Authority one level up can crush people to death. He nodded reluctantly.
That evening, Hu Jiasheng worked overtime until midnight again, clearly assigning responsibilities to the four people.
With their consent, they dispersed the next day and busied themselves.
Hu Jiasheng took the relatively economically backward and poorer old city district for himself.
Since he would be staying here for about a month, the cost of staying in a hotel every day was too high. On his first day in the city, he found an agent and rented a house before starting work.
Without a car, he spent a lot of time on transportation every day, so Hu Jiasheng was very busy.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe him as leaving early and returning late, working from dawn till dusk.
After half a month of hard work, he became completely familiar with the area, and the work in his hands became smoother and smoother. Hu Jiasheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
On this day, a torrential rain fell. The weather forecast said Suzhou had encountered the heaviest downpour in 20 years, reminding citizens not to go out without reason.
He had intended to take a day off at home in such weather, but he woke up with a rash.
Dense red spots covered him everywhere except his face and neck.
His throat was dry and painful, so he had to go to the hospital in the rain.
Before leaving, he tried to call a car online via his phone, but after three attempts, no driver accepted the order.
Looking at the accumulated water and the driving rain outside the window, he thought he would try one last time.
If no one accepted, he wouldn't go. It didn't hurt or itch anyway, and delaying by a day wouldn't kill him.
As fate would have it, it was precisely like that.
The last attempt, the order was assigned to a nearby driver.
Looking at the vehicle information, it was a white BYD electric sedan, and the driver was a woman.
The driver was very close to him. The mobile app showed their distance was only 0.9 kilometers, a two-minute drive.
He got out of the building and had just reached the entrance of the stairwell when his phone rang. It was a young female voice.
"Hello, I'm a driver from Huaxiao Cat ride-hailing app. Where are you getting picked up?"
"I see you. Go forward five meters, turn the car around. I'm at the stairwell entrance."
Hu Jiasheng got into the car smoothly and sat in the back seat.
The driver wore a mask, revealing only a pair of young, bright eyes. She confirmed his identity again and then started driving.
"Where are you going, sir?"
"People's Hospital."
"Which People's Hospital? Which one are you going to?"
He said casually, "The closest one."
"The closest one is Community Hospital."
"I meant the People's Hospital closest to here."
"Rumble..." Thunder boomed in the sky.
The driver glanced at him in the rearview mirror. "Why don't you go to the community hospital? Even the Fifth People's Hospital, the closest one, is several blocks away."
The water on the road was too deep. Even at a slow speed, the car was almost submerged up to the wheels.
Seeing her driving cautiously, Hu Jiasheng didn't want to cause too much trouble. "Okay, thank you."
"You're welcome, it's my duty."
There was no further conversation. The driver took him directly to the entrance of the outpatient building.
The steps leading into the lobby were submerged several layers deep, making it difficult to see the path underfoot. The rain was pouring down like a waterfall, and he had forgotten to bring an umbrella in his haste.
With one step, he would be completely soaked in less than two seconds.
Hu Jiasheng frowned, looked out the window, and was about to brace himself and dash out when the driver suddenly turned back and handed him an umbrella.
"Wait, take this."
It was a very clean sky-blue parasol with black lace trim, clearly a woman's.
Hu Jiasheng took it and thanked her. "I'm afraid I won't be able to return it later. I'll pay you for it. How much?"