What Should I Do if My Best Friend Is a Green Tea? [Transmigrated Into a Book]

Zhou Yanci held her tightly.

Yan Xi struggled. "Zhou Yanci, don't try to fool me. Let me see your medical examination report. Have the surgery tomorrow, no, tonight!"

"The medical examination report is in the car," Zhou Yanci pleaded hoarsely. "Don't move. Let me hold you for a while." His scorching breath fell on her ear, and Yan Xi's earlobe quivered.

She knew that sick people tend to be more vulnerable.

Just like when she had appendicitis as a child. It was the simplest of surgeries, but when she was sent into the operating room, Yan Xi felt as if she might die. Zhou Yanci just seemed strong, but in the end, he was the same.

He was very tall. When he hugged Yan Xi tightly, his chin rested on her head. Yan Xi pressed against his chest, which was as hard as a rock. Beneath the rock was a violent heartbeat, thumping so loudly that it made Yan Xi's cheeks flush. "I used to think that death didn't matter. Life was just meaningless anyway," Zhou Yanci's voice came from above her head, startling Yan Xi. Zhou Yanci continued, "But now, I'm a little scared."

A few minutes later, Zhou Yanci let go of Yan Xi and led her back to the Rolls - Royce. He took out his medical record report.

Zhou Yanci didn't finish his medical examination. After a tumor was found on his right ankle, the doctor immediately arranged for a biopsy, as well as CT and MRI scans. Yan Xi couldn't understand those films, but fortunately, the system could.

[Host, it's in the early stage.]

[Currently, it's only on the skin surface. If it's removed, there shouldn't be a big problem.] Yan Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, they discovered it in time. The plot compulsion from Zhou Qingyu was lifted yesterday, and they came for a medical examination today, so the tumor didn't have time to grow. Yan Xi looked down at Zhou Yanci's ankle.

The area with the tumor was now covered by Zhou Yanci's suit pants. "Does it hurt?" Yan Xi asked.

"It's just a tissue sample. How much pain can there be?"

Zhou Yanci himself didn't have a real sense of having cancer because he didn't have the symptoms of most cancer patients. But that's how melanoma is. It seems fine on the surface, but by the time you feel something is wrong, you're almost at the end of your life. "When is the surgery?" Yan Xi asked.

"Tonight."

"Then I'll accompany you!"

Just as Zhou Yanci was about to refuse, Yan Xi quickly said, "Or do you want Uncle and Qingyu to accompany you? I'll tell them right now!"

With that, Yan Xi took out her phone.

Zhou Yanci pressed her hand. "Forget it. Do as you like."

After that, Zhou Yanci returned to the group, and Yan Xi also went to the film set to fulfill her duties as the VP.

After arranging the company's work, Zhou Yanci returned to the hospital. In fact, the surgery time he told Yan Xi was two hours later than the time he had planned.

Dean Chen came with a nurse. "Mr. Zhou, you still need to have some pre - operative examinations. The nurse will take you for the examinations."

Zhou Yanci nodded. "Thank you for your trouble."

The examinations were cumbersome, but the nurse arranged everything very well.

There were people coming and going in the hospital. Most of them were patients like Zhou Yanci, with dejected looks on their faces. Their relatives would be beside them, seriously comforting and encouraging them.

Such scenes were almost non - existent in the Zhou family.

The hospital opened a VIP channel for Zhou Yanci. Half an hour later, the examinations were over. The surgeon instructed Zhou Yanci, "The pre - operative preparations are completed. You can have the surgery in half an hour."

He raised his eyes and glanced at the VIP ward from the corner of his eye. He found that besides Zhou Yanci, there was only the nurse.

"Don't you have any family members?" the doctor asked.

Zhou Yanci replied, "I can sign the consent form."

"Although it's just a minor surgery, it's better to have family members around." "You said it's a minor surgery. It's not necessary."

"Knock, knock, knock—"

There was a knock on the door outside. Zhou Yanci instinctively looked towards the door. The VIP ward door opened a crack, and a fluffy head poked in.

"Excuse me, is this..."

After seeing Zhou Yanci, Yan Xi immediately pushed the door open and entered.

"Zhou Yanci! This is really your ward! Why did you come here secretly without telling me!"

Yan Xi was still wearing the same plaid suit as during the day, which made her look capable and mature. She had a large L - brand tote bag on her shoulder, and the bag was bulging. No one knew what was inside.

"How did you..."

"How did I know about the surgery? I'm smart!"

Yan Xi sat down beside Zhou Yanci and rummaged through her tote bag. "I knew you didn't even tell Assistant Sun about the surgery! Fortunately, I've bought all the things you'll need during your hospital stay!"

