Huang Xiaolong, accompanied by Ma Chuxia, Huo Bingyan, and Heimei, wandered around the vicinity of the Suzhou Maternity and Child Health Hospital, searching for traces of that Dongying specter.
As Huang Xiaolong walked, he narrated in a leisurely manner, "The Dongying specter I just mentioned is called 'Slit-Mouthed Woman'. It's said that before her death, the Slit-Mouthed Woman was a great beauty. One day, she went for a plastic surgery, and because she kept moving due to the smell of wax coming from the doctor's head, the doctor accidentally cut the sides of her mouth. Angered by her disfigured reflection, she killed the doctor and left. Later, she was shot to death by the public who mistook her for a monster. After that... her resentment lingered, and she became the famous ghost 'Slit-Mouthed Woman' from the Dongying islands."
