Chapter 88: Full-scale Boss Has Become the Top Streamer In the Entertainment Industry
Chapter 88: Unrelated to the Surgery
Secretary Li and the mayor’s wife left the ward without resistance, their expressions clouded with worry.
Yan Zhixu pulled out a chair and sat down, her gaze landing on the man lying on the hospital bed. “He’s about to wake up.”
Fu Shimo looked over and saw Mayor Lu’s eyelashes fluttering slightly, a sign of regaining consciousness.
He nodded. “Mm.”
“Cough, cough…”
The mayor slowly opened his eyes. The hospital’s pungent disinfectant smell greeted him, but relief filled his gaze.
Though weak, his tone was sincere, filled with gratitude. “This life I’ve managed to save is all thanks to Director Fu.”
Mayor Lu was acutely aware of his own condition. If not for Director Fu’s intervention, the tumor’s pressure would have overstimulated his nerves, causing rapid cognitive decline, possibly leaving him mentally incapacitated or paralyzed.
A person in such a state would struggle with basic self-care, let alone fulfill the responsibilities of a mayor and serve the public.
“Don’t be so quick to celebrate,” Yan Zhixu interjected, her words dousing his relief like cold water.
Mayor Lu’s body stiffened, and he turned to her with a puzzled look. Could there still be other issues with his health?
Sensing his confusion, Fu Shimo clarified, “The surgery was very successful, and your recovery is going well.”
Mayor Lu felt a wave of reassurance, but the doubt in his heart only grew. If his recovery was going well, what could still be wrong?
Yan Zhixu rested her hand on her thigh and moved her fingers slightly. Her eyes narrowed faintly. “It’s unrelated to the surgery. Director Fu’s medical skills are excellent; this issue stems from other factors.”
Mayor Lu: ?????
His confusion deepened, yet his brow furrowed. For some reason, he felt that whatever was affecting him couldn’t be simple—something beyond the reach of medicine.
A vague suspicion crept into his mind.
Fu Shimo’s succinct explanation quickly confirmed Mayor Lu’s fears.
After listening, the mayor struggled to sit up, though even this small movement left him panting for breath.
With a furrowed brow, he asked gravely, “So you’re saying something unclean is attached to me?”
As a politician with firm beliefs in science, he should dismiss notions of ghosts and superstitions as feudal myths.
But his body undeniably had problems.
The young woman before him remained calm, her demeanor a mix of casual insolence and innate elegance.
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With years of experience reading people, he could tell she wasn’t lying—she didn’t need to.
“You could put it that way.”
Yan Zhixu’s eyes scanned the ward before resting on the mayor. “The room is clean.”
At her comment, a faint, shadowy gleam flickered in Fu Shimo’s eyes behind his glasses.
He raised an eyebrow slightly, his gaze lingering on the mayor.
The little one said the ward was clean, but she hadn’t ruled out issues with the mayor himself.
Yan Zhixu stood up from her chair and sauntered toward the bed.
Her gaze fell on the jade pendant hanging around his neck. “Where did this jade come from?”
Mayor Lu had thick, bushy eyebrows and a full, broad forehead—traits of someone practical, hardworking, and commanding.
Yet, despite being free of illness now, his brow was dark and dull, a foreboding sign of impending misfortune.
Earlier, Xiao Wang, the driver, had exhibited minor anomalies in his fate as well—likely influenced by the mayor’s condition.
Mayor Lu’s face darkened. “You’re saying there’s a problem with this jade?”
Even in his weakened state, his stern demeanor exuded an intimidating authority accumulated over years of leadership.
If it were anyone timid, they might have been cowed by his imposing presence.
But in the ward, both Yan Zhixu and Fu Shimo remained unruffled, their expressions calm and steady, as though unaffected by the oppressive aura.
(End of Chapter)
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