142: Strange skin disease

Along with the sound of high heels, the employees of the Market Department seemed to guess who the visitor was.

Their gazes all turned towards the corridor.

Standing outside the door was a woman wearing a trench coat and exquisite makeup; it was Lan Zijun.

"It really is President Lan! She's actually come to our Market Department again."

"We've been seeing President Lan a lot these past few days. How many times is this?"

"President Lan is so busy every day, why does she keep running to our department..."

"Sigh, what else could it be? Su Yue is back today!"

"Ah? You mean President Lan is here because of Yue Ge?"

As the employees whispered among themselves, they were all immersed in the joy of gossip.

Meanwhile, Su Yue quietly looked at Lan Zijun.

His eyes were full of calmness, and a gentle smile hung on his face.

Even though others were discussing animatedly, Su Yue understood Lan Zijun's intention.

The reason she came was clearly to see how he was doing.

At this moment, the Director also walked up with a smile, quickly approaching Lan Zijun.

"President Lan, you're here. Do you have any instructions?"

Lan Zijun remained the same ice beauty as usual, saying indifferently:

"Oh, the company's annual physical examination. Your department is the first. I'm here to see if everyone is present."

"Count the number of people. We'll gather in the hall later."

After she finished speaking, the employees started whispering again.

The Director also thought Lan Zijun was just here to announce this.

However, he didn't expect that after she finished speaking, Lan Zijun didn't seem to have any intention of leaving.

Immediately after, under the gaze of all the employees.

Su Yue noticed Lan Zijun's gaze fall on him, and accompanied by the sound of high heels, she was slowly walking towards him.

Seeing this scene, the employees immediately couldn't contain themselves again.

Under the warning look from the Director, they suppressed the urge to scream and jeer, covering their faces and laughing.

As the footsteps approached, Lan Zijun, as expected, stopped in front of him.

Su Yue's face still held a gentle smile, appearing very composed.

"How are you feeling? Have you recovered almost completely?"

"Yes, I only had a fever for a few days. There's nothing serious anymore."

"That's good..." Lan Zijun nodded and said casually:

"Later during the physical examination, you should also get a good checkup."

To others, this sentence might have carried a hint of concern.

So much so that Li Haoyang and the surrounding colleagues couldn't help but whisper and make strange noises.

However, Su Yue heard the deeper meaning behind it, telling him to get a good checkup.

It was clearly implying the gunshot wound on his left arm.

Lan Zijun clearly hadn't given up and was still probing intentionally or unintentionally.

And hearing Lan Zijun's words, Su Yue chuckled inwardly.

On the surface, however, he didn't show any abnormality, smiling and nodding:

"Okay, thank you, President Lan, for your concern."

As Su Yue's polite words fell, coupled with the natural expression on his face.

Lan Zijun indeed didn't notice anything unusual.

However, she did feel a bit strange in her heart.

After all, she had learned from her best friend Liang Yuzhu that Yuan had suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm at the time.

Logically, gunshot wounds should be difficult to heal, so once he had a physical examination, the wound would inevitably be discovered.

It seemed that the exposure of Yuan's identity was only a matter of time.

However, from Su Yue's various behaviors since returning to the company, he didn't seem to show any signs of worry.

This couldn't help but make Lan Zijun feel doubtful.

Could it be that her and Liang Yuzhu's previous guesses about Yuan's identity were all wrong?

Was there really no connection between Su Yue and Yuan?

Although she was confused in her heart, Lan Zijun also hid it well.

Her demeanor towards Su Yue was just that of a normal superior showing concern for a subordinate.

Both of them were harboring their own thoughts, but their acting skills were impeccable.

Meanwhile, the employees who were gossiping on the side were all imagining the details, so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

Even though Lan Zijun had already given two instructions and slowly left the Market Department.

The employees of the Market Department still found it difficult to calm down.

As soon as Lan Zijun's figure disappeared into the elevator door, they couldn't wait to gather around.

They all spoke excitedly, unable to hide their enthusiasm:

"Damn, Yue Ge, so the gossip they spread before was all true!"

"My eyes have been opened today. President Lan really gives you special treatment!"

"Look at any employee who was sick before, could President Lan personally come to visit?"

"Exactly, before a guy in the Design Department had a car accident after work, President Lan just had Secretary Yang represent the company to visit him."

