Soul Patch

Chapter 237 Someone broke into my room?
Inside Jia Nan's ward at Wuzhou Mental Hospital.

Andy dodged the approaching group of mentally ill patients, backing away step by step. He accidentally bumped into the door of Jia Nan's ward and fell directly into Jia Nan's arms.

She was terrified, screamed and jumped aside, looking warily at the man behind her.

Now, compared to the group in front of the door, it seems easier for the person behind her to do something to harm her.

Behind you might be a greasy, sleazy, dirty, and mentally unstable middle-aged man...

She turned around cautiously and met Jia Nan's eyes.

Jia Nan was looking at her with great interest.

He hadn't expected that this woman with such beautiful legs would also have such an outstanding appearance: a slender and well-proportioned figure, and fair yet firm skin with a rosy glow, the result of a regular lifestyle and regular exercise.

At first glance, it gives people a feeling of vitality and youth, just like the sunny orange juice with pulp that is pleasing to the eye.

Jia Nan smiled faintly.

When Andy turned around, she didn't see the crazy old man she had been secretly imagining. Instead, she saw a handsome young man.

The young man had a pair of beautiful eyes, deep and cold, seemingly more profound than the vast sky.

However, there seemed to be a faint sense of sorrow and loneliness in those eyes, making people feel awe.

Andy's fear and unease subsided. She lowered her head, and the pink on her cheeks deepened, contrasting with the delicate red dot on her lips.

She took a small step back and said timidly, "I...I'm sorry! I disturbed your rest."

After saying that, he turned to leave, but when he looked at the group of mentally ill people still watching at the door, he hesitated and stopped.

Jia Nan's smile widened: "You've disturbed my rest, what are you going to do about it?"

"I..." Andy was a little at a loss.

Jia Nan, slipping on his slippers, came to the door, coldly glanced at the group of mentally ill patients watching, and slammed the door shut.

The group of people were locked outside and gradually dispersed.

When Jia Nan was first admitted to the hospital, a mentally ill patient touched his bowl and chopsticks during a meal and beat him so badly that he couldn't get out of bed for half a month.

After that, they all developed a sense of awe towards this violent young man.

They all kept their distance from him, and were unwilling to have any contact with him unless absolutely necessary.

However, a mentally ill person is still a mentally ill person. Sometimes they can't even remember who they are, let alone remember to stay away from Jia Nan... Half a month later, the mentally ill person who had been beaten was able to get out of bed and provoked Jia Nan again.

As a result, I ended up lying in bed for another half month.

Jia Nan closed the door and went back to bed to lie down.

Andy secretly glanced at Jia Nan lying on the bed and sighed inwardly: This boy is simply stunning from the side!

An irrepressible flutter of excitement stirred within her, making her cheeks flush slightly.

She stood awkwardly in the middle of the room, staring blankly at Jia Nan lying on the bed.

After Jia Nan closed the door, she didn't turn off the lights, probably because she was afraid the girl in the room would misunderstand something.

The ceiling light was shining brightly, which made it hard for Jia Nan to fall asleep. He turned over and said slowly, "There's no one outside. You can go out now... or you can stay here until dawn."

"Thank you!"

Andy realized that the other person didn't mean to kick her out, so she simply walked to the desk diagonally opposite the bed, pulled out a chair, and sat down.

She was completely unprepared for this online mission.

If it weren't for her grandfather protecting her during the system tasks, she probably would have died several times over.

The outsider is researching the system and trying every possible way to help her break free from its binding.

I don't know if it was my grandfather's research that worked or what, but it seems like I haven't received any system-assigned tasks for a long time.

She thought the system had forgotten about her as the patch carrier.

I didn't expect that after arguing with Bai Yu on the phone today, I would receive a system message not long after.

Hey!
Before she could reunite with her grandfather, all she had to do was find a safe place to hide.

She felt that the young man in front of her was much more normal than the people outside, and that it would definitely be safer for him to stay here.

Of course, the most important factor is that this young man is handsome.

He was pleasing to the eye and treated her with great courtesy, which was probably the more important factor that made her willing to stay.

"You shouldn't be a patient here, so why are you at my room door in the middle of the night?"

Jia Nan's voice was indifferent, and she seemed a little absent-minded. She didn't open her eyes to look at her when she asked the question.

