Life Copy Game

"Brother, why are you going to a mental hospital at this time? Do you live nearby?"

The taxi driver sitting in the driver's seat put his hands on the steering wheel and looked around at the surrounding vehicles.

"I have friends who are hospitalized there."

He Ao flipped the map on his bracelet and replied.

A three-dimensional map was projected from the bracelet, and He Ao stared at the address of Vic Mental Hospital marked on the map, thoughtfully.

"Oh oh oh," the driver stepped on the accelerator and passed the vehicle in front, "You still go to see him at this time. You two have a good relationship, right?"

"Indeed," He Ao nodded slightly, "I have always missed him."

He Ao closed the map on his bracelet and opened the detailed information about Vic Mental Hospital that he had just asked Eve to give him.

This mental hospital was established about ten years ago. Judging from the scattered information on the Internet, it is a public welfare mental hospital that provides free treatment to mental patients.

Although Eve collected some information about this mental hospital from the Internet, there was not much information, and most of it was scattered posts from netizens.

It only describes that this mental hospital will provide patients with free accommodation and food, and the environment looks good.

However, this mental hospital generally does not treat patients with living immediate family members. They only treat homeless people with signs of mental illness and some lonely elderly people who are suspected of being ill.

However, some posts claiming to be court employees mentioned that this hospital will also treat some mentally ill criminals transferred from the court.

At this point, the information came to an abrupt end.

This mental hospital does not have any official website, nor any promotional materials. Apart from the geographical location of this mental hospital on the map software, no more precise information about this mental hospital can be found.

Even this geographical location was uploaded by nearby netizens and was not officially certified by a mental hospital.

Judging from this information, the mental hospital was more of an urban legend than a medical facility.

"Is this an old industrial area nearby?"

The slowly driving taxi turned into a group of old buildings. The taxi driver looked around and said, "When did a mental hospital open in the old industrial area? Aren't there factories all around here?"

"More than ten years."

He Ao looked at the familiar scenes around him, and memory fragments from Jace slowly emerged. He put down his bracelet and said casually.

"I have lived here for more than ten years and have never seen this mental hospital." The driver glanced at the navigation on the car display. "Are you sure this location is accurate?"

"It should be accurate," He Ao looked out the window. "This is the only Vic Mental Hospital in the entire Witland."

The surrounding old buildings passed by outside the car window one after another. "It has been here for more than ten years, and there has been basically no change."

"Have you been here before?"

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and looked at He Ao's slightly reminiscing look, "Have you ever worked here before?"

"My father worked here, a long time ago."

He Ao showed a gentle smile. ….

"Then it shouldn't be easy for your father. The working conditions here have never been very good. Accidents often happen. Many of these factories and factories are over fifty years old. If you are not careful, you will suffer some safety accidents."

The driver slapped his hand on the steering wheel, "Those bastard consortia only care about making more money, and they are not willing to let any of it slip through their fingers to improve the living conditions of the people below."

"Um."

He Ao nodded slightly.

"But that's right,"

The driver followed the navigation and turned into an alley with no street lights. "If you can live a good life, who would come here to work? There are layoffs everywhere now. Many people who used to sit in offices in North Wetterland have gone to the factory." Now, these factories only want young people, not older ones like us.”

“The taxi industry and

What about the factory? "

He Ao withdrew his gaze and answered.

"How can it be better? They are almost the same,"

The driver sighed,

"The group takes more than 30% of every order, and then there are electricity bills, maintenance fees, car rental fees for the company, and various insurances. There is not much money left in your pocket from a single order. If you want to make more money, just There is an additional fee for running in the early morning, or running at extra time.

"But what can I do? I still have two children at home, who have to go to school, have to eat, have credit cards to pay off every month, and rent to pay, all on my forehead.

"Actually, my wife works in a nearby factory. I also know that it is dangerous and people will die, but there is nothing I can do. If you don't work, you will have no food. Once the credit card is overdue, interest will compound. More and more, overdue rent will Get kicked out."

He pointed out the window at the homeless tent leaning against the edge of the wall.

"Look at the homeless people outside. They used to have houses to live in. They either couldn't pay the rent or the mortgage. After they were kicked out, they lived outside or in cheap hotels. One of my colleagues was like this. .

"I used to think there was nothing wrong with sleeping on the street? I would sleep on the street if I could.

"But it was also from my colleague that I learned that sleeping on the street for a day or two is fine. If you sleep too much, you will catch a cold and get sick.

“People who sleep on the street basically don’t have medical insurance, or buy the cheapest medical insurance. Once you get sick, the hospital will drain your last money and make your living situation worse.

"Even if he is cured, his life will get worse and he will suffer the fate of getting sick again. Then he will have no money for treatment, his body will collapse, and he will not be able to work. My colleague was fired because of poor performance and poor physical condition.

"Later I heard he was wandering the neighborhood south of Plant,"

He was silent for a moment, "After that, I never heard from him again."

