"But I miss my dad very much." Fang Jieke said, his eyes red. Sister Li Zi was very nice to him, but he still missed his parents.
"How about this, I'll go take a look for you when I return to Liancheng, and I'll tell you on my way back?" Lin Qingqing didn't even bother to lie to adults, so she had no psychological pressure to lie to children.
Professor Fang and Lin Qingqing had a minor grudge, but Fang Jieke was just an ignorant child. She would not take Professor Fang's ill feelings toward Fang Jieke, nor would she help the father and son reunite.
Li Zi didn't want Fang Jieke to leave. They had been dependent on each other for so long, she had long considered him a family member. "Jack, it's still 700 to 800 kilometers from here to Liancheng. If you go with him, you will only be a burden to Doctor Lin."
Fang Jie Ke seemed not to hear and just stared at Lin Qingqing.
"You'll only be a burden to me." Lin Qingqing's smile disappeared from her face.
Although he fully understood that a child as young as Fang Jieke would miss his family, Li Zi was very sincere to him, and his current behavior did not show any respect for Li Zi at all.
As soon as Lin Qingqing's smile disappeared, Fang Jieke immediately stopped acting rashly. After living in the apocalypse for a year, he had become very good at reading adults' expressions.
"I'm going to do my homework..." Although Fang Jie Ke was unhappy, he didn't dare to act rashly.
He hung his head, took out a plastic stool and sat down with his back to Lin Qingqing, using the bed as a desk.
This is the child expressing his dissatisfaction.
Lin Qingqing didn't take it seriously. She and Fang Jie Ke had no feelings for each other. She just thought that this kid seemed more capable and intelligent among his classmates.
After sitting and resting for a while, Li Zi brought a pot and said, "It's nothing special, just half a fish. I put some pickles in it."
"It's already very good." Lin Qingqing glanced at the golden soup pickled fish boiling in the pot. It looked quite appetizing, so she praised it.
Li Zi smiled and handed her the bowl and chopsticks. Lin Qingqing had just raised her chopsticks when Cai Donghu shouted, "You can't eat it. The fish is contaminated."
Lin Qingqing paused her chopsticks in mid-air. "Where did you get this fish?"
"It's shared, isn't it fresh anymore?" Li Zi blushed. It was rare for them to share fish during the Chinese New Year, and she couldn't bear to eat it. It just so happened that Lin Qingqing came, and she had nothing good to treat her, so she took it out.
As she spoke, she picked up the chopsticks and prepared to take a bite.
"You can't eat it anymore. There's something wrong with the fish." Lin Qingqing stopped her. "Is there anything left?"
"No more, there's only this part, I've cooked it all." When Li Zi heard her say that, he was so scared that he quickly put down his chopsticks.
Fang Jieke turned his head and said, "Why can't we eat it? We ate it last time and it was fine..."
Lin Qingqing's expression changed. "Have you eaten it before?"
Li Zi nodded with a look of horror in her eyes. She knew that Dr. Lin never joked. Even Dr. Lin's expression changed, which showed the seriousness of the matter.
"When I was cooking the fish, I cooked the head and tail. I couldn't bear to eat the body, so I froze it," Li Zi explained.
In this kind of weather, it is very convenient to freeze meat and vegetables. Just put them outdoors for a while and they will become popsicles.
Lin Qingqing moved her hand, and two disposable blood collection needles and vacuum blood collection tubes appeared in her palm. She said expressionlessly, "Come and draw blood. I want to do some tests."
"Oh..." Li Zi was stunned, his face turned pale instantly, then he rolled up his sleeves and called Fang Jieke over.
Seeing this, Fang Jie Ke was also a little scared.
After Lin Qingqing drew blood from the two people, she disappeared from the spot along with the pot.
She was just returning to the space with the pot when she heard a clucking sound and Eunuch Tan pounced on her pot.
"Get out of the way, or I'll stew you tonight!" Lin Qingqing raised the energy shield and directly bounced it away.
"Are there any insect eggs in there?" Lin Qingqing flashed to the laboratory, and Cai Donghu came out of his underground studio and rushed over.
"It's possible." Cai Donghu nodded solemnly. He knew it from Eunuch Tan's reaction. "I'll examine the fish fillets, and you go get a blood test."
If there are insect eggs, and they cannot be killed even by high-temperature cooking, it would be too scary.
As Cai Donghu said this, he put on Lao Liu's body and went to start the equipment.
"Okay." Lin Qingqing agreed, put down the pot, took the blood collection tube to the instrument, and began to perform various blood analyses using glass test strips.
Under a microscope, the magnified red blood cells resemble frosted persimmons, vibrant in color. The incongruous white blood cells are deformed, numerous and jellyfish-like, constantly opening their suckers to devour healthy red blood cells. (This is pure nonsense; don't take it personally! White blood cells are the guardians of health.)
"Dad! Come and see!" Lin Qingqing was shocked and shouted.
Cai Donghu was so frightened by her roar that he almost overturned the pot. He came over with Lao Liu's metal head and an expressionless face.
"It's a parasitic protozoan, and it's in the blood. Once it matures, it will enter the internal organs, heart, and brain..." Cai Donghu was filled with emotion. He had been searching for it for so long, and the protozoan suddenly appeared like this.
"Go and bring them both back."
Lin Qingqing didn't know whether to be happy or sad. She hummed and left the space.
"I'm going to take you back to the space and may have to put you in solitary confinement. Your blood has been infected." Lin Qingqing looked at Li Zi sadly. This girl who had been struggling to survive deserved to be treated with respect.
"Are we...going to...die?" Fang Jieke's teeth chattered, his legs trembling like a sieve. A strong smell of urine wafted over him...
"Not for the time being, but I need you to cooperate with me, and I will do my best." Lin Qingqing looked at Li Zi, whose face was so pale that not a single bit of blood had been lost.
"So, are all the people here like this?" Li Zi asked tremblingly.
Lin Qingqing shook her head and said seriously, "I don't know. Pack your things and come with me."
"...Yes." Li Zi covered his face and lowered his head.
"I don't believe it! I don't want to go with you!" Fang Jie Ke suddenly jumped up and was about to rush out, but fell to the ground with a bang.
Lin Qingqing threw a bowl at his head.
"Let's go. You won't let me starve if I go to your place anyway..." Li Zi was relieved when she saw Fang Jieke running away alone. She was just deceiving herself. This child was still not well-raised.
Lin Qingqing didn't say much and directly took the two back to the space.
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