"You know me?" The woman had put on make-up. Her face was pale, and her body was covered in red 'blood'. The smell of paint could be smelled from afar.
"I am Chen Ge …" Chen Ge blurted out. He did not say his name was Chen Ge but Chen Ge directly like they should have known each other.
A mental patient in a patient's garb and a Haunted House worker covered in blood stood at the wall of the mental hospital.
They belonged to two different worlds, but at that moment, they were facing each other.
"Is this your cat?" Zhang Ya did not get close to the wall but pointed at the white cat. "It brought me here."
The white cat squatted between Chen Ge and Zhang Ya. Its tail swayed back and forth, and it looked very proud.
"It's a stray cat. I don't know why it's so attached to me." Chen Ge looked at the white cat squatting between them, and a bitter smile appeared on his face. "My brain isn't that good, and I've forgotten many of my past memories. The doctor is helping me with my rehabilitation."
Even though Chen Ge was wearing a patient's garb, he gave off a completely different feeling from the mental patients in the movies. He was calm and rational, and there was nothing out of place about him.
An outsider might only think that he was depressed, and there was an indescribable pain in his eyes.
Looking at the weakened Chen Ge, Zhang Ya could not bring herself to hate him. "You should be this cat's owner. You forgot about it when you were hospitalized, but it didn't forget about you. Your cat is so dependent on you, so you must be a kind and gentle person. I hope you can recover your memory soon. "
Zhang Ya squatted down and patted the white cat's head. "A cat has crossed a whole city to find you, so it must have gone through a lot of hardships. You'd better not lose it again."
"Okay." Chen Ge also squatted down. He avoided looking at Zhang Ya's face, but he stared silently at Zhang Ya's hand that was touching the white cat.
Zhang Ya's hands were very beautiful. Her fingers were slender and white, without a trace of blood.
As if noticing that Chen Ge had been staring at her hand, Zhang Ya coughed lightly and pulled her hand back. "A few days ago, this white cat came to my Haunted House and refused to leave. Seeing how clever it is, I did not chase it away. Now that it has found its owner, I do not need to look after it anymore."
"Wait." Zhang Ya got up to leave, but Chen Ge stopped her.
"What's up?"
Looking at the side of Zhang Ya's face, Chen Ge's eyes were filled with confusion and pain. "Have we met before? I remember your name, and I can't forget it no matter what. My past memories are also filled with your figure, but I can't remember the time we spent together. "
If a stranger said that to Zhang Ya on the street, she would have turned and walked away. If the stranger continued to pester her, she would have called the police directly.
But the situation was different. Chen Ge was a patient in a patient's garb, and he did not look like he was faking it. The pain and helplessness that radiated from the bottom of his eyes made one's heart ache.
Zhang Ya stopped moving and studied Chen Ge's face closely. She did not have any impression of him, but she felt that the face that was not particularly handsome was quite pleasing to the eye.
"This should be the first time we've met, right? I'm curious, how did you know my name? "
"I don't remember. The doctor said that I've visited your Haunted House before, so I know your name, but that might not be the case." Chen Ge gripped the rusted railing. "I have a feeling that you are very important to me."
It was a very normal sentence, but when Chen Ge said it, it felt very sincere. The impression he gave was like a clean piece of paper, and Zhang Ya's name was written on it.
Zhang Ya had heard similar words from other people before, but only Chen Ge said it, and it gave her a special feeling.
Her heart started to race, and Zhang Ya hesitated. She turned back to look at the Haunted House before walking back to stand before Chen Ge. "Normally, I remember all the visitors that have visited my Haunted House, but this is really the first time we've met. Could your doctor have made a mistake?"
Chen Ge shook his head. "I can still vaguely remember the scenarios at your Haunted House, Night of the Living Dead, Murder by Midnight, and a high school …"
"Night of the Living Dead and Night of the Living Dead are indeed scenarios at my Haunted House, but the latter few that you mentioned are not at my Haunted House." There was a trace of helplessness on Zhang Ya's face. "Currently, my Haunted House does not have that many visitors. It is already my limit to manage two scenarios at the same time. If I open more scenarios, I won't have enough manpower."
