After the doctor finished the examination, he told Chu Yue: "It's nothing serious, just that she's very angry. Just rest well and don't stimulate her anymore."

Chu Yue thanked the doctor and looked at Huang Yunfu lying on the hospital bed. It would take some time for her to accept these things. Uncle Miao saw Zhou Xingzhi outside the ward and nodded and called out, "Mr. Zhou."

"Is Yueyue okay?" Zhou Xingzhi was only worried about her.

"Special Assistant Chu is accompanying her mother." Uncle Miao reported truthfully.

Zhou Xingzhi quietly lifted the curtain of the bed and called softly, "Yueyue?"

Chu Yue saw him coming, packed her bag, got up and went out, took his arm and said, "Let's go, let's go back first."

"Don't you want to wait for your mother to wake up?"

"When she wakes up and sees me, she will probably be even angrier. I called my aunt and she will be here soon." She took out her cell phone and transferred money to her aunt who was coming over soon.

Xin Jiahui pulled the doctor who had just made his rounds and hid in the stairwell. After the two men left, she asked, "Brother, what was that woman who just walked over here checking on?"

"It's not her. Her mother sent her here because she was angry. Do you know her?" The doctor was very busy and had no time to chat with her.

"No, you're busy." Xin Jiahui was quite disappointed to hear that she was not pregnant. Her stomach growled twice at inopportune times. She smiled awkwardly and prepared to go to the cafeteria to eat something.

Chu Yue was sitting in the car. Seeing Xin Jiahui coming out of the emergency building, she blurted out, "Is Xin Jiahui a doctor in this hospital?"

"Intern. I haven't seen anyone else remember it so clearly like you do. Jiahui only met him once, but you remember it."

Chu Yue was in no mood to joke with him. She didn't sleep much last night and had a busy day at work. After Uncle Miao drove, she lay on Zhou Xingzhi's chest and fell asleep.

I even dreamed in the car that Chu Jie'an was sitting across from me, happily eating the awful teriyaki pork tenderloin I made, and talking about my grandparents. As he spoke, his face began to contort, and he warned in a terrifying voice, "Xiaoyue, you have to take good care of your mother and brother!"

She woke up from her sleep with beads of sweat on her forehead.

"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Zhou Xingzhi touched her forehead. Fortunately, she didn't have a high fever.

Chu Yue shook his head and asked, "Zhou Xingzhi, is the food I cook really that bad?"

"Are you hungry?" If you ask this question after waking up, you must be hungry.

"The last time I learned to cook from my aunt, I made food for Chu Jie'an. He ate it all." She didn't receive much love from her parents, but the little she received would make her remember it for a long time.

"It's all in the past. Don't think about it, okay?" Zhou Xingzhi patted her little face. Her eyes were red and she was about to cry again.

Chu Yue choked up and nodded. She couldn't continue thinking about it. The more she thought about it, the sadder she became. "Jin Yue will land tomorrow afternoon. I need to take a leave to go pick him up at the airport."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded. She already had time off after a family member passed away. He just didn't want her to face this alone. "Get some sleep when you get home. You don't have to go back to the company tomorrow."

I need to have a good sleep and recharge my energy to face the funeral the day after tomorrow.

"Should I go and see Jin Yue tomorrow?" He seemed to have never met his younger brother and wondered if the two siblings had a good relationship.

"You go ahead and do your thing." The elevator was so quiet that he could hear his breathing.

He didn't respond, thinking about tomorrow's work.

After taking a shower, Chu Yue sat on the bed, looking at the night view outside the window, the dream still lingering in her mind.

"Why aren't you sleeping yet? Didn't you say you didn't want to sleep?" Zhou Xingzhi finished his shower and saw her sitting there in a daze, with her phone still on. The aunt who took care of her mother sent her a photo, saying that she had taken her mother home to rest, so she shouldn't worry.

"Zhou Xingzhi, I don't have a father anymore." After the incident, she seemed to have been very rational. Only now did she feel sad, and Chu Jie'an appeared in her mind from time to time.

"In the future, there will be me and Jin Yue. We will have our own home and our own children."

With her like this, how could Zhou Xingzhi let her go to the airport alone to pick him up tomorrow?