"Here, this is the tooth - cup, toothbrush, towel, pajamas, water - cup, and..."

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The system told Yan Xi the real surgery time. Yan Xi asked Lin Zhi to watch over the film set and then went to the supermarket to buy daily necessities for Zhou Yanci's hospital stay. The system helped her choose the underwear, and Yan Xi took it with a blush and threw it into the shopping basket.

"Anyway, everything is here!" Yan Xi said firmly.

Zhou Yanci guessed what Yan Xi took out last and also felt a bit embarrassed. His earlobes turned red.

The doctor teased, "Your girlfriend has prepared very thoroughly!"

Zhou Yanci paused. "We're not."

The doctor laughed. "It's almost the same! I understand! I understand!"

Yan Xi stayed in the hospital. She wasn't the one to sign the surgery consent form, but she thought that staying by Zhou Yanci's side would at least make him feel better. It was already six o'clock in the evening. Yan Xi sent a message to Zhou Qingyu: [A friend is sick and hospitalized. He's going to have surgery. I'll stay with him tonight, so I won't be going back!] Zhou Qingyu: [Don't his family members be around? Why do you have to stay with him?] Yan Xi: [Yes, I'm the only one with him. It's so pitiful.] Zhou Qingyu: [That is quite sad. You should accompany him well~] Zhou Yanci saw Yan Xi sending the message. He was nearsighted and couldn't see the chat content clearly. He only saw that the chat partner's profile picture was Zhou Qingyu.

"You can go back. I have a nurse."

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows. "Having surgery alone is the tenth - level of loneliness. How could I leave you alone?"

"It doesn't require general anesthesia, just local anesthesia. This surgery is no different from removing a mole." Yan Xi rested her chin on her hand and looked at Zhou Yanci innocently. "Oh, since it's almost the same as removing a mole, why didn't you tell Uncle and Qingyu? Do you want me to tell them for you?"

Zhou Yanci was at a loss for words and chose to keep silent.

He found that Yan Xi wasn't as docile as he had imagined before. Sometimes, she was quite assertive.

A few minutes later, the doctor and nurses came in and wheeled Zhou Yanci into the operating room. Yan Xi felt inexplicably nervous. Even though the system told her it was a minor surgery, her heart still pounded.

"For an ankle surgery, will it cut the nerves? It might also damage the tendons. Will all the cancer cells be removed? Will they not spread again..." The surgeon looked at Yan Xi meaningfully. "Do I look so unreliable? Do you doubt my technical level so much?"

Yan Xi touched her nose. "… I'm just habitually worried." Zhou Yanci watched this scene, lowered his head, and the corner of his mouth curled up. For a moment, he even thought that being sick wasn't so bad.

Two hours later, the surgery was over.

The doctor came out of the operating room, and Yan Xi immediately rushed up.

The doctor pointed at the clock hanging in the hospital corridor. "Look at the time. It's only been two hours! Even a nose job takes longer than this. You can rest assured. The surgery was successful."

Yan Xi let out a long sigh of relief.

That night, Yan Xi stayed with Zhou Yanci in the hospital.

The VIP ward had a special cot with a soft mattress, and it was very comfortable to sleep on. The nurse had arranged everything, so Yan Xi only needed to keep him company. Sleeping on the soft cot, she didn't feel very tired. However, that night, Zhou Yanci had a dream.

He had light sleep and hadn't had a dream for a long time.

In the dream, he saw himself at the age of five.

Meng Yingrong had hired a tutor for him, a graduate from a prestigious university, to give him preschool education.

The tutor gave Zhou Yanci a test paper to assess his intelligence.

Half an hour later, Zhou Yanci finished the paper. The young teacher was grading the test and became more and more surprised. The paper, which even primary school students might not be able to get full marks on, Zhou Yanci actually got a perfect score.

The teacher looked at him. "Did you peek at my answer key?" Little Zhou Yanci was stunned. "I didn't."

But he was only five years old. How could he get a full - score?

The teacher told Meng Yingrong about this. Without even thinking, Meng Yingrong grabbed Zhou Yanci by the collar. "You cheated! Did that bitch Qu Ying teach you this? Instead of learning good things, you learn these bad tricks!"

Meng Yingrong picked up a leather belt and whipped little Zhou Yanci hard. It was Zhou Yanci's first time being beaten. Meng Yingrong thought he had been corrupted. Little Zhou Yanci gritted his teeth. His fair back was whipped with red marks. It hurt so much that his eyes were burning, but he held back his tears and repeated over and over again, "I didn't cheat... I didn't cheat..."

