Chapter 190: Screening Results

When Jiang Lai's phone rang, she was having blood drawn.

It was Ke Zhongyu calling.

"Ke Zhongyu." Jiang Lai called his name; not only did the man's voice on the phone pause slightly, the person drawing her blood also looked up at her, but Jiang Lai didn't notice.

"Mo Yi said you were at Hexin Hospital, going to see Shen Xun?" The man's voice was slightly deep, even a bit cold.

Jiang Lai glanced at the crook of her arm; blood was flowing from her vein into the vacuum collection tube, one tube already drawn and another ready.

"No, I'm having blood drawn."

"Blood draw?" Ke Zhongyu's voice contained a hint of nervousness.

Jiang Lai said calmly, "Hmm, I just learned something astonishing; getting a blood draw for an infectious disease screening will put my mind at ease. Once it's done, I need to press the cotton swab, I won't talk more with you."

A "Okay" came from the other side.

She hung up, slipped the phone into her coat pocket; the doctor drawing blood was pulling out the needle and placing a cotton swab on the puncture site of her arm.

Jiang Lai reached out to press it; the doctor said it would take one to two business days for the result, and then she should take the result to the doctor she registered with for a consultation.

Jiang Lai hummed, sat in the chair waiting to take the cotton swab from her arm before leaving; less than a minute after sitting down, a middle‑aged female doctor walked over, and passing doctors and nurses called her "Director Qu."

Director Qu kept both hands in the pockets of her white coat, came to Jiang Lai, and smiled kindly.

"Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Lai was startled for a moment, stood up and said, "Hello."

"My surname is Qu, just call me Dr. Qu; President Ke asked me to come and see your condition."

Jiang Lai's eyes flickered at hearing President Ke's name, and she said, "Hello, Dr. Qu."

Her gaze fell on Director Qu's name badge.

Qu Peining

Dermatology Department, Director

Director Physician

Director Qu glanced at the blood‑draw window and asked, "You're doing an infectious disease screening?"

Jiang Lai nodded, then saw Director Qu go inside and say a few words to the staff; she returned and said, "Miss Jiang, please come sit in my office for a moment; President Ke will be here soon."

"Ke Zhongyu is coming?" Jiang Lai showed surprise.

Director Qu smiled, "Yes."

Jiang Lai had no choice but to follow Director Qu, and she remained slightly restrained along the way until Director Qu said, "Miss Jiang should also know my son; my son is named Chi Ce."

"Doctor Chi?" Jiang Lai was indeed a bit shocked.

Director Qu opened the door to her office and let her enter first.

"My father and I are relatively busy; Hexin Hospital and the Medical Hall aren't in the same district, so we only return occasionally. Chi Ce lives there with his grandmother."

Jiang Lai thought of Chi Grandma, her body gradually relaxed; after Director Qu sat down, she also sat.

"I've been to the Chi Family Medical Clinic twice: once Chi Grandma gave me acupuncture, and once I went there for hot pot."

Director Qu smiled and nodded, "I know a bit; the herbal formula you use for hair growth was probably also given by Chi Ce's grandmother, right?"

Jiang Lai nodded, "Yes."

Director Qu: "His grandmother uses this formula; the hair is still black now, but you have to keep using it. We're too busy and have no time to brew it; when we remember we use it, when we forget we just wash casually."

Director Qu looked at her exposed arm and told her she could discard the cotton swab.

"Okay." Jiang Lai threw away the cotton swab, pulled down her sweater sleeve, and put her coat sleeve back on.

Director Qu finished gathering her things and stood up: "I have to go on rounds now; stay here and wait for President Ke, and also for your test report. I told them to expedite it, it should be out this afternoon."

"Thank you, Dr. Qu."

"You're welcome." Dr. Qu recalled something and suddenly asked, "Don't you know whose hospital Hexin is?"

Hearing that, Jiang Lai immediately guessed, "Ke family?"

"Correct." After Director Qu left, she closed the door for her.

