"Oh, Xiao Bei, buying some food for Juan Juan again? You're such a considerate boyfriend!"
"Hehe! It is what it is. I’m heading up first."
At the elevator entrance of Qingzhou People's Hospital, Ye Xiao Bei bumped into a female colleague while carrying freshly bought milk tea and a chicken burger.
He greeted his colleague and headed upstairs.
"Damn girl, quit stalling. Let's get this done."
"Oh my, what's the rush? We are in a hospital, what if someone sees us?"
Just as Ye Xiao Bei walked into the office, he heard a conversation between a man and a woman from the doctor's private restroom across the room.
The woman's voice belonged to Ye Xiao Bei's girlfriend, He Xiao Juan.
They had been classmates at Qingzhou Medical College and had been dating for two years. They both joined the Qingzhou People's Hospital as intern doctors after graduation and were yet to be promoted.
Ye Xiao Bei never imagined that He Xiao Juan would one day betray him.
Fuming with anger, he clenched his fists and walked briskly toward the restroom door.
He was curious to find out who the man in the restroom was?
However, he stopped when he reached the door.
"What can I possibly achieve by finding out who the man is? Will it even change anything?"
Perhaps it’s best to preserve the last shred of dignity for a relationship that lasted two years.
Ye Xiaobei took a deep breath, preparing to leave.
Yet, just at that moment, a conversation emerged from the bathroom.
"Hurry up. Ye Xiaobei will surely bring me food soon. If he sees us, it'd be disastrous."
"So what if he sees? Hell, I wish he would! His girlfriend of two years, who he hasn't even touched, ends up in bed with me. Hahaha!"
Recognizing the voice, Ye Xiaobei clenched his fists tightly.
The voice was all too familiar to him.
"Oh, you're such a devil, I forgot to ask, how's the matter of my permanent assignment going?"
"Don't worry, after all, my dad is the deputy dean. It wouldn't be a problem for you to get a permanent position."
Shi Wengui!
Ye Xiaobei instantly recognized the identity of the man inside.
Shi Wengui was also a surgeon at Qingzhou People's Hospital.
Relying on his father's position as deputy dean of the hospital, he swaggered around the hospital, looking down on everyone. He had often harassed female doctors and nurses in the hospital.
Ye Xiaobei had heard plenty of rumors about Shi Wengui.
Word was, several young female nurses in the hospital had been forced by him to have abortions. This guy was a typical scumbag.
"I can't believe that He Xiaojuan would stoop so low as to get involved with this scum just for a permanent position!"
Ye Xiaobei tightly clenched his fists, his heart was metaphorically bleeding.
At that moment, he heard He Xiaojuan asking from the bathroom, "Can Ye Xiaobei also get the full-time position?"
"What a joke, him, worthy enough?"
Shi Wengui replied disdainfully, "I've asked my dad already. Among your intern batch, there's only one position to be made permanent, the rest of you will have to wait till next year."
"But Ye Xiaobei scored full marks in the recruitment examination, and his performance lately has been quite good too. Director Qiao seems to think highly of him."
"What's the point of Director Qiao thinking highly of him? The final say still lies with my dad."
Shi Wengui sneered, "Actually now that you said it... It seems that Director Qiao indeed considered giving that final position to him. It's beyond me why Director Qiao would favor that guy. Do they, by any chance, have something going on?"
"You must be kidding, Director Qiao is so skilled and attractive, how could she possibly be interested in Ye Xiaobei?"
"You're right! A person like Director Qiao is quite aloof, she undoubtedly has high standards."
"So who's your dad giving the final position to?"
"Do you even need to ask? Of course, it's you, my darling. As for that worthless Ye Xiaobei, not only will he not get the job, but he's also been cuckolded. Quite pitiful, really!"
"What? Do you feel sorry for him?" He Xiaojuan asked casually.
"Me, feel sorry for him? Don't make me laugh!"
Shi Wengui laughed lewdly, "I'm just regretful, I wish he could have seen how amorous you are beneath me!"
"Alright, stop mentioning him."
"What? Feeling sorry? No wonder, after all, you two have been together for so long..."
"A bastard deserves my sympathy?"
He Xiaojuan showed a look of disdain.
Hearing this at the doorway, Ye Xiaobei's face instantly turned red, his chest heaved with anger, his face filled with indignation.
This secret was a pain that he had found difficult to talk about since childhood.
He had only told He Xiaojuan about this matter.
"What? You're saying Ye Xiaobei, this good-for-nothing, is the bastard?" Shi Wengui was curious.
"Yes, Ye Xiaobei doesn't even know who his real father is. If he's not a bastard, then what is he?" He Xiaojuan blurted out.
"What the heck! He doesn't even know who his own father is? How is that possible?"
"Why would I lie to you? It's what he said himself."
"Holy shit! Where did he come from then? Even if his mother mated with a pig, she should know whether it's a domestic pig or a wild pig, hahaha!"
Upon hearing Shi Wengui's brazen mockery, Ye Xiaobei’s forehead veins throbbed with anger!
They could say whatever they liked about him, but he would never allow anyone to insult his mother!
Fuming with rage, he kicked the door open.
"Ah!"
He Xiaojun screamed in fright, hastily pulling at her trousers and dodging.
Shi Wengui was equally startled.
When he realized that it was Ye Xiaobei who had kicked the door open, his anxiety was instantly dispelled.
He immediately taunted, "Xiaojun, guess who's here?"
At Shi's words, He Xiaojun turned her head, the color of her face draining, "How are you back so soon?"
"Hehe! Are you upset that I'm back too early, spoiling your little party?"
Lu Chen's face was a mask of fury, forcefully keeping his temper in check.
"Xiaobei, let me explain, it's not what you think. I...we..."
"No need to explain anything! I saw it with my own eyes. Do you want to tell me it was all a misunderstanding?"
Ye Xiaobei's eyes were bloodshot as he gritted his teeth, saying, "He Xiaojun, I never thought you would be such a person."
Seeing that he had heard everything, He Xiaojun couldn't be bothered with explanations, her tone icy, "I was blind to have set my eyes on a loser like you."
"In the two years we were together, all I received from you was this broken bangle. You had the audacity to call it a family heirloom? It's just a load of junk!"
He Xiaojun, having said her piece, yanked off the bangle on her wrist, throwing it at Ye Xiaobei, and declared decisively, "Starting from today, we'll go our separate ways with no connections whatsoever!"
Looking at the bangle in his hand, Ye Xiaobei felt hopeless.
The woman he had adored for two years had turned out to be such a character.
Shi Wengui wrapped his arm around He Xiaojuan's waist, sneered at Ye Xiaobei, "Little wretch, want to watch us live? I'll give you a performance with Juanjuan, how about that?"
"Screw you!"
Without another word, Ye Xiaobei threw a punch right at Shi Wengui's face.
The punch landed hard on Shi Wengui, his nose started bleeding immediately.
Enraged, Shi Wengui snapped, "Damn you! How dare you hit me! I'll fucking kill you!"
At just over one meter ninety, Shi Wengui towered over Ye Xiaobei by half a head - there was no way Ye Xiaobei was his match.
"Fucking wild brat, you dare to lay hands on me? Tired of living are you!”
Shi Wengui gave Ye Xiaobei a brutal beating, punching and kicking him until he was tired. Even then, he mercilessly stumped on Ye Xiaobei's right hand.
What he didn't notice was... the blood pouring from Ye Xiaobei's hand had stained the jade bracelet and slowly seeped in...
