Hospital 444
Chapter 127 - 4 October 24th

Chapter 127: Chapter 4 October 24th

Reading someone else’s diary without permission is definitely unscrupulous.

But... what if the owner of the diary is already dead?

Then...

Jin Yunran considered, or perhaps she should say something to her sister?

But, what if her sister doesn’t agree?

Holding the diary in front of her, Jin Yunran didn’t know why, but she just wanted to read it.

Clutching the diary tightly, Jin Yunran couldn’t help but question herself: What did she hope to see from the diary?

For example... did it mention her? What did her brother-in-law think of her, his sister-in-law, as written in the diary?

Jin Yunran took a deep breath, intertwining thoughts beginning to rise within her.

At last...

"Just one entry, just one entry!"

Human beings are always especially good at finding excuses for themselves. Once there’s a suitable excuse, the inner constraints they set for themselves often crumble like clay.

Jin Yunran carefully closed the door and then locked it.

Then, she sat down and randomly flipped open a page of the diary!

And then, she began to read.

"Today is a particularly good day for me.

Yun Lan tried a new dish for me—spicy fish head. She said she saw it in a food documentary before and thus wanted to let me try.

She knows that I especially like spicy food, especially the kind that’s swimming in spicy oil like Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot. Whether it’s Sichuan cuisine or Jiangxi cuisine, I am all about ’no spice, no joy’.

My readers don’t know this; during interviews, I usually say that I like Western food, but actually I’m not interested in steak, foie gras, or French escargot."

Jin Yunran immediately recalled that her brother-in-law’s social media updates often featured spicy food regardless of where in the world he was, especially in Thailand, where he would go out of his way to try the deadly spicy curry.

Jin Yunran continued to read on.

"Yun Lan’s culinary skills aren’t actually that ideal... I would only write such things in a diary. Although she’s keen on cooking, the kitchen is clearly not her forte, so it’s better to leave the cooking to Ah Lan.

This afternoon, as usual, after finishing three Chapters of other authors’ works, I began to write my own novel.

The readers have mixed reviews about the new book. Those who do not like it always feel that dragons, magic, and swordsmen are too cliché, with no freshness, but I still think there’s a huge space for exploration with dragon and magic stories.

Yun Lan asked me today if having so many Western names and races in the book would be incompatible with domestic readers’ habits. I don’t think so. ’Harry Potter’ and ’The Lord of the Rings’ are Western works, so why are they favored by the Chinese? In the end, it’s because the story isn’t compelling enough. A good story should be attractive to audiences everywhere.

Today I wrote for seven hours, finally bringing the protagonist from Griffin Town to the dragon clan’s territory. The foreshadowing has all been laid out.

So, that’s about it. I must go to sleep before midnight."

As Jin Yunran read on...

Her expression suddenly changed.

"Griffin... Town?"

Her brother-in-law’s novel he was writing before his death was called "The City of Eternal Silence." It was his first book written entirely through a fabricated Western worldview, consisting of dragons and magic.

"The City of Eternal Silence" was praised as Abyss Blue Whale’s most ambitious work during its online serialization. His death midway caused the book to be cut short at 500,000 words, with the protagonist not yet having left his hometown of Griffin Town.

When her brother-in-law’s drafts stored on the computer were all released, the protagonist had just set out from the town and was about to head for the dragon’s lair to take their vast treasure.

Jin Yunran had naturally read up to that point as well.

Could it be that her brother-in-law had hidden drafts?

She immediately looked at the date of the diary entry.

At this look...

Jin Yunran was completely stunned.

The date part of the diary read—

"September 24, 2021."

Impossible!!!!!!

Because her brother-in-law had passed away on the evening of September 19!

His diary entries went up to September 18!

He must have written the date wrong, right?

After that, she flipped to the most recent date in the diary.

"October 23, 2021 Overcast with light rain"

That was...

Yesterday!

And indeed, the weather was exactly the same! Overcast with light rain!

Jin Yunran subconsciously covered her mouth!

Something suddenly occurred to her, and she quickly flipped back through the diary.

All the way to...

September 19!

