After five years of a cold marriage, I can no longer hide the child I secretly gave birth to.

Xu Daikui wiped away her tears, and the dean had already walked up to her.

"There's a huge outbreak of H1N1 flu lately, and the virus is contagious from person to person. Didn't that little orange cat you treated yesterday get infected? It just caused trouble..."

Xu Daikui immediately tensed up, "What happened? I'll go with you to take a look."

Xu Daikui responded and then instructed Xie Jia, "Jiajia, you and Mengmeng play in this area. Don't go near the inpatient ward, okay?"

Xie Jia saw that the situation seemed quite serious, so she quickly nodded, "I understand, you should go and handle it."

Xu Daikui put on her mask and took precautions before arriving at the inpatient department. There she saw an elderly man lying unconscious on the bed. A middle-aged woman next to him saw her come in and immediately rushed over, grabbed her collar, and started cursing at her.

"What kind of lousy hospital is this? How can you let a cat carrying a virus run around like this? My father-in-law's health isn't good to begin with, and now he's been infected by the cat's saliva. What are you going to do?"

"If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, I'll fight you to the death!"

Yesterday, Xu Daikui treated a little orange cat whose leg had been accidentally stepped on. After bandaging its leg, she noticed that it kept sneezing and seemed lethargic, as if it had caught a cold.

She had already instructed the nurses to temporarily isolate the little orange cat.

Now we see the little orange cat isolated in a glass enclosure, and the old man's trouser legs are wet with saliva; it's clear he fainted because he had difficulty breathing.

"Madam, please calm down!"

She pushed away the tyrannical woman who was almost choking her, and looked at the hospital director with a worried expression. "We need to get the old man to the hospital for emergency treatment first, then we can worry about the rest!"

Dean Zhao adjusted his glasses, frowning with a headache. "I've already arranged an ambulance, but this woman insists that we harmed her father-in-law and that we need to clarify the compensation issue before she'll let us have any contact with the old man. You saw how shrewish she was..."

Xu Daikui realized what was happening and looked at the woman.

Her brows were furrowed, her nose would wrinkle from time to time, and the corners of her mouth were pursed into a mean smile. Even the muscles in her face were tense. She was clearly not a kind person.

Looking at the old man again, he was skin and bones, so thin that he was almost unrecognizable.

They are also father-in-law and daughter-in-law.

This woman might be deliberately causing trouble, trying to extort money from the hospital by taking advantage of an elderly person in their seventies.

Dean Zhao looked at her, their eyes met, and their thoughts coincided.

He gestured for Xu Daikui to explain to the woman.

Xu Daikui looked at the middle-aged woman and said, "There are many reasons why an elderly person might faint. Malnutrition can also lead to physical weakness. Madam, I advise you to let us take the elderly person to the hospital as soon as possible. Otherwise, if something happens to him, his previous living environment will be investigated by the police. We also have surveillance here. A cold will not cause death, so you will not get much compensation. On the contrary, you may go to jail for abuse."

Wang Guixiang's face turned pale instantly. Feeling guilty, she tried to deny something, but the hospital director had someone push her away and forcibly take the old woman into the ambulance.

He then instructed Xu Daikui, "Xiao Xu, I've already had someone contact the old man's son. I'll need you to go with him. Once his family arrives, explain the situation clearly and prevent them from causing any trouble at the hospital."

The little orange cat was a patient under Xu Daikui's care, so she would naturally take responsibility for it.

She got into the ambulance with the old man.

Throughout the ordeal, the woman kept staring at her with hostility.

Upon arriving at the People's Hospital, the elderly man was taken to the emergency room, where his son and daughter rushed over.

He first glared at the agitated middle-aged woman before asking Xu Daikui what had happened.

After listening to the whole story, they weren't as unreasonable as the middle-aged woman. They even said that the old man usually had low blood sugar and wasn't in good health.

Xu Daikui was somewhat relieved to hear this.

Their pet hospital has been focusing on building a strong reputation for service in recent years, and they are preparing to compete for the Newbell Gold Medal Pet Hospital award at the end of the year.

Therefore, we must prioritize the patients and their families in everything we do, and we really can't afford to have anything like lawsuits.

The old man had been in the emergency room for a while, and Xu Daikui took advantage of this break to go find Shen Jun.

She was really worried that he would tell Xu Jiaojiao that she had given birth. She had only said half of what he wanted to say yesterday.

As I walked to the director's office and turned the corner, I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure emerging from the elevator.

Zhou Yanci's phoenix eyes were deep and his gaze was as cold and clear as snow; his profile was aloof and handsome.

His pure black suit accentuated his tall and straight figure, like a solitary pine tree on a jade mountain, exuding a noble and aloof air.

The person in a superior position exudes composure and a sharp, unapproachable aura.

I remember he wasn't always this gloomy and cold.

During his high school years, he was an outstanding student, always wearing a clean white shirt, and his figure could often be seen on the basketball court and the flag-raising platform.

Standing in the sunlight, he was a role model for all students, an outstanding individual.

Apart from being a little quiet, everything else about him is perfect.

He is usually surrounded by many people, but he doesn't like to get familiar with people. He will only talk to Xu Jiaojiao, who is also good-looking and has a good personality.

Because she was Xu Jiaojiao's younger sister, she had met him a few times.

The most memorable time was when her teacher called her parents because she was falling behind in math.

Her stepmother was too busy to come to school, so the teacher called her father instead.

Her father was the head of a department at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He was a high-ranking official and extremely concerned about his reputation. In addition, Xu Jiaojiao was well-liked by her teachers, which gave him a great sense of superiority in raising his children.

The first time he was called to the teacher's office was because his disappointing daughter had failed math. He felt he had lost all face.

After coming out, he slapped Xu Daikui without saying a word.

Her lip was immediately broken, and blood seeped out. Seeing that she remained silent and never made a sound, Xu Guodong was so angry that he slapped her again.

Zhou Yanci happened to pass by at that moment, grabbed Xu Guodong's hand, took her to the infirmary, and gently wiped the blood from her mouth with a tissue.

That was the first time she had ever been so close to him.

He smelled of sunshine, a stark contrast to her disheveled appearance.

She felt like mud in the ground, and didn't even dare to look him in the eye.

"It's okay if you're not good at math. You can ask me questions if you don't know how to do them in the future."

It was probably at that moment, because of that one sentence, that she fell hopelessly in love with Zhou Yanci.

It was like a drowning person finding a life-saving straw.

Her whole life became brighter.

...

Despite knowing perfectly well who he was going to see, Xu Daikui still followed him secretly, as if possessed.

The man was carrying a high-end jewelry box containing Bulgari's latest Tubogas tricolor gold bracelet.

As Xu Daikui approached the department door, she heard Xu Jiaojiao's gentle and soft voice, "Aci, this is a limited edition, I really like it."

"If you like it, that's good."

"Here, take this. All indicators are normal. You can sit here and take a look."

They got along harmoniously, just like before.

The repeated blows of reality tore her already battered heart apart.

Her once vibrant heart, which had been alive for him, seemed to have become completely numb.

Love?

She thought she would never have that again.

Her most precious feelings have all been worn away.

The boy in the sunlight, that faint and weak light, was actually something she magnified infinitely in her attempt to climb out of the abyss.

He never felt any attraction to her.

...

He turned around and silently moved away, then walked around a corner before emerging from the doorway.

He was wearing a clean white lab coat, with neatly trimmed hair, fair skin, and a gentle face, looking at himself.

The sunlight shone on him, and she thought she saw someone.