The day my younger sister was dragged into Seventh Hospital, a caretaker jabbed a needle at my neck.
I tilted my head.
The needle sank into the back of his hand, and he dropped to his knees on the spot.
Because I saw a second skeleton growing inside him.
My name is Lu Wang. I deliver food.
I can see an extra set of bones inside everyone. Snap them, and even the strongest person will fall to their knees.
But every time I use this ability, I lose a memory.
First I forget a customer's name, then the mole beneath my sister's left eye, and in the end, I'll forget who she is.
I've used it so much that someone is always counting in my ears now.
Seventh Hospital has three rules: No needles during visits. Patients must not leave their ward. Anyone who shouts "freak" gets restrained.
But on the back of my sister's transfer order, I saw a red stamp:
Sample 017.
That wasn't a transfer order. It was a sample transfer form.
I started keeping a ledger to record every name I couldn't afford to forget.
First page: Lu Wan, my younger sister. She has a mole beneath her left eye.
The last page wasn't written by me:
"Big brother, stop counting."
At the end of the B2 corridor, there's a door that opens inward.
Someone behind it called me big brother.
I didn't turn around.
