Neverland

"En." Yan Cen agreed with a calm expression, walked into the ward, and asked in a businesslike manner: "Is there anything unusual?"

——You are the biggest anomaly, Xu Muzhou thought.

Xu Muzhou tried his best to hold back the complaint, and squeezed out a very polite smile: "No, thank you."

"It's fine if you don't have one." Yan Cen stood beside his hospital bed, ticked off the ward round record, and said, "I'm on duty tonight. If there are any special circumstances, remember to communicate in time."

His tone was casual and ordinary, sounding very used to it.

After the initial shock period, Xu Muzhou gradually recovered.When he was in Neverland, Yan Cen filled out the information on the identity application form. From this point of view, the current "doctor" identity is probably the identity information he chose at that time.

Xu Muzhou originally thought that applying for "identity" was to completely replace another person's appearance and name, but he didn't expect it to be such an operation method.Xu Muzhou wanted to ask Yan Cen the details, but he also knew that now was not a good time.

"Mr. Xu." The little nurse who followed Yan Cen came in with a trolley, handed him a transparent medicine tray containing several pills, and said softly, "It's time to take medicine."

The round white pills were lying on the bottom of the tray. There was no logo or drug name engraved on the pills. Xu Muzhou looked at the tray of medicines with some hesitation.

I heard that psychiatric drugs have many side effects more or less, Xu Muzhou doesn't know much about this kind of thing, looking at the plate he hesitates to reach out for it.

The little nurse on duty has changed, probably on the late shift, and now her temper is much worse than that of the morning one. Seeing that he hesitated to answer, she couldn't help urging: "Take the medicine, we have to Hurry to check other rooms."

"It's okay." Seeing that he didn't dare to take it, Yan Cen suddenly said, "The medicine is not bitter."

As he spoke, he turned around and picked up the warm water for the medicine from the cart and handed it to Xu Muzhou: "If you don't believe me, try it."

Xu Muzhou sat by the bed, raised his head to meet Yan Cen's eyes, in those amber eyes he was always familiar, Yan Cen looked at him with very soft eyes.

With a thought, Xu Muzhou reached out and took the plate of medicine.

Yan Cen would never harm him for no reason, Xu Muzhou thought fearlessly.

With a heartbroken heart, he poured those few pills into his mouth together, and Yan Cen handed the water glass to his hand in a timely manner, and said with a good attitude: "Drink your saliva smoothly."

The tip of Xu Muzhou's tongue brushed over one of the pills, and he tasted a somewhat familiar sweet and sour taste.Although he had never taken psychotropic drugs, he also knew that those things might not taste so easy to drink.

He took the glass of water, took another deep look at Yan Cen, and said meaningfully, "Thank you doctor."

"You're welcome." Yan Cen smiled at him politely.

Yan Cen watched him finish taking the medicine, took the water cup, put it back on the tray on the cart, and left with the two nurses who were making rounds.

Knowing that Yan Cen was also on this floor, Xu Muzhou didn't worry at all. He kicked off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the bed, and waited for Yan Cen to come back to him after checking the room.

After about 40 minutes, the footsteps in the corridor gradually stopped, and the pale overhead light changed into a soft protective eye, before Xu Muzhou's door was pushed open again.

Yan Cen walked in empty-handed, with no one following behind.

"What's going on here?" Before Yan Cen could approach, Xu Muzhou spoke first: "Didn't you apply for another identity?"

"Yes." Yan Cen took out a name card from the pocket of his white coat and handed it to Xu Muzhou: "I am using someone else's identity now."

It was "Doctor Yan"'s identity badge, on which his position, name and age were written.

"Yan Chenghong?" Xu Muzhou complained, "This is too down-to-earth, far worse than your name."

"It's the same name." Yan Cen didn't care much about it: "Anyway, it's 'Doctor Yan'."

He was obviously referring to the address Xu Muzhou slipped earlier, with a teasing smile on his face.

The age on the badge was 28 years old. Xu Muzhou looked at Yan Cen, only to find that his face did look slightly different. Although it was still the same face, it looked younger than when he was in Neverland Some.Xu Muzhou originally thought it was a change in temperament brought about by the glasses, but now it seems that it is not.

"Then your face..." Xu Muzhou clicked his tongue and handed the badge back to him: "Is there anyone else who looks so similar to you?"

"It's just a little blindfold, I don't like to use other people's faces." Yan Cen put the badge back into his pocket, and said lightly: "The meaning of using the identity in the timeline is not in the appearance and name, but more in the 'biography' .Including the meaning of the identity itself, the radiated network of contacts, etc. Applying for an existing identity is to better integrate the timeline. As for such trivial matters, some adjustments can be made appropriately."

Xu Muzhou nodded: "Understood."

Xu Muzhou said, put the water-based pen in his hand into the notebook, and sat up straight.Yan Cen dragged an armchair from the corner of the room and sat beside Xu Muzhou's bed, as if having a long conversation.

They've been apart for about a full day, and now it's time to exchange information.

"I don't know much." Xu Muzhou opened the mouth first: "I stayed in the ward all day today, and only interacted with the doctors and nurses who made rounds. But I heard from them that I was admitted to the hospital on my own and my condition was very serious. Slight, probably the degree of freedom is good, when the information card arrives, I can probably go out and get more information."

