Contract

Two days later, Huai Shi finished observation and was discharged.

The doctors of the Continuance Institute lined up and applauded, warmly seeing him off in an exceedingly strange atmosphere. It was as though they were celebrating a prisoner's release and hoping he would turn over a new leaf.

Still, it was already good enough that he had not been sent into one of the Continuance Institute's VIP private rooms. Huai Shi did not dare be too picky.

He had not known how he got there, but on the way back, he took the Rainbow Bridge directly.

He went in one step from Eternal Group's chain border medical facility to the border reception office of the Unified Bureau's Yingzhou branch.

Amid the bustling crowd, Huai Shi stood out conspicuously—a young man in a baseball cap with a saddlebag slung over his shoulder, looking like a Yesterday Express deliveryman dropping off takeout.

While queuing at the office reception desk, he lowered his head and scrolled through the messages on his phone. When his turn came, he looked up at the young receptionist and said, "I have a one o'clock appointment this afternoon with your department's Minister Hanyuu."

The receptionist's polite smile stiffened for a moment. She looked at the information on the screen, then at Huai Shi, and confirmed, "Sir, your name?"

"Huai Shi."

Huai Shi slid over his ID.

For a moment, the atmosphere changed, yet it seemed as though nothing had changed.

It was as though someone had accidentally hit the pause button. Soon, the scene began flowing again. The noise continued, and even the footsteps on both sides became noticeably more hurried.

The clerk did not make Huai Shi wait long. After efficiently arranging his access clearance, she returned his ID with both hands.

"The elevator on the left