Ring of Fate

Chapter 954 Everything is as usual

Lumian looked back at Lao Wang and Lao Ding, who were wrapped in white bandages, and carefully examined their conditions and the details around them.

"Don't disturb the patients." The nurse who led Lumian and others into the ward gave a few instructions, walked out and returned to the nurses' station.

At this time, it should be Lao Ding's patient who woke up and slowly opened his eyes due to the conversation between his family members and Xu Xinyang.

Against the backdrop of the white bandages surrounding them, Lao Ding's two deep brown eyes were much darker than normal, and it took him a while to regain focus.

Lumian found nothing unusual worth noting.

Xu Xinyang walked to the bedside and greeted Lao Ding. Lao Ding looked listless and spoke vaguely.

Lumian listened for twenty or thirty seconds, then looked at Old Wang who was still sleeping, and stepped back, unnoticed and unnoticed, to the door of the ward.

He then looked at the information about doctors and nurses posted outside the ward:

“Attending physician: Huang Puda.

"Nurse in Charge: Qi Fang."

From the photo, it can be seen that Qi Fang is the nurse who just brought Lumian and others to the ward.

A name that was not mentioned in the information... The name style was that of a "local" in the Dream City, not an "outsider"... It didn't seem to be a problem... Lumian returned to the ward and followed Captain Xu Xinyang to greet Lao Ding and the two family members.

They did not stay longer so as not to disturb the patient's rest.

As he walked through the corridor, past the nurses' station and towards the ward door, Lumian casually glanced at the bulletin boards on the walls on both sides.

On one side are introductions to scientific and technological achievements and some diseases and injuries, and on the other side are profiles of all the doctors and nurses in this ward, which are divided into several rows.

Lumian's eyes fell on the top picture.

She was a plump female doctor with good facial features and brown eyes. She looked to be in her forties.

Her introduction is:

"Roland, Vice Dean..."

Lumian's first reaction was, "Isn't this Franka's last name?" Then he suddenly felt a chill down his spine and almost shivered.

He remembered another Roland.

That was a famous name he had heard of when he was investigating the sea-praying ceremony in Santa Port, Feynaport Kingdom:
Roland, the matriarch of the "Mother Earth" Church!

This is equivalent to the Pope and the Pontiff of other Orthodox Churches!

The "Tiller" path has a "Doctor" sequence. As the matriarch of the "Mother Earth" Church, Roland is most likely an angel of this path, which means he is one of the strongest doctors in the real world. In the Dream City, his corresponding image is the vice president of a hospital and the chief of surgery. He is absolutely qualified and in line with Mr. Fool's subconscious cognition... But the problem is that this is Mushu Hospital... Lumian naturally withdrew his gaze and followed Xu Xinyang to the door of the ward with a normal expression.

He remembered that the information about the Major Arcana cards did not mention that Roland had a corresponding dream image.

Did they not know, or did they think it was unimportant and a simple NPC? Was Roland's becoming the vice president of Mushu Hospital a subconscious dream of Mr. Fool, representing a certain cognition of his, or was Roland's dream image used by the "Great Mother" due to his own path problems? Or was this one of the "achievements" of Mushu Hospital? Madam Roland was the vice president, so who was the president? Lumian felt that this matter had to be reported to the Major Arcanas.

This does not contradict his idea of ​​"testing" by himself first and getting his own results. He is worried that if something goes wrong with the dream image, Roland, the mistress of the real world, will also be affected, so he wants to remind the Major Arcana cards.

After leaving the ward, Lumian asked curiously:

"Captain Xu, what's the name of the director of Mushu Hospital? Why haven't I seen him in the news?"

Xu Xinyang walked into the elevator, thought for a few seconds and said:
"Strange, strange, I haven't heard of it either.

"I only know that Mr. Huang had a very good relationship with this hospital in the past and donated a lot of money to them and helped them build it up."

Money... a lot of money... a donation... Lumian felt that this should have been done by Emperor Roselle when he was still contaminated by the "Great Mother".

This also made Mushu Hospital wealthy and powerful, and it seemed that it was not too worried about the problem of "money", unlike the painted hotel of the "Fantasy Society", which had to squeeze the recipients and believers for decoration.

While waiting for the slow elevator, Lao Xia suddenly asked Xu Xinyang:
"Captain Xu, do you think Lao Wang and Lao Ding can recover to their original state? They were such good fighters before."

"Are you eyeing the place they left behind?" Xu Xinyang asked with a smile.

In the Intis Group, the Security Department has not only security guards, but also real security personnel who are responsible for protecting Mr. Huang's family and important guests, providing security services for jewelry exhibitions, antique exhibitions, arms deals, etc. held by various companies in the group, and protecting important mines through cooperation with local armed forces.

Lao Wang and Lao Ding are security personnel. Their salaries are much higher than those of ordinary security guards, and if they are sent abroad, they will also receive subsidies.

"Forget it. I can't afford the risk and I don't have the ability to do it." Old Xia waved his hands repeatedly, looking frightened.

