Chapter for tomorrow morning 8 o'clock will be updated in advance, next chapter still around 5 pm.

  "I just went to pay New Year's greetings to Old Chu, and only then did I learn that Secretary Shen had fainted while working. Secretary Shen, you were so dedicated to finding a solution for me, but instead, I ended up causing you such serious illness... " Zhu Li pushed open the door and came in, apologizing sincerely, "Old Chu told me not to come disturb Secretary Shen's rest, but the more I thought about it, the more unbearable it became, the more I felt guilty towards Secretary Shen. I thought that even if I just came to take a look, and let Secretary Shen scold me, maybe I could feel a little better..."

  "It's not as serious as Old Chu said, Manager Zhu. Look at me, I'm in good spirits!" Shen Huai said, trying to reassure Zhu Li not to worry too much about his illness, but his eyes were fixed on Zhu Yi, who was standing silently beside him, her cheeks thinner and more mature-looking after over a year of not seeing each other.

  Shen Huai didn't understand either. That bastard before, how could he bear to toy with and hurt such a beautiful girl? But then why did he have a feeling of pity now?

  Shen Huai was momentarily unable to clear his mind, but he really wanted to know how Zhu Yi had been doing for the past year or so. However, he couldn't bring himself to ask. The clearly visible sympathy made him feel a little lost and at a loss as to how to face Zhu Yi's cold, beautiful eyes that hid deep-seated resentment.

  Sun Yalin didn't expect that Shen Hua was so seriously ill that he had to be rushed to the hospital after fainting, and secondly, she noticed that the girl who followed this dark and fat middle-aged man into the ward looked at Shen Hua with a complex gaze, while looking at herself with an obviously hostile gaze.

  Sun Yalin saw that the girl's face was clear and bright, wearing a crimson coat, with fair skin and elegant temperament, unexpectedly not inferior to Chen Dan in all aspects, looking at her expression, she knew that she had a story with Shen Hui, curiosity hooked up, even sitting The posture also subconsciously straightened up.

  Shen Huai didn't know what kind of hatred Zhu Yi had hidden in her heart, but when she saw her gaze fall on Sun Ya Lin's face, her eyes became even colder. He took the initiative to introduce Zhu Li, who was walking over, "Sister-in-law, aren't you always full of praise for the construction of Zhe Creek Hotel? Manager Zhu Li is the builder of Zhe Creek Hotel..."

  Sun Yalin thought: When did I ever praise the construction of the Zhuxi Hotel? As she pondered, she looked at the black fatty in front of her, who handed over his business card and stood up to shake hands with Zhu Li. "I'm Sun Yalin," he said. "I came to see my cousin, but I don't have a business card on me." He then turned to look at Zhu Yi and asked, "And this is...?"

  "She's our daughter, Zhu Yi. It was this dead girl who made Secretary Shen so seriously ill," said Zhu Li, pulling his daughter to the front of Shen Hua's bed. "You quickly come over and apologize to Secretary Shen!"

  Looking at Zhu Yi's pursed lips, her teeth biting the inside of her mouth, her face was pale and translucent, her eyes resentfully staring at Shen Huai, but she refused to utter a word. Shen Huai thought that she must have been scolded by her father Zhu Liqiang when he brought her over, and suffered a lot of grievances: how could she possibly, how could she bear to apologize to him?

  "By the way, Manager Zhu, did you drive here?" Shen Huai asked, changing the subject.

  "I borrowed a car from Old Chu and rushed over." Zhu Li used to have a car, but he sold it to pay off debts.

  "My cousin is worried about how to get back to the hotel, can you help me send her; you come over later, I still have something to talk to you..." Shen Huai said.

  Sun Yalin glared at Shen Hua, and the keys to her Maserati were thrown onto the small cabinet beside Shen Hua's hospital bed. Shen Hua thought it was too clumsy for him to make excuses to talk to Zhu Li and that girl, but thinking that if he didn't cooperate, he wouldn't be able to see the rest of the show, so he reluctantly got up: "Trouble Manager Zhu to send me off," and then said to the pretty girl who wasn't inferior to Chen Dan, "You see, the IV drip is almost finished, go call the nurse over..."

  Walked over to get the jacket inside, bent down and leaned into Shen Hua's ear, whispering: "I'll come back later to listen to your story..."

  Shen Huai didn't expect his cousin to be so bored, but he had to ask her to send Zhu Li away first, making it convenient for him to talk to Zhu Yi alone. At this time, no matter what conditions, he could only agree first.

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  After Zhu Li and Sun Ya Lin left, the nurse came in to check on them. Shen Huai and Zhu Yi fell silent, waiting for the nurse to leave. Only then did Shen Huai speak up with a hoarse voice, "About what happened before, I owe you an apology."

  Perhaps it was Shen Huai's "I'm sorry" that made Zhu Yi's heart no longer so stiff, and she said coldly:

  "You don't have to apologize, although it's been a year, as long as you can keep your promise, I'll also continue to keep mine. Being your secret lover is fine, and I won't interfere with you having other women. But I do have one request, which is that you cannot let my dad know about what's going on between us..."

  Looking at Zhu Yi's icy face, Shen Huai could only smile wryly and ask: "Why?"

  "My dad knows about this, he won't accept your help, and if that's the case, my family might not make it...” Zhu Yi bit her lip, saying with difficulty, her eyes hiding a humiliated yet determined expression.

