Chapter 2507

"That's all we can do." Zhou Andong frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Right now, our top priority is to first figure out the child's true identity. However, judging from the current situation, she seems to trust you more, so I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Auntie, to put in a little more effort."

Zhao Ping nodded: "This child must have suffered a great deal, experiencing the cold and warmth of the human world, which is why she is so sensitive inside and full of vigilance toward the people around her. If you have time these next few days, try to make some time to see her. Only by accompanying her more and giving her enough love and warmth can we gradually eliminate her inner defenses and make her truly trust us."

Zhou Andong pondered for a moment and felt that what Zhao Ping said made a lot of sense, but he would be very busy for the next period of time. Shao Yan and those people had been dealt with, and next, he still had to clear out some of the parasites at Jinshiguang. At the same time, he also had to write the reform plan for the woolen mill and the construction plan for the woolen product market. In addition, the construction of the teaching building and staff dormitories was also imminent.

"Alright then!" Zhou Andong agreed. Although he would be very busy, it wouldn't be a big problem to spare some time at noon to go to the hospital to see the child.

After speaking, Zhou Andong turned around, pushed open the door, and returned to the ward. He came to the bedside, squatted down, and tentatively reached out to touch Yu Miao's hair. This time, the child did not dodge but looked at him with her bright, watery eyes.

Zhou Andong smiled, leaned his upper body forward, and said gently: "Yu Miao, Brother still has things to do and has to leave. I'll come see you again tomorrow, okay?"

Yu Miao blinked her eyes, staring at Zhou Andong without saying a word.

Zhou Andong was not discouraged and continued: "What do you want to eat? Brother will bring it to you tomorrow at noon."

As soon as she heard about food, Yu Miao's eyes suddenly became very bright. She hesitated again and again, but in the end, she still didn't say it out loud.

The smile on Zhou Andong's face remained very warm, and he stroked the child's hair again: "You haven't decided yet, huh? That's okay, you think about it carefully today. Brother will come to see you tomorrow at noon, and then you can tell Brother, and I'll bring it when I come to see you in the evening."

Just then, the ward door opened, and Director Liu, whom he had just met, walked in with a few people.

"Director Zhao, is this child a relative of yours?" As soon as Director Liu entered, he saw Zhao Ping sitting by the hospital bed, carefully tucking in the quilt for the child on the bed.

Zhao Ping stood up and said with a smile: "Yes, she's a relative of mine."

Director Liu came to the bedside. When he saw Yu Miao lying on the bed, a flash of doubt crossed his eyes, but he did not show it. He first looked at the medical record and then carefully examined Yu Miao.

"There's nothing wrong now. Pay attention to rest and pay attention to increasing nutrition."

Director Liu greeted Zhao Ping and walked out of the ward full of doubts. He didn't know Zhao Ping's specific family information, but he had heard that her background was very deep. And the patient looked like she was suffering from severe malnutrition; could a relative of Zhao Ping's family be this poor?

At this time, he heard a young girl in a white coat behind him say: "The one squatting by the hospital bed talking to the patient in the ward just now was Zhou Andong."

"Zhou Andong?" Director Liu's footsteps paused, and he immediately realized, muttering to himself: "I was wondering why he looked so familiar."

Another girl said with some dissatisfaction: "Lanlan, why didn't you say so earlier? I could have asked Chairman Zhou for an autograph."

Lanlan hummed: "We are on rounds; aren't you afraid the director will scold you?"

"Am I that fierce?" Director Liu stood in front of the next ward door, turned around, and looked at the two interns who were bad-mouthing him without even hiding it.

Lanlan giggled: "You aren't fierce at all, it's just that you always keep a straight face and look too serious. It would be better if you smiled more often."

Director Liu glared at Lanlan, turned back, pushed open the ward door, and walked in, with the others following one after another.

In this ward, Zhou Andong stood up: "Little Yu Miao, Brother is leaving. I'll come see you tomorrow at noon. Will you say goodbye to Brother?"

Yu Miao still didn't speak. Zhou Andong sighed silently and called out to Gu Bing, Dong Wenjuan, and Wang Wentian: "Let's go."

Zhou Andong walked to the door. Just as he pushed it open, a weak and timid voice came from behind him: "Brother, I want to eat meat buns."