Adult Zhou Yanci stood aside, coldly watching this scene. Looking back now, he had so many ways to prove that he hadn't cheated. But the child back then didn't know.

In the blink of an eye, the five - year - old child turned into a seventeen - year - old teenager. The surrounding environment suddenly changed to a desolate cemetery. The rain was pouring down, washing this already lonely and sorrowful place.

Zhou Yanci saw Zhou Qingyu.

Thirteen - year - old Zhou Qingyu.

Her knees were skinned, and her body was covered in dirt. She was holding a bunch of wilted lilies in her hand.

She walked out of the cemetery. Zhou Yanci, wearing glasses, saw from afar that there was a fresh bunch of lilies in front of his stepmother's tombstone. Probably Zhou Qingyu thought the flowers in her hand were dirty and bought a new bunch for her.

He wanted to step forward and ask if Zhou Qingyu was hurt from the fall.

Zhou Qingyu's aunt stepped forward first. "Sweetie, are you okay? How did you fall like this?"

Zhou Qingyu said weakly, "I'm okay."

When she saw Zhou Yanci in front, just as she was about to open her mouth, her aunt lowered her voice. "Yanci won an award in the competition. Your father held a celebration banquet for him. He even forgot your mother's death anniversary!"

Zhou Qingyu's eyes widened. "Dad... didn't come because of brother?" Her aunt was certain. "Of course! You're not even born from the same mother. How close can you be? He works so hard just to take everything that belongs to you! Sweetie, stay away from him. He's not a good person!" Zhou Qingyu hesitated. "But, brother is actually very... " Her aunt said rudely, "That's all an act! Look, even your father has been taken away by him!" Seventeen - year - old Zhou Yanci didn't know how to explain, because his father had indeed held a celebration banquet for him.

But twenty - seven - year - old Zhou Yanci knew that the celebration banquet was just a guise. His father just wanted to meet the judge of this competition, a knowledgeable professor who rarely cooperated with businessmen. His father held this celebration banquet to get in touch with him.

His father's marriage to Meng Yingrong was a business alliance, and so was his marriage to Qu Ying. So he didn't love either of these two women. He loved his career more. The morning light shone through the gaps in the blinds and landed on the hospital bed. Zhou Yanci slowly opened his eyes.

These two memories were so long ago that he almost forgot them. But the sudden dream made him recall them.

The experiences in his childhood made him stop longing for so - called motherly love. As for Zhou Qingyu, whether he liked it or not, after Qu Ying's death, Zhou Qingyu had also drifted away from him. And not long after that memorial service, she regarded him as a rival. But in Zhou Yanci's heart, he didn't want to compete with Zhou Qingyu.

He didn't want to hand over Zhou's Group to her simply because he had witnessed her brilliant record of squandering hundreds of millions of assets overnight. He knew that Zhou Qingyu had no business acumen. If he gave Zhou's Group to her, the company would surely go bankrupt sooner or later.

If Zhou Qingyu had Lu Wanning's ability, Zhou Yanci would also be willing to give up Zhou's Group. Anyway, without Zhou's Group, he could still start his own business from scratch. Forget it, it's all in the past.

Suddenly, there was a soft and furry touch on his arm.

Zhou Yanci lowered his head and found that Yan Xi had left the cot next to him and was sitting by his bed, sleeping with her head on his arm.

She was sleeping soundly, as if she had dreamed of something delicious.

After waking up from the dream, Zhou Yanci's heart had been feeling stuffy and uncomfortable. But the moment he saw Yan Xi, all his unhappiness vanished.

He reached out and gently ruffled Yan Xi's hair.

It doesn't matter, Zhou Yanci thought.

As long as she's here.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the attending doctor led a group of resident doctors to make rounds. Zhou Yanci was supposed to be hospitalized for two weeks, but he had a family doctor who could take care of him throughout. Moreover, he didn't want to take leave and delay his work. After repeated requests, the dean agreed to let him stay in the hospital for observation for 7 days and be discharged after the stitches were removed.

After confirming that Zhou Yanci was all right, Yan Xi left the hospital. She said she was going back to work at Xingyao and would come to see him later. But as soon as she turned around, she asked Master Zhao to take her back to Zhou's Mansion.

At ten o'clock, Zhou's Father finished his exercise and was resting in the waterside pavilion. Zhou Qingyu also got up. In the hall, Yan Xi told the two of them about Zhou Yanci's surgery. "Melanoma, early stage."

"Mr. Zhou didn't tell anyone. I just happened to hear about it because of the physical examination."

