Chapter 1 Zheng offered them dinner, but Zhou Ze and Wang Ke both declined, maintaining a posture of hidden merit and fame. Zhou Ze didn't call him out; he knew his childhood friend needed this favor from the investor and let him be.

On the way back, Zhou Ze didn't see the young butler, but he knew that after he "inadvertently" let something slip, Mr. Zheng signaled his two henchmen with a few words, and then the butler disappeared.

Wang Ke's wife was still driving, a little absent-minded, glancing at her phone from time to time.

Wang Ke himself was immersed in the emotional fluctuations of "escaping death." With Miss Zheng's rapid recovery, the pressure on him had lifted.

Zhou Ze didn't tell Wang Ke about the butler or how he deliberately put on a show for Mr. Zheng; it was just a casual act in his boredom, and he wouldn't seek any credit for it.

The key issue was that Zhou Ze didn't know which way Wang Ke's emotional inclinations were leaning. Although they were childhood friends, so many years had passed, and everyone had their own experiences and, naturally, their own changes.

What if, after he told him, Wang Ke thought:

"I treated you like a brother, but you want to take off the green hat on my head!"

Despicable,

Outrageous,

Unforgivable!

What then?

Looking at Wang Ke's wife, his sister-in-law, who was driving, Zhou Ze grimaced slightly.

Truly,

A woman's heart is like a knife.

His phone rang, and Zhou Ze answered. It was his sister-in-law.

"Hello."

"Hey, Xu Le, my sister has started working again," his sister-in-law said.

"Oh," Zhou Ze responded calmly.

"She hasn't been feeling well lately; go see her and don't let her work too hard," his sister-in-law added.

"Oh."

"I said, why are you like this? This young lady is giving you a tip-off, and instead of thanking me, you don't even show a little bit of excitement.

Oh, oh, oh, oh your head!

I'm telling you, you still haven't explained that Maserati thing clearly!"

Zhou Ze shook his head. His sister-in-law was genuinely trying to help him. The reason was simple: she'd been using the excuse of studying at his bookstore lately when she went out to have fun.

Her older sister was too busy with work, and her brother-in-law, although a good-for-nothing, was at least a college graduate and could tutor her.

A good reason, and a good excuse.

Even the Lin parents, who usually didn't like Xu Le, had accepted the fact that their younger daughter was going to the bookstore for tutoring.

Sometimes, Zhou Ze really wanted to go back to the Lin family and point at the Lin parents' noses, telling them not to mention a college graduate,

Even if you let a sophomore or junior in college tutor a high school student, how many of them do you think could actually do it?

But his sister-in-law still had some conscience. This silly girl, judging from recent events, was alright, except for being a bit foolish.

That's why she was giving him a tip-off.

"Alright, thanks," Zhou Ze said perfunctorily.

"Hmph, by the way, I'm still going to your place to read tonight," his sister-in-law added.

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Ze stretched, only to find that the car was passing by the west gate of the People's Hospital.

What a coincidence.

He hadn't planned to go there.

Of course, Zhou Ze didn't ask Wang Ke's wife to stop the car, pretending he hadn't seen it and not forcing the coincidence.

Doctor Lin had started working, which meant she had gotten over things somewhat, but Zhou Ze had just gotten his license and was preparing to work hard and become a regular employee as soon as possible. He didn't have the energy to think about other things for the time being.

However, Wang Ke's wife took the initiative to turn the car into the hospital.

"My father-in-law is hospitalized recently. I'll stop by to see him; it'll only take a moment," Wang Ke said apologetically to Zhou Ze.

"Forget it, I'll get going."

Zhou Ze opened the car door and got out.

Wang Ke also got out of the car, while Wang Ke's wife drove the car into the hospital's underground parking lot.

"Are you going to take a taxi back?" Wang Ke asked.

Zhou Ze nodded.

"Alright, brother, take care." Wang Ke reached out and patted Zhou Ze on the shoulder. "I won't actively look for you anymore, but if you need anything, you can come find me."

"You're too kind," Zhou Ze said.

After speaking, Wang Ke looked at Zhou Ze earnestly again, and then turned and walked towards the inpatient building.

Zhou Ze silently lit a cigarette. People do change.

Wang Ke was a few years older than him and had entered society earlier. His former Brother Wang, Er Dan, now seemed somewhat unfamiliar to Zhou Ze.

At his wits' end, willing to ask ghosts and gods,

Sigh.

Zhou Ze exhaled a smoke ring and, after thinking about it, walked into the emergency building in front of him.

If he hadn't heard his sister-in-law's tip-off, he wouldn't have come;

If the car had passed by the hospital, he could have pretended not to see it;

But now that he was already at the hospital, it wouldn't be right not to see his wife.

He used to be obsessed because she wouldn't sleep with him,

But now that obsession was gone, wasn't it?

No, it seemed that after the obsession disappeared, some strange problems arose.

A woman's cold voice came from behind Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze took a deep breath, turning around, feeling the urge for his fingernails to grow out.

