The Urban Legends of Monsters: Shadow and Shadow (2)

Less than seven days.

Zhou Ying muttered to himself. This formation that Liu Di and Huo'er spent a lot of effort building, it only took so long.

As the monster turned to ashes, the entire formation had lost its effectiveness and turned into a few talismans that fell from the wall.

Zhou Ying was at a loss as he stood in the middle of the room. Although he knew this moment would come, he didn't expect it to happen so soon. Liu Di had more enemies than he imagined, and he only came to the conclusion that, like all doting parents, he refused to accept the fact that his own children caused the trouble.

When the northern wind blew away the ash in front of him, Nan Yu walked in.

These days, she never once came to urge Zhou Ying, because she knew that as long as there was a possibility to stay, Zhou Ying would definitely want to stay in her own home. But the barrier used to protect him is gone now, and Nan Yu has to take his own responsibility - also a promise to Huo'er and Gui'er: protect Zhou Ying until they come back.

"Let's go, I have surgery in the afternoon." Nan Yu said to Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying nodded.

He stood in front of Huo'er's pile of toys for a moment, then turned into a black mist and disappeared into the shadow at Nan Yu's feet.

"Zhou Ying, I'm so sorry to ask you to follow me to the hospital, but I really can't leave my work." Nan Yu said as he walked quickly in the hospital corridor. If anyone saw her talking to the shadow under their feet, they would be surprised to think that her brain was abnormal.

Zhou Ying swayed in her shadow, without making a sound. Although he is now stronger than the average Shadow Phantom, but without the entity, even the weakest monster can hurt him, so Nan Yu made him hide in his shadow. Not only can Nan Yu help him deal with troubles, but the fire nature of the Millennium Zombie can also help Zhou Ying improve the quality of his cultivation. In this way, Zhou Ying doesn't have to consider any external factors, as long as he concentrates on his cultivation. So whether it was in the hospital or somewhere else, he didn't care at all.

Now Zhou Ying often recalls the time when he just became a monster and wandered in the forest with Huo'er. At that time, he was even weaker than now, but he didn't know he was afraid of anything. Even if he met a powerful monster, what he and Huo'er were thinking about was whether they could eat something they had never seen before. taste good or not? Instead of the current opponent, is it powerful? Can you beat yourself? Maybe you have changed? I just don't know if it has become more human?

"Zhou Ying..."

"Hmm."

"I believe Huo'er and Rose will be back soon."

"Hmm."

Su He knew what was secretly nurturing in this city, and would burst out at any time.

The people on the street are still bustling with life every day, living at their own pace. They are dull creatures who never know what's going on in their city. But no matter how much stronger the monsters are than humans, they are still just a group of passers-by living in their homes, humans...

Su He is now standing at the gate of the municipal hospital, and the people who come and go here are performing the most real life, old age, sickness and death of human beings. Looking at them, Su He can hardly control all kinds of fate, life and so on. thoughts popped out of his mind. He shook his head to drive these thoughts away. He didn't come here to express his emotions to humans.

He moved around the tree where he was hiding, assumed a more comfortable position, and continued to stare at the hospital.

After several days of investigation and analysis, he can already confirm that Zhou Ying is hiding beside Nan Yu. Zhou Ying must know very well that Huo'er and Liu Di have countless enemies, and these enemies will unceremoniously target him to vent their hatred when he loses most of his mana. So just a few days after Liu Di and Huo'er left the city, Zhou Ying disappeared from his residence. During this period, several monsters who claimed to seek revenge on him disappeared, and no one would care about their whereabouts or fate. .

The monsters in Lixin City speculate that Zhou Ying has three places to go after he leaves home.

First, the fantasy world of Meng Shu. That space was created by Meng Shu, an independent existence isolated from the world, and Meng Shu, a ten thousand-year-old demon, sat in the town. Even if those enemies had a hundred heads, they would not dare to go there to hunt him down. But Meng Shu's temperament is eccentric, and Zhou Ying's temper is also different. It's hard to say whether he will be willing to go to Meng Shu, and whether Meng Shu will accept him or not.

Second, the Monk Temple of Monk Muyu. Monk Muyu and Liu Di are close friends. If Liu Di has anything to say before leaving, he will definitely accept and protect Zhou Ying. The strength of this old monk is unfathomable, and his two apprentices are not vegetarians (Monk Stone: Lao Na and Senior Brother Futuan are indeed vegetarians, only the master has reached the realm where wine and meat pass through the intestines, and Buddha sits in his heart. ), the monsters do not want to provoke anyone, it is an excellent refuge. However, Zhou Ying has cultivated a Taoist technique, so he hides in the monk's temple, I don't know if he can bear it.

Third, around Nan Yu. Although Nan Yu is indifferent by nature and reclusive, the monsters in Lixin City have experienced her power many times in recent years, especially when she entered "her" hospital without knowing it, trying to heal the weak human beings who were sick. The monsters who got something good on her, the consequences of being dealt with by her are so terrifying that the monsters will have nightmares when they think of them. The relationship between Zhou Ying and her is somewhat unclear. At this time, the possibility that he will hide with Nan Yu is the greatest.

After a lot of hard work, Su He also confirmed this - Zhou Ying definitely followed Nan Yu into the hospital. However, Nan Yu's commute time is normal. Su He observed for a long time, but he never saw Zhou Ying leave with her. Could it be that he stayed in the hospital after Nan Yu left? Impossible, isn't that waiting to be the target of the enemies? Or did Nan Yu take him out in some way? Or is this a trap they set up for the enemies who are trying to beat him?

Su He pondered over and over again in his mind, and finally came to a conclusion, or wait and see.

At the same time, at the back of the hospital, opposite Su He's observation angle, Jimo was sitting on the roof of a building, also observing the movement in the hospital.

