Chapter 9: Love in a Mental Hospital

  After diagnosing Tang Xiaosheng's left leg, the doctor came to a conclusion: "Has this leg ever been fractured?"

  No wonder he's a doctor from Jishuitan Hospital. As expected, he has two brushes. Tang Xiaosheng nodded: "It was injured three months ago."

  The doctor said, "No wonder. Young people, be more careful in the future, your leg has not fully recovered yet, look, the joints are swollen like this, and there are still obvious signs of inflammation." Halfway through speaking, he turned to Xiǎo Lóng Nǚ and said, "You're his girlfriend, right? Your boyfriend's leg is not healed yet, don't force him to go out with you shopping again in the future, it's easy to have an accident."

  Xiaolongnv's delicate eyebrows furrowed with concern as she asked: "Doctor, is his leg injury severe? Will there be any aftereffects?"

  "Take good care of yourself, and there shouldn't be any major issues. However, since you've had a broken leg before, it will have some impact. Try not to engage in too strenuous exercise for the next half year to avoid re-injury." The doctor paused for a moment, then added, "If you have time, make some bone soup for your boyfriend, it will be helpful for his recovery."

  The little dragon girl slightly hesitated and nodded lightly.

  Afterwards, the doctor saw that Tang Xiaosheng's leg was not seriously injured, reminded him a few words, and then returned to the outpatient building. He is Huang Xiaoming's attending physician, at night he has to work overnight for Huang Xiaoming's treatment, and basically doesn't have time. If it wasn't for him going to the toilet just now and happened to be met by Guo Xiang, he wouldn't appear here.

  After all this commotion, it was already 5 o'clock in the morning, and the sky had begun to brighten.

  Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang are running away from a mental hospital. If they don't return in time, once the hospital discovers their disappearance, it will definitely report to the police immediately, which will lead to more trouble.

  He thought of this and explained the situation to Little Dragon Girl, then said: "Dragon child, I'm afraid Xiaoyu and I have to rush back to the psychiatric hospital immediately."

  Xiaolongnv was quite considerate and understood his situation, softly saying: "Mm, be careful on your way."

  Tang Xiaosheng nodded and asked: "Long Er, where are you living now? If I have time, I'll go visit you."

  Little Dragon Girl shook her head: "Your leg injury has not healed yet, don't run around everywhere. Tonight, I'll go to the psychiatric hospital to find you."

  "Alright, see you tonight."

  After reminding each other a few words, Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang hurried to the Jishuitan Hospital and returned to the psychiatric hospital.

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  Although Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang rushed to the psychiatric hospital with all their might, they were still one step late. When they arrived, the nurse on duty, Lin Shishi, had already discovered that they were missing.

  Then, Lin Shishi gave the two a few hours of ideological education and repeatedly asked how they escaped last night and what they did. But no matter how she asked, the two remained silent to the end, not saying a word.

  Even if I said it, she may not believe it anyway.

  Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang were ultimately just patients, not criminals. After repeated questioning yielded no results, Lin Shishi had to give up and stop pursuing the matter. However, after this incident, the two of them became famous overnight at the Beijing Mental Hospital because they broke a record there.

  In the past five years, they are the only mental patients who successfully escaped from Jinghua City Mental Hospital, and the first patient to escape from the hospital in twenty years and then return voluntarily.

  What's even more astonishing is that the two of them actually managed to get their hands on security and nurse uniforms, with many doctors and nurses praising the intelligence of these two mentally ill individuals.

  Although they broke the hospital record gloriously, Tang Xiaosheng and Guo Xiang's days in the psychiatric hospital were even more difficult. Because Lin Shishi restricted their activity range to prevent them from "breaking out of the courtyard" again, they could not go anywhere and could only stay in the rehabilitation activity center hall watching TV, and even going to the toilet required applying to the nurse.

  Life in a mental hospital is already boring enough, and with this restriction, it's even more boring.

  It's okay, when I'm bored, I can chat on my phone.

  At noon, Tang Xiaosheng received a mobile message from Little Dragon Girl, and the two began chatting through mobile SMS.

  In the Beijing Huashan Hospital for Mental Diseases, patients are not allowed to use communication tools at will, mainly because they are afraid that patients will make harassing phone calls. Tang Xiaosheng's mobile phone was secretly placed on his body by himself, and his text messaging with Little Dragon Girl also had to be carried out in secret.

  The nurses in the hospital are coming and going, it's not easy to avoid their eyes and ears.

  To ensure that Tang Xiao Sheng and Little Dragon Girl can chat smoothly on their mobile phones, Guo Xiang plays the role of a security guard, closely monitoring the nurses' every move. As soon as she finds out that a nurse is approaching, she immediately notifies Tang Xiao Sheng to put away his phone in advance.

  The two of them worked together seamlessly, and Tang Xiaosheng chatted on his mobile phone for an entire afternoon without being detected by the nurse on duty.

