After he finished speaking, he curled his lips slightly, signaling the other person to look in that direction.
Dr. Zhang followed the gaze, and within his line of sight, the door of a hospital room slowly emerged, becoming clearer and clearer, and on the door, crisscrossed iron chains wrapped and intertwined, converging on a large combination lock.
"What is this?" Dr. Zhang asked calmly, feeling at this point that he could accept any bizarre scene.
"This is the lock deep within your heart—you are the only one who can open it now," the man beside him replied quietly.
After Dr. Zhang heard this, he steadied himself and then hesitated for a few seconds before exhaling deeply.
It seemed to relax him a great deal.
This breath was mixed with the deepest fears and deceptions of his heart, suppressed in his throat for over a decade.
He walked towards that door... and came before the massive lock. On the front of the lock was a three-digit combination.
