"No wonder..."
As he spoke, the elevator doors opened with a 'ding' at that moment.
"Please follow me," Old Zhang led Chi Wen forward.
After walking down a long corridor and turning a corner, he pointed to the ward ahead and said, "There, he's in the room at the very end of the corridor on the right-hand side, you'd better go check on him."
Chi Wen nodded, quickening her pace as she walked in.
Coming to the door of the ward, the door was ajar with no glass window, so she couldn't see what was inside.
She raised her hand and cautiously twisted the doorknob. With a slight 'click', the door opened.
At the instant the door opened, she froze in place.
Inside, it was pitch-black, and there was no one on the hospital bed.
The eerie setting in the room set off alarm bells in her mind.
Upon closer inspection, through the light streaming in from the street lamp outside, she vaguely saw a silhouette sitting on the sofa.
