Before long, Secretary Song came by to deliver materials. Before she left, Gu Nanqiao instructed, "Secretary Song, please clear out the trash can for me."
Secretary Song nodded in acknowledgement, "Okay, President Gu."
She threw away several crumpled pieces of paper from the desk and then picked up the trash bag, ready to take it out.
Gu Nanqiao watched her about to leave, and at the last moment, for some unknown reason, suddenly blurted out, "Wait."
Secretary Song stopped in her tracks and turned around, "President Gu, is there anything else?"
Gu Nanqiao pulled out her chair and stood up, strode over in a few steps, and rummaged through the trash, finding the box of ointment lying quietly underneath a few scraps of paper.
She picked it up again, turned her back, and said, "It's nothing, you can go."
...
The next day.
Early in the morning, Fu Lingfeng was "escorted" to the hospital by Fu Bainian.