Paranormal Convenience Store: 20 Years of Professional Crime Solving

After strange phenomena invaded Earth, chaos ensued, people panicked and collapsed, and various pieces of evidence indicated the existence of ghosts in this world. Cold cases emerged one after anot...

Chapter 81 Physical Examination

Chapter 81 Physical Examination

"Let's go." Brother Xiaofeng turned his head back.

Tu Lanxun followed him, her eyes drifting to the camera on the wall. Just then, a wasp flew towards her. She dodged two steps to the side, slapping her face with her hands. "Ouch! Ouch!"

Brother Xiaofeng glanced at him impatiently and continued walking forward.

Li Ao said in the headset: "Communicator No. 1 is invalid, waiting for reconnection."

While no one was paying attention, Tu Lanxun took off the patch earphones. As soon as his fingers loosened, the little thing fell into the sewer and disappeared.

The side door of Junxi Manor slowly opened.

Crossing the long white brick road with green grass on both sides, Xiao Feng was of course not led directly into the main building in the center. Instead, he turned to the auxiliary building on the side. It was about the size of a small old commercial building with five floors and a large area. It was connected to the main building by an enclosed corridor.

After entering the annex building, Brother Xiaofeng first scanned his fingerprint. The security guard standing guard at the door came up and scanned the blue-stained Xun from top to bottom with an instrument, making a series of "beeping" sounds.

"Why are you still sweeping? I just brought it in, so I need to change everything." Brother Xiaofeng smiled while crossing one leg.

The security guard paid no attention to the beeps. He glanced at the indicator light on the security door frame and said, "Go in."

Tu Lanxun heard Liu Maosheng, who was attached to his ear, say, "That security gate is used to detect ghosts."

N is no longer with her. He is attached to the silver chain with his birthday engraved on it, which has been converted into a keychain and stuffed into a bag with a bunch of cheap bracelets and earrings.

Sure enough, Junxi Manor not only checks people, but also prevents the invasion of foreign ghosts.

Xiaofeng snapped his fingers, urging Tu Lanxun to follow. They went up to the third floor, turned left and found the fourth room. Opening the door, they found a dormitory with surprisingly good conditions.

The luggage bag was thrown on the single bed. Brother Xiaofeng knocked on the coffee table and small sofa with his hands and said with a hint of pride, "How is it? There is no other dormitory as nice as this one, right?"

Tu Lanxun, with a mixture of timidity and unconcealed surprise, flattered, "It's so beautiful. Can I, can I live in this room?"

"No!" Brother Xiaofeng said with a straight face, then laughed and gasped, "After the probation period, you will move into the official dormitory. This room is for temporary staff. You won't be able to look down on it then."

In other words, during the trial period, this is Tu Lanxun’s nest.

She stood quietly waiting for instructions. Brother Xiaofeng tapped two words on his phone and said, "No need to wait. Manager Chen will arrange for you to jump the queue for the physical examination. Let's go."

It turned out that they were just going to take a look in this room. This time, Tu Lanxun was carrying the abandoned luggage in her own hands. Brother Xiaofeng led her to continue walking up. When they passed the fourth floor, he pointed to a very long corridor and said, "This way you can go to the main building. If you stay here well, this is the only way you can go to work. Remember?"

Tu Lanxun was eventually led to the fifth floor. The smell of disinfectant mixed with metallic odors filled the air. A faint hum of instruments filled the vast silence. A nurse-dressed woman approached, "Which test?"

Brother Xiaofeng laughed and said, "The whole set."

He pulled the luggage from Tu Lanxun's hands. Tu Lanxun was stunned for a moment. Brother Xiaofeng said, "The luggage must also be inspected. This is the rule. Remember?"

He seemed to like asking others if they "remembered" something. Tu Lanxun lowered his eyes and followed the nurse into the physical examination room.

The structure inside was like a dragon. First, they had to tick to confirm their age, gender, and medical history, and then they had to undress for a physical examination. The female nurse stared at Tu Lanxun intently, did a physical examination first, then stuffed a hospital skirt into her and pushed her into the imaging examination room.

There were people waiting for her in the imaging room. Tu Lanxun was under other people's gaze the whole time. When she came out, her ears were already itchy from the sound of the test.

Her whole body was cold and itchy, and they were just about to turn her hair out and examine her dandruff under a microscope. The nurse in the outer room was scanning her clothes, turning every pocket over and examining the double folds of her trouser legs and collars.

Just as the nurse took Tu Lanxun's shoes out from under the scanner and was about to cut open the soles with a scalpel, Tu Lanxun finally spoke: "I still need to wear those shoes..."

The nurse glanced at the worn, thick-soled, rose-pink nylon sneakers with a hint of disdain, scanned them again, and said, "Your soles are too thick, and the layers have different densities. I can't detect anything. What? You don't want to complete the physical examination?"

Behind this tough attitude is the confidence that Junxi Manor's probationary cleaning staff are paid the same salary as employees at large factories, plus a full set of benefits. Nurses have seen this before, and at least at this stage, who wouldn't stay for the money?

Tu Lanxun seemed frightened, afraid that the nurse would say she didn't want her anymore, so she quickly said, "Then you do it, do it..."

The nurse was now a little more satisfied and said, "That's right. Even if you can't stay during the probation period, your daily wages are enough to buy a whole box of these shoes, from the smallest to the largest. How about this? I'll cut a smaller size for you, and if you still want it, you can take it back."

