The military vehicle drove for another ten minutes and arrived near the conference center.
The streets in this area have been blocked, and pedestrians and tourists cannot get close. Even if they peek from a distance, patrolmen will come to check their IDs.
The gate was heavily guarded. In addition to the armed guards, Lan Yu also saw her own mecha soldiers. They blended in with the local guards, wearing wrist guards on their wrists that concealed the mecha rings underneath.
After passing through layers of inspection, the military vehicle drove into the conference center, followed the driveway at the edge, and stopped in front of a three-story building.
The two men got out of the car and, under the guidance of the soldiers, walked to the innermost room on the second floor and knocked on the door.
"Come in..." It was Liu Deng's voice.
The soldier pushed the door open and stepped back, closing the door after Lan Yu and Lu Rankong entered the room.
Liu Deng sat behind the large desk and pointed to the sofa opposite him. "Sit down and have a drink of water."
There were two cups of tea on the table, with white smoke rising from them. It was obvious that they were prepared for the two of them.
When the two of them sat down, Liu Deng said, "Our mecha battalion was secretly transferred here. You all know the reason, so I won't say much. What I want to say here is that the conference center has been carefully controlled by us, and we have made sure that the Longte people cannot get in."
"No way to get in?" Lu Rankong looked doubtful.
"We are only responsible for the periphery of the conference center. If you want to go inside now, it is not possible. The internal soldiers are divided into teams of two, and they all have HR5 injections." He explained to Lu Rankong meaningfully: "We cannot contact those interstellar ruling chiefs. Their safety is taken care of by a special department."
Lu Rankong lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then said, "General Liu, please pay more attention to Lin Zhu, Kong Fei, and Chen Yutan. Don't let them participate in critical tasks."
General Liu said solemnly, "I know and have been keeping an eye on them. When you told me, they had already reached Goxidi. We can only check them one by one after this is over."
"Then my and K's mission is to go inside and protect the emperor?" Lu Rankong asked.
Liu Deng glanced at him and shook his head, "No, Chengfadi is under the charge of a special department, and the defense is impenetrable. You can rest assured, but..."
"Just what?"
Liu Deng put down the teacup in his hand and said, "It's just that after the six-day meeting, they will visit several nursing homes."
"Visiting the sanatorium?" Lu Rankong sat up straight. "There are too many uncontrollable variables. Can't we cancel it during the emergency?"
"You know, some of the interstellar chiefs are very stubborn and want to follow the steps of every meeting, so we can't cancel it."
Lu Rankong asked: "So you mean that you want K and I to check those nursing homes?"
Liu Deng said: "Originally, we planned to visit seven sanatoriums, but after careful consideration, we only kept three. The main staff of these three sanatoriums took stabilizers a month in advance, so there are no problems. However, there are so many patients, and it is not realistic for all of them to take stabilizers, so your task is to disguise as staff members and hide inside to conduct investigations."
"Which three sanatoriums are they?" Lu Rankong asked, leaning on the sofa.
Liu Deng stared at the teacup on the table and said, "They are the maternal and child health center, the elderly nursing home, and the mental health nursing home."
"Maternal and child health center, a sanatorium for mental state, aren't those a confinement center and a mental hospital?" Lu Rankong asked in astonishment.
Lan Yu was also stunned.
Liu Deng touched his nose and said, "That's probably what it means."
"Probably?" Lu Rankong asked.
“That’s right…”
The two sat on the sofa and looked at each other. Lu Rankong asked, "No, why did you let the Chief of Interstellar visit the confinement center and the mental hospital?"
Liu Deng sighed, "Because only these three sanatoriums have walls and gates, the other ones are open, unobstructed, and the houses are all over the mountain. How can we check? Let's just call it a mental hospital. It's better than letting the Longte people take advantage of it."
"To deal with the Longte people, we need a group of two. How can the two of us check three institutes?" Lu Rankong said.
