One hour after Doctor Sun left, Doctor Gao and Xu Wan walked into the room together.
They had a good chat with Chen Ge and then Xu Wan led Chen Ge to the patient's storage room.
Opening the door of the storage room, Chen Ge stood before his own cupboard. He looked carefully for the wedding ring that Doctor Sun mentioned but he did not find anything.
"This is all you have. You can change your clothes here, I will go out and wait for you." Xu Wan said that she was going to leave but she did not move. She hesitated for a long time before she suddenly passed a piece of paper to Chen Ge. "This is my phone number and social media account. After you leave this room, if your condition worsens, you can contact me at any time."
"Okay."
Seeing Chen Ge accept the piece of paper, Xu Wan then left.
Closing the door of the storage room, Chen Ge started to change his clothes.
He found a black phone with a cracked screen inside his shirt pocket. Probably due to the lack of battery, the phone could not be turned on.
Other than that, there was his identification, proof of recovery and a thick file inside the cupboard. It recorded his daily medication and physical reaction. The date of treatment started one and a half years ago.
He even found a bill at the very back of the file. The one and a half years of treatment had used up all the savings left behind by his parents.
"Why is there no wedding ring?"
Chen Ge looked through it again and suddenly remembered that Xiao Sun had told him to take a look at Cupboard 29 that morning.
Moving his eyes around, Chen Ge found Cupboard 29 under his own cupboard.
The cupboard door was not locked. Inside it were the belongings of a female patient, her patient's record and urn.
"It can't be inside the urn, right? This place is too well hidden. "
Chen Ge opened the urn and rummaged through it. Finally, he found the ring. He silently placed the ring inside his pocket and then returned everything back to normal.
"This ring is probably some kind of keepsake. Now is not the time. I will study it after I leave the hospital."
Going through the procedures to leave the hospital was very troublesome. Chen Ge wasted a whole day doing it.
While running to the various windows to complete the procedures, Chen Ge once again had that feeling of being in a trance. Everything was too real.
He was just an insignificant person in this world, not that this was his world.
As the sun set, Chen Ge carried his bag and walked out of the hospital.
He looked back at the huge building complex behind him and vaguely felt that someone was standing behind the window and looking at him.
"I will probably return to this hospital, but I will not be using the identity of a patient anymore."
Crossing the road, Chen Ge came to the theme park opposite the hospital. "It's already too late today. Tomorrow, I'll go take a look at the Haunted House at this theme park."
The Haunted House was Chen Ge's obsession, and he was curious why there were so many things related to the Haunted House in his memory.
"I only have a few dozen yuan in my pocket. I need to find a place to spend the night." Chen Ge sat on the curb and flipped through the documents that he had brought out from the storage room. They contained information about him and his parents. "My home is in Western Xin Hai?"
Chen Ge had no recollection of that at all. He looked at the key inside the document and stared at it for a long time. "This is the key to my home?"
The location of his home was recorded in the document. Before the sky darkened, Chen Ge hailed a cab and returned to his home.
When he was paying the fare, the driver gave Chen Ge a strange look. After all, it was rare to see a limping person like Chen Ge who was carrying so many things on his back.
"Do you need me to help you carry your stuff upstairs?" The driver asked out of kindness.
Chen Ge shook his head to reject the driver's kindness. "It's fine, I can do it myself."
Seeing the taxi leave, that familiar feeling appeared in Chen Ge's heart again. It felt like he was often looked at by taxi drivers with this strange gaze.
"Such a kind person." Chen Ge carried his stuff and entered the residential area.
He had no recollection of this place at all. He only followed the instructions on the document and slowly found his own house number.
"Building 3, Unit 3, 303 …"
Using the key to open the door, Chen Ge looked at the rather luxurious furniture inside the house. He shook his head lightly. "This does not feel like home at all. This does not feel like my home at all."
After a simple cleaning of the house, Chen Ge did not have dinner. He hugged his bag and lay in bed.
Night fell. Chen Ge did not switch on the light. He blended in with the darkness and looked at the city that was far away through the window.
"There are very few things about my parents in this house. The few pictures that I have do not show anything unusual, and I cannot use them to find any clues." Chen Ge turned the whole house upside down, but he did not find anything useful. His only hope now was the black phone with the broken screen.
