After the divorce, the aloof female CEO was filled with regret.

Li Jingxiu shook his head repeatedly, forcefully stopping his friend's urge to call the police.

"Return every single one of those wood carvings to me on my dad's birthday party, understand?" I warned again, then slammed the door and headed straight for the hospital.

As I sped along, just as I was about to push open the door to the ward, I heard my uncle's unusually angry shout from inside: "Don't meddle in my affairs! Ye Qiu doesn't welcome you, so get out of here and stop getting in the way!"

Immediately afterward, a familiar yet cold voice rang out: "Uncle, you may have misunderstood. Ye Qiu never said she didn't want to see me. We even slept together last night..."

My pupils constricted sharply, and I was about to rush in and confront her about her nonsense—I was clearly with Gu Mengmeng last night, when did I ever say I wanted to be with her? But then I heard Jiang Yuwei continue unhurriedly:

“He told me last night that you have a heart condition and need to change doctors and be transferred to another hospital as soon as possible. I have already made the arrangements, and I am just informing you today.”

I gripped the doorknob of the ward, frozen in place, my brows furrowing involuntarily.

Why did she handle the hospital matters ahead of schedule? Wasn't it supposed to be next week?

But whatever, my uncle's illness really can't be delayed any longer.

I caught a glimpse of my uncle leaning against the hospital bed, looking sickly. His stubble couldn't hide his seriousness, and his dark eyes were so sharp they seemed to see right through people.

"You're all talk and no action. Your mother's mouth is even worse; she's always targeting Ye Qiu, and your brother too. He looks all grown up, but all he does is curse at Ye Qiu. Do you know how much that kid has suffered? Have you even asked him?"

"He's hiding something, always reporting good news and never bad. I didn't know, which is fine, since I used to live far away. But you're different. You're his wife, and you should face things together and work on this marriage. But what about you? You can't even do the most basic thing. You just stand by and watch Ye Qiu get bullied. You're a mama's girl! Get out of here now and don't get in my way!"

I paused, standing there, a warm feeling welling up inside me, and murmured to myself, "It's so good to have my uncle here."

Only true family members will always think of me and care about me. As for Jiang Yuwei, I don't care anymore. She's like someone who's invisible; I've ignored her for a long time.

Jiang Yuwei's expression remained unchanged, but I could sense that she was trying her best to suppress her anger. "Uncle, you are right."

She looked serious, but my uncle's anger hadn't subsided at all. "Why are you ignoring Ye Qiu? If you're not going to care about him, why did you marry him? To be a decoration or free labor?"

Jiang Yuwei stood in front of the hospital bed, her pretty face as cold as an iceberg, with faint dark circles under her eyes, clearly indicating that she hadn't slept well. "I have never treated him as a nanny."

I puffed out my cheeks and nodded silently.

I quite agree with that. Who would be so generous to a nanny, giving her whatever she wants and even fully supporting the husband's family business? Isn't that poverty alleviation?

At this moment, the nurse came over and explained several examination items to me. While listening to the nurse's explanation, I also had to pay attention to my uncle's conversation with Jiang Yuwei, afraid that my uncle would be upset by her, so that I could step in to protect him in time.

The uncle sneered, his face ashen. "I don't care how you view my Ye Qiu. With me around, there's no second place. Before, Ye Qiu didn't have me as his uncle, so he was bullied by your family. Now that he has me, none of you will dare to bully him again!"

"Your company's system was recently hacked, wasn't it? This is our first return gift. You're practically the only half-decent member of your family, but that's all. I'm getting increasingly annoyed with you, but as long as Ye Qiu doesn't want to completely break ties with you, I won't really do anything to you. If Ye Qiu wants a divorce, you'd better sign the papers obediently, get out of here, and stop bothering him!"

Jiang Yuwei's voice suddenly turned cold, "The hacking attack, was it arranged by you?"

Although their conversation flowed smoothly, my attention was diverted by the nurse's explanation, making it difficult to concentrate. I only vaguely heard my uncle warning Jiang Yuwei not to bully Ye Qiu and advising her to get a divorce.

After the nurse finished explaining, she handed me a pile of reports, saying they were documents needed for the transfer to another hospital, and that I should keep them safe as I would need to review them for the next surgery.

I nodded solemnly, took the large stack of documents, and, no longer caring about eavesdropping, pushed open the door and entered, saying, "Uncle."

When I entered, the atmosphere in the ward was so tense that it felt like a string might snap at any moment.

I don't know what Jiang Yuwei said during the minute I was handing over the medicine to the nurse, but my uncle suddenly became enraged and smashed the medicine bottle against her. Jiang Yuwei's brows furrowed, and her dark eyes were filled with anger.

As soon as I entered the door, they all fell silent.

I blinked, paused for a second, and then shouted angrily, "Uncle, what are you doing!"

How could you just throw away his medicine like that? That's his life-saving medicine!

My uncle immediately suppressed his anger, slowly lowered the medicine bottle he had been holding high, and his stubble-covered face inexplicably revealed a hint of grievance.

Jiang Yuwei strode over to me with her long, slender legs, reaching out to snatch the documents from my hand. Naturally, I refused to give them to her so easily.

"What exactly did you say to him? Do you know my uncle has a heart condition? You deliberately tried to upset him!" I glared at her and questioned her.

Jiang Yuwei's face was terribly gloomy. She looked up at me, her eyes bloodshot. With a forceful tug, she snatched the medical records from my arms, saying coldly without a word of explanation, "I'll take these documents with me and give them to the professor. He needs to see them first."

I pursed my lips, ignored her, and walked straight to my uncle, my brows furrowed.

"Uncle, can you calm down a bit? Your surgery was less than half a month ago, you can't be so emotional," I advised earnestly.

No, I need to leave him alone after he's transferred to another hospital. I can't tell him anything about me anymore; he cares about me too much, and his emotions are too easily affected. It's not too late to tell him after he's had his surgery successfully, gotten through this ordeal, and is almost fully recovered.

My uncle glanced at Jiang Yuwei sideways, then obediently nodded in agreement.

"Your ex-wife said she'd help me with the transfer to another hospital, and that you asked her to do it," the uncle muttered under his breath.

I picked up an apple and started peeling it, observing my uncle's expression as I did so, carefully choosing my words: "Yes, your condition is a bit complicated, and it can't be treated here. Jiang Yuwei found a very skilled doctor who can perform open-chest surgery on you."

My uncle's situation is different from Gu Mengmeng's and Yi Kang's. Gu Mengmeng and Yi Kang's deaths were traceable; there's no effect without a cause. But my uncle fell ill suddenly, and his heart condition won't improve until it's cured. I'm so afraid of losing him.

The uncle muttered to himself, "It really was Ye Qiu who said it; she wasn't lying..."