eurekapd Chapter 152 Physical Examination
Chapter 152 Physical Examination
As it was almost nine o'clock, An Yi declined the further introductions from Li, and tried to calm herself down and finish the phone call with her daughter. She had previously threatened her boss to ask her family to rescue her, but now the communication signal had been restored and the door had been unlocked, and she was free to come and go. After a lot of entanglement and struggle, she finally decided not to leave.
When a workaholic who wishes he could spend 24 hours as if it were 48 hours tells you that he will set aside a week to tackle you as a major project, you should have a clear and accurate understanding: what he is eager to get rid of now is not your comfort, but himself, his inexplicable and inexplicable obsession. And what you call leaving is nothing more than chasing more wild fun for him.
One week, the boss only gave him one week. One week, I might as well give him one week too, to make it over.
This decision had nothing to do with trust in Ding Hong and the contract, but was based on reports from the outside world about Ding Hong's consistent taste in women and his fleeting enthusiasm. An Yi secretly guessed that those gossips had been embellished.
With this impression, An Yi believed that it would not be difficult to destroy Ding Hong's filter of "poor little boy" for herself. As long as she behaved roughly, vulgarly, and sloppily enough, and showed that she was indifferent, boring, and uninterested in gender relations, and acted like a typical middle-aged shrew, she could easily get out of this predicament.
In fact, there is no need to pretend deliberately. Where does her "second spring" in mind come from? She can just act naturally.
So tired. The search just now was very exhausting. In the unfamiliar environment, she was unwilling to enter any bedroom, and only lay softly on the chaise longue in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room, sleeping and waking in thought, looking forward to the next daybreak.
"Miss An, would you like to have breakfast here or in the main house?"
"Please answer me first, how did you know I was awake?"
"Oh, that's right. The whole house is equipped with a smart home control system, and at 7:05 it showed that the shower system in the north bedroom was activated. Based on this, we predicted your breakfast time and prepared it." Butler Li's gentle and polite explanation came from the intercom system.
An Yi was so surprised that he didn't know how to respond. Intelligent... control? What's the difference between this and surveillance? Even my shower time is known clearly! No wonder the boss kept emphasizing the difference between thermal imaging and video surveillance, and suggested that it be clearly stated in the contract. So he was blocking me here!
"Excuse me..." Butler Li asked again cautiously without waiting for a reply.
"The main house."
“Okay, you expect…”
"I'll be there in ten minutes." Before the other party could finish asking, An Yi took the initiative to report the time. We are all workers, so why make things difficult for each other.
Ten minutes later, An Yi appeared in the wide corridor on time. Ding Hong was already sitting on the sofa in the corridor for guests to take a short rest and waiting.
"Did you rest well last night?" Ding Hong asked as the two walked side by side.
An Yi couldn't help but glance at him with such an idiotic question, and this glance expressed countless frustrations and complaints.
Ding Hong stopped talking awkwardly and led An Yi inside. He did not stop when passing by the three-meter-long dining table and the medium-sized round table in the restaurant, but led her straight into the kitchen.
What? Cooking by myself? Who? The boss or me? Several questions popped up in An Yi's mind until she saw the large independent island in the middle of the kitchen, with a fine dining table for six people connected to the side.
An Yi realized that dining here was actually more relaxing and comfortable than dining in a restaurant outside.
"Please sit down." Ding Hong pulled out a dining chair and motioned for An Yi to sit down.
Waiter? He even pulled the chair for me. Isn't that too much? An Yi got goosebumps all over his body and quickly avoided sitting down at the opposite seat. He thought to himself: I see you every day in the company, don't I know what kind of person you are? It seems that it is best to add one more clause to the agreement: Don't smile at me, and don't pretend to be a gentleman.
Ding Hong was so angry at An Yi's disdainful attitude that his temples hurt again. He secretly advised himself to eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time. He pressed his temples hard and tried to have the first meal with his "roommate" calmly.
Pork liver porridge? An Yi frowned and stirred the not-so-good-looking meat porridge with a spoon. She had no appetite, but the aroma wafted out as she stirred, prompting her to make up her mind to scoop a spoonful into her mouth. Not bad! The porridge was smooth, and the pork liver was not fishy at all, nor did it have a rough and gravelly feeling. Instead, it was very tender. It was served with a small dish of cold vegetables such as spinach and shredded radish, half a soft-boiled egg and a small cup of mixed fruits. It was very light and comfortable.
Throughout the meal, An Yi adhered to the ancient teachings of "don't talk while eating and don't talk while sleeping", and Ding Hong also did not speak a word. It was not until he saw An Yi finished eating that he started to communicate.
"Don't you like any of the bedrooms? Why don't you take a look at the environment here and we can exchange them."
An Yi didn't understand what Ding Hong meant at first, so he could only reply: "No need to change, I don't dislike it."
"Oh? Then why didn't you sleep in the bed?"
An Yi's eyes widened, and he was about to get angry, but Ding Hong took the initiative to explain: "Because the smart bed didn't transmit any data last night, it is natural to infer that you didn't sleep in the bed." Seeing that An Yi was still confused, he frowned and asked: "Why didn't Butler Li introduce it to you?"
"Oh, I called her in a hurry and let her go."
