Asylum of the Gods.
"One Bamboo."
"Four Dots."
"Six Strips."
"Mahjong!"
Li Yifei pushed over the mahjong tiles in front of him and said with a chuckle.
A Zhu, who was sitting there, handed a crumpled piece of paper in her hand to Li Yifei with a mournful face. Several large words were written on it.
—Azhu's sweeping ticket.
Nyx and Merlin also smiled and each handed over a piece of paper, which were "A Zhu Cooking Voucher" and "A Zhu Bed Warming Voucher" respectively.
Li Yifei held the three vouchers in his hand, looked at A Zhu with a smile, and waved the tickets in his hand: "A Zhu, tomorrow's sweeping and cooking are all yours. Also, come to my room to warm the bed tonight."
A Zhu pursed her lips and said aggrievedly: "There were clearly four people playing mahjong, so why are three people's chips my work vouchers?"
"Seniors should always give Juniors more opportunities to showcase themselves. This is our corporate culture." Li Yifei chuckled darkly, pointing to the other pieces of paper in front of him, "And aren't there my work vouchers too? If you have the ability, win them over?"
A Zhu said angrily: "You're bullying people! Hong Yan came even later than me, why doesn't she have to do these things?"
"Hong Yan can only do simple work right now. Our Hospital still has to rely on you, A Zhu!" Li Yifei leaned back leisurely and snapped his fingers at Hong Yan, who was standing behind him."Hong Yan, get Grandma a cup of cappuccino, and Senior Merlin a cup of good Biluochun tea."
Hong Yan tilted her head, seemingly not understanding what Li Yifei was saying.
Li Yifei sighed, "Pour us three cups of water."
Hong Yan understood this time and turned to walk towards the kitchen. After a while, she came back with three cups of water and placed them in front of the three people.
Merlin picked up his cup, shook his head, "Little Li, why is there no goji berries in this water? This isn't healthy."
Li Yifei's mouth twitched slightly, "Senior Merlin, our Hospital... it doesn't produce goji berries!"
Merlin sighed, his expression seemingly a little dejected. He casually drew a tile and discarded it."Two Strips."
"Pung!" Li Yifei's eyes lit up!
Of course, Hong Yan, who was standing behind, also had her eyes light up.
Aw woo—!!
Hong Yan bit the round table, her silver teeth biting down hard, gnawing off half the table. The mahjong tiles on it also slid into her mouth, and she chewed them with a crisp crunching sound.
A Zhu:...
Li Yifei:...
Merlin:...
Nyx looked at Hong Yan with a smile in her eyes and said kindly: "My granddaughter has such good teeth!"
"Mother!"
Just as Li Yifei was about to say something, two white-clothed figures suddenly appeared at the door. He instantly stood up straight, bowed to Lin Qiye and Lin Xi Chen, and shouted in unison with A Zhu beside him:
"Hello, Dean and Vice-Dean—!"
After speaking, he gave Hong Yan, who was standing beside them, a wink.
Hong Yan, who was chewing mahjong tiles: "*...&@#!#*"
Lin Qiye gave them a strange look. He wasn't in the mood to appreciate the corporate culture that Li Yifei had painstakingly built. Instead, he walked directly to Merlin's side and said:
"Lord Merlin, please step aside for a moment."
Merlin raised an eyebrow, nodded, and followed Lin Qiye into the study.
"Lord Merlin, I've encountered some things recently..." Lin Qiye sat on the chair and spoke cautiously.
"You want me to help you with a prophecy?" Merlin instantly understood Lin Qiye's intention.
"That's right."
Merlin carefully examined Lin Qiye. After a moment, his brows furrowed slightly, "Even without a prophecy, I can vaguely see that your recent fate trajectory is too bleak..."
"What does bleak mean?"
Merlin hesitated for a moment and slowly spoke two words, "Death omen."
Lin Qiye's brows furrowed.
"In the words of your Great Xia, it means the tribulation in your destiny has arrived." Merlin continued, "Using the word 'tribulation' is indeed more appropriate, because in a sense, this is not necessarily fatal."
It's strange... Even so, I can't quite grasp how Lin Qiye's impending destiny—which seemed so bleak—somehow took a turn for the better at the very end, as if someone had deliberately steered it that way!
Merlin mused silently, stealing a glance at Lin Xi Chen, who was pulling a few books from the shelf to examine them. Destiny... Could it be that the Vice-Dean would personally alter the Dean's destiny?
Sensing a gaze fixed upon her, Lin Xi Chen turned around and saw Merlin giving her a soft smile.
Impossible....
"Lord Merlin, is there a way to break the tribulation?"
It was thanks to Lin Qiye's question that Merlin snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, "If it were someone else, I could indeed give advice using prophecy, but I said before that I cannot see your and vice-dean's 'future'. Your destiny itself is hidden. If I hadn't recovered some strength recently, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to see this slight omen."
When Lin Qiye heard this, an expression of 'as expected' appeared on his face, and he sighed helplessly.
Just then, Merlin's expression suddenly turned strange. He looked down at his body, his eyes full of confusion.
"Strange..."
"What's wrong?"
"Although I can't see your fate trajectory, it seems... my own fate trajectory is about to intersect with yours more closely?" Merlin pondered for a long time and spoke with some uncertainty:
"Perhaps... the key to you breaking the tribulation is related to me?"
Lin Qiye was startled, and then his eyes lit up.
As the second patient of Asylum of the Gods, unless Merlin leaves this Mental Hospital, his own destiny will not affect the outside world. This means...
In the near future, will Merlin leave this Hospital?Unlike the caregivers in the Hospital, there is only one way for patients to leave here, and that is for their treatment progress to reach 50%.
Lin Qiye looked up again at Merlin's treatment progress, which was still at 41%, quite a bit short of 50%. The most important thing was that his treatment progress hadn't increased since two months ago.
How easy is it to push the progress bar to 50% in a short time?Lin Qiye frowned as he looked at Merlin in front of him and fell into thought.
Since medication has lost its effect on Merlin, without any Breakthrough progress, it will be difficult to increase the progress by 9% in a short time. But how can one achieve Breakthrough progress?
One must still start from the root of the illness!
Seeing that Lin Qiye had fallen into thought, Merlin did not disturb him but silently stood up and walked out of the study.
Just like that, Lin Qiye sat alone in the study for a whole morning. Since arriving at the Mental Hospital, this was the first time he had stayed inside the Hospital for such a long time.
After all, when he was in the Hospital, in the eyes of outsiders, he was just zoning out. If he really zoned out for a whole morning, people would probably think the child was foolish.
But now, even if he returned to the real world, he could only anxiously wait for the tribulation to arrive. Rather than that, it would be better to work hard here to find a way out.
Outside the study, Li Yifei, A Zhu, Chaos Rubik's Cube, and Hong Yan quietly peeked inside. Just as they were about to say something, the study door suddenly opened.
Lin Qiye quickly walked out of the study, he walked past a patient room at the end of the hallway, failing to notice that there was another patient inside—one without a signplate.
He ignored the caregivers, and went directly to Merlin, who was dozing in the courtyard.
He took a deep breath, stepped onto the armrest of the chair, and said seriously:
"Merlin, have you found the secret of the real world? And you can still sleep?!"