Chapter 21: Escaping from the Mental Hospital

  Lin Jie suddenly knelt in front of me, crying and shouting, "Lan Tian, please save me, I don't want to die, really don't want to die! She has been attached to my body for more than a week now, every night she comes out to torture me, making me wish I were dead. I know she's playing a cat-and-mouse game with me, and after she's had enough fun, she'll eventually kill me... I've searched everywhere to find you, please save me, please!"

  It turned out that Lin Mei Xin's university campus lover, Lin Jie, did not attend the class reunion that night, but Lin Mei Xin's ghost still didn't let him go!

  Looking at his pitiful appearance, I felt a pang in my heart, but was indeed helpless. I shook my head indifferently, "It's not that I don't want to save you, it's just that I have no idea how to save you! You figure it out yourself!" After saying that, I lay down on the bed, not daring to look at Lin Jie's desperate gaze again.

  Silence, silence.

  I suddenly remembered the secret that had been suppressed in my heart for a long time, and I got out of bed again. My eyes stared tightly at Lin Jie, saying, "Tell me, what did you do to Lin Mei on that night two years ago?"

  Lin Jie's face suddenly turned pale, and he stared blankly for a moment, "You... what are you talking about?"

  I let out a cold laugh. "What are you talking about? You know it yourself. If you can tell me what you did to Lin Mei that night, maybe I'll think of a way to save you, but no promises."

  My words struck Lin Jie's weak point, and his spirit was on the verge of collapse. "I... I..."

  "Actually, Lin Mei had already died two years ago on that night..."

  "What? Lin Mei has been dead for two years?" I exclaimed in shock.

  Lin Jie's expression turned gloomy, and he replied, "Yes, she died two years ago. I was the one who killed her."

  "Did you kill her? Even if it was you who killed her, where is her body then? How did you deal with it?" Although I thought Lin Jie's words might be true, I couldn't hide the doubt in my heart.

  "Dealing with corpses is a simple matter for me. You know, I'm a minor deity, my dad died early, and summoning souls is something you wouldn't understand... I killed Lin Mei Xin, originally intending to summon my dad's soul back to possess her body and revive him, but unexpectedly, I summoned a very vicious female ghost onto her instead... Then I had no choice but to leave the school and hide... After that, I didn't know what happened until her ghost found me a week ago..."

  "Summoning souls? You, an educated person, actually believe in witchcraft and used it to kill Lin Meixin? If I had known this would happen, why bother with the past! You deserve your punishment, you should have died long ago, more than Lin Wei and the others!" I was furious. "No one can save you now!"

  My heart aches to the extreme! It turns out that Lin Mei's heart had already died two years ago on that night, no wonder I felt like her demeanor was completely different before and after? Why did she have such an unusual fragrance on her body?

  So, was it the vengeful spirit attached to her body or her own ghost that killed Lin Wei and the others? If it was indeed Lin Mei's ghost, there could only be one reason for her to kill Lin Wei and the others - because they had destroyed her physical body!

  Lin Jie suddenly let out a hoarse howl, "Yes, it's my fault! I deserve to die, but I'm still young, I don't want to die yet!"

  "Who else would think of death? Do you know how many people died at the hands of Lin Mei's ghost because of your stupid actions two years ago? Lin Wei, Xiao Peng, Da Liu... and even Liu Tingting, they were all killed by you! You could die a thousand times, ten thousand times, and it still wouldn't be enough to redeem the sins you've committed!" I glared at this little scumbag in front of me, my heart burning with rage. Not only did he harm Lin Wei and the others, but even my own inexplicable admission into this mental hospital was all thanks to him!

  Lin Jie was scolded by me until he was dizzy, his face as pale as death, and he looked at me with a desperate expression. He suddenly gritted his teeth and pulled out a dagger with a cold light from his pocket, the dagger emitted a heart-pounding glow under the sunlight!

  I took a few steps back and exclaimed in a trembling voice, "You... what are you trying to do?"

  "What do I want to do? Haha...... haha...... Can't I just end it myself? Haha...... haha......" Lin Jie burst into maniacal laughter, and with a "ka-ching" sound, he stabbed the sharp dagger into his own chest!

  Blood splattered everywhere, like a fountain gushing out. Lin Jie's body spun 360 degrees before heavily falling to the ground in front of me, rolling around in agony, then stopped moving.

  Lin Jie is dead? I was so frightened by this scene that my soul left my body, and after a while, I shouted loudly like crazy, "Someone come! Someone come! Someone has committed suicide! Someone has committed suicide!"

