CHAPTER 58: CHAPTER 58: SO, WHO ARE YOU?

When she reached the second floor, the number of people walking around increased.

Those people, holding prescription slips from the doctors, walked either in sorrow or numbness, their eyes devoid of any emotion.

A nurse approached and asked her what she needed, but Gu Ningyue just shook her head without answering.

Perhaps because her gaze was too sharp, the nurse hesitated and then turned away.

There was nothing on the second floor; these people all seemed too normal.

Even when they passed her, their gaze only paused briefly on her face before quickly moving on.

So normal, so normal that she even thought what Mr. Chen said on the phone might be false.

She pressed the elevator button and went down to the lobby on the first floor.

It was obviously very late, yet a long queue had already formed at the registration desk.

This indeed demonstrated how trustworthy this hospital was to the people.

Gu Ningyue walked around, then quietly sat down on a long bench, watching the comings and goings as if she was merely an observer, an outsider!

After an indeterminate amount of time, a girl in a white outfit hurried past her.

Gu Ningyue stole another glance and suddenly shivered.

It seemed like tonight was a lost cause.

Just as she was about to stand up, a man approached her from a short distance away: "Hello."

Gu Ningyue lifted her eyes; he was wearing a black trench coat, holding a registration slip.

He looked to be in his thirties, with well-defined features.

"Hello, is there something you need?"

The man in the black trench coat looked anxious: "Hello, have you seen a girl in a white outfit pass by here? That’s my sister; I can’t find her. Her mind isn’t quite right, and she was just hit by a car. I’m a bit anxious."

Gu Ningyue pointed to the direction on her left: "It seems she went towards the inpatient department."

The man in the black trench coat seemed pleased and thanked her profusely: "Thank you, thank you!"

Watching his hurried departure, Gu Ningyue was just about to leave when she suddenly paused.

Wait! The inpatient department! How could she forget about the inpatient department?

That person might not necessarily be a doctor at this hospital; he could also be a patient here!

She had been confused by what Ling Tianyou said earlier, which made her firmly believe that person was a doctor here.

After thinking for a while, Gu Ningyue followed the man in the black trench coat toward the inpatient department floor.

It must be noted that this hospital was also highly stratified.

The building she was in was obviously only for consultations, examinations, or emergency IVs, yet an entire floor had been set aside for VIP patients, distinctly separate from the inpatient department.

At this time, the inpatient department could still be described as noisy.

There were people crying, talking, and even faint sounds of arguments.

At the corner, Gu Ningyue saw the man in the black trench coat holding the hand of the girl in the white outfit, looking sidewise with a sense of joy at something regained.

Only then did Gu Ningyue realize that the girl was very pretty; even though her face was dirty, one could still tell she was a beauty.

She was trying to push the man away, but her strength was too weak to escape his grip.

The two of them were tugging and pulling as they walked towards where Gu Ningyue was standing. As they passed by her, the man politely thanked her again: "Thank you."

Normal, too normal.

Gu Ningyue stood still, but when the pair had moved a few steps past her, she suddenly turned back: "Wait!"

The man turned around in confusion: "Miss, is there something else?"

"Are you really siblings?" Gu Ningyue slowly turned around, her eyes as sharp as a knife, slicing through the man in front of her: "Why, do you not resemble each other at all?"

The pretty girl showed a frightened expression, "I don’t know him, he’s a bad person! He’s a bad person!"

Gu Ningyue hesitated; this girl seemed so strange!

Clearly, she was eighteen or nineteen years old, but when she said that, she sounded like a five or six-year-old child.

The man hesitated, then swallowed back his words: "She’s a relative’s child, their family isn’t in this city, so they asked me to look after her for a few days. Is that a problem?"

Before he finished speaking, the pretty girl began to struggle intensely.

The man in the black trench coat quickly held her, coaxing and scaring her in equal measure: "Let’s go for a check-up, okay? After the check-up, you can go home. If you continue this way, no one will want you!"

But the pretty girl didn’t listen and struggled to move towards Gu Ningyue.

Gu Ningyue took two steps closer and grabbed the man’s hand: "Let her go!"

The man in the black trench coat tried to break free, but with a step on her foot, suddenly, he fell to the ground.

The girl in white clapped her hands, "Good, good!"

Her accent was unfamiliar, sounding unlike a local from City A.

Gu Ningyue looked down at the man in the black trench coat and asked: "You said she was your sister, and you registered her. Her ID card should be with you, right? Show it to me?"

The man in the black trench coat slowly got up, now cautious of this woman with an arm injury: "She didn’t bring her ID card, I registered for her using mine. Miss, what are you implying?"

Gu Ningyue shook her head, "Nothing, then. What is her name? Where is she from? You can surely at least say that?"

The man in the black trench coat stammered: "Why should I tell you who she is?"

Gu Ningyue sneered, turning to the pretty girl: "What’s your name? Where are you from?"

The man in the black trench coat suddenly interjected: "I told you, her mind isn’t right, you..."

Before he could finish, the girl spoke up: "My name is Ji Qianqian, I’m from Y City. Sister, I want to go home."

Her voice was full of fear, indicating that although her mind wasn’t always clear, she could still respond during critical moments.

Gu Ningyue gently took her hand, placing her behind herself: "So, who are you?"

The man in the black trench coat squinted slightly: "Miss, you should mind your own business."

Gu Ningyue remained unfazed by his threat: "I’ll give you two choices: first, you leave now. Second, I’ll call the doctors and nurses over, and let’s see who ends up worse off then!"

This was a hospital, and it was evident this man had no relation to this girl. If hospital staff got involved, he wouldn’t be able to cover it up!

The atmosphere turned silent, and the man in the black trench coat gritted his teeth, "You just wait!"