Telling Ghost Stories in a Psychiatric Hospital [Infinite]

* My new novel, Sharpening My Blade for My Junior Brother, is now available. It's a fantasy ensemble cultivation story. Come give it a try! ● Upcoming stories Rolling Up the Cultivation World: aloof sword cultivator x the foremost infiltrator in the immortal sect The Supporting Female Character's Survival Rules: Remember, don't get involved with the male and female leads. Welcome to the Director's Tournament: two strong leads x sworn enemies ● This novel's blurb At 7:34 p.m. on August 23, 2013, residents of an old apartment complex on Huashan Branch Road in Jing'an District called the police to report that someone had been hacked to death. When the police arrived, Lin Shi stood in the corner like a bystander, looking at the scattered body parts on the ground: shoulders, head, limbs, neck... Lin Shi was escorted outside. There wasn't a trace of fear on her face. In fact, she even wore a faint, relieved smile. "I didn't kill a person." * Lin Shi dutifully works as a tester and broker, spending her days lying dead in the game "Heartbreak." After all, the NPCs won't attack her. All she has to do is find clues, complete the mission, and escort people out. That is, until she meets a male NPC in the game. He's gentle and considerate, always stepping in front of her when trouble arises. Lin Shi assumes he's a golden finger provided by the System. Deeply moved, she foolishly uses her staff privileges to protect him. Then the man swings his broadsword and says coldly: "Forgot to mention, I'm a player." NPCs won't kill you, but players will! Lin Shi wakes from the blow, filled with rage. Just then, the door opens and the man says with a laugh: "You actually hit on a girl while playing that stupid game? That NPC was so pitiful. She helped you with all her heart, and you killed her in one hit. Tsk, that's cold." "NPCs are there for target practice, aren't they? Besides..." The door swings fully open. Qin Chen sees the woman on the bed staring at him expressionlessly. Qin Chen: ... Lin Shi: ... I'll show you exactly what kind of staff benefits we have around here! * Lin Shi is the biggest headache in the entire Dongcheng Psychiatric Hospital. Not because she's troublesome. On the contrary, she's happy to cooperate with every treatment. But there's one condition: someone has to listen to her ghost stories every week. If not? Sorry, the whole East Ward will become a ghost story. The doctors never want to see her fighting ability again for the rest of their lives. So every week, one morning, a weak, pitiful, helpless figure emerges from her ward: "S-s-s-so scary..." Reader's notes: * The leads both make mistakes. * Please be patient. Everything will be explained later, so the pacing isn't fast. ● Upcoming story blurb The Supporting Female Character's Survival Rules * This is my third wedding to the male lead. Sure enough, when the wedding march begins, I'm "recycled" again. It says: "You're the supporting female character. How can you marry the male lead?" I refused to believe in fate the first three times, because he and I truly loved each other. But every time we reached the altar, the whole story restarted and everything went back to the beginning. We were trapped in an endless loop. This time, I give up. A supporting female character has to follow the rules of survival for supporting female characters. Theme: Life and death are fated, but success and failure are in your own hands.