"How many employees do you have at your Haunted House?"
"Three, me and my parents." Zhang Ya was embarrassed. "I'm responsible for distributing flyers and selling tickets, my father acts as a zombie, and my mother is responsible for the Night of the Living Dead. Even though we don't earn much, we live a happy life every day."
There was a deviation in his memory, and Chen Ge's head started to ache again. He could vaguely remember that the boss's parents were not at the Haunted House.
"You're sweating a lot, and your body is shaking. Hey! Do you need me to call the doctor for you? " Zhang Ya saw how pale Chen Ge's face was, and the green veins popped on the surface of his skin. She panicked, thinking that she had said something wrong. "Stay here! I'll go get the doctor for you! "
Zhang Ya prepared to run toward the hospital entrance, but before she took the first step, Chen Ge grabbed her wrist.
"Don't go to them …"
Both of their hands were cold. Zhang Ya was given a fright. Just as she was panicking, the large bruise on Chen Ge's arm started to bleed.
There seemed to be small words hidden inside the blood droplets. The blood droplets gathered to form a drop of fresh blood, and the words formed an incomplete diary.
The drop of blood slid down Chen Ge's arm and landed on Zhang Ya's wrist. Zhang Ya's panicked heart calmed down in that moment.
Looking at her wrist that was being held, she was dazed. She struggled for a few seconds before she pulled her hand away.
"I'm sorry, I hope you can keep this a secret. I don't want the doctor to know that I've seen you."
The pain came at him. Chen Ge did not think too deeply about his past, and he did not trigger any of his old memories, but the pain continued to rush at him like the tide. It was as if the dam that blocked the tide of pain had disappeared, and now he had to bear the endless pain alone.
His arm was shaking. Chen Ge thought he had gotten used to the pain, but now he realized that the pain that he had felt at the beginning was only one-tenth of what it was now.
"Why?"
Unable to stand, Chen Ge collapsed to the ground. The white cat paced around anxiously. Zhang Ya kept saying something to Chen Ge, but Chen Ge could not hear her anymore.
"What have I done? Why is this pain suddenly surging?"
His body felt like it was being torn apart. Chen Ge used the last of his rationality to yell at Zhang Ya and the white cat. "Take that cat away from here. I will come here every morning."
After saying that, Chen Ge immediately turned and ran into the hospital. He used the last of his energy to rush out from the bushes and finally collapsed in the garden.
This time, he fainted from the pain.
…
"So painful! So painful! So painful! "
In the darkness, Chen Ge could hear his own voice echoing. He followed the direction of his voice, and at the deepest part of the darkness, there was a young man hugging a beating heart. He stood with his back to Chen Ge.
The back was very similar to him, and the voice that came out of his mouth was the same as his, but instinct told Chen Ge that the young man was not him.
"Xu Yin?" A name silently appeared in his mind. Chen Ge moved forward in the black wave, but he was pushed further and further away by the darkness.
The young man who had taken his place to bear the endless pain seemed to hear his voice. When Chen Ge was pushed away by the darkness, he turned back to look.
The front of his body was occupied by various curses. The curses pierced into his body like nails, but he seemed to have a great resistance to both curses and pain. The curses could not penetrate his body, they could not harm the beating heart in his arms, and they could not harm Chen Ge, who had been pushed away by the wave of darkness.
His eyes flew open. Chen Ge's expression was ghastly. His hands subconsciously wanted to reach up but he soon realized that his hands were bound.
Slowly recovering his calmness, Chen Ge looked around. He saw the broken window, the tilted bed, and the toppled cupboard.
"Now I finally understand why the doctor fed you two pills." Zuo Han's voice came from the corner of the sickroom. He moved his bed to the furthest place from Chen Ge. "I can't believe I have stayed with such a dangerous patient for two days. Thank you, big brother, for sparing my life."
"I was the one who messed up the sickroom?"
"That's not messing up, you're ruining everything." Zuo Han was as obedient as a pet cat. He sat at the corner and refused to get close to Chen Ge no matter what.
"I remember fainting. My head felt like it was going to explode. Every part of my body hurt, but I can't remember anything else."
