Hospital 444

Morning.

When Jin Yunran woke up early and saw the sunlight spilling into the room through the window, the eerie and terrifying feeling brought on by the diary the night before finally began to fade away.

Her older sister had already gotten up.

Now, it was seven thirty.

Jin Yunran pulled open the drawer beside her and took a look at the diary lying there.

She stared at the cover of the diary for quite a while before finally closing the drawer again.

After washing up, she sat down in front of the dressing table and began to comb her hair.

Lastly, she tied her hair into a ponytail with a hairband and left the room.

When she went downstairs, her sister and Yun Yi were sitting at the dining table.

"You’re awake, Yun Ran?" Yun Lan looked at her younger sister and quickly said, "Why don’t you sleep a bit longer?"

"No need, once I’m awake, I can’t fall back asleep."

Then, she sat next to her nephew Yun Yi and said, "Sister, let me take Yun Yi to kindergarten later."

"No need." Yun Lan slightly shook her head, "Let Arlan take him to kindergarten."

Jin Yunran observed her sister, who seemed to be looking a bit better.

Perhaps her moving in had somewhat improved her sister’s mood.

Yun Yi looked at Jin Yunran and said, "Aunt Yun Ran, Arlan taking me to kindergarten is fine, you should spend more time with my mom."

"Well... okay then."

Jin Yunran patted Yun Yi on the head. How sensible this child was, it was heartbreaking.

At this thought, Jin Yunran felt a heaviness in her heart. When the day came that the child realized there was no heaven and that there wouldn’t be a soul after death, perhaps he would be even more devastated?

Arlan then toasted a piece of bread for Jin Yunran. Not long after, she took Yun Yi out.

Jin Yunran’s curiosity grew. Could it really not be Arlan who forged the diary? Then who could it be?

When only she and her sister were left, she thought for a long time and eventually asked, "Sister, did your in-laws come to see you afterward?"

If the in-laws had also read the diary left by her brother-in-law, they might have had some unpleasant thoughts.

"My mother-in-law..." Yun Lan started with just three words, then hesitated, "After all, Qishu is gone, and she’s the one who is most heartbroken. She’s still having difficulty accepting it."

Jin Yunran looked at her sister’s expression and could imagine what had happened.

Suddenly, she thought of a possibility.

Could the forger of her brother-in-law’s diary be her sister’s mother-in-law?

She read the earlier content of the diary, which was insistent that her sister was related to her brother-in-law’s death, so maybe she decided to continue the diary in her brother-in-law’s handwriting to frighten her sister?

If that was the case, wouldn’t it be insanely crazy?

But then, Jin Yunran felt something was wrong.

If so, what about the latest entry from last night? Her sister’s mother-in-law wasn’t there last night; she wouldn’t have been able to write the latest entry in the diary.

"You eat first, Yun Ran. If it’s not enough, there’s more," said Yun Lan as she stood up, taking her own plate and walking towards the kitchen.

"Okay, thanks, sister."

If it weren’t for considering her sister’s current mental state, Jin Yunran really wanted to just tell her about this matter outright.

Distracted, she took out her phone and started searching for content related to "forging handwriting" and "scaring people with ghosts."

As she browsed, she picked up a piece of toast and took another bite.

"Yun Ran, do you want me to get you a glass of milk?"

While chewing on the toast, Jin Yunran lifted her head and said to her sister, "No need."

Then she lowered her head again to look at her phone screen.

Suddenly...

She felt a shiver down her spine and stopped chewing the toast.

Her sister’s voice had come from the direction of the kitchen.

But when she had looked up towards the kitchen just now, out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw...

Someone standing on the stairs to the second floor!

Jin Yunran immediately looked up again at the stairs!

However, there was no one on the stairs.

Jin Yunran yelled out loudly, "Sister! Sister!"

Yun Lan hurried out from the kitchen, asking, "What’s wrong? Yun Ran?"

"You were just in the kitchen... right?"

