The community medical clinic was located at the entrance of the residential complex.
Although it was a government institution, funding was still insufficient in the Lower City, leaving the facility in a dilapidated state.
Even the door was on the verge of falling apart.
Su Ling pushed open the shaky little door and peered inside curiously.
The interior was quite cluttered.
A table stood in the middle, where a black-haired girl in a white lab coat and a bun hairstyle was dozing off.
“Hello, are you Dr. Li?”
Su Ling sat down across from the dozing girl.
Hearing someone arrive, the girl’s head suddenly slumped.
With a muffled thud, she hit her head against the table, which jolted her awake.
“Ha… Someone finally came. It’s me, ha — !”
After letting out a long yawn, the girl looked at Su Ling.
As the other girl stretched, Su Ling noticed the name tag on her chest.
Li Ya.
When Li Ya saw Su Ling, she was momentarily stunned.
Then, her brow furrowed involuntarily.
She braced her hands on the table and leaned forward, quickly closing the distance between them.
Her eyes seemed to hold a trace of dissatisfaction.
Su Ling was a bit uncomfortable with this sudden proximity and couldn’t help but lean back.
“Dr. Li?”
‘Witches have really good looks.’
Li Ya’s face looked like that of a pure high school student.
Her dark eyes were as spirited and agile as a young deer’s.
“Su Ling, right? Why haven’t you come to pick up your medicine for so long? Didn’t I tell you before? The medicine is free, and you can’t stop taking it for your condition.”
Li Ya seemed to know Su Ling; her very first words were full of disapproval.
Su Ling was stunned for a moment before realizing that Li Ya must have known the Original Owner.
Su Ling scratched her head and gave a hollow laugh.
“Haha, I just haven’t had the time — “
Hearing Su Ling’s words, however, Li Ya’s frown deepened.
She left her seat and began to examine Su Ling closely, walking in a circle around her.
Su Ling was completely bewildered by this display.
“How long has it been since you stopped taking your medication?”
Before Su Ling could answer, the doctor started muttering to herself.
“At least over one month. Tsk, this is going to be difficult.”
Li Ya shook her head, and the way she looked at Su Ling was actually filled with a bit of sympathy.
Su Ling could no longer sit still.
“Dr. Li, I think I’m better now. I don’t really need to take medicine, do I?”
The Original Owner was the one who was sick.
She wasn’t the Original Owner, so what did it have to do with her?
Li Ya, however, let out a long sigh.
“It seems you’ve already reached Stage Three. Aside from a Great Witch, there is no hope.”
Her tone was filled with the resigned relief of someone who had accepted the inevitable.
Su Ling was utterly confused, but also filled with curiosity.
What was Stage Three?
From the sound of it, it seemed very serious.
But she had just been sitting there, doing nothing.
Why was this Dr. Li so certain she was ill?
“Um, Dr. Li… what exactly is Stage Three?”
“It’s the terminal stage.”
Li Ya shrugged.
She looked at Su Ling with a more scrutinizing gaze.
“What is… your current name?”
“Su Ling,” Su Ling answered subconsciously.
Hearing this, Li Ya pulled out a notebook and began to record something.
“So that’s how it is…”
Su Ling could no longer contain herself.
“Dr. Li, can you tell me what disease this actually is?”
“Schizophrenia. It’s a very common illness.”
“Common in the Lower City, of course.”
Li Ya sighed.
Every region had its own characteristic local diseases.
Regions that loved spicy food common saw gastrointestinal issues, while regions that loved raw seafood saw cases of gout and parasitic infections.
In the Lower City — the filthiest, most hopeless, and most desperate corner of the Witch Empire — the people primarily suffered from mental illnesses.
To put it simply, most of the people here were lunatics.
In the eyes of certain Witches, the Lower City was just one giant asylum.
“Schizophrenia?”
Su Ling tilted her head.
So, the Original Owner had suffered from that.
However, she let out a sigh of relief.
That had given her a scare; she had thought it was some kind of incurable physical ailment.
