Everyone's faces turned grim at this point. The situation was far more complex than they had anticipated.

But one thing was now clear.

Xiang Nan... had a problem.

And it existed while she was still alive.

Her two husbands and two children had all died unnatural deaths.

All of this was related to her.

And then there was this so-called prophecy.

October 17th.

What... what exactly would happen on that day?

"When did Xiang Nan's first husband die?" Jiang Cheng asked Huai Yi. Most of the information about Xiang Nan's past had been gathered by him.

"I don't remember the exact date, but I'm sure it was in October," Huai Yi said confidently.

October again...

"It should have been before October 17th as well," Jiang Cheng said after thinking it over. "I think Xiang Nan's first husband also sensed the anomaly."

"But he chose to commit suicide before the date arrived, while Yin Zhenliang was more decisive. The latter killed Xiang Nan directly, ending the prophecy at its source."

Yu Yu, seeing that no one was speaking, said softly, "What kind of prophecy could drive two men to this point, to the point of having to die?"

"The answer is simple." Jiang Cheng put away the paper, glanced at Yu Yu, "After the prophecy comes true, they will face an outcome worse than death."

Hearing this, Wang Changguo, already terrified, turned even paler. "Worse than death... what... what consequences could be worse than death?"

He couldn't understand it.

Similarly, many people present couldn't understand it either.

But aside from that, Jiang Cheng couldn't think of any other answer.

What was still missing was the most crucial piece of information: what exactly would happen on October 17th? This concerned whether all of them could survive.

Cao Yang said with a sense of self-abandonment, "It's a pity that everyone who knew the truth is already dead. Zhao Ru might know something, but she's with the ghost now and won't help us."

"There's still one person," Yu Yu said, resolutely, "Director Qi, we can call him. The situation is already like this, he..."

"No," Jiang Cheng said.

"Why not?"

Jiang Cheng looked at Yu Yu, "Have you considered why Director Qi hasn't appeared until now?"

"He's hiding," Yu Yu replied.

Now it seemed that Director Qi was Zhao Ru's biological father, and based on the experiences of Xiang Nan's first two husbands, the female ghost's next target was him.

"That's exactly why we should call him over and protect him." The repeated blows had pushed Wang Changguo's emotions to the edge of losing control.

As he spoke, Wang Changguo took out his phone, "Does anyone have Director Qi's number? I'll call him. This should have been his responsibility. What's with leaving us here?"

"We'll all die together! No one can run!"

"Idiot!" Huai Yi snatched Wang Changguo's phone and cursed, "If you want to die, go die alone, don't drag us down with you!"

Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes, his cold gaze sweeping over Wang Changguo. The latter initially wanted to curse back, but after sensing the emotion in Jiang Cheng's gaze, he stopped, and finally just glared at Huai Yi.

"Once you make this call, you might expose Director Qi's location. The ghost will find him, kill him, and the game will be over," Jiang Cheng said slowly.

Wang Changguo's face turned green and white upon hearing this, realizing that his actions had almost killed everyone. Finally, he put away his phone, "This won't work, that won't work, then what do you say we should do?"

The clues ended here, and even if everyone was willing to investigate further, they had lost direction.

Jiang Cheng turned his head and looked at the hall not far away, where there were still lights on.

"There's one more person who definitely knows about this," Jiang Cheng said, "Former Director Zhang Zhaowei."

Through the arrangement of Ward 624 and the personnel assignments, Jiang Cheng judged that Zhang Zhaowei must know some unknown secrets.

"Him?" Cao Yang was taken aback. "But isn't he dead?"

"He is dead, but I think he must have left some clues. Through the clues he left behind, we might be able to open a path to survival," Jiang Cheng said with certainty.

"He's right." Huai Yi looked at everyone and said, "According to my investigation, Yin Zhenliang had very close contact with Zhang Zhaowei before sending Xiang Nan to the hospital."

Then Huai Yi took a breath, his tone carrying a hint of doubt, "Miss Lin and I went to Zhang Zhaowei's office, but we didn't find anything."

"Not in the office," Jiang Cheng shook his head. "It should be at his home."

Huai Yi's eyes lit up, and he asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

"Zhang Zhaowei told me," Jiang Cheng hinted, "He told me a story about himself, that after he died, his body actually walked out of the morgue on its own, then went all the way home and squatted by the bed until he was later discovered by a neighbor."

"I think that thing is hidden near the bed, maybe under the mattress, otherwise why wouldn't he go to bed and lie down, why would he squat there?"

"He's a ghost," Wang Changguo questioned as soon as he heard this, "Can you even believe a ghost's words? What if he's just bragging?"

"And... if he really wanted to remind us, why didn't he just say directly that the thing is hidden under the mattress at home? Why go to such great lengths?"

Wang Changguo's words made some sense.

Huai Yi stroked his chin, pondering for a moment. He, who had a certain understanding of nightmares, was more receptive to Jiang Cheng's explanation.

"It's obsession," Huai Yi said with a certain tone. "Although Zhang Zhaowei is dead, his obsession before death makes him unable to let go of this thing."

"After death, his memory became blurred, and he couldn't even remember who he was, but he remembered this thing, because it was very important to him." Huai Yi continued, "I agree with Brother Jiang's view that the thing is hidden in Zhang Zhaowei's home."

But soon, the enthusiasm and hope that everyone had just ignited were extinguished by half.

Because no one knew where Zhang Zhaowei's home was.

Huai Yi had previously found out a lot of information, but he hadn't paid attention to this.

If it were a day ago, this wouldn't be difficult, but now the most important thing was time, and the outside world was clearly different from before.

Looking at the stalemate, Yu Yu weakly raised her hand, "I... I seem to know."

"Speak!" several people said in unison.

"I... I don't know now, but I know where to find it," Yu Yu said quickly, worried that everyone would misunderstand, "Do you remember the corpse we saw in the morgue?"

Hearing this, Cao Yang's eyes lit up, "You're saying there's information on the corpse?"

"I remember there was, no, no, I'm sure there was!" Yu Yu said, "It was a white card tied to the corpse's foot. I remember it had an address on it, South City..."

"South City what?" Huai Yi urged, "Be more specific!"

"I forgot."