Climbing up from the ground, Doctor Cen looked at the surveillance footage again, and found that it was at this moment that the equipment next to Xia Yuanfang's hospital bed began to scream like an alarm.
He already knew the scenes that followed, because he had participated in them.
Therefore, the things that followed were meaningless to him.
From the surveillance, he couldn't see how Xia Yuanfang had recovered.
Could it be that her genes really mutated? Doctor Cen suddenly thought of this possibility, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He should test Xia Yuanfang's genes! But he quickly shook his head again.
Impossible.
Ordinary humans in the Beichen Empire cannot become Gene Evolvers if they do not achieve gene mutation before the age of eighteen.
Moreover, Xia Yuanfang's gene data is already in the measuring instrument in her ward.
He could only see that the chaotic and almost collapsing gene chains had miraculously returned to their normal tracks.
It was as if a magical hand had suddenly repaired those chaotic gene chains.
How was this done? The Beichen Empire prohibits all research on genes, except for gene measurement.
But gene measurement is not research. It only measures the data of the gene itself, and infers the stability of the gene chain based on the data.
Therefore, even if there is such a magical hand, it is impossible for it to be born in the medical system of the Beichen Empire.
So, how did Xia Yuanfang's illness heal? …
While Doctor Cen was racking his brains, Xia Yuanfang and Xia Chujian had already taken the inner-city suspended train of Mulan City and returned to Building E of North District 177, where they lived.
It was already noon when they came back.
There were not many people in the residential area, and the dense buildings stood silently.
The weather was as cold as an ice cellar. Xia Yuanfang put on the coat Xia Chujian gave her, but she was still shivering from the cold.
Xia Chujian didn't expect that she would be able to take Xia Yuanfang home this time she went to the hospital.
She only wore a coat when she went to the hospital, which was the alien beast fur coat she received when she was doing the Blood Kirin mission at the Association.
The style is bulky, but the warmth retention is good, so it is enough for her to wear.
But Xia Yuanfang had just recovered from a serious illness and was weak. This coat was not warm enough for her.
Xia Chujian was anxious and wished she could take out her Shao Siming Mecha and fly her aunt directly home! But at least she still had reason, knowing that if she took it out at this time, not to mention what the consequences would be if outsiders saw it, she would not be able to explain it to her aunt.
She knew that what she did would definitely not be hidden from her aunt, and she didn't want to hide it forever.
Anyway, if her aunt didn't ask, she wouldn't say, so it wouldn't be a lie.
In her eyes, her recovered aunt was like a fragile treasure that needed to be carefully cared for.
Thinking of this, Xia Chujian put the gun case around her neck and said to Xia Yuanfang, "Aunt, let me carry you, we'll walk faster. Our home has heating now, it's very warm."
As she spoke, she bent down in front of Xia Yuanfang.
Xia Yuanfang raised her eyebrows, said nothing, and silently let Xia Chujian carry her on her back.
She did walk very slowly, not only because she couldn't stand the cold, but also because she hadn't gotten out of bed for three years. Although someone had been massaging her legs, it wasn't real exercise, so her legs couldn't function as normal now.
Xia Chujian carried her aunt on her back, took a long stride, and almost ran.
The hard training of being a Hunter for three years finally came in handy.
She ran from the entrance of the residential area to the building where she lived in five minutes.
But at the elevator on the first floor, there was the overbearing blockade mode of the decoration company.
Only they could use this elevator, and no one else could.
Most of the people living in North District are particularly law-abiding and peace-loving civilians.
Although they were very angry, they did not dare to provoke these muscular and strong-looking people.
Xia Chujian was fine on weekdays. With her physical strength, it was okay to run up the stairs to the eleventh floor, but today she was with her aunt and had to go home immediately. She couldn't carry her aunt up eleven floors.
Xia Chujian walked over with her aunt on her back and said to a burly guard standing at the elevator entrance, "Brother, please do me a favor. My aunt just got out of the hospital, and it's too cold today. She has to go home immediately. And I live on the eleventh floor, I really can't carry my aunt upstairs."
The guard, slinging an old Mauser pistol, didn't even look at her, saying dismissively, "Sorry, it's the boss's orders, there's nothing we can do. If you want to take the elevator upstairs, go talk to our boss and see if he'll make an exception..."
Xia Chujian took a deep breath, pulled out fifty Beichen Coins from her pocket, quietly slipped it over, and imitating Li Fu, said with a smile, "Big brother, it's cold, buy some wine to warm up..."
Only then did the man glance at her sideways, catching sight of the fifty Beichen Coin note.
His monthly salary was only three hundred coins a month, so fifty coins was indeed a lot.
The man grinned, "Little sister, you're really filial. Alright, hurry up and go. Our guys are all at lunch right now, otherwise I wouldn't dare let you up."
Xia Chujian smiled, "Thank you, big brother."
She carried Xia Yuanfang into the elevator and pressed the button for the eleventh floor.
Although the elevator was old, its speed was still impressive.