Liu Deng waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about that. We are operating together with the garrison of Gositi. They are responsible for two sanatoriums, and we only need to take charge of one."
"Then we will be responsible for the nursing home." Lu Rankong patted the armrest of the sofa.
“Someone has already gone to the nursing home.”
Lu Rankong frowned: "Then go to the mental hospital."
Liu Deng clasped his hands on the table and said, "The nursing home and the mentally ill sanatorium are located in open areas and the management is relatively loose, so the local troops of Gositi are stationed there. We are responsible for the maternal and child health center."
Lan Yu and the other person remained silent, and the scene was very quiet.
"We are going to work as staff at the confinement center. What specific work do we do?" Lu Rankong asked.
Liu Deng corrected: "Maternal and Child Health Center."
"Shall we go in and take care of Yuezi?"
"It's to take care of the mother and baby..."
"If you have no objection, then it's settled." Liu Deng cleared his throat, picked up the teacup and walked out. "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Staff Officer Wang will be in charge of the details, and he will come to make arrangements for you."
The door opened and he fled from the office, followed by a bespectacled officer.
"Two colonels, I am Wang Kang, the chief of staff of the Empire's Fifth Army stationed in Tanka City. I will be responsible for arranging your next tasks." Wang Kang said.
"The maternal and child center has been set up, you two can just go directly." He clapped his hands, and a soldier came in, dragging two ordinary-looking suitcases.
"There are still six days until the end of the meeting. Time is running out. You two can leave after changing into clothes. Here are your bus cards, identification cards, luggage, and terminals."
After Lan Yu and Lu Rankong took the suitcases, he extended his hand and said, "I wish you a smooth mission. I'm waiting for your good news."
After shaking hands and saying goodbye, the two dragged their suitcases out. Lu Rankong asked, "Xiao Yu, are we going to take care of the confinement period?"
Lan Yu glanced at him and said, "What are you thinking? We are both alphas. The most we can do after we go in is to be plumbers."
Lu Rankong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's great. I don't know how to take care of you during the confinement period."
He glanced at Lan Yu and whispered, "If I'm going to serve you, I'll only serve you."
A soldier led the two to the dressing room. Lan Yu opened her suitcase and took out a set of ordinary white T-shirt and casual pants.
After coming out, he handed the changed military uniform to the soldier, walked out of the passage, and saw Lu Rankong who was already waiting outside.
Lu Rankong was wearing a black T-shirt, showing off his beautiful and stylish muscular figure. He leaned against a tree with his hands in his trouser pockets. When he saw Lan Yu coming out, his eyes lit up first, then he walked forward, took the suitcase from his hand, and whispered in his ear, "I don't even want to go."
"Why?" Lan Yu stopped and asked.
"I want to take you home now so that no one else can see you."
A military vehicle drove over and stopped in front of them. Lan Yu smiled and said, "Let's go, get in the car."
As soon as the military vehicle drove out of the conference center gate, Lan Yu saw Lin Zhu and Chen Yuqin, who were standing on the left side of the gate and talking. His subordinate Kong Fei also walked to the left in a hurry with the two captains.
Lan Yu kept looking through the car window with mixed feelings. Lu Rankong also had a solemn expression and sighed after a long time.
When the three people disappeared from sight, an ambulance with the words "Wulong Mental Rehabilitation Center" printed on it also drove out of the gate.
Through the car window, Lan Yu saw two people wearing hospital gowns, wearing bite restraints, and looking as if they had lost all hope in life.
He should be the local officer sent to check the mental hospital.
Lu Rankong whispered to Lan Yu, "This is what happened when you went to Quyu Star. Suddenly I think it's not bad for us to go to the confinement center."
Half an hour later, the military vehicle stopped at an empty bus stop. The soldier driving the vehicle said, "There is still one stop to go. I'd like to trouble the two colonels to take the bus. The military vehicle must not be discovered."