"It's here." Yan Cen said, took out a well-made card holder from his pocket, touched Xu Muzhou's access card, and clamped it together.

Xu Muzhou looked at it, and found that there was a paper card embedded in the plastic-sealed card holder, on which was written some common sense information, including Xu Muzhou's condition and the introduction of the nursing home.

"Why are you here?" Xu Muzhou asked casually.

"I'm your attending doctor." Yan Cen raised his eyebrows: "Of course I'm responsible for your affairs."

Xu Muzhou: "..."

"Exactly, let's talk about this." Yan Cen nodded his heart: "Yan Chenghong, 28 years old, attending doctor. This nursing home is a little different from the usual hospital regulations. It is a high-end private nursing home. It is precisely because This, so the medical staff here are responsible for very few people - like me, they are only responsible for patients on this floor."

Xu Muzhou nodded, indicating that he was listening.

"But the identity inside the world line has a disadvantage." Yan Cen said: "This identity has given me a lot of convenience, but there are also restrictions. My every move must conform to the logic of the identity, so as not to prevent ordinary people in the world line from being suspicious."

"No wonder." Xu Muzhou said clearly, "That's why you came to me at this hour."

"Yes, because 'Doctor Yan' is on the night shift today." Yan Cen nodded: "Fortunately, this nursing home is far away from the urban area, and the medical staff has a special staff dormitory in this park, so even if there is any emergency, It’s also convenient for me to come here in time.”

Yan Cen spent the whole day in the nursing home, and obtained more information than Xu Muzhou who stayed behind in the ward.

"The duty rule is two days and one night, with one day off every week." Yan Cen said: "I just applied for a post transfer, and I will stay on duty for a few days, so you don't have to worry."

"I'm not worried about that." Xu Muzhou shook his head: "Although the name 'Spiritual Nursing Home' sounds like a place where horrible and supernatural events frequently occur, from the environment, the world this time is better than the last time. It’s much better. I also listened carefully to the movement outside in the afternoon. In addition to the doctor, the daily on-duty staff here is also equipped with a group of four nurses. The average answering time of the bell is 3.5 seconds. This person alone Judging from the density of people, this environment is considered very safe.”

Yan Cen smiled, Xu Muzhou always finds out his situation in the shortest possible time and further confirms the mission situation.On this point, Xu Muzhou really didn't need him to worry too much.

"Just one thing." Xu Muzhou said with a look of disgust, "What kind of medicine is this place giving me? It looks like the prelude to that infiltrating medical horror movie."

"Ordinary tranquilizers." Yan Cen said, "But before the ward rounds, I have already replaced it with vitamin C and calcium tablets."

Xu Muzhou breathed a sigh of relief.

He lowered his head slightly, untied the leather strap around his neck, and took the pendant in his hand.The pitch-black hydrangea was dripping with an ominous black liquid. Xu Muzhou tried to touch it, and felt that the touch was extremely indescribable, like the slime on a reptile.

"Speaking of which, I don't have a clue about the mission goal this time." Xu Muzhou stroked the necklace, feeling a little worried: "I don't know if it's a human or a ghost this time."

"It's a person." Yan Cen said.

"Huh?" Xu Muzhou looked at him unexpectedly: "Have you found the task target?"

"Ji Yun, female, 25 years old." Yan Cen raised his chin at the head of Xu Muzhou's bed: "I live next door to you. The architect is half of your colleague."

"Wait, wait a minute...?" Xu Muzhou waved his hand in front of his eyes: "How do you know?"

"I looked through all the medical records here in the office, and found a suspicious point." Yan Cen bent one leg and stepped on the cross brace of the stool, and leaned back on the back of the chair with his arms folded, so as to say calmly: "Everyone here is admitted to the hospital for legitimate reasons... even you, they all have a reputation, only Ji Yun is not."

"Is she not sick?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"She is ill, and it is written in the medical record that she has suffered from mental aphasia." Yan Cen said: "She cannot speak and refuses to communicate with others. Such cases are not uncommon, but the problem is that...she actually It can speak."

"Fake illness?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Judging from Yan Cen's statement, Xu Muzhou can only temporarily think of this possibility.He doesn't know much about Ji Yun, so everything can only be guessed.

As Xu Muzhou was talking, he suddenly thought of the child he saw in the amusement park before, and guessed, "Or the one with schizophrenia?"

"I don't know, but according to the patient's information, Ji Yun has talked to himself many times in the dead of night." Yan Cen tapped his elbow lightly with his fingertips: "As for what you said, the nursing home has I really thought about whether there was multiple personality or split personality, and did some third-party interventional therapy for her, including psychological talk, hypnosis and pulse therapy, but all failed. Ji Yun's thinking logic is clear, there is no There are obvious loopholes, and her attitude towards treatment is often repeated, so that she has no idea about treatment."

"...You suspect that the reason for her illness in hospital is false." Xu Muzhou said, "Do you think there is another reason?"

"Yes." Yan Cen said: "I will continue to look for clues, but Ji Yun is resistant to doctors, and more information may depend on you."