The unlucky life of a medical student

When Zhong Wuchuan arrived at the nursing home, it was already 04:30 in the afternoon, and his colleagues were chatting idly in the office and waiting to get off work.

Seeing the baby-faced newcomer who volunteered to work the night shift on the first day of work, everyone was very enthusiastic, asking about his health and about yesterday's work situation.

What happened last night was so strange that Zhong Wuchuan didn't dare to tell the truth for fear of causing panic. It happened that Zhong Jiahe hadn't come to the office yet, so he said a lot of "I don't feel scared at all", "Nurses and sisters Take good care of me" scene, as soon as five o'clock arrives, I will handover with the colleagues on the day shift, and then go back to each house to eat each meal.

The last one to leave was HR Miss Lin.

Embarrassed, she walked up to Zhong Wuchuan and said to him: "Old Zhong has a cold and asked for leave today, and you may be the only one on duty at night!"

"It's okay, I'm not afraid."

Zhong Wuchuan smiled guiltily.

He didn't know how to face Zhong Jiahe, but when Ms. Lin said that Zhong Jiahe asked for leave today, he felt relieved.

Miss Lin didn't know his real thoughts, she patted the newcomer on the shoulder encouragingly: "Work hard, I'm optimistic about you!"

"Thank you, Miss Lin."

Zhong Wuchuan sent Ms. Lin away with a smile, and then went to the cafeteria with the nurses on duty.

……

……

After dinner, Zhong Wuchuan was about to enter the main building when his phone buzzed suddenly.

Xu Guangcheng sent a message: Come to the door, I have something to see you.

"Old people are trouble!"

While talking and complaining, Zhong Wuchuan was actually very happy in his heart.

He found an excuse for the nurses who were on duty to go back to the main building first. Zhong Wuchuan walked to the gate of the nursing home and saw Xu Guangcheng leaning against the wall to look at the scenery: "What's the matter?"

"I have something for you."

Xu Guangcheng was also unambiguous, and took out a ten centimeter round and twenty centimeter high European-style lantern scented candlestick from behind.

"Take it."

"What is this for?"

Zhong Wuchuan took the candlestick.

Unexpectedly, this iron lantern candlestick of the same style from IKEA, which looks like [-] free shipping, is extremely heavy, weighing five kilograms by visual inspection.

"Solid? Why is it so heavy?"

"The things inside are what I really want to give you."

Xu Guangcheng took out a lighter from his pocket, put it in Zhong Wuchuan's palm, and said: "As soon as seven o'clock arrives, you open the candlestick and light the contents with this lighter! Remember, all seven candlesticks must be lit. Also, tonight, no matter what you do, you have to carry this candlestick with you until dawn! If the flame of the candlestick suddenly shakes violently, immediately throw the candlestick on the ground and let it burn! The hotter the burning, the better! Listen clearly!"

"I can hear it clearly, but I don't understand why you do this? Also, what's in this tin candlestick? Why is it so heavy, and why do you have to carry it everywhere?"

"Portable seven-star life lamp, fire-proof, anti-theft and anti-villain."

Xu Guangcheng looked at the nursing home with a strange layout again, and said, "You refused to let me accompany you, and I only gave you a seven-star life lamp, just in case."

"What is just in case? Is there really a problem with the feng shui of the nursing home? What happened last night..."

"There is a very dangerous and terrible thing buried under the nursing home," Xu Guangcheng said. "I don't want to make an enemy of it, but if it insists on making an enemy of me..."

"It's getting late, I have to go back to the office to be on duty!"

Zhong Wuchuan saw that he started chattering again, so he hurried back to the office.

Xu Guangcheng leaned against the wall and sighed.

……

Back in the office, Zhong Wuchuan opened the lantern candlestick and found a branch-shaped metal candlestick inside.

He took the branch candle holder out of the lantern candle holder and placed it on the table.

The metal candlestick hidden in the tin lantern candlestick is about fifteen centimeters high, with an antique bronze texture, and the surface of the branches is engraved with decorative abstract characters.

"one two three four……"

The candlestick is divided into seven branches, and each branch has a slender wick at the top. Zhong Wuchuan pulled the wick and found that the candlestick was hollow and filled with combustibles.

"Could it contain human oil?"

Zhong Wuchuan began to think about it.

However, after complaining, Xu Guangcheng's extremely unpleasant voice did not sound in his mind, and Zhong Wuchuan couldn't help but panic.

Is this place really evil? !

Thinking of the strange things last night, seeing that it was dark outside the window, and I was the only one in the office——

Zhong Wuchuan felt numb for a while.

He hurriedly closed the window, drew the curtains, lit all seven wicks of the Seven-Star Life Lamp as Xu Guangcheng ordered, put them on the desk, and watched without blinking.

blah blah blah!

blah blah blah!

There was a clear sound of footsteps in the empty corridor, the sound was getting closer, and soon came outside the office, but there was no knock on the door.

Zhong Wuchuan became more and more restless, and he picked up the intercom phone: "Nurse sister, I am Xiao Zhong! I am on the night shift by myself today, and I am a little bored. I just found two decks of playing cards in a drawer, and I want to play a game with you." Landlord!"

