"Speaking of which," Xu Tong steered the topic toward his main mission, "how would I go about getting to the second floor of Qingcheng Hospital? I'm a full-time employee now, so I should be able to go up there, right?" "Go to the second floor?" Pierre paused, "Why do you want to go to the second floor?" Xu Tong couldn't possibly say directly that his main mission was to go to the second floor. He didn't even know what was up there, so he could only say in a vague way, "I just want to go up and take a look. I've been to the first floor and the basement, and the second floor is the only place I haven't been. I'm just curious." Pierre took a puff of his cigarette, "You're not qualified to go to the second floor. It's not a place that ordinary employees like you can go." Hearing this, Xu Tong couldn't help but feel a little curious, "What's on the second floor? It feels so mysterious, which makes me even more interested." Pierre looked at Xu Tong with a strange look, "Why are you so interested in the second floor? What exactly are you trying to do?" "I'm just curious, don't be so suspicious of me. Do you really need to doubt my character?" Hearing this, the suspicion in Pierre's eyes deepened, "Do you even have any character? Do you think I didn't hear what you said when you were threatening that little excavator in the operating room?" After a moment's hesitation, Pierre still said, "But it's okay to tell you. I haven't been to the second floor many times either. The person who stays on the second floor is the leader of our Qingcheng Hospital. Only he is qualified to live on the second floor of Qingcheng Hospital. No one else is even qualified to go up there." So, the entire second floor is just for that so-called "leader"?
Xu Tong continued to ask, "Then how can I get to the second floor?" He really didn't understand why Xu Tong kept wanting to go to the second floor, but even if Pierre asked, Xu Tong wouldn't answer, or would just use perfunctory words to prevaricate. So he was too lazy to ask more, and said according to what he knew, "I don't know. So far, I've only had the chance to go to the second floor when the leader on the second floor called me up. Usually, I just run back and forth between the inpatient department on the first floor and the morgue in the basement." "I guess, other than when the leader needs to see you, you'd only have a chance to go to the second floor if you need to file a report and have the leader see you in person, right?" Xu Tong continued to ask, "What kind of situations require filing a report?" This question really stumped Pierre a bit. He thought for a moment and said, "I'm not too sure, but at least you need to file a report when a corpse appears. But you just encountered one, and even though we filed a report, the leader didn't let us go upstairs. Perhaps something more serious has to happen for the leader upstairs to react." After listening to what Pierre said, Xu Tong nodded, and had already quietly conceived a very perfect plan. "So, it's very troublesome to go to the second floor," Pierre shrugged, "Just stay on the first floor and work honestly. Maybe one day our leader will see how diligent you are and call you upstairs, who knows?" "No, that's too slow, I have to go upstairs immediately!" Pierre was a little speechless, "Didn't I tell you? Unless something very serious happens to Qingcheng Hospital, the leader won't even bother with you. Tell me, do you have any ideas?" Xu Tong looked determined and said, "I'm going to resign!" "That's right, you should just work honestly, why do you have to... wait, what did you say?" Pierre was still talking to himself, but when he heard the second half of Xu Tong's sentence, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, "What are you going to do??" "I said, I'm going to resign!" Xu Tong opened his mouth and said each word clearly, afraid that Pierre wouldn't hear him clearly, "Re-sign! Do you understand?" Pierre made a strange noise, "Are you crazy? Why are you resigning for no reason? Do you know how many people are breaking their heads trying to squeeze into Qingcheng Hospital to work? These people don't have a chance, and such a good opportunity has fallen on you, but you don't cherish it?" "Cherish my ass! You tell the leader right now, if you don't let me go to the second floor, I'll fucking resign!" Xu Tong looked like he was demanding his salary, "We might as well just quit!" Pierre's already twisted and deformed face looked even more hideous after hearing what Xu Tong said, "Why do you think that your resignation will alarm the leader on the second floor? Do you think you're something special?" Xu Tong squinted at Pierre, "Are you sure? First of all, there are only two employees in our Qingcheng Hospital. If one of them leaves, it's equivalent to losing half of the human resources." "Secondly, you should have seen my performance today. Whether it's surgery, communicating with patients, medical knowledge, or even helping patients deal with those troublesome requests, I can handle it. You could even say that our hospital can operate normally even if there's only one employee, unlike you, who actually managed to create a corpse!" The previous words were still within the acceptable range for Pierre. But when he heard Xu Tong's last sentence, "unlike you, who actually managed to create a corpse," Pierre really felt like he was being attacked.
"You bastard... you're actually attacking me with the mistakes I made!" Xu Tong crossed his arms, looking like he didn't care about anything, "Are you getting anxious? I'm just stating the facts, why are you getting anxious? I'm not fabricating facts!" "You!" This sentence was simply a fatal blow to Pierre. Indeed, Xu Tong was just stating the facts, but lies don't hurt people, the truth is the sharpest knife. Fabricating facts will only make people laugh, but if you say something that others don't want to face, that will really drive them crazy. "Fine, I'll ask for you!" Pierre really didn't want to continue talking to Xu Tong, "I'll let you understand how naive your idea is. Even when there was only me, Qingcheng Hospital kept operating. I don't believe it! You can't be more awesome than me on your first day of work!" Saying that, Pierre once again climbed onto the nurse station's desk and operated the computer. Xu Tong's gaze was directed towards the depths of the corridor. "Huh?" For some reason, Xu Tong suddenly had a very strange feeling. The inpatient department corridor in his sight seemed to have some subtle differences from the inpatient department corridor he had seen before. Just as Xu Tong was observing the details of the corridor, Pierre pressed the enter key at the nurse station. Then, he turned around and spoke to Xu Tong. "You can go to the second floor, but there's one condition." Pierre's face didn't look good. Although his skin was already a bit sallow and difficult to recognize, Xu Tong could still see it. Xu Tong asked, "What condition?" Pierre swallowed. "I have to go up with you too."