It's hard to quit, but it's the perfect marriage!

"Madam?" Xiaoyue stared in disbelief. "Sir?"

Zhou Yinghuai's disguise, which he had just suppressed, was exposed so vividly.

Coincidentally, Zhou Yinghuai's driver possessed the undeniable air of someone from a wealthy and powerful family.

Xiaoyue had already imagined a grand drama unfolding in her mind, and stared at her incredulously, asking, "You made it?"

Zhu Xi shrugged. "My stepfather."

The surgeon's strong mentality was fully revealed at this moment. He turned to the side, put his hands behind his back, and waved at the driver, "My stepfather's driver."

The driver, Lao Bai, remained calm and silent, stepping aside without saying a word.

"Your relationship with your mother has improved a lot lately." Xiaoyue pressed her shoulder. "Don't advise others to be kind if you haven't experienced their suffering. Your mother intends to make it up to you, and you..."

Zhu Xi remained calm.

Xiaoyue stopped there, gave her a brief hug, and left.

Zhu Xi turned around to face the brilliant and magnificent sunset, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Let's go."

Old Bai opened the side door, his expression serious and unsmiling.

Zhu Xi glanced at him but said nothing.

The black Maybach drove home through the golden, purple, and pink hues of the evening sunset, traversing the streets of Licheng.

That home still has 29 and a half years left on the mortgage, and no one owes it anything.

The cool, enclosed carriage still carried Zhou Yinghuai's refreshing scent.

This time, she seemed to be all alone, yet not entirely.

Zhu Xi sent Zhou Yinghuai a WeChat message with only two simple words.

【Thanks.】

After sending the lock screen message, she leaned against the car window, closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep with her arms wrapped around her shoulders.

Driver Lao Bai glanced in the rearview mirror, then remembered his boss's instructions, and unconsciously slowed down.

He was ready to wait for her to wake up at the entrance of Zhuxi Residential Area.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xi, who was equipped with an alarm clock, woke up on time.

Still half-asleep but mentally alert, I saw the words "Yi Long Ju" and got out of the car with my bag.

Driver Lao Bai followed closely behind, "Too..."

He paused, then immediately changed his words, "Dr. Zhu, the master has something to give you."

Zhu Xi slung the bag containing the dirty clothes over her shoulder and stood still.

Old Bai took a half-sized box out of the trunk.

"What is this?" she asked.

"The pastries from No. 6 Lishui and their fruit wine were specially requested by the gentleman, in case you weren't eating properly while resting at home." Old Bai repeated Zhou Yinghuai's words as much as possible. "The gentleman also said that if you have any particular cravings, he will have them delivered."

Zhu Xi reached out and took the half-sized box. It wasn't heavy, and she figured it was only enough for one day.

She lowered her eyes and stared at the number 6 in the name of Lishui No. 6.

Old Bai continued, "The gentleman also said that if you want to sleep in tomorrow, you must try the pastries in the box."

"Thank you," Zhu Xi said with a smile.

Zhou Yinghuai really knew she would stay home and sleep all day. He prepared all this for her simply because he was afraid she wouldn't eat.

Zhu Xi wouldn't let herself go hungry. Even without this food box, she would buy some bread from the bakery at the entrance of the community before going upstairs.

Waiting for tomorrow, after a good night's sleep, I'll wake up hungry and have some bread to fill my stomach.

Now that she has enough to eat and drink, she is happy to relax.

Zhu Xi entered the residential area and went upstairs.

I opened the food container and put two small bottles of fruit wine into the refrigerator.

I opened the kraft paper packaging of the pastry, took a bite, and found the pastry to be soft with a slightly sweet red bean flavor.

She raised an eyebrow and took another bite.

He picked up his phone and thanked Zhou Yinghuai again.

At that time, Zhou Yinghuai had just woken up on the other side of the ocean.

He paused for a moment, then leaned against the headboard and picked up his phone.

I first saw the list that Zhou Lingyi sent six hours ago and replied with a "OK".

