After hanging up the phone, Lin Xianfu went to take a three day vacation. The leave was approved quickly, and when he was leaving, Xu Youcai even patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "Rest well, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Go see a doctor before it's too late if you're not feeling well, and never give a small problem time to develop into a big one!"
"Uh-huh. I took leave just to go see a doctor." Lin Xianfu's impression of him changed slightly, and after waving goodbye, he left the clinic.
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In the past few days since finishing the medical checkup and returning home, Lin Xianfu had tried every method he could think of to suppress the increasingly raging animalistic nature. The effects were all unremarkable.
Not only that, but the hunger also showed signs of intensifying as the number of attempts rose, as if it had also raised its tolerance level. This was an invisible tug-of-war, with desire currently prevailing, which directly led to the fact that when he saw the blood, Lin Xianfu appeared abnormal, and the shell that insisted on masquerading as a "human" finally cracked.
He may not be able to hold out much longer.
He longed to eat, wanted to hunt, wanted to eat meat rich in high protein... It seems that this is the only way to ease the pain.
Based on this state that could not be ignored, and for the time being, there was nothing that could be done about it, Lin Xianfu decided to go see the "human body's difficult disease expert", Zhou Ruoxu. To see what he could suggest.
The appointed time was Saturday morning, and as usual, Lin Xianfu woke up early and took a cold shower.
As he wiped the drops of water from his body, Lin Xianfu, with his wet hair, got a good look at his upper body, which had been skinny a few days ago, in front of the mirror.
This was the most intuitive change in the past few days, and this process of change was a very unique experience, during which he felt that power was constantly rushing out of his body.
That power flowed through all the meridians of his body, and the muscles would stop briefly when it did, polishing their cores to their most perfect state in the process. This process was exceptionally painful, while the changes were also very significant, and when the excess tiredness in his body was swept away, the upper half of his body gained a beauty like that of an ancient Greek sculpture.
Every muscle line below the collarbone was full of strength, the contour of the abdomen was blocky, and the whole person appeared to be very robust without being burly, with every muscle having just the right size and shape.
There was another piece of good news about that - that angry black hair lurking under his pores had paused in its growth since the end of the physical examination that day. So the surface of his current skin was still very smooth and healthy in color, and from the looks of it, it was still an ordinary human.
Lin Xianfu was very satisfied with this, consoling himself by saying: putting aside the inner core, just having the outer skin look like a human is also a kind of smooth manifestation, right, let's just say it's a 95% success?
Put on the clothes, lock the door, Lin Xianfu quickly came to the place agreed with Zhou Ruoxu.
That is a cafe in a remote location, Lin Xianfu found a corner and sat down, ordered a cup of iced Americano, while smelling the aroma of coffee between the nostrils, listening to gossip and do not want to listen to gossip, quietly waiting for Zhou Ruoxu's arrival.
And did not wait long, Lin Xianfu frowned, smelled the smell of moldy cheese like being buried in the pile of rotting corpses for three days and three nights ..... It was Zhou Ruoxu who came.
I don't know if it's because his sense of smell has become more developed or because of what Zhou Ruoxu has done in the past few days, but this stench is even more stinky than before, and it's even harder to top.
Lin Xianfu quickly picked up his coffee and took a sip, taking a few deep breaths in order to maintain his composure amidst Zhou Ruoxu's approaching pungent odor, and still maintaining his surface immobility to greet him.
"Hello, Mr. Lin, you came earlier than I expected."
Zhou Ruoxu took a seat opposite Lin Xianfu and ordered himself a glass of iced Americano, then seeing Lin Xianfu's "fidgety, frowning" expression, he said with concern, "What's wrong? You don't look too good, do you feel uncomfortable now?"
"Nothing, maybe just feeling a bit stuffy."
Lin Xianfu moved a little bit, moving away from his front and sitting on the window side, taking a few deep breaths towards the window.
Zhou Ruoxu didn't care about his dissimilarity and just waited quietly. Waiting for 5 minutes after the coffee was brought over by the waiter, Zhou Ruoxu took a small sip and opened his mouth to say, "Before I give you a solution to your problem, I would like to know something about you first, please answer truthfully."
"Okay." Lin Xianfu looked sideways, only to realize that Zhou Ruoxu was still wearing that thick white coat to come out and meet with himself even on his day off, his private time when he didn't have to go to work. The only difference was that the license plate had been removed.
It's quite dedicated. Lin Xianfu thought.
"Very well, I'm going to ask questions now. Given that this is a public place, I'll try to pick questions that aren't that private." Zhou Ruoxu put down his coffee cup, pushed the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose, and continued to ask, "Do you have any smoking experience?"
"No, I don't drink alcohol, sodas are occasional."
"Well, any history of chronic illness?"
"No. The worst illness I've experienced since I was a kid was just a bad cold."
"Any habit of staying up late a lot?"
"No. I am bound to go to sleep at 12 o'clock at the latest every night."
Not bad, in the face of Lin Xianfu's answer, Zhou Ruoxu nodded frequently and complimented, "I must say, it's really surprising, Mr. Lin. You actually don't have a single one of the fetishes and minor problems that modern people more or less have."
At the end, he also sighed, "What a healthy body ...."
What's so great about that? I haven't talked about the object mile, invariably for the society of 30 million singles to let out a valuable opportunity, this is not also have to lament two sentences? Unknown Lin Xianfu spit in his heart.
"Since there are no bad hobbies and no habit of staying up late, the physical examination is also all normal. Mr. Lin, where do you feel uncomfortable in your body?"
Zhou Ruoxu suddenly leaned his body forward, and with a pair of eyes that glowed with green light, he locked eyes with Lin Xianfu and slowly recited a sentence whose details could not be heard.
The moment he heard this murmur, Lin Xianfu's spirit felt in a trance for a moment, and was about to ask what happened to your eyes, but the thought disappeared in an instant, no longer able to think of anything to say.
His body suddenly felt weak, and his strength was quietly disappearing !
What was this? A trick like hypnotism? Lin Xianfu was surprised in his heart and wanted to speak, but it was as if he had forgotten how to speak!
He fell into an odd, disoriented state, and then even more bizarrely, after this state lasted for about 5 seconds, his body's lost strength gradually returned, and everything was back to normal... Lin Xianfu guessed that it should be the metamorphosis caused by this body that enabled it to escape this weird hypnosis.
The stench between his nostrils and the feeling left in his body after the hypnosis were all warnings of Zhou Ruoxu's abnormality. So Lin Xianfu planned to use the trick to disguise himself first and see what Zhou Ruoxu wanted to do.
Zhou Ruoxu, who failed to see through his acting skills, showed a demeanor of having everything under control, calmly took a sip of coffee, looked at the opposite side of Lin Xianfu, who was dazed and "in a trance", and smiled and said, "Next we'll have to change places to talk."
"However, before that, you can first talk to me about what exactly you encountered. Based on the words you describe, I will give you the appropriate 'diagnosis and treatment'."
--As well, you want to know right. Then I'll tell you.
Lin Xianfu said with a trance-like, slightly anxious expression:
"Please, you must help me ..... Doctor!"