Just now he saw Nan Yu passing through the courtyard from the outpatient department to the inpatient department, but her side was empty, and there was nothing unusual even in the shadows. Isn't it just that Zhou Ying didn't go home with her from get off work, she was there Zhou Ying didn't follow her when she was in the hospital? Or was his initial analysis wrong, Zhou Ying didn't hide by Nan Yu's side at all? No, the source that Zhou Ying followed Nan Yu into the hospital was absolutely reliable, and he had been staying near the hospital for several days, so it was certain that Zhou Ying had never come out. Is this a trap? Or what method did Nan Yu use to hide Zhou Ying somewhere?

Now to find out Zhou Ying, the best way is of course to take advantage of Nan Yu to leave the hospital after get off work and enter the hospital to search slowly, but...Ji Mo looked at a man disguised as a human who was poking his head into the crowd to see a doctor The little monster: "It's the most stupid way, Nan Yu will not even prepare so much?"

The little monster lingered in the outpatient hall for a long time before heading towards the hospital. It could be seen that he was reluctant. He was probably forced by other powerful monsters to ask for news. This is a smart way, even if he is caught by Nan Yu, because he is forced to helpless, and his strength is low, Nan Yu should not kill him, if he is lucky not to be found, then more or less will be a little bit Harvest?

Jimo was very concerned about the fate of this little monster, so he adjusted his vision range and stared at him in particular. But what disappointed Jimo happened. Within ten minutes, the little monster was taken out of the hospital, and the other party was not Nan Yu, but Guan Guan Luotian, who was an idol star, a profession that monsters can hardly understand.

"Why did you steal something from my manager?" Luo Tian had a vicious look on his face.

"I, I, I..." The little monster stammered in fright and could not even speak. Luo Tian is a carnivorous monster. When he looked at a little monster with murderous intent and appetite in his eyes, his aura was quite terrifying, "I didn't steal..."

"Then what are you holding in your hand?" Luo Tian turned his wrist abruptly, and the little monster was holding a black wallet in his hand. Because he was so frightened, he pinched the wallet out of shape.

Ji Mo sneered, a gushing wants to give a little monster a hint, let the other party do something, and then use this as an excuse to clean up the other party's words, it's really not difficult. It seems that although Zhou Ying's situation is not good, it is not a "friend" who has not come forward to help him. However, it is estimated that in order to reduce their own danger, most of them will choose to go around in circles and find other reasons to act like Luo Tian.

Sure enough, Luo Tian was aggressive towards the little monster, unexpectedly and rationally letting him go, then turned around and walked back to the hospital.

Jimo watched the little monster stagger away at the entrance of the hospital, sneered, and continued to stare at the courtyard of the hospital.

Nan Yu's office is always full of people. When Zhou Ying, who was in Nan Yu's shadow, stopped practicing, she quietly listened to her conversations with people.

The hospital has the most patients, and Nan Yu, the doctor, has the most contact with patients, so after a few days, Zhou Ying heard the most about the worries and fears of human beings about their physical condition. The word "death," which has always been avoided on other occasions, has become a common topic here. Regardless of fear or not, this word will always come to certain patients, and the fact that it was calmly spit out from Nan Yu's mouth also had a cruel taste.

"This is the result of the patient's examination. Because the situation is not very good, we did not inform the patient himself, but first informed the family. There is no treatment for this disease in the world, and the only way to prolong life is to Surgery, but the success rate of surgery is only about 70%, and the longest survival time after successful surgery is no more than two years."

"No! It's not true! Doctor, you must be mistaken, my daughter is only seventeen years old this year, and she can't have such a terminal illness! You must be mistaken!"

"This is the diagnosis result. If you have any doubts, I suggest you go to a large hospital in Beijing for further confirmation."

"...Yes, the medical equipment we have here is already the best in China, and some medicines for patients are also imported from abroad, the best and most expensive of the same kind, but the patient's own condition..."

"As long as the doctor can save him, we are not afraid of spending money, and we will save him even if we lose our family! Doctor, I beg you! Save him, my child and I cannot live without him..."

"As a doctor, it is our duty to treat every patient as best we can, but the patient's condition is very bad. We still hope that the family members will be mentally prepared."

"Why is this happening, you have already cost our family so much money, why can't you cure her, you quack doctors! You killed my wife!"

"Sir, please calm down. Your wife is suffering from cancer. It was already in the late stage when it was discovered. We have tried our best to save it."

"You clearly said at the beginning that she could live at least two or three years, you liars!"

"Sir, please calm down, you will affect other patients."

"Listen, everyone in this hospital has been a liar all his life, don't treat it here, they all put my wife to death, everyone don't treat it here..."

"He wants to make trouble, call the security guard!"

Zhou Ying stood in front of the window watching the man crying and being dragged away by the security guard, and shook his head in confusion.

After watching the man disappear into the corridor, Nan Yu sat down to treat another patient. No matter what kind of patient she faces, her attitude is always cold, and no matter what kind of diagnosis she makes, her expression is always silent. Zhou Ying was not used to such Nan Yu at all. In Zhou Ying's mind, Nan Yu is a person who loves human beings very much, so he chose to be a doctor. Zhou Ying did not know that she would face the life and death of human beings with such an attitude. He stood by and watched her diagnosis and treatment for a moment, then quietly slid out the door along the dark corner of the wall.

Nan Yu looked at his back and sighed softly,

Zhou Ying watched the hospital seriously for the first time. He had been here many times before, but now he realized that he had never seen everything here properly.

Maybe it's because he's just a shadow now, but he can see more things that he usually can't see. Zhou Ying wandered around the hospital at will, looking at this place where the joys and sorrows of the world seemed to be concentrated here, and unknowingly, he was getting farther and farther from Nan Yu's office.

"Hey..." A person waiting in line for registration pretended to be looking at his mobile phone and whispered to Zhou Ying who was hiding in the shadow of the counter, "What are you doing here? Let me tell you, in this hospital You have to be careful in everything here, there is a very powerful guy here, if you are not careful, you will be eaten." His eyes stared nervously, and he completely regarded Zhou Ying as a rash person who came to this hospital to find cheap food. Weak monster. Seriously, live in Lixin City but don't know about the rumors of zombies in the hospital? I am so close to him, I don't know if I will be affected by the pond fish.