"You woke up once when you fainted. That time was completely different from the current you. Both of your eyes were bloodshot, and you dragged a broken leg. You roared like a beast, refusing to let anyone get close to you." Zuo Han was still afraid when he thought about it.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
There was a knock on the sickroom door. Doctor Gao and two workers walked in.
When they saw Chen Ge wake up, they all sighed in relief.
The two workers were still afraid. Only Doctor Gao voluntarily walked towards Chen Ge. "Why did you faint in the garden this morning? Did other patients agitate you? "
"I was suddenly reminded of something from the past. The more I thought about it, the more I lost control. In the end, I fainted from the pain." Chen Ge was basically telling the truth.
"A few days ago, your condition just stabilized. It shouldn't have relapsed so soon. Did the medicine lose its effect?" Doctor Gao took out the pill bottle, and this time, he poured out three pills. "After taking the pills, you should take a good rest. I will go and discuss your condition with the other doctors."
"Doctor Gao, has my condition worsened?"
"Your condition has improved, but your second persona has become more and more agitated. Perhaps he can feel that you're slowly being cured, so he has become even crazier." Doctor Gao analyzed.
"Why would my second persona go berserk when I'm cured?"
"If you're completely cured, it means that he will disappear." Doctor Gao said sincerely, "Your second persona is made up of your negative emotions and various dark sides. Selfishness, gloom, cruelty, and tyranny. He will not disappear willingly. If that happens, he will try his best to destroy you as well."
"My second persona will destroy me?"
"You should be able to sense the danger he poses. You're normal, but he's abnormal. Do not be influenced by the personality that only knows how to destroy."
Seeing that Chen Ge had swallowed the three pills, Doctor Gao gave the worker a few more instructions before he left.
The two workers stood inside the room. They cleaned the room, replaced the window glass, and only left in the afternoon.
"Chen Ge?" Zuo Han gathered his courage to approach Chen Ge. He shook Chen Ge's shoulders lightly. When he realized Chen Ge's eyes were wide open, he was shocked. "You're not asleep!"
"What's wrong?"
"Have you taken all three pills?" Zuo Han kindly reminded him, "The hospital's white medicine can eliminate pain and slow down your thinking, but at the same time, it will make you slowly lose yourself. If you overdose, you'll turn into a puppet that only knows how to smile. "
"Puppet?"
"You'll become a living puppet. You'll be at the mercy of others. Even though you can't feel pain, you'll never be able to feel happiness. It will destroy everything about you." Zuo Han was a forensic doctor, so he seemed to know this kind of medicine very well.
"Is this medicine that scary?" Chen Ge's head moved slightly to reveal the pills hidden under the pillow.
"You haven't taken them?"
"My hands are tied. Help me grind these three pills into powder. Don't let anyone find out."
"Okay." Zuo Han nodded subconsciously. He noticed that Chen Ge's tone was different from before. He sounded calmer. "By the way, Chen Ge, there's something I need to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Earlier, Doctor Gao said that your second persona only knows how to destroy and that it is made up of negative emotions and darkness. Actually, he was lying to you." Zuo Han pointed out the key point. "When you went crazy inside the sickroom, I was right next to you. You wanted to destroy everything inside the sickroom, attacking the workers and patients that you saw, but you didn't harm me!"
Zuo Han's words attracted Chen Ge's interest. "Continue."
"Your second persona seems to know me! We knew each other before we entered the hospital! " Zuo Han kept his voice low, but Chen Ge could hear the agitation in his voice. "If that's the case, then it explains why I feel like the whole world is trying to harm me, but you're the only exception! At the same time, this proves that our memory has indeed been tampered with! "
Zuo Han was very sharp, and he got to the key point immediately. "We are each other's proof! Your past memory shouldn't be fake, but the things that the doctor told you are fake. "
He spoke very fast. Zuo Han knew that if Chen Ge thought too deeply about it, his head would start to hurt. Before Chen Ge fainted from the pain, he finished his thought in one breath. "Back to the most fundamental question, the doctor said that you became sick because of the death of your parents, but have you ever considered that perhaps your parents are not dead and that they are still somewhere in this city?"
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