Chapter 244
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Chapter 244: Death Tribulation
The Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods.
One bamboo.
Four dots.
Six characters.
Hula!
Li Yifei pushed the mahjong tiles in front of him down with a grin.
A Zhu, sitting nearby, had a mournful expression as she handed Li Yifei a crumpled piece of paper with a few large characters written on it.
— A Zhu’s Sweeping Voucher.
Nikes and Merlin also smiled as they handed over their own pieces of paper, which were A Zhu’s Cooking Voucher and A Zhu’s Bed-Warming Voucher, respectively.
Li Yifei held the three vouchers in his hand, grinning at A Zhu as he waved the tickets: A Zhu, tomorrow’s sweeping and cooking are all up to you, and by the way, come to my room tonight to warm the bed.
A Zhu pouted, feeling wronged: It’s clearly four people playing mahjong, why are three of the chips my work vouchers?
Seniors always give juniors more opportunities to showcase themselves; this is our corporate culture. Li Yifei smirked wickedly, pointing at the other pieces of paper in front of him, and isn’t there also my work voucher? If you have the ability, win them back!
A Zhu huffed: You’re bullying me! Hong Yan came later than I did; why doesn’t she have to do these things?
Hong Yan can only do simple tasks right now; our hospital still relies on you, A Zhu! Li Yifei lounged back in his chair and snapped his fingers at Hong Yan, who was standing behind him.
Hong Yan, bring Grandma a cup of cappuccino, and bring Senior Merlin a cup of fine Bi Luo Chun.
Hong Yan tilted her head, seemingly not understanding what Li Yifei was saying.
Li Yifei sighed: Pour us three cups of water.
This time, Hong Yan understood, turning to head to the kitchen. After a while, she returned with three cups of water and placed them in front of the three.
Merlin picked up his cup and shook his head: Little Li, why is there no goji berry in this water? This isn’t healthy.
Li Yifei’s mouth twitched slightly: Senior Merlin, our hospital… doesn’t produce goji berries!
Merlin sighed, looking somewhat dejected, casually picked a tile, and discarded it.
Two dots.
Eat! Li Yifei’s eyes lit up!
Of course, the one whose eyes also lit up was Hong Yan, standing behind.
Awooo—!!
Hong Yan bit down on the round table, her silver teeth clenching, and she gnawed off half a piece of the table, the mahjong tiles sliding into her mouth, producing a crisp crunching sound.
A Zhu: …
Li Yifei: …
Merlin: …
Nikes looked at Hong Yan with a smile in his eyes and kindly said: My granddaughter has a really good bite!
Just as Li Yifei was about to say something, a figure in white suddenly appeared at the door. He stood up straight, bowing to Lin Qiye, and, in unison with A Zhu, exclaimed:
Good day, Director—!
Afterward, he gave Hong Yan a knowing glance.
Hong Yan, who was still chewing on the mahjong: *……&@#!
Lin Qiye looked at them oddly; he wasn’t in the mood to appreciate the corporate culture that Li Yifei had painstakingly crafted. Instead, he walked directly to Merlin and said:
Lord Merlin, may I have a word?
Merlin raised an eyebrow, nodded, and followed Lin Qiye into the study.
Lord Merlin, I’ve encountered some issues recently… Lin Qiye sat in the chair, carefully choosing his words.
You want me to help you with a prophecy? Merlin instantly understood Lin Qiye’s intention.
That’s right.
Merlin scrutinized Lin Qiye for a moment, and after a while, his brow furrowed slightly. Even without a prophecy, I can vaguely see that your recent fate trajectory is too dim…
What does dim represent?
Merlin hesitated for a moment before slowly uttering two words: death omen.
Lin Qiye frowned.
In the words of your Great Xia, it means that your calamity is approaching. Merlin continued, using the term calamity is indeed more appropriate, as in a certain sense, it does not necessarily mean death.
Lord Merlin, is there a way to break the calamity?
Merlin shook his head. If it were someone else, I could indeed offer advice using prophecy, but as I mentioned before, I cannot see your future clearly; your fate itself is obscured. If I hadn’t recently regained some power, I fear I wouldn’t even be able to detect this slight sign.
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye’s expression revealed a sense of inevitability, and he sighed helplessly.
At that moment, Merlin’s expression suddenly became strange. He looked down at his own body, confusion filling his eyes.
Strange…
What’s wrong?
Although I can’t see your fate trajectory clearly, it seems… my own fate trajectory is about to intersect more closely with yours? Merlin pondered for a long time, uncertainly speaking:
Perhaps… the key to breaking your calamity is related to me?
Lin Qiye was taken aback, then his eyes brightened.
As the second patient of the Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, unless he leaves this hospital, Merlin’s fate will not affect the outside world. In other words…
Will Merlin leave this hospital in the near future?
Unlike the caregivers in the hospital, patients can only leave by reaching a treatment progress of 50%.
Lin Qiye looked up at Merlin’s treatment progress, which was still at 41%, quite a bit away from 50%. The most crucial point was that his treatment progress hadn’t increased at all since two months ago.
To push the progress bar to 50% in a short time, how easy could that be?
Lin Qiye frowned as he looked at Merlin, deep in thought.
Since the medication has lost its effect on Merlin, without any breakthrough progress, it would be difficult to raise the progress by 9% in a short time. But what exactly needs to be done to achieve breakthrough progress?
We must start from the root of the illness!
Seeing that Lin Qiye had fallen into thought, Merlin did not disturb him but quietly stood up and left the study.
Thus, Lin Qiye sat alone in the study for an entire morning. Since arriving at the psychiatric hospital, it was his first time staying in the hospital for such a long period.
After all, when he was in the hospital, to outsiders, he was just daydreaming. If he really sat there for a whole morning, people would probably think the kid was foolish.
But now, even if he returned to the real world, he could only anxiously await the arrival of calamity. Rather than that, it would be better to work hard here to find a way out.
Outside the study, Li Yifei, A Zhu, Mo Fang, and Hong Yan quietly peeked inside, just about to say something when suddenly, the study door swung open.
Lin Qiye quickly walked out of the study, ignoring the caregivers, and directly approached Merlin, who was dozing in the courtyard.
He took a deep breath, stepped on the armrest of the chair, and spoke seriously:
Merlin, have you found the secret of the real world? How can you still sleep soundly?!