"Mr. Zhou had the surgery last night, and it was very successful." Yan Xi briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter.

Zhou's Father's face instantly turned pale, and his withered arm trembled slightly. Zhou Qingyu's face also changed drastically, and she bit her lips in disbelief.

System: [Host! You defected too quickly!]

[You clearly promised your brother not to say anything!]

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows. "When did I promise?"

The system thought for a while and couldn't remember after thinking for a long time. [But your meaning was not to say it!]

Yan Xi shrugged. "Anyway, I never said that. Besides, you know me best. I'm not a good person. It's normal for me to go back on my word." Yan Xi never thought of herself as a good person.

Moreover, in her perception, she thought she was sophisticated and self - serving. But so what?

It's better to be selfish in life.

[That's not true!]

The system insisted. [In my heart, the host is the best host! Not a bad person at all!]

Not long after, Zhou's Father took Butler Yu to the hospital.

When he was young, he was fully committed to his career. As he reached middle age, he gradually began to care more about his children. Looking at Zhou Yanci lying on the hospital bed, Zhou's Father realized that he might have shown too little concern for his son over the years.

However, it was the same for people of their generation. Zhou's Father didn't have a close relationship with his own father either. In his perception, fathers often played the role of strict disciplinarians, being too shy to express their feelings to their children and reluctant to show their tender sides. Usually, it was the mothers who took on the gentle role.

But Zhou's Father forgot that Meng Yingrong was not a kind - hearted mother either.

Zhou's Father patted Zhou Yanci's hand on the back, his voice choking up. "How could you not tell your family about such a thing?"

Zhou Yanci felt helpless.

He had thought Yan Xi was well - behaved and sensible, but unexpectedly, she had betrayed him right away. She looked like a poor little rabbit, but in fact, she was a little fox! But to be honest, Zhou Yanci didn't dislike the feeling of his father coming to visit him.

"I'm already okay," Zhou Yanci said.

The guilt in Zhou's Father's heart lessened a bit. He thought it made sense. If Zhou Yanci's condition was unstable, Yan Xi probably wouldn't have told them.

Zhou's Father asked Butler Yu, "Why didn't Qingyu come?"

"Well..." Butler Yu hesitated. "The young lady's movie starts shooting today." Zhou's Father frowned. He knew that Zhou Yanci and Zhou Qingyu didn't get along well, but he didn't expect it to be this bad.

It was all his fault that he had neglected the relationship between the siblings.

Zhou's Father sighed. "But you are siblings! Weren't you on good terms before?"

Zhou Yanci replied, "Maybe Qingyu is busy."

In fact, Zhou Qingyu was really busy.

Today, the movie "Crazy Summer and Winter" was having its opening ceremony. As the third - female lead, Zhou Qingyu definitely had to show up. Otherwise, she would probably be criticized by marketing accounts for being a diva. But after attending the opening ceremony, Zhou Qingyu also came to the hospital. Zhou Yanci was sitting on the bed working. When he saw Zhou Qingyu come in with a flower basket, he thought he was hallucinating from working too long.

"What? Do you think I wouldn't come to visit you?"

Zhou Qingyu casually threw the flower basket aside and pulled out a chair to sit down. She sized up Zhou Yanci and then looked around at the furnishings. Everyone said it was cancer, but Zhou Yanci didn't look that sick!

Zhou Yanci's face was pale, but he still looked okay. His hair was thick and not a single strand had fallen out. Most importantly, this workaholic had actually brought a laptop and started working right after the surgery!

Zhou Yanci noticed Zhou Qingyu's doubts. "The cancer cells haven't spread. Just had them removed."

Zhou Qingyu instinctively let out a sigh of relief.

Feeling that Zhou Yanci might have heard her sigh, she turned her head away. "I'm not concerned about you! I'm just afraid that if I don't come, people will say I'm too cold - hearted. You know, I'm a popular star now. Every move of mine is under people's scrutiny. I don't want the paparazzi to call me cold - blooded!"

Zhou Yanci let out a soft laugh.

He looked up at the flowers Zhou Qingyu had sent, a basket of daisies. When he was a child, Zhou Yanci had also given Zhou Qingyu a pot of daisies, hoping that she would grow up healthily and happily.

Zhou Qingyu had loved that pot of daisies so much back then. When the flowers withered, she had cried for a long time and even dug a hole to bury them.

Following Zhou Yanci's gaze, Zhou Qingyu also looked at the daisies. She seemed to recall that memory and fell silent.

