She is the most beautiful rose

Chapter 357 I caught you
The man walked towards the experimental base with his notebook in hand. Someone caught up with him from behind. "Thank you for taking notes for me. I had an upset stomach last night and haven't felt well since."

The man smiled and handed him the notebook, saying, "It's alright, I just finished recording everything."

The man took it, looked down and flipped through it, "Is everything normal?"

"everything is normal."

“Alright,” he said, stopping his gaze and leading the group toward the experimental base. “You’ve taken quite detailed notes. There are only two people in the danger zone. Just go in and check their vital signs and respiratory system. If there’s nothing wrong, there’s no need to record the data. Empty rooms don’t need to be checked either. But since you’re new here, it’s good for you to familiarize yourself with the procedures. I’ll take you next time.”

The man smiled slightly, then, a step behind, softly replied, "Okay."

On the other side, after separating from the man, Shen Manzhi walked around the circular corridor. The other areas also had the same long corridors, with wards on both sides. Presumably, they were not full, and some rooms were empty with the doors open.

I wonder if these empty rooms might also contain hidden corridors, like "danger zones".

The basement is already quite secluded, so why build a secret passage in the room?

As Shen Manzhi was pondering the reason, a person in a white suit walked over from the opposite side of the circular corridor, also holding a notebook with a brown paper cover.

Shen Manzhi continued walking forward unhurriedly, brushing past the person. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the other person enter the corridor of the safe zone, skip the nearest empty room, and directly open the next door and go in.

She stopped and turned slightly to the side.

Aren't you going to check empty rooms?
Shen Manzhi pressed herself against the wall, mentally counting the time from when the person entered the room, closed the door, and checked it until they came out. It was about three minutes. When the person entered the room again, she lightly stepped into the empty room.

After carefully examining the walls, they found no hidden doors similar to those in the danger zone.

She slipped into other empty rooms, but still couldn't find any hidden doors.

Are they only found in dangerous areas?
She left the safe zone before the other person came out, and after only a few steps, another person came towards her, pulling a cart full of boxes. "Hey, can you help me out?"

Shen Manzhi paused for half a second, then went around to the back of the stacked boxes.

The box was completely sealed, and there were no labels on the outside, so it was impossible to tell what was inside.

It was a woman. She took a deep breath and spoke in a gentle, kind voice, "Are you done? Which district did you inspect?"

Shen Manzhi lowered her voice, "Danger zone."

“No wonder,” the other person chuckled. “I heard there are only two people over there, making the checkup quick and easy.”

Two people?
However, in the corridor behind the hidden door of the empty room, there are "people" in every iron cage.

Shen Manzhi had a vague feeling that something was wrong. She followed the woman pushing her things along the circular corridor and stopped at the entrance of the central experimental base.

The woman pressed the green button on the wall and stood at the door waiting for someone.

After a while, the automatic door opened, and a man in a sterile suit came out with a form. He didn't let the two of them in, but stood at the door and raised his hand to count the number of boxes to check the form.

Shen Manzhi looked at the man without showing any emotion. The only difference between him and the others was that the man's sterile gown had a name tag attached to the front, with his name on it and the words "Researcher" below.

"That's fine, thank you both for your hard work."

The woman beside him smiled and nodded.

After the man finished counting, he took the cart, pulled it inside, and closed the door.

The researchers wearing name tags and the people walking around the circular corridor for inspections seem to have different levels of authority.

Shen Manzhi suddenly remembered that the person in the safe zone hadn't checked the empty rooms.

She stumbled into the corridor behind the hidden door of an empty room in the danger zone, and there she met the man.

They weren't wearing name tags.

"Let's go, let's go upstairs to the lobby when we're done," the woman next to her smiled at her, "We should be able to get off work early today."

Is that all?

Shen Manzhi naturally couldn't go back to the hall with her and leave together, so she made an excuse to go to the restroom and walked in the opposite direction.

She wanted to check the other empty rooms in the danger zone to see if they also had secret doors, and whether more "experimental subjects" were being held behind those doors.

Just as the “danger zone” was about to appear, a sudden alarm sounded, echoing throughout the basement.

Shen Manzhi had a bad feeling. She stopped in her tracks, but a lot of people in white suits suddenly appeared around her.

Some people pushed and shoved each other as they hurriedly ran in the direction the woman had just gone. If they remembered correctly, that was the management area, which led directly to the upstairs lobby.

Some others ran past Shen Manzhi from behind. Unlike the panicked people, they were more composed. Shen Manzhi dodged to the side and saw the name tags they wore, heading straight for the "danger zone".

