To keep from being noticed, Lin Qing quickly lowered his head and didn’t look toward the door again.

Lin Qing had once suspected Li Mei had a switch that made her kill. Otherwise, her warm, friendly manner had to be an act—and she was far too good at it.

Now that he’d seen Li Mei’s switch flip with his own eyes, and remembered what the other two nurses had said, Lin Qing immediately figured out what triggered it.

Couples.

The more affectionate a couple was, the angrier Li Mei got.

He hadn’t seen the old man in the next bed with his own eyes, but from Wu Gang’s description, it sounded like he and his wife were very much in love.

That was why Li Mei killed.

“Your lips are as sweet as honey. Looks like being in the hospital isn’t all bad.”

“Heh. My lips are always sweet—you know that better than anyone… Baby, I really…”

As Lin Qing figured out Li Mei’s motive for killing, Wu Gang and Wang Lingling remained completely oblivious, still cuddling up together, sweet as ever.

But when Wang Lingling smiled and opened the package, revealing the homemade food inside, Wu Gang felt as if Death had just rung his doorbell.

He couldn’t even manage a wisecrack. The slight downturn of his mouth said it all: he’d accepted his fate.

At least they were already in the hospital. If he got food poisoning, they wouldn’t have to waste emergency services.

They could take him straight to the ER.

“All right, all right. It’s almost mealtime, so come eat!”

Wang Lingling’s next words made Wu Gang smile and nod, though in his heart, he thought Death was playing dirty—just breaking down the door and barging right in.

There was no getting out of it, so he might as well eat it all in one go!

Just like taking herbal medicine…

One gulp.

“You must be hungry too, huh? Here, I’ve got another portion~”

As Wang Lingling started opening the lids of the lunch boxes, she suddenly remembered Lin Qing in the next bed and immediately called out to him, full of enthusiasm.

Wang Lingling was always generous when it came to sharing food.

Food tastes better when everyone eats together!

“No thanks. He isn’t like me—his legs aren’t hurt. He can just go eat in the cafeteria! Besides, I’m going to finish the love-filled lunch you made for me all by myself!”

But when Wu Gang heard that, he shuddered. He didn’t want his girlfriend inflicting her cooking on someone else’s stomach, so he immediately put on an exaggeratedly jealous act.

He even found a moment to discreetly wave at Lin Qing. A faint glimmer of tears in the corner of his eye, Wu Gang felt he was a truly good person in this new century.

Self-sacrifice for others was written all over his face.

“Aww, my darling is so possessive. I love it~ Here, these are all yours. Make sure you finish every last bite, okay? ❤~”

But the very next second, Wu Gang regretted it.

Staring at the lunch boxes piled up in front of him, Wu Gang could barely keep himself from making that classic old-man-staring-at-his-phone face. He was having a rough time of it.

“Baby, isn’t this a bit too much to eat all at once? Why don’t we have it one meal at a time?”

“I made all this just for you. Can you really bear to let the food—and all the love I put into it—go to waste?”

While Wu Gang and Wang Lingling talked about the food, Lin Qing glanced toward the door and saw that Li Mei had disappeared at some point.

The doorway was empty now. Not a soul in sight.

Judging by the state of the black skull he’d seen earlier, Li Mei’s emotions were all over the place. She’d probably make her move tonight…

Lin Qing could stay out of it, just as he had before. Now that he knew Li Mei’s motive for killing, he was on his own and wasn’t within her target range.

He had no need to worry about being killed.

But when he thought of the kindness Wu Gang had shown him, and of a family being torn apart, Lin Qing couldn’t bring himself to stand by and let Li Mei kill him.

Wu Gang and Wang Lingling were deeply in love. They’d surely build a happy family someday.

A simple, happy life like that shouldn’t be destroyed.

Sigh!

He hadn’t wanted to get mixed up in something like this again.

But it looked like he had no choice.

It was just…

Even if he wanted to help Wu Gang, the situation made it incredibly difficult.

If he told Wu Gang outright that there was a killer in the hospital—and that she was the nurse right beside them—Wu Gang would probably think he was crazy.

It wasn’t the first time Lin Qing had told anyone about the skull. He’d only let a little slip, but the result was a week in a psychiatric hospital.

Fortunately, the media had been following his case. Their reports helped get Lin Qing out before he had to stay any longer.

That experience quickly brought Lin Qing back to his senses. He knew that continuing to talk about it would only make things worse for him.

It was best not to let anyone else find out about the special ability that belonged to him alone.

After all, this world was made up of ordinary people. He might be the only one with an ability like this.

So if he couldn’t tell anyone the whole truth, he had only one other option.

Distract Li Mei.

Wu Gang was a strong, healthy man, while Lin Qing was a sickly boy.

If they both became targets, Li Mei would surely go after Lin Qing instead, leaving Wu Gang alone—or at least putting off attacking him.

While Li Mei was going after Lin Qing, all he had to do was run.

Just don’t let Li Mei catch him!

He had to hold out until the day Wu Gang was discharged.

That was only two days away.

For this, he needed an accomplice. It had to be a girl.

At that thought, Lin Qing hesitated. In the end, he looked down at his phone and made up his mind.

No risk, no reward. If he wanted to take on a killer, he had to find someone stronger than her.

He’d originally planned to stay out of it, but now it was like a tangled ball of yarn, getting harder and harder to unravel.

“Don’t listen to Old Wu. I brought plenty of food, and he can’t finish it all by himself. Come on over and have some!”

Just as Lin Qing made up his mind, Wang Lingling called out again before he’d even had a chance to wake his phone screen.

It seemed they’d finally settled the matter of the food.

Wu Gang felt bad for the young guy in the next bed, but when he realized he wouldn’t have to eat all that culinary horror himself, it felt as if a kind angel had descended from heaven and made the evil Grim Reaper disappear!

He was alive again!!!

“No thanks. I’ll eat in the cafeteria later.”

But Lin Qing politely turned down Wang Lingling’s offer.

Wu Gang, who’d only just come back to life, immediately lost most of his health bar. So it really was coming for him after all!

The Grim Reaper was back!

“Why are you being so polite? All right, no more arguing. Come eat!”

But when Lin Qing politely refused, Wang Lingling spoke up again.

She picked up two lunch boxes, ready to bring them over to Lin Qing herself. She wanted someone else to praise her cooking and soothe the regret she felt over never becoming a chef.

She even wanted to feed him herself, just so she could get the most honest review possible!

“Am I too late?”

Just as Wang Lingling reached Lin Qing’s bedside, someone pulled the hospital-room door open from outside.

Su Yao stood in the doorway with a lunch box in hand. Tilting her head in mild confusion, she looked at Lin Qing with an almost-smile, her eyes full of amusement.