"Yue Ge, you're so lucky. You don't know since you weren't at the company, but President Lan has been coming to our department so frequently these past few days!"

The employees spoke excitedly, having finally caught the main subject.

In front of Su Yue, they almost shared all the gossip they had heard.

"And I also heard a version! It says that President Lan was afraid that you would have some sequelae after being sick, so she arranged this annual physical examination for the employees."

"Otherwise, according to the usual practice, the annual physical examination would have to wait a few more months!"

"More than that, when did our Market Department not take the physical examination in batches at the very end? We always had to wait until other employees finished their physicals before it was our turn."

"Now it's great, the company directly arranged for our department to go first and let us have the first physical examination!"

"Look at this treatment, it's gone up all of a sudden!"

As the surrounding employees discussed, Su Yue also listened quietly.

They did remind him.

Lan Zijun's purpose this time was to use the opportunity to investigate his identity again.

Su Yue shook his head and smiled, indicating that everyone shouldn't think too much.

"I'm not familiar with President Lan either. Maybe President Lan is just more considerate of her employees..."

However, even though Su Yue was politely explaining, how could these employees who were so engrossed in gossip listen?

Just then, the Director was the most observant.

He directly winked at Su Yue, with an expression that said 'I know what's going on'.

Then he spoke to the surrounding employees:

"Ahem, okay, stop speculating."

"Isn't it just this little thing? If any of you feel unwell someday, I'll also come to your house to visit you."

"I see everyone is here. Let's hurry and gather in the first-floor hall."

As the Director finished speaking, the surrounding employees also dispersed in a hurry.

Perhaps they were scared by the Director's words about visiting them at home, and each person's face was filled with rejection.

Immediately, the employees of the Market Department took the elevator downstairs one after another.

Su Yue walked in the last group, and Li Haoyang patted him on the shoulder.

"Yue Ge, you're quite lucky with women. With President Lan covering for you at the company, things will be easy in the future."

"Alas, unlike me, I can only be a doer."

Hearing Li Haoyang's envious voice, Su Yue couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He didn't know the deeper meaning behind Lan Zijun's actions.

He showed a slight smile on his face and said, "You're still preparing to be a doer."

"Is it really as you complained on the phone, that the work has been so heavy these past few days?"

"Of course!" Li Haoyang stared with dark circles under his eyes like a giant panda.

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As if to prove that his complaints were not unfounded.

"And it's not just the work in our department. I also worked overtime for almost the whole night last night..."

Li Haoyang had obviously stayed up late and drank coffee, and he seemed quite excited.

He realized that what he said seemed a bit inappropriate.

He quickly coughed twice and changed the subject:

"Ahem, last night I helped Qingmei deal with some work."

"Yue Ge, we all understand this, don't tell anyone outside, okay?"

Seeing that Su Yue only smiled knowingly and didn't even speak to continue the conversation.

Li Haoyang felt relieved, looked at Su Yue, and muttered softly again:

"But maybe, since we're all on the same side..."

"Maybe President Lan will tell you someday."

What Li Haoyang was referring to was naturally his role as Lan Zijun's golden little spy.

On the surface, Su Yue was completely unaware and didn't delve into it.

This made Li Haoyang happily think that he had hidden it quite well.

At this moment, the elevator they were in also reached the first floor.

As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, the Director had already lined up with the other employees from the same department.

However, for some reason, the colleagues seemed to be getting excited about something else.

They were waiting for Su Yue, as if they wanted to say something.

Su Yue took Li Haoyang, and the two naturally went to line up.

And the surrounding colleagues directly spoke up, answering Su Yue's question.

"Yue Ge, do you know what we just saw?!"

As the colleagues spoke, they motioned to the car outside the door to Su Yue.

And right at the entrance of the company's first-floor hall, a large bus was parked.

In front of the bus, however, was a black sedan.

Su Yue looked at the sedan and immediately felt that it looked familiar.

He didn't need to think back carefully, as the car was parked downstairs at the company, making it easy to recognize.

It was the same car that was parked outside the courtyard gate when Lan Zijun came to visit him at home before.

Given this, it was also easy to guess that the person sitting in the car was undoubtedly Lan Zijun.

And the result was exactly as Su Yue saw, as he heard the surrounding employees continue:

"It's President Lan. She also got in the car and is waiting for us."

"From what she means, she's going to the hospital for the physical examination with us employees!"

As the employees discussed, their gazes were all fixed on Su Yue again.