The two men got out of the car dragging their suitcases and looked around. This bus stop is outside of Tanka City. The spacious road is lined with lush trees on both sides, and a few villas are hidden in the distance.
"Are you tired?" Lu Rankong pushed a suitcase in front of Lan Yu, "Sit on it..."
After Lan Yu sat down, she turned to look at him and asked, "You are here at Gexidi as well. Do you want to call your father and brother to let them know?"
Lu Rankong shook his head and said, "Forget it, I am also on a mission, so I won't bother them."
Soon a driverless bus arrived. After the two got on, they found that there was no one on the bus, so they just found two seats and sat down.
The bus was driving on a suburban road, with green spaces and woods on both sides. The sunlight shone through the dense branches and leaves, shining through the window onto Lan Yu's face.
He looked out the window and squinted his eyes comfortably. After a long while, he realized that Lu Rankong didn't speak. When he turned around, he met his focused eyes.
"Xiaoyu, you were like this when you were a kid. You would squint when you were in the sun, and your eyelashes were like..." Lu Rankong struggled to find the right words, and finally he could only draw an arc in the air with his hand, "Like this..."
Lan Yu tilted her head and smiled, but felt a little melancholy when she thought about how she could never remember anything from her childhood.
Lu Rankong saw what he was thinking, reached out and pulled him into his arms, and said softly, "I'll tell you a little bit about your childhood every day, and you might slowly remember it."
The bus soon arrived at the next stop. The two got off the bus and followed the route map on the terminal, taking a fork in the road on the right.
Every few steps on the fork in the road, there is a small billboard on the side of the road, with some small knowledge such as breastfeeding and how to care for a newborn. It is obvious that the confinement center is approaching.
The two quickened their pace and saw the center's main gate a few minutes later. After checking their employment notice and identification, the security guard quickly let them in and enthusiastically showed them the way.
"Let's go find the dean." Lu Rankong dragged two suitcases and the two walked towards the office building on the right.
This maternal and child health center covers a large area and is beautifully built, with large lawns and woods lush and green. The houses are uniquely shaped, and the exterior walls are painted a light blue with pictures on them.
The two walked into the office building and found the dean.
The dean was a kind-looking female beta, about forty years old. After seeing the certificates they presented, she immediately understood.
"Colonel Lu, K——"
"He is Joyce, and I am Li Baozi." Lu Rankong interrupted the dean.
The dean changed his tone and said, "Mr. Li, someone from the military came last month and gave me and the main staff some medicine. There should be no problem."
Lu Rankong asked: "How many people have been injected? How many employees are there in total?"
"The purpose of our sanatorium is to use modern technology to care for mothers and babies, so we have a lot of intelligent people. We have recruited 28 employees, 10 of whom have taken medications. The remaining 18 will take a temporary leave when the chiefs come to inspect and will come back to work after the inspection." The dean replied.
Lan Yu estimated that the large-scale use of intelligent people was the main reason why this sanatorium was chosen. After all, stabilizers are precious, and it is impossible for everyone in a nursing home with many employees to take them. This nursing home has few formal employees, so less stabilizers are needed.
"How many guests are there in the sanatorium?" Lu Rankong asked.
"There are a total of 32 omegas and betas who have just given birth, and 33 babies, because there are twins." The director hesitated and said, "It's hard to say for the family members. Some are here to accompany the patients all the time, and some only come here on weekends. However, this weekend, the hospital is closed and no visitors are allowed."
Lan Yu said, "Don't worry about those who come here on the weekend. How many family members have been here to take care of you?"
"Ten people..." the dean replied.
"Can you give us a list? Including their wards, beds and family members?"
The dean replied readily: "No problem, I just prepared the questionnaire and can give you a copy now."
After saying that, she opened the drawer, took out a form and handed it to Lan Yu.
When Lan Yu lowered her head to check the form, she asked Lu Rankong: "Do you need to disclose your identities to the employees?"
