INT. NANYUAN RESIDENCY FOR MENTAL TREATMENT - DAY
CLOSE UP ON SIGN THAT READS "NANYUAN RESIDENCY FOR MENTAL
TREATMENT"
SWITCH TO GAO SUIXING APPROACHING THE FRONT DESK
GAO SUIXING
I'm here to visit a patient.
NURSE
(pointing to
clipboard)
If you could please sign in.
Gao Suixing writes on the paper. He waits as the nurse logs
something into the computer. Nurse looks at the paper and
gasps lightly, glancing at Gao Suixing.
NURSE
(nervous)
If you'll just have a seat.
I'll page Dr Wen for you.
GAO SUIXING
Thank-you.
Gao Suixing takes a seat while the nurse picks up the phone.
NURSE
(over intercom)
Dr Wen to reception. Dr Wen to
reception, please.
A minute later DR WEN (elderly), dressed in a white lab coat
and suit, enters. He spots Gao Suixing and approaches him.
DR WEN
Gao Suixing, it's been awhile. How
have you been?
GAO SUIXING
Things have been alright. Is Leng
up to a visit?
DR WEN
I'll be honest with you. He's been
a bit volatile lately. You sure
you want to see him?
GAO SUIXING
Yes, I'm quite sure.
DR WEN
Very well. Follow me.
INT. NRMT HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS
Gao Suixing follows Dr Wen up a hallway to a door. Dr Wen
swipes his card and they enter a new wing. Dr Wen then leads
him to a door and hands him a small device.
DR WEN
If he does start to get violent,
just push that for help.
(gestures to
device)
Gao Suixing nods. Dr Wen swipes his card again to open the
door, entering first. Gao Suixing follows.
INT. SHITOU LENG'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
The room seems dark. Things have been placed on the small
upper windows to block the light. Shitou Leng is crouched by
the nightstand.
DR WEN
Leng, you know you're not supposed
to block the windows like that.
SHITOU LENG
(giggles)
Are you afraid of the dark, Dr
Wen? Scary things live in the
dark.
DR WEN
Leng, have you taken your medicine
today?
SHITOU LENG
I don't know. Did Leng take his
medicine today?
(giggles)
Dr Wen frowns, but pushes on.
DR WEN
You have a visitor. Please behave
for him.
Dr Wen gives Gao Suixing a cautionary look before exiting.
SHITOU LENG
Hello, Suixing.
GAO SUIXING
I don't suppose I can speak to
Leng today.
SHITOU LENG
Ten years, and the same question.
Leng is dead, Suixing. You know
where to find him.
GAO SUIXING
Officially Yun Changdi is dead.
SHITOU LENG
(giggles)
But you know the truth. Yun
Changdi is at the bottom of the
Yongding River. Trying not to kill
for a new body. How long will his
resolve last, I wonder. Ten more
years. Twenty more. A hundred...
GAO SUIXING
I could take you to the Yongding
River. You could see how his
resolve is doing personally.
SHITOU LENG
Would that be fair to Leng, do you
suppose?
(giggles when
Gao Suixing
doesn't answer)
Changdi, Leng, and Suixing at the
Yongding River. Discussing their
mythology class. Do Shui Gui
exist?
Shitou Leng is suddenly right in Gao Suixing's face. Gao
Suixing stiffens, but doesn't move.
SHITOU LENG
Tell me, Suixing, do Shui Gui
exist?
Shitou Leng's smile is manic as he slowly backs away. Gao
Suixing watches him warily.
SHITOU LENG
Poor Suixing. After ten years, you
still can't choose. Are you going
to offer me to visit Leng too? But
I wouldn't go there right now.
It's not safe there right now.
GAO SUIXING
Why? What's there now?
SHITOU LENG
Anger. Anger is there.
Displeasure. Insult. Don't go
there, Suixing. Things are going
to get worse.
GAO SUIXING
How do we stop it?
SHITOU LENG
(giggles)
GAO SUIXING
How do we stop it?
SHITOU LENG
You don't.