Turning back to look at the phone that was charging, Chen Ge noticed that the phone appeared to be broken. It could not be charged and it could not be switched on.
"Doctor Sun said that the treatment has just started but I have already left the hospital. Is this not the end of the treatment?" Chen Ge went through everything that he had experienced at the hospital. He came up with a plan for himself. "Tomorrow, I will go visit my parents first and then I will go for the interview at the Haunted House. To survive in this city, I need a job. That Haunted House is very suitable for me."
Drowsiness washed over him and Chen Ge fell asleep without knowing it.
The next morning at around 8 am, Chen Ge contacted the police officer who was responsible for his parents' case based on the information on his file — Lee Sanbao.
This old police officer was very kind. After he found out about Chen Ge's situation, he personally led Chen Ge to visit his parents.
"Your parents left very suddenly. At the time, you were in a coma and your mind was not clear. I had no choice but to contact your parents' friend and ask him to come and help you and your parents." Lee Sanbao led Chen Ge to the graveyard at the countryside of Xin Hai. He placed a bouquet of flowers before the tombstone.
Looking at the picture on the tombstone, Chen Ge slowly squatted down. His energy was sucked out of his body and he collapsed to the ground.
Lee Sanbao sighed softly and walked away.
Several minutes later, Chen Ge stood up from the ground. His expression returned to normal. "Uncle Sanbao, who is the friend who helped me after the accident at my home? I wish to go and thank him in person. "
"His name is Luo Jin. He is your parents' best friend and he is a famous real estate developer in Xin Hai."
"Luo Jin?"
"Yes, I will give you his number."
Lee Sanbao saw that Chen Ge's mental state was very stable and he completely relaxed. After leaving Luo Jin and his number, he left the graveyard.
"The people in this city appear to be all good people."
Chen Ge's own black phone could not be used. He placed the paper with the number in his pocket and took the bus to Xin Hai Theme Park.
His legs had not fully recovered but Chen Ge could not wait any longer.
He used the change that he found at home to buy the park tickets. He walked past the various attractions and headed towards the Haunted House at the western side of the theme park.
The further he walked to the west, the fewer the visitors. Slowly, the laughter and chatter of the visitors disappeared from Chen Ge's ears. He was the only person left on the road that he was walking.
Stopping next to the sign at the theme park, Chen Ge looked at the Haunted House that was built at the end of the road.
A woman in a red dress stood at the entrance of the Haunted House. She was holding a thick stack of flyers and she was playing with a large white cat.
The familiar setting, the familiar people, the familiar cat, Chen Ge felt like this was his home.
He walked out from the side of the sign. When he was about ten meters away from the Haunted House, the large white cat already saw him.
The white cat instantly struggled free from the woman's hand and charged at Chen Ge.
"I was forced to leave you behind last time." Chen Ge picked up the white cat and rubbed its head. "The happiest time at the hospital was when I was rubbing your head."
"Chen Ge? You've been discharged from the hospital? "The woman in red also saw Chen Ge. She jogged all the way to Chen Ge's side.
"Yes, I have fully recovered from my illness." Chen Ge took out the doctor's certificate from the backpack that he carried with him. He appeared rather shy before the woman in red like he rarely talked to girls.
"Congratulations." The woman in red also felt happy for Chen Ge from the bottom of her heart. But moments later, she turned to look at the white cat with some reluctance. "I have fed this big cat for so long but once it saw you, it immediately shook my hand off."
"Probably because it has not seen me for so long."
"Are you here to pick up this cat?" The woman in red reached out to touch the white cat in Chen Ge's arms. "You're right. Now that you've been discharged, it's time for you to take it home. In the future, don't leave it alone at home anymore. Cats can be lonely."
"I am not here to pick it up." After Chen Ge said that, both the white cat and the woman in red turned to look at him.
"Then why are you here?"
"I am here to apply for a job." Chen Ge put down the white cat and a warm smile appeared on his face.
"Apply for a job?" The woman in red and the white cat were dumbfounded. "Why so sudden?"
"Yes, before the car accident, I was working at a Haunted House, so I have a lot of experience. I believe that with my participation, we will be able to change the status quo of our Haunted House. I am confident that we will become the most famous Haunted House in Xin Hai. "Chen Ge carried his backpack and said confidently.
