Chapter 18: When Away from Home, Identity Is What You Make of It Yourself
Immediately, System 368 noticed the sharp drop in Xie Yunxuan’s eerie coin balance on her personal information panel.
System 368 [coughing blood]: How I wish that was just a hallucination~
“I was obviously bluffing him, System~!” Xie Yunxuan replied indifferently in her mind, then smiled slightly.
But when she saw the director accept the small stack of eerie coins she handed over, her heart ached.
Good heavens! A thousand eerie coins!
Do you realize how many people she had to trick to earn that much?
They hadn’t even warmed up yet, and now they belonged to that old man!
No matter—sooner or later, Xie Yunxuan would return.
When that day came, she would reclaim her eerie coins with interest!
Comforting herself this way, Xie Yunxuan felt a little better inside.
System 368, unable to hear her words, curled up sadly in the system space.
After the director accepted the eerie coins, his expression turned friendly as he looked at Xie Yunxuan.
“Rest assured, Dr. Xie. If you need anything during your time at this hospital, you can come directly to me.”
After speaking to Xie Yunxuan, the director turned to Doctor Zhao, who was still standing in the living room.
“By the way, Doctor Zhao, don’t harbor too many grudges against Dr. Xie!”
“Although she’s new, her professional skills are top-notch.”
“You should learn from her more!”
“Don’t always think about sidelining new colleagues or scheming against one another; focus more on the hospital’s performance.”
“All right, if there’s nothing else, you may leave now.”
Doctor Zhao, still in shock, stood frozen in place.
Having just been reprimanded and then told to leave, he was so bewildered he couldn’t even speak.
Doctor Zhao: Hey! Wait! Why is that?!
The director gave him a displeased “hmph” glance.
Doctor Zhao swallowed whatever he was about to say.
Seeing this, Xie Yunxuan narrowed her eyes and then bent slightly, saying:
“Director, I won’t keep you any longer.”
“Mm, you may get back to your work.”
After that, Xie Yunxuan turned and walked over to Doctor Zhao.
“Doctor Zhao, you know what you wanted to find out, so can you leave now?”
She finished speaking and raised an eyebrow at him.
Once outside, Xie Yunxuan dropped the act and let out a cold snort.
Doctor Zhao was startled by her sudden change in demeanor.
“You’d better pray you’re never alone, or I’ll definitely take care of you!”
“Oh, and by the way, the rules in this hospital... do not apply to me!”
With a smile, Xie Yunxuan turned and walked away.
Just as she was about to enter the elevator, Doctor Zhao hurried after her.
“Dr. Xie...”
He called out awkwardly.
Judging by the director’s attitude toward Xie Yunxuan, he knew she wasn’t bluffing.
Xie Yunxuan really would kill him, and he didn’t want to be her enemy.
Though this intermediate dungeon wasn’t lucrative, he was content with his modest life and had saved a little money.
So, when the elevator doors closed, Doctor Zhao stood there and forced a smile.
“Dr. Xie, I was blind before. I hope you’ll forgive my previous rudeness.”
As he spoke, he pulled out a roll of eerie coins from his white coat pocket.
Xie Yunxuan smiled and accepted it.
“Ding, congratulations, player Xie Yunxuan has received 500 eerie coins from the peculiar doctor Zhao Xuanjie.”
Upon hearing the system announcement, System 368, still saddened in the system space, logged back into its backend.
It saw that Xie Yunxuan’s eerie coin balance had indeed increased by 500.
“Dr. Xie, could you please not hold a grudge against my earlier impoliteness?”
“If I recall correctly, didn’t a player just die?”
Hearing the hint in Xie Yunxuan’s words, Doctor Zhao smiled knowingly.
Finally, biting his lip, he pulled out a small stack of eerie coins from his pocket.
Xie Yunxuan’s smile grew even brighter.
“Ding, congratulations, player Xie Yunxuan has received 600 eerie coins from the peculiar doctor Zhao Xuanjie.”
After accepting them, Xie Yunxuan patted Doctor Zhao on the shoulder with a smile.
“Don’t worry. I’ll leave a few humans for you.”
Before Doctor Zhao could reply, the elevator doors opened and Xie Yunxuan walked out.
“Host! You are truly amazing!”
“After all that, you not only didn’t lose anything but actually earned 100 eerie coins!”
Hearing System 368’s words, Xie Yunxuan simply smiled calmly.
Meanwhile, Doctor Zhao, still inside the elevator, was so heartbroken he nearly cried—his hard-earned savings for the year just vanished... sob sob~
But he had been dead for a long time, and after all that sobbing, not a single tear fell.
On the other side, System 368 remained excited.
“Host, will you leave a few humans for him?”
“Hmph! Just empty politeness; don’t take it seriously.”
“System, don’t you know what endless lies are?”
“The clueless always die sooner!”
Having said that, Xie Yunxuan strode toward the examination room, ready to harvest another wave of fear.
As she approached the door, she heard the sounds of a fight inside.
When the clicking of high heels on the tile floor ceased, Xie Yunxuan knocked four times.
By the second knock, the noises inside stopped.
After the final knock, the room fell silent.
Satisfied, Xie Yunxuan pushed the door open—she preferred a quiet environment.
Surveying the disarray inside, she frowned displeased.
“Who turned the examination room into such a mess?”
She scanned the room, then looked at Zhang Yurou.
“Tell me, who did this?”
Without hesitation, Zhang Yurou pointed at Wang Renheng.
Zhang Yurou: I've disliked him for a long time!
“Do you have anything to say? Damaging property means you have to pay for it.”
Wang Renheng wasn’t stupid; he immediately understood what Xie Yunxuan implied.
To survive, he shot Zhang Yurou a fierce glare, then took out a stack of eerie coins.
After Xie Yunxuan accepted them, she heard the system notification.
“Ding, congratulations, player Xie Yunxuan has received 600 eerie coins from player Wang Renheng.”
“That’s barely enough to cover what you damaged,” Xie Yunxuan said.
Hearing this, Wang Renheng realized he wouldn’t survive without coughing up more.
So, gritting his teeth, he produced three green 100-denomination eerie coins, one blue 50, and one brown 20.
“Dr. Xie, this is all I have left. Nothing more after this.”
Xie Yunxuan gave a kind smile. The next moment, her right hand transformed eerily.
Her sharp, pointed nails instantly severed Wang Renheng’s right arm at the wrist.
Wang Renheng stumbled backward, then stared at Xie Yunxuan in disbelief.