With three packs of cigarettes in his left hand and a bag of glutinous rice balls in his right,

He also carried a beautiful satchel.

Bai Yingying wouldn't waste any opportunity Zhou Ze granted her to leave the bookstore. Heaven knows how she managed to buy cigarettes, glutinous rice balls, and a satchel at such speed!

Pushing open the door of the bookstore,

Bai Yingying saw two men embracing. She immediately dropped her things, covered her eyes,

And peeked through her fingers,

Not forgetting to stomp her feet and say shyly,

"Eeeek,

Am I back at the wrong time?"

Xu Guiren,

Oh no,

Xu Qinglang glared back at Bai Yingying. That hint of mournful charm was enough to melt into summer dew.

That majestic resentment of a woman in her boudoir,

Terrifying!

It made Bai Yingying wonder if she was the zombie or if the noodle shop owner in front of her was the real zombie.

"Did you buy everything?" Zhou Ze stood up.

He straightened his clothes.

Xu Qinglang also stood up and pretended to button his shirt.

"Boss, I bought everything." Bai Yingying replied obediently.

"Good, I'll be out for a bit."

Zhou Ze walked over, picked up the cigarettes and glutinous rice balls, and said to Bai Yingying, "Watch the store."

"Got it."

After Zhou Ze walked out of the store, Bai Yingying and Xu Qinglang crossed their eyes at each other.

"What are you looking at, corpse." Xu Qinglang said grumpily.

"If you keep hiding in the closet, I wouldn't see you." Bai Yingying retorted.

"You're ice, ice! Ice that can freeze into an ice pop!"

Xu Qinglang continued to fight back!

"Hmph!"

"Hmph!"

The two parted unhappily. Xu Qinglang went back to the noodle shop, while Bai Yingying, imitating Zhou Ze, sat in the boss's chair behind the counter, poured a cup of hot water, and then casually picked up a book to read, pretending to be immersed in the atmosphere.

…………

Zhou Ze planned to go to the Temple of Literature. No matter how much sorrow life gives you, you have to endure it first, and then live as you should.

It was like the last night of a short vacation. The thought of having to get up early for work the next day was despairing.

He wanted to give up, but he could only set the alarm.

This is life. For some successful people, people always talk about and are concerned about the secrets of their success, envying their current success.

It's like when a pregnant woman has just given birth to a baby, relatives and friends all come to congratulate her, but no one cares about the suffering she endured to conceive this baby.

The words are rough, but the meaning is there.

Zhou Ze could only comfort himself.

As for his so-called cousin and that truck driver, how to respond to them needed to be carefully considered. At least, Zhou Ze wasn't such a generous person.

He couldn't be as arrogant and domineering as that colleague in Rongcheng, but since this matter involved his "murder case," he certainly couldn't let it go so easily.

He took out his phone, ready to call a taxi, but happened to see a WeChat message:

"What are you doing?"

It was a message from Doctor Lin.

Zhou Ze hesitated, feeling conflicted. To be honest, he was in a complicated mood because Xu Le wanted to kill him because this beautiful female doctor had been secretly in love with him.

Okay, being secretly loved by a beautiful woman,

Being secretly loved by a beautiful married woman…

Being secretly loved by a beautiful married woman who was still chaste…

It was indeed a source of pride and joy.

But in his previous life,

He was killed by her!

"At the store." Zhou Ze replied to the message.

He wasn't Xu Le, who wouldn't take responsibility. His and Xu Le's roundabout karma had nothing to do with Doctor Lin.

And to be honest, after discovering Doctor Lin's infatuation with him step by step after his death, it was impossible for him not to have any good feelings for this woman.

Especially after her confession in the hospital last week,

She was scared,

And frightened,

Even trembling,

But she still hugged him without hesitation.

Zhou Ze wasn't sure if God was blind or not, but Doctor Lin's existence was indeed the biggest highlight of his reborn life.

"I'm on the road outside your store."

Zhou Ze looked up and looked around. Sure enough, he saw a white Maserati at the corner of the road.

The previous Cayenne was scratched against a utility pole when he drove it the other night. Clearly, Doctor Lin had replaced it.

The evil tide of materialism!

Zhou Ze walked over, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.

Doctor Lin was a little nervous and at a loss, but it was clear that she had come to see him with great courage.

After all, he was a ghost.

"Xu Le, he's already…"

Zhou Ze frowned slightly. He didn't want to hear anything about "Xu Le" right now.

"Don't mention him, just pretend he never existed." Zhou Ze interrupted abruptly.

"Then… won't that make you think… I'm a bad woman?" Doctor Lin asked.

The three obediences and four virtues (traditional Confucian code of conduct for women),

Although not so rigid and dogmatic, Doctor Lin was indeed deeply poisoned by feudal ideology due to her parents' influence.

