Chapter 1: The Inner Ghost

(Thank you for the "law" and "darknight" tips, ask for collections, ask for recommendations, and demons and monsters will appear soon...... Quite rhyming)

Los Angeles, San Bernardino County (san_bernadino_county), Splenier Laboratory.

As usual, Lisa Marcos walked briskly into the medical area with a large bouquet of flowers. Aunt Maria has been in a much better state of mind lately, and she spends a few hours a day awake and even able to talk and laugh with them.

According to Dr. Robert Rivers, the head of the laboratory, the treatment has indeed worked so far, and the condition has been relieved, and overall it is relatively optimistic. This made both Lisa and her mother very happy, and she came to visit Aunt Mary every day to talk to her.

During these days, almost everyone in the laboratory knew this **OSS beautiful girlfriend, and her enthusiasm, cheerfulness, gentleness and kindness quickly won everyone's love, especially several middle-aged female researchers in the laboratory, who almost squinted when they saw it as their own daughters. Of course, those young researchers can only hide their love in their hearts, and no one dares to fight with the boss. But just by looking at it, they also think it's pleasing to the eye.

On the way to the ward, the researchers and even the security guards greeted Lisa with a smile, and she responded with a sweet smile.

"Aunt Maria, you look much better today! What did you eat for breakfast? ”

Maria happened to be awake, Lisa kissed her cheek affectionately, and then took out the slightly wilted flowers from the bedside vase and replaced them with fresh, dense stars dotted among the violets and calla lilies in her own hand, which looked vibrant and brightened the mood.

"Good morning, Dr. French." Lisa greeted a middle-aged man busy in the ward, Dr. Calder French was also a key member of the laboratory, observing Maria on a daily basis, grasping first-hand data in real time, and recording and archiving it.

"Good morning, Lisa." Calder French seemed a little distracted, not as enthusiastic as usual, but only glanced at Lisa, quickly looked away, smiled reluctantly, and packed up his things and left the room.

"What's wrong with Dr. French? It doesn't seem to be quite right. Lisa asked curiously, a little puzzled, as she raised Maria's hospital bed to make her more comfortable.

"I don't know, Mr. French is probably a little worried about it today." Maria shook her head, watching Lisa bustling tenderly. "Today's breakfast is millet porridge, herbal pork rib soup and bananas, you have to help me thank Bruce, he found a good chef for me, change different dishes every day, the taste is very good, if I continue like this, I will be fattened before I get better."

In order to reasonably help Maria arrange her diet during the treatment period, Li Jie specially invited a professional Chinese chef for medicinal diet, and the soup cooked for her this morning was actually stewed pork ribs with codonopsis and poria, but Maria really couldn't say such a complicated term, so it became herbal pork rib soup.

Lisa, on the other hand, was a caring girl, who had learned almost all of the awkward Chinese herbs and nutritious meals, but instead of correcting Aunt Maria's slip of the tongue, she sat down and chatted with her about some interesting things she had encountered.

"I'll tell him, but he's too busy."

"Speaking of which, I haven't met Bruce's awesome boy yet, and I don't know what kind of person can chase down our beautiful Lisa sweetheart." Maria said in a slightly teasing tone, her eyebrows overflowing with doting and warmth.

"What, people are grown up, they shouldn't call me that, Aunt Maria." Lisa was embarrassed, the name of the little sweetheart or something was obviously a few years ago, and it was too shy to talk about it now, but fortunately Dr. French was gone. "Bruce, he's been very busy lately, and he's come to see you, but you're not in good health at the time, so I haven't seen you."

"I don't blame him, why are you so nervous? I should also be grateful to Bruce for having such a treatment condition. Mary looked at Lisa with a perceptive look and a loving smile.

Outside the ward, Calder French, who had just left, was a little distraught, walked around a few times and then quietly came back, leaning quietly against the door, listening to the movement in the ward.

"Dr. French, do you want to examine Maria?" A passing researcher greeted with a smile.

French hurriedly turned to the side and nodded unnaturally to the other party, seeing that he really couldn't hear any useful information from Lisa, so he could only turn around and walk away.

It had been a long day for Calder French, who had been a little distracted by the day, and had almost made a mistake a few times, but fortunately all the loads were cross-checked, so it didn't cause too much trouble.

"Hey, Calder, what's going on with you today? Got hooked on a chick from some strip club? I don't want to make a mistake and wipe your ass. His partner, Senior Researcher Cessie Nelson, sneered strangely and with some dissatisfaction, knowing that his partner was good at everything, but his private life was a bit chaotic.

But it's also normal, man, who doesn't have a hobby.

"you, Sissy. I'm just not feeling well, you check carefully, it's a big deal to ask you to go to Sammy another day. Calder glared at Sissy Nelson, reached into the pocket of his coat, pinched the small flash drive, and calmed down as if he had received some kind of comfort, and turned to Sissy with a promise. The full name of "Sammy" is Sammy 's_gentlemen's_club), a famous upscale striptease club in Los Angeles where the consumption is not low, and even with their high income, they can only go to the occasional play.

"Wow! That's what you said, no problem, it's wrapped around me, and there isn't much left anyway. "Sissy Nelson immediately smiled, and made a lot of money for nothing, Calder is rare for this guy to be so generous, and he is not stingy with a few words of verbal relationship." If you're not feeling well, go back first, and I'll take care of it. ”

"It's okay, no need, I'll just take a break, it's almost time to get off work anyway."

Calder refused almost immediately, he didn't want to appear too abnormal, but his nervousness was a little difficult to suppress. And his reaction surprised Sissy Nelson, but he shrugged his shoulders and passed.

Finally, when it was time to finish, Calder and Sissi changed their coats together and walked out with the off-duty researchers. The laboratory they are in is in the innermost part, and they have to walk through a section of corridor tens of meters every day when they leave. When he reached the end and could get out in a few steps, Calder exhaled slightly, and his still tense body relaxed.

"Bang"!

The door was thrust open from the outside, and several security guards in smart uniforms strode in, blocking the researchers. The uniforms of Corona's security personnel are all carefully designed, with well-edged and tight fits, complete with well-designed logos, armbands and shoulder titles, which are closer to military attire than security uniforms. The Sojitz logo on the chest is also different from the black and red of the general staff, and it is black and gold, which makes it more powerful and imposing.

These security guards don't usually communicate much with the researchers, at most only occasionally say hello, but everyone can sense that they are well-trained and capable, showing a very human temperament, and privately guessing that most of them have a background of long-term service in the military, which is a big deal.

These mysterious security personnel blocked the exit of the passage, all of them tall and serious, which suddenly made the researchers' hearts suddenly. Standing at the front was the head of the lab's security team, Congreve Warren, a dark-skinned, cheetah-like man whose eyes swept over the crowd and landed on Calder, who looked pale.

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