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

This time, she really came out strong.

I walked towards her step by step from the artificial rockery with flowing water next to the coffee shop.

What a beautiful picture of a handsome man emerging from a bath.

Zhu Xi was stunned.

She stood there, staring at him without moving.

As the handsome man drew near, Zhou Yinghuai gradually transformed from the rainbow halo into reality.

The dazzling light swept across his hair, forehead, eyebrows, and eyes.

Until the approaching footsteps stopped, he halted in front of her.

He thoughtfully and considerately took the coffee from her hand, asking if she wanted extra ice. "Are you sleepy?"

Zhu Xi looked up and carefully observed his features. How come she hadn't noticed before that Zhou Yinghuai was a person with prominent brow bones?

Thick eyebrows pressed down on his deep, dark eyes.

The eyes are shallowly sunken and the pupils are narrow and long.

"I'm a little tired." She pretended to be relaxed, wanting to say more, but feeling that she couldn't take up too much of Zhou Yinghuai's time.

After all, Zhu Xi could only assume that the reason Mr. Zhou from Dazhou Group was at the hospital at this time was for official business.

She waved her employee badge in her hand. "The coffee at the hospital is pretty good, wanna have some? It's on me! My card's empty anyway, it'll be gone by the end of the month if I don't use it!"

Zhou Yinghuai shook his head slightly.

After being rejected, Zhu Xi simply said, "Then go find the dean. I'm going back to my department."

As she spoke, she took the coffee from his hand, which he had been turning over twice, and thoughtfully slipped two napkins into his damp palm.

"I'll take you back to your department."

Zhu Xi wanted to refuse, but the words came out as a nod.

Zhou Yinghuai walked alongside her, their steps synchronized, as they stepped together into the rainbow halo of light.

While waiting for the elevator, Zhou Yinghuai glanced at her sideways.

"I didn't know Ah Xing was coming to see you."

Zhu Xi took a sip of coffee. "Yes, I know."

Her dark eyes darted around as she deliberately said, "You told me the first time you came to see me that I don't have a cuckolded husband."

Knowing she was joking, Zhou Yinghuai had nothing to say in response.

He was always overwhelmed with attention when he was alone with her.

Zhu Xi switched the coffee cup to her other hand, and with her right hand took out the ring hanging from her neck. "She said this originally belonged to her."

"No." Zhou Yinghuai's dark eyes flickered. "She was present at the auction, that's all."

"I believe you." Zhu Xi clicked her tongue. "She also said that you're the kind of man who looks up everything on Baidu Encyclopedia before even kissing someone passionately."

Zhu Xi successfully teased Ai, and her playful mood was aroused. As soon as she looked up, she saw Zhou Yinghuai's tightly pursed, sexy and beautiful lips.

Sighing to herself, she recalled that during her previous close encounters with Zhou Yinghuai, her attention had been elsewhere.

How come I didn't notice? This mouth, this lip shape, looks so inviting.

Zhu Xi swallowed hard, but managed to restrain her greedy gaze.

As soon as the elevator arrived, she slipped inside.

They pushed Zhou Yinghuai, who had just stepped halfway in, out.

"?" Zhou Yinghuai was also completely confused.

Zhu Xi chuckled awkwardly, "Well, I just remembered there's something very important, so you don't need to deliver it."

"I."

Zhu Xi kept pressing the close button. She was in a hurry to close the door, but she couldn't ignore Zhou Yinghuai's questioning gaze. "Go make some money and try to get me another dormitory room."

Zhou Yinghuai took two steps back and watched as the elevator doors closed tightly.

The red numbers slowly climbed.

He rubbed his fingertips together, the coffee aroma still lingering on them.

Chen Nan stepped forward at just the right moment, "Boss, the dean is not here. He went to a meeting at the Health Commission."

Zhou Yinghuai squinted, his expression unreadable.

He turned around abruptly, took a long stride, and left this place where Zhu Xi was temporarily absent.

Chen Nan, being a senior figure with an ex-girlfriend, lagged behind Zhou Yinghuai by half a step and whispered, "Boss, Madam didn't say that this time."

Zhou Yinghuai stopped and asked seriously, "Which sentence?"

"Why are you here again!"

Chen Nan imitated Zhu Xi's impatient manner very well, capturing about 80% of it.

Zhou Yinghuai recalled their earlier contact, his taut lips relaxed, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his steps became light.

The light below the inpatient building was still intensely white, dazzling and scorching.

It's getting really hot in Libei.

-

Night fell quickly, and the lights on the spire of the Chongyin Pagoda shone again.