Andy could hear the resentment in his attitude.

The image of herself screaming at someone's door flashed through her mind, and she hurriedly explained, "I didn't mean to yell and wake everyone. Someone just bumped into me... The hallway was so dark, I... I was scared."

"This is a mental hospital, all sorts of strange things happen here, nothing to be surprised about!" Jia Nan said calmly, as if she were detached from the situation.

Andy stared at Jia Nan for a moment, recalling the man who bumped into him. He clearly came from Jia Nan's room. Could it be...?

She wanted to say something, but she only opened her mouth without speaking.

The room suddenly fell silent, especially since a man and a woman were alone together. The atmosphere became awkward, yet tinged with a strange sense of ambiguity.

"What do you want to say?"

"No...it's nothing. Everyone has their own choices, and no one else has the right to interfere."

"what?"

Jia Nan asked in surprise, "What do you mean by 'his choice'? What did he choose?" He slightly raised his eyelids and looked around the simple hospital room.

He seemed to understand what the beautiful woman meant.

But he was forced to stay in a mental hospital for treatment and couldn't avenge his brother. How can that be considered his choice?

Jia Nan's gaze turned colder as he looked at Andy, clearly provoked by Andy's words.

Andy also sensed the change in his gaze, and she innocently defended herself:

"The man who hit me came from your room, you..."

The thought of two grown men sharing a room in the middle of the night gave her goosebumps.

Suddenly I feel that all the handsome guys in mental hospitals should be dragged out and shot.

"My room?" Jia Nan repeated softly, suddenly remembering the door that had been opened.

Yes, someone did break into his room. He must have locked the door before he went to sleep.

Not only should the door be locked, but the windows should also be closed. His ward is on the third floor, and a mentally ill person might climb in through the window.

Dealing with this group of mental patients requires extreme caution. How could you possibly leave the door open while sleeping at night?
Upon discovering that someone had broken into his room, Jia Nan realized the situation was serious.

His expression suddenly changed, and he sat up and looked towards the window: the thick darkness of the night was kept out by the window and curtains, which were hanging obediently, not letting in a single breeze... It seemed that the window was intact.

He was still worried, so he got up and went to the window, carefully checking both windows in the room.

It turned out that the windows showed no signs of being pried open and were properly locked.

If this person didn't climb in through the window, how did they get into the room?

Jia Nan looked at Andy with a puzzled expression: "Did you see what the man who came out of my room looked like?"

This question stumped Andy: What does he look like?
The corridor was so dark, and if someone suddenly bumped into me, I would be terrified. Who could see what they looked like?
Andy shrugged and made a helpless expression.

Seeing Jia Nan staring at her stubbornly, she had no choice but to recall carefully again and slowly said, "That person was quite tall."

Andy stood up and gestured to the top of his head: "He's about a head taller than me."

After saying that, she looked at Jia Nan standing by the window and said, "Hmm... about your height. Agile and fast... he disappeared in the blink of an eye."

Jia Nan narrowed her eyes, focusing her gaze on Andy.

The more he talked, the more he thought of Wenjie; their figures and skills were very similar... Moreover, Wenjie knew that he wanted to kill Wenjie.

If Wenjie infiltrated the mental hospital to kill him, it would be plausible from a motive perspective:
Because after he is discharged from the hospital, he will definitely seek revenge on Wenjie. If Wenjie takes care of him first, wouldn't he be able to rest easy?

Furthermore, the murder occurred in a mental hospital, and the victim was a mentally ill patient.

It's estimated that the police won't take it seriously; even if they catch a mentally ill murderer, they won't be able to pursue criminal charges against him.

If an investigation fails to find the murderer, it will become an unsolved case, and the case files will be sealed away and shelved.

And most importantly, Wenjie had done this before—suddenly barging into his bedroom.

Jia Nan quickly went back under the bed, took out her phone, pulled up a photo of Wenjie, held it up to Andy, and said seriously, "Is this the person?"

Andy's eyes lit up suddenly; the man in the photo did indeed look very much like the person who had just been at the door.

The two were very close, almost nose to nose. The man covered her mouth, stared intently at her, and warned her, "Don't make a sound!"

Although the corridor was dark and the man's appearance was not clear, his facial features could still be roughly discerned, and he basically matched the man in the photo.

And those eyes—a person's aura and spirit are hidden in their eyes.