"Hey, honey, haven't the doctors said I'm fine?"

"Get lost. I don't want to serve you; are you even a man anymore?"

The woman and man had probably just come out of the andrology department and were arguing.

Zhou Ze's expression was a little bitter.

At this moment,

It was as if that diligent crow had appeared again, flying overhead,

Making "caw...caw...caw..." sounds.

On the ground, another fallen leaf just happened to appear, blown by the wind, flipping over Zhou Ze's foot.

Zhou Ze didn't want to go to the emergency building anymore.

He felt he should give Doctor Lin more time to think, accept, and adapt, and shouldn't stimulate her at this time.

Yes,

He should think more about her, give her some time and space; he couldn't force her.

Zhou Ze nodded, feeling he had convinced himself, and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, an ambulance drove into the hospital, and then Zhou Ze saw several doctors and nurses running out of the emergency building, including a familiar figure.

Doctor Lin also saw Zhou Ze, momentarily stunned. Zhou Ze gave her a slight smile, walked over, and said gently:

"I was just about to go up and see you."

Doctor Lin suddenly clutched her lower abdomen and sat down on the steps.

"What's wrong? Not feeling well?" Zhou Ze asked.

Doctor Lin shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

"What's really going on with your body?" Zhou Ze asked carefully. He remembered his sister-in-law telling him that Doctor Lin hadn't been feeling well lately.

"Woman stuff," Doctor Lin said, lowering her head.

The ice queen, at this moment, also revealed a hint of shyness.

Her period?

Zhou Ze was speechless. Perhaps, for a silly girl like his sister-in-law, her period was the most painful thing.

"Doctor Lin, the patient's condition is a bit serious. It's a pregnant woman."

A young male doctor rushed over, pushing a gurney. He seemed a bit nervous, and then when he looked at Zhou Ze, his expression changed, and he immediately said:

"You're here too?"

The last time Zhou Ze was in the hospital for a rescue operation and confessed to Doctor Lin, this was the flustered intern that day.

"Let's go in first. I'll take a look."

Doctor Lin braced herself and stood up, preparing to check the patient's condition, but after only a few steps, she frowned in pain again.

"This problem is a bit serious," Zhou Ze said. "Irregular diet lately, messed up your body."

Doctor Lin didn't say anything, but still walked toward the patient.

"Forget it, I'll go take a look." Zhou Ze reached out and patted Doctor Lin on the waist.

"You..." Doctor Lin felt this was a bit inappropriate.

"Don't you trust my medical skills?" Zhou Ze smiled. "You're my protégé."

Only, I didn't expect you to become so beautiful later. My blindness is my fault.

Zhou Ze took the initiative to walk over to the patient, preparing to examine her.

The young woman immediately shouted, "Who are you? Hey, what are you doing!"

Zhou Ze wasn't wearing a white coat.

"Doctor, come take a look." The intern seemed to have met a savior.

Zhou Ze glanced at the young woman and said, "I'm about to get off work. If you don't want me to see her, I'll go home."

The young woman immediately put on a smiling face and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please take a look at my sister; she's not due yet."

Zhou Ze took the gloves from the intern and examined her, asking:

"How long has she been pregnant?"

"28 weeks," the young girl answered for her sister.

The intern looked at Zhou Ze, assisting him on the side.

"Premature rupture of membranes, cervix fully dilated, amniotic fluid severely contaminated," Zhou Ze said, taking off his gloves.

"This...this is going to...going to..." The young girl was immediately frightened.

"Premature birth," Zhou Ze said, then told the intern, "Notify the obstetrics department to prepare for surgery."

"Okay." The intern immediately took out his phone and made a call.

Zhou Ze shook his head helplessly. This guy was lucky he wasn't assigned to him as an intern; otherwise, based on his former temper with Doctor Lin, he might have scolded this guy so badly he would have changed careers. He was so stupid.

"Premature birth?" The young girl was immediately stunned when she heard this, then grabbed Zhou Ze's arm and said, "Doctor, please, save my sister, save the baby in her belly. It wasn't easy for my brother to have this child, really not easy."

Zhou Ze was unmoved. As a doctor, he had seen too much of this. If he cried every time, he'd probably become a dried-up husk of a person.

"Then you should ask your brother what's going on. He finally has a child; how did it turn out like this?"

"Doctor, what exactly is going on?" The young woman couldn't understand.

Zhou Ze looked at the woman on the hospital bed and asked:

"If a man cheats, he's a beast. Wouldn't you advise him for the sake of the child in your belly?"

She was almost thirty weeks pregnant; couldn't she endure that much?

The pregnant woman on the hospital bed didn't speak, seeming very nervous and scared.

But the young girl who came with her immediately exploded, shouting:

"That's impossible! My brother went to Beijing to work before the Lunar New Year to earn money for the baby's milk powder. He hasn't been back for the past six months!"

"She fell in love with a wild horse, but my home has no prairie..."

The intern's phone rang. He answered it immediately and said to Zhou Ze:

"The obstetrics department said the operating room is ready."