Zhu Xi stood on the rooftop of the hospital building, her cheeks sunken, as she took a drag of her cigarette.

Smoke curled upwards as she slowly exhaled.

In the vast expanse of land, the thin wisp of smoke quickly dissipated.

But the calm waters in her heart seemed to be seeping up from the bottom of the water.

Zhu Xi didn't know what it was; she couldn't understand it or figure it out.

But she knew that this strangeness was related to Zhou Yinghuai.

Zhu Xi held the homemade pipe to his lips, his gaze fixed on the light that had just been lit at the top of the tower.

The rosy lips bit the sponge, leaving a faint red lip print.

She's not a heavy smoker; she only smokes one cigarette when she's stressed. A pack of cigarettes usually lasts her two months.

Zhu Xi is insightful and avoids internal conflict; she only occasionally allows herself to fall into this kind of unknown confusion.

Ashes fall, light and shadow alternate.

Before he could finish his cigarette, Zhu Xi's cell phone, which was placed on a nearby high table, rang.

It's Director Hao.

Zhu Xi cleared her throat, gathered her thoughts, and pressed the answer button.

"teacher."

Director Hao should be at the dinner party; you can still faintly hear the sounds of clinking glasses and exchanging toasts.

"You haven't had any surgeries scheduled for the past week. Go to the medical school the day after tomorrow to teach a few classes for your senior."

Zhu Xi: "Me?"

Director Hao said coldly, "Yes, it's you."

Zhu Xi chuckled awkwardly, "Teacher, I didn't schedule surgery because you're not at the hospital this week."

She's only there to assist Director Hao now; she has no right to choose whether or not to have surgery.

"I'm not at the hospital, and neither is your uncle."

Zhu Xi was helpless; this reason was like a mahjong hand, impossible to refute.

She compromised, "What grade are your students in, Uncle-Master? If I mislead them, I'll be disgracing your reputation, Golden Three Knives."

"Hmph!" Director Hao said, "I've lost all face now; you've completely disgraced me!"

Zhu Xi: "..."

"Alright, stop haggling and go to class."

"oh."

Zhu Xi had only a little bit of cigarette left in her hand. She took a big drag, and the smoke dispersed.

On the other end of the line, someone was asking Director Hao to have a drink.

Director Hao impatiently gave her his final order: "Smoke less, and if you're feeling suicidal, don't jump off the hospital roof."

Zhu Xi: "..."

"Go to class obediently. Your senior uncle said he's going to introduce you to a handsome doctor."

Zhu Xi: "I'm married."

Director Hao: "Homegrown grass never smells as good as wild grass!"

"One man is enough, two men are not a loss, but three or more men are for real enjoyment!"

The phone call was abruptly ended, leaving Zhu Xi dumbfounded.

That old man is really infuriating.

She muttered to herself, "I feel so relaxed lately. How am I relaxed?"

"I wish I could transform into a monster with eight arms and eight legs!"

Zhu Xi resisted the sweltering air on the top floor to no avail. She took one last look at the spire of Chongyin Pagoda and craned her neck to look down.

Finally, he said, "Forget it, there are countless ways to die, jumping off a hospital building is the ugliest!"

She stuffed the cigarette pack and lighter into her pocket, sprayed some smoke-removing agent on her white coat, and floated downstairs back to her department.

The dormitory door was half open.

The light inside and outside the door is different; the light in the corridor is brighter.

Zhu Xi strolled over, leaned against the door frame, and watched with amusement as Zhou Yinghuai struggled with her bed.

With the light blocked, Zhou Yinghuai glanced sideways at the doorway.

Upon seeing her, he smiled faintly and asked, "Why are you only just getting back?"

Zhu Xi swayed her right foot, feeling that what she was saying sounded strange.

"Am I late?"

Zhou Yinghuai straightened up, put down the bed sheet in his hand, and walked towards her in a few steps.

The two stood at the doorway, their shadows cast by different lights.

Zhu Xi's eyes shone brighter as she muttered a sophistry, "I didn't know you would come."

Zhou Yinghuai's tall figure approached her. "I sent you a message before I came."

He smiled, but he was forcing her to look up.

"Zhu Xi, I sent you a message, didn't you see it?"

Apart from the brief moment he had to smoke a cigarette on the rooftop, Zhu Xi hasn't had a moment's rest and hasn't even had a bite of dinner yet.

She leaned back, trying to escape Zhou Yinghuai's deeper shadow and find the light that had always been there.

"What did you send?"

Zhou Yinghuai stood up straight, handsome and refined. "You'll see when you look."