"You want to come up with me? You must be joking." Pierre's expression was somewhat unnatural, as if he was gripped by fear. "Would I lie to you? You don't think the second floor is some kind of feng shui treasure land that everyone wants to go to, do you?" "If the leader hadn't asked me to go up, I would have torn off the button for the second floor in the elevator." Pierre was practically hugging himself and shivering. "Ever since I went up to the second floor a few times, I never wanted to go up there again. I'm telling you the truth." Xu Tong looked at his expression, wanting to observe whether this guy was lying through his micro-expressions, but to be honest, Pierre's twisted and deformed face made it really hard to focus on any micro-expressions. His face couldn't even make micro-expressions; he had to drastically change his expression to make the muscles twisted together on his face change. However, Xu Tong couldn't see it, but that didn't mean his eyes couldn't see it. [Your eyes are observing Pierre's face. Although you can't observe micro-expressions with the naked eye, your eyes don't think ordinary naked eyes can compare to them, so they still observed that Pierre is not lying. He does want to go upstairs with you, and Pierre is indeed afraid of the existence of the second floor.] "You're actually not lying..." Pierre: "Is the fact that I'm not lying so unbelievable to you?" Xu Tong: "It really is."
"Since you're not lying, then come with me." Xu Tong led Pierre through the narrow corridor in front of him and walked towards the elevator. However, at this time, the inpatient department seemed a bit more eerie than before. Because it was really quiet. Although Xu Tong had already solved nearly half of the patients' outrageous demands, the current inpatient department still seemed a bit too quiet. The entire Qingshan Hospital was also filled with a strange atmosphere, as if with the progression of the副本 (dungeon/instance), the entire base tone of the 副本 was gradually becoming strange. Arriving at the elevator, Xu Tong pressed the elevator button. Ding— The metal door slowly opened, and the two walked into the elevator. Xu Tong pressed the button for 2F. Different from the feeling of weightlessness when the elevator goes down, when the elevator goes up, a not-too-strong feeling of being overweight turned into pressure and was applied to the two of them. Having nothing to do, Xu Tong asked, "By the way, what exactly did you experience on the second floor? Why are you so afraid? Is it because the leader is too strict or too stupid, causing you psychological pressure?" It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned it, but as soon as he did, Pierre shuddered on the spot. "Can you talk about something normal? Do you have to rub salt in my wounds?" "I'm just chatting with you. You're so annoying. Do you think I care about you that much? Crazy!" Listening to Xu Tong's words, Pierre only felt a headache. The Xu Tong who was calling him 'senior' before was probably dead. The Xu Tong standing in front of him now is simply a lunatic! "Well, it's not a big deal anyway. Since you want to hear it, then I'll tell you." Pierre sighed faintly and began to complain. Xu Tong: "I suddenly don't want to hear it anymore. Shut up." Pierre jumped up and kicked Xu Tong's knee. "I'm going to kill you! Bastard!" After a brief scuffle, Pierre continued to speak, "Anyway, this matter is a bit bizarre. You might not understand, but what I'm saying is definitely the truth." He took a deep breath and said, "I have never met the leader, and I don't even know what this leader looks like." Hearing this, Xu Tong raised his eyebrows slightly. "But you said before that you have been to the second floor more than once, but you have never even seen what the leader looks like?"
"Yes," Pierre nodded. "I don't know why, but the closer I get to that office on the second floor, the more intense fear I feel. I'm afraid to open the door to that office, and I don't even dare to face it. "The only thing I can do is stand outside the door and communicate with that leader. But what confuses me is that the leader is always constantly using words to guide me into that office, but so far, I have never been inside." Pierre's gaze fell on Xu Tong, with some resentment in his eyes. "But this time, perhaps because of you, I guess I have no choice but to enter that office. "But no matter what, having you with me this time will reduce some of the fear, right?" Xu Tong: "I don't guarantee it. Maybe I'll be more afraid than you." Pierre: "Then I will not hesitate to leave you behind and run away." Xu Tong: "Don't worry, I can run faster than you." Pierre: "Don't worry, I'll break your legs first." The meaningless exchange between the two lasted for about a minute. Xu Tong raised his head and glanced at the elevator panel. Although the elevator was still going up, the panel still showed 1F. It was as if the morgue was built in hell, the inpatient department was built in the human world, and the office on the second floor was built in heaven. "Seriously," after a period of silence, Pierre suddenly spoke, "I'm really scared now. If we need to go into the office later, in most cases, you will have to handle it yourself." Xu Tong glanced at him, his words carrying a bit of speechlessness, "Weren't most of the situations in the operating room and inpatient department just now handled by me alone too?" "The situation is different," Pierre's tone and expression became more serious than ever before. "At least this time, it's completely different from the situation in the inpatient department just now." Pierre touched his chest. "I can feel my heart beating very, very fast. I'm really nervous now. I can even feel the fear rising in my heart. My body is afraid of what's at the door." Xu Tong narrowed his eyes and stared at Pierre's rough hands. "Bro, you're covering the wrong place. The heart is on the other side." Pierre was stunned and put his hand on the other side. "Oh, I guess I was wrong." Before Xu Tong could continue, the familiar sound rang out. Ding— Without knowing when, the elevator had arrived at the 2nd floor and had reached its destination, already stopped. Along with the sharp beeping sound, the metal door in front of the two slowly opened. A deep, dark corridor, where you couldn't see the end, was presented in the sight of the two. "This is the second floor?" Xu Tong asked. Pierre nodded with difficulty. "That's right." "Next, you will know what I'm afraid of."