Chapter 064

Zhou Yanci hugged her tightly.

Yan Xi struggled, "Zhou Yanci, don't try to fool me. Show me the medical report. I'll have the surgery tomorrow, no, tonight!"

"The medical report is in the car,"

Zhou Yanci begged, his voice hoarse, "Don't move, I'll hold you for a while."

The hot breath fell, and Yan Xi's earlobe trembled.

She knew that sick people were always weaker.

Just like when she had appendicitis as a child, it was an operation that couldn’t be simpler, but when she was sent to the operating room, Yan Xi felt that she might die.

Zhou Yanci only looks strong, but he is the same in the end.

He was very tall, and when he hugged Yan Xi tightly, his chin rested on her head. Yan Xi pressed against his chest, which was hard like a rock. Under the rock was a violent heartbeat, beating so hard that Yan Xi's cheeks were hot.

"I used to think that death was nothing, and life was pretty boring."

Zhou Yanci's voice came from her head, and Yan Xi was startled.

Zhou Yanci added, "But now, I am a little scared."

A few minutes later, Zhou Yanci let go of Yan Xi, took her hand and went back to the Rolls-Royce to take out his medical records.

Zhou Yanci had not yet completed his physical examination. After discovering a tumor in his right ankle, the doctor immediately arranged for him to undergo a biopsy and take CT and MRI scans.

Yan Xi couldn't understand those movies, but fortunately the system did.

【Host, it’s early stage. 】

[Currently it is only on the surface of the skin, so if it is cut off, it won’t be a big problem.]

Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, they discovered it in time. Zhou Qingyu's plot control was lifted yesterday, and she came for a physical examination today, so the tumor did not have time to grow.

Yan Xi lowered her head and looked at Zhou Yanci's ankle.

That was where the tumor was, and it was now covered by Zhou Yanci's dress pants.

"Does it hurt?" Yan Xi asked.

"It's just a little tissue, how painful can it be?"

Zhou Yanci himself did not have a real sense of cancer because he did not have the symptoms that most cancer patients have, but melanoma is like this: you look fine, but by the time you feel something is wrong, your life is almost over.

"When is the operation time?" Yan Xi asked.

"tonight."

"Then I'll go with you!"

Zhou Yanci was about to refuse, but Yan Xi quickly said, "Or do you want your uncle and Qingqing to accompany you? I'll tell them now!"

Having said that, Yan Xi took out her cell phone.

Zhou Yanci held her hand and said, "Forget it, it's up to you."

——

Afterwards, Zhou Yanci returned to the group, and Yan Xi also went to the set to perform her duties as VP.

After arranging his work at the company, Zhou Yanci returned to the hospital.

In fact, he told Yan Xi that the surgery time was two hours later than he had planned.

Dean Chen came over with a nurse and said, "Mr. Zhou, we need to do some tests before the operation. The nurse will take you to do them."

Zhou Yanci nodded, "Thank you for the trouble."

The examination was tedious, but the nurse arranged it very well.

People come and go in the hospital, most of them are patients like Zhou Yanci, with dejected looks on their faces, and their relatives are by their side, earnestly counseling and comforting them.

Such scenes rarely occur in the Zhou family.

The hospital opened a VIP channel for Zhou Yanci, and the examination was completed half an hour later.

The surgeon told Zhou Yanci, "Preoperative preparations are complete. Surgery can begin in half an hour."

He raised his eyes and glanced at the VIP ward, and found that apart from Zhou Yanci, there was only a nurse.

"No family?" the doctor asked.

Zhou Yanci: "I can sign."

"Although it's just a minor surgery, it's better to have family members with you."

"It's just a minor surgery, it's not necessary."

“Boom boom boom—”

There was a knock on the door and Zhou Yanci instinctively looked towards it.

The door of the VIP ward opened a little, and a furry head poked in.

"Excuse me, this is ..."

After seeing Zhou Yanci, Yan Xi immediately pushed the door open and walked in.

"Zhou Yanci! This is indeed your ward! How come you came here without telling me?"

Yan Xi was still wearing the same plaid suit she wore during the day, which made her look capable and mature. She was carrying a large shoulder bag from L's house on her shoulder, which was bulging, and no one knew what was inside.

"Why are you…"

"How do I know I need surgery? I'm smart!"

Yan Xi sat next to Zhou Yanci and took out her big shoulder bag. "I knew you didn't even tell Special Assistant Sun about your surgery! Fortunately, I've bought everything you need for your hospital stay!"

"Here, this is a toothbrush, towel, pajamas, a cup for drinking water, and..."

