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

"Not yet... but it probably won't be long. Don't be too sad, you're still young, you can find another good man..."

From a friend's perspective, this was the only way Fang Qing could comfort her.

Xu Daikui gave a slight, sarcastic smile. "Thank you for your comfort. Has he found a divorce lawyer yet?"

Fang Qing guessed that Xie Jia must have told him that Zhou Yanci was looking for a divorce lawyer.

He hesitated slightly, "I've found one, but Mr. Zhou probably doesn't want to file for divorce. At most, he'll have a lawyer draft a satisfactory divorce agreement..."

After all, Xu Daikui was gentle and kind, and deeply in love with Zhou Yanci, which was clear to them as bystanders.

Zhou Yanci himself must be fully aware of this.

He had no reason to go through the trouble of a divorce case and make things difficult for a woman who posed no threat to him.

Moreover, if the divorce becomes a big deal, it will inevitably affect the group's stock price, which is entirely detrimental.

"Okay, I'll wait for you. Go back and report."

Xu Daikui guessed the same thing; although Zhou Yanci didn't love her, he wouldn't go so far as to sue her.

He hated himself, but he wasn't a ruthless person.

After Fang Qing left, she picked up the scattered candies one by one and went back to the pet hospital.

...

In the ward.

When Fang Qing entered the room, he saw Zhou Yanci sitting in front of his mother's hospital bed looking at the diagnosis report, while Wen Yayun was lying on the bed.

Seeing him approach, Wen Yayun opened her eyes and spoke first, "She's gone?"

Fang Qing nodded.

"Yes, I made the troublemaker sign a compensation agreement. She took the money and didn't bother my wife anymore. My wife should have gone back to work at the hospital."

Wen Yayun spoke calmly, "Didn't she say she wanted to come in and see me?"

Fang Qing's expression turned slightly awkward before he said tactfully, "Perhaps Madam was in a hurry to come over today and didn't bring a fruit basket, so she was too embarrassed to come in empty-handed..."

"Oh."

Wen Yayun scoffed disdainfully, "Is she only not coming today? I'm at the hospital every few days, she knows that. We've been mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for five years, and she and Aci aren't even divorced yet. But she's been so good to me, not showing her face in the Zhou family even once in five years. She's not even as sensible as her sister. If she really didn't want to enter our Zhou family, why did she do such a despicable thing back then?"

It's like a pot of good soup being ruined by a single bad apple.

Wen Yayun knew that Fang Qing and Xu Daikui were close friends, so she deliberately made this comment to pass on a message to her.

Fang Qing scoffed inwardly, "But you didn't treat her like family either. Back then, Zhou Yan resigned and went abroad without a word, and your whole family still hasn't given her an explanation."

It's already good enough that people don't expose and slander the Zhou family for being heartless.

But he still didn't dare to say it out loud, and could only say softly, "I will remind your wife next time I see her."

"No need," Wen Yayun waved her hand. "It's not sincere anyway, begging will only shorten my lifespan, so forget it."

Then his gaze turned to Zhou Yanci, his tone listless, "Aci, find an opportunity to talk things out with her. Dragging it out like this isn't a good thing."

She knew her son didn't like Xu Daikui, otherwise he wouldn't have ignored her for the past five years.

This was a marriage that was manipulated and was very unfair to him. It's better to get a divorce sooner rather than later if he doesn't like it.

In particular, she hated drugged women the most in her life. Whenever she thought about her son being drugged, the hatred that had been building up in her heart for many years was ignited.

This made her dislike Xu Daikui even more.

"Okay, I know what I'm doing. You get some rest, I'm going back to the company."

Zhou Yanci spoke softly.

After leaving the ward, Fang Qing followed him to the parking lot. Seeing the man get into his car and really go back to the company, he hesitated and asked.

"Mr. Zhou, what's the PIN for the black card you gave your wife? She asked Jiajia to let me ask you."

Zhou Yanci leaned back in the car seat, his face chillingly cold. "Whose side are you on?"

Fang Qing's face turned pale with embarrassment at those words.

"Do your job well."

Zhou Yanci coldly averted his gaze.

Fang Qing became increasingly apprehensive.

Five years ago, Zhou Yanci was calm and composed, but not so unpredictable as to be moody.

Ever since I returned from that trip abroad, my face has been gloomy.

If he were a woman, he would even suspect that she was on her period!

"Have you made an appointment with Attorney Ji?"

The air was deathly silent for a few seconds before Zhou Yanci asked a question.

Fang Qing didn't dare to delay. "We've already made arrangements and reached an agreement. Attorney Ji has handled hundreds of divorce cases every year, and he's extremely skilled at drafting divorce agreements. Shall we ask him to come over now?"

Zhou Yanci didn't reply, but instead lowered his head and dialed Fu Minghao's number.

"Come to the company now if you have time."

The person on the other end sounded serious. "I don't have time. Bai Weiwei was in a car accident this morning, and I'm at the hospital with her."

Zhou Yanci narrowed his eyes. "I remember Tang Xuan is getting a divorce?"

Because of Bai Weiwei, she has been sulking and going back to her parents' home for several days.

Fu Minghao was drinking heavily last night, complaining sadly.

Fu Minghao's voice was low and tinged with sadness, "So you're keeping it from her. Nobody knows except you, so don't go around telling everyone!"

Zhou Yanci, "Scumbag".

Fu Minghao immediately sneered, "Aren't you the same? What right do you have to criticize me? At least I'm innocent with Weiwei, and her situation is urgent; she has no relatives here. It's only natural for me to take care of her..."

You ran off abroad with Xu Jiaojiao, that's blatant adultery! When it comes to being a scumbag, I'm nowhere near your level, okay? Don't be the pot calling the kettle black...

Zhou Yanci interrupted him coldly, "Shut up! Come to the company tomorrow morning, or I won't help you anymore."

Having said that decisively, he ignored the man who was still rambling on and hung up. He then instructed Fang Qing, "Have Ji Yanmin come to the company at 11 a.m. tomorrow."

……

Xu Daikui returned to the hospital after five o'clock.

She went to the dean's office and briefly described what had happened.

Dean Zhao gaped in astonishment, "What?! President Zhou paid this compensation on behalf of our hospital?"

Shocked, he then said to himself, "He must be taking special care of us because of your sister."

He never expected that a rich young master could be so sentimental.

How much must one love Xu Jiaojiao to treat money like dirt?

"You're right."

Xu Daikui responded gently, her expression unchanged.

Although part of the reason for today's events was that their dispute disturbed Zhou Yanci's mother's rest, she knew very well that the main reason was that Xu Jiaojiao liked this pet hospital, so he chose to settle the matter with money and not let the hospital get a bad reputation.

"Your sister is so lucky."

Dean Zhao let out a heartfelt sigh.

Xu Daikui smiled and said, "Yes."

Some lives are as worthless as grass, while others are as precious as gold and jade.

There's no comparison.

She can only rely on her own efforts.

...

As she left the office, her text message alert rang.

【0719】

When she swiped the screen and saw that expensive-sounding unfamiliar number, along with those four numbers she knew by heart, her heart skipped a beat.