Chapter 116 A Surprise

In this context, seeing his wife should have been a bit awkward. Fortunately, Boss Zhou had always had a thick skin, and this matter really had nothing to do with him. Even Xiao Lü was there helping him explain to Doctor Lin, seemingly afraid that it would ruin his family.

Doctor Lin simply maintained a polite and reserved smile,

And calmly replied:

"I believe him."

After signing the papers, completing the procedures, and being reminded again not to leave Tong City recently, Boss Zhou and Doctor Lin left the apartment together in the elevator.

Stepping outside, the night breeze blew, making him feel much more comfortable and awake. Boss Zhou lit a cigarette and said:

"I'm really sorry to have you come out and run around so late. You should go back and get some rest."

As for the divorce agreement, Boss Zhou didn't want to spoil the mood by bringing it up again at this time.

"Didn't you drive? I'll give you a ride back."

"No need, I'll take a taxi."

"Do you have to be so polite?"

"Alright then."

Zhou Ze got into Doctor Lin's car, leaned back in the leather seat, and sighed:

"You've changed cars again?"

Sometimes, Zhou Ze wondered, if he had simply been reborn as an ordinary person, without the little sister-in-law incident and without the ghost messenger, just like those rebirth novels in his bookstore, it seemed like life would be quite comfortable.

A live-in son-in-law would be fine,

His father-in-law was rich, and his wife was beautiful,

Tsk, tsk.

In reality, many people look down on men who live off women, just like many people hate corrupt officials, they hate that it's not them.

But life doesn't have "what ifs." The series of accidents that happened during that time completely changed that trajectory, and then he slipped into the terrifying vortex of "who cheated on who, who got cheated on by whom," desperately courting death.

Turning his head,

Boss Zhou looked at Doctor Lin, who was driving,

And then his gaze naturally began to shift downwards,

Oh,

Damn jeans!

A slight curve appeared at the corner of Doctor Lin's mouth.

As the car passed in front of a night market stall, Doctor Lin asked:

"Want to grab some late-night snack?"

"Sure."

Pulling over and parking, the two walked into a small restaurant.

Zhou Ze ordered a casserole rice noodle dish, while Doctor Lin ordered a bowl of wontons.

The two sat facing each other. Neither of them played with their phones, but they didn't chat either. Occasionally, their eyes would meet, but they would move away without any ripples.

When the food came,

They both picked up their chopsticks and started eating very seriously.

After eating halfway through, Doctor Lin took the lead in breaking the atmosphere and asked:

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"Okay."

"How about you? How have you been lately?"

"Pretty good."

"Okay."

The short dialogue successfully pushed the original awkwardness to an even more awkward level.

"Just think of it as friends." Doctor Lin said with a smile as she took a sip of soup.

"Yeah, okay."

After finishing eating, the two walked out of the restaurant and got back into the car.

Doctor Lin started the car. It was still a ten-minute drive to the Late Night Bookstore.

Boss Zhou sat in the passenger seat, lit a cigarette, and then turned to look at Doctor Lin's reaction. Seeing that she didn't frown or show any displeasure, he continued to smoke.

The car stopped at the traffic lights ahead,

Zhou Ze reached his hand out to flick the ashes,

And suddenly asked:

"Oh, by the way, let me ask you something."

"Go ahead."

"About Xu Le."

Doctor Lin took a deep breath, smiled, and said: "Okay."

"Did Xu Le ever... ever do anything like sperm donation or freezing?"

Doctor Lin was silent,

The red light turned green,

But the car didn't move,

Fortunately, the road was deserted at night, and there were no cars honking behind them.

After a long while,

Doctor Lin turned her head to look at Zhou Ze in surprise:

"Yes."

………………

The car didn't head towards the Late Night Bookstore, but instead turned around. Twenty minutes later, the car drove into the parking lot of the affiliated hospital.

Getting out of the car,

Zhou Ze looked up,

Looking at the hospital building in front of him,

Actually, he hadn't been to the hospital much in the past two years, and he hadn't gone at all recently. He didn't have any feelings of seeing things and thinking of people or nostalgia.

"A year ago, the reproductive department of the affiliated hospital called me to ask if Xu Le's sperm needed to be preserved and paid for;

That was when I found out that he had actually frozen sperm in the hospital's sperm bank."

Zhou Ze didn't ask why, he just silently followed Doctor Lin towards the hospital building.

After he took over Xu Le's body, all of Xu Le's previous contact information, including social media, was discarded and replaced with his new self.

Naturally, the hospital department couldn't contact him, but Tong City was so big, and the doctor's circle was so small, it was normal for people in the reproductive department to contact Doctor Lin.

As for why Xu Le would bother to do this,

It was also easy to understand,

Because at that time, although he was married to Doctor Lin,

Doctor Lin still slept in a separate bed from him,

Plus,

He was relatively timid,

And also pessimistic,

He probably felt that having children in the short term was impossible,

So he simply went to freeze and preserve his sperm in advance, for future use.

