Lin Fan strode back to the clinic.
As he entered, he paused and asked, "Sister Yueyue, are you better?"
Song Yue, holding the child, was about to say she was, when Lin Fan asked again, "Where's my sister-in-law?"
"I'm tidying up your room for you!"
Xia Xue called out from the inner room where she had been rummaging through cabinets and drawers. She quickly put everything back as it was.
She felt increasingly uneasy, thinking there was something fishy about the contents wrapped in the newspaper, so she had taken the opportunity to search while Lin Fan was out.
"Sister-in-law, I can tidy it up myself!"
"Hmph, if I leave it to you, it'll be a pigsty in no time!"
Xia Xue pushed the door open and said with a stern face, "You busy yourself, I need to hurry home and see how the house is coming along. I've missed so much in the last couple of days."
As she was leaving, Xia Xue didn't forget to remind him, "Xiao Fan, don't boss your Sister Yueyue around. Let her rest well."
Lin Fan watched his sister-in-law's plump receding figure and replied, "I know, sister-in-law, don't worry!"
After Xia Xue left, Lin Fan looked at Song Yue and asked solicitously, "Sister Yueyue, are you really better?"
Song Yue let out a soft hmph, "You still have the nerve to ask?"
After speaking, she turned her head away, not looking at Lin Fan.
Lin Fan really didn't know what to say to appease her.
He couldn't exactly say, "I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself."
What kind of words were those?
"Even movies aren't as slow as you are, you heartless thing!"
Song Yue waited for a moment, and seeing that he was stammering and couldn't speak coherently, she used an analogy.
"Sister Yueyue, I, I don't know what's going on."
Although Lin Fan's tone was apologetic, he felt very pleased inwardly.
"Maybe it's just my nature to be like that."
"Get out of here!"
Song Yue waved her hand, "Stay away from me in the future, I can't serve you!"
"That won't do."
Lin Fan immediately became anxious.
He was still thinking of finding an opportunity to get closer to Song Yue.
To him, this fiery beauty, whom he had known since he was a child, was far more tempting than Su Yurou and Wang Ying.
"So you're saying it won't do just because you say so?"
Song Yue looked at him with a resentful expression, "Go find your sister-in-law!"
"My sister-in-law, that's impossible now, she'd beat me to death!"
Lin Fan leaned into Song Yue's ear and chuckled, "Our living conditions have improved recently, so I'm not hungry anymore."
"Heh, what a coincidence."
Song Yue turned her head, revealing a smug smile, "The baby's growing so fast lately and has a big appetite, so she doesn't need you."
"Sister Yueyue, that's not what I meant."
Lin Fan had intended to be firm, but who knew Song Yue wouldn't fall for it at all.
"I..."
Lin Fan was speechless, he had no way with Song Yue.
What else could he do?
She had been a fiery girl since she was little, and couldn't be swayed by anything!
"Sigh!"
Song Yue sighed deeply, "Give me a few days to recover, it's not possible yet."
As soon as she said this, Lin Fan breathed a sigh of relief, and his smile turned from bitter to sweet.
"Hmph!"
Song Yue snorted, "Look at you, you pathetic man!"
After she spoke, she gave Lin Fan a charming, coquettish glance.
If it weren't for Xia Xue, why would she not want to spend every night with Lin Fan?
And so, the two bantered back and forth for over an hour.
If it weren't for a patient arriving, who knows how long they would have continued bickering.
The afternoon passed quickly.
By this time, the sky had already darkened.
"Oh no!"
Lin Fan suddenly remembered that he had promised to pick up Jiang Duoxue from school.
"What's wrong?"
Song Yue looked at Lin Fan, bewildered.
Lin Fan smiled and explained, "Sister-in-law had a lot to do today and can't come back to cook tonight, so you'll have to go back first."
He tried his best to wear a natural smile, afraid that Song Yue would suspect anything.
"Oh, alright."
Song Yue picked up the child and instructed, "Since there are no more patients, you should go back early later..."
Before she could finish speaking, Lin Fan slapped his forehead abruptly, "Shoot!"
"I promised to make a house call to Zhangjiazhuang!"
"They've been waiting for me for days, and I forgot!"
Lin Fan put on a very troubled look, "Sister Yueyue, please tell my sister-in-law that I won't be home for dinner tonight."
Song Yue nodded, "Okay, come back early. Your sister-in-law is thinking of stewing pork ribs for you."
Seeing Lin Fan hurriedly packing his medical kit, her heart ached.
The whole family depended on Lin Fan, what was there for her to doubt?
After she left, Lin Fan's actions also stopped.
"Sigh, what am I doing this for?"
Lin Fan sighed, and then couldn't help but think of Jiang Duoxue's elegant and intellectual beauty when she wore glasses.
What else could he be doing it for?
"Heh heh!"
Lin Fan gave a wicked smile, then seeing that it was about time, he locked the clinic door and headed to Hope Primary School.
In the dormitory of Hope Primary School.
Jiang Duoxue sat at her desk, her head bowed.
At this time on any other day, she would be preparing lessons for tomorrow.
She knew deeply that in economically backward regions, children needed to work harder.
And teachers needed to put in even more effort.
However, today...
Jiang Duoxue had no intention of preparing lessons.
She kept meticulously drawing her delicate eyebrows with a pencil in front of a small makeup mirror.
She had been teaching here for less than half a year, and if it weren't for meeting Lin Fan, she would have forgotten that she was a girl who loved beauty.
The poor educational conditions and extremely backward traditional thinking made her feel immense pressure every moment.
Therefore, she had completely forgotten herself and focused all her energy on the children.
But, after all, there was a date tonight, so it was understandable to take some time to put on makeup.
As Jiang Duoxue applied her makeup, she kept looking at herself in the mirror.
Even though she was never completely satisfied with how she looked, given her makeup skills, this was already quite good.
Knock, knock, knock!
The door was gently knocked.
Jiang Duoxue first put away her makeup case, then called out, "The door is unlocked, come in!"
She stared at the door, expecting it to be that guy Lin Fan.
Indeed, in the next second, she saw Lin Fan's smiling face.
"You're here."
Jiang Duoxue met him with a charming smile and stood up from her chair.
She was wearing a goose-yellow shirt and a light blue skirt.
Her long, slender legs in white stockings looked especially alluring.
"What are you looking at?"
Jiang Duoxue said playfully, seeing Lin Fan staring at her, but inwardly she was beaming with joy.
"You look so beautiful."
Lin Fan couldn't think of a better adjective, so he uttered this cliché compliment.
"Tsk, you don't even know how to praise someone."
Jiang Duoxue pouted, seemingly complaining, but actually acting spoiled.
"Let's go."
Jiang Duoxue glanced at the sky.
It was already dark, and she figured they wouldn't be seen by anyone.
In fact, she felt a great deal of pressure about being with Lin Fan.
Their educational backgrounds, family origins, and so on, were all vastly different.
Even if she didn't care about worldly prejudices and constraints, her parents surely would.