Yan Xi grabbed a square-shaped thing, took a look at it, and blushed.

She quickly stuffed the things back into her bag.

The system told Yan Xi the actual time of the surgery. Yan Xi asked Lin Zhi to watch the set and went to the supermarket to buy daily necessities for Zhou Yanci's hospitalization. The system selected the underwear for her, which was a private item. Yan Xi took it off and threw it into the shopping basket.

"Anyway, it's all here!" Yan Xi said with great force.

Zhou Yanci saw what Yan Xi took in the end and felt a little embarrassed, with his earlobes turning red.

The doctor teased, "My girlfriend is very well prepared!"

Zhou Yan said, "We are not."

The doctor smiled, "It's pretty much the same! I understand! I understand!"

Yan Xi stayed in the hospital, and it was not her turn to sign documents like the surgery consent form, but she felt that staying with Zhou Yanci would at least make him feel better.

It was already six o'clock in the evening, and Yan Xi sent a message to Zhou Qingyu: [A friend of mine is sick and in the hospital. He needs surgery. I will stay with him tonight and will not go back! ]

Zhou Qingyu: [Her family members are not here, so she needs you to stay by her bedside? ]

Yan Xi: [Yeah, I’m the only one accompanying him, so pitiful.]

Zhou Qingyu: [That's pretty tragic, you should stay with her~]

Zhou Yanci saw Yan Xi sending a message. He was shortsighted and couldn't see the content of the chat clearly. He only saw that the profile picture of the person he was chatting with was Zhou Qingyu.

"You can go back. I have a nurse."

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows. "It's extremely lonely to have surgery alone. How can I leave you alone?"

"No general anesthesia is needed, only local anesthesia. This surgery is no different from mole removal."

Yan Xi held her chin up and looked at Zhou Yanci innocently, "Oh, since it's almost the same as removing a mole, why don't you tell your uncle and Qingqing? Do you want me to tell them?"

Tell them?"

Zhou Yanci choked and chose to keep silent.

He discovered that Yan Xi was not as well-behaved as he had imagined, and was sometimes quite strong.

A few minutes later, doctors and nurses came in and pushed Zhou Yanci into the operating room.

Yan Xi was inexplicably nervous. Even though the system told her that this was a minor operation, her heart was still pounding.

"If it's the ankle, will it cut into the nerves? Or might it damage the tendons? Will all the cancer cells be removed? Will it not spread further..."

The surgeon looked at Yan Xi gloomily, "Do I look unreliable? Are you so skeptical about my skills?"

Yan Xi touched the tip of her nose, "...I'm just worried out of habit."

Zhou Yanci looked at this scene, lowered his head, and curled the corners of his mouth.

For a moment, he actually thought that being sick was good.

——

Two hours later, the operation was over.

As soon as the doctor came out of the operating room, Yan Xi went up to him immediately.

The doctor pointed to the clock hanging in the hospital corridor and said, "Look at the time. It's only been two hours! A rhinoplasty surgery takes longer than that! Don't worry, the operation went smoothly."

Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

That night, Yan Xi stayed in the hospital with Zhou Yanci.

The VIP ward had a special accompanying bed with a soft mattress, and it was very comfortable to sleep on. The nurse had arranged everything, so Yan Xi only provided the function of accompanying the patient. She didn't feel very tired sleeping on the soft accompanying bed.

But that night, Zhou Yanci had a dream.

His sleep was very light and he hadn't dreamed for a long time.

In his dream, he saw himself at the age of five.

Meng Yingrong hired a tutor for him, a graduate student from a prestigious university, to provide him with preschool education.

He gave Zhou Yanci a test paper to test his intelligence.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yanci finished the test paper. The young teacher was grading the papers and was more and more surprised. Even elementary school students might not be able to get a perfect score on the paper, but Zhou Yanci actually got a perfect score.

The teacher looked at him and asked, "Did you peek at my answer?"

Xiao Zhou Yanci was stunned, "I don't have any."

But he is only five years old, how can he get full marks?

The teacher told Meng Yingrong about this. Meng Yingrong didn't even think twice and grabbed Zhou Yanci by the collar, "You actually cheated! Did that bastard Qu Ying teach you? You didn't learn the good things, but you learned these crooked ways!"

Meng Yingrong picked up a belt and hit Xiao Zhou Yanci hard.

That was the first time Zhou Yanci was beaten, and Meng Yingrong felt that he had been corrupted.

Xiao Zhou Yanci gritted his teeth. His fair back was covered with bright red marks. The pain made his eyes swell, but he held back his tears and repeated over and over again, "I didn't cheat... I didn't cheat..."

