Not Playing by the Rules

Jing Yunkui had encountered many people driven by lust, but he found it rare to come across someone as crazy as Gu Lan. He could see a hint of surprise in her eyes, as if she had never seen such a "crazy" pervert before.

With her arm draped over Jing Yunkui's shoulder and holding the surgical knife, Gu Lan watched the female nurse slowly approach them. This was the first ghost she had encountered here. If she followed the nurse's advice, she might not be attacked right away.

Gu Lan was quite audacious, and as soon as she arrived at this place, she was already thinking about how to deal with a ghost. Her little internal system warned her in a cute and childish voice, "You... this place cannot be solved just by acting recklessly... I advise you to stay calm! Otherwise, you will be trapped in the darkness forever!"

Although the little system was new and not very powerful, Gu Lan wondered if there was something wrong with her, considering how she was still moving closer to ghosts even after encountering them.

Gu Lan licked her lips, looking at the approaching nurse and gradually tightening her grip on Jing Yunkui's hand. At the same time, she tried to calm the little system in her mind.

"Did you notice the darkness just now? There was a child behind me, and I still don't know what else is there."

The little system spoke in its cute and childish tone, "I can't find specific information, but the danger level of this hospital is A."

"The danger levels for transmigration range from D to SSS."

"Your current strength is probably at the level of “a domineering CEO falling in love with me”, which is D."

Gu Lan felt the danger level classification was a bit too simple and rushed, but considering that the system was just a baby, she kept her eyes on the nurse while responding to the system.

"So, Jing Yunkui would be an A-level boss, right?"

The little system fell silent for a moment before answering, "I don't know."

Gu Lan: ...

"Why don't you know anything?"

The little system's tone was assertive, "I didn't load any information in that regard!"

Gu Lan asked, "Can you reveal more information about Jing Yunkui?"

The little system continued to respond, "I can't... because I don't know either..."

Gu Lan didn't understand the purpose of this system at all, and the female nurse had already arrived by her side. The nurse wore a white cap, and there was a watch in her uniform pocket that stopped at 2 am. The clothes were stained with numerous bloodstains.

The nurse's mouth was unnaturally wide, and Gu Lan even peered inside, but there were no teeth visible. The nurse's mouth emitted a foul smell like a black hole.

Gu Lan couldn't help but suspect that the nurse might be a man-eater.

The nurse asked, "You called me just now, asking me to look at you. What's your patient number? Which ward are you in?"

Gu Lan pressed her hand on Jing Yunkui's shoulder and replied seriously, "We are in the same room, in the same ward."

The nurse turned her head, and her mouth stretched to her ears like a split-mouth woman. The cracks on her mouth trembled as she spoke, "I see... together with him?"

Jing Yunkui didn't know what Gu Lan was planning. He had always stayed alone in his room and didn't want Gu Lan to disturb him. Jing Yunkui was about to shake his head, but Gu Lan spoke again.

"Yes, if he hadn't invited me, I wouldn't have been able to come here for treatment. Thank you for that.

“Let's go back to the room and rest. It's been hard on you, beautiful lady! If I have the chance, I'll come find you and play!"

The fact was, even if she was a female ghost, her mood seemed to brighten when praised as "beautiful."

The female nurse didn't say anything more.

The bright lights illuminated the corridor, and the nurse pushed the cart while closing her mouth, making the cracks disappear, turning her back into a normal person.

She silently watched the front of Gu Lan, as if there was something terrifying waiting ahead.

Gu Lan held Jing Yunkui's hand and smiled, saying, "My charm is irresistible! Look, the beautiful little nurse can't take her eyes off me, she keeps staring at my back."

Jing Yunkui frowned. Although he was wearing gloves, being held by someone made him feel extremely nauseous. He pulled his hand out of Gu Lan's grasp, trying to maintain his usual gentle expression, though it seemed somewhat restrained.

"Such a clumsy lie even fooled the nurse."

"You can leave now. As long as you escape from the hospital, you can return to the real world."

Jing Yunkui seemed to be pointing out a way for Gu Lan to leave. His personality had been changing from the madness of wanting to strangle Gu Lan when she first arrived, to indifference when observing the situation, and now, he appeared somewhat gentler.

Simply put, he really wanted to drive Gu Lan away.

However, Gu Lan would never leave Jing Yunkui!

She knew that the nurse allowed her to go inside not because of kindness or being impressed by her crossdressing, but because there was something even more dangerous waiting for her. It might be ahead on the path, or it might be right beside her—Jing Yunkui.

Either way, Gu Lan wouldn't leave Jing Yunkui's side!

Thinking this, she smiled at Jing Yunkui.

"I'm not leaving."

Jing Yunkui saw that Gu Lan was sticking to him, and while internally sneering, he maintained his usual gentle expression.

"All right then. I hope you won't regret it."

Saying this, Jing Yunkui started walking towards his ward.

Strange sounds echoed in the corridor.

It sounded like someone walking back and forth in the corridor, but the footsteps came closer and then moved away, and they couldn't see anyone.

Besides the footsteps, there was a strange breathing sound near Gu Lan's ear, as if a ghost was sticking close to her.

In this world, it seemed like nowhere was safe.

The ward was not on the same floor. Jing Yunkui led Gu Lan up two flights of stairs. He didn't take the elevator.