Ding Hong nodded: "All bedrooms are equipped with smart beds, which have many functions. For example, they can capture and record the human heart rate and breathing rate in real time, and you can adjust the angle and hardness of the mattress at will to improve the sleep state." After saying that, he looked at An Yi with a hint of teasing in his eyes, implying: I didn't breach the contract!
Thinking of what the man said last night about the low-end camera surveillance, An Yi smiled bitterly. It was true. As soon as he turned on the faucet or lay down on the bed, all kinds of data were automatically uploaded.
"Can you answer me now? Why didn't you sleep in your bed last night?"
"I wanted to take a rest on the toffee chair, but I fell asleep." An Yi answered dejectedly. The intelligence of the smart home made her more or less frightened.
Ding Hong looked disapproving: "Don't do this again tonight." He wanted to say a few more words, but was afraid that the other party would be annoyed by his nagging, so he held back and started the next topic: "All the medical examination equipment is placed in a small hall downstairs. How about we take a short break and go downstairs?"
"I'll go by myself...well...just ask the housekeeper to take me there." An Yi knew that the house was so large that she wouldn't be able to find the place by herself.
"I'll go with you. We also need to talk to the medical staff. They're already waiting there. As for me, I'll be working in the study next door."
An Yi nodded, thinking that she had no room to object. The arrangements were very reasonable, and she was not so willful as to object just for the sake of objecting.
The two of them walked towards the elevator. She was surprised that there was an elevator in the main house that only served three floors. Oh, yes, she also saw an elevator on her side, so it must have the same function as this elevator.
I also remembered that when I was looking for surveillance equipment last night, I found that there were six or seven bathrooms. Each of the three guest rooms had one, the living room had one, which was normal, the living room shared one with the adjacent study, the gym and the spa actually had one, and where else, An Yi couldn't remember clearly. Of course, these bathrooms were different in size and functionality, which was shocking enough. After a little thought, it became clear that it was because the house was large, so that the elegant nobles could find a place to solve the problem in a very close distance when they were in a hurry.
Well, rich people are so willful.
The physical examination went smoothly, and all the items for the day were completed in less than two hours. The housekeeper invited Ding Hong to discuss the arrangements for tomorrow.
After hearing that six tubes of blood needed to be drawn, Ding Hong frowned and said unhappily, "This is too much. She already has anemia. Can't we combine the tests?"
The doctor shook his head: "I'm sorry, we can't combine them. In fact, the amount of blood collected in each tube is very small, and it won't affect the body."
An Yi quickly interrupted, "My blood vessels are just a little harder to find, but after the needle is inserted normally, there will be no problem in drawing a few tubes of blood. This is how physical examinations were done before."
"Really? Is it really okay?" Ding Hong confirmed again.
An Yi nodded, his expression extremely serious.
"Okay. I need to draw blood on an empty stomach, so when can I have breakfast?"
"According to Miss An's physical condition, we can go to Miss An's bedroom tomorrow morning to draw blood. After that, we can have dinner and then continue the physical examination here. Do you think this arrangement is appropriate?"
"Very good. What do you think?" Ding Hong was very satisfied. Remembering that this still required the person's consent, he turned to ask Anyi.
I was already surprised when I heard about home medical examinations before, but now, I have to go to the bed to draw blood... Apart from sighing about the "money power", what other opinions could An Yi have? He also expressed his agreement.
After the discussion, everyone went their separate ways.
Their lunch was still placed in the western kitchen where they had been in the morning. Perhaps because of the separate dining system, the plates and bowls on the table were much more lively than breakfast, and it looked quite rich. Last night, the boss had shown her the menu for a few days and asked her if she had any dietary restrictions. An Yi saw that many of the dishes had Chinese medicinal names. She looked at the food on the table one by one, wondering which leaves or roots were medicinal materials?
"Did you bring the oral solution?"
An Yi knew that the boss was asking about the medicine that Taoist Li had prescribed last time, and he said guiltily, "I put it in the suitcase and didn't have time to take it out."
"It's my fault that I forgot to remind you this morning." Ding Hong felt apologetic. He was new here and didn't even sleep well last night, so how could he have the energy to care about these things?
After thinking for a while, he said, "Put the medicine here directly, it will be convenient to take and not easy to forget. Although I have arranged medicinal food for you, only one or two dishes in each meal have a small amount of warm medicinal materials added. This is the instruction given by Taoist Priest Li. All the menus have been sent to him for review after they are ordered." He sighed regretfully, "I should have taken you to see him for a follow-up consultation, but unfortunately Old Man Li is on a business trip and is not in the Taoist temple recently."
Old man Li? An Yi couldn't help laughing when he heard that. He was quite serious when he called him Taoist Li before, but unfortunately, he returned to his old ways and made fun of the respected elder in just three seconds. Then he became curious: "Are you on a business trip? Taoist Li also needs to go on a business trip?"
"He said that an old friend invited him to go to another place to escape the summer heat, but in fact he went there to earn money for the Taoist temple. It's normal. In this world, who can avoid worldly things? Even if Xiao Longnu only drinks honey water, she still has to buy cloth to make clothes. She can't wear a leaf skirt."
Seeing that An Yi was amused by him, Ding Hong teased Old Man Li even more wantonly. His anger about not being able to make an appointment with him also dissipated a lot.