When seeing these three words, even Qin Ruobai felt a little dazed.

At that time, the Department of Psychiatry had only been established for a few years, and research on mental illness was not very in-depth.

No one has ever heard of anyone actually suffering from a mental illness, because this concept is not yet widely accepted among ordinary people.

People actually have a fear of the word "mental illness".

Now, Ding Yuqiu and three others have been admitted to the psychiatric department, which means that her family is inextricably linked to mental illness.

Maybe...he is a mental patient.

Although Li Xiangnan had treated Shi Jinxiu, a young patient with functional aphonia, when he was in the Sanduhe Brigade, he also proposed the theory of stress psychological disorder.

But neither Qin Ruobai nor Wang Defa had expected that Ding Yuqiu's family would show symptoms of mental illness in such a short period of time.

One of them heard about it, and the other experienced it personally, but they were still haunted by the harm that Shi Jinxiu's functional aphonia might bring.

Li Xiangnan did not speak, but followed Ding Yuqiu's footsteps and gradually went deeper into the ward. He looked at the layout of the ward and collected all available information as much as possible.

The corridor is deep and clearly divided into three distinct wards: the mild mental ward, the moderate mental ward, and the severe mental ward.

Between each area, there is an iron door that is heavier than the main gate, and each one is stronger than the last.

When you enter from the main gate, what comes into view is a huge nurses station. Many nurses are busy at the back. Some are writing on the three patient blackboards, some are preparing to inject medicine, some are writing in nurses' diaries, and some are communicating with doctors in white coats.

Across the nurses' station is the mild mental care area, where there are a lot of patients and wards. There are also groups of patients and their families chatting at the door, so it is relatively relaxed.

But Li Xiangnan discovered that these people were looking towards a ward in the moderately ill ward intentionally or unintentionally, with a hint of fear in their eyes.

He pretended to tie his shoelaces and bent down to the ground.

"Tsk tsk, when will that person be discharged from the hospital? I'm so scared! I can't sleep at night these past few days! It's so scary!"

"Yes, it's obvious that he is not sick, he is possessed by evil spirits! He should go to a temple or a Taoist temple. Why come to our hospital to treat his illness? This is just a waste of time!"

"I'm really fed up with her. I was sleeping soundly at night, but she woke me up every night, howling like a ghost. If she continues like this, I'll have to be transferred to another hospital! There's no point in complaining!"

Hearing these words, Li Xiangnan's eyes narrowed and he frowned.

Waking up all night, being possessed by evil spirits, ghosts howling, doesn’t it seem like you’re sick?

Why does this sound like it's beyond the scope of medicine?

Is it that tricky?

He looked up and saw the words "Moderate Ward". He realized that Ding Yuqiu was still leading people in. His brows furrowed more and more.

Wang Defa, who was walking in front, felt empty behind him. He turned around and found Li Xiangnan squatting on the ground, listening to others talking with his ears perked up. His eyes rolled around, and he quickly covered his stomach and followed him.

"What did you hear?"

Li Xiangnan waved his hand and didn't say anything. Instead, he walked through the mild area. Although the iron gate was not closed and there was a security guard staring at them with a fierce look, the hustle and bustle around them suddenly eased.

"There's a problem! Let's take a look at the situation first!" Li Xiangnan gave him a look and continued to observe the moderate ward.

The doors of the wards here have all been closed, and there is no one in the corridor outside. Only family members, doctors and nurses occasionally come in and out of the wards. Everyone has a solemn expression and is serious.

Li Xiangnan observed when a door was opened. A large amount of cotton material was used inside the door to isolate the sound inside. No wonder no one outside could hear it. Only when the door was opened could different degrees of painful sounds be heard from inside.

Going further ahead is the intensive care unit. The iron gate is closed and there are two security guards inside staring at everyone nervously.

But Ding Yuqiu stopped in front of the last ward and looked at everyone with a sad expression.

Qin Ruobai turned around and looked at Li Xiangnan, then nodded slightly, "Yuqiu, is it your mother or your father in there?"

While she was talking, Li Xiangnan stretched his head and took a look into the ward. The windows were covered with paper and it was blurry and he couldn't see anything.

"Neither, it's my aunt!" Ding Yuqiu lowered her head and said in a low voice: "My mother is not in good health, I don't dare to ask her to come and stay with me."

After saying this, she raised her head and looked at Li Xiangnan with tears in her eyes, and said hopefully: "Xiangnan, my mother is not in good health. It was my aunt who took me to her house and has been taking care of me. She is very important to me..."

"Understand! We understand!" Qin Ruobai gently embraced Ding Yuqiu. At this moment, tears appeared in her eyes. She felt a sense of empathy that made her feel sad.

Wasn't she like this when she was a child?

However, Ding Yuqiu was luckier than her, as she had never seen her mother since she was born.

She turned to look at Li Xiangnan with longing in her eyes, as if she also had her own expectations.

Xiangnan, you must find a way to cure Aunt Ding Yuqiu's illness!

"..." Nodding silently, Li Xiangnan hurriedly asked, "Can we go in and see your aunt?"

"Yes!" Ding Yuqiu nodded, opened the door, and everyone walked in one after another.