It seems something has happened in the danger zone, and it's behind the secret door.

"Get out of the way! Get out of here!"

The circular corridor was narrow, and the two groups of people ran towards their respective destinations. It was indeed somewhat unusual for Shen Manzhi to stay here.

Even the people in management uniforms who came out of the experimental base behind her were somewhat surprised to see her, "What's going on..."

Shen Manzhi lowered her head, preparing to run into the lobby with the crowd, but her wrist was grabbed. She looked up and saw a tall figure blocking her way. The man apologized to the administrator, "She's new and inexperienced. I'll take her away right away!"

Upon hearing this sound, Shen Manzhi couldn't help but grind her teeth. Forced to run towards the management area corridor, she turned a corner and found herself in the upstairs lobby.

You can't go up there.

Shen Manzhi knew he was an outsider, and their headcount check would definitely expose them.

She glanced up at the man's back, and taking advantage of the crowd on the stairs, she fell two steps behind, broke free of his hand, and blended into a group of people in white suits.

After being shaken off, the man slowed down, but was then pushed forward by the person behind him until the person was no longer in the hall.

He frowned and clicked his tongue slightly, pushed aside the people blocking the doorway and took a few steps forward. Almost everyone had come out. He stood at the top of the stairs and looked at the dark emergency exit on the other side.

Shen Manzhi cannot appear in the lobby of Zone C for the time being, but she cannot stay for long either, because it is uncertain whether the accident in the basement will lead to a major inspection of the entire Zone C.

She leaned against the wall and went through the events in the basement. The emergency evacuation indicator light at her feet emitted a faint green light, and the rustling of her cleanroom suit masked the other sounds. Shen Manzhi suddenly stopped moving.

Extremely faint footsteps were slowly approaching her on the steps.

As she arched her back, she glanced toward the source of the sound. In her dim, hazy vision, she saw a pair of legs in a white suit. Then, a force rushed toward her, swift and precise.

Shen Manzhi leaned back to avoid him, but the man stepped forward, precisely grabbing her leg, or perhaps kneeling on one knee and pressing down on her waist.

His strength and hand shape are like a man's.

A low groan escaped into the hallway as Shen Manzhi bumped her head on the emergency exit sign. Under the eerie green light, the fierceness in her eyes intensified.

She slammed her elbow back against the man's inner arm, dissipating the pressure on her waist. Then, like a fish in a sand dune, she rolled and flipped over, using the twist of her body to hook her other leg onto the man's shoulder and brush against his cheek.

That force was also considerable.

Feeling the pressure on her ankle loosen a bit, Shen Manzhi smiled slightly, then quickly pulled her foot out and pushed the person back hard.

Behind the man were stairs. He lost his balance and leaned back. His right leg stepped back first to slow his fall, but he still stumbled and rolled a few steps. When he looked up again, all that was left was a faint ray of light before the emergency exit door closed.

The psychological room on the second floor, number 3, was the safe spot that Baihu had left for her.

Shen Manzhi locked the door behind her, took off her hood, went over and opened the window. She estimated that the distance from here to the ground was more than ten meters. She pulled the curtain down with all her might, then tore a slit in her protective suit, took out the dagger from her waist, and cut the curtain into two strips, tying them together.

She did this with almost effortless ease. She tied the other end to the leg of the desk, but then the door clicked open.

Shen Manzhi pulled down her hood to cover her face. She had expected the person to catch up, but she didn't expect that the other person also had a key card to the psychology room.

Realizing she was about to run away, the man quickly closed the door and grabbed a coat rack from the wall, smashing it at her.

Shen Manzhi moved aside and used the curtain to block the flying coat rack. In those few seconds, the man had already rushed over.

He braced himself on the desk with one hand, swept his long leg across Shen Manzhi's waist, forcing her to take two steps back, and then immediately leaped over the solid wood table to land and pin the woman against the wall.

The cars parked downstairs in Block C all had their headlights on, and the light cast a slanted shadow on the wall through the window. He grabbed one of the woman's wrists and used his other arm to seal her throat, tearing off her already loose hood. In the dim light, he could see the woman's superior facial features.

He suddenly smiled, but still kept his voice low, "Got you."

When the man pressed Shen Manzhi down, the long curtains left a red mark on her palm. She looked at him expressionlessly, and slashed the dagger she had been holding towards his waist and abdomen.

A flash of silver light appeared, and the man, already aware of the danger, automatically stepped back. Shen Manzhi bent her knee and pushed him back two steps. She tightened the curtain strip and circled around the man halfway, tripping him to the ground. The desk was also pulled slightly by the weight of the object.