The man's eyes were clear and sincere, inspiring trust without her even realizing it. She almost immediately shut her mouth after hearing his warning.

Andy nodded vigorously and said with certainty, "Yes, although I didn't get a complete look at the person's face, it's about 80 or 90 percent likely to be him!"

Andy watched as the young man in front of her turned gloomy and terrifying. She shifted back slightly and asked in a low voice, "You...you know each other?"

Jia Nan's body tensed up unconsciously, and the hatred buried deep in her heart, the pain that penetrated to her very bones, erupted almost instantly:
Okay, Wenjie!
I didn't say I was going to find you, but you actually want to kill me to avoid future trouble!
Even if he was cold-blooded and perverted, he never thought of killing someone to silence them or eliminating them completely!

Wenjie is a devil!

In an instant, he seemed to have become a different person. His eyes turned blood red, as if the flames of hell were burning fiercely, and he exuded a ferocious and murderous aura.

He approached Andy and asked coldly, "Which way did that person run?"

Andy was terrified by this sudden change, and she pointed in a direction, trembling.

"whoosh"

Jia Nan ran out of the ward with astonishing speed, disappearing from the room in an instant like a bolt of lightning.

Andy stared in the direction of the door, unable to recover for a long time.

The sound of running echoed down the corridor, followed by a series of soft footsteps.

Anyone else?
Have other patch carriers arrived?
Andy quietly walked to the door and peeked out to see what was happening in the hallway.

Suddenly, someone pushed her into the ward. Just as she was about to scream, her mouth was covered.

That's enough, how many times does it have to happen in one night?

She was furious, her eyes wide as she stared at the person in front of her, but almost instantly her anger vanished without a trace.

"Woooooooo..."

She pointed to her mouth and looked tenderly at the person in front of her.

The old man in front of me is my maternal grandfather!

Old Luo released his hand from Andy's mouth and smiled gently at her: "Are you alright?"

Andy looked around and saw that there was no one else besides his grandfather.

She threw herself into her grandfather's arms and said sweetly, "Grandpa, you're finally here! I'm fine, just a little scared! Everyone here is mentally ill, they're all like lunatics, it's so scary..."

Andy patted his chest, still shaken.

Old Luo made a shushing gesture and said in a low voice, "Same as always, when the people from the Alliance headquarters come over, don't call me grandpa."

Andy nodded obediently, then pondered for a moment before asking, "Why was this online mission assigned to me?"

"The cause hasn't been found yet. This system mission is different from the past, so we need to be extra careful." Old Master Luo's expression was solemn, and his tone was low and serious.

Soon, Xiao Yi and Awei also arrived and joined them.

Xiao Yi pointed to Andy next to Elder Luo and asked hesitantly, "Elder Luo, this is... the patch carrier?"

Andy nodded generously and said, "Yes, I am Patch Carrier No. 1, and I have exchanged for a hidden identity."

From the moment he entered the room, Ah Wei's eyes were glued to her. He thought to himself, "I didn't expect the system to assign me such a hot body as a patch carrier this time. What a feast for the eyes! It seems this system intrusion was worthwhile."

I just heard that this patch carrier has redeemed a hidden identity, and I'm secretly thinking that I'll take the opportunity to ask her what identity she redeemed later.

Once I log out of the system and return to the real world, I'll definitely find a way to win this girl's heart.

With that figure and that face... it would be a shame if she didn't spend her days doing laundry, cooking, and being enslaved!
He kept staring at Andy, not noticing the meaningful look that Old Luo gave him.

Old Luo noticed the intense and infatuated look in Awei's eyes as he gazed at his granddaughter, and he felt a surge of pride: his granddaughter had been beautiful since childhood, attracting attention wherever she went.

The boys pursuing her could stretch for two miles from here, but Ah Wei, you should just wash up and go to sleep, stop daydreaming!

Xiao Yi frowned slightly upon hearing Andy's words, puzzled: she hadn't seen anyone redeem a hidden identity in her system notifications.

She had never received such a strange task as "remove the cheats that have invaded the system!"

In the previous regular tasks, you could see several patch carriers redeeming identities; when a patch carrier used an item, there would also be a system message notification.

Does this mean that system information cannot be shared even if the patch carriers for different tasks are different?

(End of this chapter)