Chapter 135: Bai Qingchu has ruined me!

"Are we heading to the Superior Citizens' Hospital in the upper tier? I briefly flipped through the pamphlet about the Pillar of Heaven, and it clearly recorded the location of the hospital. All examinations and treatments take place there, right?" Cao Fusheng asked carefully, looking at Xun and Bai.

Bai Qingchu cleared his throat and replied, "No, we are going directly to the Medical Department headquarters. Your situation is of great significance, so there is no need to go to the hospital. It's too crowded and noisy there, making things inconvenient. Besides, the most advanced medical technology is only available at the headquarters. Just to be safe, we must use the best."

Cao Fusheng nodded gently.

According to that pamphlet, the publicly accessible areas for Inferior Citizens and Superior Citizens totaled 49 floors, with Inferior Citizens occupying 29 floors and Superior Citizens occupying only 20.

The division was stark: Inferior Citizens could not access the upper levels, and Superior Citizens could not go to the lower levels.

The publicly accessible areas were managed by the Service Department, which dealt with all service-related industries.

This included the hospital directly managed by the Medical Department, as well as various primary, middle, and high schools, restaurants, gymnasiums, department stores, and internet cafes managed by the Service Department.

One could say it was not much different from the Old Era, and compared to the wasteland outside, this place was a veritable paradise.

Therefore, after reading those contents, Cao Fusheng was shocked. He truly hadn't imagined that the inside would be so luxurious, and then he offered a silent moment of condolence for that shrewd woman, Ruan Luoluo.

She must be worked to death. Calling this Service Department the Odd-Job Department wouldn't be an exaggeration, as they had to take charge of everything.

"Minister Tong, I've brought the person. Are you free right now?" Bai Qingchu communicated with the person on the other end of his communicator.

"Alright, alright, then I'll have to trouble you in a moment. We'll be stepping into the teleportation elevator right away."

Hah, I really carry quite some weight. Not even a day here, and I've already met four ministers, about to meet the fifth.

I really am intensely popular.

Cao Fusheng gave a self-deprecating smile. Meeting ministers so frequently and with such ease gave him the illusion that ministers were worthless commodities.

Only he would think that; ordinary citizens mostly didn't even know what the ministers looked like.

Even the regular staff within those departments found it difficult to catch a glimpse of their minister on ordinary days.

The most mysterious of all was Bian Qiu, Minister of the Action Department. Except when incidents occurred, no one ever saw him under normal circumstances.

He might as well not exist.

Cao Fusheng stepped into the teleportation elevator along with the other three. The moment the blinding light flared up, he gritted his teeth and groaned, "I really hate this feeling!"

"Ugh..."

After about ten seconds, Cao Fusheng stumbled out of the teleportation elevator, feeling so dizzy that he almost collapsed to the floor. Fortunately, Bai Qingchu was quick-eyed and nimble-footed, catching him just in time.

"Haha, Mr. Cao, you'll get used to it the more you use it. You're holding up much better than we did back in the day. At least you can still endure it; back then, except for the two women who forced themselves to stop out of fear of losing face, only Old Bian could withstand it." Bai Qingchu patted Cao Fusheng's back while offering comfort.

Cao Fusheng's eyes were bloodshot from discomfort, feeling as though a mist of water was veering across his pupils. With a rather unsightly expression, he said, "Minister Bai, at first glance, you look just like someone I know."

"Oh? Mr. Cao, Minister Bai isn't a woman, you know. Flirting with a man like this is really... too low-tier. If you want to flirt, flirt with our Ah Li here." Xun Xin laughed heartily, playfully tapping the closely following little secretary, Ah Li.

"Alright, alright, don't keep Minister Tong waiting. Her temperament is so cold she ignores even the BOSS. Do you want to hit a brick wall here? Haven't you learned your lesson from last time, Xun Xin?" Bai Qingchu reminded him helplessly.

Xun Xin's expression froze. With an unhurried smile and a raised eyebrow, he took the lead and walked ahead to scout the path.