Xu Xinyang looked at Lumian and smiled.
"Originally I wanted a man in his 50s or 60s, but the HR department gave me the youngest one. Fortunately, Director Green was satisfied."

"Why are you looking for an old man in his fifties or sixties?" The one who asked on behalf of Lumian was Old Xia, who was probably only in his thirties or forties.

Xu Xinyang laughed and said:
"Security is a service position. You are too young, not smooth enough, and you can't save your dignity and act like a spoiled brat.

"Think about it, if you have a conflict with the employees in the building, which one of you would lie on the ground without any burden, holding your chest and crying out in pain, saying you can't breathe? Old men in their 50s and 60s have no such scruples. They dare to lie down, dare to cry out, dare to blackmail. In that case, would the employees on the other side dare to take it seriously and continue to make trouble? An old man in the family is like a treasure!"

Lumian could tell that Xu Xinyang was criticizing him, thinking that it was a sign of inexperience for him to quarrel with others on his first day at work.

Xiao Zhao didn't understand Xu Xinyang's implication and asked stupidly:
"Then why not just find someone over seventy?"

"What if he really gets sick at work?" Xu Xinyang scolded Xiao Zhao angrily, "You don't feel bad about taking Mr. Huang's money, do you?"

Xiao Zhao chuckled and did not refute Xu Xinyang.

At this time, an elevator finally stopped at this floor, and there were already quite a few people crowded inside.

After entering the elevator and following its slow descent, Lumian suddenly felt as if he and the others were sinking into the dark depths of the sea.

That was an illusion brought about by his spirituality.

The illusion soon faded as the elevator stopped at the next floor.

As the elevator kept stopping, Old Xia muttered:

"It's a bit cold. The air conditioner is turned on too high..."

You didn't say that when we were taking the elevator upstairs just now... Is it because we are currently descending, how many floors below ground? Lumian observed the other people in the elevator thoughtfully, and found that their faces were slightly pale due to the cold and chilly wind brought by the air conditioner.

Apart from that, there is nothing else.

When the elevator stopped on the first floor, Lumian suddenly felt that it would fall freely, and instinctively walked out quickly.

The feeling that the air conditioning was too effective disappeared in an instant.

Lumian raised his hand and pinched his nose, then followed Xu Xinyang and others towards the gate of Mushu Hospital.

Just now, he smelled a little blood.

After leaving the hospital building, the sunlight, which was only slightly weaker than before, instantly brought a golden and bright feeling.

"That's why I hate hospitals." Old Xia muttered.

Lumian half-turned, looking at the busy hall and the upper floors, and summed up in his mind:

"There are indeed some abnormal details, but most of the doctors, nurses and patients here seem to be fine...

“If they all had problems, this city would have been polluted to an unknown degree. Mr. Fool’s subconscious mind would have reacted…”

As his thoughts raced, Lumian suddenly saw a face stuck on a glass window on the twelfth floor.

The face was tied up with strips of white bandages, with only the eyes, nostrils and mouth uncovered.

He seemed to have seen Lumian as well, and he began to struggle frantically, then was dragged away from the window area as if being pulled by someone from behind.

Before Lumian could react, he disappeared.

But Lumian recognized him.

He was Old Wang who had been sleeping when he and others visited him.

Lumian turned away and pretended not to have seen anything.

If he didn't have to go find Anderson tomorrow night, he would have wanted to break into the ward on the twelfth floor right now, rescue Lao Wang, and see what surprises and changes would happen.

For Lumian, this is not impossible to do, but it has to be done after most of the experiments are completed.

…………

Inside a beef offal hotpot restaurant.

Xu Xinyang, who had requested a large private room and set up two tables, took some white wine and beer and said to Lumian with a smile:
"Can I drink it?"

"I can drink a little." Lumian replied with some fear.

"It's OK as long as you can drink. Drinking style is your work style, and drinking behavior is your character. Those who don't drink can't be integrated into our Security Team 2." Xu Xinyang pointed to his subordinates around him and said, "Except for those on duty, those on assignment, those in the hospital, and those on vacation, everyone is here. Perform well."

Lumian had heard from Franca that many companies held parties to welcome new employees mainly to test their obedience and to suppress the new employees so that they would learn to be obedient, and drinking was the most common means.

“I, I’ll try my best.” Lumian forced a smile with a heavy expression.

Two hours later, among the various bottles of wine that filled the table and the corners, Lumian held a bottle of strong liquor and said to Xu Xinyang with a smile on his face:

"Captain Xu, drink up, why don't you drink anymore?
"Come on, let's blow the rest."

Xu Xinyang's face turned pale, and he said in an uncoordinated manner:

"No, I won't drink anymore. Wait, I have to pay taxes when I get home."

Around him, Lao Xia, Xiao Zhao and others were either lying on the table or curled up in the corner, already asleep; some had just come back from the toilet after vomiting and were staggering; some were gathered together, chattering endlessly; some were sitting silently, motionless...

(End of this chapter)