Free Web NovelWhen the travellers saw Wang Changguo shuffle away on his trembling legs, they sighed in relief. Jiang Cheng turned to Yu Yu. When she felt Jiang Cheng’s gaze, she felt embarrassed. She reached out to pull on her hair. Jiang Cheng didn’t seem to mind it. He raised his brow.
“We need to keep up,” Kui Yi whispered urgently. Everyone moved to follow Wang Changguo. They soon reached the fourth floor. When they passed by the nurse station, the light was still on. However, it was abandoned. Zhao Ru’s coat was slung over the back of the chair.
After hearing the story from Kui Yi and Lin Wan ‘Er, Jiang Cheng also believed that the person hiding in bed was Zhao Ru and the entity hiding behind the thick curtain was the ghost. They must have done that to obtain something from the mad nurse.
The corridor was quiet. The doors were closed. Yu Yu was anxious. When she was there last, quite a number of patients stayed there. Everyone lightened their gait.
The atmosphere was oppressive when they stood before Room 409. The door was shut. A wooden board hung on the door. The board looked aged. The corners were rotten. This room didn’t look like a typical sickroom.
“Erm… How shall I get in?” Wang Changguo turned to ask Jiang Cheng. He stumbled over his words, “Do I need to pay attention to my pose?”
“Pose?” Kui Yi was surprised that Wang Changguo would consider that.
Wang Changguo warned, “I’ve seen some horror movies. You can’t just walk willy-nilly into a haunted room. You have to employ a special method,” Wang Changguo added, “Like walking in backwards or crawling in.”
“I don’t think that’s necessary.” Jiang Cheng interrupted, “I just wish to remind you that your time is running out. If you don’t want to get into the room, we’ll leave. We’ll find a restaurant to treat you. You can order anything you want. It’s your last meal, so there’s no need to skimp.”
Wang Changguo shivered. “That’s fine. You still haven’t told me what I should do when I’m inside.”
“We also don’t know.” Jiang Cheng shrugged.
“You don’t know?”
“No. However, there’s something important you need to grab. Keep your eyes peeled. You should see it.”
Wang Changguo took a deep breath and pushed the door open. The room was dark. Jiang Cheng and the rest stayed outside. They didn’t dare to move too close, so they couldn’t see clearly.
“I found the switch,” Wang Changguo’s voice came from the dark. They could only see his shadow.
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The switch flicked, but the lights didn’t come on.
“The switch is broken.”
“See if you can use your phone,” Jiang Cheng offered kindly. As he said that, he waved for everyone to move a step back. After all, no one could tell if they’d see Wang Changguo’s face after the phone came on. The ghost might be behind him or crawling on the ceiling. Even Jiang Cheng was excited by it.
“Can I… really switch my phone on?” Wang Changguo’s voice trembled. His tone dripped with worry. “Don’t… lie to me.”
“We’re not lying. You’re so clever. Why would we lie?” Jiang Cheng said as he retreated.
A few seconds later, the light appeared inside Room 409. Wang Changguo’s phone came on. They finally had a good look at the room. There were a few tables, an iron cupboard against the wall and some trash on the ground. There was a thick layer of dust on everything. Wang Changguo’s footprints were printed on the dust. It looked like no one had visited this place in a long time.
Wang Changguo aimed the light of his phone around. He stopped beside the cupboard. “There’s a door back here,” He gasped in surprise.
“See if you can open it,” Jiang Cheng shouted into the room.
Moments later…
CREAK
“I got it open. This place…” Wang Changguo paused to think. “There are a lot of lockers. It looks like the staff changing room.” Wang Changguo disappeared into it. Then, there was the sound of things being moved. Jiang Cheng guessed Wang Changguo was trying the locker doors.
“What the fuck!” Wang Changguo screamed.
“What’s happening?”
“Who stuck a mirror behind the locker door? That scared me,” Wang Changguo groused, “Hmm. What is this?” There was a sound of ransacking. The others looked nervous.
“There’s a letter behind the mirror. And… an employee ID that belongs to a female nurse,” Wang Changguo explained.
Female nurse… That should be it.
“Bring that thing with you and come out now,” Jiang Chang announced, “Now, you have the chance to live.”
Soon…
Jiang Cheng held the card. The words were illegible over time, but the photograph was well-preserved. It was a woman in a nurse’s outfit. The woman looked young, but Jiang Cheng identified her as the nurse in Room 906. This was her work ID.
Then, the letter…
Wang Changguo was wrong. It was not a letter, but a patient’s record. It was yellow from time. The handwriting was feminine. It should belong to the nurse. This was a diary written in a patient’s record.
“June 15. I was transferred to Room 624. Strange. What happened to Sister Ya? This should be her responsibility.”
“June 21. Wow. The woman in Room 624 is so pretty. She’s very polite to the doctors. Is she mentally ill? She doesn’t look like it.”
“June 24. Doctor Han scolded me today. It was nothing serious. I didn’t wait for him and changed the woman’s medicine. Did he need to be that angry? He made it sound like I made a terrible mistake. The more I think about it, the angrier I get. There were other doctors. He didn’t give me face at all. No wonder he’s still single at 30!”
“June 29. Strange. I still don’t see Sister Ya. They said she took a week off sick. However, it has been two weeks already. I asked around, and no one has seen her. Where is she?”
The content suddenly ended. Jiang Cheng turned the page. The handwriting suddenly changed.
“June 29. Night. 9.30 pm…”
It was still June 29.
The mad nurse left two diary entries that day. One in the morning, the other at night.
“June 29. Night. The director told me that Sister Ya fell ill with intestinal inflammation. She won’t be coming back for a while. I would be responsible for Room 624 in the future.
“Even though I don’t know Sister Ya that well, I found her home contact number. When no one was around, I sneaked to use the director’s phone at his table. I wanted to wish Sister Ya a speedy recovery.
“However, as the phone was connected, before I could say anything, a man shouted at me. He demanded 50000 as compensation!
“His daughter lost two fingers, so she couldn’t work as a nurse anymore. The hospital had to find her a new job, or he would see the hospital in court!”
