"I heard there's a flu outbreak down south, and people have died?"
At the magazine company, everyone was eating boxed lunches when Xu Lin asked, "Good buddy, do you have any solid information?"
"It's pretty serious. They're saying fumigating with white vinegar and taking Banlangen can prevent the flu. Everyone's scrambling to buy it." Wang Yan shoveled down his food.
"My family's been buying it too." Xie Qiao asked nervously, "Can it really keep it away?"
Wang Yan looked at her as if she were intellectually challenged. "What do you think?"
"I think it's better to believe it than not." Lu Qianran said. "My family stocked up on quite a lot too."
"Banlangen can be effective as treatment, but it can't prevent it. And even as treatment, it depends on the situation. Its effects are clearing heat and toxins, cooling the blood, and soothing the throat—it treats heat-related illnesses. This flu really is a heat-related illness, but its effectiveness varies from person to person. Besides, if you catch a cold, get a fever, and have a runny nose, whether it's even the same flu strain as the one down south is another question."
Xu Lin sighed. "Jingcheng seems to be getting nervous too. Do you think something's going to happen?"
Wang Ying shot her a sideways glance. "Do you know what Jingcheng is? Anywhere can have trouble, but not here. If we're talking about it, this is the place with the strongest security."
"Don't say useless things. People like you won't have problems. No, wait, it's a disease—none of you have any special immunity. If it really comes, you won't escape either. You just get higher priority and a better chance of surviving, while the rest of us wait to die." Xu Lin curled her lip and let out a