Haishi, Lvjingwancheng community.
This is the largest community in the inner ring. It has a wide area and is filled with densely packed high-rise buildings. It is like a living steel jungle.
There are complete facilities nearby, not only countless restaurants and convenience stores, but also entertainment venues such as swimming pools and sports fields.
A community of hundreds of thousands of square meters has been built into a large park, with more than 90 buildings dotted around it and surrounded by a clear river.
As one of the tens of thousands of residents living here, Li Jing can enjoy the convenient urban life without leaving home every day and live a very comfortable life.
Today was the weekend. As usual, she came to the riverside after dinner and strolled along the long tree-lined avenue.
When passing by the nearby Fengchao Cabinet, she suddenly saw a long queue in front of her, with people constantly moving, and from time to time there were bursts of discussion.
"No way, there are so many people picking up a courier?" She stretched her neck and looked over, feeling a little strange.
Just for a while, not only did no one leave, but people kept coming in a hurry to join the long queue.
Li Jing suddenly felt a strong curiosity, and couldn't help but take steps towards the crowd.
After finally reaching the front of the queue, a small kiosk that looked like an ATM appeared in front of me.
What shocked her was that everyone was standing obediently in front of the pavilion door, one meter apart, staring motionlessly at the frosted glass on the door, with longing expressions on their faces, as if they wanted to peek through the crack in the door. To something the same.
Li Jing was startled by her own thoughts. She patted her chest and said to herself: "No, no, even if someone is streaking inside, there won't be so many people waiting to see it."
She carefully asked the first person in line, a hale and hearty old man in his 60s.
"Uncle, there are so many of you waiting in line, what are you doing?"
The old man looked over with a strange expression: "Didn't you join the owner group? The property management should have notified each building."
Li Jing blushed: "I am a tenant and have not joined the owner group."
"Oh, that's okay. Aren't there many people in our community?" the old man said with a kind face.
"The nearby hospital is a bit far from here, so Sanqing Group has installed an AI diagnostic kiosk here. It seems to be newly developed. It can perform various physical examinations on people. I heard that it is as effective as the hospital equipment."
"I see, that's why you all came here to line up for a physical examination?" Li Jing suddenly realized, and at the same time her heart was about to move.
The talent in Haishi people's bones that loves to join in the fun began to awaken almost immediately, driving her to jog all the way to the end of the long line and join in.
Standing in the queue, listening to the comments of the people next to her, Li Jing couldn't help but think about what kind of physical examination she should do.
She is less than 30 years old, lives a regular life, feels very healthy, and does not need a physical examination.
If you catch a cold occasionally, go to the hospital for a blood test to check for inflammation and prescribe medicine.
In her opinion, young people are not as unhealthy as old people. They only need to get checked when they are sick.
After thinking for a while, I couldn't find a suitable inspection item, but I had been waiting in line for at least ten minutes and I really couldn't bear to leave like this.
So, Li Jing forced out a friendly smile and asked a tall girl in front of her in a low voice.
"Beauty, what kind of tests are there? Do I still need to be checked if I am healthy?"
The tall girl smiled and said, "I also heard what others said. It is said that the examination inside is very comprehensive. You can do whatever you want. Even if you are not sick, you can still have a comprehensive physical examination to check your three highs."
"If that doesn't work, there is also genetic testing. This can check whether you have genetic diseases or whether you carry genes for genetic diseases. It is also very important for ordinary people."
At this time, a fat girl from behind also stepped in, nodded crazily, and said, "That's right, I have a best friend who has always wanted to check whether she has a genetic disease, so she spent money to get a genetic test."
"It turns out that something is wrong. She is a recessive gene carrier for hemophilia. She will not get the disease herself, but if she gives birth to a boy, the chance of getting the disease will be very high."
"Ah? Is there such a thing?" Li Jing and the tall girl were both shocked at the same time.
Thanks to the constant publicity of various terminally ill protagonists in movies and TV dramas, they have all heard of diseases such as congenital heart disease, hemophilia, and leukemia.
"Why is the incidence of hemophilia so high among boys?"
After hearing the news, Li Jing became eager to do genetic testing.
The fat girl thought about it carefully and explained: "Because the gene for hemophilia is on the X chromosome, and women have a pair of X chromosomes. Even if they inherit the gene for hemophilia, they still have a healthy X chromosome, so they are often just carriers. You won’t get sick.”
"But men are different. They have XY chromosomes. If there is a hemophilia gene on the only X chromosome, they will definitely develop the disease."
