"Miss Ye, are you alright?" The assistant’s heart leapt into his throat upon seeing Ye Mingmei’s face turn pale.

"...I’m fine." Ye Mingmei snapped back to reality, shook her head, and instinctively pressed a hand to her stomach.

She suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, and a faint pain in her stomach.

"Bang—"

The door of a black car on the street was suddenly shoved open. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Yu Xiuzhun’s handsome figure strode towards her without hesitation, and before Ye Mingmei could react, he quickly swept her up and headed into the hospital in large strides.

"Yu Xiuzhun, what are you doing? I’m being discharged, not admitted. Stop right now!" Ye Mingmei was stunned, then began to struggle.

Her emotions surged, causing her small face to flush red.

This man was so strange, either he disappeared without a trace or reappeared suddenly like a ghost, not saying a word, just carrying her off.

It was terrifying!

Yu Xiuzhun’s steps paused as he glanced at her puffed-up little face, "I’m not forcing you. Take a deep breath and calm down."

"The sight of you keeps me from calming down!" Ye Mingmei shouted angrily, standing from his arms, and glancing at the assistant who had already retreated far away.

"Yu Xiuzhun, why did you suddenly pop up?"

"..."

Yu Xiuzhun’s body stiffened, and a complex glint flashed in his eyes.

More self-mockery than anything else.

Just seeing her place a hand on her stomach made him worried enough to rush out of the car.

Facing Ye Mingmei’s innocent gaze, his breath caught in his chest, unable to go up or down.

"Didn’t the assistant say you went to handle something important? What was so important?"

"Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

Yu Xiuzhun glanced at her still slightly pale face and smoothly changed the subject.

"Nope." Ye Mingmei responded naturally.

She really didn’t feel uncomfortable anywhere; the tightness in her chest seemed to vanish the moment she saw Yu Xiuzhun.

"Really nothing wrong?" Yu Xiuzhun cupped her small face with his large hand, lowering his gaze to fix on her eyes as if he didn’t believe a word she said.

"I said I’m fine and that’s that. Why do you look like you’re hoping I’ll be admitted? Did I offend you somehow?"

Ye Mingmei slapped his hand away and turned to leave.

The corners of her mouth involuntarily curled up slightly.

She couldn’t quite explain why, but seeing Yu Xiuzhun appear made her so happy.

Ye Mingmei told herself that him picking her up for discharge proved he didn’t have time to do anything bad.

She could count it as doing society a favor, and it was worth celebrating.

Sitting in the car, Ye Mingmei glanced at the assistant who was already in the driver’s seat, hesitated, and turned her head.

"Um, could you please find an excuse to get another car?"

"..."

The assistant was momentarily taken aback, looked at Yu Xiuzhun walking towards them, and was suddenly enlightened, quickly undoing his seatbelt.

"Mr. Yu, I just remembered, I sprained my right hand yesterday, the doctor said I shouldn’t drive today. I’ll just catch a cab back." The assistant rattled off his excuse and swiftly disappeared from sight.

He had long not understood how such a hot-tempered person like Mr. Yu could play the role of a tragic Korean drama male lead. This was a rare chance, he needed to make his escape.

Leaving behind Ye Mingmei, who sat in the passenger seat, covering her mouth to hide her laughter.

"Are you pleased with yourself, stirring up people to scheme against me?" Yu Xiuzhun propped a hand against the car door, bent slightly, and coldly glared at Ye Mingmei’s bright face.