After saying that, he smiled and said, "Sorry, I've been complaining a lot lately, and I accidentally talked too much."

"fine."

He Ao smiled and shook his head.

At this time, the taxi also slowly pulled over, and a gentle female voice came from the car navigation system, "You have arrived at your destination. Please take your luggage with you and pay attention to the cars coming from the left and right. Tellison Taxi will serve you wholeheartedly."

"Brother, your position seems a bit biased."

The taxi driver glanced out the window. ….

This place seemed to be a forgotten corner, and the surrounding street lights were all damaged. On the dark road, only the faint lights of taxis illuminated the road ahead.

Looking out the car window, in the hazy night, there is only a rusty iron gate, and behind the iron gate, there is a building with only some scattered rooms with lights on.

The taxi driver turned on the flashlight function on his wristband, shined a light on the rusty iron door, and found a faded paint sign next to the iron door.

"Vic Mental Hospital," the driver read out the words, "There really is a mental hospital here."

He glanced at the rusty iron door again. The night wind blew through the iron door, and the loose knob shook together with the rusty iron door, making a creaking sound.

He turned to look at He Ao, "Brother, how long have you not seen your friend? Are you in a hurry? This place looks more like a mental hospital in a ghost story. I don't think you are a bad person. How about you Looking for some friends to come over at noon tomorrow?”

"I haven't seen him for a long time. I didn't know he was here before,"

He Ao raised his bracelet, paid the fare, opened the door, got out of the taxi, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'm safer in the dark."

The evening breeze blew through his clothes, blending his figure into the thick night.

Only then did the driver see He Ao's face clearly, and also saw some bright red spots stained on He Ao's clothes.

For some reason, he felt that He Ao at this moment was more terrifying than that gloomy mental hospital, more like a killer wandering in the night.

But maybe

Because of the conversation they had just had, this killer did not make him feel alienated. Although fear arose in his heart, his overall mood was surprisingly calm.

"Then be careful. If you are in danger, remember to call the FBI."

He retracted his body, stretched his arm out of the car window, and waved to He Ao, "I wish you all the best."

"Thanks."

He Ao nodded and watched the somewhat old taxi disappear into the depths of the night.

The fear spread by terrorists seems to have less impact on people with good intentions and good intentions.

He turned around and looked at the iron door that creaked in the night wind.

On the edge of the iron gate, there is an iron plate with the words imprinted on it.

He Ao looked past the iron sign and looked at the faded sign next to the iron gate.

The huge signboard was mounted on the wall, and it was a dark purple-red color, which was somewhat incompatible with the gray-white wall.

The signboard and the wall are not actually one body.

On the gray-white wall, more than ten years ago, the company name was directly engraved. At that time, this area was still called "Enlaite Chemical Company."

The chemical plant where Jess's father had an accident.

Shortly after Jess's father's accident, the chemical plant filed for bankruptcy liquidation and all its properties were auctioned off.

After that, Jess never heard the name of the chemical plant again.

It seems as if this chemical plant has really disappeared forever.

He Ao withdrew his gaze and pressed his hand on the iron door. With a harsh and long creaking sound, he slowly pushed open the iron gate. ….

The reason that prompted He Ao to come here, apart from the fact that the psychotic killer who killed his wife was imprisoned here, was that this mental hospital was built in the old industrial area where Jess's father had an accident, which made him realize that something was wrong.

Although Jess did not remember the specific location of Enlaite Chemical Company, as the place where his father died, he still vaguely remembered the general area.

And He Ao saw that the location of Vic Mental Hospital was in the approximate area in Jace's memory.

Although he had expected it before coming, he was still a little surprised when this mental hospital actually appeared in front of He Ao, a building renovated from the site of a chemical plant.

Who would buy the site of a chemical plant that had a major accident and turn it into a free mental hospital?

He Ao's thoughts returned to his eyes, and he looked into the hazy darkness. The terrorist's eyes of night made the surrounding scenery as clear as day.

Behind the iron gate is a long and slender footpath that leads directly to the brightly lit building closest to the gate.

The trail is lined with lawns and flowers swaying in the night breeze.

In Wetterland, where land is at a premium, there are few places where so much space is available for planting green plants.

After removing the rusty iron door and peeling paint signboard, judging from the flowers inside, the environment of this mental hospital is indeed good.

He Ao walked forward step by step along the trail.

The long-forgotten memories were replayed in his mind bit by bit.

Jess had come to Enlight Chemical Company many times after his father's death. At that time, there was also a trail behind the iron gate of the company, but there were old factories on both sides of the trail.

At that time, the factory on one side of the trail had collapsed because it was too old, and the factory on the other side was the site of the explosion, and most of the entire factory had become ruins.

The person who bought the land demolished the two factories and built a garden on the original ruins.

He Ao's footsteps stopped beside a flower swaying on the edge of the trail.

It was a purple five-petal flower, with flowers and leaves on the branches, which looked enchanting and beautiful.

