Hospital.

When Zhou Chunhua slowly opened her eyes, she was already in a hospital room.

A string of bubbles rose from the medicine bottle, and the syringe at the bottom extended all the way to his hand.

"You're awake? Hua Hua?"

Zhou Chunhua only came to her senses upon hearing Zhu Lina's voice.

Her last memory was of Gu Yao putting her in the passenger seat.

In other words, after that, she immediately fainted from the fever.

"I...I'm fine, don't cry." She tried to raise her hand to wipe away Juliana's tears, but she couldn't move her hand at all.

"Don't move! You scared me to death, you know?" Julia said, wiping away her tears. "When Gu Yao called me, my legs went weak!"

Seeing the worry on Juliana's haggard face, Zhou Chunhua frowned with heartache.

She then reassured him, "It's alright. Look at me, I'm perfectly fine."

"What do you mean 'okay'? You have a fever of 41 degrees Celsius, do you know that? If Gu Yao hadn't brought you here in time, you would have been convulsing and foaming at the mouth!"

"I'm not Wu Dalang! Cough cough cough..."

"You're still in the mood for jokes? You scared me to death! Hua Hua, I'm not trying to be mean, but that guy surnamed Lu is crazy, why are you still fooling around with him?"

"How heavy was the rain last night? He went hiking on Lishan Mountain? Is he crazy?!"

“Who says otherwise? He…” She originally wanted to complain about Lu Ming, but then she suddenly remembered Lu Ming’s mother, Xu Meiying.

The words that were about to be spoken were swallowed back down.

However... she couldn't understand why Lu Ming had taken her to the nursing home yesterday.

She even said that if he couldn't come in the future, she should visit his mother on his behalf when she had time.

Just as Zhou Chunhua was lost in thought, Gu Yao's voice rang out.

Are you hungry?

When I came to my senses, I saw a fresh bruise on Gu Yao's face.

Gu Yao seemed to sense her gaze and deliberately turned his face away.

"Your face?"

Her question caused Gu Yao to turn his face even further away, and even Juliana coughed awkwardly.

"Oh, you mean this..."

“Okay! I hit him!” Juliana patted her chest and said, “I thought he was the one who took you hiking on the mountain and got you like this. So… in a moment of impulse, I punched him.”

"It's nothing, it doesn't hurt." Gu Yao said, then changed the subject: "Are you hungry? I bought you some porridge."

It was obvious that Gu Yao didn't want to continue the previous topic.

Zhou Chunhua didn't mention it again, but she still glanced at Zhu Lina.

Juliana gave an apologetic smile.

"What about mine?" Juliana asked, turning her head.

"I don't know your taste. I'll watch over Hua Hua. You can go eat in the cafeteria on the first floor." Gu Yao didn't even glance at Zhu Lina.

But his tone was cold, completely different from when he spoke to her.

Zhu Lina pouted at Gu Yao.

"Okay. You stay here and watch over Huahua, I'll go downstairs and take a look."

After saying that, he swaggered away.

Gu Yao sat down, held the porridge in his hands, scooped a spoonful, and brought it to her lips.

She didn't speak, and he didn't urge her.

He just waited for her without moving.

In the end, it was only after she ate that spoonful of porridge that he withdrew his hand.

After that, they didn't speak. Gu Yao slowly fed her spoonful after spoonful of porridge.

Her job was simply to open her mouth and eat.

She only said, "Thank you. I'm full," when she couldn't eat anymore.

Gu Yao didn't urge her to eat more. Instead, he covered the porridge, put it back in the food bag, and carried it out of the ward.

Perhaps because I ate some porridge, I felt less unwell than before, and I realized that I was only fully awake at this moment.

Turning her head to look at the side, she realized that she was actually staying in a single room.

Moreover, it's a single room with a cot for accompanying patients and a living room.

It's ironic, really.

She didn't receive this kind of treatment when she was a professor's wife.

It's worth noting that even when she gave birth, she stayed in a regular shared room.

They had four children at the same time.

The crowded ward was bustling with people, just like a vegetable market.

Especially for families with two sons, half the ward was filled with their relatives.

Men and women, young and old, often speak in a loud voice, which not only frightens children to tears.

When you're about to breastfeed your child, you ask the men to leave for a bit, and they say you're being dramatic.

What are you saying? They're just two lumps of meat.

It's like everyone's seen it.

She politely explained to the family that there are differences between men and women, and that they should do each other a favor.

But the first thing they said was that she had such high standards, so why didn't she stay in a private room?

Xu Xiuzhen would constantly tell everyone she met that her son was a university teacher, and how high his salary and benefits were.

When others heard this, they said behind her back that she didn't win the hearts of her mother-in-law and husband. Otherwise, with such a wealthy family, they wouldn't have let her live a better life.

Especially when she was sleeping, she didn't know whether she should open her eyes or not when she heard the old ladies in the next bed talking about her.

When other people are in the hospital giving birth, they are the ones who enjoy the most happiness.

She, however, suffered terribly during her hospital stay.

Now that she's left the Liao family and Liao Nanxing, her life is actually getting better and better, more and more comfortable.

So, once you leave the worst person, you can never get any worse!

Gu Yao returned shortly afterward.

She quickly thanked him, "Thank you so much for today. You must be tired. Go home and rest. It's just a small problem, you don't need to stay with me."

"The doctor said your condition is not stable yet and you need to have a family member with you."

Zhou Chunhua frowned.

She just has a fever, why are you making it sound like she's seriously ill and in the ICU?

Gu Yao showed no intention of leaving. He sat down on the sofa and started scrolling through his phone.

It looks like he's dealing with work-related matters.

When he's at home, he often uses his phone to handle work-related matters.

Just as the IV drip finished, she pressed the call button.

When the nurse came in, she quickly asked, "Excuse me, do you still have my medication?"

"It's gone." The nurse removed the needle from the back of her hand.

She quickly asked again, "So I don't need any family members to accompany me, right?"

"I don't know about that, you should ask the attending physician."

"But……"

Before she could say anything, the nurse had already left.

That feeling... was like... running away.

Zhou Chunhua glanced at Gu Yao.

"How about Nana keeps me company for a while?"

It wasn't out of politeness; she simply felt uncomfortable with Gu Yao around.

“Julina? She’s busy too.” Gu Yao didn’t even look up.

One sentence completely confused her.

How did he know Nana was busy?

She stopped talking and waited for Nana to come up.

More than ten minutes later, before the person even arrived, she heard Juliana's voice.

To be precise, it was a roar.