94: Chapter 94 Zhao Yang: Xiao Lan, it's my turn to study you.

Jinghai Hot Spring Holiday Hotel, Advanced Suite.

This was Gao Qilan's residence, and also the answer to the multiple-choice question for both of them.

The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and the bedroom lights were soft. Gao Qilan's beautiful eyes sparkled, her gaze landing on Zhao Yang with a focus that sent a chill down his spine.

Gao Qilan: "Brother Yang, your muscles are really firm. So the biceps really have two heads, and the triceps have three."

Gao Qilan: "Your abs are symmetrical, they look really good. I read in books that many people's abs are asymmetrical, far worse than yours."

Gao Qilan: "Wow, eight-pack abs, your body fat percentage should be below 15%, I estimate 12%. Look at how thin your subcutaneous fat is, the muscle fiber texture is clearly visible."

Gao Qilan: "Brother Yang, let me see your biceps femoris—the texture here, and the boundary line with the gluteus maximus is really obvious, just like it's drawn in the book."

...

Zhao Yang was going crazy.

He had wanted to show off his Physique in front of Qilan, but he had ignored a fatal problem—Gao Qilan was a medical student.

She understood everything, she had seen everything!

The human body had no mystery in front of her, and an overly excellent Physique, in her eyes, might just be a teaching aid.

Seeing Gao Qilan actually spread her thumb and index finger to use as a ruler, and began to measure his length with an inquisitive look on her face, Zhao Yang decided he couldn't let the scene continue to be so weird.

He suddenly rolled over: "Stop studying me. It's time for me to study you. Hmm, let's study the pectoral muscles first..."

Gao Qilan was startled, her gaze softened. She wanted to say something, but only intermittent echoes remained, scattered in the night.

...

The next day, it was bright daylight.

Zhao Yang hugged Gao Qilan and opened his eyes to the System's prompts.

[Host's bond relationship with Gao Qilan upgraded to "Life and Death Together"]

[Gao Qilan randomly shares one skill with Host. Automatically selected: Command]

[Host gains knowledge base from Gao Qilan's memory: Clinical Western Medicine, Clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine, Pharmacology, Traditional Chinese Materia Medica]

[Ding! Host gains skill: Medical Arts (Level 4)]

Zhao Yang's brain itched, and suddenly there was a lot of medical knowledge in his consciousness, all from Gao Qilan. Her grades were excellent, and her knowledge base was wide, so it was no wonder the System directly judged it as Level 4.

This matter, conforming to the Heavenly Dao, was indeed beneficial to both sides.

The Command skill was something he had drawn only after using up all his emotion points, yet Gao Qilan had drawn this one directly; her Koi Physique was undoubted.

Currently, there were only two women with whom he had a partner bond: Gao Qilan and Huang Yimei. Both were Treasure Trove girls. These two were destined to accompany him throughout his life.

Suddenly, Zhao Yang realized something was wrong.

"System, why don't I have a bond relationship with Chen Yan?"

[Query cost: 500 emotion points.]

"Take it."

[Host knows too little about Chen Yan; it is judged as a fleeting encounter and will not trigger a bond relationship.]

Understood.

Zhao Yang sighed softly and let his gaze fall back onto Gao Qilan's pretty face. She was still sleeping quietly, her eyelashes trembling slightly, not knowing what dream she was having.

He suddenly shrank his body and tucked his head under the covers. Gao Qilan's protest came from under the covers, muffled, with a bit of hazy sleepiness, and gradually lowered.

Zhao Yang decided that he, too, would study her well from a medical perspective.

...

In the evening, the two of them were so hungry they couldn't help but get out of bed, running hand in hand to the hotel buffet, eating to their heart's content. People around looked on in surprise—had these two not eaten for three days?

A beautiful reunion is always short. The three-day New Year holiday passed quickly. Zhao Yang returned to the Imperial Capital, while Gao Qilan went to Hong Kong to meet up with Wu Yuedong, then transferred to America to continue the plan to snipe at the Nasdaq.

As for the specific numbers in the account, Gao Qilan was already numb, but she really enjoyed the feeling of riding the wind and waves in the financial tsunami. Moreover, she knew that everything she did would be a boost to Zhao Yang's career.

The two were of one mind; Gao Qilan already understood Zhao Yang's ultimate goal—to see the scenery at the very top. She would give her all to support the man she loved.

It was just that she felt Zhao Yang was good at everything, except that his strength was a bit too great, and his stamina was a bit too good; she really couldn't bear it. She didn't understand, were all men like this? Or was her Brother Yang just unique?

She thought for a while with a blushing face, took out her phone, and dialed a best friend's number. That girl had dated four boyfriends, and each had had the experience of living outside. After hanging up, she dialed a high school classmate's number; that girl hadn't gone to college and was already married with children.

Gao Qilan put away her phone with a complicated expression, tapped her forehead with a wry smile: "My Brother Yang... You... are simply... a beast..."

Zhao Yang was in a meeting, and his heart moved slightly—what was Qilan thinking? The emotion just now was strange, and even carried a bit of resentment. He wanted to call and ask, but this meeting was confidential, and his phone had been confiscated, so he had to give up for the time being.

The content of the meeting was about the Olympic bid. The Imperial Capital needed to carry out another security reinforcement operation, and at the same time, make the work long-term.

Zhao Yang was also calculating in his heart.

It was already 2001, and that health incident would arrive in more than a year. Although this was a different time and space, he had a premonition—that event would arrive as scheduled.

This was the inertia of history, which he could not change.

In his original time and space, a beautiful aunt who lived near his house died in that health incident. She was about the same age as Gao Qilan, a doctor who was accidentally infected while caring for critically ill patients. Due to the severity of the situation, her parents didn't even see her last look; all they got was a jar of ashes.

So many years had passed, and he still remembered the sorrowful eyes of the two old people—that was their only daughter, who hadn't even married, and hadn't even dated.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yang had the idea that he must do something.

[Ding! Detected that the Host has produced a strong emotional resonance, activating hidden mission: Grief Across Worlds]

[Mission Goal: Reduce casualties in the Dragon Country during "Health Incident 1"]

[Mission rewards are divided into three tiers]

[First Tier: Targeted skill draw x1 + General attribute points x2]

[Second Tier: Random skill draw x1 + Random attribute point x1]

[Third Tier: Random skill draw x1]

Zhao Yang narrowed his eyes.

It was not surprising that this mission was activated. But the rewards were very strange.

The first tier actually gave a targeted skill draw and 2 general attribute points, far exceeding the level of the second tier.

Looking at the second tier, it was about the same as the "Long Night Elegy" activated when encountering the main character of "Black Ice," Lu Xiaofei, which meant the difficulty was comparable. At that time, he used Computer Science technology to perform a dimensionality reduction strike and directly speed-ran that mission.

If it were the current "Grief Across Worlds," the most direct method he could think of was to use Hongdou Technology and the pharmaceutical company just established by the Bai family to quietly hoard disinfectant and produce protective clothing in the next year or so, and even produce portable infrared thermometers. These measures would definitely greatly reduce casualties, especially among medical staff.

But Zhao Yang had a premonition—if he stopped there, he would definitely not be eligible for the first-tier reward.

Therefore, there must be a better solution.