Chapter 081: Xiao Ding, You Are Truly Excellent

The evil crow was exhausted. As an evil creature, its purpose in following humans was to display its magnificence.

But now…

The human's excessive actions had thoroughly enraged it. It had revealed its true form, and in its current state, as long as the human's eyes weren't blind, their fear would make their hair stand on end as they screamed in terror.

The evil crow had soared over Yanhai City, witnessing the true nature of humanity and deeply understanding their inner thoughts.

However, it couldn't comprehend the current situation.

Lin Fan adjusted the crow's posture and pried open its eyes, staring into them. The ornithology professor must have been right; he had to put the professor's theory into practice until the very end.

The evil crow had no intention of continuing this game with Lin Fan. Suddenly, it flapped its wings, lifted its claws off the ground, and its sharp talons slashed towards Lin Fan's face.

"Don't mess around."

Lin Fan slapped the evil crow's claws onto the bed. The force was a bit strong, and a cracking sound echoed. Broken, truly broken.

Just as if someone had brutally smashed its claws with a hammer.

Deformed.

The evil crow stared at Lin Fan in horror.

Damn it!

This was definitely no ordinary human.

Who was he? How could he be so powerful? Had he been toying with it from the beginning?

The thought of such a lowly human playing with it from the start made its mind reel.

If the evil crow could speak, it would definitely say:

I was wrong, truly wrong. When that lowly human asked it to come down and let him touch it, if it had known the current situation, it would have flown over Lin Fan's head, pooped on him, and then scurried away.

Touch?

You want to eat shit, more like.

The sky gradually brightened.

Old Zhang yawned and opened his eyes, murmuring, "Lin Fan, you're awake so early."

He took two bags of soy milk from the cabinet and tossed one to Lin Fan.

The soy milk landed on Lin Fan.

No reaction.

"What's wrong with you?" Old Zhang asked.

He usually caught it easily. Why wasn't there any reaction this time?

Soon, he saw a pool of blood on the wall, and in the corner lay a motionless body. If he wasn't mistaken, it was the pet eagle.

"What happened to it?" Old Zhang hurried to Lin Fan's side and asked.

"It's dead," Lin Fan replied.

"How did it die?"

"I don't know. It happened like this…"

Let me recount it for you.

In the early morning, just before dawn.

The evil crow couldn't endure this inhuman torture any longer. It wanted to kill the lowly human, but it was always the one getting hurt. It wanted to escape, but it was trapped like in a cage.

When it wanted to sleep, the human would pry open its eyelids.

Its eyes became cloudy, even emitting fire – a sign that it was about to go blind.

With nowhere to escape, it was finally broken by Lin Fan's gaze.

It roared in its heart:

Today, I may die!

But I am still the evil crow!

Then, it slammed its head against the wall. Bang! A flurry of black feathers floated down as the crow fell, landing silently on the ground.

No movement.

Lin Fan was stunned. He wanted to call Old Zhang to save the eagle, but Old Zhang was sleeping too soundly. Thinking of how thin Old Zhang had become recently, he couldn't bear to wake him, so he just quietly watched the dead pet eagle.

"I'll save it."

Old Zhang pulled out his "big treasure," his expression serious, and performed a series of operations on the cold corpse. Silver needles flew, swift and precise, targeting every discomfort. The eagle was uncomfortable everywhere, so he inserted quite a few needles.

A moment later, Old Zhang said regretfully, "I've done my best, but it can't be saved."

Lin Fan patted Old Zhang's shoulder and comforted him, "It's not your fault."

"I know it's not my fault. It died too quickly."

"Yes, if it had died slower, it definitely could have been saved."

"Have a drink."

"Okay."

The two of them drank cola and Sprite while looking at the crow's corpse.

With a touch of happiness.

With a touch of sadness.

But for mental patients, happiness far outweighed sadness.

Sun Neng, taking over Li Ang's morning shift, passed by Room 666 and his eyes widened. He covered his mouth, not daring to make a sound.

A crow!

It was a crow's corpse.

Crows represented misfortune, and even the bird of ill omen had died in this ward. How terrifying!

Director Hao had instructed them to keep a close watch on the crow in Room 666 and report any unusual activity immediately.

Sun Neng's hand holding the phone trembled.

He dialed the number.

"Director, something happened."

"Not them, but the crow you asked me to watch. It's dead in Room 666."

"Yes, I didn't go in. I'm a bit nervous."

After hanging up, Sun Neng stood outside the ward, peeking inside, his heart pounding. The director told him not to go in yet, so of course he wouldn't. He hadn't even considered going in when he saw this scene.

No matter how high the salary, he wouldn't go in, unless it was tripled or quadrupled. Then he might risk a peek.

But it would only be a peek.

In his office, Director Hao rubbed his chin, lost in thought. The crow was an evil creature, and its death in Room 666 was indeed unexpected, yet reasonable. There wasn't much conflict between the two.

He just couldn't figure out how it died.

Director Hao stroked his white hair, feeling exhausted. He had long recognized the crow as a Level 1 evil creature. Since even the Level 2 evil creature, the mourning dog, had been eaten by the two patients in Room 666, he wasn't worried at all.

Could they really cultivate?

But they didn't look like it.

Director Hao always considered himself a dedicated director, working tirelessly for the mental hospital.

Ten more years until retirement.

Enjoying retirement life.

There shouldn't be any problems.

Room 666.

Lin Fan and Old Zhang squatted there for a long time.

Rumble!

The sound of rumbling stomachs.

"I'm a bit hungry," Lin Fan said.

"Let's eat," Old Zhang replied.

Lin Fan carried the crow outside. Sun Neng, standing outside, quickly dodged out of sight, pretending not to see them as he patrolled.

The two mental patients passed by him.

He pretended not to see them.

Lin Fan and Old Zhang smiled at Sun Neng.

Sun Neng faced the wall. I can't see anything, I can't see your smiles either. When the two walked away, he secretly followed them.

The crow was quite large, seemingly twice as big as yesterday.

Could it be…

An image flashed in his mind.

The two mental patients cruelly stuffing things into the crow's mouth until it swelled up like this. The more he thought about it, the more he shuddered.

Truly terrifying.

In the kitchen, Ding Ye looked warmly at each of the mental patients eating. She was a kind-hearted caregiver. Seeing Lin Fan and Old Zhang arrive, she greeted them with a smile:

"You must be hungry."

Lin Fan handed the crow to Ding Ye. "I found this eagle. It's dead, and I want to stew it. Can you help me?"

Eagle?

Ding Ye looked it over, but couldn't see an eagle. If anything, it was just a large crow.

Could such a big crow be eaten?

"Sure."

Ding Ye smiled and didn't refuse. Refusing a mental patient wasn't a wise thing to do. They needed care, and she needed to envelop their lonely hearts with her love.

Hoping to heal them with love.

To see the light.

Lin Fan and Old Zhang sat there quietly waiting.

Ding Ye carried the crow to the back kitchen.

"Auntie, please stew a chicken."

Although she didn't know where they got the crow, it was best not to eat it. So she planned to swap it with a chicken. If the director knew, he would praise her.

Xiao Ding, you're so clever.

Truly excellent.