After saying that, the scalpel accurately penetrated the layered soles, opening a small hole in each layer. The metal probe was inserted into the soles to scan. After confirming that everything was correct, the nurse returned the shoes to the blue coat.

The decorative air cushion was inevitably cut, and it collapsed when pressed, and Painted Blue Xun showed a distressed expression.

The nurse gave her another set of cleaning clothes to change into, along with a pair of noticeably more comfortable work shoes. "Wear these. You're not allowed to wear your own personal clothes while working at the manor. Honestly, you don't need any of your things anymore."

Tu Lanxun said to her, "Hey, nurse, why do you want to check my clothes?"

The nurse rolled her eyes and replied, "To prevent entrapment, understand?"

"Oh." Tu Lanxun asked again: "Then why not just take away our personal belongings? Why waste this inspection?"

Of course, it is because smuggling itself is not important, what is important is how to deal with the people who are found to have smuggled.

The nurse looked at her like she was a monster, too lazy to speak. Tu Lanxun was waved out by her.

Brother Xiaofeng was already waiting outside. He took the medical examination results, glanced at them, and said, "The luggage inspection will take a while. There are some personal items in there, so it's better to let you know about some of the handling."

Tu Lanxun was led into an inspection room, where a scan of her bag appeared on a screen. The bag was placed on a table and opened, revealing the contents. Two white-gloved staff members examined each item.

Brother Xiaofeng walked over and picked up a Walkman: "What era is it? Are you still using this?"

"I'm listening to music, but I'm afraid there's no internet here." Tu Lanxun answered embarrassedly.

The Walkman was immediately confiscated. Before confiscating it, the staff turned it on and checked the music stored inside. A burst of high-energy pop songs filled the room. One of them said, "The scan is fine. But it's useless if you bring it in. If the trial period ends, we'll return it to you. If the trial period ends... you can apply to the management department and they'll give you a cash discount."

The next second, the Walkman was thrown into a box that looked like a trash can.

They were also checking other things, even scanning sanitary napkins and opening a package to check whether there were any special fibers such as ignition materials mixed in.

The spare clothes were also scanned one by one and the edges were unpacked, but maybe Tu Lanxun's eyes were too pitiful, so these things were not thrown into the box, but folded and put back casually.

The staff's inspection focused on all objects with metal. Large power banks were scanned several times, small bags containing miscellaneous keys and jewelry were turned upside down, and even belts with metal buckles were studied for a long time.

Brother Xiaofeng picked up the blue-painted kettle again. It was a large, bulky stainless steel kettle, heavier than a dumbbell. "What's this?"

Before Tu Lanxun could reply, Xiaofeng unscrewed the lid, and the aroma of red dates wafted out. Tu Lanxun looked over eagerly: "Red date soup, thirst-quenching..."

She thought they'd let her drink it like she was at a subway security check, but Xiaofeng just dumped the whole can of red date soup into a real trash can, wasting all the jujubes, white fungus, and wolfberries. He shook it and handed the empty kettle to the staff, asking them to check the thick metal layer.

These people actually used a small electric saw to cut open the kettle, but found nothing.

"I'll replenish it for you later." Brother Xiaofeng interrupted Tu Lanxun and took his eyes away from Tu Lanxun's expression.

She understood that taking her to observe the inspection process on site was both a deterrent and a way to observe her reaction in real time.

These people are really used to doing shady business. In ancient times, there was no such investigation when entering the palace.

Everything was done. The things that had been checked and were still usable were stuffed back, and the luggage bag with the surface cut open returned to Tu Lanxun's hands. It was a little lighter than before.

Tu Lanxun's cell phone was taken away.

The phone was unimportant. It contained forged call and chat records from the past year. She asked a question symbolically, but was casually told to shut up.

This time, Brother Xiaofeng finally sent Tu Lanxun back to the temporary dormitory and said, "You are now on probation. Your first shift is the evening shift. Someone from your department will come to see you at six o'clock."

Tu Lanxun took a step forward and said, "Where can I eat? I haven't even had lunch yet."

"It's past time." Brother Xiaofeng impatiently pulled a bill from his wallet. "Go buy some from the vending machine downstairs. You need someone from the cleaning department to give you a cafeteria meal coupon, so you can't eat today."

Tu Lanxun took the banknote and the door closed in front of her. She found that it was not a banknote currently in circulation, but more like a game coin made by fans. The only difference was that the color-changing ink and anti-counterfeiting protrusions were very realistic, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the currency of any real country.

The words on it: Tianguo Group, 50 yuan.

After silently cursing "ghost money" a few times, Tu Lanxun heard the corridor fall silent. The clock in the dormitory read 2 p.m., six hours before the evening shift.

She sat quietly for a while, then deflatedly pulled the quilt over her and lay down. Liu Maosheng's voice reached her ears: "There's no bug in the quilt, and there are no cameras in the room."

That means you can take action.

Tu Lanxun sat up and opened her bag, which was crammed full of things. She quickly took out her power bank, then pulled a thin hairpin from her jewelry bag, twisted it into a miniature screwdriver, and removed the power bank's casing.

The second set of communication equipment was difficult to carry, so Li Ao decided to disassemble it and put it into several customized items.

There is certainly no problem with scanning the power bank, because the integrated circuit board inside it is originally part of the communicator.