Chapter 66

"Is this really a medical check-up benefit from the social survey group?"

Yin Fengxin looked at the building in front of him with some trepidation, "If every person sampled for the survey has to come for a check-up, how much government funding would that waste?"

Fang Jun smiled slightly: "It's more of a problem when there's a lot of budget that can't be spent; having a reason to spend it is actually a kind of wisdom."

"At least one-fifth of the people in the government spend their days figuring out how to waste funds."

Yin Fengxin looked again at the sports car behind him.

Is this why you people who handle things can also drive sports cars?

He didn't ask this question out loud, feeling that if he did, he might accidentally expose some dark side of the staff.

Before, when these two people asked him to come for a check-up, he had repeatedly declined.

As a result, this Mr. Fang made a phone call.

Less than thirty minutes later, the company leader actually returned to the office, enthusiastically expressing a desire to cooperate with the social survey, demonstrating the qualities of a good citizen and a healthy, positive spirit.

It was the middle of the night, after all.

Yin Fengxin had never seen that leader stay at the company past four in the afternoon, but since the leader had spoken, he had to follow the arrangements.

Originally, he thought it was very strange, but now he was starting to get a taste of what was going on.

It seemed there was a large budget that needed to be spent in time, which was why they came up with this social survey pretext.

The more high-sounding the surface work, the better; they even had to come up with some sensational topics, like inviting citizens who work late at night to come for a check-up, to show the rigor, seriousness, and humanistic care of the survey work.

Even if this kind of check-up were done a thousand times, the final cost would certainly be just a drop in the bucket compared to the actual amount of that budget.

Yin Fengxin knew very well that similar things happened in his own company.

"Alright, let's go in."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said, jumping out from the back seat of the sports car.

Although this sports car had a back seat, it was quite cramped and couldn't fit an adult, or at least it wasn't comfortable to sit in.

Fortunately, with the top down, Seeing Chu Tianshu had stood directly in the back, his hand resting on the driver's seat, watching the night view the whole way.

And truth be told, there was a sense of novelty in it that was more unrestrained than sitting.

Because they had sent a message in advance to give notice, once they entered the Special Capture Division building, someone led them to the examination area.

Yin Fengxin was inside doing the tests, while several people observed from the adjacent room through a one-way mirror.

"The situation with this person is, I'm afraid, truly not optimistic."

Dr. Jiang was still in the same attire, a white lab coat, high ponytail, and mask, though she seemed to be chewing on something, giving off the scent of chewing gum.

She didn't need to wait for the report; by watching the curves on the instruments outside, she had already interpreted a lot of content.

"The danger level is judged as low, but the injury level is judged as severe."

"He looks energetic now, but it's actually an intense manifestation formed by self-opposition."

"According to the situation you provided, he drinks so much whole milk every day that his bodily functions are clearly already distorted in some way; if left alone, in about fifteen days, he will perish together with the evil spirit inside him."

Fang Jun pulled out a cigarette and sniffed it at his nose: "Can he be treated here?"

"According to work regulations, we must do our best to treat such victims."

Dr. Jiang's voice was cold, "But we cannot treat him here."

Seeing Chu Tianshu had anticipated this point long ago.

He wasn't clear about what new material artifacts the Special Capture Division had created, but he had a deep understanding of the Special Capture Division's medical research direction.

Aside from those studies that stabilized cultivation progress and compensated for cultivation hidden dangers.

Internal research at the Special Capture Division regarding the treatment of the injured was entirely biased toward the path of "pursuing efficiency."

This was a bias brought about by their duties; they needed to be responsible for the Special Capture Division's field agents, and efficiency really was life.

As long as they could save a life first, they could always transfer them to another nursing institution later.

And Yin Fengxin's current situation was too fragile.

The standard methods of the Special Capture Division basically couldn't be used on him.

"My suggestion is to tell him the truth."

Dr. Jiang's tone was calm, "At least don't let his final days be wasted on overtime work."

Seeing Chu Tianshu, however, said: "No, revealing the truth at this time might very well make him unable to even last fifteen days."

Dr. Jiang looked at him and pondered: "That is possible."

"Sigh, anyway, the small closed loop of the three evil spirit auras is already done; the only thing left for the conclusion of this case is this matter with Brother Yin, let's put a bit more effort into it."

