Xia Cheng then said, 'That's because three years ago...' Before Xia Cheng could finish speaking, the phone in Gu Nanyan's bag rang; it was a call from a client. Gu Nanyan answered the phone: 'Hello, President Zhang.'

As soon as Gu Nanyan answered the phone, the client began to complain, and then it was endless. The words Xia Cheng wanted to tell Gu Nanyan were forcibly blocked back. However, thinking about how Gu Nanyan had repeatedly called 'your boss' just now, Xia Cheng clearly felt that she was drifting even further away from the BOSS. She didn't even call the BOSS by name anymore. Sigh! More than ten minutes later, the car stopped downstairs at the law firm, Gu Nanyan thanked Xia Cheng while still on the phone, and then went upstairs with the call. That evening, Lu Beicheng returned to Yulin Bay, but Gu Nanyan was on a business trip. For the next three consecutive days, Lu Beicheng came home. Gu Nanyan, however, was on a business trip in City B for three consecutive days and did not return. This time, Lu Beicheng also experienced what it was like to be alone in the house. It wasn't until Saturday afternoon, when everyone had the day off, that Gu Nanyan returned from her business trip in City B, and went straight back to the law firm to work overtime. The profession of a lawyer often has no regular schedule. While organizing the materials for the cases at hand, Gu Nanyan forgot about time. In the evening, her mother called to ask her to come home for dinner, but she didn't have the time. Holding the newly organized materials in her left hand and pressing on her stomach with her right, that faint pain came again. Her stomach had started to hurt during the high-speed train ride back this afternoon. Gently rubbing her stomach, Gu Nanyan didn't take it seriously and continued to ponder the case. But then, the pain in her stomach became worse than before, so severe that she couldn't straighten her back, felt weak all over, and her forehead broke out in a cold sweat. Eventually, unable to bear the discomfort, she picked up the phone on the table and called Zhou Bei: 'Xiao Bei, are you asleep?'

Not long after the phone call was hung up, Zhou Bei, with his short hair and wearing a dark floral shirt, hurried over: 'You're so sick, why did you think of calling someone only now?' Having said that, he helped Gu Nanyan down the stairs. More than ten minutes later, the two arrived at the hospital, where the doctor diagnosed her with acute gastroenteritis, which was quite serious. After administering an IV drip to Gu Nanyan, they arranged for her to be hospitalized. Beside the hospital bed, Zhou Bei looked at Gu Nanyan's pale face and sternly scolded: 'Everyone else gets to rest but not you? Does the company belong to you, and is all the money going into your pocket?' Gu Nanyan weakly replied: 'What else am I supposed to do if I rest?' ...Zhou Bei. Thinking about how Lu Beicheng had been getting more and more outrageous with Ye Chu recently, and how the rumors from the Lu family had reached her, Zhou Bei couldn't be bothered to scold Gu Nanyan anymore. When life doesn't go as you wish, you always need to find a way to vent. At this moment, the two tacitly decided not to notify Lu Beicheng, nor did they tell their families. However, by the next day, the news of Gu Nanyan's hospitalization had still spread, and her family found out. Early in the morning, Gu Qinghua and Zhao Zhiqiu came to see her, chattering away for the whole morning. Gu Nanyan explained that she had eaten something bad while on a business trip. After fobbing off her parents with a few words and playing the good daughter for a while, Gu Nanyan sent them away. At this time, Zhou Bei smiled and said: 'Your mom can really nag.' Gu Nanyan: 'You should have seen her when she cried.'

With her hands tucked into her pockets, Zhou Bei's smile carried a hint of envy. Actually, this was quite good. She thought about how she used to wish for her mother's nagging, for the lectures that came with tears and snot, but now she no longer had the chance. Just as Gu Nanyan sat back down on the bed, the door to the hospital room was pushed open again. Looking up, she saw Lu Beicheng approaching and asked in surprise, 'Why are you here? Aren't you busy today?' Lu Beicheng looked at Gu Nanyan coldly and said irritably, 'What's there for me to be busy with on a weekend?' Seeing Lu Beicheng's impatience, Gu Nanyan fell silent. He used to not speak to her like this. After staring at Lu Beicheng for a while, Gu Nanyan turned her face to Zhou Bei and said, 'Xiao Bei, help me pour him a glass of water.' Gu Nanyan's politeness, along with her earlier hint of surprise, seemed to suggest that Lu Beicheng was not her husband, but a long-lost friend. 'Okay,' Zhou Bei responded to Gu Nanyan, then turned to get a bottle of mineral water from the fridge and handed it to Lu Beicheng: 'Young Master Lu, have some water.' Lu Beicheng didn't take it, instead, he looked at Gu Nanyan with a cold face and asked, 'Gu Nanyan, is Zhou Bei your husband?' Last night, he had waited for her at home all night, only to find out this morning from Lu Jingyang that she was sick and hospitalized. Everyone knew she was sick and had visited her, except for him, Lu Beicheng. Lu Beicheng's accusatory tone made Gu Nanyan smile and say, 'I just didn't want to trouble you.' If Lu Beicheng could just be kind enough to have a child with her, she would be endlessly grateful, and wouldn't expect anything else. However, Lu Beicheng's face grew even darker: 'Gu Nanyan, don't talk in riddles.'

I spoke to him nicely, but Lu Beicheng was still unrelenting, which started to annoy Gu Nanyan a bit. However, she didn't put on a stern face like him, instead, she said with a laugh, 'Lu Beicheng, have you ever fulfilled your duties as a husband? Why are you being so aggressive now?' Lu Beicheng replied, 'I haven't, but has Zhou Bei been able to?' Hearing Lu Beicheng speak ill of Zhou Bei, Gu Nanyan's expression changed instantly, 'Lu Beicheng, are you sure you want to argue with me?' Normally, no matter how Lu Beicheng spoke to her, she wouldn't take it to heart. But he couldn't talk about Zhou Bei, and speaking ill of Zhou Bei like this was like touching on Zhou Bei's wounds. As Gu Nanyan stood up for Zhou Bei, Lu Beicheng was about to speak when Zhou Bei, with his hands in his pockets, took two steps forward and said coldly, 'Lu Beicheng, now you know to scold Nanyan, but where were you when Nanyan needed you?' Before Lu Beicheng could respond, Zhou Bei continued, 'Yes, Nanyan didn't call you last night, but do you know why she didn't call you?' 'That's because she called you last year after a car accident, asking you to come and sign some papers, and you hung up on her. She was in the hospital for over ten days, and you never visited her.' Gu Nanyan had been in a car accident last year? Lu Beicheng's face changed drastically, and he couldn't help but be shocked. But it had been a year, and she had never mentioned this to him. Suddenly, Lu Beicheng's mind was filled with images of Gu Nanyan's usual self, always smiling at him whenever she looked at him. As long as he didn't push her too hard or cross her bottom line, no matter how he spoke or showed his displeasure, she would always resolve the awkwardness with a few words.