"I do not mind, but the problem is …" The woman in red smiled bitterly. "I do not wish to lie to you. Currently, my family's Haunted House is struggling to make ends meet. In other words, we are running on borrowed money. If we hire another employee …"
"Can you bring me in for a tour?" Chen Ge very naturally walked to the woman's side. "I have bought a pass to the theme park."
"Okay." The woman in red pulled back the fence and pulled back the thick curtain. She led Chen Ge into the Haunted House.
Using his hands to touch the wall, his fingertips touched the props in the corner. Chen Ge felt his whole body relax. He was familiar with all of this, it was like something that had seeped into his bones.
"Currently, our Haunted House only has two scenarios open. One is Night of the Living Dead, and the other is Night of the Dead. Which one do you want to visit?"
"Let's start with Night of the Living Dead." Without needing the woman to lead the way, Chen Ge pushed open the door and walked in.
Night of the Living Dead was the Haunted House's preserved scenario, and it was also the first scenario to be abandoned.
Looking at the old set and the broken props in the room, Chen Ge picked up the plastic head from the ground and hugged it in his arms.
"I've been here before. The props here feel like they were created by me and my family. They are like my children."
Hugging the plastic head, Chen Ge sank into his memory. He did not realize that there was a zombie looking at him speechlessly from afar.
"Did my parents bring me here? How come this place feels like my home? "
Even if the brain had forgotten the past, the body would still remember the past. This should be the feeling that was etched into one's bones.
Walking down the path that was covered in blood and human organs, touching the dead bodies hanging upside down on the roof, smelling the faded scent of red paint in the house, Chen Ge arrived at the first scare point.
Other than the mannequins, there was an actor among the dead bodies. After triggering the trap, the actor would come back to life and start to chase after the visitors.
Chen Ge stopped before the pile of dead bodies. He avoided the trap, and his heart seemed to be anticipating something.
"In my memory, when I was young, I used to play hide and seek here. My father was hiding among the dead bodies, and he even shamelessly dressed up as a zombie."
Pushing away the dead bodies, when Chen Ge saw the zombie in the middle of the pile who was facing away from him, he raised his hand involuntarily. His mouth moved before his brain, and he called softly, "Dad?"
Everything before him overlapped with that blurry memory, and he wanted to reach out to grab the man.
But to his surprise, the zombie started to run without turning back. The complicated path, the dense traps, but be it the zombie or Chen Ge, they seemed to know this scenario like the back of their hands.
Chen Ge followed closely behind the zombie like he was not going to let it get away this time.
The dark and bloody path widened, and light appeared before his eyes. Chen Ge and the zombie ran out of the scenario together.
"Dad? Why did you come out? " The woman in red was worried about Chen Ge while holding the flyer. Once she lifted her head, she saw her father run out of the Haunted House in the zombie costume.
"That man is more familiar with the traps than I am! I did not find the chance to stop! " A middle-aged man's voice came from under the costume. Probably because he was running too fast, he coughed several times after he said that.
Just as the middle-aged man finished, Chen Ge, who was hugging the human head, also ran out.
When he heard the middle-aged man's voice, the light in his eyes dimmed. He knew that the person inside the costume was not his father.
"Chen Ge, why did you take the head out as well?" The woman in red hurried over to take the human head from Chen Ge's hands. "You're not scared, are you?"
She looked at Chen Ge who stopped at the entrance of the Haunted House. At that moment, Chen Ge's eyes were hazy and hazy. "You don't look like you've just visited a Haunted House. Why are you crying?"
"Zhang Ya, is he your friend?" The middle-aged man removed the zombie costume and gasped for air. "There is something wrong with this kid. Once he entered the door, he picked up the human head and carried it all the way."
"Chen Ge, he …"
Zhang Ya was still trying to come up with an excuse for Chen Ge when Chen Ge voluntarily walked to stand before the middle-aged man. "Uncle, I'm here to apply for a job."
"Uncle? Apply for a job? " The middle-aged man hugged the zombie costume, and his eyes moved between Chen Ge and Zhang Ya. "Let me gather my thoughts first."
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