"Don't keep staring at me." Her ears turned red as she handed me the peeled apple. "You might need to stay in bed for three days after the surgery. I brought all your usual electronic devices. The charger is in the second drawer, and all the documents have been scanned and saved in the tablet. The password is your birthday."

Chen Yanzhi took the apple and suddenly asked, "Why are you so good to me?" Su Wanyu's hand paused in mid-air for a fraction of a second before she looked down to tidy the medical records on the bedside table. "Because you are a worthy person." Her voice was soft, yet it was like morning light piercing through the clouds. "In all the time I've been at the law firm, you've never looked down on me because I was in administration. You taught me legal documents, took me to case discussions, and even had me accompany you to court..." She suddenly looked up, her eyes sparkling. "You know what? When you said 'Wanyu's opinion is very important,' I felt like I was illuminated."

Chen Yanzhi suddenly remembered the time she pointed out a loophole in the chain of evidence at the meeting. No one else noticed, but he stopped and said, "Assistant Su is right, we need to re-examine the timeline." From then on, she began to actively participate in case discussions, her notes growing thicker and thicker, and she could even understand some of the medical reports. It turned out that, unseen by him, she had already transformed every bit of recognition into a force for upward growth.

On the day of the surgery, Su Wanyu stood at the entrance of the operating room in a sterile gown. Until the very last moment before he was wheeled in, she was still confirming his allergy history with the anesthesiologist. As the anesthetic gradually took effect, Chen Yanzhi saw her give him a "good luck" gesture through the glass, her fingertips trembling slightly, yet maintaining a firm posture throughout.

The surgery was a success. When Chen Yanzhi woke up in the ICU, she saw Su Wanyu dozing against the glass wall, with a nurse standing next to her taking notes: "Family members can't stay here for long, go and rest." She shook her head: "I'm not a family member, I'm a colleague, but he has no other relatives around him."

The day she was transferred out of the regular ward, Su Wanyu brought a bunch of champagne-colored lisianthus and placed them in a glass vase on the bedside table. "I heard that the flower language of this is 'unchanging love'," she said with a smile as she tidied the sheets. Suddenly, she noticed Chen Yanzhi staring at her, and her ears immediately turned bright red. "I... I just bought it randomly!"

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Two weeks later, Chen Yanzhi returned to the law firm. When he opened the door, he saw a new desk calendar on his desk with a note in the lower right corner: "Avoid staying up late for three months after surgery. Have a follow-up internal medicine check-up every Wednesday afternoon at 2 pm. The medicine boxes have been sorted by date and placed on the top drawer."

Su Wanyu came in carrying documents. She paused for a moment when she saw him, then quickly regained her composure: "President Zhang just called. The other party in the merger and acquisition deal has agreed to adjust the terms. We'll have a meeting at 3 PM to discuss it." As she turned around, Chen Yanzhi noticed that she was wearing a new watch on her wrist, the silver strap shimmering in the sunlight.

Halfway through the meeting, Chen Yanzhi suddenly said, "Assistant Su, please sit here. This case requires medical expertise." She looked up, her eyes behind her glasses shining like stars, and sat down beside him, laptop in hand. As she analyzed the medical compensation terms proposed by the other party using precise terminology, Chen Yanzhi suddenly noticed that one button on her shirt collar was fastened incorrectly, revealing a small patch of her collarbone. The bruise there had faded to a light brown, like a stubborn little flower blooming in pale snow.

After the meeting, as Su Wanyu was tidying up the documents, Chen Yanzhi suddenly said softly, "Wanyu, thank you." She looked up and saw that the tips of his ears were slightly red, but he still maintained the composure of a lawyer: "Not only this time, but every time before."

The sycamore leaves rustled outside the window, and sunlight streamed through the blinds, casting dappled shadows on her face. Su Wanyu suddenly smiled, a radiant smile Chen Yanzhi had never seen before: "You're welcome, Attorney Chen." She turned and walked towards the door, her ponytail swaying gently behind her. "Because now, you're more than just someone I need to repay a debt of gratitude to."

The door closed gently. Chen Yanzhi touched the warm honey water cup on the table and suddenly realized that some things had quietly changed during that medical crisis. Like the undercurrents in the deep sea, the surface was calm, but in the depths, it stirred up huge waves, bringing two hearts closer in the storm and allowing them to hear each other's heartbeats.

On the desk, champagne-colored lisianthus is quietly blooming, the water droplets on the petals like unspoken words, shimmering gently in the morning light.