She was a transmigrator, and since the Original Owner had gone to Earth, she wouldn’t have to suffer from this illness anymore.
She just didn’t know if the Original Owner would suffer from episodes back on Earth.
Su Ling was suddenly a bit worried.
But her family on Earth was reasonably wealthy.
Even if the Original Owner had an episode, her parents should be able to take good care of her.
“Dr. Li, whether you believe it or not, I’m better now… I know it myself. Don’t ask for the reason; that’s my personal privacy.”
Su Ling stood up, preparing to leave.
As a transmigrator, she naturally wouldn’t inherit the Original Owner’s illness.
After all, the soul had been replaced.
Li Ya watched Su Ling’s departing figure, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
‘It looks like she possesses independent memories and a unique personality. What happened to the original personality?’
The reason Li Ya had concluded Su Ling was in Stage Three was entirely because the Su Ling before her was a completely different person compared to the one before.
After all, the previous Su Ling had even asked if Li Ya wanted to buy her blind younger sister, all because she wanted to get some money to repay her debts.
Thinking of that previously crazed, selfish, and sinister girl, and then looking at the gentle, soft-spoken girl before her, Li Ya couldn’t help but sigh.
She had seen many such cases in the Lower City.
Having gone from sympathy in the beginning to numbness now, she knew that she couldn’t change anything on her own.
“Whatever. At least this new personality is much better than the previous one.”
Compared to the lunatics from before, the current Su Ling was no different from an angel.
Li Ya wrote in her notebook:
[Patient: Su Ling]
[Race: Witch, Age: 22, Residence: Pancheng Street, Lower City]
[Condition: Schizophrenia. Diagnosed as Stage One one year ago. Medication stopped one month ago. Now reached Stage Three. An entirely new personality has emerged; host personality is suspected to have been consumed by the new personality.]
[Diagnostic Recommendation: Medication is completely useless at this stage. Unless a Great Witch intervenes, there is no cure.]
The tip of her pen stopped.
Li Ya rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
Only a Great Witch could help…
Sigh, poor kid. She’s beyond saving.
—
Su Ling walked out of the clinic, only to receive a call from Sister Jing.
“Hello, little Ling? Are you finished with your business?”
Sister Jing’s tone seemed a bit urgent.
Was there an emergency?
“Yeah, just a small matter.”
Su Ling looked back at the dilapidated clinic and didn’t take Li Ya’s words to heart.
“Phew, that’s good.”
Sister Jing let out a sigh of relief.
“What’s wrong, Sister Jing? Is something happening?”
“Haha, something good! Little Ling, it’s a huge opportunity.”
Sister Jing’s tone was suddenly excited.
This was the first time Su Ling had heard her sound like this.
“Ji Lingyuan — remember her? The older lady from one week ago.”
Ji Lingyuan…
Su Ling had an impression of her.
She was a previous customer.
The reason she remembered was entirely because the woman was too beautiful and possessed a refined aura.
At the time, she had been wearing a black trench coat and cold, elegant makeup, looking very sharp and cool.
“Yeah, I remember.”
“Haha, little Ling, you’re really lucky. She told me she wants to hire you as her girlfriend for a day.”
“Hehe, it pays 10,000 for one day!”
“How much?”
Su Ling’s hand shook, and she nearly dropped her phone.
10,000?
At that moment, Su Ling’s pink cherry-blossom eyes were filled with nothing but currency symbols.
On the other end of the line, Sister Jing continued to chatter about various precautions.
She wanted to make sure Su Ling didn’t offend the woman and kept her happy.
If the woman was pleased, she might even give a tip, and then there would be hope for Su Ling’s debts.
“Cough, Sister Jing… where does she live?”
“Don’t misunderstand. I just feel like she’s a bit lonely and want to go keep her company, that’s all.”
Right, she was just being a girlfriend and keeping her company.
It definitely wasn’t for that 10,000!
Definitely not!
However, the corners of her mouth, which she couldn’t stop from curling upward, had already betrayed her.
Hehehe, now she could buy more delicious food for Miao Miao.