  Suddenly, the hospital alarm sounded loudly, and a large group of people rushed towards my ward 33. The door was opened, and everyone was busy doing something in a flurry.

  Taking advantage of the chaos, I quietly slipped out of the ward and snuck into the crowd, secretly running towards the outside of the hospital.

  The scene was chaotic and no one noticed my escape.

  I quickly escaped from the hospital and got lost in the crowd of people coming and going. To avoid suspicion from passersby, I took off the patient gown I was wearing and walked bare-chested on the street.

  No one knows I'm an escaped patient from a mental hospital. Under the sunshine, I feel extremely good!

  Damn it, I finally escaped from the mental hospital that didn't see daylight. As for Lin Jie's death, I had nothing to do with him and didn't care about it at all. Moreover, he deserved to die! People who deserve to die will die at the right time, and I couldn't control it anyway!

  Just as I was walking, it suddenly started pouring heavily outside, with raindrops hitting the ground and splashing water everywhere. I had wanted to leave the city as soon as possible, but this sudden downpour disrupted my plans.

  Next to it was a large supermarket, which was already packed with people taking shelter from the rain. I crouched down and dashed inside from the pouring rain.

  Standing in the midst of a crowded crowd, I wouldn't attract anyone's attention at all. I was just an ordinary person who had been forced to come in and take shelter from the rain.

  My gaze was suddenly drawn to the large screen on the wall of the supermarket, which was reporting a news story. It appeared to be a live report: "Citizens, today a murder occurred in room 33 of the municipal psychiatric hospital. The victim is Lin Jie, 23 years old, who was stabbed to death with a sharp dagger. Meanwhile, the patient in room 33 took advantage of the chaos and escaped from the hospital. This patient's name is Lan Tian, 22 years old, and has a tendency towards violence."

  "Attention all citizens, please do not go out alone and avoid crowded public areas to prevent being attacked by the patient who escaped from the hospital!"

  "As for Lin Jie's death in hospital, whether it was homicide or suicide, the case is currently under investigation."

  The announcer's magnetic voice continued on the screen, but I couldn't hear a word, damn it, were they suspecting that Lin Jie's death had something to do with me?

  It's a joke! His death has nothing to do with me, he was killed by Lin Mei's ghost!

  A low murmur of discussion rose from the crowd.

  "How could someone have been killed in a mental hospital?"

  "It's really terrifying to think about it. A murder actually happened in a mental hospital, I wonder if the killer was that escaped mental patient?"

  "It's possible, very possible! All those with mental illnesses have violent tendencies..."

  "That escaped patient won't be hiding among us, will he? I'll go first."

  Some people couldn't care less that it was still raining in the sky, hastily leaving the supermarket with a small umbrella, walking into the rain, letting the small umbrella in their hand be blown by the strong wind into a lonely boat in the stormy waves.

  I muttered to myself, "It's not me, it's not me..."

  My voice wasn't loud, but it was heard by a few people. They looked at me warily and shifted their bodies to the side, only stopping when they were far away from me. Their eyes turned back to me again, as if they were worried I would suddenly use violence on them.

  A young man glared at me with anger in his eyes and muttered, "What's wrong with you, trying to scare me? Are you crazy?"

  "You're absolutely right, damn it! I'm that crazy son of a bitch!" I hysterically laughed and rushed into the rain, running out of the supermarket without looking back, letting the big raindrops hit my exposed body.

  That group of people behind me let out a burst of whispers and gasps. I can imagine the look on their faces right now - they must think I'm crazy!

  Yes, I think if I had to stay in this city for even one more day, I would go crazy!

  I ran wildly in the rain, with only one thought in my mind - to escape as quickly as possible from this city filled with the scent of death, to get far, far away and never come back, to forget everything that had happened here.

  I was running and got tired, panting heavily in the rain. A taxi stopped beside me, and the driver stuck his head out, shouting "Hey kid, want a ride?"

  I looked up and saw that the brother seemed somewhat familiar, and it turned out to be the driver who sent me to the psychiatric hospital!

  I was furious and cursed, "Get out of my sight! I almost got killed by you, do you want to send me to a mental hospital too?"

  Unexpectedly, that guy didn't get angry, instead he smiled and said, "Young man, don't be so hot-headed... Get in the car, I have something to tell you!"

  "Anything to say before I get on the bus? Haha... I have nothing to say to you! Sorry, I won't fall for your trick!" I said, ignoring him and walking forward.

  I had just walked a short distance when that guy suddenly drove up in his car, "screech" to a halt right in front of me, blocking my way!

  "What the hell are you sticking around me for, you damned ghost? I'm broke and not interested in your crap, so get lost!" I cursed.

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