The day her brother-in-law died!

"September 19, 2021 Partly cloudy turning overcast

Today, I encountered a writer’s block, which I seldom experience.

Although Yun Lan has been comforting me, I still can’t figure out how to continue writing.

The reason why...

I’ve recently been feeling as if a pair of eyes is constantly watching me.

I don’t know if it’s just an illusion, but whether I am at home or outside, I always feel like someone is staring at me.

Of course, that’s impossible.

After all, there are no wizards or the undead in reality.

I might have really hit a creative block.

Many people say that the plot is dragging. How can the story progress if the protagonist won’t even leave the starting village?

But for me, plausibility is most important. The protagonist’s enemy is a dragon!

I haven’t written a single word all day. My previous ideas are still not foreshadowing enough; I need to find a more plausible way for the protagonist to defeat the dragon.

But today, I couldn’t even get into other authors’ books."

Jin Yunran’s eyes widened.

The handwriting was undoubtedly her brother-in-law’s.

But who wrote this diary entry?

She could recognize her sister’s handwriting, and her sister definitely couldn’t mimic someone else’s to such a perfect extent.

"It’s almost midnight.

Though I couldn’t write, I still revised the plot outline.

It took some time, but now, I can reasonably push back the protagonist’s last chance to leave the town a bit more.

I’ll go to bed after writing this diary entry.

But...

That feeling, as if someone is watching me, has grown stronger than before.

I actually turned around several times just to make sure there was no one behind me.

Am I starting to confuse reality with fantasy because I write fantasy novels?

It’s so strange.

But there’s one thing that bothers me.

I should have closed the door to the study earlier, right?

Why, when I looked back just now, was the study’s door open?

The wind couldn’t have blown it open.

Did I remember it wrong? Or was it Yun Lan or Yunyi who opened it?

Forget it, it’s too late.

I’ll deal with it tomorrow."

Jin Yunran nearly dropped the diary.

She instinctively turned to look at the study door she had locked!

Her brother-in-law... died in this room!

The door...

Was properly closed.

Yet Jin Yunran felt goosebumps all over her body!

She quickly opened the door and rushed out of the room!

Her sister now lived in another room on the second floor. After her brother-in-law’s death, she moved out of the third-floor bedroom and lived with Yunyi.

Coming to the door, she saw her sister sitting on the bed, looking at her phone.

"Sister?"

Just as Jin Yunran uttered these two words, she realized she hadn’t brought the diary with her.

"What is it, Yun Ran?"

"Sister, just wait... wait a moment!"

Jin Yunran dashed back to the study, picked up the diary, turned it to the latest entry, and was about to run out...

She suddenly felt something was off.

Jin Yunran looked down at the most recent diary entry.

"October 24, 2021, Clear Weather

Today, I actually slept until two in the afternoon.

Ah... There’s nothing I could do; I only managed to fall asleep at three in the morning.

The plot has made significant progress, and the difficult task of writing the dragon-slaying scene is done.

I felt like celebrating, so I asked Angel to cook a few extra dishes tonight."

Jin Yunran’s fingers began to tremble; when she had looked before, the latest entry was dated October 23!

"Tonight’s dinner was particularly lavish, especially the meatballs. Yun Lan had always wanted to try this renowned Huaiyang dish but never quite nailed the flavor like Angel does.

But Yunyi still prefers meat and doesn’t like vegetables. Even when Yun Lan gave him broccoli, he was so reluctant. Yunyi, you can’t be like this; being picky will lead to unbalanced nutrition.

Then, he suddenly asked me a question, ’Does heaven really exist?’

I immediately understood that he must also be reading ’The City of Eternal Silence,’ where the good people are escorted by angels to heaven to be with God after they die.

I thought about it and said... of course, heaven certainly exists. Let Yunyi first believe in the existence of Santa Claus, angels and heaven, Snow White and Cinderella."

Jin Yunran felt every pore on her body stand on end.

She suddenly remembered what her sister had said during dinner, "I don’t feel any sense of reality at all; it’s as if all this is just a nightmare. I feel like Qishu is still in this villa, living with me and Yunyi."

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