After staying in the hospital for a few minutes, Zhou Qingyu got up and prepared to leave. In the past, whenever she met Zhou Yanci, she would either mock or argue with him. But now, facing a patient, she just couldn't say those sarcastic words anymore. Since there was nothing more to say, she might as well go back to filming.

When she reached the door, Zhou Qingyu stopped.

She thought that if she didn't say some things now, she might never have the chance. "Zhou Yanci, I really hate you."

Zhou Qingyu looked at the daisies. "When I was a child, I thought it was great to have an older brother. But as we grew up, people always compared me with you. I'm not as smart as you and Yan Xi, and I can't excel in everything. I'm always outshone by you." "So, I hate you."

"Moreover, you're competing with me for the family fortune!"

Just thinking about it made Zhou Qingyu frown in anger.

But then she changed the subject. "However, I don't want you to die." Zhou Qingyu looked at Zhou Yanci and said word by word, "Zhou Yanci, we're blood - related siblings. After father passes away, you'll be my only family left. I also hope you'll live a good life."

"But don't live better than me. Got it?"

The first part of her speech was quite emotional, but the last sentence caught Zhou Yanci off guard. But have to admit, it was so typical of Zhou Qingyu.

After Zhou Qingyu left, Yan Xi emerged from the corridor, with the system floating beside her. [The young lady is such a tsundere!]

[As soon as she heard her brother was sick, her heart softened!] Yan Xi smiled. "Qingyu is actually a very kind - hearted person." [I saw that the brother was really happy looking at that basket of daisies in the ward!]

[Host, you're right. The people in the Zhou family aren't as cold - hearted as they seem on the surface!]

Yan Xi also looked in the direction of the ward. Maybe seeing the smile on Zhou Yanci's face, her mood also brightened up.

"Zhou Yanci isn't cold - hearted. He's just emotionally avoidant. Because he's received too little love, he pretends not to need it."

"Look, he's happy when his father and Qingyu come to see him. His requirements are really low."

The system looked at Zhou Yanci and then at Yan Xi. [It seems so!] [Host, you're so smart! You even know psychology!] "Because I'm the same."

Yan Xi didn't shy away. "Before I met Qingyu, I was just like Zhou Yanci."

After Zhou Qingyu left the hospital, Yan Xi put on a look of resignation and slowly walked into the ward.

She showed extremely good attitude in admitting her mistake, bowing her head and making all the proper gestures. "I know you didn't want your family to know about this. I didn't want to say it either, but I just blurted it out... I'm sorry! Zhou Yanci, please don't be angry, okay?"

This little fox didn't even bother to make up a better excuse.

Zhou Yanci said, "You know I'll be discharged from the hospital in a week, right?" "Well, it was just a slip of the tongue!"

Yan Xi stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Yanci's sleeve.

She could act coquettishly and pitifully towards Zhou Qingyu, and she could do the same to Zhou Yanci.

She used to be afraid that Zhou Yanci was too cold and hard to approach, but now she realized he was just a paper tiger. The siblings might seem unfamiliar with each other, but they actually had the same genes. They would soften up with just a little coaxing.

"Zhou Yanci, you're so magnanimous. For the sake of me staying with you in the hospital for one night, please forgive me, okay?"

Zhou Yanci sighed. He just couldn't stay angry with Yan Xi. It seemed that no matter how serious the matter was, seeing her aggrieved face would always make his anger disappear. He gently poked Yan Xi's head with his finger. "You!" Just then, there was a knock on the door from outside.

Zhou Yanci was puzzled. The doctor had just come to give him instructions on post - operative care. It shouldn't be the doctor.

"Are there other people coming to visit?"

Yan Xi quickly knelt down on the ground. "I swear! I only told your father and Qingyu about this. There's no one else!"

The news that the CEO of Zhou Group had cancer might affect the group's stock price if not properly controlled. Of course, Yan Xi didn't dare to spread it around.

Zhou Yanci squeezed her hand reassuringly.

"Come in."

The door of the ward opened, and a woman in a white suit walked in. She was not very tall, about 168 centimeters. The ten - centimeter stiletto heels made her figure look tall. She had delicate and gentle eyebrows and eyes with smooth and rounded lines, but there was a hidden aggressiveness like that of a cool and confident woman, as if beneath that gentle appearance, there was an imposing aura that couldn't be underestimated.

She carried a basket of mangoes and walked up to Zhou Yanci.

"I heard that Mr. Zhou is ill. I'm here to visit you," the woman smiled and nodded politely at Zhou Yanci. "Oh, you may not know me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lu Wanning."

Lu Wanning had a gentle smile. Although she was here to visit the patient, her eyes fell on Yan Xi.