The Sinner in the Night
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Chapter 4

Chapter 4 — The Sinner in the Night

Updated 10/08/2026 5 min read

At 01:58, the same printer reprinted Diep Hieu Ninh's son's bedside card. The operating equipment is located in the monitoring area. Lam Man Thanh's voice weakened: "My child's bracelet is loose, it's normal for me to make up for it. Diep Hieu Ninh's child's bedside tag may be a system delay..." Co Hoai Am said faintly: "Don't rush, look at the RFID." In the arms of both newborns there are tiny RFID tags, used to warn of wrong handling. An orbit map appears on the screen. At 01:49, Lam Man Thanh's son's arms moved from bed B's incubator to the operating table. At 01:52, Diep Hieu Ninh's son's arms moved from bed A to the same area. 01:57, the orbits of the two cards intersect. At 02:03, one bracelet card returned to bed A, one card returned to bed B. But the incubator lid opening log showed that beds A and B were opened at almost the same minute. At that time, there was only one person in the monitoring area, Lam Man Thanh. Tran Lo suddenly rushed forward: "You switched my son?" Lam Man Thanh shouted loudly: "No! These machines will be wrong!" Co Hoai Am looked towards the information room. "Call the original camera inside the monitoring area." Chu Nghien Than suddenly spoke: "Miss Co, the camera in the monitoring area is related to the privacy of newborns, it should not be broadcast in front of so many people." Co Hoai Am stared at him. "You always hinder, is it because of privacy, or because of concealment?" The corners of Chu Nghien Than's mouth tightened. The head of the obstetrics department gritted his teeth: "Phat." The moment the image appeared, Lam Man Thanh's face was completely drained of blood. 6The camera had no sound, the image was very clear. 01:46, Lam Man Thanh swiped his card to enter the monitoring area. She walked very slowly, one hand supporting her stomach, the other holding a small bag. At 01:49, she stood in front of bed B, bent down and looked for a long time. That's her child. She reached out to touch the baby's face, then turned around and walked towards bed A. In bed A was Diep Hieu Ninh's son. Lam Man Thanh stood there, his eyes as if they were nailed by something. Next, she cut off the bracelet on the baby's ankle in bed B, and opened the incubator in bed A. Truong Vien turned away, unable to bear to continue looking. In the picture, Lam Man Thanh does not directly carry the child. She changed the bracelet first, then the bedside card. Finally, we swapped the blankets and positions of the two babies. She is too familiar with the process. So familiar that every step avoids the usual points of reference. If there hadn't been an unusual PDA scan, if there hadn't been something I reported to the group at that time, after handing over the mother and child in the morning, Diep Hieu Ninh, who had just returned from the ghost gate, would have received a child that did not belong to him, and was still seriously ill. But Lam Man Thanh will hug the healthy child and receive blessings from relatives and friends. After Tran Lo finished watching, his whole body felt drained. His knees were weak, he almost knelt down. "So my son... where is my son now?" The pediatrician immediately reassured: "The two babies are both at the hospital, they haven't left yet, we will immediately verify and correct their identities." Lam Man Thanh suddenly collapsed and cried. "I didn't mean it! I was just so scared!" She rushed towards the head of the obstetrics department. "My baby's heart is so weak, the doctor said he may need surgery in the future, and can also check for metabolic disease. What should I do? How can I raise him alone?" Co Hoai Am asked coldly: "So you swapped him for someone else?" Lam Man Thanh cried to the point of tears. "Diep Hieu Ninh's family's conditions are good, her husband looks honest. They will save the child, my child will die with me!" Tran Lo shouted with red eyes: "So what about my son? Where do you rely on to take his life?" Lam Man Thanh was shaken by his shouting, but still argued. "I just want my child to live." I looked at her, my stomach cold. "You want him

alive, can another mother hug the wrong child?" "On Chi, stop pretending to be noble!" She suddenly turned to me. “You don't understand what it feels like to be a mother! You don't have children, of course you don't have back pain!" This sentence was like a knife scratching through an old scar. I thought I would be in pain. But at that moment, I only felt pitiful for her. "I can't have children, doesn't mean I can't distinguish right from wrong." No one said anything in the meeting room. Gu Hoai Am told people to continue checking the care system log. Very quickly, the behind-the-scenes notes popped out. 02:12, someone used the employee code of the company. I tried logging in to the infant care system, adding bed patrol records. After a failed login attempt, at 02:14 the device's location was displayed as the communication office. At that time, I was at the door of the monitoring area, with the general on duty and security guard sealing the scene. Chu Nghien Than's expression changed in a low voice: "This device... is the computer in Director Chu's office." Everyone looked towards him. Chu Nghien Than remained calm. "On Chi used my computer before, the account could be automatically saved." I smiled coldly: "My nursing system needs a dynamic password, how did you get it?" He said nothing. The engineer continued to flip downwards.

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