Staying Overnight

Translator: CinderTL

"Where should we go now?" Yu Yu looked around nervously, clearly on edge.

After what had happened, everyone was skeptical about whether Huai Yi was still alive.

This place was clearly different from the world they had come from. It was eerily quiet, and since they left the room, Du Feng was the only living person they had encountered.

But now, he was dead.

Jiang Cheng looked up in the direction from which Du Feng had initially come running. It was only after seeing them that Du Feng had turned back.

In such a situation, words were useless. Jiang Cheng simply started walking in that direction, with Lin Wan'er naturally following behind him.

The others, though seemingly reluctant, gathered together and trailed behind them.

At this point, they didn't dare go back on their own.

Who knew if they would run into the thing that had killed Du Feng?

As for Du Feng's body, it was left in the elevator. Jiang Cheng had stuffed the severed head back into Du Feng's hands.

The only thing he could do was close Du Feng's wide, unseeing eyes.

Before long, his body would disappear from this world, just like Li Kaifeng's had.

Weiwei stared at Du Feng's corpse, her emotions indescribable. He had been the only person she truly knew well here.

And now he was gone.

Although they had begun to understand this world and its abnormalities from various angles, it wasn't until someone familiar died right before their eyes that this fear was fully triggered.

This time, before Jiang Cheng could get close, a figure emerged from around the corner.

It was Huai Yi.

However, the two only exchanged a distant glance. When the others—Cao Yang, Yu Yu, and the rest—saw Huai Yi, their initial reaction wasn't joy but an instinctive half-step backward.

They also glanced behind themselves, looking for an escape route.

The repeated shocks had blurred the line between illusion and reality for them.

When Huai Yi appeared, they immediately assumed he was a Ghost.

"Du Feng is dead," Jiang Cheng pointed to the bloodstains on his clothes. "He died in the elevator. His head was severed."

After a moment, Huai Yi stepped forward.

On the way back, the atmosphere was strangely tense. Perhaps because she had witnessed Du Feng's death firsthand, Weiwei's eyes grew moist as if she had thought of something.

They returned to the second floor.

Room 209.

Strangely, as soon as they closed the door to the room, the outside world came alive.

Footsteps echoed in the hallway, and faint voices of women could be heard from one of the rooms.

Raindrops tapped against the windowpane with a crisp "tap-tap" sound.

It felt as if the entire hospital had come back to life.

At this point, Huai Yi finally sat down on the bed and let out a long sigh.

He was finally... saved.

"Thank you, everyone," Huai Yi stood up and expressed his gratitude solemnly. However, apart from Jiang Cheng and Lin Wan'er, who looked completely indifferent, the others wore somewhat awkward expressions.

In truth, they hadn't wanted to go and save him.

But thankfully, neither Jiang Cheng nor Lin Wan'er exposed them.

Everyone kept the peace.

After hearing that the phone had malfunctioned, Huai Yi walked over to the bedside table where the phone was placed. The cabinet had already been moved aside by Jiang Cheng, and the exposed wires behind it told the whole story.

A trace of annoyance flickered across Huai Yi's face.

Even after being so cautious, he had still been outmaneuvered.

"Mr. Jiang," Huai Yi turned to Jiang Cheng and asked politely, "Do you have any thoughts on what we should do next?"

"First, we need to find a way to confirm the identity of the woman in Ward 624," Jiang Cheng said after some consideration. "She had been admitted to the hospital over a year ago, but when she died, she was pregnant."

"This child..." Jiang Cheng paused and looked at Huai Yi, "Who does it belong to?"

"Was it one of the three deceased men, or someone else?"

After thinking for a moment, Huai Yi shook his head. "I don't think it's that simple." He looked at Jiang Cheng, his lips moving slightly. "It seems we've forgotten someone."

"Director Qi," Jiang Cheng glanced out the window and replied naturally.

Huai Yi nodded.

Hearing this, Cao Yang quickly asked, "Do you suspect that the child... belongs to Director Qi and that woman?"

"That shouldn't be the case," Yu Yu also felt it sounded strange. "According to the records, Director Qi wasn't directly responsible for Ward 624."

"Besides, at the time, he was just a newly arrived intern."

"Moreover, if it really were him, then his relationship with the woman should have been good, right? After the woman turned..." From her expression, Yu Yu clearly wanted to say "ghost," but she stopped herself abruptly. After a moment, she changed her wording, "After she became that thing, she shouldn't have posed a threat to Director Qi. Why would he... what is he afraid of?"

"Since Blind Zheng, who was in charge of the boiler room, could come into contact with the woman, then I think Director Qi certainly could as well. And his workplace was very close to Ward 624."

"If he wanted to, he would have had the opportunity."

"As for your second question," Jiang Cheng said, "Why Director Qi would be afraid of the woman who turned into a ghost and even insisted on killing her, it can only mean he had a guilty conscience."

With only these clues to go on, there was no point in discussing further. Jiang Cheng had originally planned to return to Ward 604 and keep watch to see if the Mad Nurse of Room 906 would come again that night.

But now it was completely dark, and with the recent events, he thought it would be safer to stay here for the night.

After a brief discussion about the night watch, Huai Yi suggested dividing it into two shifts. He and Cao Yang would take the first shift, while Jiang Cheng would take the second.

As his gaze swept across the room, Jiang Cheng deliberately avoided Lin Wan'er's eyes and chose the visibly downcast Weiwei to accompany him.

In just one day, they had already lost two people.

And that didn't even include Blind Zheng or the unfortunate security guard whose fate was still unknown.

Lying on the bed, Jiang Cheng stared at the ceiling, his mind still piecing together his thoughts.

This ghost gave him a strange feeling. He had thought he had roughly deduced the woman's ordeal, but the new clues kept reminding him that something was still missing.

No matter how he reasoned it, there were still some inconsistencies that didn't add up.

Especially the ghost's attitude toward Director Qi.

From Director Qi's behavior, it seemed he wanted to eliminate the ghost at all costs. Logically, the ghost should feel the same way about him.

What's strange is, if the Ghost truly hated him, why has it allowed him to live until now? Those three men died not long after the murder in Ward 624, their deaths gruesome, their bodies dismembered.

So why hasn't Director Qi met the same fate?

Jiang Cheng certainly doesn't believe the Ghost is incapable of killing him.

If Director Qi had such abilities, he wouldn't have needed to seek their help to resolve the situation.

There must be some secret they are yet unaware of.

(End of the Chapter)

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