Dr. Lu hesitated, but seeing the hopeful expression on his junior师妹's face, he nodded and agreed. "Alright, I happen to be making rounds. Come with me."
Following Dr. Lu to get a visitor pass, Gu Qiqi asked as they walked, "Senior Lu, I heard someone else came to claim my cousin today. What's that about?"
Dr. Lu nodded, flipping through the forms in his hand. "Seven people came this morning. Two claimed to be the patient's cousin, two said they were his girlfriend, one said he was his brother, and another two claimed to be his biological mother..."
Gu Qiqi was stunned—two biological mothers?
Dr. Lu looked at the girl gently and said, "But none of them had any identification. Clearly, they were just here for the spectacle."
Gu Qiqi's face darkened—no wonder the front desk nurse had that mocking expression earlier. She must have thought I was another one of those impostors!
Accompanied by Dr. Lu, Gu Qiqi passed through the strictly managed special patient ward and finally saw Rong Yi.
The moment the door opened, her excitement was doused with a bucket of cold water—the person lying on the bed didn't even look like Rong Yi. He was like a lifeless, exquisite sculpture.
"Rong Yi... cousin, how are you?" Qiqi hurried forward, bending down to examine him.
The Wolf King was still unconscious, his body and limbs restrained, eyes lightly closed, long lashes casting two faint shadows over his eyelids.
Seeing his pale face, a wave of pity surged in Qiqi's heart.
Dr. Lu said softly, "Don't worry too much. He's disoriented now because he's been sedated."
Qiqi asked, "Sedated? Why?"
Dr. Lu replied, "He had violent tendencies before and was transferred here by the police. He also injured one of our orderlies, so we had no choice but to use sedatives to calm him down."
So sedatives work on monsters too—wasn't that a medical miracle?
Qiqi asked, "Is the orderly okay?"
Dr. Lu answered, "Nothing serious. But to protect the patient and others, we have to keep administering the sedatives."
Seeing the girl's distress, Dr. Lu explained, "Junior师妹, you don't know what happened that day—he went on a rampage in People's Park. To subdue him, the police deployed an entire team. In the end, with help from medical police, they used a tranquilizer gun from a concealed spot to take him down..."
A tranquilizer gun...
Looking at the Wolf King's weak, oblivious state, a pang of guilt rose in Qiqi's heart—maybe she shouldn't have driven him away that day. He was still recovering from serious injuries and seemed unfamiliar with the human world. Letting him wander alone was dangerous for both him and others.
Remembering his previous injuries, she quickly reached out and gently touched his waist—the bandages were gone. Had his wounds healed?
She asked, "Senior Lu, did you take care of my cousin's waist injury?"
Dr. Lu noticed her gesture and felt a stir. "You knew he was injured?"
Qiqi nodded and began to lie. "My cousin has intermittent psychosis. It flares up every so often. Last time it happened, he hurt his waist, and I bandaged it myself."
Dr. Lu nodded repeatedly—the girl knew the patient's condition well. She was clearly indeed his cousin.