  When chatting with a beauty via SMS, time really flies by, and before you know it, a whole day has passed.

  Although spending tens of yuan on mobile phone bills was a bit painful, Tang Xiaosheng felt that this afternoon was still quite fulfilling. When chatting with Little Dragon Girl on the phone, he had an inexplicable sense of happiness and sweetness, which should be the legendary feeling of being in love. He never thought that his first romance would take place in a psychiatric hospital.

  Xiao Long Nu told him in a text message that she would come to the hospital tonight, and upon learning this news, Tang Xiao Sheng's heart was suddenly filled with conflicting emotions.

  Little Dragon Maiden came to find him at midnight, a lone man and woman together in one room, such a wonderful thing, he naturally couldn't ask for more. Only no matter what, he was after all an impersonator of Yang Guo, can't help but feel a bit guilty.

  Tang Xiaosheng is still a man with a conscience, and he is also thinking about whether to confess his true identity to Little Dragon Girl. However, he is worried that if he confesses, terrible consequences will occur, such as Little Dragon Girl killing him.

  This is not impossible.

  After some deliberation, he decided to continue impersonating Yang Guo and take things one step at a time. As the saying goes, life is short and opportunities are scarce. Why not seize the chance to have a romance with Little Dragon Maiden?

  Midnight twelve o'clock, ward 707.

  Tang Xiaosheng was pacing back and forth in the room when his phone suddenly rang. It was a text message from Little Dragon Girl, saying she had arrived at the hospital building downstairs. He quickly walked out of the room and into the corridor, looking down to see that Little Dragon Girl was indeed standing downstairs, still wearing her snow-white clothes, with something seemingly in her hand.

  Right after that, the little dragon girl slightly bent her knees, and with a "whoosh" sound, suddenly sprang into the air, rapidly scaling the wall of the hospital building. When she reached mid-air, she tapped her toes, and as light as a swallow, made several flips in the air before successfully jumping onto the corridor on the seventh floor, landing steadily right in front of Tang Xiaosheng.

  It's really flying over the eaves and walking on the walls! What a great lightness kung fu!

  Tang Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment before regaining his composure and asked, "Long Er, you're here."

  Xiao Long Nu nodded slightly and said: "Guo Er, I brought some bone soup."

  Tang Xiaosheng only then discovered that the small, white thermos flask in Little Dragon Maiden's hand was actually a container for bone broth. Could it be that she had rushed here tonight specifically to deliver this to him? As he thought about this, a warm current surged through his heart - in all these years, no woman had ever treated him with such kindness.

  Then the two of them entered room 707.

  After opening the thermos flask, Tang Xiaosheng found that there was a large bucket of bone soup, and he definitely couldn't finish it by himself. So he said: "Long'er, why don't we call Xiang'er to drink together?"

  The little dragon girl agreed happily.

  He immediately sneaked into the west wing of the inpatient department and came to Guo Xiang's ward. At this time, Guo Xiang had not fallen asleep yet and was still practicing "Lan Hua Fu Xue Shou" in her room. However, as soon as she heard that there was bone soup to drink, she immediately decided not to practice anymore and followed Tang Xiaosheng to room 707.

  Room 707.

  "Dragon sister, this bone soup is so sweet, did you cook it?" Guo Xiang sat on the edge of the bed, drinking the bone soup contentedly and asking in a childish voice.

  "No, this soup was cooked by our family's nanny." said Little Dragon Girl calmly.

  Nanny?

  Tang Xiaosheng was taken aback. Until now, he only knew that Little Dragon Girl had crossed over into a city girl named Long Xiaoxue, but what identity Long Xiaoxue held in the city, he still wasn't clear about. But since there was a nanny at home, it was evident that their family background wouldn't be bad.

  He slowly asked: "Long Er, where are you living now?"

  The little dragon girl seemed to intentionally avoid this topic and said: "In the future, wherever you live, I'll live there too."

  When she said that, Tang Xiaosheng's heart warmed up, but he still spoke frankly: "Long'er, I just crossed over here and lost all my martial arts skills. I don't have any abilities either. I'm afraid I won't be able to take good care of you."

  Little Dragon Girl hadn't even responded yet, when Guo Xiang, who was drinking bone soup on the side, interrupted and said: "Big brother, you're not being fair. I believe that Dragon Sister wouldn't mind these things!"

  Little Dragon Girl smiled slightly and gently stroked Guo Xiang's head a few times.

  While Tang Xiao Sheng was having his bone soup, Little Dragon Girl said: "Tang, your left leg still has some blood stasis and swelling, the meridians are not unblocked, I thought of a quick way to cure it, why don't we try it now?"

  Tang Xiaosheng slightly smiled and curiously asked: "What method?"

  Little Dragon Maiden said faintly: "Use Jade Bee Sting."