The elevator's buttons were lit up, but there was no one beside it. When the elevator doors opened, Gu Lan saw that there was no light inside, and it was as dark as a black giant mouth ready to devour someone.

The walls next to the stairs were covered in many eerie graffiti. The graffiti was blood-red, as if blood had splattered on them, making it difficult to see what was depicted.

Gu Lan walked up the stairs, and the long stairs only had the two of them—Gu Lan and Jing Yunkui. She didn't see any other patients.

However, even on the stairs, footsteps with the same frequency as theirs echoed.

When she stopped, the footsteps behind her stopped, and when she walked, the footsteps behind her followed.

Jing Yunkui looked ahead and said, "There are many ghosts here. But if you don't provoke them, they will—"

Before he could finish, he heard strange footsteps behind him.

This sound...

Jing Yunkui turned his head and saw Gu Lan doing tap dance on the stairs!

In this eerie and deserted hospital, in the dead of night, Gu Lan was tap dancing on the stairs!

Gu Lan was even counting the beats out loud.

"Tap-tap, two taps, three taps! You ghosts are so uncoordinated! Keep up with my rhythm and sway along!"

Jing Yunkui: ...

The ghosts behind Gu Lan seemed incapable of dancing and couldn't keep up with her footsteps, making their footsteps chaotic.

Jing Yunkui had just said not to provoke the ghosts, and Gu Lan was already trying to infuriate them.

Gu Lan changed the rhythm again. "This won't do. Let's change the rhythm! Don't just think about scaring people or eating them. There are still many beautiful things in this world."

"For example, dancing tap dance with a beautiful or handsome companion in the middle of the night."

Jing Yunkui: ...

He couldn't bear to watch anymore. He regretted bringing this weirdness into this world.

Gu Lan saw Jing Yunkui and walked over, elegantly bowing to him and then extending her hand.

"This handsome gentleman, would you like to..."

Jing Yunkui didn't want to act silly with Gu Lan. He was about to speak, but Gu Lan grabbed his hand again, shouting, "Do you want to run with me?"

In the footsteps of the ghosts behind them, there was clearly something strange. This thing emitted a foul smell, and its massive body was hidden in the darkness, carrying a huge axe on its shoulder.

It moved unusually fast.

Gu Lan had just seen it on the first floor, but when she made an inviting motion, it suddenly appeared on the second floor!

Gu Lan pulled Jing Yunkui and ran. Jing Yunkui frowned tightly again. He wanted to say something, but Gu Lan pulled him along in a random run, making all the ghosts on the floor chaotic.

After running for a while, Gu Lan finally asked, "Which room is your ward in?"

Jing Yunkui looked back at the monster chasing them and the countless little ghosts approaching like a dense fog not far away, and he spoke, "You are really not afraid of death."

Gu Lan replied, "I am afraid! But I want to protect you!"

Being the one who needed protection, Jing Yunkui fell silent once again.

After just a moment of hesitation, Jing Yunkui said to Gu Lan, "The room ahead, let's go."

With an elegant gesture, he led Gu Lan, and the speed was so fast that Jing Yunkui almost fell to the ground.

They pushed open the door of the ward, entered, and locked the door.

Gu Lan did it all in one go.

Because of Gu Lan's excitement, Jing Yunkui was breathing slightly heavily. He pushed Gu Lan's hand away and stood aside.

The room was pitch-black, and there was no light.

In the darkness, Jing Yunkui's voice quietly changed. The gentle expression on his face seemed like a torn mask, and shades of darkness and madness slowly spread across his face.

Suppressing his excitement, he used a gentle voice like a predator luring its prey.

"This way, we'll be safe."

Gu Lan shook her head. Due to the intense movement just now, she was still a bit breathless. Her breathing sounded alluring in the darkness.

Gu Lan said, "No... Do you think ghosts are afraid of doors? By closing the door, we haven't restricted the ghosts, but we have restricted ourselves."

Hearing this, Jing Yunkui burst into laughter.

His voice had changed.

"It seems you also know, but it's too late now. This place..."

But it's much scarier than outside the ward...

Before Jing Yunkui finished speaking, Gu Lan approached him again.

She lifted her hand—wall slam.

Gu Lan pinned Jing Yunkui against the wall, who was a head taller than her. She did a wall slam.

Jing Yunkui, who had severe OCD, became stiff in place. He couldn't imagine that Gu Lan would do such a thing in this situation.

His OCD prevented him from wanting to touch the wall behind him, and he didn't want to get too close to Gu Lan. He raised his hand to push Gu Lan away, but she ended up grabbing his hand.

Gu Lan's hand was warm.

Jing Yunkui's hand was as cold as a corpse.

Frowning, Jing Yunkui's voice tightened, and the effort to maintain his composure almost gave way.

"Wha-t do you want to do?!" Gu Lan spoke up, looking up at Jing Yunkui.

With Gu Lan dressed as a man and being just over 1.7 meters tall, while Jing Yunkui was over 1.8 meters tall, the damn height difference forced her to wall slam him, but she still had to stand on her tiptoes and get close to his ear to speak.

Gu Lan leaned close to Jing Yunkui's ear, her hand pressing against his abdomen.

"Whether it's dangerous or not doesn't matter. I need to see if my roommate is a human or a ghost."