CHAPTER 786: CHAPTER 783: HOSPITAL

"It’s right here."

Dou Dou pointed at the hospital ahead, quite certain she hadn’t gotten the place wrong.

"You said that just now too, didn’t you make a mistake then?"

"Hehe, that was an accident. It’s normal for kids to make some mistakes."

"Alright, stop fooling around here and take me in." Shen Siyuan said.

"Okay, follow me."

Dou Dou walked ahead happily, and Shen Siyuan hurried to keep up behind her.

Once they entered the hospital, Shen Siyuan asked again, "Are you sure this time there’s no mistake?"

"I’m sure, I promise." Dou Dou patted her chest, speaking with certainty.

But Shen Siyuan was still somewhat doubtful, because she had said the same thing before, and her promises weren’t very reliable at all.

"Okay, then you..."

While speaking, an ambulance screeched to a halt at the hospital entrance and two nurses hurriedly carried a patient off the vehicle and pushed them into the hospital.

"All dead," Dou Dou glanced and said.

It was a young woman, flesh and blood a blur, seeming to have been in a car accident.

Her soul had already dislocated from her body, ready to depart at any moment, which is why Dou Dou had made such a remark.

Stop worrying about her, keep leading the way.

"Follow me." Dou Dou waved her small hand, heading toward the elevator, with Shen Siyuan swiftly following her.

Although he couldn’t turn into a ghost like Dou Dou, preventing others from seeing him, he could distort the magnetic field around him to achieve invisibility.

This was a small technique utilized in the "Five Elements Primordial Magnetic Sword."

"I remember, it’s on the ninth floor." Dou Dou tiptoed, trying to press the elevator button.

"You’re a ghost now, you can’t press it." Shen Siyuan proactively reached out and pressed it.

"But do you still recognize which one is nine?"

"Don’t look down on me, of course I know; nine is a curved hook, Mom taught me." Dou Dou said proudly.

"Alright, you’re the smartest." Hearing this, Dou Dou felt quite proud.

The elevator soon arrived at the ninth floor, which was the hospital’s inpatient department. Late at night it appeared extremely quiet, but the corridor lights shone as brightly as daytime.

The nurse on duty behind the nurse’s station was dozing off.

Shen Siyuan followed Dou Dou, walking past her and entering one of the wards.

Because of the sleeping patients, the ward appeared very dim, with only a faint bedside lamp illuminating the bed.

It was a three-person ward, with curtains separating each space, giving every family an independent area.

Dou Dou led Shen Siyuan directly to the position by the window, then pointed at a small boy lying on the bed and said, "That’s the little brother."

Shen Siyuan looked in the direction she pointed and saw a small boy lying in deep sleep on the hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask, seemingly completely unconscious.

Beside his hospital bed, there was also a folding bed with a middle-aged man tossing and turning, unable to sleep, occasionally rising to glance at the bed.

"Is little brother going to die?" Dou Dou asked.

Shen Siyuan nodded, feeling the boy’s life force was as weak as a flickering candle, seemingly about to extinguish any moment, now entirely reliant on medication to sustain his life.

"If he dies, will Sister Xiao Yue be happy?" Dou Dou asked.

"What do you think?" Shen Siyuan countered.

"I don’t know, I think she should be happy but also feel she’s not happy."

"Why do you think so?"

"Because if little brother dies and becomes a ghost, he can play with Sister Xiao Yue, but when people die, everyone is sad and unhappy, nobody wants to die, so I feel like Sister Xiao Yue wouldn’t be happy..."

"You make good points, but let’s leave this issue to Xiao Yue to decide." Shen Siyuan said.

Dou Dou blinked her big eyes, not understanding what he meant.

But Shen Siyuan had no intention of explaining and instead pulled her along to leave directly.

If life force is insufficient, then supplementing life force will do. While Shen Siyuan might not be able to miraculously heal or resurrect the dead, he could manage replenishing life force.

"Are you going to ask Sister Xiao Yue?"

"Of course."

"Then... you can’t tell her that I told you, okay?"

"Alright."

"Potato, you’re the best." Dou Dou said joyfully.

"Don’t get too happy too soon." Shen Siyuan replied.

"What does Potato mean?" Dou Dou asked, puzzled.

"Because she already knows." Shen Siyuan pointed to the hospital entrance, where Xiao Yue stood, glaring at the two of them—well, primarily glaring at Dou Dou.

Frightened, Dou Dou quickly hid behind Shen Siyuan and nervously said, "Potato, you have to help me, it’s because of your questioning that I told you."

"You little thing, are you that afraid of Sister Xiao Yue?" Shen Siyuan couldn’t help but laugh, then he led Dou Dou forward.

"Xiao Yue." Shen Siyuan called first.

"Big Brother." Xiao Yue responded, then lowered her head, appearing a bit uneasy and anxious.

"Let’s sit over there and talk slowly." Shen Siyuan pointed at the hospital’s waiting chairs.

"Okay." Xiao Yue followed obediently.

After they sat down, seeing Xiao Yue remain silent, Shen Siyuan took the initiative to ask, "That boy, is he your friend?"

Xiao Yue nodded and said, "A good friend."

Hearing this, Shen Siyuan was a bit surprised, as it was difficult to imagine, given Xiao Yue’s past personality, that she had a close male friend.

"A former classmate from school?" Shen Siyuan continued.

Dou Dou peeked curiously from the side.

"Actually, I’ve known him since long ago, back when my dad was still alive, his dad was a teacher too, and we often played together..."

As Xiao Yue recounted, Shen Siyuan finally understood what was happening.

The boy lying in the hospital bed was something of a childhood friend of Xiao Yue’s. Back then, Xiao Yue’s father was a teacher. After divorcing her mother, he took her to live in the school staff quarters, which was when she met the boy.

The boy’s father was also a school teacher, so the two often played and went to school together, forming a very close friendship, and at that time, Xiao Yue was not as aloof as now, but lively and likeable.

She often went to the boy’s house for meals, and the boy’s mother was particularly kind to her.

Unfortunately, later Xiao Yue’s father died from a serious illness, and Xiao Yue was sent to live with her grandma’s family, separating her from the boy.

Later on, Xiao Yue was taken by her mother to live with her.

Regrettably, fate is ever-changing; Xiao Yue eventually died and never saw the boy again.

It wasn’t until recently when Xiao Yue, on a whim, returned to the school where she once lived and where her father had taught, that she found out the boy was also close to dying, and it might not be long before he’d join her.

"If I intervene, he has a slim hope of survival. Do you wish to save him or not?" Shen Siyuan asked.

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yue said directly, "Of course, save him."

She looked at Shen Siyuan with a face full of longing and joy in her eyes.

And Shen Siyuan wasn’t surprised, as Xiao Yue was such a kind-hearted girl.