soon, he spotted the suspected target.
Two young men in casual clothes.
Just walked and stopped in the flow of people around him, but he would not leave his range of 100 meters, and his eyes were even more intentional or unintentionally scanning towards him.
To be honest, if he didn't have the keen perception of Yin Guan, he probably wouldn't have noticed such behavior at all.
"I'm being targeted?"