Chapter 5

When Ye Qiu returned home, his mother had already prepared the meal.

Seeing Ye Qiu's drenched appearance, his mother smiled and asked, "Qiu'er, why are you all wet? Did you fall into Mirror Lake?"

"Mom, you're really amazing, you even know that."

"Really fell into Mirror Lake?" Ye Qiu's mother's expression turned serious. "Tell me quickly, what happened?"

Ye Qiu then recounted the incident of saving someone at Mirror Lake.

After listening, his mother nodded in approval and said, "You did the right thing. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. But Qiu'er, be very careful in the future and pay attention to your safety."

"I know."

"Go change into clean clothes, then come and eat."

"Okay."

Ye Qiu's mother is named Qian Jinglan, from Suzhou and Hangzhou. Ye Qiu knows very little about his mother's family background, only vaguely hearing from Qian Jinglan that she was born into a prominent family.

As for how prominent that family was, Ye Qiu neither knew nor cared. In fact, he hated that family very much.

If it weren't for that family's heartlessness, expelling Qian Jinglan from the house, their life wouldn't have been so miserable.

Of course, compared to that, Ye Qiu hated his father even more.

For so many years, his father never came to see them and never cared about their well-being.

Ye Qiu believed that such an irresponsible man didn't deserve to live!

Qian Jinglan raised Ye Qiu alone, enduring much hardship over the years, so much so that at just over forty, she already had white hair at her temples.

During the meal, Ye Qiu several times wanted to ask something but held back.

He really wanted to ask who his biological father was.

But seeing the white hair at his mother's temples and the deep crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, he held back.

"Qiu'er, why haven't I seen Lily recently? Did you have a falling out?" Qian Jinglan asked.

"No, we didn't have a falling out. She's just very busy at work." Ye Qiu lied; he didn't dare tell Qian Jinglan that Zhang Lili had betrayed him.

In Qian Jinglan's mind, she had already considered Zhang Lili as her daughter-in-law. If she knew that Zhang Lili had betrayed Ye Qiu, Qian Jinglan would probably be furious.

"Qiu'er, bring Lily home for a meal soon. I have something to say to her," Qian Jinglan said.

Ye Qiu looked at Qian Jinglan in confusion and asked, "Mom, what do you want to say to her?"

"What else? Naturally, it's about your wedding!" Qian Jinglan smiled. "You two have been together for two years since college, and your relationship is very stable. I was thinking of finding an opportunity to meet Lily's parents and finalize your wedding. What do you think?"

"I don't think it's a good idea," Ye Qiu muttered to himself and said, "Mom, Lily and I just graduated, and our jobs aren't stable yet. The wedding can wait."

"How can it wait? Aunt Wang's son, who is the same age as you, already has a grandchild," Qian Jinglan said. "Listen to me, bring Lily home for a meal soon, and I'll talk to her."

Ye Qiu felt a headache coming on.

After the meal, he went to bed early.

Lying in bed, Ye Qiu couldn't fall asleep. Everything that happened today played in his mind like a movie. Thinking about Zhang Lili and Guo Shaocong together, he was furious.

"One day, I will make you realize that betraying me is the biggest mistake of your life."

Since he couldn't sleep, he might as well focus on the things in his mind.

The inheritance from the Ye family's ancestor included not only the book "Comprehensive Manual of Maoshan Talismans" but also a lot of medical skills, martial arts, cultivation methods, and other esoteric knowledge.

Ye Qiu closed his eyes and began to practice these things.

...

The night passed.

When he opened his eyes in the morning, Ye Qiu didn't feel tired; instead, he felt refreshed and full of energy.

After breakfast, Ye Qiu went to the nursing station to report for duty.

Jiangzhou Hospital is a large hospital, and the nursing station has about thirty people, mostly middle-aged women and men in their forties and fifties. Ye Qiu is the only nursing assistant of his age.

When he arrived at the nursing station, Ye Qiu saw two women crying.

"What happened?" Ye Qiu asked a man nearby.

"They were scolded by a patient," the man said. "A patient in the 301 VIP ward has a very bad temper. She has already changed four nursing assistants, and each one was scolded to tears. She's very difficult to deal with."

As he spoke, the head nurse, who manages the nursing station, saw Ye Qiu and said, "Nursing assistant Ye, go to the 301 ward."

Ye Qiu's heart sank as he looked at the head nurse.

"What are you looking at! Go quickly, if the patient complains about you, you'll be packing your bags and leaving!" the head nurse barked.

"Okay," Ye Qiu replied and turned to leave.

At that moment, he heard the head nurse's mocking voice behind him, "What a fool, daring to offend even Guo Shao. Truly ignorant of the world."

Ye Qiu ignored her and went straight to the 301 ward. When he entered, he saw a woman sitting on the bed.

His eyes widened in surprise.

Because this woman was...

Too sexy!

She was wearing a light purple three-quarter sleeve blouse with a low neckline, exposing a large expanse of fair skin, like a peeled lychee, white and slightly pink, trembling slightly.

Moreover, her waist was slender, and even sitting on the bed, her perfect curves were visible from the side.

Most importantly, her left leg was outside the blanket, long and straight, with fair skin and delicate feet, making one involuntarily imagine what kind of beauty could match such a perfect figure and skin.

Ye Qiu subconsciously looked at the woman's face.

At that moment, the woman also noticed him.

Their eyes met.

For a second, Ye Qiu's breathing stopped.

His mind was filled with one thought: How could there be such a charming woman in the world?

The woman was about thirty years old, with long black hair, a heart-shaped face, and large, expressive eyes, exuding a natural allure that made one think of the word—

Fox spirit!

"Who are you? What do you do?" the woman asked first, her voice pleasant but cold.

Ye Qiu came to his senses and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Hello, I'm the new nursing assistant."

"Nursing assistant?" The woman sized Ye Qiu up and asked, "Where's your ID?"

Ye Qiu quickly took out his ID.

The woman glanced at the nursing assistant card and then asked Ye Qiu, "What were you looking at just now?"

Ye Qiu blushed, thinking he couldn't say he was looking at her.

To his surprise, the woman said, "Were you looking at me?"

Ye Qiu had no choice but to nod.

"Am I pretty?" The woman blinked, looking playful.

"Pretty!"

"Then what do you think is the prettiest about me? My face, or..." The woman suddenly made a gesture that made Ye Qiu's heart race.