This actor is full of tricks.

Ten minutes later, the conversation in the consultation room stopped. Zhao Yin was already in tears. Getting older makes one more sentimental, and he was easily moved by the stories of others.

“I can understand…” Zhao Yin took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from his eyes: “My daughter also got lost once when she was very young. That period was also very painful and difficult for me. I even thought about giving up my life at one point.”

“But at that time, a voice in my heart kept telling me firmly that I must live on, and that my daughter was definitely waiting for me somewhere.”

"Then I actually found her, and I've watched her get married, have children, and live a happy life ever since. If I had given up on myself back then, I wouldn't have seen the happy scenes that followed, and perhaps my daughter's fate would have been different because of it."

At this point, Zhao Yin earnestly advised, "So, don't give up completely. Just cooperate with my treatment and get well before you go find your daughter. I don't think you want your daughter to see you like this when she comes back, do you?"

He Ping remained silent, his shoulders trembling, tears falling onto his thighs and spreading across his trousers.

Lin Jue quietly watched the scene before him. This must have been a real event that happened in the past, and he witnessed it all from Xiang Yang's perspective.

He knew He Ping's fate, but he didn't say anything to interrupt it. This was just a scripted world, and even if he spoke up to stop He Ping from receiving medical treatment here, it wouldn't change the outcome in reality.

He Ping agreed to receive treatment, so things became easier. After a series of examinations, Zhao Yin arranged for him to be admitted to the hospital.

Lin Jue returned carrying a package of dumplings: "Did that patient get admitted to the hospital?"

"Yes, it's on our floor." Zhao Yin's face was full of exhaustion, and even his stomach was rumbling. He had been working continuously for seven hours since seven o'clock and hadn't even had a hot meal.

It's half an hour before my afternoon clinic hours begin.

"Hurry up and eat, Dr. Zhao." Lin Jue placed the dumplings on the table.

“Those of us in this line of work sometimes don’t even have time to eat. If we have to have surgery, we might not get a single second of rest all night.” Zhao Yin opened the lid and looked at the plump dumplings in the box. All his previous prejudices against Lin Jue disappeared.

This intern performed quite well today; he was diligent, eager to learn, and had very high emotional intelligence.

"You should rest for a while too. You must be tired after working all morning," Zhao Yin said, gesturing for Lin Jue to sit down while he ate dumplings.

"It's okay, I've been sitting all morning and my back is starting to hurt. I'm going out for a walk." Lin Jue did some chest-expanding exercises. Xiang Yang's body was indeed too weak. He didn't want to disturb Zhao Yin's meal any longer, so he turned and walked out of the clinic.

Click.

Just as Lin Jue stepped out, he heard the light flickering again.

Seriously? Coming at this time?
The scene before Lin Jue's eyes changed rapidly. The bright sky sank, the bustling clinic building gradually became quiet, mold mixed with bloodstains covered the walls, and the air was filled with an extremely unpleasant stench.

At the end of the corridor, it seemed as if some enormous creature was moving about, the floorboards thumping loudly, which was enough to tell just how huge the creature making the sound was.

Moreover, judging from the sound, that enormous creature was still approaching this side.

It's that fused monster!

And it sounds like they've discovered them!

A thought flashed through Lin Jue's mind. He turned around, pushed open the door to the consultation room, and slipped inside.

The doorknob ripped off the scab that had just formed on his finger, and fresh blood seeped out. But Lin Jue didn't care whether the wound would get infected in this environment. Instead, he leaned against the door, slowed his breathing, and listened carefully to the sounds outside.

Boom, boom, boom!
The footsteps grew closer, and the ground trembled more violently, as if the entire building was about to collapse. Lin Jue held his breath; with his current strength, facing that fused monster would be no different from suicide.

The footsteps didn't stop; they walked straight past Lin Jue's clinic and headed down the other side of the corridor.

"That guy probably didn't notice me; he was probably just patrolling his territory as usual."

"After it finishes its patrol, it should return to its original location."

Only when the footsteps faded into the distance did Lin Jue turn back to look into the consultation room.

There was no light in the examination room, but Lin Jue's eyes had already adjusted to the darkness and he could still see clearly. The examination room, which had been fine just a moment ago, was now a mess. The tables and chairs were overturned, the documents were torn to shreds, and bloodstains could be seen on the walls.

“That is…” Lin Jue’s gaze stopped under the desk, where something was pressed down.

He walked over and pulled it out. It was a blood-stained white lab coat, and in the pocket on the front of the coat were a pen and a work ID.

When Lin Jue saw the photo on the work ID, his pupils dilated slightly: "It's Dr. Zhao."

The blood-stained white coat already foreshadowed the fate of that conscientious and responsible old doctor.

It was only then that Lin Jue remembered why Zhao Yin's name seemed familiar at first.

Among the list of patients who died in the riot that Xiao Lin brought him was a doctor named Zhao Yin.

"Did Dr. Zhao die in that riot in real life too?" Lin Jue sighed. Zhao Yin's death had already happened in reality, and he was powerless to change anything.

He suppressed his emotions and continued searching the room. With the timeline shifting, he needed to find a weapon to defend himself.

Boom, boom, boom!
Just then, the loud footsteps sounded again outside the door, and the monster was walking back.

Lin Jue immediately stopped making any noise and tiptoed towards the door. The monster's footsteps were getting closer and closer; it seemed that the monster had finished patrolling the entire floor and was about to return to where it had started.

However, the footsteps did not fade away; they stopped outside the consultation room.

This guy! He spotted me!

Upon hearing the footsteps stop, Lin Jue reflexively stepped back.

boom!
The next second, the wooden door of the clinic was blown off by a tremendous force, which also allowed Lin Jue to see the scene outside the door.

Outside the door was a huge mass of mixed flesh and blood, with twisted limbs sticking out from among the flesh and blood, and a pale human face squeezed in the middle.

The face, with its ashen pupils, looked into the room and landed on Lin Jue. Then, a ferocious smile curled at the corner of its mouth.

"I could smell food even from a distance."

"So you were hiding here, you little mouse." (End of Chapter)