Chapter 1

"Officer, excuse me, what's my wife's name again?"

The thought only flickered in his mind; Zhou Ze wasn't that stupid. But he genuinely didn't know his "wife's" real name. In this day and age, few people used their real names for QQ or WeChat nicknames.

The greasy man shot Zhou Ze a resentful glance. "Bro, that's not cool. We were supposed to be each other's fallen angels!"

Zhou Ze returned a helpless look. "I'm surprised too."

The greasy man lowered his head, sighed, and muttered, "My dumplings are delicious."

"Let's go."

"Wife" said coolly, then turned and walked out.

Zhou Ze could only follow.

She drove a Cayenne and got straight into the car.

Zhou Ze opened the passenger door and sat down.

Honestly,

It was a little awkward.

If that unlucky guy, Xu Le, had a normal married and family life, he wouldn't be in such an embarrassing situation. If his beautiful wife cared, he could make some excuses, like he was feeling dizzy and couldn't remember things;

But she clearly had an ice queen vibe, as if she couldn't be bothered with him. Even picking him up from the police station seemed like a formality.

It was like,

"My dog got lost and was picked up by security,

I'm going to get him back."

That was the feeling.

The woman started the car. She was quite young, probably about the same age as himself (Xu Le), several years younger than the original Zhou Ze.

As the car drove onto the elevated road, the woman finally broke the silence:

"Are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine," Zhou Ze replied.

Then,

Silence again.

The woman felt her husband was being unusually quiet today, but she wasn't inclined to investigate the reason.

Just then, the woman's phone rang. She pressed the speakerphone, and a voice came from the other end through the car stereo:

"Dr. Lin, there's been a school bus collision on Youth Middle Road. We're already receiving injured patients at the hospital. The director wants you back here immediately."

Zhou Ze was slightly taken aback.

So his wife was a doctor,

And,

Her surname was "Lin."

"I understand, I'll be right back." The woman hung up, exited the elevated road, made a U-turn at the traffic lights, and headed for the hospital.

She didn't ask Zhou Ze if she should take him home first, or if he wanted to get out and take a taxi home. Instead, she drove straight into the Chongchuan District People's Hospital parking lot.

Honestly, Zhou Ze was worried she would tell him to get out and take a taxi home. He imagined having to ask, with a sheepish look:

"Wife, where do we live again? I forgot."

It felt so stupid.

The woman got out of the car, and Zhou Ze followed. The woman entered the hospital building and took the elevator. Zhou Ze also entered the elevator with her. The woman went into the women's locker room, and Zhou Ze…

Zhou Ze sat down on a bench in the hallway.

Just then, the first batch of accident victims arrived, one seriously injured, and five other children with minor injuries.

Watching his "wife" change into her white coat and immediately get busy with treatment,

Zhou Ze could only sit on the bench in a daze.

It felt a bit like a mom bringing her son to work, with the mom working while the son watches and plays.

However,

The unique smell of disinfectant in the hospital and the stuffy feeling of the central air conditioning were truly nostalgic, a familiar sensation.

The emergency room was just ahead. The one seriously injured and in critical condition seemed to be a girl.

It was a kindergarten school bus that had the accident. Seeing the children crying in pain on the operating table, the scene was heartbreaking.

Zhou Ze pursed his lips. At times like these, he would have already changed his clothes and joined the rescue effort. He was the most famous young surgeon in Tongcheng, but now, he could only be an observer.

This feeling was uncomfortable, but he had to endure it. Moreover, this People's Hospital was considered the best hospital in Tongcheng, with a large number of highly skilled doctors. They should be able to handle it.

Soon, the next group of children was brought in. They had suffered minor injuries and only needed their wounds cleaned or simple bandages.

Traffic police officers were stationed at the entrance to the floor, and some parents who had been notified had already arrived, in a highly agitated state. But allowing the parents in at this time could affect the rescue work, so they had to be stopped first.

Zhou Ze shook his head, stood up, walked to the window at the end of the corridor, reached out to prop open the window, and took out a cigarette from his pocket. He was a smoker, and Xu Le was a smoker, which made things convenient.

"Uncle, you can't smoke in the hospital."

Just as he put the cigarette in his mouth, a clear, childlike voice came from behind Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze turned around and saw a little girl in a lily dress standing behind him, her mouth pouting, looking at him with puffed-out cheeks.

Cough, cough,

This was a bit embarrassing.

Zhou Ze could only put the cigarette away. After all, it was a little embarrassing to be lectured on public morals by a little girl.

"Little friend, aren't you cold wearing so little?" Zhou Ze bent down and asked.

The little girl had delicate skin, a round baby face, big eyes, and was very cute, like a larger version of a Barbie doll.

"I'm not cold." The little girl shook her head. "Uncle, you can't smoke in the hospital anymore."

"I understand."

Zhou Ze nodded seriously.