Now Zhou Ying can't tell the prototype of this monster in human form, but he really wants to explain to the other party that Nan Yu doesn't eat other monsters. But when he approached the monster, the monster dexterously took out a wallet from the pocket of a woman in front of him and stuffed it in his pocket, then threw a sentence at Zhou Ying: "I persuaded you kindly. If you don't listen, don't regret it if you die!" Then he squeezed out of the hospital door and walked away.

Zhou Ying was stunned. The monsters he encountered in the past few days were either friends like Nan Yu who came to help him, or enemies who came to seek revenge. When he realized that this time he had encountered a kind-hearted monster who did not know his identity and the truth of the matter. , the other party has long disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, a woman's cry came from behind: "Which one who kills a thousand knives is so short of it, this is the money that our family finally collected to treat the child's illness... Who stole us The child's life-saving money, something that can't be killed..." Zhou Ying straightened his body and plunged into the shadow of Nan Yu who was walking fast at a speed that no human could notice.

"It's very messy here, anything can happen." Nan Yu said softly, not showing her panic and anxiety after Zhou Ying stepped out of her perception range.

"I'm sorry." Zhou Ying replied.

Nan Yu turned around and saw that the crying woman was being persuaded by two security guards to enter the duty room. Zhou Ying said to her: "It was a monster who stole her money. He asked me to be careful, saying that she was in The restlessness here will be eaten by you."

Nan Yu smiled lightly: "I know that weasel, he is a professional thief, and he often comes here to steal chickens and dogs."

"But..."

Nan Yu knew what Zhou Ying's doubts were, and before he could ask, he explained: "He didn't use magic, he didn't hurt anyone, he just stole. There are also many human thieves and liars here, and I have never behaved in their own way. I've interfered, if you just interfere with the theft by the monsters, is it unfair to the monsters?"

Zhou Ying said nothing. He always thought that Nan Yu loved this hospital very much, but he didn't expect her behavior to be different from what Zhou Ying thought. Nan Yu adheres to the boundaries of human beings. She has a compassionate heart, but only does her best within the power of a human doctor. She loves this hospital, but only guarantees its safety in the hands of monsters.

"You really look like Liu Di." Zhou Ying finally commented.

"Thank you." Nan Yu knew that in Zhou Ying's mouth, such words definitely meant praise.

During their low-pitched conversation, many patients entered the hospital, and someone in the distance was already shouting and looking for: "Doctor Nan! Has anyone seen Dr. Nan Yu? Seeing that Dr. Nan Yu asked her to come to the intensive care unit quickly !”

Nan Yu hurried over there, and Zhou Ying broke away from her figure again. For some reason, he wanted to see what happened to the woman who lost her money.

Zhou Ying entered the duty room along the crack of the door. In addition to the woman and the two security guards, there was surprisingly a human being Zhou Ying knew. It was a young male doctor with gold-rimmed eyes and a baby face that made him look a bit like a shy student. Zhou Ying remembered that his name was Tian Youjun, and his wife was a snake demon and Meng Shu's ex-wife. Zhou Ying and Liu Di had suffered a lot in order to help Meng Shu find the old lover who had already married a human being. Tossing, so he was very impressed with this human who had only seen one time.

"Sister, don't cry. It's useless to cry when something like this happens. It's the child's illness that matters. I still have a few hundred dollars here, you can take it and put it on the child's account. Your money The police will help you find it, you can take your child to see a doctor first..." Tian Youjun took out all the money he had and handed it to the woman, in exchange for her weeping gratitude, she wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him. He was persuaded to go out by Tian Youjun.

Tian Youjun did his good deeds to the end, and went to the back door with the doctor who was in charge of the registration. He helped the woman to register without queuing, and then left with a sigh, as if he was still lamenting that his strength was limited and he could not give her more much help.

"Dr. Tian has a good heart and will help anyone who is in difficulty."

"Go, I think he has money and has nowhere to spend. He donates more money than he earns in a month! It's not because of marrying a rich wife. If I find a wife who pays back with money like this Ah, I also donate money to play every day."

"You do think, look at Dr. Tian, ​​and then look at you, how do you compare with others!"

"Damn, do you think I've never met Dr. Tian's wife, she looks like she came out of the country, but it's far worse than the little nurses who surround Dr. Tian all day in our hospital. If it weren't for her wealth, Dr. Tian could marry her?"

"I think you can't eat grapes and say grapes are sour."

“…”

Zhou Ying listened to the conversation of the two security guards behind Tian Youjun, bounced from the corner into the long shadow of the corridor handrail, and followed Tian Youjun to the direction of the ward area. His curiosity about this hospital is getting heavier and heavier, because the emotions of human beings seen from here are quite different from what he has felt over the years. He wants to take this opportunity to stay in the hospital to take a good look , maybe it will be helpful for him to learn to be a human in the future.

At the door of the ward, I met Tian Youjun who came out, and Zhou Ying jumped into his shadow without hesitation. He was careful not to touch the spell set up by Tian Youjun's wife to protect her husband, and quietly let Tian Youjun act with him.

At this moment, in Tian Youjun's house on the other side of the city, Xiaomei Ou, who was coaxing the little baby to build blocks, raised her head and frowned, but after thinking about it, she did nothing and started playing with the child again.

Tian Youjun's job today was to inspect the ward, and Zhou Ying followed him for an afternoon. When he returned to Nan Yu's office, Nan Yu was already waiting for him.

"It's a good choice to follow Dr. Tian if you want to visit the hospital." After Nan Yu changed out of the doctor's white robe, the indifference on his body disappeared, "I'm off work, do you want to go home or go to me? where?"

"Can I stay here?" Zhou Ying asked unexpectedly.

Nan Yu didn't ask the reason, but thought for a long time before saying, "If you want to stay, then I'll go to another doctor for a night shift."

Zhou Ying thought for a while: "Can't I stay by myself?"