Jiang Lai took out her phone and called Mo Yi: "Mo Yi, is Hexin a Ke family hospital?"

Mo Yi: "Yes, Miss Jiang, when you said to pick a specific hospital, I thought a Ke family private hospital would be more convenient. If anything involving Mr. Shen happens, we'd know right away. But Miss Jiang, how did you know Hexin belongs to the Ke family?"

The Ke family rarely intervenes in Hexin Hospital affairs; everything is handed over to Director Chi to manage, so few people know Hexin Hospital is a privately held Ke family hospital.

Successive heads of the Ke family have been adept at delegating authority; precisely, the Ke family truly possesses absolute control over power, allowing them to release and restrain it at will.

Ke Zhongyu took over the Ke Clan at twenty; his father, as chairman, never interfered with his decisions and even encouraged him to go all out.

Thus, as soon as Ke Zhongyu assumed office, he took full control; many wealthy young masters in A City mockingly called that day Ke Zhongyu's coronation, marking the first year of Ke Zhongyu.

Jiang Lai replied to Mo Yi, "I ran into Dr. Qu."

Mo Yi was suddenly understanding, said "no wonder", and the two discussed the dinner menu, recent weather, and as they chatted, a knock sounded.

Jiang Lai hung up and went to open the door; standing there was none other than Ke Zhongyu.

The man was tall and slender, broad‑shouldered and narrow‑waisted, standing before Jiang Lai like an imposing mountain.

Before even stepping inside, he immediately asked, "What happened that made you go for a blood draw and infectious disease screening?"

Jiang Lai brought up what had just occurred, took the report sheet from her pocket, and handed it to him.

Ke Zhongyu furrowed his brows, "Is Lin Shutong connected to Lu Hongyuan?"

Jiang Lai nodded, "That's what I heard: Lin Shutong had a relationship with Uncle Lu before returning to the country."

Ke Zhongyu knew of Lu Hongyuan but had never dealt with him directly.

Although Lu Hongyuan's company is small, its flagship product, the Cloud Vein Intelligent Life‑Monitoring System, is highly profitable; Hexin Hospital had used it, but eighty percent of the data is processed locally and not uploaded to the cloud, which for a private hospital like Hexin still leaves privacy protection insufficient.

Recently rumors spread that Lu Hongyuan's company is recruiting talent widely to develop an AI real‑time neural function diagnostic device.

"Lu Hongyuan and Lin Shutong are in the same field; their interaction is not surprising." Ke Zhongyu frowned at the test results on the report sheet, then tore the sheet and coldly said, "Shen Xun really is indiscriminate."

He doesn't care about Shen Xun, but Jiang Lai…

Ke Zhongyu glanced at Jiang Lai, calmly said, "The report will arrive this afternoon; we'll wait here."

Jiang Lai: "You also have to wait?"

Ke Zhongyu sat down, raised his eyes toward Jiang Lai: "Sit and wait."

Jiang Lai walked over and sat down.

The two waited quietly for the result; Jiang Lai was not worried. She had never had a relationship with Shen Xun, and since Lin Shutong returned to the country, the times Shen Xun met her were few enough to count on one's fingers.

It was Ke Zhongyu's expression that grew a bit solemn; if Jiang Lai's report had no problems, everyone would be overjoyed, but if there were problems, what solutions could there be?

When every possible solution ran through his mind, the report was checked and came out early.

All indicators showed negative.

Jiang Lai nodded, the little stone in her heart fell, and Ke Zhongyu's tense fingers relaxed at that moment.

It's good that nothing's wrong.

Jiang Lai put away her report, turned to ask Ke Zhongyu: "He Xin places great emphasis on patient privacy, right?"

Ke Zhongyu nodded.

He Xin is a private hospital; anyone who comes in or out here, even if you just grab two to ask, all have a certain status.

Ke Zhongyu keenly sensed the real purpose behind Jiang Lai's question: "Whose information do you want?"