Pei Yike hurried back home, thinking of visiting Grandpa Pei in the hospital.
The moment I stepped into the ward, warmth spread throughout the space.
"Grandpa, how have you been lately?" Pei Yike's voice was gentle, and his eyes showed undisguised concern.
Master Pei's face was filled with a happy smile. "I've been doing very well recently. I'm very happy."
"Your Grandpa Zhou often comes to play chess and chat with me. I also met a few old friends in the hospital. In my spare time, we play chess in the garden. I don't find life boring at all."
Pei Yike was relieved to see that her grandfather was in good spirits, much better than when she left for filming.
Master Pei looked at her carefully, his eyes full of pity, "But you, did your crew not give you food? Why are you so thin?"
Pei Yike hugged her grandfather's arm affectionately and said coquettishly, "Grandpa, I'm an actor and I'm quite strict about my body management, but I promise to eat properly, so don't worry about me."
After chatting with grandpa for a while and seeing that he looked tired, Pei Yike asked him to rest first, and she walked out of the ward with Shen Qingli.
The two walked in the hospital corridor, Pei Yike's footsteps were a little heavy, "Ali, can my grandpa be discharged from the hospital?"
"He won't have to stay in the hospital forever, will he?"
Shen Qingli sighed slightly, with a look of helplessness and professional calmness, "That's fine, Master Pei is old, and it's convenient for doctors to monitor his physical condition at any time in the hospital. This will be better for him."
Pei Yike nodded silently, "Okay, I understand."
When I got to the surgery office, I saw a man standing at the door holding a large bouquet of roses.
The moment Bai Heng turned around and saw Shen Qingli, a brilliant smile immediately appeared on his face, and he waved enthusiastically, "Hi, goddess."
Pei Yike couldn't help but glance sideways and asked Shen Qingli softly: "Ah Li, do you know Bai Heng?"
Shen Qingli frowned slightly, with a barely perceptible gleam of displeasure in his eyes. "I met him once a few years ago."
Bai Heng approached with a smile on his face and handed the rose to Shen Qingli, "Goddess, I haven't seen you for a long time. This is for you."
Shen Qingli looked embarrassed, polite but distant, "Sir, you have to admit your mistake."
Bai Heng didn't take it seriously and chuckled, "How could I be wrong, Doctor Shen? I've been looking for you for years. Last night, I came to visit a friend and unexpectedly found you working here."
"Formally introduce myself, my name is Bai..."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Qingli decisively interrupted: "Sorry, sir, I'm already married."
Bai Heng was shocked, and the smile on his face froze, "What? Married?"
Shen Qingli nodded firmly, "Yes, I'm married."
Bai Heng twitched his lips awkwardly, "You move pretty fast, sorry to bother you."
Having said that, he turned around and left dejectedly, and when he passed by the trash can, he threw the rose into it.
Pei Yike looked at Bai Heng's receding back and said softly, "A Li, you were right to reject him. He is Zhou Yanchen's good friend. It would be tiring to be with people from their circle."
Shen Qingli nodded slightly, "Yes, I know."
How could she not know that Zhou Yanchen's circle was one that she would never be able to fit into in her lifetime?
Five years ago, she had given up any hope.
Shen Qingli said: "That's fine, I have to go get busy, let's meet again in the evening."
Pei Yike smiled and replied: "Okay, go ahead and do your work. I'll go home first."
On the other side, Su Xinyao came back from the crew one day, and called Zhou Yanchen as soon as possible, wanting him to accompany her to visit her mother.
Speaking of her mother, Zhou Yanchen's heart softened, but he couldn't refuse after all.
He drove to her door and Su Xinyao came out of the house wearing a mask.
Su Xinyao saw the familiar black Bentley from a distance. She gently took off her mask, her face filled with a sweet smile, her eyes flashing with expectation and joy, and she walked briskly towards the car on the side of the road.
She gently opened the car door, sat in the passenger seat, a sweet smile instantly appeared on her face, and her voice was soft and gentle: "Brother Chen, did I disturb you at work?"
Zhou Yanchen looked calm, his eyes focused on the front, making it difficult to detect his inner emotions. He just uttered a few words briefly: "No, seat belt."
"Oh. OK."
Just as Su Xinyao fastened her seat belt, Zhou Yanchen's cell phone rang abruptly, breaking the brief silence in the car.
Without any hesitation, he reached out and pressed the hands-free button.
A second later, Bai Heng's frustrated voice poured out from the receiver, carrying a strong sense of loss and unwillingness:
"Yan Chen, my goddess said she is married, how could this be possible?"
"I've been looking for her for so long, and she's already married."
Then, he asked again, as if talking to himself, "Why?"
Zhou Yanchen frowned slightly, and a barely perceptible irritation flashed across his eyes. "I'm busy now. I'll call you later."
Su Xinyao's eyes flashed with doubt, but that doubt was fleeting in her clear eyes. "Brother Chen, who is Bai Heng pursuing?"
There was just the right amount of curiosity in her voice, not overly eager, nor the slightest bit of coldness.
Zhou Yanchen's expression was still cold, like the surface of a lake in winter, calm but concealing an unfathomable chill.
His hands unconsciously tightened the steering wheel, as if he was trying to suppress something. "I don't know."
Su Xinyao responded obediently: "Oh."
For a moment, there was a brief and subtle silence in the car.
Su Xinyao's fingers were unconsciously tangled together, as if tangled with something.
After a moment, she seemed to muster up the courage and asked tentatively: "Brother Chen, how did you and Qingli meet?"
"It looked like she had just returned that day."
Zhou Yanchen's voice was low and steady, without any fluctuations. "Well, she is the doctor who treats my grandfather's friend. We met by chance."
His answer was concise and clear, without any unnecessary embellishment, but it did not reveal more information.
Su Xinyao lowered her eyes slightly, her long eyelashes casting a faint shadow behind her eyelids, making it impossible to see the expression in her eyes.
She deliberately said: "I don't know where she has been for the past five years. Has she married someone else?"
There was a hint of sourness in her tone, as if she mentioned it casually, yet seemed like she was waiting for something.
When Zhou Yanchen heard this, he tightened his grip on the steering wheel, his knuckles turning slightly white from the force.
His eyes darkened instantly, like the stars in the night sky covered by dark clouds, and he answered in a cold and hard voice, "No."
"No," Su Xinyao's voice rose slightly with a fake smile, "She is so beautiful, she should have no shortage of suitors. I really envied her when I was young, because she could live her life freely."
Zhou Yanchen's mouth twitched, but there was no trace of a smile. He said in a faint voice: "Isn't your current life the one you chose?"
Su Xinyao's face froze when she heard that. Her smile instantly froze at the corner of her mouth. She smiled awkwardly, "Yes."
She tilted her head to look out the car window, biting her lips tightly, "Brother Chen, do you still want to rekindle the old love with her?"
Absolutely not!
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