"Your enemies must have thought that you would hide with me. If I leave the hospital... also, they must think you are with me." Nan Yu smiled, "Then you'd better leave tonight. Dr. Tian Youjun, who is on duty, is closer, his wife is very strict to protect him, and the safety factor can be much higher with him."

Seeing how Nan Yu couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled, Zhou Ying could imagine the means used by the little girl in the district to protect her husband who was not very defensive. After all, she was Meng Shu's ex-lover. Meng Shu felt guilty about her being abandoned by him. He repeatedly expressed that he would make up for it. Because of this relationship, the monsters in Lixin City would try their best not to provoke this snake. Female, I am afraid that Meng Shu will quietly stand up for her.

He nodded and said, "I'll try to follow him."

Nan Yu left the hospital without saying anything, and she didn't tell Zhou Ying what her plans were. Zhou Ying, like her, is someone who doesn't take the initiative to inquire about things that others don't say. If Liu Di's name is changed, he will quietly follow him even if people don't say anything, and ask about things until he is satisfied.

I wonder where Liu Di and the others went? Nan Yu stood in the parking lot in front of the hospital and looked up at the sky. After all, the stars and moonlight above the city were so dim that even Nan Yu's eyesight could not see where the star that dominated Zhou Ying's fate was.

What do the stars in the other world look like? What kind of life lives under the starry sky of another world? Nan Yu's knowledge of all walks of life came from books, and Zhou Ying and Huo'er did not know those places better than her. Rose may have known a lot of things that no one knows from her elders, but it also belongs to the category of talk on paper. Only Liu Di... I heard from Zhou Ying that he had traveled all over the world in search of Mu Tingtao, so it can be said that he has sufficient experience. But this time they went not to an ordinary place, but to the lower capital of the Emperor of Heaven. Not to mention the Wuluo God who guards there, it is the danger on the way there, and it is not an earth wolf, a half-diaozi mountain ghost and an underage. The only side can easily pass through. I wonder if Liu Di can lead them to find what they want. It doesn't matter if they can't find them, as long as they can come back safely.

Nan Yu silently prayed to the sky, but the vast starry sky was still so dim and did not give her any good omen.

After standing for a moment, Nan Yu turned around and walked quickly towards Zhou Ying's house. After a while, he disappeared into the crowd.

Zhou Ying followed Tian Youjun in and out of the ward.

Tian Youjun is not only a responsible doctor, but also a nosy doctor. He not only cared about the patients in the department he was responsible for, but also extended his love to every corner of the hospital. In almost every ward of the department, there are people who are receiving his help, some financially and some spiritually. Anyway, he hurriedly shuttled under the mountain in the inpatient department on the seventeenth floor, smiling at everyone who needed help.

After Tian Youjun walked out of a ward on the left that needed him to visit, and was about to go back to the office to take a break, Zhou Ying stayed in that ward.

There is only one patient in this ward. Zhou Ying is standing in front of the patient's bed, looking at him with an expression of surprise that rarely appears on him: It's not because the patient lying here is so amazing, but Because this man's appearance is so ordinary that it is eight-point similar to Zhou Ying who has turned into a human figure.

It took a lot of hard work for Zhou Ying to become this way. As a shadow ghost, learning to become a human can be said to be difficult to imagine, and I don't know how much he was ridiculed by Zhou Wei, and how many days and nights it took him to change such a face that can be seen. . He still remembers the strange feeling in his heart when he first saw his human face in the river water, which was a rare thing for him. So after he could change his appearance at will, and after he came to live among humans, he still chose the original face as "self" to exist.

Zhou Ying never imagined that one day he would actually see this face on a human being.

The face in front of him is younger than Zhou Ying's usual appearance, and his eyebrows are thicker (this is probably the only difference between him and Zhou Ying). He is only about seventeen or eighteen years old. Tortured's face was slightly pale, his mouth was slightly open in his sleep, and his breathing was very heavy.

Zhou Ying saw his name on the head of his bed: Zhao Fan. A common name just like his looks.

I don't know what's wrong with him? Zhou Ying thought about it this way, and walked around the ward again.

This single room ward has better facilities than other wards, with its own bathroom, TV and other equipment. The table in the ward is full of papers, paints and unfinished paintings. If it weren't for the harsh white sheets and those big and small medicine bottles, it would be more like a painter's bedroom.

Zhou Ying approached the table to see what the painting was. At this time, the young man coughed loudly, alarming the escorts. Zhou Ying hurriedly disappeared at the foot of the bed.

"Fanfan, how do you feel? Is it any better?" The woman accompanying him, probably Zhao Fan's mother, asked gently, patting the back for him. Zhao Fan coughed for a while before finally stopping, took a sip of water from the cup his mother brought, stroked his chest and said, "It doesn't matter, I feel better these days."

"Yes, the doctor also said that your condition is getting more and more stable, and maybe you can be discharged from the hospital a few years ago and go home for the Chinese New Year."

"Yeah!" Zhao Fan happily agreed, "Then I can go home and pass the finished draft to the publishing house by myself, and don't let my father spend money on me like last time." /

"Don't talk about this, go to bed quickly, the doctor said that you need more rest. You kid just gets excited when it comes to drawing."

"Mom, you should sleep too, you are exhausted these days."

The mother and son each fell down, and when they turned their backs to each other, their eyes showed unconcealed sadness.

Until the ward became quiet again, Zhou Ying floated over to the table to look at the pictures.

These paintings are of people in odd costumes, some of whom even look like monsters, or have horns, or tails and wings. Some of these men and women in the picture are sitting still and playing the piano, some are fighting **** monsters, and some are flying freely in the sky. They all exist in a beautiful but strange world of pictures. What they have in common with each other is that every character in the painting, whether it is a figure or a bird, a war horse or a monster, has a strong determination and dedication to life in his eyes. The look of never giving up made Zhou Ying's heart tremble slightly.