"Are you okay?" Zhou Ze asked again.

"I'm fine, the other children are injured, and they're in a lot of pain."

The little girl turned to look at the children behind her who were having their wounds bandaged. Most of them were crying, not because of the unbearable pain, but because one person was crying, and the others followed suit.

The nurses were treating the wounds while also comforting the children,

The parents who were temporarily blocked by the traffic police were constantly shouting and cursing outside.

In short,

This floor gave off a chaotic feeling.

"Then you're very lucky," Zhou Ze said with a sigh.

The little girl didn't even have a single scratch on her.

"Yeah, I was sitting in the back row, so I'm fine." The little girl nodded, then ran over to comfort her classmates, looking at this one, checking on that one, encouraging them and comforting them.

She was a very sensible and strong child.

Zhou Ze turned around and subconsciously took out a cigarette again, then thought better of it and put it back.

As he walked back to the bench and sat down, three nurses and two doctors came out of the emergency room.

One was a male doctor, and the other was a female doctor, who was his wife.

"It's okay, we did our best." The male doctor said, reaching out to put his hand on Zhou Ze's wife's shoulder to comfort her.

As her husband,

Zhou Ze was sitting right here,

But he wasn't offended by this scene…

That damned Xu Le left him with such a complicated mess, being an live-in son-in-law, and having a hot-tempered sister-in-law and a mother-in-law and father-in-law with obviously bad tempers.

Zhou Ze hoped his wife would cheat on him, kick him out, divorce him, and then he could go and be alone.

Anyone who had just died and been reborn into a new body wouldn't want to bother with the complexities of modern urban life, would they?

However, what surprised Zhou Ze was that his wife actually reached out and blocked the doctor's wandering hand, and pointed at him, saying:

"This is my husband."

There was no tenderness in her voice, simple, stiff, as if saying: This is the husky we keep at home.

"Oh, hello, sir." The male doctor's face was a little embarrassed. After all, flirting with someone's wife in front of them was always a bit awkward.

Zhou Ze smiled, as if to say hello. It seemed that his wife was very virtuous… but he couldn't be happy about it. It wasn't because of some cuckoldry complex,

It was just that he wanted a simpler life.

"I'll go take another look over there. All the other children have been taken care of. They should be fine. You should go home and rest with your husband early." After the male doctor finished speaking, he walked away.

Dr. Lin sat down on the bench next to Zhou Ze. She took off her mask and gloves and threw them on the floor.

Zhou Ze saw that her eyes were a little red, and her pearly white teeth were lightly biting her lip. Clearly, she was in a bad mood, which meant that the seriously injured child hadn't been saved.

She looked very pitiful.

Zhou Ze could understand Xu Le a little. This live-in son-in-law was making a lot more money than others in the same situation. The in-laws' family was better off than his, that was the prerequisite, and this Dr. Lin was really good-looking.

"Don't take it to heart. You'll experience much more in the future. Just seek peace of mind."

Zhou Ze comforted her from the perspective of someone who had been there before. His experience was much richer than his "wife's," and his psychological endurance was naturally much stronger.

"Shut up."

The woman replied with these two words. If Zhou Ze were saying this as a senior, it would indeed be advice;

But Zhou Ze was now Xu Le, and for him to say this to Dr. Lin, it was purely standing and talking without back pain.

"............" Zhou Ze shrugged his shoulders and once again despised that Xu Le in his heart. Look at how weak you are, your wife dares to tell you to shut up directly.

Dr. Lin, with red eyes, slowly stood up: "I'm going to change clothes, go home."

"Okay." Zhou Ze nodded.

At this moment, two nurses pulled open the curtain of the emergency room, revealing the bed inside. On the bed lay a small body, covered with a white sheet.

Zhou Ze glanced at it. He had seen many dead people. In his years of practicing medicine, he had saved many people, but there were also many patients who died right in front of him when he could do nothing.

"Dr. Lin, this is your husband, right?" A young nurse asked in a teasing tone. They knew that Dr. Lin was married, but Dr. Lin's husband was different from the boyfriends of other female doctors and nurses. He had never shown his face in the hospital.

You can't blame them for still making jokes when faced with death. It's like asking those pretentious people who post on their WeChat Moments after going to Tibet once, saying that their souls have been cleansed, how touched they are, and how pious they are, to stay there for ten years. They wouldn't be able to take it. It's unrealistic.

"Yes." Dr. Lin nodded in response. At this time, her emotions had calmed down a bit.

"Then you should go back quickly. Maybe there will be some activities when you get back, right?

I'm telling you, our Dr. Lin loves children so much, you should hurry home to…………"

"Fuck!"

"............" The young nurse.

Zhou Ze saw the edge of a lily dress peeking out from under the white sheet. His mind went "boom," and he suddenly realized that the little girl he had just seen who was unharmed,

She wasn't human!