He then reminded her not to stay up late and exited the chat.

In the list of unread messages, Zhu Xi, whose profile picture is Yu Liantian, immediately caught my eye.

He straightened up a bit and clicked on Zhu Xi's profile picture first.

The two neatly arranged "thank you" signs made Zhou Yinghuai frown unconsciously.

Zhu Xi loves to thank him. He said it several times on the day they got their marriage certificate, and he also kept saying thank you when he accompanied her to dinner at the hospital.

But when she said thank you, her eyes were bright and clear, not like she was just being perfunctory.

Zhou Yinghuai got out of bed and dialed Lao Bai's number.

"Sir," Old Bai said respectfully, "I've taken Dr. Zhu back to Linglong Residence, and I've also given him the food box from No. 6 Lishui."

With his well-defined fingers pinching his brow, Zhou Yinghuai paused. "Dr. Zhu?"

Lao Bai explained and recounted the entire scene downstairs at the hospital to Zhou Yinghuai.

Zhou Yinghuai stared at the mirror, hummed in agreement, and then hung up the phone.

He lowered his eyes, his gentle gaze revealing an unreadable emotion.

You're welcome. The red bean cake from Lishui No. 6 is pretty good; remember to eat it when you wake up.

If you have trouble falling asleep, try drinking fruit wine tonight and get a good night's sleep.

While dawn breaks over America, darkness falls over Litchi City.

Zhou Yinghuai didn't receive a reply from Zhu Xi, so he put his phone aside and started his busy day.

Zhu Xi is making a phone call to Zhu He.

The siblings were talking about a wide range of topics, their thoughts wandering far and wide.

Congratulations on working through the night in the lab! Your concern remains. "It's getting hot, don't always eat cold things. Mom made some pork liver, try to eat some. I looked at the paper you sent me and made a few changes, which I highlighted. There are still a few more things I need to check the literature for before I can make those changes."

"I hate eating pig liver the most." Zhu Xi wrinkled her nose in embarrassment. "What's she doing here when we've already agreed to the marriage alliance?"

Zhuhe couldn't understand why her usually very principled younger sister would agree to this absurd marriage.

"You've improved on this paper, including the report you recently wrote for Director Chen; your writing style has clearly improved." Zhu He smiled. "Zhu Xi, if you could write like this in your college entrance exam Chinese, you could choose between Tsinghua and Peking University."

Zhu Xi clicked her tongue and told the truth, "It was Zhou Yinghuai who helped me change it."

He visited her frequently in those few days, at her dormitory.

She came and went like the wind, as swift as lightning.

When he had time, he would wait for her quietly and help her revise the report.

"Brother, I miss you so much!" she said coquettishly. "If you don't come back soon, I'll forget what you look like."

Congratulations, so affectionately, went on to say, "Why don't you cut your hair short and put a pair of glasses on your nose so you can look in the mirror?"

Zhu Xi snorted again, "Brother, Zhou Yinghuai is choosing a wedding house. Once the house is settled, I'll move out, and we'll sell this house so you can marry your sister-in-law."

Congratulations: "Take a shower and go to sleep, you're talking in your sleep."

Zhu Xi: "..."

Zhu Xi lives on the 15th floor in a large two-bedroom apartment.

I bought it for her to congratulate her on earning her first patent fee.

Zhu Xi hardly had to worry about anything. She helped Zhu Xi choose the apartment layout and modified the decoration according to Zhu Xi's preferences.

Once the formaldehyde smell dissipated, she moved in with her bags.

She was busy with work at the hospital, so she didn't stay for long.

Zhuhe just smiled, and the brother and sister chatted for a few more minutes before the call ended.

After her parents divorced and remarried, only her twin brother took great care of her.

The sound of running water filled the air as Zhu Xi nestled comfortably on the edge of the bathtub.

Just as I was enjoying myself, a figure appeared through the half-closed frosted glass bathroom door.

"Zhu Xi, are you taking a bath?"