Xun Xin, who fancied himself a connoisseur of countless women, had repeatedly hit a brick wall with two of the ministers among the Eight Ministers of the Pillar of Heaven. Ruan Luoluo was slightly better; at least she would acknowledge you.

But Tong Yueting was completely different. Not even a millennia-old glacier was as cold as her. A little over a year ago, Xun Xin refused to believe it and tried to flirt with this glacial beauty, and the outcome was utterly miserable.

To this day, the two of them hadn't exchanged a single word.

"Just now, Mr. Cao said I look like someone. I wonder who?" Bai Qingchu asked naturally, picking up the thread of the conversation.

Cao Fusheng thought to himself that it was probably impossible—one was a researcher from the outside, and the other was a research minister inside the Pillar of Heaven; they were completely unrelated people.

Yet both of them were researchers, both had the surname Bai, and they even looked somewhat alike. Bai Qingchu looked exactly like Bai Ye aged by fifteen or twenty years.

So now he didn't dare to be certain anymore; perhaps these two really were father and son?

"Oh, it's like someone I..."

"Are you guys coming or not! Minister Tong says if you don't come over right now, you don't need to come at all!" Private secretary Ah Li ran over swiftly, panting heavily as she shouted.

"We're coming right now!"

Bai Qingchu didn't mind; he hadn't thought about anything else at all and had just asked casually on a whim.

The two jogged all the way to the medical headquarters.

"Hello, Minister Bai..."

"Minister Bai..."

Along the way, medical staff continuously greeted Bai Qingchu. No one dared to slack off in front of this heavyweight from the Research Department.

Arriving at the headquarters office, they finally saw Xun Xin, who had been given the cold shoulder. He was pressed tightly against the wall, not daring to move a muscle.

Behind him, Ah Li was gloating; seeing her own minister reduced to this state, she felt exceptionally thrilled.

"Xun Xin, what are you doing? Hugging someone's wall for no reason, do you think it's hot?" Bai Qingchu asked in bewilderment.

At this moment, a cold and detached white-robed back, busy in the adjacent pharmacy room, spoke up: "Since you're here, let's get down to business."

"Ah, Minister Tong, this is Cao Fusheng..."

"No need for introductions. I recognize him."

"Um..."

"Lie down on that bed and take off your clothes."

Cao Fusheng asked cluelessly, "To what extent?"

"I have no objection if you want to strip bare."

Everyone: "..."

Tong Yueting wore transparent isolation glasses and a surgical mask, so Cao Fusheng couldn't make out her appearance for a moment.

He didn't have the habit of using X-ray vision on a woman right off the bat.

"Troublesome. Take off your pants."

"..."

"Alright."

"Turn around and lie on your stomach."

"Oh."

"Take off your underwear."

"..."

Cao Fusheng stared with wide eyes at the woman who seemingly had unusual fetishes. Was this person seriously going to make him strip completely bare!?

Tong Yueting didn't speak. Holding a thick syringe, she locked eyes with the man without blinking.

"Ah... um... I'll help him take it off... don't rush..." Bai Qingchu swallowed hard, walked over with a ingratiating smile, and pulled down Cao Fusheng's underwear.

Cao Fusheng was just about to get up, secretly thinking what kind of garbage physical examination this was—it was a blatant violation of personal privacy!

This was going too far!

Who would have thought that the moment he propped himself up, Bai Qingchu had already yanked his modesty cloth down to his ankles from behind.

"Whoosh..."

A breeze blew past his bare backside, chilling it.

Little Fusheng felt a trace of coolness, while Big Fusheng lowered his head in horror to take a look, then raised his head to gaze at the bewildered Bai Qingchu and the shrieking Ah Li.

Only Tong Yueting remained motionless, holding the syringe high. Her eyes stared fixedly at Little Fusheng without blinking, the needle in her hand even sketching a couple of circles in the air.

"Sorry..."

Cao Fusheng sheepishly returned to the bed and obediently lay down flat on his stomach. Since it was already taken off and everything had been exposed, what else could he do?

Bai Qingchu has ruined me!