Shen Manzhi bent her knee and thrust it hard into his chest, then pressed the dagger directly against his neck. However, the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her head down, causing her to fall and press herself against him almost prostrate.

At such a close distance, if it weren't for Shen Manzhi's dagger still held against the man's neck, disrupting this moment of romance and leaving only a strong smell of gunpowder.

A knocking sound came from outside the door.

Shen Manzhi stopped resisting.

Is anyone inside? Is anyone inside?

"The psychologist isn't here, so how could someone be here?"

There are two people talking.

"I just heard a sound, and it felt like it was coming from inside... Why did you come out?"

The man's voice suddenly changed halfway through his sentence, as if the door next door had opened. The conversation was a little quiet, and Shen Manzhi could no longer hear it. But if she remembered correctly, the next ward was 211, the little boy's room.

He should have heard the fighting here a long time ago.

Shen Manzhi lowered her eyes and found that the man was looking at her with great interest.

He heard the commotion outside before she did, so he was willing to endure the sharp knife at his neck to force her to quiet down in this position.

If he were from the hospital, he would have definitely brought people in, but he didn't.

The two were very close, and she lowered her voice, "You're not from the hospital."

The man's eyes were smiling.

"Why don't I call them in and see who gets arrested?"

As he spoke, he held Shen Manzhi's wrist, and his fingertips suddenly caressed the inside of her wrist.

Shen Manzhi's brow twitched, and he pressed down with the dagger, the tip piercing through the suit and heading straight for his neck.

The man's legs were free. He rolled to the side and switched positions with the person on top of him. The dagger pierced his flesh and then ripped open his suit.

Before Shen Manzhi's back hit the ground, she straightened up and reached out to tear off the man's hood.

His hair was soaking wet and hung between his brow bones. His deep eyes held a familiar resemblance to his own, yet he still had a face that was incredibly irritating.

She rarely showed any disgust, saying, "What bad luck."

"How can you be so rude? We're all family. You should be happy to see me."

Qin Juan smiled lazily, but his grip remained firm, pressing her wrist down and removing the blade from her neck.

Shen Manzhi, having been subdued, simply stopped struggling, lay on her back on the ground, and looked at him indifferently, "Every time I see you, nothing good ever comes of it."

Qin Juan curled his lips, "Then you should be glad you saw me this time. You think you could have escaped by yourself after the accident in the basement?"

"I would have left this place without you."

"You think the surveillance cameras are just for show?"

"Do you think I came in unprepared?"

"..."

Sharp-tongued.

Qin Juan felt a little itchy, and he narrowed his eyes slightly, "So what are you doing here?"

"What are you doing here again?"

"I am a caregiver here."

Shen Manzhi suddenly realized, "The military region's heir is working part-time here?"

Qin Juan's brow twitched. "Don't flatter me like that."

Shen Manzhi sneered, "They've come to infiltrate."

A hint of amusement flashed in Qin Juan's eyes. "You can't just say things like that. I'm just an ordinary volunteer caregiver."

Although Shen Manzhi was at a disadvantage, she remained calm and composed. She glanced at the suit in front of the other person and said slowly, "The secret door behind the empty room in the danger zone is not within the scope of a regular caregiver's inspection. What were you doing going in there?"

Qin Juan raised an eyebrow. "Do you know enough? How do you know I wasn't just sent there for the checkup?"

Shen Manzhi looked at him coldly as he tried to argue, "There are only two patients in the danger zone who need to be checked by ordinary caregivers. You shouldn't have known about the existence of the secret door at all. Only the researchers in the experimental base can enter and exit there normally."

After all, when the alarm sounded tonight, the regular caregivers all ran upstairs to the lobby, as if taking emergency shelter. But the researchers at the base rushed to the danger zone, more like they were dealing with an accident.

Qin Juan was somewhat surprised, but this time he didn't deny it. "How did you find that place?"

It was purely by chance.

But Shen Manzhi couldn't say that. Her eyes were full of defiance. "Mind your own business."

Qin Juan was speechless; he truly felt that this person…

“So what if I am?” He raised an eyebrow and leaned closer. “At least I have a status here, but you don’t. Why don’t we try and see if they believe me or you?”

Shen Manzhi's eyes darkened slightly, and he remained silent.

Qin Juan curled his lips. "Why don't you beg me, or tell me, what are you doing here?"

Shen Manzhi suddenly laughed, "What are you doing here? I'm here just because you miss me."

Qin Juan remained expressionless, restraining her hands, bending his knees to stand up, and lifting her up to walk out. "I think you prefer to stay here."

(End of this chapter)