Your Highness, your wife doesn't want you anymore!

Jin Si Nian repeatedly rubbed the metal lighter between his fingertips, a layer of gloom and darkness covering his eyes. He looked up at Dr. Zhao beside him: "Dr. Zhao, is there any chance that Old Liu's condition can be cured?"

Dr. Zhao pushed up his glasses, shook his head with a serious expression, and said with a troubled tone, "Second Young Master, it's extremely difficult."

Those few words instantly lowered the overall atmosphere around Jin Si Nian.

"Old Liu's brain injury is severe. The village's rudimentary equipment cannot detect the specific lesions. He must be sent to a top-tier hospital in the city for a full range of detailed examinations and long-term hospitalization," Dr. Zhao truthfully explained the diagnosis.

Jin Si Nian pulled a cigarette from his fingertips and held it between his fingers, his brow furrowed as he pressed for the cause: "How could a perfectly healthy person suffer brain damage?"

Give me a definite answer.

"The initial assessment is that he suffered severe shock and was struck on the back of the head with a blunt object from behind. There is still a lump on the back of his head."

"After blood tests, residual psychotropic drugs were detected in his body. I deduced that someone had been deliberately feeding him large amounts of drugs over the years, which drove him to madness."

Once the truth is revealed, the malice lurking behind it is self-evident.

Jin Si Nian wearily rubbed his throbbing temples and immediately instructed, "Tomorrow you will take Lao Liu back with you. You will be in charge of all the hospital admission procedures and care arrangements."

He raised his eyes, his tone firm and unwavering: "Dr. Zhao, I have only two requests: save his life and do everything possible to restore his sanity."

"Second Young Master, aren't you coming back to the city with us?" Dr. Zhao asked in confusion.

Kings shook his head, his suitcase already packed and standing quietly beside the bed.

He didn't want to stay a moment longer. He hadn't been back for days, and he couldn't hold Nan Zhi in his arms to sleep at night. He missed Zhi Zhi.

However, due to the recent flight being sold out, he had to take a bus to the city center, then transfer to a six-hour high-speed train, and finally take a short-distance car back home.

After seeing Dr. Zhao off, Jin Si Nian went to find Lao Liu alone and patiently discussed the matter of transferring treatment with him.

At first, Lao Liu was very resistant, but after learning that he was the son of his former employer, his resistance gradually dissipated, and he finally nodded in agreement to leave Qingshui Village with the doctor the next day.

With his worries finally put to rest, Jin Si Nian immediately pushed his suitcase and set off that very night.

After a long and arduous journey, I finally arrived home at around 4 a.m.

He pushed open the door quietly, afraid of making the slightest noise to disturb the person sleeping inside.

He placed his suitcase in the entryway and tiptoed to the bedside in the bedroom. By the faint light from the window, he saw Nan Zhi curled up in a small ball under the covers.

He stared at it for a while and resisted the urge to kiss it. He turned around and went to the bathroom to wash up quickly, knowing that his child would find it disgusting.

After taking a shower, the man lifted the covers and lay down on the bed, pulling her tightly into his arms from behind.

A warm, familiar embrace pressed against her back, and Nan Zhi subconsciously turned over, meeting his tired eyes.

Every time Jin Si Nian returned from a business trip, it was late at night, and every time he hugged her, she knew it was him coming back.

Her soft, sweet voice, still groggy from just waking up, said, "You...you're back."

"Hmm, did I wake you up?" Jin Nian tightened his arms around her, holding her securely in his embrace.

Nan Zhi rubbed her sore eyelids sleepily and asked softly, "What...what time is it?"

These past few days without him by my side, I've been tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep soundly.

She actually didn't sleep well.

"It's past four in the morning, still early, sleep a little longer." His large hand gently stroked her back, patting and coaxing her to fall back asleep.

Nan Zhi frowned, and asked in a low, puzzled voice, "Didn't you say you wouldn't be back until tomorrow?"

