She was fired after she refused to be the CEO's dog licker.

I didn't let Zhou Hanzhi in, I just looked inside through the glass at the door of the ward.

In the ward, my uncle was still guarding Nannan's bedside, but Nannan was not lying in bed like before.

She had woken up and sat up, drinking water with the help of her uncle. The smallest hospital gown was still too big for her. When she drank water, her sleeves slid down her wrists, revealing a bloody patch on her elbow.

It was a scrape.

When she fell asleep just now, the wound was covered by her sleeve and I didn't see it. Now that I saw it, my heart suddenly tightened and I felt distressed. I really wanted to rush to her side to take a closer look.

"Mr. Zhou, have you finished reading?" I didn't forget Zhou Hanzhi beside me. I took the gift box from him and hurriedly urged him to leave. "Nannan needs to have a good rest. Don't go in and disturb her. Go home quickly."

It was not until this moment that Zhou Hanzhi's gaze left Nannan in the room. He looked at me with a surprised expression, and his thin lips moved as if he wanted to speak.

"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond. Mr. Zhou, you are not going to go back on your word, are you?" But I blocked his mouth before he could speak.

People's behavior patterns generally do not change. When I saw him like this, I knew he was trying to beg me to let him in to see our daughter.

But I won't give him this chance.

I've said it before, I will only be soft-hearted this once, and there won't be a second time.

Zhou Hanzhi was stuck in his words. He frowned, and the light in his dark eyes disappeared. His disappointment was obvious, but he still abided by the previous agreement and handed all the things to me. He whispered, "Please help me convey my concern and condolences to Nannan. Let her have a good rest. I will come to see her later."

"Okay, Mr. Zhou, take care." I nodded politely, holding the gift box.

Zhou Hanzhi looked at his daughter in the ward through the glass reluctantly, then turned around and left decisively.

He was quite trustworthy and didn't pester me any further, and he left decisively.

But I also have to consider changing Nannan's hospital. Just now, not only was I soft-hearted and couldn't bear to refuse Zhou Hanzhi, but I also let Zhou Hanzhi come up to see Nannan through the window in order not to arouse Zhou Hanzhi's suspicion. But I know in my heart that I can't let Zhou Hanzhi continue to contact Nannan.

I watched Zhou Hanzhi disappear at the end of the corridor, then turned around and opened the door of the ward: "Nannan."

"Xu Xu!" On the hospital bed, Nannan had just finished drinking water. The moment she saw me, her dark phoenix eyes lit up instantly and she cried out in surprise. But soon, her lips drooped again, tears welled up in her eyes, and she stretched out her arms to ask for a hug, with a heavy nasal tone, "Hug..."

I rushed over and hugged her tightly without hesitation, my palms constantly stroking her thin back: "Are you scared? I'm sorry, Xuxu should have been with you, Xuxu didn't protect you well."

I started to hug her very tightly, wishing I could rub Nannan into my own body, but I soon realized that Nannan was injured, so I immediately relaxed my hold. However, my heart was filled with self-blame and guilt.

"No, it's not Xuxu's fault." Nannan choked with sobs, but struggled to raise her head from my arms, shook her head stubbornly, and said seriously, "It's the balloon's fault. The balloon's string suddenly broke, and Nannan fell down when she tried to chase it."

This child is always so sensible. She hasn’t released her own emotions yet, but she is busy comforting me, fearing that I will blame myself too much.

I hugged her in my arms again, feeling both pain and relief in my heart.

She buried her little head in my arms, mumbling in a muffled voice: "The string of the balloon is too fragile, otherwise, Lao Lin wouldn't have been injured..."

"Lao Lin?" I was stunned for a moment when I heard this name, and then I reacted.

Nannan should be referring to Lin Youde.

When we handled the household registration and related information for Nannan, my aunt and uncle did not teach her to address people according to their seniority, so Nannan just called me Xuxu and uncle Lao Jiao, which sounded quite disrespectful. I raised objections at the time, but my aunt and uncle spoiled her and let her call them that.

But Nannan only calls her family members like that and is always very polite to outsiders, so she calls the security guard Lao Zhouzhou Uncle and calls Youhe Uncle.

But now she actually calls Lin Youde Lao Lin.

This shows that in her heart, she has already regarded Lin Youde as her own family.

"Lao Lin held me as we rolled down the mountain. He held me in his arms, but he fell so badly that all his bones were broken and he has been unconscious ever since. Xuxu, I was so scared..." Nannan hugged me tightly, worried and panicked, and finally burst into tears.

I quickly hugged her and tried to comfort her again, but my heart was in turmoil and I couldn't calm down.

The same thing, spoken by different people, gives me different feelings.

When I heard what my aunt said, I felt more annoyed. My subconscious mind still believed that Lin Youde had no good intentions, and that my aunt was deliberately speaking well of him in front of me. But when Nannan told this story, my heart felt like a hole was broken, and the wind blew in through the hole, making my will less firm.

"No, don't be afraid, Nannan. Lao, Lao Lin is fine. His operation was successful!" Beside the bed, uncle also stretched out his big hand and rubbed Nannan's head, trying to comfort her.

"Really?" After hearing this, Nannan started twisting her little body in my arms.

In this case, I have to go to the next ward to see Lin Youde.

I quickly held her down and said, "It's true. He's fine now, but he's still resting. The doctor has made arrangements, and no one can disturb him. You're also on an IV drip, so don't move around. If the needle gets loose, you'll have to get it re-inserted. You'd better lie down and wait until you're free to go see the doctor."

"Okay, Xuxu makes sense. Nannan will listen to Xuxu." After listening to me, Nannan nodded.

I picked up her injured arm, carefully pulled down her sleeve, and carefully examined the wound.

The wound was actually not very serious, and medicine had been used. The medicine was reddish-brown in color, so at first glance it looked bright red and shocking.

Even so, I still felt distressed and asked her softly, "Does it still hurt? Where else does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore. The nurse said that I'm a child and the wound will heal quickly. It will heal after changing the medicine five times." Nannan pointed to me with the five fingers of her other hand and answered seriously.

I felt distressed and couldn't help laughing. At this moment, Nannan's dark eyes turned to the door again. She tilted her head slightly, and then suddenly her eyes lit up and she shouted in surprise: "Uncle Zhou, you came to see me?"

Uncle Zhou?

Which Uncle Zhou?

I was puzzled and had a bad feeling, so I followed her gaze.

When I saw this, I couldn’t laugh anymore and my brows started to frown.