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

Wen Yayun did feel that her health was deteriorating day by day, but her son and daughter were still unmarried, and Zhou Nianting was eyeing their shares. She was not at ease leaving now.

The reason she hasn't divorced him all these years is that she doesn't want to give her shares and assets to Zhou Nianting.

If something were to happen to her at this critical juncture, Zhou Nianting would be the primary heir to her shares, and she would absolutely not allow that.

"But wouldn't that be too much of a burden on you? Your aunt can't always accept your selfless help?"

Xu Jiaojiao didn't care at all; on the contrary, she was quite happy about it, since it wasn't her who was in pain.

She was just one step away from getting Zhou Yanci and Xu Daikui divorced. Now she had to do everything she could to make them divorce so that Zhou Yanci would marry her.

She couldn't believe that Zhou Yanci hadn't had any feelings for her all these years.

"It's alright, Auntie. We'll be family soon, so please don't be shy. I just want you to stay healthy."

She then helped Wen Yayun up, saying, "Let's go to the hospital to find my mother."

Today's blood transfusion was something she and Li Xuelan had planned since morning; Li Xuelan always personally performed the transfusions.

Wen Yayun nodded, "Okay, then I'll have Yan Ci come pick us up."

*

Because Wang Guang was hospitalized, Xu Daikui has been busy with matters related to the new pet hospital this week.

Xu Meng was bored at home during her winter vacation, so Xu Daikui enrolled her in an art class.

After dropping Mengmeng off at her art class in the morning, she went to the hospital to visit Wang Guang and showed him the printed information about opening the pet hospital.

She meticulously formatted everything, including hotel reservations, invitation lists, and opening procedures.

"That's fine, Daikui, you can arrange it as you see fit. If you need to contact clients, just ask my secretary, he'll be fully at your service."

Wang Guang casually flipped through the documents and then handed them to her with considerable trust.

Xu Daikui nodded, chatted with him about other things, and then went to the pet hospital to get back to work.

When it was time to eat, she stopped working and looked at the man beside her.

"Secretary Zheng, let's finish the rest this afternoon."

"Okay, Vice Dean, I'll go eat now."

"Um."

After Zheng Yang left, Xu Daikui also left the hospital, and Shen Jun happened to drive up at that moment.

"Finished with work? It's been quite difficult to see you these past few days."

Xu Daikui smiled, "It'll be fine once we open. I've been working overtime every night these past few days to finalize the details. How about you? Isn't the hospital busy?"

Shen Jun shook his head. "No rush. The annual meeting is over, and there aren't many patients. Let's go pick up Mengmeng and go have dinner."

Xu Daikui felt a little embarrassed to keep troubling him, so she said, "Then I'll treat you, you can't take it from me."

Shen Jun smiled.

After getting into his car, which was slowly driving down the street, Xu Daikui looked out the window and suddenly spotted a Cartier boutique.

She quickly called for Shen Jun to stop.

"Let's stop for a moment and go for a walk over there. Jiajia is getting engaged on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and I want to buy her a nice set of jewelry."

Shen Jun nodded, turned the car around, parked it in front of the store, and the two went inside.

*

In the hospital, Zhou Yanci stayed by Wen Yayun's bedside.

Li Xuelan then came in with a vial of blood and looked at the two of them. "Jiaojiao was a little dizzy after the blood draw, so I let her lie down and rest for a while and didn't let her come in."

Wen Yayun hurriedly said apologetically, "It's my fault for dragging Jiaojiao into this. Yanci, you don't need to stay here with me. Go and see Jiaojiao. She has suffered too much because of me. Take her to buy some nice jewelry today."

Li Xuelan was secretly delighted, but she still declined, saying, "We're practically family now, mother-in-law, you don't need to be so polite..."

"Of course."

Wen Yayun smiled as she watched Zhou Yan leave.

When Zhou Yanci arrived at Xu Jiaojiao's office, he heard her on the phone, saying, "Yeah, we're one step closer again. My life is just like winning without lifting a finger..."

"I have to go find Aci now."

After hanging up the phone, she caught a glimpse of a tall, slender figure at the door, and a sudden feeling of nervousness crossed her mind.

Did Zhou Yanci overhear her phone call?

Words can be dangerous; it seems she'll have to be more careful in the future.

"Didn't I tell you to get some rest?"

Zhou Yanci went inside.

Xu Jiaojiao stood up. "I'm perfectly healthy. It's just a little blood loss. It's no big deal. Aci, are you free today? I want to go shopping."

Since they were getting engaged soon, she felt it was time to buy an engagement ring.

"Um."

The two agreed and went directly to the Cartier boutique.

As Zhou Yanci entered the store, two familiar figures immediately caught his eye.

The man and woman were both handsome and beautiful, making them incredibly eye-catching.

Xu Jiaojiao also saw it and smiled at Zhou Yanci, "Aci, it seems that Dai Kui is also preparing her wedding jewelry. Dr. Shen must have come to buy her some hardware."

Zhou Yanci looked away. "Choose your own."

.....

Xu Daikui didn't know what to give Xie Jia, so after thinking it over, she chose a limited edition bracelet.

It is worth more than 100,000.

Although she was heartbroken, she remembered that she had bought a villa and still had ten million left, and Xie Jia was her best friend, so she still made a huge sacrifice.

"How is it? Does it look good?"

She asked Shen Jun.

Just as Shen Jun was about to nod, a waiter's enthusiastic voice suddenly came from their right side.

"Miss, the wedding ring you're looking at is the latest design of the season. It's one of a kind in the world and it really complements your and your husband's good looks."

Xu Daikui subconsciously turned around and saw two people she shouldn't have seen.

Zhou Yanci stood to the side, as if he didn't see her, only staring at the jewelry in front of him.

Xu Jiaojiao, however, raised her swan-like neck high and turned around to greet them, "Dai Kui, what a coincidence to run into you and Dr. Shen again."

Xu Daikui felt only bad luck.

Without looking at them, she turned around and handed the bracelet to the sales assistant, saying, "Please wrap it up for me."

The two then went to the front desk to pay the bill and left the jewelry store.

Sitting in the car, Shen Jun sighed, "What a small world! How come we keep running into each other everywhere we go?"

Xu Daikui pursed her lips, her smile tinged with sarcasm. "It's alright, just pretend you don't see it."

Shen Jun smiled, and the two of them picked up Mengmeng from her art class and then went to a hot pot restaurant with an antique style of decoration.

"I heard this restaurant is newly opened and the food is very good."

Xu Daikui also likes hot pot, so the three of them chose a private room and leisurely ordered food inside.

A moment later, a charming voice suddenly rang out from the next private room.