"Is that all? Tang Xian, don't you think it's a waste of your talent?" After hugging Tang Xian, the woman quickly pulled away, maintaining a good sense of distance.

"If you hadn't agreed, I wouldn't have come. This little place couldn't possibly afford someone like me!"

Tang Xi chuckled softly, "Are you that curious?"

"Of course, I just wanted to see, what about people?"

Tang Xian smiled, "Come with me."

"Dr. Tang," Cheng Ying walked over, wanting to have a private chat with Tang Xian.

"Her?" The woman shrugged. "No way? Doctor Tang, I don't accept it."

Tang Xi hooked his lips, "No."

"I told you so, then let me meet the real person."

Cheng Ying also wanted to catch up, but was rejected by Tang Xian.

"Dr. Tang, I'd like to talk to you about my father."

"Well? Are you going with him too?"

Suddenly, everyone around heard this and was stunned. Is Dean Cheng leaving?

When did this happen?

Cheng Ying froze, "No...not...

She had just returned to work, "What are you looking at?"

Cheng Ying said coldly, "Everyone is ignorant of the situation and still harbors some fear of me, but that won't be the case for long."

"She's a nurse? The love story of a beautiful nurse and Dr. Tang, that's good, very good."

When the woman saw that Tang Xian had brought her to the inpatient department, she began to speculate.

Ke Tang sighed and shook his head again. Then, he pushed open a door. Xu Xia saw Ke Tang coming, so she put away her books and went out again.

"Isn't it her?" The woman pointed at Xu Xia. "That is..."

The woman pointed at Fu Jiu on the hospital bed, "My goodness, Tang Xian, you wouldn't have some unspeakable secret, would you? Such a patient? How did you fall in love with him?"

Tang Xian frowned. If it weren't for old acquaintances, she would have lost her temper long ago, "Zhou Coral, if your mouth is so poisonous, you really won't be able to get married."

"Getting married? What's that? I'm beautiful on my own, aren't I?" Zou Shanhu chuckled. "By the way, she's the person in your painting, isn't she?"

Tang Xian nodded, "Yes, it's her."

"What's wrong with her? This isn't right! You pursued her, she didn't agree, so you use suicide as an escape?"

Tang Xian smiled bitterly, “Ms. Zou Shanhu, you should write novels.”

"I was just thinking about writing a story with elements of the supernatural, witchcraft, and mythical beings—ghosts, demons, and monsters. If you hadn't come here, I might have signed a contract and published it."

Tang Xi saw that she was speaking as if it were true, and shook her head, "My fiancee is Fu Jiu."

"Well, hello there, future Mrs. Tang! I'm a classmate of your husband. Out of all the girls who admired him, I wasn't one of them, no. So you can rest assured, I only like his face, not the person. If you don't mind, when I write my danmei, I'll give him a male counterpart."

"Zhou Coral, that's enough." Tang Xian glared at her, what on earth was going on?

"Just kidding, you're just making me the dean?"

"Is the dean not enough?" Tang Xian asked, "I'm just a small doctor."

"It's not enough, my mother doesn't lack money either. You're delaying me from doing important things."

"That's what really matters." Tang Xian thought about her so-called important matters, a black line appeared on her forehead, "I don't trust others."

"You're asking me, huh?" the woman said triumphantly.

“Please, I beg you, help me protect her. You're the only person I trust.”

Zou Shanhu smiled. "Don't put a high hat on me, Miss Fu might hear this, what if she suspects me?"

She won't.

"You're quite enough here, what do you want with this vase of mine?"

"Someone wants to harm her, I need your help, and at a critical moment, I may need you to wake her up."

Zou Shanhu wanted to see Fu Jiu's face, but alas, it was all bandaged up like this. "Then you have to promise me one thing," she said.

"What?"

"I haven't decided yet, I'll get back to you when I have. " Zou Shanhu looked around the room, "Or, should I wake her up for you now? Then I can go back to my own business and not waste your time."

Tang Xian shook her head. "Don't even think about it, not now."

He also didn't know what stage their marriage had reached at this point?

What if they had just gotten married? He thought about what Chi-Chi had said, that the two time periods were running simultaneously, but that the time in the modern period passed slower than in that other time.

She's not sure exactly how slow it could be.

He certainly didn't want to be alone and forgotten in that time.

"Why? Her soul isn't here, that's why she can't wake up. Don't you want her to wake up sooner?" Zou Shanhu curiously asked.

"This... I'll explain it to you later. The bottom line is, she doesn't need to wake up now, and even if she does, she'll have to endure physical pain."

"You're actually quite compassionate, I see. You're not a heartless machine after all, you've just given all your feelings to her."

Zou Coral shrugged, "What a lucky woman."

"Tang Xian, don't blame your old classmates and friends for not reminding you, what you are doing now is very dangerous. No matter what you are doing, you must stop."

Chou Coral earnestly said.

"It's impossible."

"That way you'll be in danger, you know?"

What hope is there?

"The same as always." Zou Shanhu said.

"That's enough, with her here, one is enough." Tang Xian said, "I have to do this right, otherwise when she wakes up, there will be danger."

Zhou Coral sighed, "What is love in this world? It makes people promise life and death to each other. It's a pity that I don't like men, of course... I don't like women either."

Tang Xian smiled, "With you here, I can let go and do things."

"Don't you believe me?"

What then?

"Miss, I can only live up to your trust. Besides, we have offended you, and our Zou family cannot protect me. I don't want to die," said Zou Shanhu.

Outside the door, Cheng Ying dared not knock or disturb, but her heart was filled with anxiety.

I waited for a long time, and then the door opened.

Before she could even speak, a woman emerged from the house, her brow furrowed in disapproval. "Dr. Cheng," she said, "I'm sorry, but you've been fired."

"Why?" Cherry asked, puzzled.

"Because I hate it when people ruin the perfection in my mind."

She looked at Cheng Ying's confused expression and impatiently explained, "Your existence will affect Tang Xian's image in my heart, so, for the sake of protecting him, you have to leave?"

"Who are you? What qualifications do you have to fire me?" Cheng Ying bristled.

Zou Coral lightly smiled, “My name is Zou Coral. This hospital will have a new director in thirty minutes. Hello everyone, you can call me Coral from now on.”

She waved to the nurses watching the commotion beside her, "Good work everyone, big rewards!"

It's not her money, she doesn't care!

First published on Traditional Novels Network