Thriller Zone: From the Mental Hospital to the Ghostly World

Chapter 314 Du Muyu's Dream

hospital.

Chen Ji sat in a chair beside Du Muyu's hospital bed, lost in thought.

In early spring, the sun shines brightly outside the window, birds chirp and sing on the newly sprouting branches, and the air is filled with the fragrance of flowers.

The room was silent except for the faint beeping of the electrocardiogram monitor, and the cold smell of disinfectant filled the entire ward.

White walls, white tiles, white hospital bed and sheets... a chill inexplicably crept into Chen Ji's heart.

He got up and walked to the table, picked up the bunch of light green lisianthus he had brought today, and prepared to place it on Du Muyu's bedside table.

Turn around...

Chen Ji suddenly paused.

Du Muyu, lying on the hospital bed, had opened her eyes at some point and was quietly looking at him!

Her cheeks were sunken, she was extremely thin, and her face was deathly pale.

"You've arrived," Du Muyu said casually.

"How long have I slept?"

Chen Ji did the math... To be precise, it wasn't sleeping, it was a coma.

"About three or four days."

He took out his phone to notify Du Tingfeng, and then explained to Du Muyu:

"Du Tingfeng went to another city to find a doctor."

"It's been so long..." Du Muyu responded softly.

Chen Ji thought of the scene a few months ago when the Du siblings welcomed him home, and he couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.

Back then, no one could have imagined that things would turn out this way.

The atmosphere in the ward was so oppressive that Chen forced a smile and told Du Muyu some happy things that had happened recently.

Du Muyu listened quietly, occasionally revealing a faint smile.

After confirming that Fei'er, Chen Ji, and Du Tingfeng's domains were all fine recently, she breathed a sigh of relief, seemingly finally at ease.

After that, he had no strength left to speak, staring blankly at the ceiling with a melancholy expression.

After a long silence...

Du Muyu suddenly mumbled absentmindedly, "I want to go home."

Chen Ji did not respond.

Given her current physical condition, this is an impossible wish to fulfill.

"I want to go home... I miss my dad and mom..."

Mom and Dad?

Chen Ji was stunned.

Aren't the Du siblings orphans? Which "family" is Du Muyu referring to?

“I keep dreaming about them... in a dark place, they walk in front of me, I keep chasing them, but I just can’t touch them.”

Du Muyu gently closed her eyes, murmuring as if in a dream:

"As they walked, they disappeared."

"But... I can clearly hear them talking right next to my ear!"

"Xiao Feng huddled next to me, he was so scared, he kept crying... and so was I. I felt like I was back a long time ago, when I was so small and weak, unable to do anything, unable to help at all..."

"do you know?"

Du Muyu suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Chen Ji sadly.

"I only realized after I woke up that my biggest subconscious fear wasn't actually not finding them..."

"But it wasn't until the very end that I realized I had forgotten their faces."

"..." Chen Ji imagined it for a moment, and suddenly felt a deep sense of loneliness.

Although both his parents have passed away, he still has many fond memories of his time with them, and he has photos to remember them by.

But Du Muyu and Du Tingfeng...

They really seemed to have nothing.

“Actually, I really don’t remember,” Du Muyu murmured again, “I only have some very vague tactile sensations, like they were hugging me.”

"Many years ago, it seems like it was after I brought Xiaofeng to Tianhai, one day I suddenly had a headache, I don't know why, I felt..."

"And yet another person in this world has forgotten them."

"Perhaps it's because a relative of mine passed away? I don't know." Du Muyu smiled bitterly.

This was the first time Chen Ji had heard Du Muyu talk about their family, and he was speechless for a moment, only able to listen quietly.

"Over the years, every time I had a headache, I felt like I was going to die, or rather, I should have died a long time ago."

"A long time ago I read a poem and I especially liked one line in it."

Du Muyu murmured softly:

"Death is a cool night, life is a sweltering day. When darkness falls, I drift into sleep."

"Sometimes I wonder, what's the world like after death? Will I completely lose consciousness, or will I become what you always call a 'ghost'?"

"Or perhaps, it's just a long dream from which I'll never wake up?"

"Later I let it go. None of this matters."

Du Muyu said calmly, "At least I am very lucky. I have not been lonely in this life, and I am satisfied with everything I have had."

The more Chen Ji listened, the more uneasy he felt, and his heart sank.

Du Muyu... the more I listen, the more it sounds like she's giving her last words.

He immediately interrupted, saying curtly:

"Don't say such unlucky things. You recovered after being in a coma for so long last time, so you'll only get better now."

Du Muyu smiled.

She kindly changed the subject: "Have I ever told you about Xiaofeng's time in the orphanage when he was little?"

Chen Ji shook his head.

"Don't let his ever-smiling face fool you, he had a terrible temper when he was a kid," Du Muyu said with a sigh. "Countless times, he argued with other kids over the smallest things, and it always ended in a fight."

"But he was the thinnest and smallest in the whole courtyard, and he couldn't beat anyone. He was also very stubborn and wouldn't let me help him."

When Chen Ji thought of that scene, he couldn't help but want to laugh, but he also felt a little uneasy.

"As a result, every time, the dean had to step in to mediate... but he was very busy, so he could only give each of them a few slaps and that was it, without asking who was right or wrong."

"So, Xiaofeng always complains about the dean in front of me."

Du Muyu forced herself to sit up and let Chen Ji help her lean against the headboard as she continued, "Actually, the dean is a very good person. He doesn't have much money, but he tries his best to make sure that everyone has enough to eat and wear and to support our schooling."

"By the way, did I tell you?"

"At the end of that dream, I reached the end, but there was only a dark wall in front of me."

Someone patted my shoulder and pulled me and Xiaofeng back... Then I heard my parents' voices in my mind saying:

"Follow him."

"I turned around and realized it was the dean."

Chen asked hesitantly, "So in your dream, your parents disappeared, but they were still talking to you?"

Du Muyu nodded.

After a long silence, she muttered very softly, "Actually..."

“I’ve heard their voices in real life too.”

Chen Ji was taken aback.

"One time was when I was unconscious last time, they said to me:"

"Live!"