Feng Guang lowered her head as she walked back to the first floor. Her thoughts kept racing. Or perhaps she shouldn’t think about it at all. If those people dressed in white coats and white dresses weren’t doctors and nurses… then what were they?
But she didn’t dare think any further.
“System… just how different has this world become from the original story?”
Only after a long while did a cold voice echo in her mind.
“You will be fine.”
She let out a mocking laugh. “Do you really think I can still trust you now?”
“You can only trust me.”
Yes, she could only trust him because, aside from him, she had no other choice.
“Well, if it isn’t Miss Xia.” Yang Hui walked over with a bright smile. “What’s wrong? You look completely out of it. Did your little doctor dump you?”
The man named Liu Xun was, as always, following at her side.
Feng Guang looked up at her and, for the first time, deeply understood the saying ignorance is bliss. But then she remembered that this woman had visited Diamond Island several times before, so she casually probed, “Miss Yang, who did you come to Diamond Island to visit?”
“My younger brother.” Yang Hui replied carelessly, “Luckily for me, he has severe manic episodes and is considered highly dangerous, so he had to be locked up here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even get half of the old man’s inheritance.”
“Then… do you think this hospital is any different from the last time you came?”
“Different?” Yang Hui thought for a moment. “I guess there are some new faces around.” Then she looked at Feng Guang strangely. “Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
“It’s my first time here, so I’m curious.” Feng Guang forced a smile. “Anyway, I’ll be going now. Goodbye, you two.”
Yang Hui glanced at Feng Guang’s retreating figure before looking at Liu Xun. “What’s with that girl today? She’s acting weird.”
Liu Xun scratched his head. “Maybe being away from home for so long for the first time is making her nervous?”
“Mm, that’s possible…”
Feng Guang had no idea the two of them had already come up with an excuse for her behavior. As she walked through the woods, she suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Wait a second. If she went back now, wouldn’t she just be walking straight into the tiger’s den? She had originally planned to find a way to get Yao Xiaoxiao out of here, but now she could barely protect herself. But if she didn’t return to the dormitory, where else could she go? Without a boat, this island was completely cut off from the outside world. Even if she wanted to escape, she couldn’t.
Just as Feng Guang stood there at a loss over what to do, she suddenly heard a noise.
More accurately, the noise came from beneath her feet.
She quickly stepped back and watched as the ground where she had just been standing collapsed inward, revealing a hole. A filthy, dirt-covered man climbed out from underground. The moment he saw Feng Guang, he froze briefly before scrambling out completely. Holding what looked like a broken shard of a bowl, he advanced toward her and shouted crazily,
“You’re one of them too, aren’t you?”
One of them? Which people?
The patients.
“You’ve got the wrong idea…” Feng Guang took a cautious step backward, unable to tell whether this man was mentally ill as well.
Then another man climbed out of the hole. Likewise, he turned to his companion and said, “Don’t let her get away, or everything we’ve done will be for nothing.”
Oh hell no—they were planning to kill her to keep her quiet!?
Sensing danger immediately, Feng Guang reacted quickly and turned to run.
But after only a few steps, she froze.
Standing in front of her, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, was Qi Wei.
Two bullets brushed past Feng Guang’s shoulders.
A moment later came the sound of two bodies hitting the ground—without even a chance to scream.
She stood there stiffly in place. The man holding the gun before her was as beautiful as a god, yet he filled her entire body with cold terror.
And he was still smiling.
He even walked toward her with a gentle smile, wrapping an arm around her and pulling her into his embrace. His voice carried a tenderness that sounded both real and fake at the same time.
“This time, Feng Guang didn’t get hurt again, did she?”