In the life-and-death struggle with Yue Ronghuan, there were times when he thought he would lose, but it was his weaker side who survived the life-and-death battle. The only reason for his victory is the despair in Yue Ronghuan's heart. Maybe she herself has no desire to live, so it is Zhou Ying who is absolutely unwilling to give up her life who survives. Zhou Ying also saw such emotions in these paintings. This young man knew his destiny, but he was not willing to give up, he wanted to live.

Zhou Ying sighed: It may be easy to defeat a powerful opponent, but it is very difficult to defeat an invisible and intangible disease. Over the years, he has seen many human beings fall into the hands of the sick after unyielding struggles, no matter how strong and powerful they were during their lifetimes.

That's why humans believe in fate... Zhou Ying thought so, and floated out through the crack of the door.

Nan Yu stood in Zhou Ying's living room for a while. The darkness had no effect on her, but she didn't know how to start.

When Rose was leaving, she especially asked her to come here to see when she was free, water the flowers and plants in the living room, regularly deal with expired and spoiled food in the refrigerator, tidy up the room, wash and get dusty She hoped that after a long time, when she came back from another world, what she saw was not the residence that was turned into a "haunted house" under Zhou Ying's care.

It was only after Nan Yu came here that he realized that he knew very little about Zhou Ying's family, and he didn't even know where his family's things were kept. She rummaged around, but couldn't tell which rags were for the table or the floor. I'm afraid even Zhou Ying and Huo'er can't answer this question, because all the housework here is done by Gui'er.

After trying to make the whole room look decent, Nan Yu was reclining on the sofa. This family made her feel very strange. Before Gui'er came here, she often visited Zhou Ying's house, but now, although Gui'er lives next door, she often feels that this place is no longer Zhou Ying's home alone, so the number of visits is only not enough. A feeling of helplessness filled her thoughts, and she sat there quietly for a long time.

Just as Tian Youjun was about to take a nap, the doctor's bell rang. He jumped up like a conditioned reflex, grabbed the white coat and hurried to the ward while wearing it. Zhou Ying jumped into his shadow, ready to follow him to see. Several nurses have appeared in the corridor, and their destinations are all in the same ward. As soon as Zhou Ying entered, he remembered the picture he just saw and the young man who looked just like him, but now his hospital bed was surrounded by doctors and nurses, and all kinds of instruments flashed strangely. Tian Youjun hurriedly asked the surrounding nurses about his condition, but the answer he heard seemed to be very bad, and he frowned tightly and joined the rescue team.

Zhou Ying couldn't tell what kind of disease this person had.

He had read a lot of books on human medicine because at one point he thought it would give him a better understanding of human beings. However, his rich medical knowledge and practice are not connected at all. When he sees human diseases, he can only judge the severity of the other party's disease according to the other party's vitality and soul.

His life won't last long. Zhou Ying thought so.

The rescue over there is gradually coming to an end. Zhao Fan's life has not yet come to an end, so with the efforts of the doctors and nurses, he regained consciousness again. Lying on the hospital bed, he looks like a pale puppet, but his eyes are still flashing, as bright as the characters in his paintings.

"Is that so? You saw a shadowy ghost who didn't know whether to live or die in the hospital..." As Ji Mo said, he picked up the wine bottle and filled the other party with a large glass of wine.

"Yeah..." The one who was drinking with Jimo was the weasel who kindly reminded him that zombies were terrible after seeing Zhou Ying that day. He was already half-drunk, and said with hazy eyes: "He really doesn't know how to live or die... No, but, the poor monster with low intelligence... Maybe he doesn't know what it is about life and death... Haha Haha..." He patted his thigh and laughed.

"Come on, it's done!" Ji Mo raised his glass and suggested. After both drank the wine, Jimo asked again, "What kind of Yingmei did you see?"

"Yingmei...what else can Yingmei be?" Weasel laughed again, "It's not just such a dark mass... Hahaha, Yingmei looks like, you must be drunk..."

Ji Mo smiled wryly. I actually asked what a Shadow Phantom looked like, and it should be laughed at. If there is no accident, this shadow charm should be Zhou Ying, right? He didn't hide under Nan Yu's wings, but swaggered around the hospital by himself? Hehe, maybe this is what they use to confuse the enemy? This weasel saw that Zhou Ying was able to leave the hospital alive, they must have deliberately spread the news, but all the monsters who were hostile to Zhou Ying rushed into the hospital lightly, and then lay out (and may not be able to come out) , maybe just lie down in the freezer where the corpse is kept in the hospital, and wait for the fire to come back to receive the goods).

The weasel was so happy that he didn't know what the warm-hearted monster beside him was thinking. Jimo took out a sum of more than enough money to pay for the meal, put it on the table, and quietly left the hotel. Not long after he left, the weasel, who was already drunk, suddenly sat up straight. Looking at the direction where Jimo disappeared, he pouted, took out his mobile phone and dialed: "Lu Lao, yes, it's me... You're right, and sure enough someone asked me to inquire, you're really clever... Yes, I I answered just as you said...yes...but do you think it's alright? Could it be...yes, yes, I get it...well, I'll leave after dinner and hide at a relative's house in Donghai City for a few days ..."

Putting down the phone, the weasel leisurely ate all the food on the table and staggered out the door...

"This is the hospital." Su He pointed to the hospital gate not far away and said to a ghost floating around, "Do you remember what the Shadow Phantom I showed you? I'll find him, see where he is? With who? What's he doing? Then come back and tell me. Remember, don't disturb him or anyone around him."

Although the ghost's figure is illusory, it can still be seen that he is a middle-aged man. His expression was very terrified and dazed - this is the case with ghosts who have recently died but have a certain consciousness. Although full of reluctance to give up and worry about his current situation, the middle-aged man still looked at Su He and nodded: "I see, I will help you get things done, but you promised me... …”

"Don't worry, don't you just let your son be admitted to a good university, this little thing is on me." Su He promised easily.

The middle-aged man was of course dubious about his words. But I am already dead, and my biggest wish during my lifetime was not to create a better living environment for my son. I hope that my son can be admitted to a good university and his life's future can be guaranteed. Don't be like yourself, working hard all your life. Death is just a little clerk who is called to and fro. "My son has always wanted to go to H University," he said after floating forward for a while.

