Chapter 178

"Don't tell him I'm back."

She didn't want to see him.

Xie Zhiyu sighed. "He'll find out eventually."

Fang Zhihe shook her head. "I'll leave again in a month."

"I don't want him coming to bother me again. It's over between us."

After a long pause, Xie Zhiyu said, "All right."

He respected his friend's wishes.

The conversation was cryptic, but it was packed with clues—and gossip.

Shen Baili quietly pricked up her ears.

[Who is he??]

[There's a story here. Eldest Brother and Doctor Fang have a story!]

As Shen Baili's imagination ran wild, Xie Zhiyu's deep voice came from above her. "Meng Xiu is Fang Zhihe's ex-boyfriend."

The "him" Fang Zhihe meant was Meng Xiu.

The revelation hit Shen Baili out of nowhere. "Huh?"

"Doctor Fang and Meng Xiu?"

As far as Shen Baili could tell, those two lived in completely different worlds.

Meng Xiu was a goofy joker, while Fang Zhihe was a gentle, poised, exceptionally gifted practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. She couldn't imagine them together.

"We all went to high school together," Xie Zhiyu added, seeing her confusion.

"Oh, I see," Shen Baili said.

She couldn't help asking, "How did Doctor Fang and Meng Xiu get together?"

"Eldest Brother, do you know?"

She hadn't noticed how much more animated she had become around Xie Zhiyu, or how freely she spoke her mind.

Xie Zhiyu had noticed. His sharp gaze softened. "They sat next to each other in class."

"One day, they were suddenly together. Then one day, they were suddenly broken up."

Xie Zhiyu had been busy even as a student and had paid little attention to such things.

"Fair enough," Shen Baili said.

From Fang Zhihe's attitude, it was clear their breakup hadn't been pleasant.

Shen Baili checked the original book's outline and the