In the ward, Xiao Lang looked out the window at the dark night from time to time. Chen Xiaoru had been out for so long and hadn't returned yet. His heart felt like it was being gripped by an invisible hand, tightening more and more.

"Liu Bing!" Xiao Lang suddenly stopped and shouted at the door.

"Captain, what's going on?" Liu Bing quickly pushed the door open, a hint of confusion on his face. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

Xiao Lang's brows were furrowed, and there was a hint of imperceptible anxiety in his tone: "Your sister-in-law has been out for so long and hasn't come back yet. It's already dark. I'm worried that something happened to her." He paused and added, "Go see her, go quickly."

Liu Bing was stunned for a moment, as if he was a little surprised that Xiao Lang cared so much about Chen Xiaoru. He hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, Captain, I'll go right away." After that, he turned around and quickly left the ward.

Xiao Lang stared out the window, his heart awash with mixed emotions. If it were the old Chen Xiaoru, he wouldn't have cared about her whereabouts, and might even have wished she'd vanish forever. But now, he couldn't help but worry about her safety.

Chen Xiaoru was completely unaware of Xiao Lang's worries. At this moment, she was preparing to return to the hospital.

"Sister-in-law!" A familiar voice came. Chen Xiaoru looked up and saw Liu Bing walking towards her with a hint of anxiety on his face. "Where have you been? The battalion commander is so worried, he asked me to come out and look for you. Let's go back to the hospital!"

"I'm just going out for a walk, I'm fine." Chen Xiaoru replied calmly, then asked, "What happened to the battalion commander?"

Liu Bing scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "The battalion commander... he's really worried about you. He said it's getting dark and he's afraid something might happen to you."

Chen Xiaoru was slightly stunned, then lowered her head to hide the emotions in her eyes and quickened her pace, "It's okay, let's go."

The two returned to the ward. Xiao Lang saw that Chen Xiaoru had returned safely, and his heart finally settled down.

"Xiao Ru, where have you been? Why did you take so long?" Xiao Lang's tone was filled with a hint of blame, but more of concern. "I asked Liu Bing to look for you. I was so worried about you."

Chen Xiaoru raised her eyebrows, a playful smile playing on her lips. "Are you really concerned about me? It's really rare... the sun is rising from the west?"

Xiao Lang was stunned and wanted to explain something, "Xiao Ru, don't talk about me like that... I just..."

"Just what?" Chen Xiaoru interrupted him, her tone calm. "I was walking around the hospital this afternoon and found a human trafficker who was abducting women and children. I followed her all the way to her lair and busted them all."

Xiao Lang was completely stunned. He looked at Chen Xiaoru in disbelief, as if he was listening to a fairy tale.

"You...what did you say? You killed the human traffickers?" he asked stutteringly, his tone full of shock.

Liu Bing also widened his eyes. He looked at Chen Xiaoru and then at Xiao Lang, his face full of disbelief.

Chen Xiaoru's lips curled up slightly, with a hint of pride and disdain. "Why, you don't believe me? Do I look like someone who would joke?"

She paused and continued, "Those human traffickers have committed so many evil things, they should have been punished long ago."

Xiao Lang was speechless for a moment. He knew that Chen Xiaoru was very skilled, but he didn't expect that she would dare to break into the human traffickers' lair alone.

He felt mixed emotions, worried about Chen Xiaoru but also a hint of inexplicable admiration.

"You...you went there alone? Are you hurt?" Xiao Lang's tone softened with a hint of concern.

Chen Xiaoru shook her head and said calmly, "I'm fine. Those people are vulnerable."

She looked at Xiao Lang with a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "Why, you're worried about me now? What were you doing before?"

Xiao Lang opened his mouth, wanting to explain something, but found that he had nothing to say.

He did have a change of heart towards Chen Xiaoru, but the past was like an insurmountable chasm between the two of them.

Liu Bing was stunned watching from the side. He had never expected that his sister-in-law would be so powerful.

He couldn't help but give a thumbs up, "Sister-in-law, you are amazing! I really admire you!"

Chen Xiaoru just smiled faintly and didn't say much.

There was a brief silence in the ward, and the atmosphere was somewhat subtle.

Xiao Lang looked at Chen Xiaoru, and a complex emotion surged in his heart. He found that he seemed to be unable to see through this woman more and more.

She is no longer the vicious and bullying Chen Xiaoru, but an independent, strong and mysterious woman.

He suddenly realized how little he knew about her.

"Xiao Ru, you haven't eaten yet!" Xiao Lang's tone was unnaturally gentle. He turned his head slightly to avoid Chen Xiao Ru's probing gaze, but his eyes couldn't help but drift towards her. "I'll ask Liu Bing to get you something to eat?"

Chen Xiaoru crossed her arms and looked Xiao Lang up and down, a smile on her lips, "It would have been better if you hadn't said it, but now I know I'm really hungry." She touched her stomach, her tone lazy, as if the heroine who had single-handedly taken down the human traffickers' den just now was not her.

When Liu Bing heard this, he immediately became excited. He rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Sister-in-law, wait a minute. I'll go to the cafeteria to check. There should be some left at this time." After that, he ran out of the ward like a gust of wind.

As soon as Liu Bing left, Chen Xiaoru rushed over to the bed like a cheetah, her hands on either side of Xiao Lang, trapping him in a tight space. She leaned forward slightly, with a playful smile, her breath sweet as orchid, "Xiao Lang, there's something wrong with you!"

She deliberately prolonged the last syllable of her words, her eyes moving with a hint of cunning, "You didn't care about me so much before. Could it be that you're attracted to me because I'm pretty now?" She moved closer, her nose almost touching Xiao Lang's cheek, with a hint of teasing.

Xiao Lang was caught off guard by her sudden action, and his cheeks instantly turned red like a ripe apple.

He avoided her gaze, not daring to look directly into Chen Xiaoru's eyes, and explained in a panic, "No, I... I just think that I will get to know you better in the future."

He stuttered for a long time before he uttered this sentence. There was a hint of uncertainty in his tone, but also a hint of seriousness.

"So that's how it is. I thought you fell in love with me!" Chen Xiaoru's eyes moved, with a playful smile on her lips. She deliberately moved close to Xiao Lang and spoke with a joking tone, as if teasing a kitten with its fur standing on end.

"I... I..." Xiao Lang was forced to retreat step by step by her. His cheeks were so red that they almost bled. His eyes wandered around in panic. He stammered and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time. He was like a rabbit whose tail was stepped on. He was extremely embarrassed.

Seeing him like this, Chen Xiaoru laughed in her heart, but she stopped teasing him. She slowly withdrew her hands, stepped back from the bed, folded her arms across her chest, leaned against the wall, and stopped talking. She just looked at him quietly, her eyes deep, as if she could see through him.