Chapter 005: The Transmigrator Must Be Ruthless

  "Ah!!!!!!"

  The next morning, before dawn broke and the rooster had not yet crowed, Tang Xiaosheng was startled awake by a woman's shrill cry. The crying woman was none other than Nurse Lin Shishi.

  When she woke up, she found herself sleeping on a strange bed, and there was even a man lying beside her - Tang Xiaosheng.

  Tang Xiaosheng sat on the edge of the bed all night, but later he was really too sleepy and fell asleep unknowingly. His body leaned onto the bed and lay down with Lin Shishi together.

  Lin Shishi's face sank, and she glared at him fiercely, asking in a cold tone: "How did I end up on your bed?"

  Tang Xiaosheng definitely couldn't speak the truth, so he pretended to be stupid and put on a surprised expression. Instead of answering, he asked back: "I'd like to ask you, how did you end up on my bed? I'm a proud bachelor, and you're mysteriously sleeping in my bed. If this gets out, how can I show my face again?"

  "You..."

  Lin Shishi didn't expect him to be so shameless, her pale face flushing red with anger. She remembered that last night she had come to this ward searching for Guo Yixiang, and then suddenly everything went black for some reason, and after that she couldn't remember anything else.

  She carefully checked her clothes and found that they didn't seem to have been touched, so she felt slightly relieved. However, as for Tang Xiaosheng, she really had no good feelings about him.

  Yesterday, she saw Tang Xiaosheng entering the women's restroom with her own eyes; last night, she fainted inexplicably in his room again; when she woke up this morning, she found herself lying on his bed. These three scenes combined, and an image of a perverted sex maniac can be said to have emerged.

  These are all just baseless conjectures, and there is no substantial evidence. Lin Shishi was also helpless and could only threaten Tang Xiaosheng: "If I find out you've done anything to me, I won't let you off."

  Tang Xiaosheng learned her tone of speech and continued to pretend foolishly: "If I find out you've done something to me, I won't let you off."

  At this point, Lin Shishi suddenly realized that she was talking to a mentally ill patient, which was no different from playing the piano to a cow. After slightly adjusting her clothes, she immediately got out of bed and hastily left the ward without looking back.

  "Hmm..."

  Tang Xiaosheng let out a soft sigh of relief. It seemed that Lin Shishi hadn't discovered that she had been knocked unconscious by Guo Xiang last night, and this matter could be considered closed.

  After this incident, he suddenly discovered a benefit of being mentally ill - teasing women without having to take responsibility.

  At 9:00 am, after finishing breakfast, mental patients all gather in the rehabilitation activity center hall and start a brand new day.

  After what happened last night, Tang Xiaosheng had a completely new view of Guo Yixiang and no longer simply thought she was just a mentally ill patient. He began to somewhat believe that Guo Yixiang really was possessed by the spirit of Guo Xiang.

  Although it sounds a bit absurd, Guo Yixiang pointed at Lin Shishi last night and she immediately fainted to the ground, this is an undeniable fact.

  It's better to believe it exists than not. Whether true or false, Tang Xiaosheng felt that this matter should be handled with caution.

  After arriving at the rehabilitation activity center hall, he found Guo Xiang (Guo Yixiang) and took her to a small corner of the hall. Then, in a low voice, he reminded her: "Xiang'er, big brother has something to tell you. We are crossers, outsiders, and cannot easily expose our identities, otherwise it may be very dangerous."

  He paused and added: "This matter directly affects our fate, we can't be careless. You look a bit too normal now, not like a mentally ill person, which is easily suspected by others."

  Guo Xiang was very clever and immediately understood. She nodded her head and asked: "Big brother, what should I do then?"

  Tang Xiaosheng replied, "From now on, try to make yourself a little abnormal, let people think you're crazy, they won't suspect your identity. Normally, you should do some unconventional things. For example, entering the men's restroom..."

  "I'm not going into the men's restroom!" Guo Xiang pouted and interrupted.

  Tang Xiaosheng thought for a moment and said, "Alright, it's fine if you don't enter the men's restroom. However, from now on, don't claim to be Guo Xiang in front of others, and don't casually display your martial arts skills."

  "Hmm." Guo Xiang seemed to have thought of something, her small mouth pursed as she asked in a childish voice, "Big brother, what should we do if an outsider finds out I'm a transmigrator?"

  When she asked this, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel a little guilty. He himself was an impersonator of Yang Guo, wasn't he just an "outsider"? If Guo Xiang discovered that he was an impersonator, what would her reaction be?

  He sank and asked tentatively: "Xiang Er, what do you think should be done?"

  "Killing him should be the simplest." Guo Xiang's small mouth opened, and she blurted out, then immediately explained, "I've seen some crossers in novels, who for the sake of hiding their crossing identity, would kill decisively!"

  What a ruthless and decisive killer! The traverser is indeed the most brutal creature!

  Upon hearing her response, Tang Xiaosheng immediately made up his mind that no matter what, he couldn't take the initiative to confess that he was an imposter Yang Guo, or else his life might be in danger.

  At this time, Guo Xiang added: "But killing him seems too cruel, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it myself. Why not tie him up with a rope and imprison him in a secret room instead?"

  Tang Xiaosheng remained silent, he really didn't want to express more opinions on this matter.

  Just after saying that, Guo Xiang seemed to think it wasn't right and changed her words again: "But he didn't do anything wrong either. Imprisoning him seems a bit excessive. Big brother, what do you think? Should we kill him, imprison him or let him go?"

  Tang Xiaosheng cleared his throat and said seriously, "If the other person is a kind and good-natured person who is willing to keep secrets, I think we can let him go."

