What Scent Did He Use?

On the principle of not meddling in other people's business.

An Zhiwu quickly headed back to her residential complex after buying her things.

Then she heard a woman's piercing scream. "Ah! Murder! Murder!"

An Zhiwu jolted in fright and looked across the road.

A fat man lay on the ground, clutching his abdomen, with a pool of blood beside him.

The woman's screams drew over many nearby passersby.

When they saw the scene, they awkwardly pulled their heads back.

An Zhiwu swallowed, took out her phone, and dialed 120.

"Hello, I'm at 36 Hexi Road. Someone has stabbed a person across the road from me..."

After hanging up.

She didn't dare go over, so she stood by the road outside the convenience store and looked across.

The two convenience store employees also poked their heads out to watch.

A little while later, an ambulance marked "Zhikang Hospital" came driving over, its siren wailing.

A police car followed behind the ambulance, its siren blaring too.

Someone must have called the police.

An Zhiwu didn't dare keep watching and jogged into the residential complex.

It wasn't until she got home that she realized her legs were trembling involuntarily.

She opened her juice and took a few sips. Only when the icy liquid flowed down her esophagus and into her stomach did An Zhiwu feel herself calm down.

It was the first time she had seen something like that, and the thought still frightened her.

It seemed she really shouldn't go out at night anymore.

That night, An Zhiwu couldn't sleep.

She tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

When she finally managed to drift off, she kept waking up.

Then, the next day, when she woke up again, it was already ten in the morning.

An Zhiwu got up and put on some light makeup.

Then she made herself something simple to eat.

And set off for Lufeng Media.

An Zhiwu had seen Wang Wenbo's photo before, so when she reached the front desk, she went straight to the point. "Hello, I'm the photographer who arranged to work with your photography team today. My name is An Zhiwu, and I'm looking for Wang Wenbo."

The receptionist made an internal call and gave An Zhiwu an answer. "Mr. Wang and the others are on the second floor. You can go straight up."

"Thank you."

When she reached the second floor, An Zhiwu spotted Wang Wenbo at once.

The photography team going to Zhikang today was there too.

Wang Wenbo saw An Zhiwu as well. He said something to the rest of the group and walked over. "Hello, you're the friend Qingqing referred, right?"

Qingqing?

Hadn't they broken up?

"Yes, hello. I'm An Zhiwu." An Zhiwu held out her hand.

Wang Wenbo shook her hand like a gentleman. "I'm Wang Wenbo. You've probably heard my name before."

An Zhiwu nodded.

She certainly had. For a while before the breakup, Shen Songqing had cursed him every day.

Calling him a damn man and the like.

After greeting Wang Wenbo, An Zhiwu joined their photography team.

Zhikang was City A's most prestigious hospital.

It had decided to shoot a promotional video this time as part of its plans to go international.

As she listened to Wang Wenbo go over the key points one by one.

An Zhiwu felt that Shen Songqing really had far too much confidence in her.

She only retouched photos and edited videos.

You could grab a whole handful of people on the street with better photography skills than hers.

She had no idea how Shen Songqing had managed to praise her against her conscience.

Now that she was here, she might as well make the best of it.

Since she had already decided to do this, she intended to do it as well as she could.

At one in the afternoon.

An Zhiwu boarded Lufeng Media's Coaster business minibus with the rest of the group.

When they arrived at Zhikang Hospital.

Perhaps because the hospital had been notified beforehand.

As soon as they got off the bus, a member of the hospital's administrative staff briefed them on what they would be filming and the details involved.

Which places they could film and which they couldn't.

Which people they needed to focus on.

An Zhiwu quickly jotted it all down in a little notebook.

At the end, the staff member made a request. "Our hospital has another promotional hook this time: a star doctor. This star doctor is Dr. Song Yihe. He's handsome and highly skilled, and he'll look great on camera! Tomorrow, please give him a few extra shots. You need to highlight his good looks and his outstanding medical skills!"

An Zhiwu was speechless...

Highlighting his looks was easy, but how exactly were they supposed to capture someone's medical skills on camera?

Song Yihe, Song Yihe.

Why was Song Yihe's shadow everywhere in her life ever since she met him?

Was this what they called Murphy's law?

Wang Wenbo had already agreed. "Of course, of course. Your hospital must have hired us because you trust Lufeng. We'll certainly shoot the promotional video according to your requirements!"

After speaking with the hospital's administrative staff.

Wang Wenbo told everyone to scout the locations.

Scouting meant familiarizing themselves with the places the staff member had just said they needed to focus on.

And also with the places they weren't allowed to film.

To welcome this shoot, Zhikang.

Had clearly made ample preparations.

Glass polished to a shine, floors spotless as new.

Even the young nurses had been given newly tailored uniforms.

An Zhiwu was fairly familiar with Zhikang. She walked around, stopping here and there, and made notes in her little notebook when necessary.

She didn't see Song Yihe today, though.

When An Zhiwu reached the inpatient department, she discovered that the beds that had been in the corridor were all gone.

Only the spacious, clean corridor remained.

Strange, where were the patients? Where had they all been moved?

Hand sanitizer in different scents had also been hung outside every ward.

Mint, lemon, lavender, orange...

An Zhiwu suddenly remembered the gossip she had overheard from the young nurses at the nurses' station last time. I wonder which scent Song Yihe usually uses?

When he took me home last time, I don't think I smelled any fragrance on him~

Realizing her thoughts had wandered, An Zhiwu paused for a moment and turned her attention back to the hospital.

The same two young nurses were at the inpatient department's nurses' station. When they saw An Zhiwu holding a camera, they asked curiously, "Aren't you that patient who came looking for Dr. Song last time?"

An Zhiwu nodded. "That's me."

"Are you here to help our hospital shoot a promotional video this time?"

"Yes, filming officially starts at nine tomorrow morning. We're here to familiarize ourselves with the place today."

Hearing that, the young nurse looked around, and after making sure no one was paying attention to her, beckoned An Zhiwu over.

An Zhiwu moved closer to the nurses' station.

The young nurse made a request in a low voice. "When you're filming tomorrow, could you film me and Dr. Song together? I mean, have us appear in the same shot."

"I can't promise that. After all, you can't be by his side every moment."

The young nurse pressed a piece of chocolate into An Zhiwu's hand. "Please! Tomorrow, when Dr. Song comes over to our nurses' station, help get me and him in the same frame. I promise, the next time you come in as an inpatient, I'll definitely save you the best bed!"

Pfft...