"Yes, I was about to pour you another glass of warm milk."

Jin Yunran looked fearfully towards the stairs and said, "There’s only you and me in this house... right?"

Yun Lan, puzzled, looked at her sister and said, "Yun Ran, what are you talking about? Of course, it’s just us. Why do you ask that?"

Jin Yunran grew more and more uneasy.

Could she have seen wrong?

After all, it was just a fleeting glimpse. Perhaps she was really influenced by that diary and had started to see shadows where there were none?

The staircases in the villa were all made of solid wood. If there had been someone on the stairs just now, there was no way they could vanish so quickly without making a sound. But from the beginning to the end, she didn’t hear anything.

"I’m sorry, Sister. I made a mistake," Jin Yunran said with an embarrassed expression. "I thought I heard some noises, but on second thought, it must have been from my phone."

"What’s gotten into you..." Her sister sighed and said, "You alarmed me, I thought something happened to you."

Jin Yunran approached her sister and, seeing the look of concern on her face, felt deeply moved inside.

"I’m sorry, Sister. No need for the milk. I’m full," she said.

After breakfast, Jin Yunran returned to the second floor.

As she walked along the spacious corridor, she found herself turning to look back constantly.

Jin Yunran wondered if she was becoming too paranoid.

She must have seen wrong just now... Ah?

But, the experience from last night, that diary, left her with lingering doubts she couldn’t shake off.

In the end... the most perplexing mystery was her brother-in-law’s death.

Her brother-in-law was definitely not a timid man, and he had no history of heart disease, yet he was scared to death just like that?

As she walked, she suddenly stopped.

The section of corridor in front of her was the same one she had seen in her dream.

In the dream, she followed behind her sister while a storm raged outside. Then, with a flash of lightning, she shockingly saw her brother-in-law appear outside the window!

The content of the dream was still vivid in her mind.

Subconsciously, she walked towards that window.

It was a window facing west, with its back to the sunlight.

Outside the window, one could see the lake next to the villa and the surrounding lush greenery.

It was a stark contrast to the terrifying scene from her nightmare.

After taking a deep breath, she continued down the corridor, moving bit by bit towards the front.

Just in case... just as a precaution...

She wanted to conduct a search of the villa.

After all, just walking around all the places in the villa wouldn’t be a loss.

The villa’s security system was so comprehensive that it seemed impossible for anyone to break in, but she still wanted to see for herself.

...

She had checked the first floor and the second floor.

Now, she had come to the third floor.

Her sister and brother-in-law had bedrooms on both the second and third floors. According to her sister, they would change rooms from time to time, as it seemed wasteful to let rooms stand empty in such a large villa.

On the night of her brother-in-law’s death, her sister was staying in a bedroom on the third floor.

She moved towards the bedroom’s door, attempting to open it, but found... the bedroom was locked.

She had no choice but to head towards the other side of the corridor.

As she walked, she reached the end of the corridor where a door led directly to the villa’s rooftop.

Just as she was about to turn back, she glanced up at the ceiling... and noticed a hatch that could be opened. It looked like there was an attic above.

After contemplating the ceiling hatch for a moment, she turned around...

And realized her sister was standing right behind her!

"Sister?" Jin Yunran exclaimed, instinctively stepping back several paces.

"Why do you get so startled?"

Yun Lan held a cup in her hand, which seemed to be filled with milk.

"Sister, I was just coming up to check..."

Then, she looked up at the hatch in the ceiling and said, "There’s an attic up there, right?"

"Yes, that’s right. It’s just used for storing miscellaneous things."

After saying this, Yun Lan added, "But you shouldn’t go up there. It hasn’t been cleaned in a long time; it’s very dirty."

Jin Yunran nodded subconsciously but still looked up.

She didn’t know why, but she had this inexplicable sixth sense.

This attic...

Wait...

She suddenly looked at her sister.

How come she didn’t hear any footsteps when her sister approached so close behind her?

There was no need for her... to sneak up behind her so stealthily, right?