"I know, I know, you've said it a hundred times." Su He waved his hand impatiently.

The middle-aged man does not know if he is perfunctory or not, nor does he know what kind of terrifying scene is waiting for him in this hospital, much less does he know that this seemingly unremarkable man who claims to be not a human being is in the What a monstrous monster the dark, human-shaped shadow in the phantom that Steel showed himself. But she still decided to give it a try and see if she could do something for her son after he died. Even if it fails...you're already dead, aren't you? He glanced at Su He one last time, and drifted into the hospital with a feeling of dying.

This ghost is really long-winded and scary.

Su He threw the cigarette **** in his hand on the ground and crushed it hard. If it weren't for this kind of ghost that can retain consciousness during his lifetime is too rare and too hard to find, he would have thrown away this guy and found another one. If it weren't for Zhou Ying, he really wanted to find Jiang Rong to cooperate - you can imagine how cheerful the female ghost was: "What, you gave the lives of three drug dealers? It's a good deal!"

The ghost of the middle-aged man has entered the hospital. For a place like a hospital, the number of ghosts is sometimes more than the number of living people. If there is such a large number of ghosts, no one will pay attention at all (in fact, they just want to pay attention, and most people do not have the ability to do this). He should be able to inquire about Zhou Ying's situation, right?

A small ball of light appeared in Su He's hand, he threw it at will, and then threw it at a student-like person passing by in a mischievous manner. This is a spell that can greatly improve human memory in 30 days. If the ghost's son is not too stupid, nor does he know how to study, there are still two months before the college entrance examination. Two such spells With help, it was enough for him to pass the rote test.

It's ridiculous that the ghost doesn't know how simple his request is for a monster. If Su He is the kind of monster who is reckless, he simply steals an admission letter and fills in his name and everything will be solved. But then again, being a parent is really not easy. They are already dead, and they are still thinking about their children. Su He knew his personality, and since the ghost couldn't fulfill his mission, he would still help his son - as long as he didn't make things too bad.

Su He thought so, stretched out, and lay down on the branch.

"Don't draw anymore. Didn't the doctor instruct you, you need to rest for your illness." The nurse stopped Zhao Fan from continuing to write.

Zhao Fan smiled wryly and shook his head at the nurse: "Just let me finish this one, it will be done right away."

"You always talk like this, but when you finish drawing this and the next one, there is no end to it." The nurse said dissatisfiedly, "Anyway, your illness needs a rest, give me the pen quickly. "

Zhao Fan hesitated, the pen in his hand was taken away by the nurse. Watching the nurse put his painting tools in the cabinet, Zhao Fan didn't insist any longer. He sat on the bed and looked out the window, but after the nurse cleaned up the ward and left, Zhao Fan opened the cabinet again, took out the painting tools, and continued to create the painting. watercolor.

Zhou Ying secretly looked at him from the shadows at the head of the bed, looking at the picture of a tauren wielding a sword towards the sky.

The ward was silent, and only the rustling sound of the brush touching the paper was heard, but after a while, Zhao Fan suddenly grabbed the painting and shouted, "His eyes are full of fear! I also drew death! Hell! I'm not afraid of death! Yes, I'm not afraid, I won't be defeated!" He crumpled the picture and threw it heavily on the ground.

Zhou Ying looked at the painting and said to himself, "It turns out that he is also afraid." He suddenly lost interest in this young man and quietly floated out of the ward.

When the mother entered the ward, Zhao Fan was lying on the bed motionless. Several unfinished paintings on the ground were crumpled into a ball, and some were torn to pieces. She picked up the paper **** on the ground one by one, gently brushed them under Zhao Fan's easel, and silently came to the bed and pulled the quilt for Zhao Fan.

"Mom, I didn't sleep." Zhao Fan sat up, his eyes were obviously red and swollen after crying, he forced a smile and said, "It's just that I don't have any inspiration, I'm just irritable."

"If you can't paint, then don't paint first. Which great painter is the best at painting? You need to rest now, your physical strength has recovered, how much do you want to paint?" The mother deliberately ignored the tears on his face and cleaned him up. said while painting tools.

"Mom, how many times have I said that I want to be an illustrator, not a big painter."

"It's all right, the most important thing is that you like it yourself." The mother said with a smile, "I have discussed it with your father, and your future is still up to you. Since you like painting, I will give it to you. Go to an art academy, if you want, your father can send you to study painting abroad, anywhere in France or the United States, your father can still afford it.”

Zhao Fan's eyes lit up when he heard this, but then they dimmed again. He lowered his head and said softly, "Yeah."

The mother watched him lie down and secretly wiped the tears from her cheeks.

Zhou Ying watched in amazement as the ghost shuttled from ward to ward. This is the first time Zhou Ying has seen such a "perfect" ghost besides Jiang Rong, but seeing him busy in and out, he wondered if he was looking for something he had lost? Wonder if he realized his own death? Because such ghosts have too much consciousness before their death, the biggest disadvantage is that it is difficult to accept the fact that they are dead. Many of them even miss the world because of this, and eventually become ghosts.

I wonder if such ghosts are within the range of Nan Yu's defense?

Zhou Ying knew that in order to protect the patients in the hospital, Nan Yu would mercilessly deal with the monsters who came here for food. What would happen if a ghost wanted to harm the people here? Ghosts were human before they died, and Nan Yu would generally not interfere with human behavior. But after he died, he became a ghost, and the ghost... Zhou Ying thought about it, and felt that although he had no body now, he would actually have a headache.

Unconsciously, he has followed the ghost around the corridor. The ghost has not yet fully adapted to its new identity, turned back and floated towards the stairs, and wanted to go to the upper floor to search. Who knew that when he turned around, he saw the target he was looking for, the black shadow-like monster that he had seen in the phantom. Sticking to the wall less than one meter behind him, he was stunned there.

Zhou Ying didn't expect that the other party would suddenly turn his head. He hadn't figured out what to do yet, so he stood there not knowing what to do.