Fang Jun sighed and put the cigarette back into the pack, "Find a reason; even without telling the truth, we can make him stop working overtime and relax a bit during these days."

Dr. Jiang took out a tin of chewing gum and handed it to him, her voice still very faint.

"Don't smoke when you're looking after such patients; if you can't help it, just chew gum."

Fang Jun took it and pondered: "What reason should we find?"

Seeing Chu Tianshu met his eyes.

After working together on a few things, they felt quite in sync and huddled together to whisper a few words.

When Yin Fengxin walked out from inside, he ran into the two investigators in the hallway.

"Hahahaha!"

Fang Jun laughed, "Good news, Brother Yin, you do indeed have an illness..."

Yin Fengxin asked in surprise: "What?!"

"Having an illness is certainly not good news."

Seeing Chu Tianshu explained from the side, "But your illness is mainly a hormonal issue; if left alone, it will worsen, but if managed, it mainly relies on relaxation and recuperation."

"Our superior just came to see it earlier and decided to set your case up as a model."

"You can take a vacation during this period, and we will get the expenses during your recuperation reimbursed."

Yin Fengxin was even more surprised: "You mean... you'll treat my illness for free?"

He hesitated again, "But how long will this leave for recuperation take? If I take a long leave, when I go back, the leader will definitely have an opinion."

Seeing Chu Tianshu patted his shoulder and laughed: "Didn't you hear clearly? We're setting you up as a model."

"By then, you will be a positive public figure with popularity; as long as you are still at your company, your company can also utilize this image."

"Rest assured, your leader is a sensible person and will absolutely not do anything foolish."

Yin Fengxin suddenly understood.

That really was the logic!

They walked together toward the outside of the building, and it wasn't until they were about to get into the sports car again that Yin Fengxin rubbed his face.

"I can't believe I've encountered such a good thing; when I played scratch-offs as a kid, I won at most fifty cents, and in all the years I've grown up, the number of times I've encountered 'another bottle' in drinks can be counted on one hand."

Yin Fengxin looked back at the building, "Why was it me who was chosen as this model?"

"Among the people you surveyed, aren't there any who are sicker than me and have an image that could move the citizens more?"

Fang Jun said: "Things like this also depend on a bit of luck; who told our superior to be out wandering in the middle of the night just when you were doing your check-up? Anyway, no matter what the illness is, as long as it's packaged well, the effect of publicizing it is about the same."

Yin Fengxin scratched his temple, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing Chu Tianshu suddenly said: "Are you feeling guilty because you got this opportunity even though you aren't miserable enough?"

Yin Fengxin quickly said: "It's not that bad; I'm actually quite happy to get this opportunity, it's just, um..."

Fang Jun looked at the steering wheel: "There are countless people in the world more miserable than you, but there are also countless people luckier than you; don't think too much."

"If you feel that you've received something you shouldn't have, then you might as well think about how much you've lost in this society that you shouldn't have lost."

"The direction of society is just like this; since we can't interfere, let's just lie flat and accept its duality."

Seeing Chu Tianshu laughed: "Why are you suddenly so philosophical? According to my words, I only know how to speak."

His expression turned serious, and he said slowly.

"Yin Fengxin, you are a good person."

As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped into the back seat of the sports car.

Yin Fengxin quickly said: "I should be the one standing in the back, Mr. Chu, you sit."

Seeing Chu Tianshu had already had enough of the wind blowing on him for the whole way; if he had to blow in it again, he probably wouldn't like it that much.

"Fang Jun!"

Seeing Chu Tianshu patted the driver's seat, "Can we change to another car?"

Fang Jun said: "Sure."

He drove the sports car away, and within a few minutes, he drove a van out.

Such a familiar van model.

I see, this is the car assigned to the Special Capture Division, right?

"Let's go to your house and take a look first."

Seeing Chu Tianshu said, "Let's understand your housing conditions."

Fang Jun drove, and Yin Fengxin gave directions from the passenger seat.

Seeing Chu Tianshu curled up in the back seat, looking at the people in front.

'The Special Capture Division can't separate the Kidney Jade Evil Spirit, but that doesn't mean I can't try it myself.'

