Chapter 637 - We’ve Found You [2 in 1] (2/2)

They’ve stopped outside the door? Is it because they’ve discovered me?

Scissors did not think it was wise for him to leave lest he was captured by those things once he showed himself, so he decided to stay hidden inside the dresser.

Hide-and-seek, hide-and-seek, I have not even found them yet, so why have them come to find me already? Could it be because they have detected my intention to escape?

Holding the rhythm of his breathing, Scissors changed into a more comfortable posture, but as he adjusted his position, his shoes knocked into something. His heart froze, and cold sweat poured down his forehead. Scissors forced himself to maintain his calm as he searched for his phone from his pocket.

Activating the phone, background on the screen showed the picture of two young men taken in front of the entrance of a children’s home. One of the young men had a goatee, very tall and buff, while the other one looked exactly like Scissors. At the time, he appeared to be quite camera-shy. When the picture was taken, he raised his hands like he was trying to shield his face from the camera.

“You have been taking care of me for so long—it is time for me to take care of you.” Scissors let out a deep sigh and increased the brightness of the phone screen to its maximum. Then, he shone it underneath his feet.

The thing that his shoes brushed against was a patient’s garb, and poking out from underneath the clothes was a diary. It was because Scissors had read his older brother’s diary that he had decided to take the last bus on Route 104 to come to Li Wan City. Now that he had come across another diary on his journey, he picked it up without much hesitation and started to flip through it.

“Liu Feiming? That’s the name of the diary’s owner?”

As he flipped through the diary, he noticed a medical history chart slit inside the pages. The patient’s name was indeed Liu Feiming, and according to his diagnosis, both of his legs were broken due to a fall from a high location.

How come it feels like it’s narrating my future? The only solution to escape from this haunted place is to jump down from the third floor.

With more than a trace of anxiety, Scissors started to read through the content of the diary.

“1st June: I’ll definitely go and settle the debt with that limping guy once I leave the hospital! Even though he’s limping, his heart is still as dark as sh*t! At the very least, I’ve worked in his team for so many years already. He planned to get me to shut up with a few hundred RMB after I fell from the third floor, suffered from heavy injury, and went unconscious? No way! This will not be the end of this!

“2nd June: Due to the injury to the nerves and bones, I’ll need to stay in this hospital for at least one hundred days. I wonder when will I be able to leave this place. It’s so boring staying here at the hospital. I wonder how my family members are doing. I hope my buddy, Brother Lee, hasn’t told them about my injury. I don’t want to worry about me.

“3rd June: How come it feels like the nurses are purposely trying to avoid me? They leave the moment they finished changing the drip. It is like I’m some kind of evil god. Is it because they look down on poor people? They’ll regret this when I strike it rich.

“4th June: Oh god, I’m so bored. There’s not even a single person to talk to. The doctors and nurses have stopped coming. Weren’t they saying that they’re lacking empty beds? There is an empty bed right next to me, but they leave the patients out in the corridor instead of placing them next to them, letting them share the same room with me. What kind of discrimination is this? This bunch of people with eyes that grew on the top of their heads.

“6th June: What is going on with the patient next door? How does he plan for other people to fall asleep if he keeps up the noises through the night? The service at this old hospital sure is horrendous. I plan to write an anonymous letter to the relevant party to expose them.

“7th June: At 2 am this morning, the patient next door started to act up again. I really wonder if they have locked up a mental case next door. Why else would there be the sound of people ramming against the wall?

“8th June: I finally lost it and yelled back at the neighboring patient tonight. I thought they would roar back at me, but they’re a bunch of wusses. There was not a peep from them in return. Actually, I was rather thankful for the distraction. After getting bored out of my mind for so many days, the yelling was quite a relaxation.

“9th June: When I woke up this morning, there was a child lying beside my bed. It gave me quite a fright. After I asked him, I realized that he was the child of the patient next door. His parents sure are brave to allow a boy as young as him to wander about like that. Then again, the boy is quite cute, and he’s not afraid of strangers. I’ve stayed here for so long, and this is the first time someone’s approached me willingly to talk to me.

