The next day, Zhou Yanchen was sitting at his desk, concentrating on processing a mountain of documents.

His deep eyes quickly scanned the documents, and the pen in his hand left clear handwriting on the paper from time to time.

At this moment, the office door was gently pushed open.

Hearing the slight sound of the door being pushed open, Zhou Yanchen subconsciously raised his head and his eyes met Bai Heng who walked in.

The moment their eyes met, Zhou Yanchen nodded slightly, then quickly lowered his head and continued with the work in his hands.

Bai Heng walked to the chair opposite Zhou Yanchen with familiarity and sat down. He took out an exquisite cigarette case from his jacket pocket, took out a cigarette, and handed it to Zhou Yanchen.

"No, I'm quitting." Zhou Yanchen said calmly, without moving his eyes away from the documents.

Bai Heng's hand paused in the air, with an obvious look of shock on his face, his brows furrowed, and his eyes full of disbelief.

"No way, you've been smoking for so many years, how can you say you've quit?"

"The process of quitting smoking is not pleasant. Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Zhou Yanchen stopped what he was doing, leaned back slightly in his chair, a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

In the years since he and Shen Qingli separated, he felt depressed and smoked more.

But now, she and the children are back with him. In order to provide them with a healthy environment, he will quit smoking no matter how uncomfortable it is.

In the past, he thought his life was of no importance, but now, he cherishes his life very much and wants to stay with them forever.

"Living with them now, smoking is not good for them."

Bai Heng nodded thoughtfully, with a teasing smile on his face: "I didn't expect that you really quit smoking for your sister-in-law and the children."

Zhou Yanchen smiled slightly, did not respond to Bai Heng's teasing, and directly changed the subject: "By the way, what's going on with Yao Yao? Are you really planning to marry her?"

Bai Heng lit up a cigarette, took a deep breath, exhaled a beautiful smoke ring, and slowly said: "She is the blind date arranged by my mother."

"I took her there yesterday mainly to shut Pei Yi up. I didn't want to see her laugh."

Zhou Yanchen frowned slightly, with a hint of worry in his eyes, "You'd better be more careful. If you don't handle this kind of thing well, it's easy to get into trouble."

Bai Heng waved his hand nonchalantly, with a confident smile on his face: "Don't worry, Yao Yao and I have already agreed on this in advance, it's just a show."

"She doesn't want to be urged to get married by her family. They just get what they need."

"You used her as a shield to deal with Pei Yi?"

"I was able to handle it smoothly this time, but what about next time? I can't always rely on acting."

"Alright, are you sure that Yao Yao is just acting with you and not serious?"

Bai Heng exhaled a puff of smoke, a trace of confusion flashed across his face: "Well, I haven't really thought about this carefully. Let's take it one step at a time."

Zhou Yanchen thought for a moment and thought of Chu Yuyu.

If Chu Xiaoyu really likes Bai Heng, it would be great if she could bring them together.

He asked casually, "You have met Chu Xiaoyu many times. What do you think of her?"

Bai Heng raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, with a complicated expression on his face: "Why are you talking about her suddenly?"

He thought for a moment and said, "When I first met her, I didn't have a good impression of her."

"I wonder how a girl can be so bad-tempered and speak so bluntly, which makes people feel embarrassed."

He paused, and the expression on his face eased a lot. "However, after getting to know her for a long time, I found that she is actually kind-hearted. She is just a little impatient and doesn't beat around the bush when she speaks or does things."

Bai Heng smiled and teased: "Why, are you planning to introduce her to a boyfriend?"

"I haven't found a suitable one yet. After all, she's your sister-in-law's best friend. If she's an introduction, then she has to be a very reliable person."

"Otherwise your sister-in-law won't forgive you."

When talking about Shen Qingli, Bai Heng said seriously: "Old Zhou, what's the situation between you and your sister-in-law now?"

"When do you plan to remarry?"

Zhou Yanchen sighed softly. He wished he could remarry now.

"I don't know. That depends on when your sister-in-law agrees. Now that she can accept to start over with 놖, 놖늀 is already very grateful."

"Don't worry, I don't dare to think about it yet."

Bai Heng smiled and said, "This is the first time I see you being so cowardly in front of a woman."

Zhou Yanchen leaned back in his chair and said, "When you meet someone you like in the future, you may not be much better than them."

"Maybe."

Bai Heng suddenly looked serious: "Last time I talked to you about something, did you check it out?"

"Why did Jiang Yubai meet Su Xinyao?"

Zhou Yanchen recalled the last time he saw Zhao Ming, the man with black-framed glasses.

“I didn’t check.”

Hearing this, Bai Heng reminded: "You should send someone to investigate. After all, she must be holding a grudge against you for what happened between you and Su Xinyao."

"I'm afraid they will do something shady behind my back."

Zhou Yanchen nodded, "I understand. Let Chang You check it out."

…

Shen Qingli pushed open the door of the ward lightly, and a smell of disinfectant, mixed with a hint of dullness and depression, blew in his face.

Jiang's mother lay quietly on the hospital bed, looking increasingly haggard. Her former spirit had completely disappeared, and her skin was like a dry riverbed, covered with deep and shallow wrinkles.

Noticing someone coming in, she slowly turned her eyes, and when she saw clearly that it was Shen Qingli, a faint light flashed in her dim eyes.

"Auntie, I'm here to see you." Shen Qingli walked to the bedside and held Jiang's mother's bony hand.

Mother Jiang opened her mouth and made an unclear sound in her throat. She tried very hard but couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Her eyes were full of anxiety, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead because of the effort.

Shen Qingli keenly noticed that Jiang's mother was acting strange, "Auntie, do you have something to say to me?"

Jiang's mother nodded with difficulty, her eyes instantly moist.

Shen Qingli realized that Jiang's mother might have something important to say, and hurriedly took paper and pen to her.

"Auntie, if you can't say it, write it down."

Jiang's mother stretched out her hand tremblingly, trying to hold the pen, but her hand trembled like a dead leaf in the wind.

She gritted her teeth and tried her best to write down her thoughts on paper.

Every time Jiang's mother wrote a stroke, it seemed as if she had exhausted all her strength.

Her breathing became rapid, and after a long time, a sentence appeared crookedly on the white paper: Please take me to see Jiang Yumin again.

The moment Shen Qingli saw these words, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

During this time, she already knew where Jiang Yumin was. "Okay, Auntie, I'll take you there now."

At the same time, Jiang Yubai arrived at the door of Jiang Yumin's ward.