Chapter 45: Birthstone Pendant!

  Zodiac Jade Pendant!! Collect!!

  Seeing Tian Lao's seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression, Yan Jing only felt a flush on her face, looked away and said, "Wu Zhengyi is definitely no match for the Zhan Dashi you mentioned, hmm, right, Tian Lao, what brings you to find Wu Zhengyi?"

  "It's true," said the old man, pulling on his beard. "This young fellow was a childhood playmate of Wu Da Shi's. Not long ago, when Wu Zhengyi returned to his hometown, he read their fortunes and told them that they would be in danger, so they came to H City to find him."

  As soon as she heard this, Yan Jing nodded and her eyes fell on the fat man at the same time, stretching out her hand. "Hello, I am Yan Jing, the captain of the Nancheng Police Station in H City."

  Chubby smiled foolishly and stretched out his hand to gently shake Yan Jing's cool small hand, "Hello Sister Yan, I'm Xu Feng."

  "Ah," the old man suddenly interrupted, "Xiao Yan, I heard Chen Jun say that Wu Zhengye was frozen unconscious during the mission with you guys? He still hasn't woken up, is this true?"

  Yan Jing looked at the old man's bright eyes, and for a moment, she felt a reluctance to tell lies. However, it was quickly adjusted, and just as she was about to speak, the old man intercepted her, saying, "Xiao Yan, in front of this old man, there's no need to say those polite words. This old man is already over 80 years old, sometimes he doesn't like beating around the bush, so just tell him the truth directly."

  The old man's words instantly made Yan Jing feel defeated, and for a moment, Yan Jing could only smile bitterly. "Lao Lao, since you've said so, I might as well tell you the truth."

  Nodding in satisfaction, just as the old man was waiting for Yan Jing to continue, two people rushed out of the hall of H City First People's Hospital. These two were the leaders of H City First People's Hospital who were on duty tonight.

  Only to see the two of them quickly come to Lao Weng and Yan Jing, they simultaneously bowed to Lao Weng, then smiled and opened their mouths, "Lao Tian, earlier we were patrolling the hospital building in the back, we really didn't know you had arrived, please forgive us for our negligence......"

  The old man slightly frowned, then swept a glance over the several buildings of the First People's Hospital in the city, saying, "I know something about your situation here. When vigorously searching for the source of the problem, don't be bound by conventional thinking, dare to make assumptions. Only when the problem is thoroughly resolved can it be considered a solid truth."

  "The rest of the written things will naturally be easy to handle after the problem is dealt with."

  "Yes, Director Tian, you are right." A bespectacled duty officer bowed and said, "The Dean is currently contacting relevant parties about this matter. Please rest assured, Director Tian, the situation here should improve soon."

  The old man nodded and didn't say anything else.

  At this time, Yan Jing spoke up, "Director Zhang, has Wu Zhengye in room 1406 on the sixth floor of the inpatient department woken up?"

  "6-14?" Director Zhang trembled slightly, then immediately put on a smile. "Captain Yan, it's like this. The hospital is short-staffed now, and at night there are only two of us on duty, me and Old Liu. We make the rounds every two hours in the inpatient department. Two hours ago, Old Liu went to check and the patient in room 6-14 was still asleep."

  Everyone present was a sharp person, especially when they saw the smile on Director Zhang's face and the twinkling in his eyes, everyone knew he was lying. However, no one blamed him for it because there were only two people on duty at this huge hospital, and with the ghost incident causing everyone to be on edge, it was already impressive that these two directors could hold on.

  "Let's go and take a look."

  Tian Lao finally spoke up, but Director Zhang's face stiffened, "Tian... Tian Lao, you'd better go to the hall and have a cup of tea to rest for a bit. I'll go upstairs with Yan Dui and these two police brothers. Yeah, and them too, we're just a few people..."

  "Hmph!" Tian Lao let out a soft, cold snort. "An old man's years may be advanced, but he's not yet afraid of those evil winds and wicked airs!"

  "Go!"

  As he spoke, the old man walked towards the main hall by himself. Seeing this, Yan Jing hurried to catch up and naturally supported Lao Tian with both hands.

  The old man turned his head and looked at Yan Jing with a slight nod, but the next moment his eyebrows furrowed, and his footsteps paused. "Xiao Yan, what's going on with your body?"

  "I..." Yan Jing was stunned and looked at the old man in confusion.

  The old man's face turned serious, and he said sternly, "Just now the sky was too dark, I didn't notice that your body is so weak! Look, although I'm an old man with a big age, my body is very healthy, but you young people are weaker than each other.

  Forget it, you don't have to go to the hospital building either. I'll talk to Chen Jun later, you take a rest for a while and recover your body before going back to work.