The adult Zhou Yanci stood aside, watching the scene coldly.

Looking back now, he had many ways to prove that he did not cheat.

But the children at that time didn’t understand.

In the blink of an eye, the five-year-old child turned into a seventeen-year-old boy.

The surrounding environment changed drastically, turning into a desolate cemetery. The sparse rain washed away this already lonely and sad place.

Zhou Yanci saw Zhou Qingyu.

Thirteen-year-old Zhou Qingyu.

Her knees were skinned, her body was covered in dirt, and in her hand she held a bunch of withered lilies.

She walked out of the cemetery. Zhou Yanci, wearing glasses, saw from afar a bouquet of fresh lilies placed in front of her stepmother's tombstone. Perhaps Zhou Qingyu saw that the flowers in her hand were dirty, so she bought her another bouquet.

He wanted to step forward and ask Zhou Qingyu if she was hurt from the fall.

Zhou Qingyu's aunt took a step ahead and said, "Nannan, are you okay? How did you fall like this?"

Zhou Qingyu said weakly, "I'm fine."

She saw Zhou Yanci in front of her and was about to open her mouth when her aunt lowered her voice and said, "He won the Yanci competition, and my brother-in-law specially held a celebration banquet for him. He even forgot my sister's death anniversary!"

Zhou Qingyu's eyes widened, "Dad...is it because my brother didn't come?"

The aunt was convinced, "That's right! After all, you two are not born from the same mother, how close can you be? He is trying so hard, isn't he just trying to take away everything that belongs to you? Nannan, stay away from him, he is not a good person!"

Zhou Qingyu hesitated, "But, my brother is obviously very good to me..."

My aunt said rudely, "He was just pretending! Look, he took your father away from you!"

Seventeen-year-old Zhou Yanci didn't know how to explain it, because his father did go to hold a celebration banquet for him.

But the 27-year-old Zhou Yanci knew that the celebration banquet was just a gimmick. His father just wanted to meet the judge of the competition, a professor with profound knowledge who would not easily cooperate with businessmen. His father held this celebration banquet to get in touch with him.

My father's marriage to Meng Yingrong was a business marriage, and the same was true with Qu Ying. So he didn't love either of these two women, he loved his career more.

——

The morning light filtered through the gaps in the blinds and fell onto the bed in the ward.

Zhou Yanci slowly opened his eyes.

These two memories happened so long ago that he almost forgot them, but a sudden dream brought them back to his mind.

Due to his childhood experiences, he no longer longs for so-called maternal love.

As for Zhou Qingyu, whether he was willing or not, after Qu Ying's death, Zhou Qingyu also distanced herself from him. Not long after the memorial service, she even regarded him as an opponent.

But Zhou Yanci didn't intend to compete with Zhou Qingyu.

He was reluctant to give Zhou's to her simply because he had seen her brilliant record of squandering hundreds of millions of assets overnight, and he knew that Zhou Qingyu had no business acumen.

If you give Zhou to her, Zhou will be finished sooner or later.

If Zhou Qingyu had Lu Wanning's ability, Zhou Yanci would be willing to give up Zhou Corporation. After all, without Zhou Corporation, it would not be impossible for him to start his own business from scratch.

Never mind, it’s all over.

Suddenly, I felt something warm and furry on my arm.

Zhou Yanci lowered his head and found that Yan Xi had left the bed next to him, sat beside his bed, and fell asleep with her head resting on his arm.

She slept soundly and seemed to have dreamed of something delicious.

After Zhou Yanci woke up from his dream, he felt uncomfortable in his heart, but the moment he saw Yan Xi, all his unhappiness disappeared.

He reached out and gently rubbed Yan Xi's head.

It doesn’t matter, Zhou Yanci thought.

Her presence is enough.

——

At eight o'clock in the morning, the attending physician came with a group of resident doctors to make rounds.

Zhou Yanci was originally supposed to be hospitalized for two weeks, but he had a family doctor who could take care of him throughout the entire process, and he did not want to take leave and delay work. After repeated requests, the director agreed to let him stay in the hospital for observation for 7 days and could only be discharged after the stitches were removed.

After making sure that Zhou Yanci was fine, Yan Xi left the hospital.

She said that she was going back to Xingyao to work and would come to see him later, but she turned around and asked Master Zhao to take her back to Zhou's house.

At ten o'clock, Zhou's father took a nap in the waterside pavilion after exercising, and Zhou Qingyu also got up.

In the hall, Yan Xi told the two people about Zhou Yanci's surgery.

“Melanoma, early stage.”

"Mr. Zhou didn't tell anyone else. I just heard about it by chance during the medical examination."

