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In the corridor, only her footsteps echoed in the emptiness, and her heart raced violently, as if it were about to leap out of her mouth.
Her heart thumped loudly, and she gradually changed from a slow walk to a brisk walk, finally breaking into a run. After the incident in the elevator last time, she dared not take the elevator again and opted for the stairs instead. Fortunately, Chu Feifan's ward was on the second floor, and she quickly made her way down to the first floor.
In the lobby on the first floor, a nurse on duty heard her footsteps and stood up to say, "Student, the hospital needs to be quiet; running is not allowed!"
Su Jin'er awkwardly apologized and then walked out of the lobby.
Outside, it was very dark, but thankfully there were streetlights. She had always been timid; as a child, she was afraid to walk alone at night. Whenever she walked at night, she felt as if someone was following her. But when she mustered the courage to look back, there was never anyone there. The more often this happened, the stronger her fear became.
One summer vacation, she returned to her grandmother's house. Her grandmother had gone out for some errands, leaving her alone at home. That night, the wind howled outside, and she was terrified. She didn't dare stay home alone but also didn't want to go out looking for her grandmother. After thinking for a while, she decided it would be better to go find her grandmother. So she stepped outside alone. The wind was so strong that it nearly blinded her. Once outside, she regretted it immediately; turning back became impossible. Thus, she forced herself to move forward, feeling more and more frightened with each step. Her legs trembled violently as if a slimy snake were crawling on her back. She didn't dare reach behind her to grab it for fear of touching a cold and pale hand. So she could only stiffen her body and move forward step by step. The originally short distance felt endless.
Just when she was exhausted and wanted to stop and rest, she suddenly felt someone breathe on her neck. This unexpected situation startled her into freezing in place; moving forward or turning back seemed impossible.
The wind continued to blow, but she stood there in a daze. Then she heard a sobbing sound—a mournful cry that filled her with even more fear. Little Su Jin'er stood in the dark wind, unable to move forward or stay put.
At that moment, paralyzed by fear, she forgot to cry; only her calves trembled continuously.
The crying gradually subsided and became less piercing than before.
She followed the sound of crying and slowly approached it, eventually seeing a girl around twenty years old sitting under a tree in tears. Hearing Su Jin'er's footsteps, the girl slowly lifted her head.
The girl was very beautiful; Su Jin'er thought she looked like an angel.
"Sister, why are you sitting here crying all alone at this late hour?" She squatted down and completely forgot about her fear as she blinked at the girl before her.
"My mom and dad don’t want me anymore."
"Why?"
"Because they want me to marry someone I don’t like. I refuse, so they kicked me out."
"How can they do that? Where is your home? I'll go with you to reason with your parents." Little Su Jin'er said with great loyalty.
The girl wiped away her tears, stood up, and said, "Alright, I'll take you there."
Then she walked into the woods with the other girl. After that, she only heard her grandmother calling her name before she fainted. She had no idea what happened afterward. When she asked her grandmother later, her grandmother refused to tell her anything. Even now, she still didn't know what had happened, but she vividly remembered the fear from that night, which made her too scared to walk alone at night ever again.
While thinking about this, Su Jin'er had already reached the entrance of the cafeteria. Since this was the school hospital, there weren't many patients. She knew that although it was a hospital, it wasn't primarily for treating people; it was mainly for research and occasionally helping people with their ailments. The cafeteria wasn't crowded; most people came here to grab a meal and then returned to their wards to eat. There were only a few patients in corners wearing hospital gowns, likely without family members to care for them.
She approached one of the windows and told the staff inside what she wanted for her meal. Then she looked around the cafeteria. It wasn't very large, about three hundred square meters, with more than ten windows offering different dishes. This arrangement reduced competition significantly. What she found pleasant was that the cafeteria was very clean, unlike the school cafeteria where leftover food was everywhere, flies swarmed around, and garbage piled up at the entrance emitting a terrible stench.
"Your meal is ready."
The staff handed her the food. As she reached out to take it, she looked up at the staff member and was shocked to see patches of skin peeling off his face, revealing disgusting white flesh and bones underneath. She was so frightened that she couldn't catch the food he handed over.
With a thud, the food fell back onto the table, startling her into quickly retracting her hand.
