"Is two Red Specters a lot?" Chen Ge did not even raise his head and continued to eat.
Hearing that, Doctor Chen was stumped. He was reminded of the rumors he had heard about Chen Ge, and he shook his head with a bitter smile. "That's already scary enough for me."
"Doctor Chen, I have something else to do later. I'm here today to ask you some questions, and I hope you'll answer them honestly on account of the fact that I've saved your life." Chen Ge put down the lunchbox and took a sip of water. His action and expression did not match what he was about to say. "You once told me at the underground morgue that your surname is not Chen. You were asked by someone to use this surname to do something in Western Jiujiang."
"I've told you that before?" Doctor Chen hesitated but did not deny it. "Yes."
"Who is that person? Why did you use the surname Chen? Why did he ask you to come to Western Jiujiang? "
Chen Ge asked three questions in a row. After some thought, Doctor Chen gave Chen Ge an answer. "I know the old director at the rehabilitation center, and I used to work there. When the door at the Third Sick Hall first appeared, the old director communicated with me. Later, I personally went to the door to investigate and even entered the world behind the door."
Doctor Chen lowered his head to think. "I should be the first person other than Meng Nan to enter the world behind the door. I saw many strange things there; it was like a nightmare. I only told this secret to two people, the old director and my best friend, Dr. Gao.
"The three of us initially decided to seal the door with cement, but we realized that the effect was not good. The door would still appear, and the blood would seep through the walls, and it would start to spread at night.
"Perhaps because I've entered the world behind the door, I feel like I'm being haunted by something. After midnight, there would be fingers scratching at my bed. There was no one in the bathroom, but when I looked through the half-open bathroom door, I saw a shadow standing in the mirror. It was facing my bed like it was trying to walk out from the mirror.
"I am a psychologist. When these things appear, the first thing I do is to examine myself and make sure that these things are not my own hallucinations."
"There have been cases of psychiatrists ending up in a mental hospital before, so I initially thought there was something wrong with me."
"But then something happened that completely changed my mind."
"On the third night after coming out from behind the blood door, I saw a man standing outside the window. His head was facing my bed."
"I live on the third floor. The second floor does not have an anti-theft net, and the air conditioner is not in this position. I have eliminated all possibilities, and the final conclusion is that the man is at least three meters tall."
"The man looked at me for a long time before he entered the house on the second floor.
"I immediately called the police, but the police did not find the suspicious man on the second floor. Amidst the complaints of the neighbors on the second floor, I was taken away by the police for questioning."
"The next morning, I heard from the police station that my neighbor on the second floor had committed suicide."
"The victim died in a very strange way. His shoulders were sunken in, and his expression was terrified. He must have been frightened before he died."
"I suspected that the death of my neighbor was related to the man I saw last night. I explained everything to the police, but the officer on duty told me to go see a psychologist."
"I remember very clearly that I showed him my certificate as a psychiatrist."
"Some things were hard to explain, and the police did not believe me at all. However, there was a seemingly cheerful man in the room who was very interested in what I had to say. Initially, I thought he was also a police officer, so I explained everything to him. In the end, I found out that the man had just received public security education for making a fake police report, speeding, and pretending to be a police officer. He was only released today. "
Doctor Chen sounded helpless. "I did not dare go home, so I tried my best to stay at the police station for a few more days. It was not until the hospital where I worked started to spread rumors that I had gone mad that I had to leave the police station.
"After I reached home, the man's figure kept appearing in my mind. I was afraid that I would become the next victim, so I moved to the most prosperous hotel in the city."
"This continued for a month. The man did not appear again, and my life returned to normal."
"Staying at the hotel was not a solution. I planned to sell my old home and buy a new one at a more prosperous part of the city."
"Actually, I had this plan for a long time. After the down payment, I contacted a moving company in Eastern Jiujiang and planned to move some of the more expensive stuff during the day.
"The new house was on the fifteenth floor, and I purposely chose the top floor.
"After all the furniture was moved, it was already evening. I treated the movers to a meal and drank a few glasses of wine myself. I prepared to move into the new home and start a new life."
At this point, Doctor Chen paused. "When I reached the new home, I lay on the familiar bed and soon fell asleep.
"It was around midnight when I felt my body getting cold. I pulled the blanket closer, and when I opened my eyes to look, I saw a man standing in the room.
"I woke up instantly. I looked closer, and the man standing in the room was the monster that I had seen before!
He was about three meters tall, and his upper body was upright while his lower body was slowly crawling out from under the bed. There was a strange smile on his face, and he said, 'I've been waiting for you.'
"I really didn't expect the monster to be hiding under my bed. I ran out like crazy.
I didn't even bother to put on my shoes. I rushed out the door.
"I didn't dare turn back. I ran into the corridor and screamed for help, but no one answered me.
My shoulders became heavier and heavier. The monster seemed to be standing on top of my shoulders.
Laughter came from above me, and my vision started to blur. The corridor felt like it was twisting, and I felt like I could fall at any moment.
"Resisting the discomfort, I reached the staircase. Just as my five senses were about to be taken away, the sound of a lighter entered my ears.
"The steel wheel rubbed against the flint, and a flickering flame appeared in my sight. I saw a man leaning against the staircase, lighting himself a cigarette.
"The man looked familiar. I looked closer, and it was the man that I met at the police station for speeding and impersonating a police officer.
The cigarette in his hand burned slowly, and as the ash fell, the begging came from my shoulder.
"After the cigarette burns out, the monster on my shoulder also completely disappears."
"It was he who saved me. That night, we talked a lot. He told me that there was another side to this world. He taught me how to close the door to the Third Sick Hall, and it was he who asked me to do something for him in Western Jiujiang with the surname Chen."
At this point, Doctor Chen took a sip of water. He looked at Chen Ge silently and said the last sentence, "The man looks like you, and the thing that he asked me to do is related to you as well."
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