Smoking was not allowed in the hospital, so Zhou Yanchen had to find a seat in a corner with a small window and stick his head out.

Just as I was about to hit the ground and before I could take a breath, my calf was hit by a strong force.

When he lowered his eyes, a little girl came into view, and hurriedly threw the cigarette into the disposable water cup she brought with her.

The girl's crisp apology came: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I accidentally bumped into you."

That sound was like a lively note, tapping gently in my heart, and an inexplicably familiar feeling surged in my heart.

Zhou Yanchen turned around and met the girl's gaze. In an instant, surprise blossomed in his eyes: "Little sister, we meet again."

Shen Jinxi's eyes lit up as he recognized him: "Uncle Shuai, why is it you?"

Seeing that he was wearing a hospital gown, Shen Jinxi asked with concern: "Uncle Shuai, are you sick too?"

Zhou Yanchen's eyes were full of tenderness, and he nodded slightly: "Well, it will be fine soon, why are you here too?"

Shen Jinxi sighed, and said in her childish and naive way: "It's all my fault for playing too much and sweating too much. I caught a cold and had a fever, but my mother said I'll be discharged soon."

Zhou Yanchen looked around and asked softly, "Where's your mother? Why are you alone?"

Shen Jinxi lowered her voice a little, like a child who had done something wrong: "Mom went to get some water, and I wanted to go find her, but I got lost."

As soon as she finished speaking, she was hit by a cough and her small body trembled violently.

Zhou Yanchen squatted down hurriedly and patted her back gently, his eyes full of heartache. He didn't ask softly until her coughing gradually stopped, "Are you feeling better?"

Shen Jinxi's eyes were red, but she nodded obediently: "Much better, thank you uncle."

The two chatted for a while, but Shen Jinxi's mother didn't come, so Zhou Yanchen suggested, "Little sister, can uncle carry you to find mom? Otherwise, she will be worried if she doesn't see you."

Shen Jinxi agreed obediently.

Zhou Yanchen picked her up and picked up the cup of cigarettes by the window.

Shen Jinxi's eyes were sharp, and he said seriously, "Uncle, you can't smoke when you are sick, you are not listening."

Zhou Yanchen felt embarrassed, but he lied calmly, "It wasn't my uncle, someone else threw it away, and my uncle took it and threw it away."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jinxi gave him a thumbs up and said, "Uncle, you are great. Mom said this is of good quality."

Zhou Yanchen smiled humbly and responded to her.

Hearing Shen Jinxi's occasional cough, Zhou Yanchen guessed that her ward should be in the respiratory department, so he carried her to the nurse's station.

The nurse looked at the two people in a trance. They looked like father and daughter for some reason.

Zhou Yanchen asked politely: "Excuse me, which ward is this little girl staying in?"

The nurse came back to her senses and said hurriedly, "Little sister, what's your name? I'll check it for you."

"Shen Jinxi."

When Zhou Yanchen heard this surname, his heart moved, and he unexpectedly hoped that her mother was the Shen Qingli who haunted his dreams.

But then he laughed at himself, wondering how could such a coincidence happen.

"I found out first, her ward is Room 15."

Zhou Yanchen nodded slightly, "Thank you."

After that, he carried Shen Jinxi to her ward.

Shen Qingli carefully carried a pot of freshly boiled water and slowly walked out of the water room.

At this moment, a familiar figure suddenly came into her sight, and Zhou Yanchen walked past her.

However, what shocked her even more was that Zhou Yanchen was holding Xiaobao in his arms.

How did we meet?

Shen Qingli's heart suddenly became flustered. If she walked forward at this moment, Zhou Yanchen would definitely discover her existence.

What to do?

She was so nervous that her palms were sweating and her brain was rapidly thinking of various coping strategies.

Maybe Zhou Yanchen just happened to meet Xiaobao and will leave soon.

Shen Qingli comforted herself in this way and hid in a corner, waiting quietly.

One minute, two minutes... time passed slowly, but Zhou Yanchen never came out of Xiaobao's ward.

It turned out that after Zhou Yanchen walked into the ward, he found that there was no one inside. He felt a little worried about leaving Xiaobao here all alone.

After much thought, I decided to stay and wait for Xiaobao's mother to come back, fearing that she would run away alone again.

Such a beautiful and cute little girl, I'm afraid she will meet bad people.

Shen Jinxi enthusiastically handed the snacks that Pei Yike and the others bought for her to Zhou Yanchen: "Uncle, have some candy. This candy is delicious, come and try it."

Facing the little girl's innocent smile, Zhou Yanchen took the candy from her and said, "Thank you."

In this way, more than ten minutes passed by unknowingly. Shen Qingli paced anxiously at the corner, feeling more and more uneasy.

She was afraid that if Zhou Yanchen and Shen Jinxi stayed together for too long, they would discover something.

Helplessly, she gritted her teeth, turned around and walked towards the nurse's station, hoping that the nurse could help look after Xiaobao for a few minutes.

Then Zhou Yanchen will leave.

The nurse agreed to her request, "Okay."

When the nurse walked into the ward with her mission, she saw a warm and strange scene:

Zhou Yanchen was telling Shen Jinxi a story with great emotion, and there was a rare tenderness under his stern face.

After hearing what the nurse said to Shen Qingli, Zhou Yanchen stood up and prepared to leave.

However, Shen Jinxi grabbed the corner of his clothes, his eyes full of reluctance: "Uncle, thank you for telling me the story, can you please leave me your phone number?"

"If I want to hear more stories from you, can I call you?"

The nurse at the side couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. She knew very well that the man in front of her was a famous cold-faced person in Beijing. He usually acted boldly and decisively, which made people intimidated.

At this moment, she was afraid that Xiaobao's words would anger the Buddha, and just as she was about to open her mouth to dissuade him, she saw Zhou Yanchen nodded slightly and said softly, "Okay."

After hearing this, Shen Jinxi quickly took out a pink phone watch from under the pillow and said seriously, "Uncle, I'll remember the number first and ask my mother to save it for me when the time comes."

Zhou Yanchen looked at her cute appearance and raised his lips unconsciously: "Okay."

Shen Jinxi blinked again: "Uncle, please remember my number too. I'm afraid you won't answer stranger calls when the time comes."

Zhou Yanchen shook his head helplessly and chuckled: "Okay, you clever little ghost."

After saving the number, 놛 shook his phone and said, "I've saved it. Welcome to call me, Xiaobao."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left, leaving Shen Jinxi in the ward with a look of nostalgia.

The nurse stood there, mouth agape at the sight.

Shen Qingli turned the corner and saw Zhou Yanchen's figure completely disappear at the end of the corridor, then she quickly walked towards the ward.

Zhou Yanchen returned to the ward and lay on the bed, thinking of what Shen Jinxi said to him, "Uncle, I used to imagine that my father would tell me stories like you."

Thinking of her disappointed look when she said this, Zhou Yanchen couldn't help but curse in his heart: "What kind of bastard would leave such a lovely daughter behind!"