It started raining.

However, the residents of Street 98 are still living their normal lives, and people on the street are walking leisurely without wearing protective clothing, and they don’t seem to be worried at all about the “umbrellas” above their heads.

Xie Xuan looked up from time to time like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. "How long has this 'umbrella' been built?"

Xiao Yao: "It had just started construction when I left, so it should have been completed just over a year ago."

Xie Xuan looked down at Xiao Yao, "So this is also the first time you've seen it in its entirety?"

Xiao Yao nodded, "Almost. 'Umbrella', you'll have plenty of opportunities to meet up these next two days. Do you want to buy some things and then go to my house to rest, or do you want to go shopping first?"

Xie Xuan originally thought that Xiao Yao was just being polite when he asked her to live directly at his house, but she didn't expect that Xiao Yao really intended to do so.

"I can stay in a hotel, but I want to go to the hospital affiliated with the ecological organization first."

Xiao Yao didn't object, but before nodding, he pointed to the billboard next to him and said, "There's a special show at the aquarium tomorrow night. How about we go see it together?"

Xie Xuan looked in the direction Xiao Yao pointed, "A special performance by the Luminous Elves?"

Next to the bold and enlarged slogan is a silhouette dancing in the water, and the water droplets scattered around this silhouette emit blue fluorescence, which at first glance looks a bit like the symbiotic spores in her body.

Xie Xuan didn't hear Xiao Yao's voice. She turned around and saw him looking up from his terminal. "Two adult tickets for the night show, bought."

Xie Xuan didn't expect Xiao Yao to be such a generous person. "How much is it? I'll transfer it to you."

"You're being too polite," Xiao Yao said, looking like a seasoned veteran. "If you stay at the Ecological Bureau for a couple of years, you'll understand this deeply. Money is just a fleeting possession. If you live for the moment, you never know when you'll turn into a giant mushroom."

Xie Xuan actually thought it made sense.

Xiao Yao smiled and said, "Let's go, let's go have some food first, and then I'll take you to the hospital you've been thinking about."

Xie Xuan thought that what Xiao Yao meant by having a meal was just a simple meal, but she didn't expect that Xiao Yao would directly take Xie Xuan to the sky restaurant, one of the landmark buildings on 98 Street.

The restaurant was on the 32nd floor. When she walked into the restaurant, the drizzle outside had not stopped yet. It was very close to the "umbrella" on the top, so close that Xie Xuan could even see the streams of rain flowing down the downpipe.

"Where will this rainwater go?" Xie Xuan suddenly asked curiously.

"Probably a dedicated water treatment plant?" Xiao Yao said, "Street 278 also collects rainwater that flows into the sewers, treats it, and reuses it. After all, resources are scarce these days."

Xie Xuan nodded. "With this device, the efficiency of rainwater collection will be higher, right?"

"Of course." Xiao Yao pulled out a seat for Xie Xuan and gestured for her to sit down.

Xie Xuan said thank you in surprise. After sitting down, the waiter delivered the menu to their terminal through the air.

98 Street is worthy of being called 98 Street. Xie Xuan flipped through the menu from beginning to end and did not see any double-digit items. Even the cheapest cup of kumquat lemon sparkling water cost 118 Confederation coins.

Xie Xuan originally thought that she had some financial resources, but now it seems that she has not seen enough of the world.

"Two individual meals, no alcohol, just non-alcoholic drinks." After Xiao Yao finished ordering, he turned around and asked Xie Xuan, "Do you have any dietary restrictions?"

"No."

Xie Xuan waited until the waiter left before asking, "Captain Xiao, you're not planning on covering all my expenses for this trip to 98th Street, are you?"

"Why not? I'm inviting you to play, and I'm the host, so it's reasonable."

Xie Xuan was silent, and was directly impressed by Xiao Yao's ability to make money.

Although the prices of the dishes in the sky restaurant are ridiculously expensive, the taste is quite satisfactory. The most valuable part is probably the viewing seat on the 32nd floor.

Just after seven o'clock in the evening after dinner, when Xiao Yao and Xie Xuan went down the sightseeing elevator on the other side of the restaurant, Xie Xuan saw a blue and white building in her field of vision.

"Is that the building of the ecological organization?" Xie Xuan asked.

Xiao Yao nodded. "The headquarters of the ecological organization in District 6 is located on 98th Street. Not only that high-rise building, but the entire area is occupied by the ecological organization."

He paused, "Including the affiliated hospital we will visit later."

Xie Xuan was surprised for a moment. She thought the headquarters of the ecological organization would be located on a street with a higher number.

There is a direct light rail from the sky restaurant to the ecological organization. When Xiao Yao and Xie Xuan took the light rail to the door of the ecological organization's iconic blue and white building, the rain had just stopped.

The "umbrella" will not be folded for another half hour, but the street lights on the roadside have already been lit.

The hospital affiliated with the 98th Street of the ecological organization is nearly one kilometer away from the headquarters building of the ecological organization. The nearby street lights are on, but the sealed hospital is pitch black.

Xiao Yao simply pulled up the seal and went through openly.

"Is it okay to just go in?" Although Xie Xuan asked this, she had already followed Xiao Yao and walked in after pulling up the seal.

"It's okay, there's no one guarding this place right now." Xiao Yao said as he turned on the flashlight on the terminal and walked inside.

The bright white light illuminated an area ahead. The hospital door was closed tightly, with two cross-seals on it, but the seals had been torn in the middle, and it was obvious that someone had entered before them.

After Xie Xuan walked in, the dark shadow on the glass door became clearer. This was not dust from a long time of absence, but dry mycelium that had not been cleaned up and covered the back of the glass door.

Xiao Yao walked in front, and when he pushed open the glass door, the stale smell inside hit him in the face.

"Wherever you want to go, I can lead the way for you," Xiao Yao said.

"What did Xue Yunfei do here before?" Xie Xuan asked.

Xiao Yao thought for a moment before answering, "He's probably in the administration department. I'm not sure what position he holds. If you're looking for his office, it should be in the administration building at the back."

"Go and have a look."

Xiao Yao nodded without objection.

From the moment she entered the hospital, Xie Xuan saw that the walls, ceiling and floor were covered with dry hyphae that had not been cleaned up, which showed how serious the infection incident two months ago was.

Xie Xuan looked at Xiao Yao walking ahead with great enthusiasm and asked curiously, "Why did you come here with me? Actually, these things have nothing to do with you."

Xiao Yao turned his head and glanced at Xie Xuan. "Because I'm bored, or maybe because I'm a good person."

"Or maybe it's because... you knew me before."

Xiao Yao nodded seriously, "How did you know?"

Xie Xuan was just guessing, but she didn't expect Xiao Yao really knew her.