Pregnant After Healing the Alpha

Chapter 696: Chapter 685: Stitching Up the Wound

Zhou Yunxiang nodded his head and was just about to leave when Qiao Jing took the lead and walked out.

Upon arriving in the corridor, Qiao Jing looked left and right, noticing an eerie silence. The hallway, previously shrouded in darkness, was now dimly lit by a few incandescent bulbs, casting a ghostly aura. noveldrama

Qiao Jing quickened her pace and arrived at another door, turned the handle without hesitation, and entered.

Zhou Yunxiang, still in another room, saw this and hurriedly pulled Li Yunyun along to follow.

After reaching the second room, Qiao Jing realized that everything in there was all too familiar.

Because the room was an operating theater. There was an operating table with nothing on it, and a nearby cart held various surgical instruments.

She had thought she might encounter Zhan Qipei and the others at other levels, but judging by the current situation, it seemed unlikely for the time being.

Li Yunyun took a look around the room and couldn’t help but shiver, silently moving closer to Zhou Yunxiang.

"Why does this operating room look so ominous, and it even feels a bit cold..."

Hearing Li Yunyun’s words, Qiao Jing spoke coldly and indifferently.

"Because this is also a morgue."

She had noticed upon entry that along the wall of the operating theater was a row of cabinets for storing corpses.

The puzzle or task to come would no doubt involve the refrigeration cabinets.

Li Yunyun was startled, clutching Zhou Yunxiang’s arm and refusing to let go.

"Yunxiang, you..."

Suddenly, something occurred to her, and she forced herself to release his arm with chattering teeth.

"I want to solve the puzzle with you."

In the first room earlier, she had felt a sense of unwilling resignation when she saw Qiao Jing reveal the last digit of the combination lock. And now, as Qiao Jing was already uncovering more clues ahead of her, it made her feel like the most useless member in the team.

Therefore, she decided that from now on, she would find more clues and outshine that vixen Qiao Jing!

Zhou Yunxiang smiled when he saw that Li Yunyun was willing to solve puzzles together and nodded.

"Alright!"

Meanwhile, Qiao Jing eyed a pair of medical gloves on the table, slipped them on expertly, and moved to the refrigeration cabinet that wafted cold air.

Just as she was about to pull open one of the compartments, an ancient voice suddenly echoed through the room.

"Doctor Zhou, please suture the wounds of the patient who committed suicide due to schizophrenia a few days ago. Nurse Qiao and Nurse Li, assist Doctor Zhou, and be careful of the patients who may act out!"

The ancient voice came to an abrupt halt, and the operating theater was quiet once more.

Then, a series of footsteps were heard from the corridor outside, accompanied by the grating sound of teeth grinding and the frenzied banging on doors.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Li Yunyun was startled once again and instinctively wanted to hide behind Zhou Yunxiang when she suddenly remembered the agreement to solve the puzzle together.

But at this moment, the people outside the door were definitely those patients. If the door was accidentally opened and she was walking around the room looking for clues, she would surely be the first to be caught.

While she was thinking this, Qiao Jing had already taken action.

Qiao Jing quickly moved to the door and effortlessly dragged over a few tables to barricade it.

"Zhou Yunxiang, you’re the doctor and need to suture the patient’s wounds."

Through the words spoken earlier, she had understood the backdrop of the theme they were engaged in.

The theme she was playing was not an ordinary hospital but a mental asylum. They were role-playing the doctors and nurses of this mental asylum, tasked with solving puzzles while also performing individual assignments.

After hearing Qiao Jing’s words, Zhou Yunxiang hesitated for a moment, scanning the room.

"But I haven’t seen any patients here."

Qiao Jing pursed her red lips and cast a glance toward the refrigeration cabinets.

"Over there."

She suddenly felt that if she had been in a group with Zhan Qipei, things would have been much better. At least she wouldn’t have had to be overly concerned about her teammate’s game experience. After all, if she and Zhan Qipei were in the same team, they would only have one teammate and could clear the game very quickly.

Zhou Yunxiang was stunned for a moment and then followed Qiao Jing’s gaze.

"Miss Qiao... you mean to say... the patient is in the cold storage cabinet?"

Qiao Jing nodded slightly and responded with a faint "Hmm."

In this operation room, there was no one on the hospital bed. The only place for a prop patient was the cold storage cabinet.

Zhou Yunxiang glanced at the cold storage cabinet, feeling inexplicably scared.

"Alright then."

Li Yunyun, noticing the two were chatting without including her, was not at all pleased.

To assert her presence, she walked straight up to the cold storage cabinet and, without a second thought, pulled open one of the drawers.

"What’s the big deal about opening a drawer? Besides, what Qiao Jing said might not even be correct. The prop doesn’t have to be in there—it could be under the hospital bed!"

After saying this, she glanced inside the drawer and saw it was empty.

Li Yunyun arrogantly lifted her chin.

"See, I told you, there’s nothing! If you don’t believe me, I’ll open the second one."

As she spoke, she opened the second drawer, and just as she was about to mock Qiao Jing further, she saw what was inside the cabinet.

What followed was Li Yunyun’s scream.

"Aaahhh—!!!"

Zhou Yunxiang immediately went over to her side, reaching out an arm to steady her.

"What’s wrong?"

Li Yunyun had reflexively closed the cabinet door in fear and was now pointing shakily at the second drawer.

"That... there’s someone... there’s a person inside..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yunxiang had Li Yunyun hide behind him and stepped forward to open the cabinet door she had mentioned.

After opening the cabinet, he saw the prop patient inside, but upon taking a clear look, it wasn’t just fear he felt—he was also disgusted.

The prop in the cabinet was made extremely lifelike, and the wound mentioned in the task was not just any wound, but a long gash across the abdomen, with fake intestines spilling out.

He seriously doubted that the shop had made it so realistic deliberately to scare the customers.

Seeing the two of them just standing there motionless, Qiao Jing, somewhat exasperated, tugged at the corner of her mouth and approached the cold storage cabinet.

After looking at the prop lying inside, she immediately reached in, pulled the prop out, and placed it on the adjacent operating table.

"Zhou Yunxiang, come and sew up the wound."

Both Zhou Yunxiang and Li Yunyun were shocked by Qiao Jing’s actions and stood there frozen.

Zhou Yunxiang, frowning, said with an indescribable expression:

"Miss Qiao, did you just go ahead and pick up that prop?"

Qiao Jing’s brow arched slightly, and she spoke with an indifferent tone:

"What else? You need to start the task."

If she hadn’t taken the prop out, those two probably would have just stood next to the cold storage cabinet without moving, which would have caused another delay in their progress.

Li Yunyun was currently hiding behind Zhou Yunxiang, not daring to glance at the prop on the hospital bed even once.

Zhou Yunxiang, hesitant, looked at the prop on the bed and the exposed fake intestines, reluctant to take a step forward.