  Alas, young people just don't pay attention to their bodies. Working hard is okay, but only on the premise that your body can handle it; otherwise, it's not called working hard, but rather neglecting work.

  "Tian Lao, I have nothing to say." Yan Jing's voice was still icy cold, just like her body, chillingly cold.

  She didn't notice that at this moment, Lao Tian was frowning tightly, and the zodiac jade pendant in his palm was also constantly flashing with light. Especially when Yan Jing supported the old man, the light of the zodiac jade pendant in Lao Tian's hand suddenly increased several times. If it weren't for being held by Lao Tian's big hand, I'm afraid it would have shocked everyone present.

  Upon arriving at the hall, Tian Lao finally got a clear look at Yan Jing's pale face. For a moment, Tian Lao's eyebrows furrowed even tighter. "Little Yan, don't go up there, turn back and take good care of your body. Young fellow, come over and support me."

  Pangzi heard this and quickly stepped forward two steps to support Lao Tian. The group then headed towards the inpatient department.

  Not long after, about ten minutes later, everyone returned to the hall. At this moment, however, Tian Lao's face looked extremely unpleasant, and the rest of the people were not much better off, their faces pale, including the fat man.

  Seeing this situation, Yan Jing asked suddenly, "Old Tian, what happened to you up there? How..."

  "Nothing!" The old man's face was very unsightly, he glanced at Yan Jing and then walked out.

  Yan Jing followed closely behind, and when they arrived at the front of the car, Lao Tian said, "There's no sign of Wu Zhengye upstairs. It's possible that he woke up and left on his own. Let's go look for him again tomorrow."

  As they spoke, Tian Lao and Pangzi got into the car, and the muscular driver drove away, disappearing from Yan Jing's sight in an instant.

  "What's going on up there?" Yan Jing finally turned around and asked Wang Cheng, who had a pale face and was sweating profusely.

  "Seriously...Sister Yan, it's too terrifying upstairs!" Wang Cheng's voice was trembling as he turned his head back to look at the inpatient department, urging, "Sister Yan, let's hurry up and leave."

  "Hurry up, Officer Yan! Luckily you didn't get on earlier, or your body definitely wouldn't have been able to take it!" Another police officer muttered to himself as he hastily got into the car.

  After Wang Cheng got on the car, he said, "Yan Jie, Wu Da Shi must have left early, there is no sign of him upstairs, but I saw some things that shouldn't be seen..." The policeman who was speaking also shivered at this point.

  On the other hand, after Lao Weng and Pangu returned to the car, they were also frightened. After the car left, the old woman finally spoke up to ask questions, but what answered her was the birthstone pendant in Lao Weng's hand that had already cracked open a seam...

  "Wu Jing Dashi once said that this jade pendant can ward off all evil spirits and misfortunes, but when the evil spirits reach a certain level, even this jade pendant is powerless..."

  "Old man, Master Zhang is coming tomorrow, ask him to take a look together. This First People's Hospital of H City is one of the city's name cards after all. In my opinion, it's best to give Guanghua a heads up about this matter."

  The old man nodded and said in a low voice, "It's definitely necessary to tell Guanghua about it, but there's no need to tell Zixin. After all, he is responsible for the party committee, and it's better if he knows less about these things."

  It wasn't until then that Fatty spoke up, "Old man, what we just saw... those were really..."

  The old man glanced at the fatty and said after a moment, "Young fellow, there are many strange things in this world. Take ghosts for example. They're just a kind of evil spirit. What we see should be the images of some people who died of serious illnesses in hospitals over the years, which is the imprint of their lives."

  There's nothing strange about this, most of these images don't have any thoughts or consciousness, they're just repeating some actions from when they were alive, strictly speaking, they can't be called ghosts, only a lingering aura.

  A real ghost is one that has its own consciousness. Humans have three souls and seven spirits. When a person dies, it's like a lamp going out - the seven spirits and human soul disperse, while the heavenly soul is sucked into the reincarnation vortex to await rebirth. The earthly soul remains in the world, waiting for the moment when the heavenly soul is reborn, at which point the earthly soul disperses.

  But in all things there are accidents, and under those accidents the escaped heavenly souls are called 'ghosts'. They have their own consciousness and like cold, damp places.

  And then...”

  "Alright old man," the old woman interrupted, "don't tell those ghost stories to the kids, you'll scare them."

  The Lantern Festival with swirling snowflakes, the entire city's shops and malls closed early, only a few stores were still open.

  On the street, there were not a few revelers. At this time close to midnight, the revelers that appeared in Wu Zhengye's eyes were almost all in pairs, with some being 15 or 16 years old and others being 40 or 50 years old.

  Walking on the desolate street, Wu Zhengye covered his stomach with one hand, while his two bright and shrewd eyes kept scanning the passersby.