"Mr. Zhou had surgery last night and it was successful."

Yan Xi explained the whole cause and effect of the matter in just a few words.

Zhou's father's face turned pale in an instant, and his withered arms trembled slightly; Zhou Qingyu's expression also changed drastically, and she bit her lips in disbelief.

System: [Host! You betrayed too quickly! ]

[You clearly promised me not to tell! ]

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows, "When did I agree?"

The system thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of it. [But what you meant is that you don't want to tell me! ]

Yan Xi shrugged, "Anyway, I never said that. Besides, you know me best. I'm not a good person. It's normal for me to go back on my words!"

Yan Xi never thought of herself as a good person.

Moreover, in her mind, she feels that she is sophisticated and selfish.

But so what?

It's better to be a little selfish while living.

【That’s not the case! 】

The system insisted, [In my heart, the host is the best host! Not a bad person! ]

——

Not long after, Zhou's father took Butler Yu to the hospital.

He worked hard when he was young, and gradually began to care about his children when he reached middle age.

Looking at Zhou Yanci lying on the hospital bed, Zhou's father realized that he seemed to have cared less about his son over the years.

But this is the case for all people of their generation. Zhou's father does not have a close relationship with his own father. In his perception, fathers often play the role of strict fathers, who are shy about expressing their feelings to their children and will not show their soft side.

This gentle role is usually played by the mother.

But Zhou's father forgot that Meng Yingrong was not a kind mother either.

Father Zhou patted the back of Zhou Yanci's hand, his voice choking with sobs, "How can you not tell your family about this?"

Zhou Yanci was helpless.

He still thinks

Yan Xi was well-behaved and sensible, but she didn't expect that she would sell him out right away. The poor little rabbit looked like a little fox!

But to be honest, seeing his father coming to visit him... Zhou Yanci didn't hate this feeling.

"It's okay now." Zhou Yanci said.

Zhou's father felt less guilty. Come to think of it, if Zhou Yanci's condition was unstable, Yan Xi probably wouldn't tell them.

Father Zhou asked Butler Yu, "Why didn't Qingyu come?"

"Well..." Butler Yu hesitated, "The eldest lady's movie starts shooting today."

Zhou's father frowned. He knew that Zhou Yanci and Zhou Qingyu had a bad relationship, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

After all, it was his fault for neglecting the two siblings.

Zhou's father sighed, "But you are brother and sister! Didn't you have a good relationship before?"

Zhou Yanci: "Qingyu may be busy."

…

In fact, Zhou Qingyu is really busy.

The filming of "Crazy Summer and Winter" starts today. As the third female lead, Zhou Qingyu must appear on the show. If she doesn't, she will probably be criticized by the marketing accounts for being a diva.

But after attending the power-on ceremony, Zhou Qingyu also came to the hospital.

Zhou Yanci was sitting on the bed working. When he saw Zhou Qingyu coming in with a basket of flowers, he thought he was dizzy from working too long.

"Why? You thought I wouldn't come to see you!"

Zhou Qingyu casually threw the flower basket aside, pulled out a chair and sat down.

She glanced at Zhou Yanci, and then looked at the surroundings. They all said it was cancer, but Zhou Yanci didn't look that serious!

Zhou Yanci's face was pale, but he still looked human, and his hair was thick, not a single strand had fallen out. The most important thing was that this curly-haired king, who had just finished surgery, actually brought a laptop and started working!

Zhou Yanci saw Zhou Qingyu's doubts and said, "The cancer cells haven't spread, just cut them off."

Zhou Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief instinctively.

Feeling that Zhou Yanci might have heard her sigh of relief, she turned her head away again.

"I don't mean to care about you!"

Zhou Qingyu said stubbornly, "I'm afraid that if I don't come, people will say I'm too cold! You know, I'm a popular star now, and my every move is noticed by people. I don't want the paparazzi to say that I'm cold-blooded!"

Zhou Yanci laughed softly.

He raised his eyes and looked at the flowers Zhou Qingyu had given him, which was a basket of small daisies.

When Zhou Yanci was a child, he also gave Zhou Qingyu a pot of daisies, hoping that she would grow up healthy and happy.

Zhou Qingyu liked the pot of daisies very much at first. When the flowers withered, she cried for a long time and even dug a hole to bury the flowers.

Following Zhou Yanci's gaze, Zhou Qingyu also looked at Xiao Ju.

She seemed to recall that memory and remained silent.

After staying in the hospital for a few minutes, Zhou Qingyu stood up and prepared to leave.

