The Silent Night
Xia Yihan sat by the window, quietly watching the nurse install the bed. The new bed was foldable, making it convenient and portable. After being flattened, it was the same size as a normal hospital bed.
The nurse laid out the new sheets, brought a cool quilt, a pitcher of lemon tea, and two glasses. She arranged them as if she were arranging a place to lie on at the beach, minus the umbrella.
Seeing that there was an extra “vacation bed” beside her’s, Xia Yihan did not make any comments. Even if she did, she would not say anything, and the most she’d do is drive people crazy.
After Nurse Liu Jing made the bed, she turned to face Xia Yihan’s clear eyes. She shuddered and squeezed out a smiley face as exaggerated as the emoji, “Xiao Xia, you will have a new roommate tonight.”
Xia Yihan silently looked at the pitcher of lemon tea. In that moment, the light from the sunset was just right, slipping in from the window and casting her shadow on the wall. The warm crimson orange color covered half of her face, making her look unreal.
Liu Jing didn’t expect her to respond and after packing up, quickly left with her companion. When they went down the stairs, she couldn’t help but start complaining, “Aiyo, if it wasn’t for her harmless face, I wouldn’t have dared to get close to her.”
“Yes, every time I deliver her food, I’d have a struggle in my heart. But, I could go there to feast my eyes, so it’s not a complete loss.”
“Haha, people like us who come into contact with weird things every day have developed a good habit to look at the inside, not the outside. However, when she came, she really raised the average face value of our hospital. If all the psychiatric hospitals jointly holds a beauty pageant, the champion…”
While the two nurses were talking, they ran into Chu Yu who was walking upstairs. They hurriedly shut up and greeted her while expressing their overflowing admiration.
In fact, Chu Yu had no prestige when she first arrived. It all changed as she made Xia Yihan speak and volunteered to spend the night with her. Now, in the minds of medical staff, she is the “Light of Jinshui Psychiatric Hospital” and holds the safety of thousands of people.
Chu Yu didn’t care about the issue of whether she’s the “light” or not, but just wanted to solve Xia Yihan’s mystery as soon as possible. She had just asked her subordinate, Muyu, to send previously sorted cases to her mobile phone. Once again, she tried to recall the information but did not see anything about Xia Yihan.
Is difficulty scary? What’s frightening is the unknown. The unknown is not only difficult, but also makes people wonder where the difficulty lies.
Aside from the headache, Chu Yu was mostly excited. She was like a cat who is about to open the box with a dried fish pattern, nervous and apprehensive, with two claws eager to try.
Chu Yu knocked on the door of room 710. This time, instead of closing the door, Xia Yihan opened it and greeted her personally, “Sister is back, I have been waiting for a long time.”
Chu Yu was shocked because she hadn’t even spoken just now. Is Xia Yihan a prophet?
“Sister’s bed is here, I knew you would come back.”
Chu Yu’s eyes swept around the folding bed and gave a thumbs up for the hospital’s speed.
“How did you know that the bed belongs to me?”
Xia Yihan poured Chu Yu a glass of lemon tea, smiled slightly, “Apart from Sister, who else will come?”
Chu Yu took the tea and smiled without saying anything– it seemed that this little girl had self-awareness and knew her power had deterred the entire hospital from going near her.
But since she has self-awareness, it would be possible to get answers alone.
“Xiao Xia, did you like the first few roommates?”
“Don’t have any impression of them.”
Some time ago, Xia Yihan lived in both a four-person ward and two-person ward. In the middle of the night, her roommates all went crazy and tried to commit suicide. Not only did they harm themselves, but they also injured the medical staff and security guards who came to stop them. This alarmed the entire hospital and many security guards took a lot of effort to hold the patients down to give them a sedative.
This left with a psychological shadow, even a lifelong one on many people, but she claimed that she had no impression.
“Did your roommates act strangely at night, and did they scare you?” Chu Yu’s index finger traced the rim of the cup. Her tone was still gentle, as if she was talking about an insignificant matter.
Xia Yihan was unperturbed, her eyes clear and simple, “I fell asleep, so I don’t remember.”
After speaking, she brightened up and her eyes were shining with light, “But tonight, Sister will sleep with me. I will remember it very clearly!”
Chu Yu tilted her head slightly, with a light smile on her lips. She wondered if Xia Yihan’s words were a gesture of goodwill or was she.….. demonstrating?