"Anyway, since my best friend was diagnosed, she and her husband have made up their minds to only have girls in the future."
The tall girl suddenly asked: "Is there no cure for hemophilia now? Since it is a genetic disease, Sanqing should have developed a genetic medicine."
The fat girl shook her head: "Hemophilia can be treated with genetic drugs, but this drug was developed by Pfizer and is very expensive. It costs millions to cure one person."
"My best friend's family is just ordinary people. They can't afford it. In order to avoid trouble, they have to have a girl."
The tall girl was dissatisfied: "Genetic drugs are Sanqing's strength. Why don't they develop drugs for hemophilia, but let Pfizer take the lead? As a result, they sell them so expensively."
Li Jing was speechless after hearing this: "What you said is right. There are so many genetic diseases, thousands of them, and it is impossible for the Three Pure Ones to cover them all."
The fat girl also agreed: "Yes, it seems that Pfizer used Sanqing's gene editing technology to develop genetic drugs for hemophilia. They have the patent, how can Sanqing infringe it?"
"It's okay. Some common genetic disease genes can be detected as long as you do a genetic test."
"Know that you should be careful when looking for a partner in the future. Don't look for someone who carries the same disease gene. If you do a screening in advance when giving birth, you can give birth to a healthy baby."
"A genetic test is not expensive. Testing for common genetic diseases only costs a few hundred yuan. It can avoid a lot of trouble."
Li Jing saw the fat girl smiling and looking optimistic, and nodded involuntarily.
"You're right. I've thought about it and will do a genetic test for common genetic diseases soon."
The tall girl snorted coldly and stopped talking.
While the three of them were talking, the team in front kept moving forward, and soon it was their turn.
Seeing the tall girl disappear through the glass door, Li Jing also waited quietly.
The fat girl lowered her head and kept looking at her phone, letting out bursts of chuckles.
Li Jing couldn't help but asked curiously: "Sister, what tests do you want to do?"
The fat girl raised her head with a wry smile, and her voice became weak: "I'm too fat, I need to check my height."
"In addition, I have been suffering from insomnia and back pain during this period. I want to do a biochemical test to check electrolytes, blood sugar, blood lipids, liver and kidney function indicators to see if there are any abnormalities."
"In addition to these two, I also need to do a genetic test to see if there are any genetic diseases. Anyway, I have to do a lot of tests."
After hearing so many inspections, Li Jing was a little dumbfounded and couldn't help but give advice.
"Sister, do you usually have an irregular schedule? This won't work. It can easily lead to insomnia and gain weight."
"You should do more exercise in the future, go to bed early and get up early, so that your body will return to normal soon. Listen to my sister, you are right. You can see that I am very healthy. There is nothing wrong with me during my annual physical examination."
"By the way, which building do you live in? If you can't control yourself well, let's add a WeChat account. I will go out for a walk every day and I will bring you with me."
The fat girl's expression suddenly became bitter, and she complained: "You, you look like my mother."
Although they said this, the two of them still added each other on WeChat and agreed that when Li Jing goes for a walk in the future, he would take her with him, so that they would not be bored if they had company.
At this time, a crunching sound was suddenly heard.
The glass door in front of him opened, and the tall girl walked out with a calm expression.
"Hey, how did your inspection go?" Li Jing asked with a smile.
The tall girl glanced at her, didn't reply, turned around and left expressionlessly.
"Hey, why is this person like this? He's so rude." The fat girl couldn't help complaining.
Li Jing waved her hand and didn't take it to heart, thinking that the other party might be in a bad mood.
She strode forward, opened the door and walked in.
As soon as you enter, soft lights shine down from the top of your head, and the entire room appears bright white, making it look very clean and tidy.
On a 24-inch display screen, Xiaomei was looking over with a bright smile.
"Hello, what tests do you want to do?"
Li Jing glanced at the screen and found a row of buttons at the bottom. However, she thought that she didn't know much about the examination, so it would be better to communicate with Xiaomei first.
"I want to do a genetic test."
"I understand, genetic testing is indeed necessary for most people." Xiaomei explained with a smile.
"Many common diseases, such as albinism, hemophilia, color blindness, tumors, etc., are genetic diseases. If they can be detected early, prevention and diagnosis can be done in advance to avoid delaying the disease."
"When testing, you need to collect blood first, and then extract your genes from the blood. Then use primers and PCR technology that can identify possible mutated genes to copy this part of the gene many times."
