Lin Lin's gaze followed the direction of Damei's finger, her expression gradually darkened, and her brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

After a while, Damei finished telling all her findings.

Every word was like a heavy hammer, hitting Lin Lin's heart again and again.

Her lips trembled with anger, but she didn't utter a word. She just sat there quietly, digesting this sudden information.

Damei didn't say anything else, and the dormitory was filled with a strange atmosphere.

The air seemed to be frozen, and every movement seemed so heavy.

The occasional sound of wind coming from outside the window was like some unknown whisper, adding a bit of eerie feeling.

After a while, Lin Lin said to Damei, "Right now, only I and I know about this, right?" Her voice was a little hoarse, with a hint of unquestionable seriousness.

Damei nodded. She could feel the seriousness in Lin Lin's words and knew that this matter was of no trivial importance.

There was a hint of worry in her eyes, as if she had clearly seen a series of serious consequences that this incident might trigger, like a chain of dominoes falling, and those images kept interweaving and magnifying in her mind.

After confirming that the development of this new "accident" had not been leaked, Lin Lin felt that the rope around his neck loosened slightly.

With a serious expression, he instructed, "Keep the matter I just mentioned confidential for now. Don't let any word leak out. I'll make detailed arrangements later."

"During this period, we must all remain vigilant and not let unrelated people or the "ghosts" working in the dark notice anything unusual."

As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Damei, with a complex glint in her eyes.

After receiving Damei's assurance, Lin Lin continued, "Did you come here today to investigate the relationship between the two patients?"

Her voice was low and steady, but the slightly trembling ending still revealed her inner unrest.

Damei nodded, pulled out a few wrinkled papers from the bottom of the stack of documents and handed them to Lin Lin.

"This is the preliminary investigation result. The situation may be more complicated than we imagined." Damei frowned slightly, looking solemn.

Lin Lin took the file, opened it, and quickly browsed through it, while Damei beside him continued to tell Lin Lin about her discoveries throughout the night.

"The two patients we have contacted so far have no overlapping networks. It can be said that they did not know each other at all."

"This was very strange. Later, I looked through their medical records again and found that their illnesses had similar course. They both gained weight without any warning."

"Before them, we had received several similar cases. However, due to the lack of complete equipment and instruments at the time, and the lack of a plastic surgery department, those patients did not receive treatment in our hospital, and we only have some brief consultation records."

Lin Lin quickly browsed the documents while listening to Damei's story, his brows furrowed more and more.

"In the simple medical records, I found that the onset time of those patients was also very close, but I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

"But now I think this might be a hidden clue." Damei's eyes gleamed, then were immediately overshadowed by doubt. "But the strange thing is, these patients come from different places and have very different life backgrounds. I can't find any connection between them."

Lin Lin gently closed the file and rhythmically tapped the desk as he thought.

After a moment, she said, "Maybe we can't just look at the surface of life background to find connections."

"They have similar illnesses, perhaps because they were exposed to the same environmental factors or objects."

"I had the same suspicion," Damei nodded. "So I looked into popular weight loss products on the market recently. After all, obesity is their primary symptom, but I didn't find anything unusual. There's no overlap between the diets and products these patients use."

"What about the medical aspect? For example, is it possible that they all underwent examinations in a small clinic or other medical institution and then were infected with some unknown virus?" Lin Lin proposed a new idea.

Damei's eyes lit up, then dimmed again.

"That's a direction, but we don't have the authority to check their medical consumption records."

Lin Lin stood up and paced around the room. "It's not a big deal. We can also look at it from other angles, such as whether there are human factors involved in this situation."

“Could it be that someone is deliberately targeting these patients, or is it targeting our hospital?”

"Man-made? Dean Lin, do you mean someone is behind this?" Damei was a little surprised.

"It's not impossible."

"If someone deliberately makes these patients develop such symptoms and then guides them to our hospital, then the purpose behind it is worth pondering." As he spoke, Lin Lin's expression looked a little solemn.

"No matter what, we must be prepared and analyze the situation from every possible angle. We must not put the patient in further danger, nor allow the hospital to suffer unwarranted damage..."

As soon as she finished speaking, the alarm in the room rang.

The sharp ringing sound seemed particularly abrupt in the quiet atmosphere, like a flash of lightning breaking the silence.

Lin Lin walked over quickly and reached out to turn off the alarm that had been ringing non-stop.

At that moment, the world seemed to have returned to peace, but the things in the two people's hearts did not diminish in the slightest.

Then, she turned to Damei and said, "Go back to the dormitory and pack up first!"

"Please contact those two patients later and try to communicate with them to see if you can get them to come earlier. If we can finish the consultation earlier, you can come back and rest earlier today."

Damei nodded, a trace of fatigue flashing in her eyes, "Okay, I'll contact them right away."

"I hope they can cooperate and come over soon. I always have a bad feeling. This matter must be clarified as soon as possible." After saying that, she turned around and prepared to leave.

Lin Lin watched Damei leave and added, "If they have any special circumstances or don't want to come early, don't force them. We'll proceed as planned."

"Safety first. If you find anything wrong during the contact, tell me immediately."

"I understand." Damei responded and then walked out of the room.

Lin Lin stood alone in the room, looking at the untouched glass of water on the table beside him, and fell into deep thought again.

Fine water droplets have condensed on the wall of the cup and are slowly sliding down, just like this complicated illness, which seems to have traces to follow, yet is elusive.

Her eyes were a little blurry, and the information in the patient's file kept appearing in her mind, trying to find the key that was missed.