Then they all took a breath of cold air.

Ding Yuqiu's aunt was seen lying on the hospital bed with disheveled hair. She was fixed to the bed with sturdy straps that tied her left and right hands crosswise to the armrests on both sides of the bed.

“…” Li Xiangnan and the other two did not say anything, but flames of anger were burning in their hearts and they clenched their teeth silently.

"Xiao Qiu, you're back?" Hearing the noise, the aunt opened her eyes and looked at everyone gently. Seeing that there were other people standing behind her niece, she was stunned for a moment but quickly reacted and greeted them immediately: "You are Xiao Qiu's friends, right? Come and sit down. It's really inconvenient for me. Sorry!"

How does this tone and expression look like that of a mentally ill person?

Li Xiangnan, Wang Defa and Qin Ruobai were extremely shocked and suspected that the hospital had made a mistake.

"Aunt, they are my friends, they are both doctors, and this one is from the police station, they came to see you!" Ding Yuqiu wiped her tears and walked over, gently touching her face.

Qin Ruobai gently touched Li Xiangnan's hand, and when she saw him turning back, she quickly gave him a look.

"Auntie!" Li Xiangnan understood what she meant and immediately walked over and asked softly, "Excuse me, what's wrong with you?"

"Young man! Haha, what else can I do? They say I'm mentally ill, and the neighbors say I'm possessed by evil spirits and have seen ghosts!"

My aunt turned her head away, as if she couldn't bear to look back at the past, and her expression was very sad.

Li Xiangnan asked again: "Then how do you feel?"

It seemed a little surprising that someone would ask questions after hearing that someone was possessed. My aunt looked back at Li Xiangnan in surprise.

"Aunt, it's okay! This is my friend! You can talk to them without worry, maybe they can help us! Many words will change their meaning when I convey them, so you can say it yourself!" Ding Yuqiu also comforted her.

"I'm in pain. My whole body aches, even my bones hurt! I feel especially bad at night, the pain is unbearable, I'm shaking with pain!"

"I had no choice but to scream and pound myself against the wall. It hurt so much!"

As she spoke, tears streamed down her cheeks and she looked very sad.

Ding Yuqiu gently wiped away her tears and choked up, "My aunt started to feel pain after she gave birth. It was only a little painful a few years ago, but the pain got worse as she got older! I thought it was a postpartum sequelae, but I took her to many hospitals and couldn't find the cause!"

Wang Defa asked: "Yuqiu, are you calcium deficient? Have you taken calcium supplements?"

"I know this. I originally thought that osteoporosis was caused by calcium deficiency, but I have been taking calcium tablets for two years, many of which were expensive and unsold goods, and they didn't work! This is not the reason!" Ding Yuqiu shook his head.

Wang Defa looked at Li Xiangnan and silently made way for him.

"Auntie, let me feel your pulse!"

I think I have checked everything that needs to be checked in Western medicine, so I can only use Chinese medicine to differentiate and treat the disease.

Ding Yuqiu quickly stood up and gave up the stool. Her aunt did not stop her. She seemed to have accepted her fate, knowing that Li Xiangnan could not cure her illness.

After placing his hand on her pulse and carefully examining it, Li Xiangnan stood up and checked her tongue, pupils, neck, limbs, and head, and also checked her abdomen.

Finally, he sat down again and began to feel her pulse. After feeling it for two full minutes, he waved his hand and said, "Fatty, take off my restraints! Whoever says I'm mentally ill, I'll beat him to death!"

Seeing how angry he was, Wang Defa knew that he had an idea, so he came over and started to remove the restraints.

Bang!

But at this moment, the door of the ward suddenly opened, and a doctor and two nurses walked in. They saw several people untying the patient's restraints and their faces changed with fright.

"You...what are you doing? Let me go! Who told you to do this?"

The loud rebuke immediately startled the security guard outside.

The male doctor became more confident. He pointed at Wang Defa and Li Xiangnan and shouted, "Kick these two out of the ward! This is a mentally ill patient with a violent tendency who needs to be transferred to the intensive care unit. If you let her out, it will endanger society and the consequences will be disastrous..."

Hearing that the doctor was so sure that Ding Yuqiu's aunt was mentally ill, Li Xiangnan immediately concluded that this was her attending physician, and it was he who adopted the inhumane treatment method for Ding Yuqiu's aunt.

He had just diagnosed his aunt's physical condition from her pulse. She was not mentally ill at all!

This damn quack doctor doesn't take people's lives seriously and only wants to make money!

Now the doctor came in and wanted to drive people away in such a panic without any reason. Li Xiangnan would not believe that there was no reason behind this even if you kill him!

"You said she was mentally ill? Can you be responsible for your words?" Li Xiangnan's tone became a little colder.

"This is my psychiatric department. Is it your turn as a family member to give orders? Get out of here! Come on, kick them both out!" The doctor stepped aside and waved fiercely at the security guard behind him.

As if he was used to this kind of scene, the security guard rushed in with weapons in hand without saying a word.

The scene suddenly became chaotic and the situation took a turn for the worse.

However, at this moment, there was a sudden cry, shocking everyone in the room.

"Municipal Public Security Bureau, let's see who dares to take action!"

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