CHAPTER 30: CHAPTER 25: ATTITUDE PROBLEM

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Xiao Lin returned to the room, and had no intention of looking up things about the HTC4 variant virus anymore. These matters can’t be rushed; dozens of experts and scholars have already been organized to rush to Jingliang Province, and we believe results will come out soon.

Xiao Lin looked at the webpage, then shut down the computer. Afterwards, he sat cross-legged on the bed, meditating for more than an hour. This was something Xiao Lin had practiced since childhood. Unless he was on a mission, if time allowed, meditating for an hour before sleep and after waking up was almost an unchanging routine.

Early the next morning, Xiao Lin woke up punctually at six o’clock, then meditated for an hour before going out to the living room to check, and found that Xia Xue was not yet up. After brushing his teeth and washing his face, Xiao Lin went out to buy breakfast.

When Xiao Lin returned with breakfast, it was only around seven thirty. He leisurely drank soy milk and pleasingly ate the breakfast he bought. This was the kind of life he yearned for, not having to worry about traffic jams for work like before.

Sounds of grooming came from Xia Xue’s room. After Xiao Lin almost finished breakfast, Xia Xue finally came out.

"Why the getup?" Xiao Lin felt a bit unrecognizable when he saw Xia Xue come out.

Crimson lips, her face covered with thick foundation, light purple eye shadow making her eyes more enchanting, a tight short skirt accentuating her impressive legs, and below her fair, jade-like calves were a pair of black high heels.

Glamorous, extremely glamorous. But compared to a makeup-free Xia Xue, Xiao Lin felt something was missing.

Xia Xue saw Xiao Lin leisurely eating breakfast, and there was another portion on the other side of the table. Xia Xue didn’t stand on ceremony with Xiao Lin, walking over to sit down and eat directly: "Morning, I didn’t expect you to be up this early!"

"Why the getup?" Xiao Lin frowned, still thinking Xia Xue looked more beautiful, more charming without makeup.

Xia Xue rolled her eyes at Xiao Lin and said, "Remember what I said last night, don’t turn a deaf ear to it!"

Everyone has their own way of living. Xiao Lin guessed why Xia Xue did this, nodded and said, "Hmm, what about in the future?"

"In the future? I guess when you went to work the day before yesterday, the doctors and nurses in the department already told you about my style?" Xia Xue said.

Xiao Lin couldn’t help but ask, "Why treat yourself this way?"

Xia Xue rolled her eyes at Xiao Lin, not answering, elegantly eating her breakfast: "After finishing your meal, you should go to work!" Xia Xue’s tone had a bit of coldness, completely unlike last night’s warmth and enthusiasm.

"Sigh!" Xiao Lin sighed lightly, said nothing further, nodded, got up and went to his room, collected what he needed for work, then went out the door.

Xiao Lin wasn’t without curiosity, he just didn’t want to force others to talk about things they didn’t want to. Moreover, with Xia Xue’s personality, forcing probably wouldn’t work either, so he might as well go with the flow. Anyway, living under the same roof, he’d find out sooner or later.

Xiao Lin leisurely walked to the school hospital and it was not yet eight o’clock. At the entrance, he met Li Jingyi and Xiao Ning. Li Jingyi looked at Xiao Lin in surprise and said, "Dr. Xiao, how come you’re here so early today?"

Xiao Ning also jokingly asked, "Dr. Xiao, is the sun rising from the east today?" After speaking, he looked eastward, confirmed, and jokingly said to Xiao Lin very seriously, "I’m sure the sun rose from the east today!"

Xiao Lin was now somewhat familiar with his colleagues in the emergency department, knowing Xiao Ning loved joking around, so he smiled and said, "I’m also looking forward to the day the sun rises from the west!"

Li Jingyi remembered what Xiao Lin had told her about renting a house nearby and smiled, "Dr. Xiao, did you find a good house nearby yesterday?"

"Hmm, I did. Just happened to find one in our school’s teacher’s building. A retired teacher moved to the suburbs and rented out their place in the building!" Xiao Lin didn’t hide anything.

"Looks like we can go over to your place for free meals from time to time!" Xiao Ning said with a smile.

"Uh..." Xiao Lin originally wanted to say yes, but thinking about Xia Xue’s image in these colleagues’ minds, and recalling Xia Xue’s expression just now, he didn’t dare agree immediately, paused and said, "Sure, as long as you bring your own pots and pans, it’s not a problem!" A single man renting a place seldom wants to cook himself. If it weren’t for Xia Xue’s presence, even if Teacher Qi’s apartment had everything, Xiao Lin might not actively cook once a year.

Li Jingyi and Xiao Lin, along with Xiao Ning, had just returned to the office when a young nurse in her twenties came in and said, "Director Li, there’s a meeting at the small conference room at half-past eight. Please attend on time!"

"Hmm, okay!" Li Jingyi nodded. This was her first director-level department meeting after her promotion, and she was slightly nervous.

Xiao Lin was taken aback, recalling Xia Xue’s words from last night. Could it be true that Xia Xue predicted correctly? That the HTC4 variant virus wasn’t as peaceful as the news reported?

"Director, today’s Friday, not Monday. Why have a meeting so early in the morning?" Xiao Ning, being quite curious and very close with Li Jingyi, asked directly.

"How would I know? We’ll find out once we’re there!" Li Jingyi had no airs despite her promotion. She still treated her colleagues the same as before.

As they spoke, the emergency room phone rang, and when Xiao Ning answered it his face changed immediately. He anxiously said to Li Jingyi, "Director, something happened. A girl jumped off a building at the tenth dormitory!"

"What? How’s the situation now?" Upon hearing this, Li Jingyi was immediately anxious. She didn’t expect such an incident to occur on her first day on the job.

"Not sure, the director of the teaching department called for us to rush over to save lives!" Xiao Ning said.

"This..." Li Jingyi was a bit troubled. With the capabilities of the school hospital, they could only handle common colds and minor ailments. It was not equipped to deal with life-threatening emergencies.

Yet Xiao Lin, having listened to Xiao Ning, packed up the emergency kit without a word, and said to Li Jingyi and Xiao Ning, "Let’s go!"

"This... can we manage?" Li Jingyi hesitated a bit. She’d experienced such things before, but generally, there were two outcomes. One was that the jumper was already deceased, in which case it wasn’t the doctor’s concern, or it was when the affiliated First Hospital of Yan University arrived in time.

Given the school hospital’s medical level, even if the situation was handed over, no one had the expertise to perform such high-level emergency rescue.

"Whether we can or can’t, we must check it out. Lives are at stake!" Xiao Lin sighed deeply in his heart. He understood why the school hospital was criticized. While expertise or poor equipment hindering life-saving wasn’t an issue, hesitating to even go was a matter of attitude.