Carrying the little girl in one arm, Huo Tingyan strode swiftly towards the hospital room door. Even before he entered, he could hear Qin Shu's tearful cries from inside.

"Husband, open your eyes and look at me! If anything happens to you, how will I ever live!"

Qin Shu cried with such genuine emotion, utterly overwhelmed with grief, as if putting on the performance of her life.

Huo Tingyan raised an eyebrow, letting out a soft scoff. He already had a hunch.

Without a doubt, his mother was acting up again.

At this point, Huo Tingyan was no longer in a hurry. Instead, he stood by the door, listening with amusement for a while.

"Daddy, who's crying?" the little girl asked, looking up at him curiously.

Huo Tingyan ruffled her hair, not answering the question.

Inside the ward—

Qin Shu had been wailing loudly for quite some time, yet she heard no movement from outside.

"Where is he? Didn't he come? Why isn't he coming in?" Qin Shu muttered perplexedly.

Huo Zhenchuan leaned against the headboard, watching his wife's exaggerated acting with a helpless expression.

"Wife, stop crying. I'm not dead yet! Anyone who didn't know better would think you were wailing at a funeral!"

Qin Shu pinched him fiercely. "Shut up! How else can it be convincing?"

Huo Zhenchuan grimaced in pain.

Although he desperately wanted to tell his wife that with her over-the-top acting, not to mention fooling their son, even a three-year-old wouldn't buy it!

But faced with his wife's menacing expression, Huo Zhenchuan was so intimidated he didn't dare to utter a single peep.

There was nothing he could do. Men in the Huo family simply had no standing in the household.

Qin Shu tugged his ear and scrutinised him, still feeling something wasn't quite right.

"No, your complexion is too rosy. You don't look like someone critically ill at all."

With that, she pulled out her makeup kit and reapplied a layer of foundation to Huo Zhenchuan's face, powdering it until it was ghostly pale.

"Hmm, that looks much more realistic," Qin Shu said, putting away her powder compact. She admired her handiwork, nodding with satisfaction.

Huo Zhenchuan's lips twitched. The man who was usually stern and imposing didn't dare voice a single objection in front of his wife, letting her mess around with his face as she pleased.

It wasn't until the wailing inside stopped that Huo Tingyan unhurriedly pushed the door open and walked in.

"Mom, how's Dad?" Huo Tingyan asked, his brows deeply furrowed, his expression incredibly grave. "What did the doctor say? What kind of illness is it?"

"Third Son, your dad... your dad, he..." Qin Shu choked with sobs, unable to form coherent words. Mid-sentence, she abruptly turned her head away, covering her face with a tissue, crying with such profound grief, as if her heart was breaking into a thousand pieces, as if Huo Zhenchuan was already on his last breath.

"Mom, don't worry," Huo Tingyan said in a pained tone, displaying complete worry on his face. "I've already called for Doctor Fu. He's an authoritative expert in the medical field; he'll definitely be able to cure Dad's illness."

At these words, Qin Shu's sobbing stopped abruptly, and her expression instantly froze.

Doctor Fu, Fu Yunxiu, a renowned genius in the medical world, a divine physician celebrated globally.

He was hailed as a modern-day Hua Tuo, revered as a miracle doctor who had snatched countless lives from the King of Hell. There wasn't a single failed case in any surgery he performed, boasting a hundred percent success rate.

It was no exaggeration to say that as long as you still had a breath in you, Fu Yunxiu could bring you back to life.

On the bed, Huo Zhenchuan heard this and couldn't help but feel his eyelids twitch.

If Fu Yunxiu got involved, it would be disastrous! He'd see through their act in an instant!

For a moment, Huo Zhenchuan was truly caught in a dilemma.

Huo Tingyan's sharp eyes caught the fleeting look of awkwardness on his father's face, but he didn't show anything on his own.

Not only did he not expose his parents' trick, but he even decided to play along with their act.

He wanted to see what kind of new shenanigans these absurd parents were planning next.