The ghost of the middle-aged man saw the shadow of the human figure he was looking for right in front of him, but he was not surprised at the completion of the task at all - this monster does not know how terrible it is, and the person who claims to be not a human dare not dare to Provoking him, but also to secretly inquire about his whereabouts. Now that they actually collided face-to-face, I'm afraid the consequences are unimaginable, right? I am dead anyway, and I have nothing to lose, but my son...

Zhou Ying saw the other party staring straight at him, thinking that the ghost was angry with his behavior of stalking behind his back, but his behavior was indeed stalking others, and he was dumbfounded and didn't know how to explain it.

So a ghost and a shadow ghost stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes in the corridor of the hospital. From time to time, passing medical staff or patients, and the family members of patients broke through their bodies and continued to move forward, but neither of them It's good to know what to do next.

What's going on under this monster? Will this monster treat me like this? like that? (All kinds of terrifying pictures are automatically generated in my mind) Will this monster take revenge on himself is not enough, in case he can find his family...

The ghost of the middle-aged man became more and more afraid. Zhou Ying watched him rush into Zhao Fan's ward in a panic, and after thinking about it, he followed.

The ghost of the middle-aged man escaped into this ward, but he forgot that his "identity" could go through the window. . Seeing a boy sleeping on the bed, he rushed to the bottom of the bed, wanting to avoid it for a while, but who knew that his body suddenly fell on the boy's body as if something was pulling him, and then disappeared.

To actually get on the body of this young man, would it be considered harming human beings? Zhou Ying thought blankly. The sleeping boy frowned slightly, Zhou Ying's figure flickered, and then disappeared into his dream.

Zhao Fan is very clear that he is dreaming, because since his illness, only in dreams can he not feel the tiredness that pervades his whole body, and only in dreams can he do what he likes to the fullest.

Now he is drawing a huge picture in his dream. In his dream, he seems to have become the best illustrator, whether domestic or foreign, so writers hope that they will add light to their works. When Zhao Fan was mixing his favorite color, he suddenly realized that there were more people around him.

"Little brother, let me hide here, just hide for a while..." The middle-aged man's ghost pleaded tremblingly. Although this young man didn't have a long life, it was still very easy to throw him out of his dream with the yang energy in his body.

"Who are you? Are you a ghost?"

"I, I am... I am..." The ghost of the middle-aged man hesitated, and lowered his head with a gloomy expression. If he told the truth, this young man would definitely be afraid to drive himself out, but he was an honest man before his death, and he didn't learn to lie after his death, so he didn't know how to tell this young man.

"Are you a ghost, right?" Zhao Fan asked.

The ghost of the middle-aged man nodded helplessly.

Zhao Fan's face showed joy, he stood up and asked, "Are you really a ghost? Great, great!" For some reason, he heard the existence of ghosts, instead of being afraid, he turned around excitedly.

"You are..." The ghost of the middle-aged man was about to ask the half-old boy of the same grade as his son what happened when a voice sounded from behind him. "You shouldn't come to a human's dream, especially this kind of terminally ill human, your yin will shorten his life."

The ghost of the middle-aged man hurriedly turned his back and saw a young man standing behind him. He turned around and looked at the boy in astonishment, then he looked at the young man behind him, and then at the boy... Is this two people or one person? How can they look exactly the same? He was confused, but he didn't think that Zhou Ying, who could appear in his human image in the dream, was the monster that scared him. However, Zhou Ying's rebuke he understood, that is, as a ghost, casually entering human's dreams will damage human lifespan. He didn't mean to hurt the boy who was about the same age as his son at all, and quickly explained: "I had to hide because there was a dark shadow monster chasing me. He was so scary, he might I'll tear my corpse into pieces, and I'll eat my family, and..."

Zhou Ying doesn't know if he's talking about himself, but if there are other ghosts here, they probably wouldn't be interested in smashing a ghost into pieces or even eating his family.

The ghost of the middle-aged man is still chattering: "That terrifying monster, I don't know how cruel and bloodthirsty it is, it will definitely kill my poor ghost..."

Zhou Ying interrupted him and asked, "Is the shadow monster you're talking about me?" So he returned to his original form.

The ghost of the middle-aged man let out a miserable scream, and then disappeared in front of Zhou Ying like a puff of smoke. When Zhou Ying sensed his position again, he found that he had rushed out of the hospital, ignoring the eastern sky. The first dawn is about to rise, desperately fleeing towards the distance.

Am I really that scary? It was the first time that Zhou Ying had such a question. In the past, monsters saw him flee because Huo'er was standing on top of his head, but this time...

"You are..." The voice of the young Zhao Fan came from behind. Zhou Ying only focused on talking to the ghost of the middle-aged man, but he forgot that the real master here was still watching.

Zhao Fan looked at Zhou Ying, who was condensed into a human form from his heart, and stretched out his hand to touch his face in doubt: "Are you my shadow? Or is there a mirror here, where I can see my own future appearance. ?"

Zhou Ying reached out to stop the other party from "touching" her face: "I am not your shadow, and this is not a mirror."

"Really?" The young man withdrew his hand suspiciously, looked around and muttered to himself: "What is this place? Isn't it in my dream? Who are you? Could it be... am I dead? You are actually my soul!" Thinking that he might have died, a trace of sadness and helplessness flashed in the boy's eyes, but he quickly calmed down, as if it was not difficult to accept the matter of death.

"I'm not your soul, and you're not dead yet, here...it's your dream." Zhou Ying waved to the young man after finishing speaking, "I didn't mean to scratch you, so I came to drive that one away. Enter the ghost in your dream. Please continue to sleep." After Zhou Ying finished speaking, she turned to leave.

The boy blinked incomprehensibly, but when Zhou Ying was about to get out of his mind, he stopped Zhou Ying again: "Please wait a minute! Then... you are actually another me, right? ? I've heard that when people are about to die, they can see their own souls and see their hidden self." The boy said excitedly.

