Chapter 33

In the office of the Deputy Director, Zhang Lili recounted her suspicions to Guo Danu.

After listening, Guo Danu frowned and asked, "You mean Ye Qiu went to see Shaocong, and he was extremely angry at the time?"

"Yes," Zhang Lili said, "If it weren't for Director Bai, Ye Qiu might have really killed me."

"You and Ye Qiu were lovers for so long, would he really be willing to kill you?" Guo Danu didn't believe a word Zhang Lili said.

"Director Guo, I'm not lying to you, everything I said is true," Zhang Lili said anxiously, "I was terrified at the time."

"Tell me everything that happened in detail."

Then, Guo Danu sat in his chair and listened carefully to Zhang Lili's account.

Five minutes later.

Guo Danu had a clear understanding of the situation and said, "Zhang Lili, go find Ye Qiu now. If Shaocong's disappearance is related to Ye Qiu, you must find out where Shaocong is."

"Director Guo, why don't you ask Ye Qiu yourself?"

Zhang Lili was unwilling to go, remembering Ye Qiu's murderous look that morning, she was still shaken.

Guo Danu's face darkened, and he said, "Do you want me, the Deputy Director, to personally go find a mere nurse? Zhang Lili, are you overestimating him?"

"Director Guo, you misunderstood, what I meant was..."

"I don't care what you meant. Go find Ye Qiu now and find out if Shaocong's disappearance is related to him. If it is, find out where Shaocong is."

"What if it's not?"

"If it's not him, you still need to find out where Shaocong is. Otherwise, I won't give you a place in the hospital, and I won't let Shaocong marry you."

Zhang Lili's face turned pale, and she quickly said, "Director Guo, rest assured, I promise to find Shaocong. I'll go now."

Zhang Lili said this and hurriedly ran out.

"Fool!" Guo Danu cursed, his brows tightly furrowed. He muttered to himself, "Shaocong, Shaocong, where have you gone?"

After three seconds.

Guo Danu picked up the phone on his desk and dialed a number. When the call connected, he said politely, "Hello, I'm looking for Lei Hu... Lei Hu isn't there? Where did he go? I don't know... In that case, please have him call me back when he returns. My name is Guo Danu, the Deputy Director of Jiangzhou Hospital. Thank you."

Guo Danu hung up the phone, his frown deepening.

"What's going on today? Shaocong is missing, and I can't reach Lei Hu. It's as if I've been cursed."

Suddenly, Guo Danu's eyelids started to twitch, and a sense of unease filled his heart.

...

Ye Qiu came out of Lin Jingzhi's ward and, at the corner of the corridor, ran into Zhang Lili.

For this woman who had betrayed him, Ye Qiu chose to ignore her and walked past Zhang Lili.

"Stop!" Zhang Lili shouted.

Ye Qiu pretended not to hear and kept walking.

Zhang Lili quickly blocked his path and said angrily, "Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me call you?"

"Are you talking to me?" Ye Qiu said coldly, "I thought it was a dog barking."

"You—"

"Good dogs don't block the way!"

Ye Qiu said this again.

Zhang Lili's face turned green with anger. Normally, she would have turned and left without hesitation, but now she couldn't. No matter how angry she was, she had to find out where Shaocong was, or she wouldn't be able to stay in the hospital or marry Shaocong.

Recently, there were rumors in the hospital that Guo Danu would replace the soon-to-retire old director and become the new director of Jiangzhou Hospital.

After hearing this, Zhang Lili started to push for marriage, hoping to marry Shaocong as soon as possible. If she could marry Shaocong, she would become the director's daughter-in-law and could walk around the hospital with her head held high.

"I said, good dogs don't block the way. Didn't you hear me?" Ye Qiu said coldly when he saw Zhang Lili didn't move.

Zhang Lili suppressed her anger, sighed, and said, "Ye Qiu, why are you doing this? No matter what, we were together for so long. Even though we've broken up, can't we at least be friends?"

"I don't want to be friends with you," Ye Qiu looked up at Zhang Lili and said, "I find you dirty."

"You—" Zhang Lili was almost driven mad with anger, glaring at Ye Qiu, wishing she could fight him.

However, reason told Zhang Lili to control her anger and find out where Shaocong was.

Zhang Lili took a deep breath and said, "I admit, it was my fault, I betrayed you. But do you know why?"

"Yes," Ye Qiu said, "You thought I was a poor boy with no background, no power, and no influence. I couldn't give you the life you wanted, right?"

"Exactly."

Ye Qiu sneered, "All the reasons boil down to eight words: loving wealth and despising poverty, being vain."

Zhang Lili countered, "In this world, which girl doesn't love wealth? Is being vain a crime? Even if it is, I only made the mistake that every girl in the world makes."

"Now it's too late to talk about this. I have work to do, please move."

Ye Qiu's attitude remained cold, but his tone was a bit softer. He thought Zhang Lili had come to apologize.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lili didn't apologize but asked, "Ye Qiu, did you find Shaocong this morning?"

So she came to find me because of Shaocong. I thought she came to apologize. What a delusion.

Ye Qiu felt a deep sadness and remained silent.

"How hot it is here, are you hot, Ye Qiu?" Zhang Lili said, unbuttoning her white coat to reveal a low-cut strapless top, instantly exposing a patch of white skin.

But Ye Qiu seemed not to notice, his eyes clear and unclouded.

Zhang Lili was inwardly annoyed, cursing, "What a pretense of purity, which man isn't driven by lust?"

She didn't know that the more she acted this way, the more Ye Qiu found her repulsive.

"Did you use the same tactics back then?" Ye Qiu asked.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Lili was momentarily confused.

"I mean, when you seduced Shaocong, did you use the same tactics? Don't you think it's despicable?"

Zhang Lili was furious, "Ye Qiu, can you speak properly? It's just that I broke up with you, what's the big deal? Why do you have to act like a bitter woman, nitpicking over every little thing? Are you even a man?"

Ye Qiu looked at Zhang Lili with a strange expression. He was really surprised that she could justify her infidelity so boldly. Is she even human?

"I now realize that it wasn't you who was blind, but I who was blind."

"How could I ever fall for someone like you?"

"Get lost!" Ye Qiu pushed Zhang Lili away and walked off.