Just when it was almost time for him to get off work, my stomach suddenly started cramping. My abdomen churned violently. This wretched stomach of mine, why does it always fail me at the crucial moment!
Lin Yue gritted her teeth and checked the time. "It hurts so much! Why isn't he off work yet?" There was still half an hour until he got off work; a trip to the toilet should be enough. "I can't take it anymore, I need to go."
The sound of water flushing from the last stall in the bathroom filled the air, and Lin Yue breathed a long sigh of relief, "Finally, that feels good!"
After winter sets in, it gets dark very early. Just after five o'clock, you can't see your hand in front of your face outside the window. After washing her hands, Lin Yue slowly walked to the door, pressed the handle, but the door didn't budge.
Her heart sank. Could it be? Was the door broken? Or had someone locked it? She tried several more times, but still couldn't open it. Anxiously, she pounded on the door. "Hey! Is anyone home? Who locked the door?" Silence reigned outside; no one answered. Panicked, she began frantically pounding on the door, hoping someone would hear her. She shouted, "Is anyone home?! Someone help me! Song Yunzheng! Song Yunzheng!"
It was well past closing time, and the cleaning lady assumed no one was inside. She simply locked the door and left. The restroom was in a remote location, far from the clinic, and at this hour, all she received was the cold air.
Call! Yes! Call Song Yunzheng! Lin Yue hurriedly took out her phone, but couldn't turn it on. "No way? Is it out of battery? Did I break some kind of law? Why are they doing this to me?" She kicked the door angrily, followed by frantic banging. "Is there anyone who can save me? Song Yunzheng! Song Yunzheng! Dr. Song! Husband! Please come and save me!"
The sounds of banging and cries for help echoed continuously in the dimly lit bathroom. Lin Yue's voice grew hoarse from shouting, but there was still no response. A tense and fearful atmosphere instantly swept over her, and images from various horror movies began to play in her mind! At this moment, she didn't dare to look back. She could only tremble and shrink into the corner, burying her head in her knees, while still banging on the door with one hand.
After seeing the last patient, Song Yunzheng quickly finished his work and walked out of the clinic with a happy heart, only to find the corridor empty. There was no sign of Lin Yue anywhere.
"Wasn't this girl waiting for me to get off work? Did she get annoyed and leave on her own?" He frowned, took out his phone, found Lin Yue's number and dialed it. "Sorry, the user you dialed is currently unavailable. Please try again later..." A cold, mechanical female voice came from the phone.
He was certain he had seen Lin Yue waiting for him outside the clinic, but now she was gone, and her phone was off. A bad feeling crept into his heart.
Song Yunzheng hurriedly walked to the nurses' station. Coincidentally, the three nurses were still there. "Excuse me, did you see this girl this afternoon?" He handed his phone to the three of them. The screen showed a photo of Lin Yue, taken at the amusement park last time.
"Hey? Isn't this the girl who talked to us this afternoon? She looks like a high school student. Dr. Song, what's up?" the tall nurse asked eagerly.
"Where did she go next?" Perhaps due to excessive anxiety, Song Yunzheng's expression was unusually cold and stern, frightening the three people opposite him into not daring to breathe.
“We don’t know much either. We only know that she lingered outside your clinic for a long time and kept asking us about you. She didn’t seem like she was there for a medical consultation.”
Song Yunzheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, forming a deep frown. After thanking the three women, he hurriedly returned to the vicinity of the consultation room and searched back and forth. "Lin Yue," he called tentatively, but there was no answer, only the echo in the corridor. He then took out his phone and checked the home security camera footage, but it was completely dark, confirming that she hadn't returned home. Now he felt even more panicked. She had disappeared right under his nose, and her phone was switched off. This was even more worrying than the last time she had run away from home in the middle of the night without saying goodbye!
His steps became unsteady, and his breathing became rapid. "Lin Yue, stop playing around! If you don't come out, I'm going to get angry!"
Outside the window, the night was as dark as a curtain, with only a cold crescent moon casting its gentle light across the earth.
Concern leads to confusion, check the surveillance footage! How could I forget to check the surveillance footage?! Song Yunzheng rushed to the security duty room as fast as he could and demanded to see the afternoon's surveillance playback. He stared intently at the video.
"Okay, stop! It's her!" He stared intently at the figure in the video. She had been waiting and lingering outside the examination room for a long time before finally running out of the camera's view, clutching her stomach.
Based on Lin Yue's last body language, Song Yunzheng immediately understood. He rushed out of the door and ran frantically towards the bathroom on the third floor.
At this moment, Lin Yue was huddled by the door, her head buried in her legs out of fear. She pounded on the door with her arms, but the sound grew fainter and fainter. She was cold and hungry, and she no longer had the strength to shout or pound on the door. Most importantly, she could clearly feel that she had started bleeding heavily, and her pants were sticky.
Just as she was in despair, a knock came at the door, followed by Song Yunzheng's anxious calls, "Lin Yue! Lin Yue! Are you in there?"
Hearing Song Yunzheng's voice, she was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She stood up abruptly and shouted, "Husband! I'm here! I'm inside, husband, please save me!"
Song Yunzheng's heart was pounding. He tried turning the doorknob, but the door wouldn't budge. Damn it, he couldn't open it from the outside either, the key definitely wasn't here! He shouted anxiously, "Lin Yue, step back a bit, get away from the door."
"Okay." Lin Yue obediently took a few steps back.
Song Yunzheng took a deep breath, raised his foot, and kicked the sturdy door hard. Once, twice, three times… each impact was accompanied by a huge sound, as if it would shake the entire house apart. Finally, with a loud "bang," the door opened.
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