Fear of food

Chapter 20 Go home!

The security guard chased after them, shouting, "Stop!"

As he spoke, he pulled out a walkie-talkie that hadn't been used in a long time from somewhere and shouted into it, "A patient has escaped!"

Chen Qi sprinted at full speed, following the route he had planned long ago.

The hospital has three exits. The exit closest to him leads directly to a main road. The terrain is simple and not easy to hide in.

If someone chases him on a bicycle or in a car, it won't be easy for him to escape.

Therefore, he had no choice but to give up on this exit.

There is another exit leading to various alleys, with complex terrain that is perfect for hiding, but it is too far from him, and running there would give the security guards too much time to react.

Once the security guards realize what's happening, they will likely intercept him at the exit.

Therefore, considering all factors, the exit that is neither too far nor too close is the most suitable.

Chen Qi walked quickly, the only sounds in his ears being the whistling wind and the shouts of the security guards behind him.

"Don't run! Stop!"

"Where is everyone?! Hey, hey, hey! Can anyone hear me?"

"A patient is trying to escape towards the east gate! East gate security guards, did you hear that? Get ready to intercept them!"

Perhaps because it was too late, the security guards on duty were all asleep, and there was no response on the walkie-talkie.

Chen Qi didn't care too much. He chose to act in the early morning because there were fewer security guards at that time, so he wasn't afraid even if some guards tried to stop him.

With his current physical condition, even one or two security guards wouldn't be able to stop him!

After a chase, the security guards chasing behind gradually slowed down, while Chen Qi maintained full speed and didn't slow down at all.

"Huff, huff... This kid looks skinny, but he's got such good stamina?" The security guard stopped, panting heavily, feeling his heart racing and his head spinning.

He watched Chen Qi's figure recede into the distance, then stopped chasing. He mechanically spoke into the walkie-talkie, calling for backup, who was probably already asleep.

He only makes a few thousand yuan a month, why would he risk his life?
Although he had shaken off the security guards behind him, Chen Qi dared not stop for a moment. As long as he hadn't escaped the hospital, he hadn't succeeded yet.

He ran past the outpatient building, which looked somewhat eerie in the dark at night.

Chen Qi wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt like someone was watching him from somewhere.

The feeling of being watched didn't dissipate until he ran to the brightly lit emergency room next door.

The subsequent escape went surprisingly smoothly.

None of the unexpected events that Chen Qi had anticipated occurred.

He had even planned to escape by climbing over the wall if he was cornered, and he had even figured out where to climb over the wall and where to run after he got over it.

The result is that it's completely useless.

When he ran to the east gate exit, the security guard in the guardhouse was fast asleep, his snoring drowning out the cries for help coming from the walkie-talkie.

The gates for pedestrians to enter and exit were wide open.

Chen Qi swaggered out the door.

There is a road outside the east gate exit, and several residential communities are across the road.

Chen Qi casually slipped into one of the residential areas and found a deck chair to sit down and rest.

Only now did he finally feel relieved.

However, the question that arises is, where should he go?

Chen Qi had been pondering this question for a long time in the hospital, but he still couldn't come up with a good answer.

He is now penniless and has not brought his phone with him, so he cannot contact Momo and Xu An'an.

The best option is undoubtedly to go home.

but……

“If the security guards can’t catch me, they will definitely report my escape to their superiors. The hospital may also send people out to look for me and contact my parents.”

“Going home now might not be a good choice. I finally escaped, and my mom might send me back.” “But not going back also has its risks. My parents might call the police.”

After much deliberation, Chen Qisi still felt he should go home.

He has neither a cell phone nor money, which is an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

He also has a spare phone at home that he had previously discarded, which can be used as soon as it is charged.

He went to the service center to get a replacement SIM card, and then he could log into WeChat. He still had about 3,000 yuan in his WeChat wallet.

In other words, as long as I go home, both the money and the phone issues can be resolved.

As for his parents... they are, after all, his parents. He can't run away from them forever; there are some things he has to face eventually.

Chen Qi felt very conflicted, both wary and worried about his parents.

He didn't know if his parents also had problems.

All I could do was pray that my parents had been misled by Dr. Zhao.

After a short rest, Chen Qi set off again, heading towards home.

He didn't even have enough money for a taxi, so he had to walk home, which would take more than two hours.

As Chen Qi walked through the residential area, he suddenly stopped when he passed a green belt.

He went into the green belt and came out a moment later with a piece of beef jerky.

"Are there wild foods outside the hospital?"

Chen Qi frowned. Before this, he had only found wild food in the hospital.

"Is it because this neighborhood is right next to a hospital? Or is it because wild food is starting to appear outside now?"

If it's the latter, then Chen Qi won't need to go to the hospital to find food anymore; he'll be able to fill his stomach.

But Chen Qi couldn't be happy, which might indicate that the anomalies caused by the strange food were not limited to the hospital.

In other words, the problem may not only involve hospital staff and patients, but also people outside the hospital.

"If I eat this beef jerky now, will the residents of this neighborhood rush out and stop me?"

Chen Qi didn't try it. He had finally escaped from the hospital, so he didn't want to cause any more trouble.
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Chen Qileng arrived at the destination in less than two hours, a journey that usually takes more than two hours.

Along the way, he discovered several kinds of wild food.

This proves that wild food doesn't only spawn inside hospitals.

However, the density of wild food outside is far less than that in the hospital, but for Chen Qi, who has the ability to detect food, it doesn't make much difference. Ensuring that he doesn't go hungry is not a problem.

Chen Qi stood at the entrance of his residential compound, looking at the familiar scenes, feeling as if he had been transported to another world.

He entered the residential compound by scanning his face, walked all the way to his building, looked up at the 16th floor, and saw nothing but darkness.

It's already 3 a.m., and not a single house has its lights on.

"Didn't the hospital notify Mom?"

"Or has Mom already gone out to look for me?"

The lights were still off at the time, and Chen Qi could only think of two possibilities.

Either the hospital didn't notify his family, so his mother was still fast asleep.

Either his mother received a notification and went out to look for him.

"In either case, it seems I can just grab the phone and leave without anyone noticing."

In Chen Qi's mind, the ideal outcome would be to take the phone without alerting his mother, and then communicate with her via phone later, thus avoiding direct conflict.

This way, he can decide his next plan based on his mother's attitude.

Chen Qi took a deep breath, walked firmly into the apartment building, and pressed the elevator button.

"go home!"

(End of this chapter)