Zhou Andong's footsteps stopped abruptly. He slowly turned around, a smile appearing naturally on his face, and he grinned at Yu Miao: "Okay, Brother will buy you meat buns."

A smile also appeared on Yu Miao's face, but this smile made Zhou Andong feel inexplicably heartbroken. Because in this girl's smile, he saw too much caution and ingratiation.

"Brother is leaving. I'll come over tomorrow at noon to bring you meat buns to eat."

Yu Miao nodded her little head gently. Zhou Andong walked away with a big grin; this was definitely a big step forward.

When Zhou Andong and the others left the hospital and were about to get into the car, a puppy suddenly rushed out.

Lian Kai raised his foot, about to kick it, when the puppy braked to a stop, barked twice, and then wagged its tail at Lian Kai.

"Hmm?" Shen Weiming looked at the puppy: "It seems to be the dog that was following Yu Miao last night."

"Woof woof!" The puppy barked at Shen Weiming twice more.

"Hey!" Zhou Andong was amused: "It seems to have understood your words and is responding to you."

"Let's go!" Gu Bing said with some impatience: "I'm hungry."

"You, every single day, besides eating, can you do anything else?" Zhou Andong glared at Gu Bing and walked toward the parking lot.

"Damn!" Gu Bing chased after him, dissatisfied, saying as he walked: "You jerk, do you have any conscience? I was on the front lines for you today, offending so many people, and you don't appreciate me at all."

"I was wrong!" Zhou Andong immediately admitted his mistake, then raised his hand and patted Gu Bing on the shoulder: "To express my gratitude, from now on, this younger brother will let you have your way in everything."

"That's more like it." Gu Bing nodded with satisfaction: "Keep your word. If you don't let me have my way, I'm not done with you."

"I'll definitely let you have your way." Zhou Andong said with a serious face: "I'll let you cook, let you do the laundry, let you sweep the floor; anyway, everything I can think of, I'll let you have your way."

"Pfft!" Dong Wenjuan, who was following closely behind, burst out laughing, then immediately held it back.

"Zhou Andong!" Gu Bing stopped, gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and smashed them twice into the air toward the back of Zhou Andong's head.

"What are you yelling for?" Zhou Andong reached the car, opened the door, looked back at Gu Bing, and then got in.

Gu Bing hummed, walked over, opened the other door, and got in. Immediately after, Dong Wenjuan sat in the passenger seat.

That puppy kept following Lian Kai and Shen Weiming. When they got into the car, the puppy also jumped in.

"Kaizi!" Shen Weiming sat in the back, looking at the puppy at his feet, and said helplessly: "This dog jumped into the car too."

Lian Kai started the car, slowly turned the steering wheel, and followed behind the Mercedes: "This dog is quite human-like. Let it stay."

Zhou Andong lit a cigarette, took two puffs, then leaned against the back of the seat to rest his eyes, remaining silent. The cigarette held in his hand burned slowly, the ash hanging long, but his hand remained motionless, and no one knew what he was thinking with his eyes closed.

Gu Bing tilted his head to look at Zhou Andong and sighed: "Are you still thinking about that child?"

Zhou Andong slowly opened his eyes, first looked at the cigarette in his hand, picked up the ashtray on the armrest, flicked the ash, and then said: "No, I'm thinking about those parasites at Jinshiguang. I wonder how the police's investigation into Wen Simao is progressing."

Gu Bing was not interested in these things, so he asked: "When do you plan to start promoting that horse-face skirt?"

Zhou Andong paused slightly and then replied: "Let's put the promotion of the horse-face skirt aside for now. I plan to launch it during the Spring Festival Gala."

"There's no rush to promote the horse-face skirt for now; I plan to push that during the Spring Festival Gala." Zhou Andong held up the cigarette to look at it, finally took a puff, and pressed the butt into the ashtray: "Today, the police uniform design drawings are almost done. Let's get the sample clothes out first, and then take them to show those old men."

Zhou Andong held up the cigarette in his hand and looked at it carefully, as if admiring a work of art. Finally, he took another puff and pressed the butt firmly into the ashtray.

Gu Bing curled his lips in disapproval. He was still very confident in the horse-face skirt and believed it would definitely be welcomed by the market. But for the police uniforms, he held a reserved attitude. Changing police uniforms was not a simple matter; it involved many aspects, and those old guys probably wouldn't agree either.