People who have lived in the city for a long time may only marvel at the beauty of this flower when they see it.

And the wanderers in the wilderness will immediately leave the land where this flower flourishes.

In the memory that He Ao inherited from the wilderness wanderer Ronal,

this flower is called ghost flower by the wilderness wanderers.

This is a flower that blooms in all seasons.

But its flowers will only bloom on the blood-soaked soil.

The more dead souls there are under the soil, the more brilliant the ghost flowers in the mountains and fields will bloom.

Seeing the blooming ghost flowers in the wilderness means that there are powerful predators or groups that like to kill nearby, and they need to leave immediately.

The petals of this flower are also one of the materials for making genetic drugs.

Of course, when Jace used this petal as an experimental material, he didn't know where this flower grew.

He Ao let go of the hand holding the ghost flower and let the flower continue to sway in the evening breeze.

His figure quickly moved forward along this quiet trail and finally arrived at the door of the brightly lit mental hospital. ….

There is also a sign of Vic Mental Hospital here, but it is much newer than the sign outside.

Under the sign, you can only see the frosted glass door with a hazy glow.

He Ao pushed open the glass door and stepped into the interior of the mental hospital.

The first thing that caught his eye was a wide hall.

Unlike the dark scenery outside, the lobby on the first floor of the mental hospital is brightly lit.

Many patients in hospital gowns are dozing on the seats in the lobby, or watching TV around a large TV.

Some nurses are pushing patients who seem to have lost their mobility and are sitting in wheelchairs to walk and relax in the lobby, and chat with patients.

At first glance, this place seems to be no different from an ordinary nursing home.

But if you look closely, you will find that most of these patients maintain a strange silence, watching TV, being in a daze, and hardly making any sound.

Instead, the nurses pushing wheelchairs are talking non-stop with a hoarse tone to the patients who have almost no response in an abnormally excited attitude.

Their excitement is a bit like irritability.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

Just as He Ao was watching the scene in the hall, a calm and cold greeting came from the side.

He Ao looked up and saw that not far from him, there was an arc-shaped consultation desk. A nurse wearing a white hat, a plain white nurse skirt, and a black sweater jacket was looking at him with some doubts.

The nurse had delicate makeup on, and her red lips reflected a little crystal light under the bright light.

She had a good figure, and even though her body was covered by a wide nurse skirt, it could not hide her looming graceful figure.

She looked more like a manager or receptionist of a sophisticated high-end shopping mall office building than a nurse in a hospital.

"Hello,"

When he saw the nurse, He Ao naturally walked over. He raised his bracelet and opened an interface. "I am the head of a private charity fund. I heard that there is a free mental hospital for public welfare, so I want to come and take a look."

He extended the bracelet to the nurse and showed the interface on the bracelet, which was the management interface of Jess's private charity fund.

"You want to?"

The nurse glanced at the management interface and looked at He Ao with some doubts, "Donate to our hospital?"

Compared with other nurses, the nurse sitting at the consultation desk seemed unusually normal, which was out of tune with the atmosphere of the hall.

"I want to visit first,"

He Ao took back his bracelet and smiled, "I also know some friends who run media companies. I saw that your mental hospital basically did not do any publicity on the Internet. I think better publicity should bring you more funds."

Jess didn't know any friends who run media companies, but Wei An did.

Breaking this relationship is to give the other party a reason to cooperate.

This mental hospital may not need money, but from their behavior, they don't want to be exposed to the public. ….

"Sorry, we don't lack..."

When the nurse heard He Ao's first sentence, she subconsciously refused, but she stopped when she heard He Ao's second sentence.

"What don't you lack?"

He Ao looked at her in confusion. "We are not short of patients,"

The nurse smiled awkwardly, picked up the bracelet, and opened the dialog box, "We have too many patients, and we may really need money, but I don't know the specific situation of the hospital, I need to contact our dean."

"Okay."

He Ao nodded and turned to look at the patients and nurses around him again.

As he chatted with the nurses at the consultation desk, the surrounding nurses gradually became quiet, but no one, including the patients, raised their heads to look at He Ao.

They still maintained their previous inertia and were doing their own things, as if He Ao never existed.

The nurse at the consultation desk quickly ended the conversation. She looked at He Ao,

"Our dean asked me to show you around first, and he will be here shortly."

"OK."

He Ao nodded.

"Then let's visit the Medical Equipment Department first?"

The nurse walked out from behind the consultation desk with a smile and asked seemingly casually, "How do you know about our hospital?"

As she walked out from behind the consultation desk, her lower body, which was covered by the consultation desk, was also revealed. The pure white nurse skirt only reached her knees, and the areas not covered by the nurse skirt were tightly wrapped around her calves, spreading to Matte black hair for thighs.

"I have a friend who is being treated here,"

He Ao replied casually, "His name is Arent."

"Mr. Arent?" The nurse at the consultation desk was slightly surprised. "I know him. He was discharged from the hospital a year ago."

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