  "Hmm." Guo Xiang nodded and praised, "Big brother, you're really a good person."

  Tang Xiao Sheng is not a good person, he said this just to leave himself a way out. In case one day Guo Xiang discovers that he is an imposter Yang Guo, he hopes to use this to save his own life.

  Two people were chatting, suddenly saw nurse Lin Shishi also came to the rehabilitation activity center hall, as soon as she entered the hall, she glared at Tang Xiaosheng fiercely, seemingly still resentful about last night's matter.

  "Lin Shishi, where did you go last night? Why didn't you return to the dormitory all night?" The head nurse suddenly asked.

  Lin Shishi was stunned and didn't say a word.

  "I know, I know!"

  At this time, a mentally ill person in the center of the hall suddenly shouted and danced with his hands and feet, then loudly said, "Last night, I saw Nurse Lin Shishi enter ward 707. She didn't come out until morning!"

  This mentally ill person lives in room 706, which just so happens to be right next door to Tang Xiaosheng's hospital room, and may have actually seen something.

  As soon as she heard this, the female nurse was stunned for a moment, looked at Lin Shishi again, and couldn't help but shake her head. She thought to herself: A man and a woman living together in one room, this is also too improper. Unexpectedly, Lin Shishi usually looks very innocent and conservative, but actually... Alas! Nowadays young people are really too promiscuous.

  After being tossed around like this, Lin Shishi's pale face had already turned a deep red, and she wished she could find a hole to crawl into immediately. Although she was innocent, she still didn't understand what had happened last night and couldn't explain it clearly.

  What's more, this kind of thing will only get worse and worse.

  She fell silent, saying nothing, but turned her head and glared fiercely at Tang Xiaosheng.

  Tang Xiaosheng deliberately avoided her gaze, tilting his head back to look at the ceiling, with a clear conscience.

  He didn't mean it either.

  XXX

  Life in a mental hospital is really not ordinary boredom, if it's not a neurological disease it's really hard to adapt, no wonder Guo Xiang always wants to escape.

  Tang Xiaosheng had only been here for two days, but he was already feeling a bit bored. Apart from learning some acupoints from Guo Xiang, there was nothing much to do. Of course, having the opportunity to learn some acupoints wasn't bad, it's just that Guo Xiang only knew one move of the pointing hand technique, so Tang Xiaosheng also only had one move to learn.

  More tragically, he practiced this move back and forth for several hundred times, but it had no effect at all. He secretly tried it on a few mentally ill patients, unfortunately, there was no effect either.

  Guo Xiang analyzed that it might be because he didn't have internal energy, as the technique of sealing acupoints required a certain foundation in internal energy. This time Tang Xiaosheng was completely at a loss for words, and as for his grandfather, he did have one, but as for internal energy, he really didn't have any.

  This way, even the fun of practicing martial arts is gone, and life becomes so boring that it's almost enough to drive one mad.

  It was okay, in the activity center's hall, there was a TV set, so he watched TV with Guo Xiang for half a day.

  In the evening, on Beijing TV's entertainment news program, however, there was a report of a strange incident:

  "Latest news, this afternoon, mainland China's famous actor Huang Xiaoming was filming the movie 'The Legend of White Haired Girl' when an accident occurred. He fell from a 3-meter high aerial wire. At 2:20 pm, Huang Xiaoming was sent to Jishuitan Hospital and diagnosed by doctors with a comminuted fracture in his left foot."

  "Our reporter learned from the staff on site that at the time, Huang Xiaoming was filming a scene of aerial stunts, 3 meters above the ground. But for some reason, the wire suddenly lost its balance and Huang Xiaoming fell heavily to the ground. As for why such an accident occurred, it is still under investigation..."

  After seeing this news report, Tang Xiaosheng's eyebrows furrowed involuntarily as he suddenly recalled the injury he sustained while filming three months ago.

  Huang Xiaoming's accident this time is really too similar to the one three months ago, both were filming while suspended in mid-air, both injured his left leg, and both occurred at a height of 3 meters. The cause of the accident is also unclear.

  Tang Xiaosheng vaguely felt that there seemed to be some connection between these two unexpected accidents.

  "How did Huang Xiaoming get hurt? So pitiful." Guo Xiang pouted and muttered to herself.

  Tang Xiaosheng curiously asked: "Xiang Er, do you know Huang Xiaoming?"

  "Of course I do! Huang Xiaoming played the role of Dà Gēge (Yang Guo) in 'The Legend of the Condor Hero' and did a great job. I even thought he might have been possessed by Dà Gēge's spirit!"

  When she said that, Tang Xiaosheng suddenly remembered that Huang Xiaoming had indeed played the role of Yang Guo in the 2006 version of the martial arts TV series "The Legend of the Condor Hero". Coincidentally, three months ago when Tang Xiaosheng was injured while filming, he was also filming "The Legend of the Condor Hero".

  Is it possible that these two unexpected accidents are related to the TV series "The Return of the Condor Hero"?

  Combining this with Guo Xiang's time-traveling incident, Tang Xiaosheng felt that this accident was not as simple as it seemed.

  "Xiang Er, do you want to leave the mental hospital?"

  "Of course I want to!"

  "At night, after all the other patients have fallen asleep, big brother will take you out for a sneak around."

  "Really? What are we sneaking out to do?"

  "Go to Jishuitan Hospital to visit Huang Xiaoming."

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  PS: The scene where Huang Xiaoming was injured while filming is not fabricated by the author, but a true event that occurred on November 19, 2012. This book only uses this incident as a background for the plot and will not expand or extend it, nor will it involve Huang Xiaoming's personal privacy. Fans of Huang Xiaoming, please remain calm...