BXBX NOVEL Chapter 108 - 108 – Business Talks (Third Update!)
Soon enough, the dean connected with the head nurse of the inpatient building, asking her to rush to his office.
Huang Xiaolong waited leisurely.
The dean and deputy dean were both wiping sweat off their foreheads nonstop, clearly they were on edge. Then at that moment— Knock-knock-knock–
The sound of knocking rang out. Followed by a woman’s voice…
“Dean, I am here.”
Her voice was cold, devoid of any human-like emotions, making those who heard it uncomfortable.
“Come in,” the dean said.
The door opened.
First, an inexplicable gust of cold wind blew in.
The temperature in the office was pleasant, neither hot nor cold, but now, the moment the door opened, the temperature seemed to drop significantly, causing the dean and the deputy dean to involuntarily shrink their necks.
Huang Xiaolong squinted his eyes slightly, noticing a young woman in a nurse’s uniform, walking in somewhat stiffly.
She was somewhat attractive, though at the moment, there was an indescribable weirdness in her vacant eyes and pallid face.
This young woman was the head nurse of the First People’s Hospital’s inpatient building.
“Xiao Liu, you look unwell,” said the dean, frowning. “Are you sick?”
“Hehehe,” the nurse chuckled dryly, “Sick? I’m not sick… I’ve always been perfectly healthy…”
“Well… Huang… Huang Xiaolong, this is Xiao Liu, the head nurse of our inpatient building. She is very dedicated and dependable, has a good reputation in our hospital,” the dean introduced her. “Feel free to ask anything you wish to know.”
Huang Xiaolong chose not to speak up but stared at the head nurse, then smiled and took out a few pieces of Joss Paper from his canvas bag.
These are pieces of Joss Paper that people burn to honor the dead during funeral ceremonies or tomb sweeping.
“Here, nurse, here’s some money. Please bring me a boxed meal,” Xiaolong handed the Joss Paper to the head nurse with a smile.
“You… You… Huang Xiaolong! You’ve crossed the line!” The dean exploded in anger. “Sure, you were victorious in the pregnancy diagnosis contest, we admit that our First People’s Hospital has wronged you. But all that is over now, you’ve gained your fame, what more do you want? Is it necessary to humiliate our staff like this? By giving Xiao Liu the money of the dead, are you cursing
The deputy dean was trembling with rage.
Huang Xiaolong just smiled.
At that moment, something bizarre happened!
The head nurse expressionlessly walked towards Huang Xiaolong, took the Joss Paper from his hands, studied it carefully, and said, “This is too much money for buying a meal, can I return the change?”
“No worries, you can keep the rest as a token of my gratitude,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile.
“Hehe, that’s very kind of you,” the nurse said with a grotesquely broad smile, carefully stowing away the Joss Paper, “Thank you.”
Silence!
The office was suddenly as quiet as death!
The dean and deputy dean, who were initially outraged, now stared in shock at the absurd scene before them!
“Are you guys feeling weird about why the head nurse accepted this Joss Paper?” Huang Xiaolong asked leisurely. “Look at her arm, there’s a blue patch with a ghastly red border, that’s a livor mortis. And her neck, if you look closely, there’s a faint strangulation mark.”
“Just like the saying goes: humans have human-like features, ghosts have ghost-like features. The moment we are born, our destiny is determined and encoded in symbols on our bodies. Examples include palm lines, facial features, and so on. Similarly, after death, the ghost’s fate is also revealed. I saw those ghost-like features on the head nurse. Which means—she’s already dead!”
“She couldn’t accept her death, so she forcefully returned to her body, creating an illusion that she is still alive.”
“What? You’re saying I’m dead? Me?… Am I really dead? You’re a liar!” The head nurse screamed in terror. The next moment.
Whoosh—-
A faint white apparition emerged slowly from the nurse’s skull cap.
It was the nurse’s spirit!
The spirit fearlessly appeared in daylight as the nurse’s death wasn’t more than seven days ago. It had seven days to go home, look at its loved ones, and then report to the Underworld.
Simultaneously, the nurse’s body fell to the ground, her features quickly distorted, her tongue several inches out of her mouth, a gruesome sight at the moment of death!
As if everything happened in slow-motion, Huang Xiaolong quickly took out a talisman, which self-ignited, filling the room with a golden aura, both the dean and deputy dean gazed at the nurse’s spirit!
Seeing the nurse’s body and spirit together was a terrifying sight, causing both the dean and the deputy dean to scream in terror, almost fainting in the process!
“Ah!!! Ghost! Ghost!”
“Xiao Liu… you… you’re already dead? Please do not harm us! I… I… I was planning to raise your salary. I was good to you end, please do not harm me…
“I can tell from your appearance that you hanged yourself and died about three hours ago,” said Huang Xiaolong to the nurse’s spirit. “Who caused you harm?”
“I don’t know… I genuinely don’t know… I vaguely remember hanging myself in the bathroom… I was wrongly accused, I didn’t deserve to die…” The nurse’s spirit’s voice was hoarse and terrifying.
“Alright, I understand. Don’t worry, I will avenge you. You shouldn’t be staying in the hospital and causing harm, it’s time for your reincarnation,” Huang Xiaolong didn’t beat around the bush, took out his soul-collecting jar, and captured the nurse’s spirit.
The temperature in the office returned to normal, the gloomy energy dissipated.
“Dean, arrange to have the nurse’s body taken away promptly,” Huang Xiaolong said with a smile. “Don’t be afraid, the nurse’s spirit has been captured by me. She can no longer cause you harm, now it’s just a body.”
After much persuasion, the dean arranged for someone to take away the nurse’s body.
Huang Xiaolong looked amusedly at the disoriented dean and deputy dean.
After about ten seconds…
“Enough with the nonsense, let’s get down to business,” Huang Xiaolong calculated in his head. “Every lunar July, your hospital is destined to record nine deaths. There’ve been two so far, so seven more to go. One of you might be next – but with me here, there’s a solution. Honestly speaking, I am good at catching ghosts. With me on the case, the First People’s Hospital will be safe. It won’t be haunted anymore.”
“Ah! No! We don’t want to die! We don’t want to turn into ghosts! Huang Xiaolong, no, Master Huang! Please… please help us!” The dean, who had become a believer in Huang Xiaolong’s powers, pleaded. His calm demeanor when facing the nurse’s ghost was clearly not something an ordinary person could possess.
“I can take care of it. The cost will be 300,000 yuan,” Huang Xiaolong quoted his price.
The dean and the deputy dean exchanged a look and in unison they said, “Ok! The price is not an issue! Please, Master Huang, help us get rid of the evil spirits!”