"Puchi!"
Su Yurou couldn't help but chuckle.
"Lin Fan, Lin Fan, you're truly pathetic."
Su Yurou teased, "I have a very profitable beauty salon, a 150-square-meter apartment, and my car, not to mention my savings. Do you know how many people would flock to me with just a wave of my hand?"
She grew more indignant as she spoke, "I have so many men with better conditions than you that I can't even pick and choose!"
"I am pathetic, and I want to marry Xia Xue!"
Lin Fan retorted bluntly.
"Alright, alright."
Su Yurou waved her hand, annoyance bubbling up at the mention of Xia Xue's name.
Lin Fan was usually quite clever, but sometimes he was so stubborn, it was truly exasperating!
"We'll be like we were before,"
Su Yurou said calmly.
"Like what?"
Lin Fan asked subconsciously.
Su Yurou glared at him and replied, "That kind of relationship, you know. If you miss me, come find me. If I miss you, I'll do the same. Just don't let your sister-in-law know, and... I want a child."
Lin Fan froze.
Su Yurou huffed, then continued, "Don't worry, you don't need to be responsible. The child will take my surname, and it will have nothing to do with you. I'll just tell the child that their father died long ago."
"You, you're too much..."
Lin Fan was speechless, feeling utterly awkward.
"What, you're just providing the seed, what else are you expecting?"
Su Yurou's tone carried a hint of triumph.
Lin Fan thought it over and decided to go along with it for now.
They could deal with things after the child was born. It would be years before the child was old enough to understand, anyway.
Who knew what the future held then?
Both fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts.
Lin Fan suddenly blinked, "Why are you turning? This isn't the way to Shimenzhen."
"I never intended to send you home."
Su Yurou gave him a charming smile, "I'm feeling down, Xiao Fan. Come home with me and talk. Comfort me, will you?"
"You!"
Lin Fan's anger flared, "What kind of person do you think I am?"
"A tool!"
Su Yurou burst into laughter, "Don't act all innocent when you're getting the better end of the deal. It's not like you wouldn't want to come to my place."
"I..."
Lin Fan smiled helplessly. She was right, after all!
...
Evening, at the entrance of Wangjia Village.
Lin Fan, carrying his medical bag, stepped out of a taxi and paid the driver.
"Young man, you're not a very diligent doctor, are you?"
The driver, wearing large sunglasses, quipped, "You look pale and sickly, like you're weak yourself. How can you treat others when you're unwell?"
"Heh, I'm just tired,"
Lin Fan waved his hand.
As he walked, he muttered, "That crazy woman, she almost wore me out..."
Soon, Lin Fan arrived at Song Yue's house.
Knock, knock, knock!
Lin Fan straightened his back, then cupped his hands over his face and rubbed vigorously to give his complexion some color.
"Coming~"
Xia Xue hurried over and opened the small gate.
"Sister-in-law."
Lin Fan smiled at his sister-in-law.
"Why do you smell so strongly of alcohol?"
Xia Xue wrinkled her nose and asked.
"They treated me to lunch, and it's the New Year. I couldn't refuse, so I had a couple of drinks."
Lin Fan said, stepping back.
"No, there's also a fragrance, like women's perfume."
Xia Xue leaned closer, trying to discern the rich scent hidden within the alcohol fumes.
"Fragrance? Is there?"
A flicker of panic crossed Lin Fan's eyes as he lowered his head and pretended to sniff.
He was worried that his sister-in-law and Song Yue would find something, so he had splashed a cup of wine on his clothes during their break.
Su Yurou had teased him about it for a long time.
"Xiao Fan, what exactly were you doing?"
Xia Xue asked with a serious tone.
In her eyes, Lin Fan was no longer the silly boy who used to dote on her.
He had even bullied Song Yue, so what else couldn't he do?
"I was seeing a patient, what else could I be doing?"
Lin Fan spread his hands and complained, "Sister-in-law, let me in quickly. I haven't rested all day. It's the New Year, and there were so many relatives at the patient's house. As soon as I arrived, everyone wanted me to see them. They really treat me like I'm made of iron."
"Hmph!"
Xia Xue glared at him and turned to leave.
At that moment, Song Yue was tending the fire in the kitchen.
Seeing Xia Xue walk in with a stern face, Song Yue's smile froze.
"Sister Xue'er, what's wrong? Did Xiao Fan upset you?"
Xia Xue's sharp gaze made Song Yue very uneasy.
A few seconds later, Xia Xue's gaze gradually softened.
Never mind!
Song Yue was also a woman who had suffered, and she was inherently kind.
Having lived with her for so long, Xia Xue understood her character to some extent.
"Xiao Fan drank, and he smells of women's perfume."
Xia Xue sighed.
"What?"
Song Yue immediately stood up, "He went out to find another woman?"
Xia Xue glanced at Song Yue and thought to herself, "Aren't you one yourself?"
"What are you two talking about?"
Lin Fan walked in at that moment and asked, "What woman, what woman? Is the meal ready?"
He sat down on a small stool, feeling his body about to collapse.
Song Yue was a little surprised.
Based on her understanding of Lin Fan, it was unlikely!
What kind of woman could make him so exhausted?
"Sister-in-law, I just remembered."
Lin Fan patted his forehead, "Uncle Yang has two daughters and a daughter-in-law. When I was treating the elderly couple, they were serving them. And during the meal, they offered me a toast. If I smell of perfume, it must have gotten on me then."
"Heh, then why don't you smell of smoke at all?"
Xia Xue's tone was filled with disbelief.
Lin Fan's eyes darted around. "There's a patient at home, who would dare smoke? Sister-in-law, why are you so suspicious and always thinking the worst of me? Don't you know me? Am I that kind of person?"
Xia Xue bit her lower lip, not voicing her thoughts.
You and Song Yue dared to be intimate on New Year's Eve, what else couldn't you do?
"Sister Xue'er, I don't think it looks like it,"
Song Yue whispered earnestly.
She subtly gestured towards Lin Fan's slightly trembling legs.
"Xiao Fan might have really been busy all day. Look how tired he is."
Xia Xue frowned, a hint of doubt creeping into her mind.
If he had gone to see another woman, he probably wouldn't be this exhausted.
Indeed, it didn't seem like it.
"Sister Xue'er, let's hurry and cook. If Xiao Fan has been busy all day, and we treat him like this, how sad he must feel,"
Song Yue urged again.
"Mm."
Xia Xue nodded, finally feeling somewhat relieved.
She walked to the chopping board and continued to cut vegetables.
Lin Fan secretly watched her for a moment, his heart finally at ease.
He hadn't expected this. He had been careless.
If he had known, he should have gone back to the clinic directly.
"Xiao Fan, are you there?"
Upon hearing this voice, Lin Fan immediately stood up. "Tian Mengyao is back!"