The dean didn't speak or knock, but walked straight in. The people inside, who had been chatting and laughing, all stood up somewhat awkwardly when they saw the dean.
The dean glanced at their lunchboxes: "Are you having a get-together here?"
Zhang Min's hands trembled slightly, but she tried to remain calm: "It's just a get-together during the break!"
The others immediately chimed in, "It was just a get-together, nothing much. Dean, if you have something to do, go find Director Zhang. We'll head back now, and everyone'll be gone in no time."
After everyone left, Zhang Min turned around and saw Xiao Yan and Yao Tongjia. Not knowing what to say to Xiao Yan, she directly confronted Yao Tongjia: "This is the hospital office. Who are you? Who gave you permission to come here?"
Yao Tongjia sneered: "Who I am is not important. What's important is that I saw you trip someone, and I'm a witness!"
Zhang Min glared at Xiao Yan inwardly. She was just joking with her, how could this person be so inconsiderate as to take such a small matter to the dean!
She said awkwardly, "Yanzi, we're classmates from the same school. I was just joking with you. How did you manage to take it all to the dean? Isn't this troubling the dean?"
Xiao Yan sat down: "Are you kidding? Then next time I trip you when you're going downstairs and make you tumble down, can I say I was joking?"
"You want me to get downstairs? You're so vicious!"
"Didn't you think about what would happen if I tripped over you and fell to the ground?"
"So what? It's just making people laugh!" Zhang Min said dismissively.
"My Aunt Xiao is pregnant. What will happen if she flies away? Have you thought about that?"
Zhang Min's face twisted slightly. Ever since she gave birth to two money-losing children, she had been unable to conceive again: "Pregnant? You're so old, how dare you get pregnant? Aren't you ashamed!"
This has escalated to the point of physical attack. Xiao Yan stood up and said, "Dean, did you see that? I have never offended her. Since I came back this time, she has been acting so sarcastic and unfriendly. Why is that?"
The hospital director had a headache. At home, his biggest fear was his mother and wife arguing. Every time they argued, he would rush to the hospital. He would rather work overtime than mediate their feud.
Now, even in the hospital, they need to mediate? Why is his life so miserable?
The dean stood up with a bitter face: "You were classmates before? Then you should love each other. There's no hatred between you. Just hold hands and let it go!"
Xiao Yan sneered: "The dean is still going to try to smooth things over, isn't he?"
Dean, the master of smoothing things over: That's what I think, but you shouldn't say it so directly.
He said awkwardly, "There's no need to make things awkward and make it difficult to meet again!"
Just then, a tall, thin, and imposing man called out from the doorway, "Yanzi, Yanzi, are you inside?"
Xiao Yan looked at the person outside the door with some surprise: "Why are you here?"
Hawkeye was on vacation today. He bought some food for his family, but unexpectedly, he heard Xiao Gengwu say that Xiao Yan was pregnant.
He was stunned for a moment, and then a sweet feeling rushed straight to his head, making him feel like he had lost 100 pounds.
How could he possibly sit still? He rushed to the hospital to pick her up, but he couldn't find her in Xiao Yan's department. He asked around and eventually found out that she had come here.
The man with eagle eyes looked at Xiao Yan's belly, unsure of what to do with his hands and feet. He was about to have a child of his and Xiao Yan's own.
I used to think that having children or not was the same, but now he can run hundreds of laps on the track. He feels light and airy, like he's about to fly.
Seeing his dazed look, Xiao Yan immediately realized that he knew about her pregnancy. She quickly patted the eagle-eyed man and said, "We'll talk about it when we get back. That woman tried to trip me just now, and I'm going to settle the score with her now!"
"What? She tried to trip you?" The hawk-eyed man exuded a chilling aura. "Are you alright?"
Zhang Min's eyes were overflowing with jealousy. Her man, nowadays, not only didn't show her any tenderness or affection, but even saying a few words to her felt superfluous.
Why is Xiao Yan so lucky? Thinking of how someone helped Xiao Yan earlier, she suddenly had a wicked thought: "How could she have fallen? A man just rushed up and hugged her tightly!"
Upon hearing this, the hawk-eyed man simply breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright!"
He had previously learned about the risks of advanced maternal age and knew that miscarriages were sometimes more dangerous for older mothers. He ignored Zhang Min's provocation: "Who helped you up?"
When Zhang Min heard the eagle-eyed man ask the person supporting Xiao Yan, her eyes immediately filled with schadenfreude, and she even hoped that Xiao Yan would be slapped by the person in front of her.
But what the hawk-eyed man said next made Zhang Min's eyes turn red with jealousy. She heard the hawk-eyed man say, "Where is he? I have to go thank him. If it weren't for him, you would definitely be hurt!"
Xiao Yan shook her head: "Let's talk about it when we get back. Let's take care of other things first!"
The eagle-eyed man saw Zhang Min and said, "You just tripped my wife. I can't hit a woman, but your husband should be careful when he goes out!"
Zhang Min's face turned pale: "What are you going to do?"
"I won't do anything. I'll just have someone keep an eye on your husband. As long as he behaves himself, there's nothing I can do about him. But if he does anything wrong, the police station will be more than happy to have him!"
This time, Zhang Min dared not be arrogant anymore: "Yanzi, I was really just joking with you, please let him go!"
How can anyone not make mistakes? If someone is constantly watching you, they're bound to find fault with you later, which won't do! What kind of family is it if there's no man in it?
The eagle-eyed man and Xiao Yan ignored Zhang Min and looked at the dean, who shuddered: "Zhang Min, you have taken your anger out on your colleague for no reason. This is disruptive to the collective. I'm punishing you by sending you back to your room to reflect on your actions!"
Zhang Min's face turned deathly pale: "Dean, are you going to fire me?"
"You're temporarily suspended with pay. If you can't get Xiao Yan's forgiveness, you don't need to come to work anymore!!"
The dean was probably also unhappy with Hawkeye's tactic of making an example of someone, so he deliberately said that Zhang Min could only come to work if she obtained Xiao Yan's forgiveness.
Zhang Min rushed over to tug at Xiao Yan's sleeve, but was blocked by the eagle-eyed man. She knelt down with a thud: "Yanzi, please forgive me. I can't live without this job. I have elderly parents to support and young children to raise!"
Xiao Yan shook her head: "I will not forgive you. If you want to go back to work, go and beg the dean. I don't necessarily want you to be unemployed!"
Xiao Yan passed the buck back to the dean. She wasn't afraid of offending the dean; at worst, she would just quit. She was pregnant again after many years, and she wanted to spend quality time with her child. Anyway, the child's father could support her.
The dean looked at Xiao Yan with some surprise, then at the eagle-eyed man. This man had a very strong aura; it seemed that this person was not simple!
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