Chu Yue hugged his waist and rubbed her neck. She complained, "My head hurts." Zhou Xingzhi gently rubbed her head and helped her lie down to sleep. After coaxing her to sleep, he returned to the study and arranged some work for tomorrow.

Chu Yue still insisted on going to work, thinking that she didn't need to take a whole day off to pick up the plane, and she didn't know how many more days she would need to take to deal with An Jie's affairs in the future. She was busy at the company until noon, and while her aunt was delivering lunch, she wanted to go talk to him. He took the insulation bag and put it on the coffee table, pushed Chu Yue to sit on the sofa, and explained, "I happen to be going to Qingshan District to meet with a leader from the Co-construction Bureau this afternoon. Let's eat first."

"How come I didn't know?" This visit was not included in the daily schedule.

"For the new industrial park project, some approval procedures require further communication with the people in the Co-construction Bureau." He handed her the chopsticks and gestured for her to eat.

Going to Qingshan District requires passing by the Chu family's villa. Going there at this time is when others are having lunch. After dinner, he must drive to pick up Chu Jinyue and send him back to the Chu family.

"You have to go in person for the formalities. It's really better to arrive at the right time than to arrive at the right time." Chu Yue saw through his intentions. "Yes, it's a good time." Zhou Xingzhi said seriously, showing no sign of guilt.

"Don't talk nonsense when you see Jin Yue." I couldn't stop him from going, I could only warn him not to talk nonsense like Uncle Miao.

"Yeah." He just agreed casually, as if it was just on his way and he really had work to do.

The last time I saw this brother was before the Chinese New Year, when we were a family of four. But now, when I see him again, I can't smile at all. What Huang Yunfu said seems to be right. He is still just a child. When he saw his sister, his nose began to sour and tears welled up in his eyes. He couldn't help but want to hug his relatives whom he hadn't seen for many years.

Zhou Xingzhi stepped forward slightly to block Chu Yue, reached out to take his suitcase, patted his shoulder, and said in a low voice with the tone of an elder: "Let's talk about it when we get back. There are too many people here."

"Is this... your senior brother Ji Yan?" Chu Jinyue had only heard of Ji Yan, never met him. In the past, when his sister used a car, she seemed to have borrowed it from Ji Yan.

Zhou Xingzhi's face immediately turned grim. Chu Yue quickly explained, "No, I changed jobs. This is Zhou Xingzhi, the president of Xinghui Group, my boyfriend. You can just call him Mr. Zhou." She said this in one breath, feeling flustered.

Chu Jinyue's expression changed slightly as he began to look up and down at the old man in front of him. He looked quite old, wearing a white shirt, with his hair combed straight, and he was very serious. He didn't look like a good person.

"Mr. Zhou?" He didn't like this person very much. Even though he was a little afraid of his aura, he still mustered up the courage to look at him.

"Yes, Zhou Xingzhi. Your future brother-in-law." Although the young man was a little immature, he still had some conscience towards his sister. Chu Yue knew that she couldn't stop him. She had already compromised and introduced him as her boyfriend, but he still pressed on.

"Uh... let's go back first, Mom is still waiting." She felt that if the two continued to look at each other like this, they would fight sooner or later, so she quickly laughed it off, snatched the suitcase from Zhou Xingzhi's hand, and walked towards the parking lot.

The two of them followed. After putting the suitcase in the trunk, Chu Yue subconsciously opened the passenger door. Chu Jinyue stepped forward to stop him and said, "I'm big, so it's more suitable for me to sit in the passenger seat."

Zhou Xingzhi was in the driver's seat, looking back. Chu Yue had no choice but to sit in the back seat.

"You're so old, but you don't even know how to say thank you?" After starting the car, Zhou Xingzhi was a little unhappy. From the time they met until now, not only did he not call him brother-in-law, he didn't even hear thank you.

"Thank you." Chu Yue quickly added. After all, Jin Yue had just learned about his father's death and he seldom returned to China, so he might not have adapted yet.

Chu Jinyue's dislike for Zhou Xingzhi was even worse. The president of Xinghui Group? He looked like a powerful, influential, rich second-generation man, high and mighty, with an imposing presence. His sister wasn't one to despise the poor and favor the rich; she even had some dislike for rich second-generations because of Shen Yaolin.

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