Whenever she met Zhou Yanci before, she would either mock him or confront him. But now, facing the patient, she couldn't bring herself to continue saying those sarcastic words.

There's nothing much to say anyway, so I might as well go back to filming.

When she reached the door, Zhou Qingyu stopped.

She thought about it and realized that if she didn't say some things now, she might never be able to say them again.

"Zhou Yanci, I really hate you."

Zhou Qingyu looked at Xiaoju, "When I was little, I thought it was great to have a brother. But when I grew up, they always compared you with me. I'm not as smart as you and Yanxi, and I can't be the best in everything. I'm always outdone by you."

“So, I hate you.”

"Besides, you're competing with me for my family property!"

When Zhou Qingyu thought of this, her brows wrinkled with anger.

But she changed the subject, "But I don't want you to die."

Zhou Qingyu looked at Zhou Yanci and spoke word by word, "Zhou Yanci, we are blood-related siblings after all. When father passes away, you will be my only relative. I also hope that you live well."

"But don't be better than me, understand?"

The previous words were quite sensational, but the last sentence caught Zhou Yanci off guard.

But I have to say, Zhou Qingyu is quite good.

——

After Zhou Qingyu left, Yan Xi emerged from the corridor, with the system floating beside her.

[This young lady is really arrogant! ]

[As soon as I told her that her brother was sick, she softened! ]

Yan Xi smiled, "Qingqing is a very kind-hearted person!"

[In the ward, I saw my brother looking at the basket of daisies and he was very happy! ]

[Host, you are right. The people of the Zhou family are not as cold as they appear! ]

Yan Xi also looked in the direction of the ward. Perhaps seeing Zhou Yanci's raised mouth corners, her mood also became good.

"Zhou Yanci is not cold, he is emotionally evasive. He pretends he doesn't need it because he gets too little."

"Look, he was very happy when his uncle and Qingqing came to see him! He has very low requirements."

The system looked at Zhou Yanci, then looked at Yan Xi, [It seems so! ]

[Host, you are so smart! You know everything about psychology! ]

“Because I am too.”

Yan Xi did not shy away from the question, "Before I met Qingqing, Zhou Yanci and I were the same."

——

When Zhou Qingyu left the hospital, Yan Xi put on an attitude of being at the mercy of others and walked into the ward reluctantly.

Her attitude of admitting her mistakes was extremely good, and she bowed her head without missing a single one.

"I know you don't want your family to know about this, and I didn't want to tell you either, but I slipped up... I was wrong! Zhou Yanci, please don't be angry, okay?"

Zhou Yanci: "..."

This little fox is too lazy to even come up with a reason.

Zhou Yanci: "You know I will be discharged from the hospital in a week, right?"

"Oh, this is not a slip of the tongue!"

Yan Xi stepped forward and pulled Zhou Yanci's sleeve.

She could act coquettishly and pretend to be pitiful to Zhou Qingyu or Zhou Yanci.

She used to be afraid that Zhou Yanci was aloof and difficult to approach, but now she sees that he is just a paper tiger. The two siblings look unfamiliar, but in fact they have the same genes and will soften with a little coaxing.

"Zhou Yanci, you are so magnanimous. Since I stayed with you all night, can you let me go?"

Zhou Yanci sighed. Facing Yan Xi, he couldn't get angry in the first place. It seemed that no matter how serious the matter was, he would lose his anger when he saw her aggrieved face.

He poked Yan Xi's head lightly with his finger, "You!"

While we were chatting and laughing, there was a knock on the door.

Zhou Yanci was puzzled. The doctor had just come and told him about the precautions after the operation, so he should not be the doctor.

"Anyone else visiting the patient?"

Yan Xi quickly slid down to her knees, "I swear! I only told this to my uncle and Qingqing, no one else!"

The news that Zhou Group's CEO has cancer may affect the group's stock price if it is not controlled properly. Yan Xi certainly doesn't dare to speak carelessly.

Zhou Yanci held her hand tightly as if to comfort her.

"Come in."

The door of the ward opened and a woman in a white suit walked in.

She was not tall, about 1.68 meters, and her 10-centimeter stiletto heels made her look tall. She had delicate features, round and soft lines, but she exuded a sense of aggression like Sister Yu, as if beneath that gentle appearance, there was an aura that should not be underestimated.

She carried a basket of mangoes and walked up to Zhou Yanci.

"I heard that Mr. Zhou is ill, so I came to visit him." The woman smiled and nodded politely to Zhou Yanci. "Oh, you may not know me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Wanning."

Lu Wanning smiled gently. She was clearly here to visit a patient, but her eyes were on Yan Xi.