Lu Li first went to Room 201 with the Big Sister. There was a sculpture here that needed communication.

"Have you seen my child...?"

"No."

Lu Li replied and covered the Big Sister’s mouth, worried she would mock the mother who had lost her child.

The Big Sister swung her fist, hitting Lu Li’s head, and reluctantly forgave him after he explained quietly.

"What did the sculpture say?"

"It said it wants a home."

The obstacle that hindered Lu Li’s communication was effortlessly overcome by the Big Sister.

"What kind of home?"

The more detailed the request, the easier it is to find an answer.

"What the hell is a home?" The Big Sister slightly altered Lu Li’s question, then recounted: "It said just a damn home."

"Does ’home’ mean a group of family members, a family atmosphere, or a house?"

The Big Sister listened closely: "All damn of it."

So the sculpture needs someone who can take it in.

Next was Room 205 with the ship Andrea, which the Big Sister said wanted to return to the water, a solution Lu Li had accidentally guessed before.

Lu Li told Andrea not to lock the door tonight; he would take it to the activity area. There’s a fountain there, small but should be able to fit Andrea.

Next was Room 208 with the Pig King, whose grunts the Big Sister accurately translated: "It says it’s looking for its owner."

"Any characteristics?"

"A sissy boy."

Lu Li guessed that "sissy" was added by the Big Sister as well.

The rotten boy matched the description, but he had already been discharged. Lu Li planned to ask the Guardian Spirit about it later. If it also didn’t know, Lu Li would have to search on the third or even fourth floor for the answer.

The door to Room 209 was closed, so they temporarily skipped the family of worms and moved on.

"Who’s next!" the Big Sister urged, having grown fond of this game.

"Mishelia."

As they pushed open the half-closed door to Room 210, Lu Li approached Mishelia’s room under Friday’s attentive gaze, stopping at the edge of the biting cold.

"What did she say?"

"She didn’t say anything!" the Big Sister said.

"Do you need help?" Lu Li asked proactively, then turned his head to look at the Big Sister.

"Still nothing!"

"It seems you all are having a hard time." The voice of the helpful Friday floated over, "Need my help?"

"Do you know what she needs?"

"I can make her pay attention to me."

Friday proudly lifted her chin, the shadow under her hood faded, revealing a piece of her pale jaw.

Lu Li ceded the stage to Friday.

"Dear, come out from the shadows early." Friday, leaning forward on the hospital bed, approached Mishelia to comfort her: "It’s not worth it to be heartbroken over a man."

"Get lost..." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Friday quickly moved away, unfolding her palm to Lu Li.

"See."

"See what?"

"She paid attention to me."

This joke was neither humorous nor funny.

Friday seemed embarrassed under those black eyes, tugging at her hood to create more shadows: "Uh... Women are like this after a breakup. Irrational. You could try to cheer her up with some gifts."

"Do you know what she likes?"

"Roses," Friday replied decisively and confidently, "No girl can refuse roses."

"Ugh... do you adults have a habit of giving reproductive organs?" the Big Sister disdainfully climbed from Lu Li’s right shoulder to the left, just to get further away from Friday.

"Is it not pretty?"

"Pretty reproductive organs?"

Lu Li interrupted their bickering, recalling the potted plant Little Linna gave him. "I have a potted plant in my room, but I don’t know if it’s a rose."

"Bring it to me to see, I mean... analyze."

Then Lu Li returned to the room to fetch the potted plant, after discussing giving Mishelia a gift with Friday, placing it in front of Friday, from whom a heavy-sounding voice emerged from the hood: "How could this be..."

"Is there something wrong?"

Lu Li observed the potted plant. It had been a week since Little Linna gave it to him. The initial sprout had grown sturdily to a finger’s length now.

"I actually can’t recognize it..." Friday, feeling stumped, inhaled sharply.

"... ..."

However, it can be ruled out as a flower seedling.

"Sapling."

At this moment, a cold, emotionless low voice resounded.

"She spoke... I succeeded!" Friday proudly assumed Mishelia spoke because of her and urged Lu Li: "Quick, ask her out..."

"Go to bed with her!" The Big Sister chimed in on the excitement.

"Do you need help?"

Lu Li blocked out the badgering, gazing into Mishelia’s cold, crimson eyes.

"You want to help me?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

Lu Li calmly said: "To do something so I won’t be swallowed by confusion."

Without memory, without relatives or friends, waking up in a strange environment, carrying the label of a mental patient, confined in an asylum not much better than a prison.

Mishelia was briefly silent at Lu Li’s sincere response after he shed his disguise: "Kill them for me..."

"Who are they?"

"... Those who defamed me, hurt me, killed me..."

Lu Li couldn’t determine if what he heard matched reality. Even if it did, he would hesitate whether it’s worth hurting others just for a request.

Suddenly, a fragment of memory flashed in his mind, telling Lu Li that mental illness could escape culpability.

Lu Li didn’t know where this memory came from or why it appeared but could only temporarily keep Mishelia’s request hidden in his heart.

Next was Room 212.

The Blood Spirit remained silent, the snot remained oblivious, only the Spider Princess desired to follow the Knight back to her mother.

"Damn old thing refusing to die, quickly say what you want!" The Big Sister didn’t coddle the Blood Spirit, clamoring for Lu Li to dismantle its bones.

The Blood Spirit finally focused on Lu Li, "I feel lost and want to ask my king."

"Who is your king?"

The Blood Spirit fell silent again.

"Dismantle its bones! Dismantle its bones!"

Amid the Big Sister’s clamoring, Lu Li guessed, "King of Ghouls?" Then saw the Blood Spirit subtly lift its head.

Leaving the room, passing Room 211, Lu Li remembered the leader monster had a baby.

When he shared his guess with the Big Sister, she screamed: "You want to steal a child?!"

Creaaak—

The door in front suddenly opened, and a terrifying silhouette resembling a giant spider hung behind the door, hissing venomously: "You want to take my child?!"

"...it’s very cute."

Lu Li calmed the leader monster, drawing back, whispering to the Big Sister: "Asina lost her child. If it’s hers, we’re just returning the belonging to its owner. If not, we’ll return it."

This is bound to take a huge risk because Lu Li doesn’t know if it was just a plastic toy or a real baby—

What awaits him wouldn’t be the cozy wards of an asylum but a damp, cold cell. Fortunately, as the head nurse’s daughter, the Big Sister could help share some responsibility.

However, before that, they’d better finish exploring the other wards.