Lu Rankong shook his head and said, "No, as long as you know it, it will be fine, so as not to reveal any flaws."
"Okay, then I won't care about it anymore. Let Sister Liu take you directly." The dean pressed the pager.
After a while, there was a knock on the back door. It opened and a middle-aged woman came in.
"These two are new employees, named Joyce and Li Baozi. Sister Liu, you are responsible for arranging them." The dean introduced: "They have taken stabilizers, they are safe."
Sister Liu looked the two of them up and down and said, "Welcome. Let's go now."
The two followed her out of the dean's office.
"I'll take you to the dormitory first, and then get your uniforms." Sister Liu turned around and looked at the two of them, frowned slightly, and said critically: "Although the hospital is looking for two alpha caregivers, you two are too tall and don't look very kind. I don't know if you will scare the children."
"Nursery teacher?" Lu Rankong and Lan Yu looked at each other and said quickly, "When I applied for the job, I wasn't a nursery teacher. I was a plumber."
"Not a nanny?" Sister Liu stopped.
"If you don't believe me, go ask the dean." Lu Rankong said confidently.
He knew that no matter what he applied for, the dean would not refute it if Sister Liu asked.
Sister Liu refused without a second thought: "No matter what position you are applying for, you can only be a childcare worker now."
"No, I have to go find the dean." Lu Rankong said, "Do you want us to take care of those newborn babies? Neither of us knows how to do that."
Lan Yu's face also darkened.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to take care of the child, but time is urgent now and he has to check the adults. How should he act if he wants to take care of the child?
Sister Liu looked at the two people in front of her and saw that although they were handsome, one was fierce and the other was gloomy, and they were indeed not suitable to be childcare workers. However, the chief interstellar rulers including the emperor of the empire are coming to visit, and the caregivers in the orphanage are either omegas or betas. If two alpha caregivers are added, the unique effect will definitely be very good.
Sister Liu said stiffly, "You don't have to take care of the children. Just sit outside the nursery."
"Just sit outside?"
"Yes, some big shots are coming to visit soon. They are very big shots, so big that you can't even imagine. That's why you're taking stabilizers. Wait until they're done with the visit before you do anything else. Until then, you'll just sit outside the nursery."
Lan Yu understood that he and Lu Rankong were just there to serve as a signboard.
Lu Rankong said sternly, "We don't want to take a salary for nothing. We want to do something else. We can just sit outside the nursery when the visit comes. We will never cause any trouble for the hospital."
Sister Liu's face flashed with surprise, and finally revealed a gentle expression, "I didn't expect you guys are so passionate about work. How about this, you guys find things to do, and go and help out wherever you see busy work. After the tour is over, we'll make specific work arrangements."
Lu Rankong thought this was a good idea and agreed immediately.
Sister Liu went to the warehouse to get new uniforms for the two of them. She was having a hard time choosing among the cartons: "You are so tall, we don't have the right size for you."
Lu Rankong looked at the pile of pink and blue fabrics with lace and said quickly, "Since there is no suitable size, let's just wear what we have on."
"Okay..." Sister Liu also felt that these uniforms were not suitable for these two handsome alphas, so she said, "You can wear your own clothes for now. I will hurry up and make custom clothes for you, but you have to wear your work badges."
After the two of them received their work badges, Sister Liu took them to see the dormitory.
"Do you see that building? That's the sanatorium building. Many people have a misunderstanding about our maternal and child center, thinking that it is just an ordinary confinement center among the people." Sister Liu said as she walked in front.
"Isn't it?" Lu Rankong asked.
Sister Liu turned her head and looked at him, then said, "No, we are a maternal and child health center. Many people come here after giving birth to relax and recuperate. The children are taken care of by professionals and they don't leave until they are three or four months old. This is beneficial to their physical recovery and mental health after giving birth. How great."
"Isn't that still a confinement center?" Lu Rankong asked curiously.
Sister Liu frowned and said nothing more.
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