"Was that woman
The only clear feature of the woman in the photo was her face—everything else was blurred.
Two young men stood in the center. One was Doctor Gao. The other looked oddly familiar.
"The person standing with Doctor Gao looks like
On that night in Living
"Doctor Chen and Doctor Gao are friends. They both seem to have worked at the Jiujiang Mental Health Research Center."
Looking at the photo in his hands, Chen Ge sat down on a chair in the room. The old principal had really given him a surprise.
The appearance of this photo solved a question that had troubled Chen Ge for a long time.
"When the Living Coffin Village mission was nearing its end, the woman surnamed Zhu said that an outsider had gotten into a fierce fight with Number Ten. And it was because of that outsider that Number Ten didn't follow
Chen Ge recalled the woman surnamed Zhu's description of the outsider: the person wore a white coat, seemed to be a doctor, and was surrounded by a group of children.
The only person who could have appeared at that time and place, and who matched the woman surnamed Zhu's description, was Doctor Chen.
"So this Doctor Chen isn't simple either. But why would he get into a fight with Doctor Gao? From this photo, they should be friends."
Doctor Gao and Doctor Chen were two completely different personalities. One was smooth and sociable, able to handle anything with ease. The other seemed unable to cut it at a major hospital and had retreated to a welfare institute to provide psychological counseling specifically for children.
"The letter the old principal left in the cabinet mentioned Doctor Chen. That Doctor Chen probably wasn't my father, but the Doctor Chen from the Jiujiang Welfare Institute. But why would the old principal's letter have been sent to the Linjiang Blood Prevention Station? Had Doctor Chen also worked at the Blood Prevention Station? Wasn't he a psychologist?"
"At first, the old principal corresponded with Doctor Chen. But how did the patients from Third Ward end up siding with Doctor Gao? Could it be because of Third Ward that Doctor Gao and Doctor Chen had a falling-out? Did the two of them disagree on how to deal with the Gates?"
Chen Ge wanted to ask the old principal—who now existed as nothing more than a head—but the Gate to Third Ward only appeared at midnight. If he missed it, he couldn't get back in for another twenty-four hours.
"My parents left behind some information about Third Ward.
Chen Ge had been searching for information about his parents all along. He always felt that Doctor Chen and Doctor Gao must know something.
After leaving the principal's office, Chen Ge walked around Muyang Middle School once more. He wanted to personally thank the old principal, but the man had no intention of showing himself.
"Where could he have gone?"
With a trace of regret, Chen Ge left Muyang Middle School.
By the time dawn was breaking, Chen Ge had returned to the Haunted House. The moment he stepped through the door, his black phone buzzed.
He took out the phone and opened the new message. It turned out that the one-star scenario "The Wife's Room" had finished construction.
"A one-star scenario isn't much use to me at this point." Out of consideration for his visitors, Chen Ge slung his bag over his shoulder and headed underground.
With the staircase at the center, the Muyang Middle School scenario was to the left, Third Ward to the right, Living Coffin Village straight ahead, and the newly built one-star scenario—The Wife's Room—directly behind.