Chapter 458: Chapter 458

“Another nurse?” The nurse frowned. She saw the IV drip above the patient and barely reacted. Jiang Cheng didn’t give her the time. He invited her out and closed the door. When he turned around, Jiang Cheng’s expression shifted. He hurried to Lee Kaifeng. The rest also understood something was wrong. Wang Changguo dropped the cigarette on the floor. He didn’t even stomp it out and strode over. Lee Kaifeng looked peaceful with her eyes closed.

Jiang Cheng checked the IV drip. The liquid in the pipe flowed slowly. One drop appeared after seven seconds. It felt like something was purposely stopping the flow of the medicine. Jiang Cheng reached out to touch Lee Kaifeng’s neck. He pulled back a few seconds later. The way he looked at Lee Kaifeng changed.

As he expected… She was dead.

Weiwei reached out her trembling hand to check Lee Kaifeng’s breath. Then, she staggered back. Fear dominated her face. “How… can this happen?” Weiwei gasped, “She was… Half an hour ago…”

“Something was wrong with the nurse who came,” Lin Wan ‘Er said. Things were clear. Someone disguised as the nurse injected an unknown liquid into the sick Lee Kaifeng. Then, the thing took her life.

“When did the nurse arrive?” Jiang Cheng turned to Wang Changguo.

“About… Half an hour ago.” Wang Changguo panicked. When the nurse arrived, he was smoking peacefully. Who would have thought she would be there to kill?! Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel-fire.ɴet

Jiang Cheng calculated it. Half an hour ago, two groups left. Clearly, the nurse was waiting for the chance.

“How did the nurse look?” Jiang Cheng asked again. “Can you recognise her if you see her again?”

Weiwei just calmed down. “I don’t know.” She shook her head. “The nurse wore a mask and had on a ship-shaped cap. They blocked most of her face. Plus… My attention was on Lee Kaifeng… I didn’t think…”

Jiang Cheng knew she wanted to say that she didn’t know the nurse would be suspicious. Lee Kaifeng died before their eyes. The two witnesses couldn’t be sure about the killer’s gender. Compared to Lee Kaifeng’s death, Jiang Cheng was more concerned about the killer’s identity. Was the nurse a human or a ghost? It was fine if she were a ghost. But if she weren’t… things would become a lot more complicated. That would mean other than Director Qi, who was totally against the ghost, there was another party helping them. They knew that Director Qi had hired the travellers, so they decided to kill.

The most pressing task was to determine the hospital’s history. And the identity of the ghost.

“Let’s go.” Jiang Cheng turned to Weiwei, who was still looking at Lee Kaifeng, “We can’t wait anymore. We’ll go to find clues.”

Du Feng swallowed and then asked Jiang Cheng, “What about her?” He meant Lee Kaifeng’s corpse.

Jiang Cheng wanted to say that once they returned, the corpse would disappear, but that would expose his identity. Thankfully, Kui Yi’s group returned at that moment. Once they opened the door, their expressions dropped.

It turned out that Kui Yi’s group bumped into the nurse with the tray. The cautious Yu Yu saw the room number attached to the white bandage on the tray. They blocked the nurse. After a quick communication, Kui Yi also realised the issue. They hurried back. After some considerations, Kui Yi made the same decision as Jiang Cheng. He told everyone to split up. While one group explored the hospital, the other group needed to get more information outside the hospital. They glanced out the window. The sky was dark. It looked like rain was coming.

“Director Qi is highly suspicious. We shouldn’t believe him.” Kui Yi turned to Jiang Cheng, “Mr Jiang, I wish to leave the hospital to gather information. It could be dangerous. You…”

“I’m not going,” Jiang Cheng denied him firmly. Then, he acted helplessly. “I’m scared. I still have a family at home. I…”

“I’ll go with you,” Cao Yang volunteered.

Kui Yi nodded when he saw how large Cao Yang was. “Okay. It’s decided then. Cao Yang and I will check the nearby shops and restaurants. You’ll stay here at the hospital.” They could see a row of shop lots outside the window. The shops were rather quaint. Many signs were drawn with paint. They were smaller and traditional shops. Kui Yi checked the clock on the wall. “We’ll gather back here in two hours.”

“What about her?” Yu Yu said worriedly, “Are we just going to leave her here?” Murder was not a small issue. If the hospital were to discover this, it could pose a significant problem. Kui Yi was surprisingly unfazed. He wrapped Lee Kaifeng’s corpse with cloth and, with Jiang Cheng’s help, shoved it inside the dresser. If no one opened the dresser, the corpse wouldn’t be found.

Kui Yi explained that this world was different from the real world. Once left alone, the corpse would soon disappear. “Don’t ask me why.” Kui Yi sighed as he looked around helplessly. “Because I also don’t know the reason.”

After they separated, Kui Yi left the hospital with Cao Yang. Before it rained, they planned to ask the nearby shops about the hospital.

The rest moved to the fourth floor. From far away, Jiang Cheng saw a familiar back. It was inside a small room isolated by a glass door. It was the nurse from before. The wall had the sign, nurse’s station.

“You can wander around, but don’t go too far. We’ll gather back here in an hour.” Jiang Cheng told the rest before escaping to the nurse's station.

“Has… Mr Jiang always been ?” Yu Yu whispered.

They had just arrived in this world, and a teammate died mysteriously. Jiang Cheng was still so active. Yu Yu couldn’t understand it.

Jiang Cheng knocked on the glass door twice.

The nurse heard the sound and turned around. She saw Jiang Cheng’s face that was stuck to the glass.