UD | Chapter 15 – Going to Tongzhou for Food Delivery
by North_SkyCarefully avoiding eye contact, she walked past the wandering ghosts and quickly finished using the restroom. After washing her hands, she came out.
“Run! Run! He’s here again…”
Suddenly, the ghosts outside began to panic.
She turned toward the corridor.
A black figure flashed past at terrifying speed—so fast she only caught a blur.
“Aahhh… my lord! I don’t want to go to the underworld yet! Please spare me—!”
The male ghost’s scream cut off abruptly.
And then—
Silence.
The entire corridor fell dead quiet, except for the faint noise coming from the nurse station.
My lord… underworld…
Could that be an underworld envoy?
Her heartbeat sped up.
She didn’t even dare breathe too loudly.
Standing frozen in place for several minutes, she finally forced herself to move again.
The corridor was empty.
The ghosts were gone.
She quickly returned to the ward.
The elderly man in the next bed was already asleep. She moved quietly, repositioned the companion bed beside the hospital bed, and lay down.
She was brave—but when it came to the unknown, fear still crept in.
After that incident, she had no sleepiness left at all.
She put on her earphones and started watching a romantic sweet drama she had recently been obsessed with.
Watching the sugary interactions between the male and female leads, her fear gradually faded away.
As expected—life was better when you fed yourself something sweet.
Before seven in the morning, nurses came in to draw blood and cleaning staff started their day.
She got up, folded the companion bed, checked the urine bag and drainage tube, washed up quickly, then fetched water to help the old man clean his face and body.
After everything was done, she went downstairs to buy breakfast.
She bought herself a bowl of beef noodles with extra meat, and brought back a light chicken soup noodle for the old man.
His condition today was even better than yesterday—he no longer needed to survive on porridge alone.
While eating, the neighbor in the next bed, Aunt Wu, asked her:
“Little girl, did you and your grandpa decide about that apartment? Are you renting it or not?”
The old man looked at her as well.
She nodded. “We’re renting. I’ll tell the landlady after breakfast.”
She had thought it through.
Whether that female ghost was a suicide or murdered, it wouldn’t affect her living there.
If the ghost truly had been killed by Zhao Yong, then she would just take the ghost to the police and report it.
If the murderer was caught, she would still live in the apartment anyway.
Either way—she benefited.
Aunt Wu smiled. “I knew it. Such a nice apartment, and so cheap—you’d definitely want it.”
“Yeah, it really is a good place.”
“I’ll go tell her for you right now.”
At that moment, Aunt Wu’s son pushed a wheelchair into the ward.
“Mom, what are you going to say?”
“I’m telling your Aunt Zhou that this little girl is renting her apartment.”
Zhao Yong glanced at her, the corner of his mouth curling into a strange, eerie smile—before quickly disappearing.
“Sit down first and talk later. We need to go for your check-up,” he said calmly.
“Alright.”
He pushed the wheelchair away for the examination.
After they left, the old man asked, “Yingzi, are you really going to rent that place? Maybe you should look around more.”
Even though they had agreed yesterday, he still felt uneasy.
There was no such thing as free kindness in this world.
He worried the apartment might have problems.
“It’s fine, Grandpa. That place is really good. Don’t worry.”
Then she added casually, “I’m going to Tongzhou at noon today. If everything goes fast, I’ll be back today. If not, I’ll return tomorrow.”
“Tongzhou? What are you going there for?”
“My part-time boss asked me to deliver some documents there. Five thousand yuan for the trip.”
She had no choice but to lie.
“I can’t say it’s real—otherwise Grandpa would worry too much.”
“Five thousand just to deliver documents?” The old man frowned. “Isn’t that a scam?”
“No, he’s a boss worth hundreds of millions. Why would he scam me? There’s an urgent contract that needs to be delivered today.”
She said confidently, “Besides, I’m smart. I won’t get scammed.”
The old man nodded slowly.
That part… he couldn’t deny.
His granddaughter had been sharp since childhood.
Back when child traffickers entered their village, she hadn’t been fooled—instead, she tricked them out of their money.
When scam artists targeting the elderly came around, she exposed them before they even succeeded.
Because of her, many villagers kept their savings safe.
“Then be careful on the road. Come back early after you’re done.”
“Got it.”
At 8:30, doctors came for rounds.
Seeing that the old man could already sit up on his own, they were once again shocked by his recovery speed.
The oldest doctor asked again, “Other than the medication we prescribed, has he taken anything else?”
“Nope. Just your medicine,” she replied smoothly. “Doctor, your skills are amazing. That’s why he recovered so fast.”
If this had been before, Dr. Liao Jiamu might still have believed it.
But after what he saw yesterday, he didn’t believe a single word.
He suspected instead that the old man was some hidden expert.
Thus, the miraculous recovery made perfect sense to him.
As for her—he silently labeled her “mysterious metaphysics practitioner.”
The money spent in installments on medicine… was skillfully hidden.
“Based on this recovery speed, he’ll be discharged in a few days,” the doctor said.
The old man was delighted and thanked them repeatedly.
After the doctors left, he said happily, “These doctors are really good. Yingzi, let’s make a banner for them when I get discharged.”
“Okay. I’ll make time after I come back.”
The hospital staff really had been kind to them.
She decided she would prepare banners for the doctors and nurses.
After handing the talismans to the client, and arranging care for the old man with a caregiver, she followed the delivery order’s address to Old Master Guan’s ward.
She knocked.
A young man opened the door.
He looked vaguely familiar.
Guan Xiangyu recognized her—the girl he had seen outside the operating room before.
“What do you need?”
“Hello, I’m here to see Guan Jinqi.”
“What do you want with my grandfather?” He stepped aside to let her in. “He’s not in good health right now.”
Inside the ward, only the two of them were present.
Old Master Guan heard someone calling for him and looked toward the door.
A young girl he didn’t recognize stood there.
“I am Guan Jinqi,” the old man said. “What do you need?”
She walked up to the bedside.
“Hello, Mr. Guan. I’m here to collect the letter you want delivered to Shen Honglian.”
Guan Jinqi: “!!!”
Guan Xiangyu: “???”