It reached the eleventh floor in a minute.
Both of them stepped out of the elevator in silence.
Xia Chujian was a little flustered inside.
She knew that Xia Yuanfang's silence meant she was brewing something big.
Pushing open the door to their home, a wave of warm air rushed towards them.
Xia Chujian put Xia Yuanfang down, turned back to close the door, and said with a smile, "Aunt, we're home!"
Xia Yuanfang surveyed the house without betraying any emotion.
Her memories were still stuck three years ago, at the moment she suddenly fainted at home.
The three years in between seemed like a sudden break in time, and she had jumped directly from three years ago to three years later.
But she had a good memory, and she remembered everything from three years ago very clearly. The house wasn't like this back then.
Although the place hadn't changed, the entire home's furnishings and atmosphere were much better than three years ago.
Back then, their meager savings had been used to buy the house outright, and there was no money for renovations at all.
But now, the floors, walls, furniture, and decorations were all different.
And...
Xia Yuanfang, holding Xia Chujian's hand, went to take another look at the kitchen and bathroom.
Sure enough, the kitchen and bathroom had changed the most.
It was like the entire house had been renovated.
She knew the family's financial situation, so how could Xia Chujian, a fourteen-year-old girl back then, have supported herself for the past three years, and also had the money to renovate the house? Xia Yuanfang stared intently at Xia Chujian, her mind churning with various thoughts.
What kind of life had her little girl been living these past three years? She had to know these things, or she wouldn't be able to feel at ease.
Xia Yuanfang walked over to the corner sofa in the living room and sat down, beckoning Xia Chujian, "Chujian, come here, sit next to Aunt."
Xia Chujian's legs were a little shaky.
Just as Xia Yuanfang understood Xia Chujian, Xia Chujian also understood Xia Yuanfang.
As soon as she saw this, she knew that she couldn't hide anything from her, not even for a day.
But she didn't know if Xia Yuanfang could handle the whole truth.
Xia Chujian stood at the door, slowly taking off the gun case from her neck.
The gun case was still wrapped in an incredibly rustic blue and white floral cloth cover, looking strange and out of place.
Xia Yuanfang watched her calmly, until Xia Chujian couldn't stand the pressure of her gaze any longer, and finally shuffled step by step to sit next to Xia Yuanfang.
She made a last-ditch effort, "Aunt, are you hungry? Thirsty? Should I pour you a glass of water? Or cook a bowl of noodles?"
Xia Yuanfang sighed inwardly, placed a comforting hand on Xia Chujian's back, gently pulled her into her arms, and said softly, "Chujian, don't be afraid, Aunt knows that my little Chujian is a good child and would never do anything bad."
Xia Chujian felt a sense of relief.
Immediately afterward, Xia Yuanfang made a turn, "...but..."
Xia Chujian wanted to bang her head against the bed.
Why the "but"? She hated people who paused dramatically when speaking, only to come up with a "but"! Xia Yuanfang smiled gently, continuing to pat Xia Chujian's back until her tense back gradually softened.
She knew that she was about to open her heart and tell her the truth.
Xia Yuanfang ruffled Xia Chujian's hair, trying to slow down her tone, her voice hoarse and low: "Chujian, let me first state my doubts, and then you can clear them up for your aunt, okay?"
Xia Chujian nestled in Xia Yuanfang's arms and nodded obediently.
Xia Yuanfang patted her face, "Good girl."
After praising her, she got down to business: "Chujian, I heard you say that Doctor Shen said I had a serious genetic disease and stayed in the hospital for three years."
"I'm no stranger to that hospital. I know the ward I stayed in was a private room. It's considered the best room in the entire official hospital, costing about ten thousand Beichen Coins a year."
"Was I sent to the hospital after I fainted, staying in that private room for three years?"
Xia Chujian nodded, saying with lingering fear, "Yes, aunt, you suddenly fainted that time, and I didn't find out until the next morning. It really scared me to death..."
Xia Yuanfang touched her face and continued to ask, "You also said just now that we don't have medical insurance. Why wouldn't I have medical insurance? I remember my workplace had medical insurance."
Xia Chujian lowered her head and murmured, "Aunt, after you fainted and were hospitalized, you were... dismissed from your workplace. After the dismissal, your medical insurance was also canceled."
Xia Yuanfang pondered, "So three years ago, I lost my job and my medical insurance. Then, who paid for my medical expenses? And what about your living expenses?"
"So, little Chujian, tell your aunt, where did you get the money to pay for my thirty thousand Beichen Coins in medical expenses?"
Xia Yuanfang knew that in the Beichen Empire, even these official hospitals for civilians would not allow debts, and they all required advance payment, with refunds for any surplus and additional charges for any shortfall.
So after she woke up, her first concern was her medical expenses.
She looked down at Xia Chujian in her arms and said, "Aunt remembers that three years ago, before I fainted, the family savings were only about a thousand Beichen Coins."
"...How have you been living these past three years?"
This is the second update. See you tomorrow!
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