Boss Zhou had been wondering how the sperm at the crime scene came from;

Using the process of elimination,

Since his rebirth, he had always been self-disciplined and clean, so it was impossible for him to have any remnants outside, nor was it possible for someone to find discarded condoms or tissues;

As for forcibly extracting sperm from him,

That was even more impossible. Who could do that?

So, with that, the focus became clear, and the only remaining possibility was that it was related to the original Xu Le.

Now, the technology for freezing sperm was already very mature. It was like keeping something fresh in the refrigerator. When it needed to be used, it could be taken out, thawed, and used.

Of course, freezing here didn't mean putting it in the refrigerator. The refrigerator could keep food fresh but couldn't keep this fresh. It had to be placed in special freezing equipment. A household refrigerator couldn't reach that temperature.

The two took the elevator together to the fifth floor.

At this hour, the doctors had already left work. There was only one nurse and one intern in the department, chatting and laughing, giggling from time to time.

Zhou Ze reached out and poked the scarf around his neck and said:

"Hypnotize them, I need to check something."

The white fox didn't move, but lazily responded in a voice that only Zhou Ze could hear:

"Whose sperm information do you want to investigate?"

"Xu Le's."

"Who are you?"

"…………" Zhou Ze.

That's right,

I am Xu Le now,

I'm going to check my frozen sperm records.

Over there,

Doctor Lin seemed to understand better and directly pushed the door open and walked in.

When Zhou Ze entered, Doctor Lin had already explained her purpose to the intern and the nurse inside.

"Sorry, we're already off work. If you want to check the records, please come again tomorrow."

In the hospital, there was a clear hierarchy. The people left on duty at night were really just there for duty.

Boss Zhou reached into his pocket, took out his wallet, and prepared to take out some cash to smooth things over.

Actually, it was just helping with a small favor, and he was checking his own records, so it wasn't a big deal.

Doctor Lin, however, handed over her business card before Zhou Ze could.

The young doctor and the nurse were immediately shocked when they saw the business card, and their attitude immediately changed drastically.

After all, the doctor's circle in Tong City was so small, and Doctor Lin's high salary and good benefits were well-known. Even if they didn't have the idea of ​​changing jobs now, they were still willing to leave a way out and make friends.

"Okay, Dean Lin, it's okay, we are willing to help with this. Wait a moment, I'll log in to the system."

The intern sat down in front of the computer and logged into the sperm bank system.

The nurse hurriedly poured water, appearing very attentive.

Zhou Ze sighed and put his wallet back away.

"Dean Lin, what's your husband's name?"

"Xu Le, Le from happiness."

"Okay, just wait a moment. By the way, Dean Lin, are you planning to have children recently?"

At this moment, the nurse next to him poked the intern.

The intern realized that he had asked too much, and might cause resentment. They didn't do the freezing in their own hospital, they specially froze it here, and they even came over at night, weren't they worried that the matter would spread?

Why did he ask so much, he was being nosy.

Doctor Lin maintained a smile and said nothing.

"Found it, the entry time was three years ago."

"Can you find it?" Zhou Ze asked, and then, Boss Zhou awkwardly added: "I want to see it."

After speaking, he felt that his addition was really embarrassing...

"Um, it's definitely there, but I don't have the key and can't open it now, this... hey, wait, there's another record here, just a moment."

The intern continued to search in the system,

And then,

After the search results came out,

He frowned,

Looked at Zhou Ze,

And then looked at Doctor Lin,

And said:

"A year and a half ago, it was taken out and artificial insemination surgery was performed in our hospital, and according to the subsequent records, it was successful."

"What?"

Doctor Lin was very surprised,

This was impossible,

She couldn't have come, and besides, a year and a half ago, Xu Le was already Zhou Ze, and he couldn't have come here either.

"That's what it shows above." The intern scratched his head. He also realized that there must be something wrong. It was impossible for the couple to be unaware of this. Even if they had found a surrogate, their reaction wouldn't be like this.

"The details have to wait until the department director and them are at work tomorrow. Then Dean Lin, you can go and ask them in person. I've only been here for half a year."

The intern shrugged helplessly. He also knew that he seemed to have stirred up a hornet's nest.

Leaving the hospital building,

Doctor Lin stood by the flowerbed, stopped, and her heart was obviously very complicated.

"Put her to sleep."

Zhou Ze whispered.

The white fox's tail swayed,

Doctor Lin's body swayed with it, and she was caught by Zhou Ze before she fainted.

"The way you comfort women is really direct."

The white fox couldn't help but joke at this time.

"You stay and take care of her, send her home."

"What about you? By the way, would you say today was an unexpected surprise?"

Zhou Ze heard the words,

Smiled,

A hint of undisguised coldness flashed in his eyes,

And said:

"Heh, what do you think?"