After Transmigrating into a Novel with My Boyfriend, He Turned Out to Be a Native Villain
Chapter 298: Ghostly Figure

At this moment, Yu Yu's face had turned extremely grim. The young nurse beside her had already fainted from fright, and Yu Yu could only support her by the waist while struggling to maintain her balance.

At some point, the sound of multiple doors unlocking could be heard in succession, growing gradually louder as it approached.

Yu Yu's heart sank, and she began to feel nervous.

Beads of cold sweat formed on her forehead as she used one side of her body to support the unconscious girl while reaching into her pocket for her phone with her other hand.

Truth be told, Yu Yu had lied to the young nurse. The real reason the fourth floor lights were never turned on wasn't to accommodate sensitive patients.

It was because... the lights on the fourth floor had never worked.

No matter how many times the bulbs were replaced, they would inexplicably shatter. Electricians had inspected them countless times, always shaking their heads silently, unable to identify the problem.

Her fingers felt stiff with cold as she struggled to turn on the screen, immediately activating the flashlight function.

The bright white light illuminated the corridor, but what it revealed nearly stopped Yu Yu's heart.

The long, winding hallway showed every door standing open, with patients eerily positioned in each doorway, half their bodies protruding. Their dark blue hospital gowns stood out starkly in the darkness, and the group stared at her with sinister eyes, all wearing identical terrifying smiles.

Yu Yu's pupils contracted violently, and she collapsed to the floor with the unconscious nurse, staring in disbelief at the scene before her.

"Is this... a hallucination?"

As if anticipating something, her body suddenly froze. Trembling, she raised her phone to shine light on the nearest doorway.

Sure enough, the middle-aged man from the first room now stood in his doorway, staring at her expressionlessly.

The light illuminated his deathly pale face, his eyes completely lifeless, like a corpse that had stopped breathing.

When Yu Yu looked at him, the man suddenly grinned, blood slowly trickling from the corners of his mouth and dripping onto the floor.

"Drip... drip..."

Yu Yu could almost feel the sticky blood splashing onto her hand. Her grip on the phone shook as she closed her eyes, chanting silently that this was all an illusion.

"It's a hallucination... just a hallucination."

These rooms were all locked. The patients couldn't possibly have opened them, couldn't have broken free from their restraints. So this had to be fake.

She must have been working too much lately, causing these hallucinations.

Meanwhile, the unconscious nurse finally began to stir. Her eyes fluttered open dazedly, but when she saw the horrifying scene before her, her pupils shrank and she immediately passed out again.

"......"

Yu Yu knew this situation couldn't continue. Gritting her teeth, she made a decision and lifted the nurse, intending to head toward the emergency staircase in the opposite direction.

But just as she prepared to move, an icy, rough hand suddenly clamped around her wrist. The touch was as cold as thousand-year-old iron, the chill penetrating through her sleeve straight to her bones.

In that instant, Yu Yu's blood ran cold.

"Clatter—" Her phone fell to the floor.

She stared dumbly at the hand gripping her wrist, the blood staining her white coat - everything screaming that this was no illusion.

Under this visual and auditory assault, Yu Yu couldn't hold back any longer. Her face deathly pale, she let out a blood-curdling scream: "Ahhh—!!"

Yet a sliver of clarity remained in her mind. She couldn't faint - not with the young nurse still unconscious beside her. She couldn't just abandon her here!

Swallowing hard, she noticed the middle-aged man was merely holding her wrist without actually harming her, and gradually calmed down.

Damn it, they weren't real ghosts, just patients. After years working in psychiatry, what situation hadn't she encountered?

Yu Yu comforted herself with these thoughts.

But then, the lights at the far end of the corridor flickered on, and a black figure began slowly approaching.

The figure's form was indistinct but towering, nearly brushing the ceiling. Its gait was unsteady, like a child learning to walk, its distorted silhouette resembling Death himself.

Goosebumps erupted across Yu Yu's body as she stared in disbelief at the shadowy figure.

Could it be... speaking of the devil?

As the shadow passed each doorway, the patients slowly knelt down, pressing their foreheads to the floor in gestures of devout worship.

But this was no deity...

This was an outright demon.

Yu Yu's face turned as pale as a corpse's, her legs trembling uncontrollably.

The shadow drew nearer, its previously blurred form suddenly becoming clear as it approached.

But when Yu Yu saw the ghostly figure's face, she froze completely, her throat constricting as if blocked by something.

"You..."

The ghostly figure loomed over her, its gaze shifting to the unconscious nurse behind her. It opened its mouth as if to speak.

Suddenly, a blinding light shot from behind Yu Yu, aimed directly at the shadow.

The shadow paused mid-motion, seemingly looking toward the light source.

Then, as if sensing something amiss, its presence became agitated for an instant before vanishing completely from Yu Yu's sight.

Yu Yu remained sitting motionless until a familiar female voice sounded in her ear.

"Sister Yu."

The voice snapped her back to reality. Turning, she saw Yu Li standing not far away, holding her phone in one hand and a file folder in the other.

"...Yu Li?" she called softly, uncertainty in her voice.

Hearing this, the young woman hurried over. Seeing their disheveled state, she frowned, concern filling her eyes: "What happened to you two? Why is one unconscious?"

Yu Li opened her mouth. "Didn't you see—"

But when she turned back, the corridor had returned to normal. There were no patients, no ghostly figure - even the middle-aged man beside her had disappeared without a trace.

Yu Yu stared blankly, then hastily checked her sleeve - perfectly clean, with no trace of blood.

Even Yu Li looked puzzled. "See what?"

She hadn't seen anything either? Could it really have been a hallucination?

"...Nothing."

Yu Yu responded distractedly, her gaze dropping to the floor as she lost herself in thought.

She looked back at Yu Li: "Why did you come to the fourth floor anyway?"

Yu Li gestured with the file: "I was coming from the director's office when I heard screaming from this floor and came to check."

Yu Yu nodded, wiping sweat from her brow. Testing her flashlight, she found it working normally again.

As she helped Xiao Chen up, she noticed Yu Li staring intently at something.

"What is it? What are you looking at?"

Yu Li withdrew her gaze and smiled.

"Nothing."

She was just thinking... that ghost that had fled earlier... looked somewhat similar to Yu Yu.