"Classmate, what's wrong? Why aren't you taking it properly?"
Su Jin'er snapped back to reality and stared blankly at the staff member. His face looked normal again; his skin was intact with no white flesh or bones visible. However, the food he had served me was now spilled on the table with soup flowing out.
She felt embarrassed and apologized to him.
"Never mind, I'll just serve you another portion!"
She patted her head; what was wrong with her? She must have been too nervous!
Anxiously accepting the food from the staff member's hands, she walked back absentmindedly while he continued talking, but she could no longer hear him.
Her head buzzed like an old fan creaking as it turned, making her feel dizzy.
As she passed through a small grove in the hospital grounds, she couldn't help but turn around to see if there might be a girl in white crying sadly there.
However, there was nothing in the grove; only the wind rustled through the leaves, creating a swishing sound.
However, why must it be in white?
In her impression, whether in movies or stories told by others, those ghosts that come out to scare people seem to always wear white clothes. It's rare to see other colors, and there’s also red, which, although infrequent, does appear. Why is it always white or red?
Thinking about this, she unconsciously slowed her pace.
Then she found it amusing; why was she so fixated on this question? It felt like she was about to go crazy!
She quickened her steps, and just as she was about to reach the hospital entrance, her peripheral vision caught a glimpse of white. Recently, she had become increasingly sensitive to the color white.
She stopped and stared blankly at the spot where the white object had vanished.
Nothing? Was it another illusion?
However, she quickly realized that it was not an illusion but real because she saw the Paper Man again, that eerie Paper Man who was smiling at her.
Her hands trembled.
The Paper Man seemed to be taunting her, staring directly at her without any intention of fleeing upon being discovered.
Is it trying to lure me over?
It must be a trap.
Yet, knowing full well it was a trap, she still walked toward it step by step.
Seeing her approach, the Paper Man revealed a strange smile and then walked in another direction. Su Jin'er hurriedly followed, completely forgetting about Chu Feifan, who was still up above starving.
The Paper Man moved slowly but didn’t allow her to catch up, just like when she discovered Wang Fan's body last time. Could it be that he killed someone again? Who could it be?
Then naturally, she thought of Jiang Jie, Captain Xing, and Zuo Yi.
No, the two police officers would definitely be able to protect Zuo Yi.
She kept reassuring herself and told herself that no one would die; it was just her wild imagination.
However, the feeling of unease did not diminish with her thoughts. Looking at the Paper Man, her anxiety had already overcome her fear.
Soon, her unease was confirmed as she smelled blood—a strong, overwhelming scent of blood.
Her heart began to race uncontrollably as she fought to suppress the feeling of nausea and slowly moved forward. At some point, the Paper Man had vanished, leaving her only with the nauseating smell of blood.
Her legs trembled as she wondered who the next victim would be.
She had exited the forest and was facing the hospital's wall, but she still did not see any bodies, although the smell of blood was heavy in the air.
Suddenly, the moon peeked out. She turned around and groped her way forward. However, when she turned to face the right side, she abruptly stopped in her tracks.
What was that?
A body lay just a meter away from her, its abdomen completely ripped open, intestines strewn across the ground. One eye was wide open while the other was a bloody mess.
She recognized this person—not exactly well, but she had seen him before; he was the one who had tried to kill her earlier that day.
She crouched down and violently vomited, nearly emptying her stomach.
Standing up, she stumbled away from the forest.
This person's death truly validated Su Jin'er's suspicions.
She ran back upstairs; the food had already been thrown away as she had lost all appetite.
Chu Feifan saw her return with a pale face and asked worriedly, "What happened?"
"Someone has died."
"Who?" Chu Feifan sat up abruptly, wincing in pain as the movement pulled at his wound.
"The person who was going to kill me today. I saw his body in the small grove behind the hospital. He died a terrible death."
Thinking of that horrifying scene made her feel nauseous. Despite the fact that he had intended to kill her, tears still streamed down her face.
"Why? Who is it? Who is so cruel as to kill them all?" she shouted desperately.
Chu Feifan wanted to hold her, but any movement would aggravate his injury, causing him pain throughout his body.
"Jin'er, calm down. We will find out the truth, but you have to hold on."
Hold on! Could she really do that?
Everything went dark before her eyes, and she fainted.
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