One second, two seconds... five seconds, and the corridor was still empty.
Lan Yuxi, clutching a golden needle, pushed open the door to the second ward.
"Xi Bao, put this on," Nan Xiao, clad in protective gear, strode in.
Lan Yuxi frowned slightly. "Why did you come in? Where's Mu Mu?"
"Nan Yi and over a dozen others are protecting Mu Mu; she'll be fine." Nan Xiao reached out to put the protective suit on Lan Yuxi.
If he hadn't feared Lan Yuxi's anger, he would have come in long ago, why bother with this bothersome outfit.
"I'll put it on myself. You go find Zhao Zhao; he must be here. I smell sleeping gas."
"Okay." Nan Xiao responded, kicking open the second door. Like the first ward, it contained only an unconscious patient.
As Lan Yuxi donned the protective suit, Nan Xiao's men, also in protective gear, entered.
Seeing his men inside, Nan Xiao stood in the middle of the corridor and shouted, "Zhao Zhao, Mom and I are here to pick you up. All the people outside are ours now. If you can hear me, come out on your own."
Lan Yuxi shook her head helplessly. "His vigilance has always been high. You won't lure him out because he'll think it's a bad guy imitating your voice."
Nan Xiao looked at the long corridor with over fifty wards. How long would it take to search them one by one? He didn't fear wasting time; he feared that the longer it took, the greater the mental pressure on the child. What if he became like Luan Sheng!
Lan Yuxi raised a hand and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, everyone inside now is ours. I can try to call him out."
Nan Xiao's brow furrowed, and he nodded.
Lan Yuxi spoke as she walked, "Zhao Zhao, it's Mom. Mom will sing you a song, okay? Hmm, I've already decided what to sing, 'I am a little bird'."
Nan Xiao looked at her in horror. He wanted to say, "Can we not sing?"
Lan Yuxi smiled slyly. Singing, she really did sing.
"Sometimes I feel like a little bird, wanting to fly but unable to soar high. Perhaps one day I'll perch on a branch, only to become the hunter's target..."
This!
All the searchers who had entered looked over in unison. Madam, is this singing? Is she sure the disc isn't skipping?
Alas, no one is perfect!
Lan Yuxi, oblivious to their gazes, continued her ear-assaulting performance. "I flew to the sky and realized I was utterly alone. Every night when it's quiet, I can't sleep. I wonder if I'm the only one not getting better tomorrow..."
Nan Xiao shook his head helplessly. It was rare that someone with her lack of musical talent could sing like this.
"I am a little bird... I am a little bird... I am a little bird..." The monstrous voice began to repeat these words.
With a creak, a ward at the very end was violently pushed open. "Mom, please, stop singing."
Upon seeing the small figure covering his ears, Lan Yuxi's eyes lit up. She darted forward to her son. "Haha, I don't believe my singing can't lure you out!"
Zhao Zhao's small mouth under his mask twitched feebly.
Lan Yuxi scooped her son into her arms. "Come on, let's go."
Zhao Zhao spoke up to stop her. "Mom, there's still someone in that ward. What do we do?"
Nan Xiao rubbed his son's small head. "Dad will handle it. You and Mom go out first... Xi Bao, after you go out, you need to be disinfected and then get checked. Make sure you don't get infected."
"Mm." Lan Yuxi nodded, holding Zhao Zhao as she hurried to the door. "Everyone outside, those not in protective gear, step back. Have the head nurse prepare disinfectant for us."
After Lan Yuxi's announcement, she waited for those not in protective gear to retreat before carrying Zhao Zhao into the disinfection area.
Huo Ding personally disinfected them. While he was disinfecting the mother and son, he didn't dare look Lan Yuxi in the eye. This was their Huo's Hospital, and such a major incident had occurred without them noticing anything, a true failure.
Lan Yuxi saw through his thoughts at a glance, smiling. "Huo Ding, what are you doing? Have you fallen for me and can't meet my gaze?"
Huo Ding looked up sharply. "Don't talk nonsense! Lu Xi is still outside!"
As the words left his mouth, he smiled. He knew she was much more magnanimous than Nan Xiao. The fact that she was teasing him meant he wasn't angry.
Huo Ding solicitously took Zhao Zhao. "Yu Xi, come with me. I'll examine you and Zhao Zhao."
Lan Yuxi paused slightly. "You'll examine us? Who will do Nai Nai's surgery then?"
Huo Ding smiled. "I received a special patient, and I consulted with Mr. Tai. Mr. Tai was very interested in this surgery. He was supposed to do it with me, but before we could start, Nai Nai had an accident."
Hearing that Brother Qi had arrived, Lan Yuxi finally felt at ease.
"Mom, brother..." Mu Mu, held by Luo Shi Yi, looked at Lan Yuxi expectantly.
Lan Yuxi smiled at her and gently comforted her. "Don't worry, your mom and brother will be fine."
Mu Mu's small mouth drooped, and she listlessly snuggled in Shi Yi's arms.
Lan Yuxi smiled helplessly and looked at Luo Shi Yi. "Shi Yi, why are you here too?"
"Not only am I here, but hundreds of people from the Hongmen are also here, searching for Zhao Zhao everywhere. I'll notify them to come over right away."
Lan Yuxi quickly said, "Don't let them come. This is an infectious zone, it's not safe. Take Mu Mu to Block A1 first."
Hearing her mother tell her to leave, tears streamed down Mu Mu's face. "Mom, can I not go? I want to wait here for you and brother."
Zhao Zhao squeezed his mother's hand. "Mom, let sister stay here."
Lan Yuxi affectionately stroked his head. "Okay."
As Lan Yuxi and Zhao Zhao entered the examination room, Nan Xiao and his men dragged ten unconscious men into the disinfection area.
Nan Xiao's usually stern face now held an irrepressible smile. His son was simply too powerful; a five-year-old child had taken down eight burly men! And his daughter, a delicate young girl, had incapacitated an assassin with a flick of her wrist. When she grew up, who knew what she would become!
Soon, the Lan family and the Hongmen members, having been notified, arrived one after another. By the time Lan Yuxi and Zhao Zhao came out, half an hour had passed.
Lan Mu Wei anxiously asked, "Xi'er, are you and Zhao Zhao alright?"
Lan Yuxi smiled. "We're fine. Zhao Zhao and I are immune to all poisons. However, for safety's sake, Zhao Zhao and I will be quarantined here for two days."
"Really okay?" Nan Xiao walked over.
Lan Yuxi instinctively took a step back with her son. "Don't come any closer. If we get infected, we'll spread it to you..."
Nan Xiao pursed his lips. "Okay, I won't come over. You and your son stay here and isolate yourselves. I'll take people to Yi Hai to catch the culprits."