Hospital 444
Chapter 94 - 7 Outside the Door

She now truly understood what it meant for days to feel like years.

Upon waking up, she lifted her head, her hair disheveled and her clothes in disarray.

It took about five or six seconds before she remembered.

Zhang Bei was gone.

She now had to wait for the full moon night to come, alone in this Sunset Tower.

Before that, she was completely isolated, without any support.

After all, no one would take her seriously if she talked about such an absurd situation, not even her parents.

Her father would definitely say it was because her grandmother had terrified her as a child, which made her so superstitious. Like her mother, he had always favored her younger brother, even wanting her to drop out of high school and start working to alleviate the family’s financial burden, essentially to save for her brother’s college tuition. Telling them about this situation would be utterly useless.

In W City, she couldn’t find anyone to confide in about this matter. To be honest, if she told Zhang Bei’s relatives, they might immediately try to have her committed to a psychiatric hospital, so they could take over his parents’ inheritance and this house. She had seen the true colors of Zhang Bei’s relatives; each and every one of them was ungrateful and outrageous, lacking any sense of humanity. It was because of these people that Zhang Bei became the type who despised appeals to sentiment, insisting on reasoning in everything he did. If there was one phrase Zhang Bei hated the most, it would definitely be "favoring relations over fairness." He would always say, "Why favor relations over fairness? Even with brothers, accounts must be clear!"

So, after thinking it over for a night, she came to a conclusion.

Trust Zhang Bei.

She would not tell the police or anyone else about all this.

And truth be told, if she really spoke out, the police wouldn’t believe her either; they would probably think she was the suspect.

"Can’t leave for more than twelve hours a day... might as well not leave at all."

Now, there were only a few days left until October 20th.

If she could get through these few days, she would be able to wait for the person with the business card to come over.

All this stemmed from Lu Yanran’s complete trust in her husband, Zhang Bei. Most importantly, she was very clear about how Zhang Bei felt about her; she never doubted that for a second.

In the days leading up to the full moon night, she had to pull herself together.

After making up her mind, Lu Yanran started to tidy up the room and then went to take a shower.

After taking a shower, Lu Yanran felt refreshed.

Next... came the most important thing.

She opened the fridge and took out the red plastic bag.

At the same time, she also took out the balance scale.

This time, just like last night, even though the meat was frozen, she could easily cut through it with a kitchen knife, and blood exuded from it!

Then, she took out the balance scale, used a one-gram weight to measure out a gram of meat, then put the meat into her mouth and swallowed it down.

At that moment, she always had a strange feeling.

It was as if she was taking medicine according to a prescription.

After eating, she stared at the raw meat.

Indeed, the cut piece regenerated in just a moment, as good as new!

"What kind of meat is this?" Lu Yanran looked at the meat, utterly bewildered. If it weren’t for last night’s experience, she wouldn’t dare eat such eerie stuff.

"Zhang Bei, where on earth did you get this thing from?"

Following that, she put the raw meat back into the freezer.

Thinking about it now, Zhang Bei must have been like her, eating one gram of this meat morning and evening. His disappearance was because he had stayed out for more than twelve hours in a day!

But maybe he had something as magical as this meat on him. Could such a thing keep him alive?

All she could do now was pray for Zhang Bei’s survival.

Then, she started to make breakfast in earnest.

Standing in front of the stove, she turned on the gas, placed the pan on it, and poured in some cooking oil. Then, she took out the eggs she’d just fetched from the fridge.

She had never been fully satisfied with this kitchen, which was a concern when buying the house—its orientation wasn’t very good, causing the light to feel somewhat dim when cooking.

Now, this sensation was much more intense.

Lu Yanran waited for the oil to boil before breaking the eggs into the pan, then she put the eggshells into the bin beside her, and once again, turned her gaze back to the pan...

Just then, Lu Yanran’s body suddenly froze.

She became completely rigid.

Because, while she was discarding the eggshells, she had clearly seen a figure reflected on the frosted glass beside her!

She immediately looked toward the glass again, but this time, where was the shadow of a person to be seen?

You have to know... this is the fourteenth floor!

There was nothing like air conditioning units outside the window to step on, how could there possibly be someone?

Lu Yanran had seen it very clearly just now, there was definitely a figure behind that window!

"I... I clearly ate meat... how could I...?"

Lu Yanran walked step by step toward the frosted glass, and then, raising her hand, she gently slid the window open.

Outside...

There was no one there.

Lu Yanran even stuck her head out the window and looked carefully, but still, she didn’t see anyone.

With such a height... it was impossible for someone to be outside the window!

Lu Yanran quickly closed the window and then locked it.

At this point, how could she still be in the mood to fry eggs? She turned off the gas stove, rushed back to the living room, sat down in front of the sofa, and turned on the television, using the sound from it to dispel the fear inside her heart.

After thinking for a long time, she still felt uneasy, so she searched on her phone and found a video of a temple conducting rituals, which she played at maximum volume.

If there really was "something unclean" outside, she only hoped it would be saved.

"Ghosts... if it’s just ghosts, they wouldn’t hurt people, would they?"

She did not know how much time had passed when suddenly her phone rang, startling her.

She picked up her phone to see that it was a call from President Zhao.

"President Zhao?" she answered the phone and asked.

"Hello, Ms. Lu, I have sent someone to pick up the car keys. Are you at home now?"

"I am..."

"The person coming for the car keys is called Xiao Zheng, she’s the receptionist of our company. Just hand the keys to her. I’m really sorry for this. Have you had any contact with Zhang Bei now?"

"No... "

Not long after the call ended, Officer Zhang actually called.

"Hello, Officer Zhang?"

"Ms. Lu, I want to update you on the current situation. Early this morning, we also checked the residential area’s drainage system but came up with nothing. Mr. Zhang’s case is being treated as a missing person for now."

Lu Yanran guessed that the reason the police had searched the drainage system might have something to do with a similar case in HZ city before.

"After discussions at the station, we haven’t found a body or bloodstains; we can’t prove that Mr. Zhang has encountered misfortune. Even from the surveillance, it appears Mr. Zhang never left the building, so we can’t assume he was kidnapped. We will keep trying to locate Mr. Zhang. If you have any leads, or if the kidnapper contacts you, we hope you can provide us with the information immediately."

From that implication...

It seemed the police wouldn’t pay much attention to this case anymore.

Without a body, it’s just a missing person case.

And currently, the clues were almost nonexistent.

However, for Lu Yanran, she had already not held out much hope for it.

After placing the phone down, she rubbed her forehead.

Suddenly, a knock sounded from outside.

It seemed to be Miss Zheng coming to collect the car keys.

She got the car keys ready, walked to the door, and asked, "Is that Miss Zheng?"

"Yes, it’s me."

Lu Yanran reached out her hand, about to open the door, when suddenly, she realized something.

Zhang Bei had warned her... not to open the door to anyone else, except for the person with a business card.

Thinking of this, she moved to the peephole and took a look outside.

With that glance, she felt her blood nearly rush back to her brain!

Looking out through the peephole at this moment...

There was absolutely no one outside the door!