Jin Si Nian had dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot eyes. He hadn't slept for days and his exhaustion was impossible to hide: "It's been a day now."

"I took a bus all night, first from Qingshui Village to the city, then a six-hour high-speed train ride, and finally a half-hour taxi ride to get home."

Nan Zhi listened quietly, a pang of heartache rising in her heart: "That journey must have been very arduous."

"Why didn't you buy a plane ticket for today?" She remembered there was an airport flight, but she would still need to transfer after landing.

Jin Si Nian buried his face deep in the warm crook of her neck, his hoarse, deep voice muffled as he said, "I missed you, so I wanted to come back as soon as possible."

"Lie down a little longer, it's still not dawn."

Ke Nanzhi gently pouted, a hollow hunger rising in her lower abdomen. She wasn't hungry, but she just wanted to eat: "But... I'm hungry, I want to eat."

Jin Si Nian sighed helplessly, casually rummaged through the closet and pulled out a soft nightgown to put on. He paused as he buttoned it, turning his head to look at the pregnant woman on the bed who was staring at him expectantly.

"What would you like to eat?"

"I want shredded pork noodles, and I want them handmade."

Jin Nian didn't have any noodles to eat.

"I rolled out a lot of dough and froze it before I left a few days ago. It should have been enough for you to eat for several meals. How come you're craving it so much after only a few days apart? Don't you get tired of eating it every day?"

Nan Zhi's cheeks flushed slightly, and she felt guilty and dared not tell him the truth.

Actually, she ate all the chewy noodles he made by hand on the first day.

In the morning, she insisted on eating a bowl of noodles cooked by Aunt Qing. At night, she was hungry and asked her grandmother to cook. She gave one bowl to her grandmother and left one bowl for Aunt Qing. After the three bowls were distributed, there was not a single noodle left in the refrigerator.

She puffed out her cheeks in indignation, regretting that she shouldn't have been so generous in sharing with Aunt Qing. Now she had nothing to eat and could only pester Jin Si Nian to make fresh ones for her.

"I...I want to eat this, I don't want anything else," Nan Zhi muttered stubbornly in a low voice.

Jin Nian had no way to deal with her, so he reluctantly turned and went into the kitchen.

In the early morning, when the sky was still gray, he put on his apron, kneaded the dough, rolled out the wrappers, cut them into thin strips, and then stewed them with a delicious shredded meat topping. He worked for nearly an hour before finally carrying two steaming bowls of noodles to the restaurant around 5 a.m.

He also served himself a bowl. He had been traveling all night and his stomach was empty. After Nan Zhi finished eating, he took her back to the bedroom to catch up on sleep.

Nan Zhi had just settled down and hadn't even touched the noodles with her chopsticks when the restaurant door was gently pushed open, and Liu Xinlan came out wearing a light coat.

Her gaze fell on the two people at the dining table, a smile in her eyes: "It's rare to see someone get up so early to eat breakfast."

"You usually don't get out of bed until eight or nine o'clock. After we finish eating, come with me for a walk in the backyard."

Jin Nian paused for a moment: Grandma, he's not asleep yet.

Nan Zhi took a bite of the chewy noodles and mumbled, "Oh, I know."

Grandma always tells her not to stay in bed scrolling through her phone after waking up, but to move around more for the baby's benefit.

When Kings was not at home, she had no freedom to go out at all.

Uncle Wang was only responsible for picking her up and dropping her off at the yoga studio. He was not allowed to take her to the mall to stroll around at other times, and he was not allowed to secretly buy snacks to satisfy her cravings.

The only place we could move around was the backyard, where Grandma had cleared out a large area to grow vegetables, including cucumbers, green beans, and eggplants, which were growing vigorously.

Grandma gets up this early every day to water the plants.

Nan Zhi accompanied her grandmother to water the plants, and she sat in a wicker chair, swaying back and forth.

Liu Xinlan stood to the side, directing Jin Si Nian to water the plants.

He wiped his sweat, thinking that he could go to sleep after watering the plants.