Now her husband was Zhou Ze,

So what about the original Xu Le?

"Don't think so much."

Zhou Ze shook his head.

It was indeed so humorous.

When Doctor Lin knew that Xu Le was Zhou Ze, her tone and posture became much humbler, as if she had returned to the time when she was just an intern, and Zhou Ze was still her teacher.

At that time, Zhou Ze was not polite to those interns, whether male or female, and directly used them as "intern dogs," making them do all the dirty and hard work and buy coffee.

And Zhou Ze, after confessing, also slowly showed that "superior" posture in front of Doctor Lin.

The tendency of male chauvinism became increasingly obvious.

Those who are loved are always fearless.

"Okay." Doctor Lin nodded.

Then,

Silence.

Zhou Ze didn't want to be silent. He looked at Doctor Lin and found that she was wearing a pink down jacket and jeans today. Although her figure was perfectly highlighted and looked good with her temperament, Zhou Ze always felt that something was missing.

"Wear stockings next time, I like to see women wearing stockings." Zhou Ze said.

Doctor Lin was stunned, her pretty face blushing.

She thought she should be sad, after guessing that Xu Le was likely dead, she, as his wife, should be sad, instead of being teased by Zhou Ze in the car like this.

But that feeling of shame and anger made her unable to resist.

Perhaps,

She was actually a bad woman.

A bad woman who had an emotional affair.

Doctor Lin closed her eyes and resigned herself to her fate.

"I'm talking to you." Zhou Ze reminded.

"Oh… okay." Doctor Lin responded, her face even redder.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Ze's mouth.

He knew that the reason he spoke so presumptuously was also to deliberately take revenge on Xu Le. Perhaps, he wasn't a good man either.

Okay,

One person thought she wasn't a good woman, and the other thought he wasn't a good man,

In ancient times, they were almost the counterparts of Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing.

As for the middleman, Wu Dalang,

Who cared?

"Are you hungry?" Doctor Lin asked.

"Not hungry." Zhou Ze replied.

Then,

More silence.

Zhou Ze now sincerely felt that the reason he had been single in his previous life might not only be because he was obsessed with his work and had no time for anything else, but also because he had a low EQ.

It's normal for you to have awkward silences when chatting with strange girls,

But if you still have awkward silences when chatting with your legal wife, there must be something wrong with you.

"Let's just live like this, don't tell anyone about my affairs, just pretend I'm… Xu Le." Zhou Ze said those two words through gritted teeth.

"Okay." Doctor Lin nodded, which was what she also wanted.

Everything, as before.

"But there's one thing I want to remind you."

"Please, say it."

"… You can only call me Zhou Ze." Zhou Ze picked his ear with his little finger, "I don't want to hear you suddenly shout out the words Xu Le, even when there's no one around, you can only call my name."

Doctor Lin's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Although she had been a wife for a long time, she was still a virgin.

This kind of topic and hint,

Was really embarrassing!

But she still nodded as if possessed and responded softly,

"Okay."

Zhou Ze really felt that this Doctor Lin had a bit of Stockholm syndrome.

If the original Xu Le hadn't been so timid,

He might have gotten his wish, and it wouldn't have been cheaper for himself.

But thinking about it another way, if Xu Le… then he wouldn't have hated himself and hired someone to kill him, right?

So was it better to get a chaste Doctor Lin?

Or was it better for himself to continue living in his previous life?

Which one was really better?

Zhou Ze reached out and patted his forehead.

"What's wrong?" Doctor Lin looked at Zhou Ze with concern, "Is your body… because of that incident… will there be some problems?"

Oh my,

The honorific "nin (您, you)" came out,

Zhou Laoye (Old Master Zhou) felt elated.

This Doctor Lin might not only have Stockholm syndrome, but might also be a masochist.

No,

Wait a minute,

Something seemed wrong?

Problems with his body?

Zhou Ze immediately looked at Doctor Lin,

How could a man's body allow problems?

Impossible!

Zhou Ze looked at the car seat, it was a bit cramped in the front.

"Get out of the car." Zhou Ze said.

"Okay."

Although Doctor Lin didn't know what to do, she still got out of the car.

Zhou Ze opened the back door and pointed inside, saying, "Get in."

Doctor Lin got in with a puzzled expression.

It was already dark,

And his bookstore area was deserted.

"Isn't your appetite not good?" Doctor Lin asked with a puzzled expression, sitting in the back seat.

Zhou Ze's body stiffened.

Was she saying that the problem with his body was that he couldn't eat?

Phew…

He breathed a sigh of relief,

Releasing the psychological pressure…

"What problem?" Doctor Lin was still puzzled.

Then, Zhou Ze also got into the back seat,

And closed the car door.