Me! A high-ranking official!

AIDS? Syphilis?

His pupils contracted sharply, and his gaze fell haphazardly on the few pages of paper on the ground.

On the top page, the words "Laboratory Report of Linjiang Provincial People's Hospital" were prominently printed, and his name was clearly written in the name column—Zhao Jianguo!

HIV test: positive.

Syphilis serological test: positive.

He squatted down, picked up the papers, looked at the results, and felt as if something had exploded in his mind, leaving his brain a complete mess!

"These, these are my medical examination results?"

He stared in disbelief at the conclusion above, then struggled to lift his head and saw Guo Huaixing's usually calm and composed face now contorted with rage that seemed to drip with fury.

He swallowed hard, his mind blank. His lips trembled as he tried to say something, but his throat felt like it was being choked, and he couldn't utter a single word.

"How is this possible? How could I possibly have this disease?"

"Do you know how serious this is?" Guo Huaixing's voice deepened, but it was even more chilling than when he was yelling. "You're a government official, you're with the leaders every day, dealing with all sorts of departments. Now you've been diagnosed with this disease. Leaving aside what the leaders will think of you, just the fact that you picked up this filthy disease while out flirting with cats and dogs, and then came back to the government office trying to infect everyone, shows you're an utterly despicable piece of trash! I've been blind all these years!"

"The county's opinion has been released." Guo Huaixing said expressionlessly, opening a drawer and taking out another document. This time, he didn't throw it away but placed it directly on the table, pointing at it with his finger.

"Your work is suspended, and you are under investigation by the organization. At the same time, the county health commission will conduct an infectious disease tracing investigation on you. In other words, you must cooperate with the investigation and explain how you contracted these diseases, whether you transmitted them to others, and so on..."

Guo Huaixing paused here, his gaze filled with scrutiny and questioning.

"Did you abuse your position to do anything illegal or disorderly?"

His mind went blank, completely stunned, with only one thought echoing repeatedly...

Finished!

It's all over!

Zhao Jianguo didn't remember how he got out of the director's office. He just walked mechanically, the names of those two diseases echoing in his mind: AIDS and syphilis!

"drop--"

A piercing horn blared suddenly, and he sprang up as if he had been electrocuted, jerking his head back.

He took a deep breath, and his mind gradually cleared up. A thought popped into his head: How did I get this disease?

I dare not speak for others, but he is a staff member of the municipal government, a government department, and a civil servant in the system. In this respect, he considers himself to be quite clean and self-disciplined, not the kind of person who likes to play around. In fact, one could say that he is conservative to the point of being a bit old-fashioned in this regard.

When he first passed the civil service exam, some young people in his unit invited him to get a foot massage and back massage, saying it would be fun. When he got there, he realized what they meant and immediately made an excuse to leave. Later, when they invited him again, he never went.

He has only had relationships with two women in his life: his wife, Xu Qingqing, and the woman who was in the same bed with him this morning before he ran away from the hotel. And this disease is mainly transmitted sexually, so...

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, striking him like lightning and leaving him scorched to the core.

The blood test was done last month, before he even knew the woman. It's definitely not her who infected him. So, the only possibility is…

It was Xu Qingqing. Xu Qingqing was sick, and then she infected him.

Xu Qingqing cheated on her husband!

There is only one possibility!

Xu Qingqing is having an affair. That person is sick, and Xu Qingqing got infected and then infected him.

Thinking of this, he felt his blood rush to his head, his temples throbbed, and he unconsciously clenched his fists. Only one thought occupied his mind:

"You bitch, you bitch! You ruined me! You ruined me!!!"

He wished he could rush back right now, grab Xu Qingqing's hair, throw the medical report in her face, and ask her what she had been doing outside, who that other man was, when it started, whether she had been messing around outside since the beginning of their marriage, and whether she had been lying to him from the very beginning.

He strode to the roadside and raised his hand to hail a taxi. Just then, he caught a glimpse of the government compound out of the corner of his eye, and his whole body suddenly stiffened!

Three cars lined up in a row and slowly drove toward the entrance of the government compound.

His gaze fell on the lead car, license plate number Bei D00327.

A car from the Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department! His heart skipped a beat. He was very familiar with this license plate. He had worked in the government office for five years and had done a lot of welcoming and seeing off people. The car started with North D0032, which was a special license plate number for the Municipal Party Committee's Organization Department.

He had seen the number 00327 twice before: once when the former county party secretary was sent to take office, and once when the former county party secretary was sent to report to the city for promotion. Today was the third time!

He suddenly remembered, "Oh right, today is the inauguration day of the new county party secretary!" He had known about this last week; the government office had even held a special coordination meeting and arranged a reception plan!

However, at the time, he was preoccupied with the matter of being promoted to deputy section chief and didn't pay much attention to it.

At the entrance of the government compound, the three cars had already parked inside, right in the square in front of the office building. The car doors opened, and someone got out of the cars.

Cao De, the director of the Second Cadre Section of the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee, got out of the car. Zhao Jianguo had met him a few times. He was in his early forties, tall and thin, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

The door of the second Audi opened, and a woman stepped out. He couldn't see her clearly, only her silhouette: tall, slender, with a delicate and aloof profile, exuding the seriousness of someone working for the system.

She was dressed in a dark business suit, her hair pulled back, and she looked capable and sophisticated, yet she felt incredibly familiar to him!

That woman was the one he had sex with last night!

She stood in front of the government building, shaking hands with Cao De, her expression calm and her demeanor proper.

Cao De stood beside her, slightly turned to the side, and gestured with his hand, clearly indicating that he was introducing something!

Upon seeing this scene, his mind went blank!

The newly appointed county party secretary!

That woman is the newly appointed county party secretary whose appointment is to be announced today!

The woman he slept with last night is the newly appointed county party secretary!

Zhao Jianguo, an ordinary staff member in the county government office, slept with his soon-to-be-appointed superior, the top official of the entire county, on the eve of his promotion to deputy section chief.

No, that's not right.

This isn't the most critical issue.

The most fatal thing is...

He glanced down at the medical report in his hand: AIDS! Syphilis! Positive!

He has both of these illnesses.

He had sex with that woman last night without any protection.

His legs went weak, and he almost knelt down on the roadside.

He infected the other person!

He infected the new county party secretary with AIDS and syphilis!