Hospital 444
Chapter 133 - 10 October 25

Chapter 133: Chapter 10 October 25

I don’t know why,

but when I hear the word "ghost," Jin Yunran subconsciously shuddered slightly.

Sitting at the table, Jin Yunlan picked up the chopsticks, placed a piece of meat into Jin Yunran’s bowl, and said, "It’s only the beginning of the story where the ghost appears; then it’s told in flashback. This book is about... the crazed, obsessive side of love."

Crazed obsession?

"That doesn’t seem like a theme of a world-famous novel," Jin Yunran reflected on the mark on the window, "So it’s not a story about a person and a ghost?"

"Yeah. The ’I’ at the beginning isn’t the protagonist; the main character is Heathcliff, the owner of Wuthering Heights. Do you want me to spoil it for you?"

Jin Yunran wasn’t interested in the rest of the plot at all.

She just wanted to know whether the scratch on the window was a coincidence, or...

"I’ll read it by myself."

She didn’t dare to get close to that study again.

What was that voice? How did that scratch get there? She didn’t want to think about it for the time being.

After taking another bite of meat, Jin Yunran suddenly asked, "Brother-in-law, do you really like this book that much?"

"Yeah. This is probably Qishu’s favorite Western novel. I’ve heard him say even Maugham spoke highly of it."

"Then when I have time... I’ll give it a read."

Jin Yunran picked up her phone and started searching for "Wuthering Heights," then clicked into it and continued reading from where she had left off.

With her sister by her side, the fear she had felt before had diminished significantly.

As she continued reading, her expression changed several times; the more she read, the more engrossed she became.

After finishing the meal, she held her phone and sat on the sofa, continuing to read the novel of roughly three hundred thousand words.

Time flew by quickly, and unconsciously, she finally reached the death of the heroine Catherine Earnshaw.

When she put down her phone, she found her sister had just passed her a bowl of fruit.

"Rest your eyes for a while," Jin Yunlan said puzzledly, "You have the paper book, why still read on your phone? It’s more tiring for your eyes, isn’t it?"

Jin Yunran replied, "Well, this translation seems to be a bit better... maybe."

Then, she put down her phone and said, "The male protagonist, is indeed a very crazy person. Just because... the person he loved married someone else."

For some reason, while reading this book, she always felt an odd familiarity with the male protagonist.

The protagonist Heathcliff, adopted by the Earnshaw Family, grew up with Catherine Earnshaw as childhood friends. He was abused by the elder son of the Earnshaw family while simultaneously falling in love with Catherine Earnshaw. His love for her was lifelong, yet she married the young master of the Linton Family of Thrushcross Grange. In revenge, Heathcliff marries Miss Linton and then imprisons and abuses her. At first glance, this plot seems utterly melodramatic.

But Jin Yunran didn’t know why she felt a strange sense of familiarity with the male protagonist.

Being raised by the Earnshaw family since childhood, he never learned how to love someone properly.

After Catherine’s death, Heathcliff tortured himself and others. The evil traits in him were so strong that it was impossible not to consider him a beast devoid of humanity.

But when he learned from the tenant about the existence of Catherine’s ghost outside the window, he quickly opened the window, calling out desperately for the spirit of the one long dead.

Yet, what answered him was only the endless wind and snow.

"The Ghost revealed its usual inconstancy, not deigning to appear. The storm came sweeping into the parlor, and even directly where I stood, blowing out my candle."

When she got to the Chapter of Catherine’s death, Jin Yunran turned back to read the beginning again.

Suddenly, she discovered the dark side she had been strongly hiding within, unwilling to acknowledge.

She had always constrained her thoughts with moral concepts, so she had also been deceiving herself, believing she was a very open-minded person.

Her telling her sister that she didn’t like the adulterous storyline in "The Red and the Black" was merely a cover-up.

Now she understood—

In fact, she had always harbored improper feelings for her brother-in-law, Gao Qishu.