However, Su Yue knew in his heart that he had already anticipated the situation in front of him.

After all, the purpose of arranging the employee physical examination this time was for Lan Zijun to re-investigate his identity.

So it was only reasonable for Lan Zijun to go to the hospital with their department's physical examination team.

It was just to observe Su Yue in person.

Thinking of this, Su Yue already had a countermeasure.

At the same time, two recent pieces of intelligence couldn't help but surface in his mind.

The suitcase containing the medical white coat, and the 'ghost fire' in the unfinished building.

From the inquiries of the past few days, it seemed that a group of people wearing protective suits were doing something shady to the Homeless person.

Although he hadn't figured out the connection behind this yet.

The two pieces of intelligence seemed to point to some connection with medical practitioners.

He could also take the opportunity of the physical examination to observe carefully in the hospital.

Maybe he could even discover something in the hospital.

"By the way, which hospital are we going to?" Su Yue asked.

Before Li Haoyang could speak, the Director responded to him with a smiling face first.

"Ahem, the location of the physical examination is arranged at the Second Peoples Hospital."

"We've counted the number of people. Get ready to get on the bus."

After saying that, the Director led the team towards the bus parked at the entrance.

"Second Peoples Hospital?" Su Yue repeated in his heart.

Isn't this the hospital that Su Meili's pregnancy test report pointed to before?

At that time, he had also asked Liang Yuzhu to find the doctor who issued the report to investigate the situation.

He didn't expect that this time, he would be going to this hospital himself.

Thinking to himself, Su Yue also stepped forward and followed the team onto the bus.

And Lan Zijun's car in front also started, as if leading the way for the bus.

...

"Dr. Chu, another patient has arrived outside, with the same symptoms as the one just now!"

At this time, the Second Peoples Hospital was already extremely busy.

A nurse holding a medical record was explaining the situation to a female doctor wearing a chest badge.

Since early this morning, patients had been coming in one after another for emergency treatment.

The symptoms of these patients were surprisingly consistent.

They all said that their hands were itchy and they couldn't stop scratching them no matter what.

But after the doctors examined them, they only found traces of scratches on their arms.

They didn't find any obvious blisters or hidden skin diseases.

And Chu Xuemei, as a specialist in dermatology, had never seen such strange skin symptoms.

She had examined the condition of several patients, and their symptoms were relatively mild.

Their hands were only left with bloody scratches from their own scratching, and no other symptoms were found.

Some doctors even suspected that this was some kind of psychological effect that made them feel their arms were itchy.

It wasn't until a patient came in the morning that they realized the seriousness of the problem...

This patient's symptoms were significantly more severe than those who came before.

Her arms were not just itchy; the outer side of her arms even showed a dark brown color.

At first glance, it looked like there were two scabs on her arms that form when wounds heal.

But upon closer inspection, it wasn't at all; instead, the skin had become rough and hard.

It was as if a layer of black scales covered the skin...

At the same time, the patient also said that she had tried her best to restrain herself and didn't reach out to scratch.

She had also applied ointment and used all available external medications, but they had no effect.

For a while, this also made Dr. Chu extremely anxious.

Fortunately, the hospital was already contacting other experts, stating that a special case had appeared in the hospital and a meeting was needed for discussion and research.

And now another patient had appeared, so Dr. Chu had no choice but to say:

"We still have to wait for the experts to arrive at the hospital to discuss the condition. First, clear out a few wards and let these patients stay in them."

"Until we figure out what kind of disease this is, let them stay in the hospital first."

The nurse responded affirmatively and then hurried to the nurse station to prepare to move the patients to the wards.

Dr. Chu also quickly entered the consultation room and continued to ask the patient about her symptoms and relevant details.

And just then, two cars stopped at the entrance of the hospital.

One was a black sedan, and the other was a bus rented by the company.

People got out of the cars one after another.

Su Yue also followed the employees and lined up at the entrance for the physical examination.

Soon, a nurse came forward to guide them and said to Lan Zijun:

"You made an appointment for employee physical examinations at this hospital, right? Please follow me."

At Lan Zijun's signal, the employees stood in a line and entered the hospital.

Su Yue was standing behind Li Haoyang, and their position was relatively towards the back of the line.

Feeling Lan Zijun's gaze sweeping over him intentionally or unintentionally, Su Yue followed the line and walked into the hospital.

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