Zhou Ying shook his head, he couldn't understand what the boy said.

"Let's chat!" The boy raised his smiling face and said, "It's rare to meet, shall we chat?"

Zhou Ying shook his head again. When he wanted to exit the boy's dream, he suddenly felt a strange fluctuation. It seemed that a monster had entered the ward, so his movements stopped immediately.

A voice came into Zhou Ying's ear through the boy's dream: "Zhou Ying, I know you are here. You don't hate yourself, so you should stay in the hospital, and follow my husband to protect yourself. Well, I can tolerate it, but don't put the trouble on my husband! This is a warning! Otherwise..."

Zhou Ying could hear that the voice belonged to Ou Xiaomei. It seems that the ghost of the middle-aged man was too close to Tian Youjun just now, and it has already caught the attention of the good wife who was eager to protect her husband. "I just want to follow him around the hospital."

"I hope so." Ou Xiaomei snorted softly and her breath disappeared.

Female snake demons are very infatuated - Zhou Ying heard Gui'er tell a story about a white snake and a human man. Ou Xiaomei's husband didn't know how he would react if he found out that his wife was a snake. However, most of the couples that Zhou Ying knew were living in harmony.

The young man looked at Zhou Ying in a daze in front of him, misunderstood what he meant, tilted his head and smiled at Zhou Ying. After a while, he spread his hands and said, "Really, I don't even know what to say."

Zhou Ying looked at him wordlessly.

The two people were relatively speechless and the time passed little by little.

This is a human who pushed the door and entered. Zhou Ying recognized that it was Tian Youjun, so he quickly left the boy's dream and threw himself into Tian Youjun's shadow.

Zhao Fan slowly opened his eyes, and after seeing the person clearly, he said, "Doctor Tian, ​​I had a strange dream just now."

Tian Youjun smiled and patted his head and asked about his medical condition, then walked out after a few words. The boy sat on the edge of the bed, holding his cheeks and began to recall the dream just now.

As the days passed, Zhou Ying had given up calculating how long Huo'er and the others had been away, but every morning, the exact number of days when Huo'er and the others had left would still be automatically generated in his mind.

"One hundred and thirty-six days..."

Zhou Ying muttered to himself. Since he and Huo'er were born into this world, he had never been separated from it for so long. I don't know if it can eat enough in another world? Can you get enough sleep? Did you get into trouble? As a father's worry about his son, Zhou Ying is no less worried than other fathers at all, and his son is a child who needs to worry ten thousand times more than other people's sons. I wonder if Liu Di can control it? I wonder if Liu Di can bring them back safely? I wonder if Rose can adapt in another world? I wonder if Huo'er is starting to feel homesick? It has no patience for anything, and must be tired of traveling in other worlds...

Zhou Ying's thoughts turned around, but returned to Huo'er.

Nan Yu looked at Zhou Ying who was sighing slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Zhou Ying will also sigh, this is a very difficult sight to see.

"Huo'er and the others will be back soon. Li Li came over a few days ago, didn't they bring their letters? They are already very close to the Mountain of Green Needs, and they should be on their way back soon. ." They were still in the mood to let the messenger bring the souvenirs of another world, indicating that their trip was going smoothly, which made Nan Yu a lot at ease. Until they reach the Mountain of Green Needs, whether they succeed or not, they will go back quickly. I believe that Liu Di will not let them do anything out of proportion.

Tian Youjun hurried in, put a large stack of patient information on the table, and hurried out with another stack. Zhou Ying took the opportunity to enter his shadow and followed him away. Nan Yu shook his head, Zhou Ying had recently become more and more fond of observing the humans in the hospital, and often followed the busy Tian Youjun to and from the hospital. It must be a good thing for him to be able to observe humans in this state, after all, his dream is to be able to get closer to humans, right?

A breath penetrated from above the hospital and struck Nan Yu like a bolt of lightning. Nan Yu immediately stood up.

"Dr. Nan... eh..." A nurse was walking down the long corridor of the hospital when she saw Dr. Nan Yu coming in a hurry, as if to say hello to her, and suddenly found that the corridor was empty-because The place where I stand is to lead to the roof platform, how can someone go up usually. "Oh..." She shrugged and shrank her neck, didn't she see that kind of thing? There are many scary stories about that in the hospital. Thinking of this, she hurriedly walked towards the crowded direction.

Nan Yu came to the top of the building, and a man in black was already standing there waiting for her.

"Who are you?"

The man in black did not answer this, but instead said: "I want that Shadow Phantom~IndoMTL.com~ you hand him over."

Nan Yu knew that this was another monster for Zhou Ying. Most of those little monsters use the method of avoiding their own sneak attacks, and these more powerful monsters will come to challenge directly. "How could I give you my friend?" Nan Yu said lightly. At the same time, she flipped her wrist, and a wooden broken sword appeared in her hand.

The man in black gave her a cold smile: "If you fight here, you are not afraid of hurting humans?" It seems that he has long understood Nan Yu's character and habits.

"As long as you have the ability..." Nan Yu also responded with a small smile. She had long expected that an opponent would use the patients here as a means to threaten her, so how could she not prepare in advance.

The man in black looked at her, but didn't rush to make a move: "We can make a bet. If I can kill a human in your hospital within a quarter of an hour, you will hand over that phantom to me. Give it to me, and if I can't do it, I'll leave right away and never come to trouble you again."

Nan Yu raised his eyebrows and smiled: "If you win, I won't gamble with your friend's life. If you lose, keep your life!"

This black-clothed monster thinks lightly. If he wins, he will have to hand over Zhou Ying to Nan Yu. If he loses, he also wants to leave. Probably because he found out that Nan Yu didn't care about the world and lived in a secluded place, so he thought that he could get her advantage on the bet.

The man in black saw that Nan Yu had a firm attitude and a calm expression. He clearly didn't take himself seriously. He laughed and said, "Okay, I'll kill you first, and then I'll go find that Shadow Phantom!"

Nan Yu bowed to him with Taoist etiquette: "Please."