“10th June: I became friends with the boy, and he was cleverer than he appeared. To evade the discovery of the nurses, whenever someone was about to enter the room, he would go into hiding, and so far, he had not been discovered.

“13th June: I’ve completely familiarized myself with the kid. He likes to play hide-and-seek and comes to visit me in the middle of the night. Isn’t it surprising for someone like myself to be loved by kids? I promised him that once I can get out of bed, I will play hide-and-seek with him inside the hospital. By the way, the kid’s parents must be good people—at least they don’t seem to look down on me like the nurses and doctors at the hospital. I wonder what kind of illness they’re suffering from to still be hospitalized after so many days.

“14th June: Tonight, a cancer patient in Room 305 died. Many doctors and nurses came and went. But strangely enough, I noticed they still gave my sickroom a wide berth when they had to pass it to go downstairs. They’d rather take a longer journey in this case of emergency and refused to walk past my sickroom. Is it because I’m on some kind of black list?

“15th June: It’s finally the day to remove the cast, and here I thought the doctor had forgotten all about me. It’s a windy day today, so I think I’ll just stay indoors.

“15th June: Something is not right tonight. How come I still hear a familiar sound coming from next door? The voice sounds similar to the old man who died yesterday. I asked the boy about it, but he didn’t wish to tell me anything. All he wanted was for me to play hide-and-seek with him at night. If I can find him, he’ll tell me the answer. My legs are still recovering, and if I wonder out at night, I will definitely give the nurses on duty a big scare.

“16th June: Oh God, what is happening to me? Today, I woke up early in the morning and went outside with the crutch. When I wanted to go next door to visit my neighbor, I realized that I was leaving in the first sickroom on the left of the staircase! Beyond my room was the storage room, and there was no sickroom beyond mine! But I could hear the conversation every night and that boy! F*ck! Now I finally understand why the doctors and nurses refused to come close to my room.

“16th June: The doctor refused to let me leave. After all, I still owe them plenty in medical bills. None of my friends can be trusted! I don’t care, I have to leave this place tomorrow, but the biggest issue is… how am I supposed to survive tonight? Will that boy appear again?

“17th June: No way, I need to leave, I need to go. Last night, the boy has returned and asked me to join him in a game of hide-and-seek! He stayed in my room and ran about. Have I lost my mind? Why did I promise to play with him earlier? I cannot stay here anymore. Even if the hospital forbad me from leaving, I will find a way out. If I stay here any longer, they will eventually claim my life!

“17th June: What do I do? What do I do? I think I’ve finally lost it! When I wanted to leave this afternoon, I stood on the top of the stairs, and I suddenly felt there was someone behind me. I turned and saw the boy. He asked where I was going and demanded to know why I hadn’t played hide-and-seek with him!

“18th June: None of my colleagues have returned my calls, and the leader has already escaped. The hospital refused to let me go, and the medical bills are piling up. Even if I survive, the debt will crush me to my death! However, I don’t care anymore—escaping this place should be my highest priority.

“18th June: When I was running down the stairs, someone pushed me from behind, and it caused my legs to break again. The doctors said that according to the surveillance, I threw myself down the stairs on my own, but I saw it with my own eyes that it was the boy who pushed me! He did not wish for me to leave; I’m telling the truth, but why won’t anyone believe me?”

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“1st July: This should be the last entry in my dairy. Both of legs are broken, my eyes have been poked blind, my throat burns from the acid, and my digits are bent—there is no way I can run from this place anymore. I know the boy is staying by my side. There is no sickroom next to mine. They are all inside this room with me. I’ve found them, but that means I’ll never be able to leave anymore.”

Reading through the last page, Scissors’ heart was cold. “There is no sickroom next door? They are all inside this room?”

A chill ran down his spine. Scissors refused to stay a second longer in the room, and he pushed the door open.

After rushing out the dresser, Scissors looked toward the door next to him, and his brain instantly drew a blank.

In the glass window of the door, many pale human faces were peering in. “We’ve found you.”