When there were no interests involved, anyone could have the correct principles. But when it really comes to oneself, it turns out that human nature is very complex.

"If..." Jin Yunran looked towards her sister and shared such a thought, "What if it wasn’t the tenant Lockwood by the window then, but Heathcliff?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Yunlan’s expression suddenly faded.

Seeing this, Jin Yunran realized that this question was really inappropriate for her sister at the moment.

"I’m sorry, just pretend I didn’t ask, sister..."

"I’ve thought about that too, back in the day."

Catherine Earnshaw’s ghost had lingered outside Wuthering Heights for over twenty years.

"But such speculations are meaningless. Besides, in the real world, ghosts don’t exist."

Jin Yunlan then turned to her sister and said, "Moreover, I don’t like men like Heathcliff. No matter the reason, his violence towards innocent women and children is unforgivable."

"Sister," Jin Yunran countered, "perhaps, it is possible for someone to become so insanely in love."

She started recalling that diary.

If...

If...

If my brother-in-law’s spirit is still lingering in this villa, what then?

Jin Yunran suddenly had this thought.

Having read novels all afternoon, she found her own thoughts starting to become abnormal as well.

"Love and hatred, perhaps are inherently two sides of the same coin."

Jin Yunran thought for a moment and said, "Sister, when you look back, help me pick a few more books."

"Sure, okay."

Jin Yunran then picked up her phone again and continued reading.

Evening.

When Yun Yi came back, he didn’t seem to be in high spirits either.

Jin Yunran asked him about it, but he didn’t say much.

After dinner, he went straight to his own room.

Seeing this, Jin Yunlan gave a wry smile and said, "Never mind, I guess he had some unpleasantness at kindergarten today."

"Mm..."

After dinner, Jin Yunran returned to her room and started reading "Wuthering Heights" again.

The further she read, the slower her pace became.

The story had progressed to the second generation of characters.

She began to feel unable to bear reading to the end and put her phone down temporarily.

Then, she looked towards that drawer.

The drawer containing the diary.

At that moment.

Downstairs.

Alan took a pile of clothes to the laundry room on the first floor of the villa and started checking whether there were any items left inside them.

"Hm?"

At that moment, Alan took something from the pocket of the windbreaker Jin Yunran had changed out of the day before.

A red business card.

She looked at the card in shock, at the black cross and skull on it, as well as the words:

"Ghost Surgery Attending Physician Lu Yuqing at Hospital 444."

Alan’s eyes focused on "Hospital 444."

"What is this? Ah, this?"

Alan didn’t notice that behind her, the outline of a vague, dark figure had appeared on the frosted glass door outside.

Alan held the card and flipped it over.

"A hospital that treats ghostly curses? My God, why does Yunran have this in her clothes?"

The door behind her slowly opened.

Alan suddenly saw a shadow reflected on the wall, an image of someone creeping up behind her!

Jin Yunran at that moment opened the diary to the last page with writing on it.

Then her eyes slowly widened in shock.

"October 25, 2021, Sunny

Today, I suddenly felt like reading ’Wuthering Heights’ again.

Although it’s not my favorite Western work, it is the one I’ve read the most.

My feelings towards the protagonist Heathcliff are very conflicted.

However, today, just as I read about the ghost of Catherine Earnshaw wanting to enter through the window, I suddenly heard a strange noise.

I looked up at the window.

If I didn’t mishear, it seemed just like what was described in the novel, as if something was scraping at the window!

I checked carefully... Indeed, there were marks on the window that looked like scratches!"

"Yunran."

At this voice, Jin Yunran jumped in fright.

She looked up and saw her sister standing outside the door.

"What, what’s the matter, Sister?"

"Alan left a note saying that she got a phone call out of the blue about some urgent family matter and had to leave right away. But when I tried calling her, nobody answered. Did she mention to you that there was something so urgent with her family?"

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