Lu Bosheng was pushed awake by a few panicking nurses.
He sat up, alert all of a sudden. Upon opening his eyes, he saw several nurses standing in front of him, looking very nervous. The lights in the hospital room were switched on with blinding incandescence. Squinting his eyes, he asked, "What is it?"
"Something terrible happened… Your daughter, she…"
The nurses were agitated and could not bring themselves to complete their words.
Upon hearing the keyword, though, the man perked up with heightened awareness and turned his head sharply to look at the crisp-white bed, only to find it empty.
"Where's my daughter?!" He jumped up from the couch in great agitation, grabbed one of the nurses, and questioned, "Where did she go?!"
Before the nurse had time to open her mouth, a shrill siren cut through the night outside.