When Zhou Li learned the news that Jiang Mingzhu had left Beicheng, she had already been gone for a week.

The news came from the original family, Yuan Ye had just been newly married and lived separately from his wife, and the side branches of the original family could not help but gossip.

Zhou Yi brought Zhou Li after hearing the news.

As he said the news, he observed Zhou Li's expression, "Don't you think something is very wrong with this? The case is not over yet, she cares so much about this case, why did she suddenly leave Beicheng?"

Zhou Li looked down at the file, as if he hadn't heard the words.

Zhou Yi: "I checked the flight, and her adoptive parents and Zheng Rinxu accompanied her, and the destination was Berlin."

"As far as I know, the Zheng family has no relatives in Berlin, and Jiang Mingzhu's adoptive parents don't have connections over there, so what are they doing there?" Zhou Yi touched his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zhou Li closed the document and said four words coldly: "It has nothing to do with me."

His tone and attitude this time were completely different from before.

Zhou Li had said a lot of similar things before, but Zhou Yi could recognize that he was duplicitous on the spot.

But this time......

Zhou Yi: "Are you going to let go? If she's trying to hide something from you—"

Zhou Li: "I'm not interested."

——

All indications show that Zhou Li's letting go this time is not just talking.

He returned to his previous appearance, meticulous in his work, unapproachable, and emotionally stable without the slightest wave.

Even when facing Xu Siyan and Yuan Ye, he can do it as if nothing has happened.

During this period, Yan Xi had a birthday.

All the friends in the circle participated that day.

Yan Xi was originally worried that Zhou Li would choose to avoid this kind of occasion because of various previous events, but he didn't expect him to come with a gift.

Not only came, but also sat with Xu Siyan and Yuan Ye, and even chatted as before.

There's an eerie harmony.

Fu Xiaozhi also felt very strange when she saw it.

Halfway through, Yan Xi came up and bit Fu Xiaozhi's ear: "Did the fourth brother really put it down or pretend?" I'm so scared of him like this."

Fu Xiaozhi and Yan Xi have the same idea.

Later, when Zhou Li went to the terrace to answer the phone, Fu Xiaozhi followed.

After Zhou Li answered the phone, he saw Fu Xiaozhi waiting there, and asked casually, "Is there something wrong with you?"

Fu Xiaozhi: "...... How are you doing?"

Zhou Li: "That's it."

Fu Xiaozhi: "You and Zhuzhu ......"

It was rare for her to speak so cautiously in front of Zhou Li, and she said that she had to look at his face: "I mean, I think you seem to have reconciled with Yuan Ye and Si Yan."

Zhou Li: "I have no problem with them."

Fu Xiaozhi: "......"

Zhou Li: "There is no need to mention the irrelevant people, they are just confused."

He didn't say his name, but when Fu Xiaozhi heard this, he was talking about Jiang Mingzhu.

Zhou Li called Jiang Mingzhu an "insignificant person", and his voice and expression were extremely indifferent, as if he had never known each other at all.

Because he had seen Zhou Li "go crazy" for Jiang Mingzhu, compared to the current time, Fu Xiaozhi felt a little uncomfortable.

Is this really the result Jiang Mingzhu wants?

——

Summer in the North City is quietly over.

At the beginning of August, Wanhua invested in the latest drug trial project, which was followed up by Zhou Li himself.

After more than a month of high-intensity work, he encountered a cliff-like cooling in mid-September, and Zhou Li had a high fever to the point of coma.

Fortunately, Liang Cong found out in time and immediately sent Zhou Li to Ruihe for a drip.

This incident alarmed Jin Rou and Zhou Zhanghui, and Jin Rou ordered Zhou Li to be hospitalized to recuperate.

So for the next few days, Zhou Li stayed in the hospital.

After three days of infusion, the high fever has subsided.

The temperature in Beicheng has also risen a lot.

Zhou Li put on a coat and went to the rooftop.

When he was walking through the safe passage, Zhou Li suddenly heard someone talking.

At first, he didn't care about it, until he heard Xu Siyan's voice.

"Is the surgery scheduled for tomorrow?" I've done all the pre-operative check-ups."

"I'm a little busy these days, I may not be able to make it, and I'll go to Berlin after the operation."

Zhou Li stopped, staring at the stairs under his feet, his eyes darkening.

He extracted the key words from Xu Siyan's words almost instantly.

Berlin, surgery.

There is only one person they know in common who is now in Berlin.

——

Berlin, inside a hospital in the city center.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the operating room was already preparing for the upcoming major operation.

All the medical staff were solemn, for fear of a half-point difference.

On the side of the ward, He Chuyan, Jiang Guming, Zheng Rinxu and Zheng Pianqi have all arrived.

The four of them are also in the same serious state, and they are faintly worried, but it is not easy to show it in front of Jiang Mingzhu.

In comparison, Jiang Mingzhu, who is about to go to the operating table, seems extremely relaxed.

People who want to be alive are nervous because of the operation.

For Jiang Mingzhu, the outcome of this operation is less important.

She lost the ability to plan for the future long ago.

After the operating room was ready, a medical staff came over with a bed.

After Jiang Mingzhu got on the stretcher bed, He Chuyan came up and hugged her.

Jiang Mingzhu raised her arm and hugged her, "Mom."

He Chuyan: "It's going to be fine, Zhuzhu, mom is waiting for you."

Jiang Mingzhu: "Okay, I'll work hard."

——

The operation lasted almost six hours.

From nine in the morning until three in the afternoon.

During this period, He Chuyan almost did not enter a drop of water.

Jiang Guming and Zheng Rinxu also had serious expressions.

Zheng Pianjiao held He Chuyan's hand and cheered her on.

The waiting process was long and painful, like roasting people on a fire.

At three o'clock, news finally came from the operating room.

Everyone was relieved to hear the medical staff say, "The surgery was a success."

But laxity is only temporary.

Before the surgery, the doctor said that the most important thing in the lesion removal surgery is postoperative observation and maintenance.

If there are no signs of recurrence within a year, it should not be too much of a problem, as long as there are regular check-ups.

Another possibility, the doctor didn't say, but He Chuyan and Jiang Guming were mentally prepared.

——

Two years later.

As soon as Jiang Mingzhu came out of the hospital, he received a call from He Chuyan.

He Chuyan: "Got the result?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "Well, the doctor said it's no problem."

He Chuyan: "No problem, but pay attention, by the way, when will you return to Hong Kong City?"

Jiang Mingzhu: "Next week, I'm going to finish the case in hand."

Ho Chuyan: "Don't stay up late."

Jiang Mingzhu: "Got it."

In the past few years, He Chuyan has said only those few words, but Jiang Mingzhu will respond very obediently every time.

After making the phone call with He Chuyan, Jiang Mingzhu had already walked to the door of the hospital.

While standing on the side of the road waiting for a taxi, a black off-road car suddenly stopped in front of me.

The other party's car was parked domineeringly and unreasonably, bringing a gust of wind.

Jiang Mingzhu frowned dissatisfiedly and subconsciously took a step back.

The door of the driver's seat of the car was opened, and Jiang Mingzhu raised his head to look over.

Glancing past, she thought she was hallucinating.