  Thinking back to Shen Hua's interactions with Zhu Yi earlier, Shen Hua really had nothing good to say.

  I didn't expect her family to be carrying such a heavy burden, I didn't expect her father to be driven to desperation by debt, I didn't expect her mother to be on the verge of a nervous breakdown from debt, and I also didn't expect her to take this responsibility upon herself.

  Shen Huai was infatuated with Zhu Yi's beauty and enticing body, while Zhu Yi saw Shen Huai's lavish spending on campus and hoped he could help her family solve their debt problems, so she accepted his pursuit after some hesitation.

  For Zhu Yi at that time, this emotional experience was her first love, even if it wasn't particularly pure.

  However, Shen Hua returned to China and continued to live a luxurious life. The living expenses he received from the Sun family totaled only $30,000, which was not enough for him to squander, let alone willing or able to take on debt for the Zhu family.

  He even thought that Zhu Yi was just a greedy girl who wanted his money, until one day Zhu Yi told him she might be pregnant, then he promptly dumped her as a trouble.

  Shen Huai now knew the cause and effect, knew all the ins and outs of things, so he could feel the desperation in Zhu Yi's heart when she decided to cut her wrist and take medicine...

  Shen Huai did not expect that Zhu Yi would think his appearance now was to continue the "emotional transaction" from a year ago. At this time, he could also understand why Zhu Yi wanted to hide what happened at school from her family members, as her family had already borne tremendous pressure back then, and another piece of bad news might crush her entire family.

  How much can Shen Huai understand Zhu Yi's helpless heart that even in despair, she still wants to take responsibility for herself.

  Shen Huai looked at Zhu Yi's left wrist, wrapped in a small silk handkerchief, covering the scar that had been there for a year. After the incident, he hadn't gone to see Zhu Yi even once, only hearing that she had taken sleeping pills and cut her wrists, and then he had no choice but to take leave...

  Shen Huai raised his head to look at the powder-white ceiling, and he didn't know how much Zhu Yi knew about him now. He leaned over to take a cigarette from the small cabinet beside the hospital bed and lit it up.

  "You smoke less..." Zhu Yi said subconsciously when she saw Shen Huai was about to light a cigarette, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she regretted it and turned her face away.

  He was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly to himself, thinking of his own first love story. He thought that human emotions might be so hard to figure out: even if they were hurt badly, they couldn't forget, and would even have unrealistic hopes and make excuses for the other person.

  Shen Huai looked back at his memories of "him", Zhu Yi had been very obedient to "him" before, the only thing that would stop him was that he didn't like "him" smoking. Zhu Yi should have hated him to the bone, but seeing him reach for a cigarette, she still subconsciously said those words, it can be seen that even though Zhu Yi hates him to the bone, she still has unrealistic fantasies and expectations, it can also be imagined that Zhu Yi's emotions before entering the door would be complicated and tangled to what extent, so that this sentence would slip out...

  This is consistent with a saying: Those who have been deeply in love will always have a blind and self-abusive heart.

  "I didn't come to Mei Xi Town because of you, and I also didn't know that your family lives in Mei Xi Town...I found your father not entirely because of you..."

  Shen Hua put the cigarette box back and said,

  "The town owes your father over a million yuan in engineering fees, and your father's current predicament is all because of this. So the town needs to find a way to solve the debt owed to your father. Moreover, considering the whole Meixi Town, your father is quite an important person - these were my thoughts before I poured that basin of foot-washing water on you. Therefore, no matter how much you hate me in the future, helping your father resolve his current troubles is a responsibility I should fulfill as the Party Secretary of Meixi Town, not because I'm completing a transaction with you..."

  Perhaps it was the previous outburst, or perhaps it was Shen Huai's words that made Zhu Yi's face soften a lot, no longer as cold as frost.

  A girl always has natural admiration for her own father.

  Even if Zhu Li's appearance shouldn't make people think he has exceptional qualities at first glance, perhaps as a daughter, Zhu Yi often teases her father about his looks, and Shen Huai's approval of her father can always ease her conflicting emotions.

  Shen Huai saw Zhu Yi's face relax and knew that his words had some effect, thinking: Little girls are always easy to fool.

  "In fact, there's no deal between us. Previously, I wronged you and had the intention of deceiving you..." Shen Huaining would rather let Zhu Yi continue to resent him than have her heart twisted from then on, living a distorted life. "When your father comes back, I'll say that you've already apologized, even though it's me who should be apologizing - I'll pretend we never knew each other..."

  "Why don't you stop lying to me, or is this another one of your lies?"

  Zhu Yi was almost biting her lip off, she didn't know which sentence Shen Huai said was true and which one was false, maybe every sentence was a deceitful lie.

  Shen Hua let out a soft sigh, wanting to say something else, when she heard the sound of footsteps coming from outside, but it wasn't the nurse's soft-soled shoes.

  Shen Hua closed his mouth and lay down, staring at the ceiling. After a while, it was indeed Sun Ya Lin who pushed open the door and came in, saying: "I forgot to take my phone..." Shen Hua turned his head and saw that Sun Ya Lin's phone was on the small cabinet, he had been thinking about Zhu Yi just now and didn't notice, but he could be sure that Sun Ya Lin did this on purpose, it was convenient for her to kill him at any time.

  However, he was at a loss with Sun Yalin.