The hospital wouldn't have been able to suppress this news so easily if the patient had any family.
No family?
Upon hearing this, Ning Wei immediately thought of Qin Chang.
But Qin Chang was medical personnel; she definitely wasn't the same person as this patient.
Lan Lingling finished speaking in one breath, expecting Ning Wei's praise. However, she noticed Ning Wei was lost in thought.
"Ning Wei, what are you thinking about?" Lan Lingling reached out and patted Ning Wei.
Ning Wei snapped back to attention. "Do you know the name of the patient who had the medical accident?"
Zhu Yulian thought carefully. Just then, Yuanyuan spoke up.
"I only heard them say the surname was Kong. I can't remember the given name."
"It's not her," Ning Wei said softly.
"Who are you talking about?" Zhu Yulian asked.
Ning Wei shook her head. "You continue. Even if the patient's family was easy to appease, how could a doctor who caused a major medical accident continue to work here?"
"That's what I mentioned before. Yang Shuo had some connection with the leader's daughter, so the matter was suppressed. With a leader overseeing it, others dared not say anything. Moreover, other people in the operating room were also responsible at the time, but everyone was afraid of taking blame, so it just ended like that. The wind blew over, leaving no trace, not even in the archives."
As for why this matter resurfaced, it was because the truth couldn't be contained.
A doctor who also wanted the promotion opportunity happened to learn that Yang Shuo was likely the final winner. Unwilling to accept this, they discussed it privately, and Zhu Yulian, hiding in the restroom, overheard them.
After Zhu Yulian and Yuanyuan had spent the day in the restroom and relayed all the information to Ning Wei, they squeezed into one bed to sleep.
It seemed the lingering effects of Ning Wei seeing a female ghost in the ward last time had persisted. These two were determined to be "twins" from now on.
Ning Wei rested in bed, her mind racing. She thought that now that Lan Lingling was back at work, anything she had left on Lan Lingling must have been removed. This meant Lan Lingling was in danger again.
However, it was daytime, so the female ghost in the patient's gown probably wouldn't be so brazen.
As she was thinking, someone quickly passed by the ward door. Ning Wei, with her sharp hearing, overheard the person on the phone say, "Lan Lingling fell down the stairs."
Ning Wei immediately got out of bed and ran back in the direction the person had come from. As expected, she saw Lan Lingling lying on the ground, motionless.
Standing directly above her head was the female ghost Ning Wei had driven away before.
Seeing Ning Wei approach, the female ghost knew she had missed her chance again and quickly fled.
Ning Wei glanced at Lan Lingling, who was lying on the ground, and immediately gave chase.
This female ghost deliberately ran towards secluded areas, and Ning Wei wasn't well-rested.
Arriving at the end of a corridor, the female ghost hid in the darkness, watching Ning Wei with a sinister gaze.
"I can feel you're not in good health. It seems fate is giving me an opportunity," the female ghost said.
Then, her hair spread across the floor. Ning Wei's fingertips began to bleed, and she pressed them directly onto the rapidly growing ghost hair.
The moment the blood touched the hair, white smoke immediately billowed. The female ghost roared in pain and lunged at Ning Wei.
Ning Wei raised her hand to block the attack but didn't notice a ladder behind her. The female ghost pushed her down.
Fortunately, it was the lowest step of the ladder, only five steps. Ning Wei got up and wanted to continue fighting the ghost.
Footsteps echoed from upstairs. The female ghost, as if seeing a ghost herself, was terrified and immediately fled.
Ning Wei didn't want to miss the opportunity to confront the ghost. She still had questions to ask, so she couldn't help but shout, "Kong..."
As expected, the female ghost turned back, but the figure from upstairs was also gradually appearing.
"Ning Wei, what's wrong?" It was Dr. Yang Shuo who came down from upstairs, holding a box of medicine. Seeing Ning Wei on the floor, he quickly asked.
Ning Wei saw that the female ghost had already fled far away and clenched her fists in anger.
Yang Shuo thought she had injured herself somewhere and rushed down the stairs in a few steps, muttering, "What's with you all and the stairs today? Lan Lingling just fell, and now you've fallen too. But you're luckier than her; she injured her back and can't work for a while."
"How did you know she fell?" Ning Wei asked curiously.
However, she was even more curious why the female ghost surnamed Kong fled as soon as Yang Shuo appeared.
Could it be that Yang Shuo was more frightening to her than Ning Wei?
Recalling that the ghost had turned back simply upon her uttering the syllable "Kong," Ning Wei was now 100% certain she was the patient who had died in the medical accident.
Perhaps it was because Yang Shuo was the chief surgeon, and the female ghost instinctively feared him?
That didn't seem right. If Yang Shuo caused her death, why didn't she seek revenge on him and instead target the innocent Lan Lingling?
All the passengers had been anxious for the past two days, inquiring everywhere. Thus, Ning Wei had learned that Lan Lingling was just an ordinary nurse who had only been at the hospital for less than a year.
As for the patient surnamed Kong, she had been dead for three years.
No matter how she thought about it, Ning Wei couldn't figure out what connection there could be between the two.
If there was one connection, it had to be...
Ning Wei looked at Yang Shuo, constantly observing him.
Yang Shuo's back prickled under her gaze. He quickly smiled and asked, "Is there something on my face? Why do you keep looking at me?"
"I just feel very lucky to run into Dr. Yang here when I fell," Ning Wei said, spewing nonsense and coming up with a flimsy excuse to send Yang Shuo away. Ironically, Yang Shuo loved hearing such flattery.
As a master of flirtation, how could he not control the situation?
Yang Shuo smiled slightly, then scooped Ning Wei into his arms, not considering for a moment that his action was too forward.
"I'll take you back to your ward first and then conduct further examinations."
Ning Wei pretended to be shy and lowered her head, but in reality, she was desperately trying to suppress the disgust in her eyes.
To chase the female ghost, Ning Wei had taken a roundabout route that was secluded and perfect for Yang Shuo to display his charm.
However, even though he spoke until his mouth was dry, Ning Wei remained unresponsive.
Yang Shuo, who had initially expected significant progress, became somewhat dejected.
Seeing that he had finally shut up, Ning Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
But less than a minute later, Yang Shuo spoke again, "I heard you calling out to someone in the stairwell just now. Is it a friend of yours?"
Ning Wei blinked her eyes, not expecting him to ask about that.
Should she take this opportunity to test him?
"No. If I had a friend here, why would I trouble Dr. Yang to carry me back to my ward?" Ning Wei flatly denied it.
This time, Yang Shuo was truly lost for words and simply walked briskly towards the ward.