More footsteps followed behind Meilan and her men, heavier this time and slower, measured in a way that didn't match anyone I was familiar with.
That pretty much just left Commander Li's men.
The man appeared at the top of the stairs, dressed in a white coat that screamed doctor. He had to be a medic of some kind.
He came down without hesitation, his attention already on us before he reached the bottom step.
He didn't stop where Meilan had, and he didn't keep his distance.
He walked into the room and crouched near Chenghai first, watching him for a moment before shifting his focus to Lingyun and then Zhenlan.
He didn't touch them right away, just studied them quietly. "Fever," he said after a moment, his voice quieter than hers but more certain. "All of them."
No one argued with that, and no one needed to.
