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Chapter 266 Hello, Brother (Mumu Xiaobai)

The indicator lights in the operating room were still on.

Mumu's heart was no longer filled with the same trepidation she had the first time.

A large part of the reason for this was Shen Zhaoyi; the scent of oranges wafting from her side soothed her long-lonely soul.

Meanwhile, Cheng Yubai had already parked the car and was downstairs looking for the neurosurgery floor.

This trip wasn't in vain. As soon as I stepped out of the elevator, I saw those two figures huddled together.

It's extremely offensive.

His eyes darkened slightly as he strode forward and placed the fruit basket in Mu Mu's arms.

"I didn't know what the old man liked to eat, so I picked a little bit of everything." Cheng Yubai spoke gently, as if he were really there to visit a patient.

As the saying goes, don't hit someone with a smiling face.

Even knowing that the man in front of her had a special relationship with Shen Zhaoyi, Mu Mu still straightened up and thanked him.

Both sides maintained basic politeness.

But Shen Zhaoyi wasn't so polite. She sat there without changing her posture, only slightly raising her eyes.

"What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yubai bent down and spoke ambiguously: "What kind of talk is it to let you visit a patient by yourself?"

"You talk as if you're quite the expert yourself."

Completely oblivious to romance, Shen Zhaoyi's first words dispelled the deliberately created atmosphere of ambiguity.

Mu Mu's mind was able to grasp the current situation much faster than Director Zhao's.

It seems this guy isn't very well-liked?
I asked Shen Zhaoyi about their relationship last time, but the answer I got was, "We'll talk about it later."

But Mumu doesn't want to wait any longer.

Nothing could elicit a more truthful answer than the situation before us.

At the very least, lying in front of the other person minimizes the possibility of lying.

Mumu placed the fruit basket in the empty space next to her and put on a harmless smile.

"Sister, who is this?"

A well-placed display of doubt concealed the true purpose.

Cheng Yubai glanced at him.

They're all foxes; this kind of probing, hidden beneath the surface, isn't hard to see through.

He spoke before Shen Zhaoyi could: "If you don't mind, you can call me brother-in-law."

After saying that, he reached out to the other person and returned a fake smile that also didn't reach his eyes.

Mu Mu received Cheng Yubai's provocation and couldn't help but despise him in her mind—

Brother-in-law?

That's a really awful name!
Ignoring the outstretched hand, he turned to look at Shen Zhaoyi.

"Sister, you..."

Asking directly like this clearly shows disbelief.

Aunt Sun sat opposite Director Zhao, both of them straining to hear what was going on.

Shen Zhaoyi brushed Cheng Yubai's hand, which was still hanging in mid-air, away. "Alright, it's not even close to being settled yet, why are you in such a hurry to pat yourself on the back?"

Her words left the four people present feeling a mixture of joy and worry.

Director Zhao's surprised gaze held a hint of disdain.

It seems I can't understand why Xiaobai isn't ambitious enough.

Aunt Sun breathed a sigh of relief. Good, Xiao Yao still has a chance.

The situation was turned around again. Mu Mu looked at Cheng Yu Bai's hand, which he hadn't had time to retract, and finally shook it generously, taking the initiative to greet him: "Hello, brother."

"Thank you for the fruit basket. You're welcome to come, no need to be so polite." With the same smile, but the logic was reversed, Cheng Yubai couldn't ignore him, nor could he lose his composure. He could only grit his teeth and nod at him.

Brother it is, even if I take a step back, I'm still of a higher generation.

She pretended to be nonchalant and sat down to Shen Zhaoyi's right, as if she didn't know the meaning of the word "awkward".

Even after being ignored, Cheng Yubai still easily switched to other topics.

Although they only received a few words of response, at least the wait outside the operating room wasn't as unbearable as it had been at first.

Grandma Mumu is old and had undergone a second craniotomy, so the surgery was quite lengthy.

During this time, Shen Zhaoyi went to the restroom.

Not long after she left, Cheng Yubai got up as well.

Mu Mu naturally guessed that this person didn't simply want to go to the toilet, but as a family member, he couldn't spare too much attention to other things, and could only watch the figure disappear around the corner of the corridor.

Although the men's and women's restrooms in the hospital are designed with doors facing each other, they are connected by a shared sink.

Cheng Yubai stood in front of the mirror, turned on the tap, and rinsed off non-existent dirt.

Until Shen Zhaoyi came out from the side.

"Didn't you say you weren't going to join in the fun?"

The conversation from a few days ago was brought up, not out of accusation, but out of curiosity.

What is so special about Mumu that makes her care so much?
Shen Zhaoyi walked to another empty seat, turned on the tap, washed her hands, and also tidied her hair.

Seeing that Cheng Yubai was genuinely confused, she decided to explain a little for the sake of the fruit basket, and also clarify her own motives.

“It’s not that Mu Mu is special, but that I see myself in him and his grandmother.”

"you?"

Cheng Yubai pulled out two sheets of paper from the side, wiped the water droplets from his hands, and waited patiently for the next part to be read.

As mentioned earlier, during her senior year of high school, Shen Zhaoyi's maternal grandfather fell seriously ill. If it weren't for his pension, he probably wouldn't have been able to afford the medical expenses.

Her mother had already remarried and moved far away, and hadn't come back for several years.

Unable to contact her and with no other children around, the burden of caring for the elderly ultimately fell entirely on her shoulders.

However, due to limited abilities and unfavorable conditions, he did not last long and passed away.

This was a blow and a regret for little Shen Zhaoyi.

If we had had the system at the time, there might have been room for maneuver.

There are no "what ifs".

So, it's perfectly understandable that she's fulfilling a dream that she couldn't "save" in the first place.

Cheng Yubai only heard the part that Shen Zhaoyi wanted him to hear.

However, these things alone were enough for him to understand the reason behind this attention.

Recalling the past took up some time, and in the end, the two returned to the operating room together. Mu Mu's mournful gaze couldn't help but drift over.

For Cheng Yubai, who had already felt much better, this little trick was no longer worth paying attention to.

But some people just don't play by the rules.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zhaoyi walked over and glanced at the state of the operating room. "Did the doctor come out just now?"

"No."

Mumu shook her head dejectedly.

"I'm just really panicked."

He didn't say where he was panicking, leaving it all to others to guess.

Shen Zhaoyi naturally assumed that he was worried about his grandmother who was in surgery. She walked over and sat back down in the chair. Her hand landed on Mumu's head and gently stroked the hair back.

"Don't worry, the person Director Zhao found is very authoritative. You have to trust the doctor."

When Zhao Yide's name was called, he sat up straight, forcibly accepting everyone's attention.