"That's five catties of fine rice and two catties of meat! If we eat it sparingly, it'll last us ten or fifteen days!" The aunt wished she were twenty years younger.
"Little girl, why don't you give it a try? It's free, why not take it?"
"Thank you, sis. I'll share half with you."
Lu Sheng thanked the aunt briefly, inquired about the location of Gu Family Hospital, and happily headed there.
The blood draw didn't start until 9 o'clock, but when Lu Sheng arrived, there was already a long line of hundreds of people.
"The blood donation for food event is only held on Mondays, and there are only 40 slots available each time. If you're unlucky, you'll have to come back early next time."
Zhuangzhuang squeezed to the front of the line to peek at the notice, then returned to Lu Sheng and relayed it.
Because there were too many people in line, hospital staff started distributing numbers ahead of time.
Each group consists of ten people. After all the test results are available, the qualified people will be kept for blood draws until the quota of 40 people is reached.
Lu Sheng found a rooftop to shelter from the rain and watched from afar as the long line of several hundred people slowly moved forward.
Although the testing standards are unknown, only a small number of people pass the test in each group; usually only one or two out of ten people are eligible to have their blood drawn.
Those who received grain were overjoyed, while those who were eliminated looked dejected.
Some people were still not satisfied and blocked the hospital entrance, demanding an explanation.
"None of those who have survived to this day are old, weak, sick, or disabled! You can't just say they're unqualified!"
A woman in her thirties stood with her hands on her hips, blocking the entrance to the temporary testing site, and shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Exactly! There has to be some reason why it's deemed unqualified!"
"Did you give all the spots to your insiders with connections?!"
"You parasites! You've all ruined Miss Gu's kindness!"
The number of protesters grew, completely disrupting the order of the procession, and some even started to loot supplies.
They were all starving young men, hundreds of them pushing and shoving each other, none of them willing to suffer a loss.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Lu Sheng pulled out a social anxiety-inducing collar from his spatial storage.
This system is all about rebellion; it gives you a bunch of useless stuff, but limits the number of times you can use anything useful.
With only three uses left, Lu Sheng reluctantly pressed the switch and sneaked into Gu Family Hospital amidst the chaos.
Because of the collar, she has no presence in the crowd and is automatically ignored by everyone, almost like she is invisible.
Lu Sheng found the testing room and threw all the qualified samples into the space to take them away.
With plenty of time left on the collar, Lu Sheng decided to take a stroll through the Gu Family Hospital building.
The hospital building was nearly deserted, with only a handful of staff members. The so-called intensive care unit and inpatient wards were completely empty of patients.
All the testing instruments were covered in dust, and it was obvious that they hadn't been used for at least a few months.
Lu Sheng walked around all four floors and slipped out of the hospital at the last minute before the collar malfunctioned.
The commotion at the entrance had already been physically suppressed by the Gu family's thugs.
The 30-year-old woman who was just now full of energy and demanding an explanation has become a still-warm corpse at the hospital entrance.
Several ringleaders who led the robbery were beaten to death in the street, and the remaining people immediately lost their arrogance and obediently lined up in queue.
"Hurry up and continue! Don't delay the rest!"
The tragedy involving passersby did not affect the queue; instead, some complained that the bodies were hindering the testing process.
Compared to the food they had secured, no one cared about the insignificant corpses.
Lu Sheng wasted no more time and turned to leave quickly.
Back at the hotel, she handed the blood sample she had brought back to Xu Yi and shared her experiences at the black market with everyone.
"One of the two most notorious families in the black market actually does good deeds? That's the funniest joke I've heard all year. Even a dog would shake its head at that," Zhang Xiaojuan retorted immediately after hearing the story.
The remaining people also agreed with Zhang Xiaojuan's statement.
"If it were really to save someone, they wouldn't have beaten someone to death in the street."
While the group was talking, Xu Yi had already prepared the blood test sample.
"Have you found anything?" Lu Sheng asked, looking up.
Xu Yi's expression was subtle as he placed all the test results on the table. "There were a total of fifteen qualified samples, all of which were type O blood."
"Oh? What a coincidence? Are there more people with type O blood?" Han Rui asked subconsciously.
"Is this a coincidence? This must be a manual selection process!"
Zhang Xiaojuan looked at her like she was an idiot. "The proportions of the four ABO blood types in the population are all about the same. All fifteen qualified samples were type O, which clearly means that Gu Jia only wants type O blood."
"Fine, I forgive you. Just by looking at your face, I can tell you've never been corrupted by knowledge."
Han Rui: "..."
High emotional intelligence: Not corrupted by knowledge.
Low emotional intelligence: You're uncultured.
Lu Sheng ignored the two arguing, her delicate eyebrows furrowing slightly. "The Gu family has gone to such lengths to cover up their true intentions, just to collect type O blood?"
"You're keeping a vampire at home? But why limit it to 40 slots per week? Wouldn't it be better to deposit more at once than to go through all this trouble every week?"
Sun Tiantian subconsciously recalled the plots of various vampire girl comics.
"It must be someone in the Gu family who needs regular blood transfusions."
Lu Sheng's expression was solemn. "This person needs a large amount of type O blood, but also has extremely high requirements for the freshness of the blood, so the blood bank needs to be changed every week."
“The Gu family is a large and wealthy family, so finding a cold storage shouldn’t be difficult, right?” Zhang Xiaojuan asked curiously. “Hospitals have dedicated blood banks; he can just have enough blood drawn and stored.”
"The ammonia concentration in stored blood is high. Patients with liver or brain diseases should avoid receiving stored blood transfusions, as it can cause serious complications."
Fortunately, there is a professional, Xu Yilai, to help troubled children.
"Moreover, judging from the amount of blood collected by the Gu family, this person needs a huge amount of blood transfusions, and a large amount of blood from the bank will cause a variety of high-risk situations."
Sun Tiantian looked puzzled. "But why doesn't the Gu family just openly and honestly accept type O blood? Why go through all this trouble and waste time?"
The group was completely baffled and had no choice but to put the question aside for the time being.
"How are Li Song and Xiao Zhu?" Lu Sheng suddenly remembered that there were still two patients in the suite.
"Both of them experienced varying degrees of retinal hemorrhage."
Xu Yi paused for a moment, then added, "It could be a precursor to an Ebola outbreak."
"Then we..."
The expressions on the faces of the remaining few people were hard to describe.
They spent two days living in two walking virus petri dishes; hopefully they won't die young...
"Don't worry, Ebola virus is a filovirus that spreads through the skin and mucous membranes. I handled Li Song and Xiao Zhu's cases the whole time, and all the protective measures were in place."
A smile appeared in Xu Yi's long eyes behind his glasses, finally giving the group some comfort.
"Xiao Zhu only developed symptoms after being bitten by a blood servant. Could it be that the blood pacters are the source of the virus?"
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