Hospital 444
Chapter 32 - 4 The bizarre sleepwalking

Chapter 32: Chapter 4 The bizarre sleepwalking

"Do you feel anything?"

At that moment, while Jiang Lan went to open the door, Gao Heyann whispered to Dai Lin, "Do you feel anything in your left eye?"

"Currently... no."

"As I thought, it’s not a curse," Gao Heyann wasn’t surprised by this result, "Get ready, we might be busy tonight."

"Okay." Although unsure of what was about to happen, Dai Lin was prepared.

However, he hadn’t anticipated Gao Heyann’s considerable confidence in his own eyes.

Afterward, Jiang Lan opened the door, and the three of them entered the villa.

There were many busy servants inside the villa, and right through the entrance was a luxurious living room of over sixty square meters. This living room alone was larger than the apartment Dai Lin rented.

"Dad, Dr. Gao is here."

A middle-aged man approached Gao Heyann and Dai Lin and said, "Dr. Gao, thank you for making a house call. Is this gentleman also a doctor from your institution?"

This man was none other than Jiang Han, the chairman of Xinghai Entertainment.

"Yes," Gao Heyann extended a hand towards Dai Lin, saying, "Dr. Dai is a rising star of our Wraith Surgery Department."

She didn’t mention that Dai Lin was an intern to prevent the other party from thinking the hospital wasn’t taking his condition seriously.

"Good, Dr. Dai, nice to meet you."

In the presence of doctors who could treat his condition, even an entertainment mogul worth billions displayed no pretense and even came forward to shake hands with Dai Lin.

"Mr. Jiang, I’ve long admired your reputation," Dai Lin immediately reached out to shake hands, saying, "My younger brother is also a fan of ’Beast Soul Continent.’

"Is that so?" Jiang Han nodded and asked, "What level is he?"

"I’m not sure about that, I’m usually too busy at the hospital, I might not even have time to see him on weekends."

In truth, this statement wasn’t incorrect, but to Jiang Han’s ears, it naturally meant Hospital 444.

"Very good, very good, a promising young man! Let me know his ID later, and I’ll send him a Black Abyss mythical beast."

Dai Lin had never played this game, so he wasn’t quite sure what a Black Abyss mythical beast was, but by the sound of it, it must be something quite valuable in the game.

"How can I accept that..."

"No matter its value, it’s just some data in the game, it really means nothing to us."

Afterward, he looked towards Gao Heyann and said, "Dr. Gao, Dr. Dai, please take a seat. Would you like some tea or coffee?"

Dai Lin watched Jiang Han carefully, his vision sharp enough to make out every fine wrinkle on Jiang Han’s face, but so far, nothing seemed amiss.

"Mr. Jiang," said Gao Heyann, "anything will do. It’s Dr. Dai’s first visit, so we would like you to explain everything that happened before in front of him."

Dai Lin immediately opened his bag, took out a notebook and pen, and said, "Right, Mr. Jiang, please go over the details again."

"Let me explain," Jiang Lan told one of the servants, "Madam Chen, please prepare four cups of pre-Qingming Longjing tea."

She then sat down, clasping her hands together, her gaze unconsciously drifting towards the floor.

Dai Lin noticed that merely recalling the events seemed to cause her immense pain.

"Everything started a month ago with my dad sleepwalking," Jiang Lan said.

Sleepwalking?

Although Dai Lin was not a specialist in neurology, he knew enough to understand that it was a type of sleep disorder caused by a functional nervous disorder.

If it were just sleepwalking, of course, there would have been no need to come to Hospital 444, as this hospital absolutely did not admit patients who could be treated at any regular hospital.

"I really don’t remember anything that happened during the sleepwalking," Jiang Han sighed deeply.

"That day, at four in the morning, I got up to use the bathroom and, unexpectedly, I saw my dad coming out of the bedroom..."

Recalling that eerie night now, although the room was very brightly lit, Jiang Lan’s body still trembled slightly.

It was today, a month ago, on September 14th.

"When I saw my dad coming out, I thought it was strange because he wasn’t wearing pajamas. Instead, he was dressed very neatly, even wearing leather shoes. The direction he was walking, it looked like he was going downstairs. I was puzzled, wondering where my father could be going so late at night. So I went up to him, wanting to ask..." Jiang Lan trailed off.

At this point, Dai Lin looked at Jiang Han, whose expression was also very serious, despite having no memory of this part.

"I discovered that my dad’s eyes were actually closed! But when he walked, it was perfectly straight, without the slightest deviation. I called out to him several times, but there was no response at all. I started to get scared, then I remembered reading online that you must never forcibly wake someone sleepwalking, nor should you try to control them, otherwise the consequences could be very serious. Therefore, I didn’t dare wake my dad and instead decided to follow him slowly."

Dai Lin nodded: "Indeed, if you interrupt sleepwalking forcibly, it might cause disorientation, and consciousness could become even more confused."

"Yes, so I had no choice but to follow my dad..."

Jiang Lan seemed to be speaking slowly, perhaps to accommodate the pace at which Dai Lin was taking notes.

However, Dai Lin wrote very quickly, focusing on capturing the key points of Jiang Lan’s words.

"Next, I saw my dad go down to the first floor," Jiang Lan continued, pointing toward the direction of the door, "Right here, my dad actually opened the door and walked out! I quickly ran to the cloakroom on the first floor to put on some clothes and then rushed out. I was nearly at the perimeter of our villa community when I realized that my dad was about to leave the neighborhood. His eyes were shut, but he walked without any hindrance whatsoever."

Jiang Han raised his hand to touch his face, evidently trying to mask an uncomfortable emotion.

"And then...?"

At that moment, Mrs. Chen had brought the tea up.

"Please enjoy the tea," she said.

The refreshing aroma of the tea seemed to invigorate even Dai Lin.

As she reached this point in her account, Jiang Lan picked up the tea cup unconsciously, staring at the liquid as if to gather her thoughts.

Dai Lin could tell that the experiences she was about to relate had left a deep psychological shadow on her.

What kind of terror had she faced next?

"I... then suddenly wondered, could sleepwalking be a manifestation of a person’s subconscious? Was my dad trying to do something during his sleepwalking? And considering how neatly he was dressed, it didn’t feel like he was wandering aimlessly. Thinking this, a bold idea came to me... why not follow behind and see where he was going? If anything happened, I could protect his safety in time. So, I kept a distance of no more than ten meters from him at all times."

Here, she paused again.

It might have been an illusion, but Dai Lin felt that the sunlight outside the window seemed to grow dimmer.

Inside the room, an eerie atmosphere began to spread.

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