"Finally, a mutation gene probe with a special marker is used to determine whether there is a mutation in your gene."
"Generally speaking, genetic testing takes a long time, about 8 hours."
"It's 2 p.m. now, and at 10 p.m., you can check the results on the Longtu APP before going to bed."
"The price is a bit expensive, about 680 per person. Is it acceptable?"
Li Jing nodded, and under Xiaomei's guidance, she logged into her account and scanned the QR code to pay.
Soon, with a beeping sound, a blood collection needle appeared on the left side of the screen.
She put her index finger on the needle, feeling the sharpness, then closed her eyes and gently moved her finger forward.
However, the expected pain did not appear.
She couldn't help being slightly startled, and immediately opened her eyes.
But I saw that the needle tube was already filled with 2ml of red blood.
Then, there was a crunching sound.
The needle slowly retracted and disappeared.
Li Jing couldn't help being stunned when she saw all this.
This automatic blood collection technology was so clever that she didn't feel anything even after the blood collection was done.
By the way, blood, you have to press your fingers quickly to avoid bleeding.
Damn it, why is there no cotton ball here? Do you want me to press it with my fingers to stop the bleeding?
Flustered, she quickly looked down at her fingers.
Only the red and full fingertips were seen, without any sign of bleeding, not even a blood spot.
It was so clean that one doubted whether any blood had been collected.
Li Jing was instantly overjoyed and had a little more confidence in the technology of this diagnostic booth.
Only then did she remember to look at Xiaomei and ask, "Is this okay?"
Xiaomei smiled and nodded: "That's enough. Do you have any other tests to do?"
Li Jing shook her head, suddenly feeling inexplicably disappointed.
Is this the end? Why did she not react so quickly?
Why do I feel like I am losing money for 680 yuan?
"Then it's okay. You can go home and wait. The test results will be sent to you via pdf, and you can view them on other electronic devices."
"If you want a hard copy, you can come over tomorrow morning and print it out, and I will explain it to you in detail."
Xiaomei's cheerful voice rang out.
Only then did Li Jing understand that the entire genetic testing was really over.
She looked at the diagnostic booth carefully again, turned around and pushed the door open.
The fat girl was very happy to see her, waved and asked: "How is it?"
Li Jing nodded slightly and smiled: "The experience is very pleasant, and it is very convenient and fast. The test results cannot be obtained until after 10 pm."
The fat girl was startled: "Oh my God, this is too fast. The general genetic test seems to take 15 days."
"Huh? It takes that long? I don't know. Anyway, that's what the AI inside told me." Li Jing looked confused.
"It's okay. It's a good thing to do it quickly. It seems that I can have a good dream tonight."
The fat girl immediately became excited and asked, "How much does it cost for one session?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of dissatisfaction from behind.
"Stop standing there asking questions. There's still a queue behind you. Just go in and do it."
The fat girl stuck out her tongue and ran in quickly.
Li Jing shook her head and turned to go home.
****
Weekend time always flies by quickly, and it’s night in the blink of an eye.
Li Jing put on a facial mask, sat on the bed, and got ready early.
It was almost 10 o'clock in the evening.
With a beep sound, Longtu APP indeed sent a text message.
"Dear Ms. Li, hello, the genetic test results taken at 2 o'clock this afternoon have come out. Please check them carefully."
She couldn't wait to click in, and there was indeed a PDF document in the attachment.
As soon as I opened it, a long report appeared.
A total of 38 genetic diseases were tested, and Li Jing said that the 680 yuan was well spent.
Then, the inspection results were listed one by one.
First, the genetic test results of the 26 most common genetic diseases are listed.
Albinism, phenylketonuria, hemophilia, color blindness, diabetes, polycystic kidney disease, essential hypertension, thalassemia, hypercholesterolemia, chorea, gastric ulcer, myopia, asthma, etc.
Li Jing scanned the results and found that they were all negative, showing "the disease-causing gene was not detected." She was relieved.
Several common chromosomal diseases are also listed later, such as Down syndrome, congenital ovarian agenesis, etc. The number is much smaller.
After that, there are mitochondrial diseases, such as deafness, optic neuropathy, mitochondrial myoencephalopathy and a few others.
Finally, there are some common family hereditary tumor gene tests.
There are only three types, namely gastric cancer, hereditary colorectal cancer, and hereditary breast cancer.
When Li Jing saw this, she knew that she did not have these genetic diseases, and she felt very relaxed.
However, when her eyes fell on the last few lines of the report, her expression suddenly changed. (End of chapter)
