The woman returned.

She came to seek revenge on the doctors who pretended to be ignorant in the hospital.

That sounded reasonable.

"What happened after that?" Jiang Cheng asked.

He didn't think the female ghost would just scare a nurse out of her mind and then call it quits.

Blind Zheng looked at Jiang Cheng with a knowing look, then said, "After that incident, the hospital's psychiatric department was shut down, and the doctor directly responsible for the woman in Ward 624 left the hospital."

"It was announced to the public that he went abroad for further studies on public funds."

Blind Zheng clearly didn't believe this explanation.

The real situation was probably that the impact of this incident was too bad, and the hospital, worried about its reputation, sent away several people who knew the truth.

Then, Zheng suddenly lowered his voice, leaned forward, and said mysteriously, "But this matter is not over yet."

"From that time on, many strange rumors began to circulate in the hospital."

"People on night shifts started saying that they often heard footsteps in the corridor at night, but when they went out to look, there was no one there."

"The faucets in the toilets would also suddenly turn on when no one was around."

"The elevators too." Speaking of elevators, Zheng's emotions fluctuated greatly. He swallowed and continued, "When taking the elevator at night, the elevator would often stop inexplicably on the 6th floor."

"That is... that is on the side of the 6th-floor corridor," Zheng emphasized.

"But when the elevator door opened, there was clearly no one outside!"

"If you tried to leave at this time, there would be a problem. The elevator door would close repeatedly, but each time before it could close completely, it would open again."

"It just kept repeating like this, like... like..." Zheng's lips trembled, "waiting for someone."

"The nurse on duty at the time was terrified. According to her later recollection, she heard the sound of a door being opened."

"Then there was a sound of high heels, very fast."

"It came from the direction of that corridor!"

Listening to Zheng's narration, cold sweat uncontrollably broke out on Cao Yang's forehead. There was no doubt that the thing that came out was a ghost.

A vengeful ghost transformed from the woman's un消 (yuan qi - lingering resentment) after death.

"Later, the nurse was so scared that she ran straight out of the elevator, shouting and screaming all the way, and finally, the hospital leaders all came."

Jiang Cheng was silent for a moment, then continued to ask, "Where is this nurse now?"

From the nurse's recollection that Zheng mentioned, it could be seen that this nurse did not die, otherwise he would not have known about this.

If they could find this nurse and ask her in person, the situation would be much better.

Unexpectedly, Zheng shook his head, saying with some regret, "She's gone too. I heard she was transferred to another hospital later."

Cao Yang asked unwillingly, "Never came back?"

"No."

The hope of getting information from this nurse was shattered, and disappointment was evident in Cao Yang's expression.

"After this incident, the hospital sealed off the 6th-floor corridor, and all the rooms were locked."

"On special days, they would also arrange for people to burn some paper money," Zheng said. "But I haven't heard of it in recent years."

Paper money...

Jiang Cheng's eyes changed. He remembered that Zhao Ru had also told him that someone was burning paper money in the 6th-floor corridor on the Ghost Festival (qiyueban).

"Do you know who was in charge of arranging it?" Jiang Cheng took a small sip of wine, masking his emotions, his expression very natural.

"This..." Zheng scratched his head. He hadn't felt anything just now, but now that the alcohol was kicking in, he felt very dizzy.

"Master Zhao, who used to work with me, and Xiao Li, the security guard at the time..." Patting his forehead, Zheng added, "I remember Qi Luo also went a few times!"

Seeming to have thought of something, Zheng shook his head to clear some of the alcohol, "That's the current Director Qi. He was just an intern at the time, so I just called him..."

"You're not allowed to go out and talk nonsense!" It seemed that Zheng was still a little afraid of Director Qi.

After all, the other party could fire him with just one word.

"Did Director Qi also have contact with that woman back then?" Jiang Cheng asked with a frown.

"I haven't heard of that," Zheng said. "He's not in the psychiatric department, but his office seems to be on the 6th floor, or... or maybe the 7th floor."

"Oh, it's been too long, I can't remember clearly either."

After saying that, Zheng seemed to have thought of something and said again, "By the way, not long after that incident, the hospital also invited a monk."

"The monk went to the 6th floor and walked around, but he stopped at the door of Room 624 and refused to go in no matter what. I don't know what happened after that."

"A few days after the monk left, the hospital gave each of us a pillow, along with rice, flour, and oil, saying that it would have a calming effect when we slept on it."

"Later, someone accidentally discovered that there was a sachet inside the pillow."

Speaking of this, Zheng himself laughed. It was obvious that the hospital was putting on a deceptive act, probably trying to seek peace of mind after doing something wrong.

But Jiang Cheng was rarely interested, and he raised his head and asked, "Do you still have that pillow?"

Zheng thought for a moment, "I should still have it. Let me go find it."

After saying that, he staggered out of the door. This room was closed off and not well-ventilated, so he usually took his afternoon nap in the next room when the weather was good.

He had also thrown that pillow there.

After a rustling sound, Zheng came back with a pillow without a pillowcase. The pillow core should be filled with beans or something similar. As it moved, there was a rustling sound from time to time.

"This is it."

There was already an opening on the pillow. Zheng held a lotus-root-colored sachet in his hand, which looked quite delicate.

After taking it, Jiang Cheng's first reaction was that it was very light.

Especially light.

It seemed like there was nothing inside.

But after squeezing it, the feeling told him that there was something inside, and that this thing was relatively soft.

It didn't feel like paper; it should be something like silk or cloth.

Jiang Cheng didn't open it for the time being. Instead, he sat down and continued to chat with Zheng, while also persuading him to drink.

Cao Yang basically didn't say much during the second half; he just listened to Jiang Cheng chatting with the other man.

Before long, after Cao Yang briefly exchanged glances with Jiang Cheng a few times, he stood up, clutching his stomach, and said with a troubled expression, "Where's the restroom?"

"Go out... turn right when you go out," Zheng said unclearly. "Go straight, turn the corner when you reach the end."

Hearing this, Cao Yang went out the door.

But as soon as he closed the door, Cao Yang, who was originally hunched over and looked like he had a stomachache, immediately changed his demeanor.

He was fine; he came out just to take a look at the other room Zheng mentioned.

After a brief exchange of glances, Cao Yang realized that Jiang Cheng, like himself, didn't trust this Blind Zheng.

Fake nurse, and Director Qi...

It seemed that no one in this hospital could be trusted.