"N-nothing..." Xiaoqing was so frightened that her breath was unsteady. She jumped out of bed and ran to the side.
"I just let you lie on the bed for a bit, why are you reacting so strongly?"
Hearing Qiao Zhen's mocking voice, Xiao Qing pursed her lips and said nervously.
"No, I was just startled."
"Why were you scared? Is there something on the bed?"
Qiao Zhen had no intention of letting her off the hook, and instead pressed her for answers.
"Of course not, how could there be!" Xiaoqing denied it outright, but couldn't help glancing at the bed out of the corner of her eye.
"Did you move this bed?" Qiao Zhen suddenly asked.
Xiaoqing hadn't reacted yet, and just shook her head: "No, it must have been one of the caregivers who moved it."
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong and quickly shook her head, saying, "I moved it. I just forgot what I was thinking and couldn't quite put my finger on it."
Not wanting to miss their clumsy acting, Qiao Zhen nodded and asked, "I see. May I take a look at the surveillance footage?"
"Watch the security footage?" Xiaoqing seemed surprised that Qiao Zhen was so serious. She paused for a moment, then said with an awkward laugh, "Isn't that unnecessary? It's just moving a bed. Wouldn't it be making a mountain out of a molehill to want to watch the security footage?"
At this moment, Qiao Zhen didn't want to pretend anymore and said with a cold laugh, "This is a VIP ward, where would I get surveillance cameras?"
It seems that Xiaoqing, this nurse, is an imposter.
"Tell me, what is your purpose in disguising yourself as a nurse?"
"I..." Xiaoqing stammered, explaining, "I wasn't pretending, otherwise why would the head nurse recognize me?"
Qiao Zhen smiled, "This is not a difficult thing: You just need to practice for a few days to get the hang of it, or you can achieve the same goal even if you have only been on the job for a few days."
"Sister Qiao Zhen, you think too highly of me. What benefits would it bring me to pretend to be a nurse?"
Hearing her feeble explanation, Qiao Zhen smiled and said, "In that case, lie down on the bed. I want to take a look."
As expected, Xiaoqing immediately froze and dared not move.
"So if you still don't tell the truth, I have many ways to make you talk."
As Qiao Zhen spoke, she moved closer to Xiao Qing.
Xiaoqing was so shocked that she couldn't breathe. She managed to calm herself down before saying, "Sister Qiaozhen, I was forced into this situation."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhen tilted her head and asked, "How were you forced into this situation?"
Xiaoqing glanced at the door, her voice slightly uncertain: "I...I don't know if I can say it."
"If you don't tell me, then I'll request to view the surveillance footage."
Qiao Zhen was too lazy to waste words with her; from the very beginning, she had sensed Xiao Qing's purpose in approaching her.
Seeing this, Xiaoqing had no other choice but to nod and say, "Sister Qiaozhen, I was actually instructed to take special care of you. I thought it was just simple care, but I didn't expect that I would be required to record your every move. This makes me feel a bit suspicious."
"Who told you to do these things?" Qiao Zhen asked, frowning.
Upon hearing this, Xiaoqing pondered for a while, then shook her head.
“I don’t know who that person is. We just chat online, and I only need to do what he asks me to do.”
"But don't worry, I haven't done anything to harm you or hurt you. Actually, I wanted to talk to you about this today..."
Qiao Zhen saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so she asked Xiao Qing to show her the chat history.
Xiaoqing shook her head: "That person told me to delete the chat history after each report, and she was always the one who contacted me first."
Hearing this, Qiao Zhen laughed instead of getting angry: "In that case, let's just wait and see."
"What's going on with that bed?" Qiao Zhen wondered, recalling how Xiao Qing refused to lie on it even when she was in trouble.
"Actually, it's nothing serious..." Xiaoqing looked at the bed and swallowed hard. "There's just something spilled on the sheet, but I don't know exactly what it is."
She didn't finish her sentence, but the meaning was already quite clear.
That stuff definitely wasn't some kind of tranquilizer.
Qiao Zhen glanced at the bed sheet, then randomly threw all the blankets off the bed onto the floor. Under Xiao Qing's shocked gaze, she brazenly lay down on the bed.
"It's okay, I can still lie down like this," Qiao Zhen said with a slight smile.
Sure enough, that evening, the mysterious person sent a message: "Take a picture of what Qiao Qiao is doing right now."
Qiao Zhen and Xiao Qing exchanged a glance. Qiao Zhen then lay down on the bed and pretended to be asleep, while Xiao Qing pretended to take a picture.
When taking the photos, I made a point of not capturing the bed in the shot, afraid of giving myself away.
After taking the photos, Qiao Zhen asked Xiao Qing to send a message that seemed to indicate that Qiao Zhen was sick. Seeing the prompts on the other end repeatedly typing text, Qiao Zhen couldn't help but smile.
So soon... you couldn't hold back anymore?
One night, Qiao Zhen secretly called Gu Xijue over: "Come to my ward, I'll show you a good show, and you can also do me a favor."
Gu Xijue readily agreed: "Okay, wait for me."
Just after sending the message, Qiao Zhen turned off her phone and heard a rustling sound outside the door.
Her heart skipped a beat.
You've arrived so quickly?
Before Qiao Zhen could react, the person outside had already pushed open the door and quietly slipped in.
Qiao Zhen kept her eyes tightly shut and dared not move an inch.
However, the person who came outside was not Gu Xijue, but the culprit behind the events of the past few days.
Before this, Qiao Zhen had Xiao Qing send a fake message: "I have given Qiao Zhen an injection of anesthetic, so you can rest assured."
So when that person arrived, he acted very boldly, without being sneaky at all.
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