Chapter 15: Step by Step Horror

  At dusk, we finally found Jiake Plastic Surgery Hospital, which was located in a suburb and looked desolate. However, the decoration was unparalleled luxury, and as soon as I walked to the entrance, I could feel a strong atmosphere. Two women wearing cheongsam were standing at the door, smiling at me and Yuan Nu, saying: "Two guests, please come in!" The corridor was glittering with gold and jade, very dazzling.

  I turned to look at the woman still standing in the doorway, only to see her reveal a strange smile. I don't know if it was my eyes playing tricks on me or what, but I felt like there were many threads wrapped around her body. Her movements seemed stiff and awkward. A nurse pushed a patient who had just come out of the operating room, their face wrapped in bandages on the hospital bed. As they passed by me, I actually heard a faint laugh.

  A doctor with glasses walked towards us, his expression stiffly asked: "Who wants to have plastic surgery?!" His voice echoed in the empty corridor, like a knife piercing your heart, very penetrating. "It's me, I think my eyes are not big enough, my nose is not high enough, and my face is not sharp enough." I stuttered in response, he looked at me thoughtfully and said: "Don't worry, we can definitely achieve the effect you want here, so come with me first!"

  "She hasn't had dinner yet, I'll take her to finish dinner and come back!" Yuan Nu smiled mischievously as she pulled me away, "Turn left and walk straight for 200 meters, there's our restaurant, it's free. Don't you guys want to go try?" The doctor made a inviting gesture, wanting to bring us to the restaurant. "We can just go ourselves, you take your time!" Yuan Nu and I hid in the corner of the corridor, catching our breath, and only relaxed after sneaking a peek at the doctor leaving.

  "This hospital is so luxurious, I think the cafeteria must be impressive too? Shall we go take a look?" Yuan Nuoyi said, "Looks like you've caught wind of the aroma too!" I chuckled and said, "Then let's go take a look!" We followed the scent to the cafeteria, where all sorts of delicious food were laid out before us. Our mouths began to water, and a chubby chef smiled and said, "Help yourselves." He continued carving the food in his hands. Yuan Nuoyi looked around, finally picking up a plate and clamping down on a steak with her chopsticks, then walked over to sit at a table. "Xiao Hong, aren't you going to eat?" Yuan Nuoyi asked me while cutting into her steak.

  I had been observing that chef, and he had also been secretly glancing over here. No, to be precise, he was looking at Yuan Nuo Yi's food with a hint of sinister expression that was hard to detect. Just as Yuan Nuo Yi picked up a piece of steak to put in his mouth, I suddenly knocked over the dinner plate, and also knocked the fork out of his hand onto the floor.

  Before Yuan Nuo Yi scolded me, I pretended to be flustered and said: "Ah, sorry! I was too sleepy just now." Unintentionally, I caught a glimpse of the chef's eyes flashing with disappointment, it seems that this food really has problems. "Yuan Nuo Yi, I still have plastic surgery, let's go quickly!" I pulled Yuan Nuo Yi to hurry out, "Wait, you haven't eaten yet, take this bread to fill your stomach!" The chef forced a loaf of bread on me, I couldn't refuse, took the bread and quickly pulled Yuan Nuo Yi away.

  "Miss Ning, who is scheduled for plastic surgery, please come to the fifth floor, room two immediately! Nurses, please help find Miss Ning!" The voice on the broadcast left me stunned. "What should we do? They're looking for you," Yuan Nu said. "What can we do? Let's quickly find a place to hide!" The corridor suddenly became lively, and many nurses came out, chattering: "We'll go find Miss Ning! We'll go find Miss Ning!" Like a recording machine, Yuan Nu and I hastily hid in the stairwell, listening to the increasingly urgent footsteps running up and down. "Miss Ning! Miss Ning!" The voice was like a ghostly howl that made my ears deaf, and Yuan Nu also looked like she was in agony.

  "Cover your ears!" I whispered to Yuan Nu, and he nodded. After we covered our ears, it really felt much better. We crouched in the corner, waiting for the disappearance of this devilish sound. It seemed like an eternity had passed before everything around us quieted down. Yuan Nu's stomach inopportunely growled, I gave him a dirty look and tossed him the bread that the chef had given us earlier. As he opened the plastic bag, I poked my head out to see if there was anyone else on the stairs.

  "Ah!" Yuan Nuo's scream made me turn my head and ask, "What's wrong? Keep your voice down!" Yuan Nuo pointed at the bread he had thrown on the ground and said, "It... it's human skin!" Just as I was about to bend down to take a look, a hand from the stairs grabbed my face, forcing me to stare straight at her. The muddy-like face looked particularly swollen, and those eyes seemed like they were stuck on, as if they would fall off with just one blow. "This facial skin is not bad, I'll make it into this face." A bloody breath sprayed onto my face, and I trembled all over, completely losing the ability to resist. All I could do was watch in horror as that face got closer and closer, its grip on my face getting tighter and tighter.

  I couldn't just end like this, and with some unknown courage, I raised my hands to push that face away: "Get away from me!" I roared. I fell to the ground, staring at the woman who had also fallen on the stairs, her face no longer swollen because my hands were covered in that sticky flesh mud. "Go! Yuan Nuoyi!" I got up and grabbed Yuan Nuoyi, running towards the other end of the corridor. Behind us, we heard the sound of slapping footsteps, and when I turned back to look, she was actually crawling on all fours, moving quickly towards us: "My face skin, don't run away!"

  Yuan Nuo Yi was also anxious and directly scolded: "Damn! What kind of ghost place is this!" At this time, the two female receptionists from the entrance today were standing in front of us. They smiled elegantly and said: "Welcome to Ghost Face Plastic Surgery Hospital!" They walked towards us step by step, saying: "Welcome to Ghost Face Plastic Surgery, if your eyes fall out, don't worry, we'll help you put them back, if your nose collapses, don't worry, we'll help you prop it up, if your mouth is crooked, don't worry, we'll help you fix it!" One of the women was coordinating with this, and her eyeballs would drop, then her nose would collapse, and then her mouth would be crooked. They were slowly and elegantly approaching us. "Ahh!!" I and Yuan Nuo Yi couldn't bear such a visual scene and screamed out loud. Yuan Nuo Yi pulled me to run downstairs and said: "Damn! This place is too evil! Let's hurry up and escape!"

  "Welcome to Ghost Face Plastic Surgery, don't worry if your eyes fall out, we'll help you put them back in. Don't worry if your nose collapses, we'll help you prop it up. Don't worry if your mouth is crooked, we'll help you straighten it out!" The slogan echoed throughout the building, and my consciousness began to blur along with Yuan Nuo's. We stopped running and collapsed to the ground, our bodies weak.

  More and more nurses closed in on us, "Miss Ning! You're too naughty, if you keep this up, we'll have to make a few extra cuts!" The doctor I had consulted earlier walked up to me, and I stared blankly at the knife in his hand. "What are you going to do?!"

  "What am I going to do? Miss Ning wants bigger eyes, a more pointed nose, and a sharper face! Just a few small cuts from me, and I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" He nodded to the nurses beside him, who grabbed my arms, rendering me immobile. "No! I've changed my mind! I don't want plastic surgery!"

  A pair of hands wrapped around my waist, and a woman's head popped out from behind me. "That's not possible, because I've already reserved this face!" For the first time, I felt like I was in a desperate situation. Yuan Nuo tried to pull me away but could only watch helplessly as the surgical knife drew closer.

  "Let me go!" I screamed, but remained unable to move. My vision began to blur, and all I saw was the knife approaching my eyes...