Zhong Ming heard the employee’s relay of the message and immediately tried to contact Cheng Lele. But no one answered on the other end of the phone, so he had no choice but to go to the hospital to check on her in person. Before he could even go up, the temperature gun flagged him and he was stopped.

37.9 degrees Celsius—he had actually been infected by his father’s cold and developed a fever.

While being taken for a nucleic acid test, he called Zhong Jin. When a girl was sick, it was always more convenient for another girl to take care of her. Besides, it didn’t really matter whether Zhong Jin did her job or not.

Zhong Jin hurried over. When she arrived at the hospital room and saw Cheng Lele, she lent her own phone to her so she could talk to Zhong Ming. Seeing the lively Zhong Jin, Cheng Lele’s mood improved a bit. The doctor had already made rounds and said that being young was good—after a few days of observation, she should be able to be discharged. She briefly told Zhong Ming about her condition. Zhong Ming felt relieved, picked up some cold medicine from the hospital, and went home. In their line of work, day and night were reversed. When daytime came, he had to take sleeping pills. Once the sedative properties of the medicine kicked in, he was out like a light.

At noon, Chen An made some soup and brought Cheng Lele’s phone back to the inpatient ward. According to epidemic prevention regulations, only one person was allowed to visit and care for a patient in the room. The security guard at the door checked the registration information. Seeing that someone was already recorded as accompanying the patient, he wouldn’t let Chen An in. But considering the patient was a VIP guest, he was still understanding enough to call the nurse on that floor and have a family member come down to collect the items.

Chen An thought he would have to face Zhong Ming again, and his heart was already sour with jealousy. After waiting a long time, the person who came was actually Zhong Jin.

Before going downstairs, Zhong Jin had heard from Cheng Lele that the other person was her older brother and also the behind-the-scenes boss of the cinema. When she got downstairs, she discovered that this person was the handsome guy who had shaken hands with Zhong Ming at the cinema.

The handsome guy’s eyes were clear, bright, and a bit melancholy. The first time she saw him, he had left a deep impression on her.

Chen An also recognized her and asked in surprise: “Where’s your brother?”

Zhong Jin didn’t expect that instead of asking about his own sister lying in the hospital bed, the handsome guy would first ask about her brother. She also replied in surprise: “My brother isn’t here.”

A trace of dissatisfaction flashed through Chen An’s eyes, but he said nothing. He handed the items to Zhong Jin, turned around, and left.

In the evening, Chen An brought food again, and the person who came to receive it was still Zhong Jin.

“Your brother hasn’t come all day?”

Zhong Jin’s associative abilities took after her uncle. At this moment, she seemed to pick up on a clue and carefully sized up Chen An.

Tsk, these days, handsome guys like handsome guys—not leaving women any way out.

Zhong Jin said: “He hasn’t come. Maybe he’ll come tomorrow. If you want to see him, just call him directly. Do you have his phone number?”

Chen An said straightforwardly: “No need.”

Zhong Jin thought, heh, quite tsundere.

When he got home, Chen An called Cheng Lele to ask how her health was today. Cheng Lele was unhappy about Chen An abandoning her to find his girlfriend. Rationally, she felt she had no standing to complain, so her tone of voice revealed listlessness. Chen An thought this was because Zhong Ming hadn’t shown up all day. Thinking that the person he treasured was being so neglected, his heart filled with indignation. Yet he still had to comfort Cheng Lele, saying that Zhong Jin seemed quite clever and having her as company was reassuring.

Hearing these words made Cheng Lele even more internally wounded. You only met Zhong Jin for a few minutes in one day, and you’re already reassured by her? Isn’t it just that you don’t want to come keep me company yourself!

The two talked past each other, mutually tormenting one another, each harboring their own sullen anger as they passed this day.