Hearing that Zhong Wuchuan wanted to ask them to play Doudizhu, the nurses readily agreed.

Zhong Wuchuan put down the phone, took a breath, held two decks of playing cards in his right hand, and a lantern candlestick with a seven-star lamp in his left hand, walked to the office door step by step, and opened the door——

Outside the door, the lights were brightly lit, there was no one there, and the walls were as white as if they had just been painted.

At the end of the corridor, the moonlight shines through the tempered glass wall, casting tree shadows on the granite floor. When the night wind blows the branches, the tree shadows sway, and with the rustling sound of the wind blowing leaves, it becomes more and more infiltrating.

"Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! Everything is an illusion!"

Zhong Wuchuan held the seven-star life lamp in his hand, and constantly comforted himself:

I have confronted the ghost mother head-on, I have returned from the nightmare world of the dream-eating tapir, and I have also performed surgery on Ba Snake...

I have seen the world, I will not capsize in the gutter and have an accident here!

However, when a person needs to constantly comfort and encourage himself with the glory of the past, it is usually the time when his self-confidence is about to collapse!

blah blah blah!

blah blah blah!

Footsteps sounded behind him, so clear it seemed to be engraved in his mind.

Zhong Wuchuan suspected that he had auditory hallucinations, so he stopped deliberately, but the voice behind him also stopped immediately.

Zhong Wuchuan then took another step, and once again he heard the clear sound of footsteps behind him.

blah blah blah!

blah blah blah!

……

Zhong Wuchuan stopped again.

The footsteps then stopped again.

Zhong Wuchuan took a step forward.

Footsteps sounded again.

After repeating this many times, Zhong Wuchuan's back was drenched in cold sweat.

He stood in the middle of the corridor holding the seven-star life lamp. The incandescent lamp on the ceiling was as bright as day, but his heart was as dark as night.

The footsteps...

High heels aren't as solid, sneakers aren't as loud, leather shoes aren't as clear...

or--

turn back? !

Zhong Wuchuan didn't dare.

The protagonist of a horror movie may be killed by a monster because of his turning around, and he died 3 minutes before the end. What's more, he is a night shift doctor who has no idea whether he is the protagonist or a passerby A, B, and C in the whole incident!

At this moment, he only remembered one sentence!

Tonight, no matter what time it is, you have to bring the seven-star life lamp candlestick that Xu Guangcheng gave you until dawn!

Thinking of this, Zhong Wuchuan looked down at the candlestick again.

Through the hole in the surface of the IKEA tin candlestick, he saw the seven wicks of the branch candlestick burning steadily and quietly.

According to Xu Guangcheng, as long as the wick does not go out, he is still safe.

"Don't be afraid, everything is an illusion! Go forward bravely, into the nurse's lounge, and play cards with them until dawn!"

After consoling himself, Zhong Wuchuan bit the bullet and continued to move forward.

blah blah blah!

blah blah blah!

……

The sound of footsteps was always closely followed, and every time it sounded, Zhong Wuchuan's heartbeat would miss a beat. It was only because of his righteousness and confidence in the seven-star life lamp that he didn't kneel down and couldn't walk.

From the duty office to the nurses' restroom, the road is less than 50 meters, but it is as difficult as half a century.

When Zhong Wuchuan finally stood safely in front of the nurse's lounge, he couldn't help but hiss.

Raise your hand and knock on the door.

however--

When the hand knuckles knocked on the door panel, what sounded was not the familiar "dong dong" sound, but a metallic "dang dang" sound!

what's the situation!

Wooden doors turned into iron doors? !

Zhong Wuchuan took half a step back, looked carefully, and found that the door in front of him at this moment was really different from the door he saw during the day!

There was a thick layer of dark purple on the log-colored door panel, the upper half was in the shape of a splash, the lower half was in the shape of a stream of water, and there were stains on the ground that looked like coagulated blood.

"what is this?!"

Zhong Wuchuan squatted down, scraped off a small amount of smudges, and used his fingertips to pick up the black and purple smudges.

The stain was melted by the body temperature, exuding a thick bloody smell, Zhong Wuchuan suddenly remembered what happened last night!

Knock on the door one after another!

The blood seeping through the crack of the door...

Moreover, when the head nurse opened the door in the morning, what was presented to everyone was the clean and tidy corridor as always, with no bloodstains, corpses, or anything suspicious!Only the wet blood in the lounge is left to remind everyone that everything yesterday was not an illusion!

Now that he has finally found the bloody hallway, new questions arise!

When the head nurse opened the door in the morning, there was blood on the inside and no blood on the outside. In the evening, he took the seven-star life lamp and walked to the door of the nurse's lounge, but he saw a blood-stained iron door!

Where did the bloodless wooden door go!

Where are the bleeding people?

When the knock on the door happened, the corridor outside the nurse's lounge was not the corridor that the head nurse saw when she opened the door in the morning? !

The author has something to say:

Among the legends of the Seven-Star Lantern, the most famous one is the story of Zhuge Liang renewing his life in the Seven-Star Lantern at the origin of Wuzhang. In the end, because Wei Yan quickly entered the account and the wind blew the lights out, Zhuge Liang sighed and said: Life and death are fate, and it is irreversible.