Seeing Chu Tianshu calculated in his heart, recalling the ancient annotations between the lines of "Ghost Gate Witch Doctor," where predecessors had also left a sentence or two of their lifelong reflections on conduct.

There are many unjust things in the world, but only healing the sick and saving people, supporting life and rejecting death, is the first-class uprightness, speaking one's mind directly!

Seeing Chu Tianshu smiled.

In the future, he would also add a sentence: if the person saved is a good person, then that is even more open-minded and completely serene.

The interior space of the van was indeed larger than the sports car, but the stability of the shock absorption was not as good as the sports car.

Seeing Chu Tianshu was curled up in the back, slightly bumpy, and with many thoughts in his mind, he lowered his eyelids without realizing it.

Roar!!

As soon as Seeing Chu Tianshu opened his eyes, he saw a lion wandering not far away.

"Did I fall asleep?"

He looked up and saw that in today's dream, the number of lions, tigers, and giant pythons was exceptionally high.

There were also swarms of vampire bats in the sky.

In the distance, there seemed to be birdcages as big as buildings, and in another direction, there were rectangular bronze mirrors burning with firelight.

The landscape manifested in his dreams by his ailment of being susceptible to evil spirits was also related to the local environment.

The things in today's dream were basically all related to the feng shui layout of the Macau region.

"This is the first time I've discovered that my dreams can be so lively."

While Seeing Chu Tianshu was admiring the scenery, a tiger rushed toward him.

During those days at Wu Family Village, he had also dreamed of tigers, and several times he had done a sliding tackle, but before he could get under the tiger's belly, his feet were bitten by the tiger first.

This kind of big cat had very fast reactions.

But it also had a weakness.

Hit the head!!

Seeing Chu Tianshu slammed a fist onto the tiger's forehead.

A sliding tackle wasn't fast enough, but throwing a punch was fast enough.

Wu Song once said: Grab the top of the head, hit the tiger by hitting the head first.

Seeing Chu Tianshu punched it so hard that its whole body recoiled, and he followed up with a chain of punches.

This tiger was beaten until its face was covered in blood, its teeth were knocked out, and it fell to the ground whimpering.

A lion pounced from the side.

Seeing Chu Tianshu didn't seem to move, but his body suddenly shifted about two meters, appearing in the front diagonal.

He turned around and threw a kick, his toe hitting the lion's ear, kicking it down.

The footwork he had just used had the intention of imitating Zhu Heng's "Barefoot Pi Gua," relying purely on the movement of the soles of his feet to move abruptly.

Seeing Chu Tianshu discovered that after he could resist in the dream, the dream became a place for him to accumulate experience in fist technique moves.

Although the moves imitated in the dream might not necessarily reach the same level of proficiency in reality, they still had a sense of realism and could be used as a reference.

After six lions, five tigers, and three pythons were beaten to death by him.

The beasts on the wilderness also seemed to feel a slight sense of caution.

Seeing Chu Tianshu knew that this was only temporary.

These things were nothing more than the manifestation of the slight auras of those ostentatious spirit-communicating objects and feng shui layouts in the outside world.

They were not as cunning as real wild beasts, knowing when to advance or retreat.

He stood in place, waiting for them to come to him, and while admiring the scenery, he suddenly discovered a human figure by the small river to his front left.

A person?!

Seeing Chu Tianshu was very surprised; he had never seen anything in human form in his dreams other than himself.

Even if the aura of a human-shaped ghost manifested in his dream, it would usually be something like a venomous snake.

And that person, wearing a soft-footed headscarf, dressed in a blue cloth robe, with a small black sash around his waist, was not only a person, but seemed to be an ancient person.

Seeing Chu Tianshu cautiously circled to the front of that human figure.

The man's facial features were blurry, but he could vaguely see a beard, and he seemed to be talking, his voice very low.

Seeing Chu Tianshu concentrated and listened carefully.

"Since gods are ghosts, how can they be trusted?"

The man seemed to be talking to himself, or perhaps making a solemn chant to the many people around him.

"Even if people have a hundred illnesses, they should be diligent and tireless, using a hundred methods and a thousand medicines to seek a solution for ten thousand laws, do not seek from ghosts and gods..."

"Do not seek from ghosts and gods!"

(End of chapter)