Chapter 80: Are You Shy? (2/2)

“Are you consoling me? What sort of response am I supposed to give if you talk to me like that?”

Mr. Lu didn’t care at all how she would respond, and just coolly grunted in response. However, his eyes subconsciously revealed a bit of mirth.

The two kept talking like this. When she confirmed that Lu Chenzhou seemed to be feeling better, Cheng Xi finally got up and left.

When she left, her head started hurting about the prospect of having to meet Lin Fan’s mother. At that time, she thought that Lin Fan had proposed out of the blue because he had been provoked by Lu Chenzhou. It was not until afterwards that she had found out that it actually had nothing to do with him.

Lin Fan worked quite quickly. A day later, he told Cheng Xi that he had arranged things with his mother. The appointed date was set for Christmas Eve; old folks here didn’t celebrate that sort of Western holiday, so Cheng Xi didn’t need to go home to be with her family. And because they had scheduled it beforehand, she couldn’t just push it off, either.

Cheng Xi didn’t want to push it off because she had thought it through very carefully. Although she felt that their relationship hadn’t reached the point of marriage, if the groom was to be Lin Fan, then it didn’t seem like a big problem…… They had known each other for so many years, so whether they got married first and then developed their romance later or vice versa, both were about the same to her; both required some commitment.

After preparing herself mentally, Cheng Xi waited to meet Lin Fan’s mother. She hadn’t mentioned this to anyone else, but Lu Chenzhou had noticed it when she went to see him—he really was a patient now, as his illness had scared the Lu family half to death. So, upon their request, the virology department had asked a doctor from the psychiatry department to meet him for a consultation.

Cheng Xi was that doctor, which meant that she would see him for a routine checkup and his daily treatments. When Lu Chenzhou was clearheaded, he didn't need any counselling, and she couldn’t do any physiological therapy either, as he was so bored from staying in the hospital that more often than not, Cheng Xi ended up being his research subject instead. He would always find some gap or loophole in her words, and then use it to analyze her feelings from that.

That day, he told Cheng Xi, “You’re very nervous.”

Cheng Xi was silent, now finally understanding the envy that her senior Ceng Xing must have felt towards her. “If you were to switch professions, then you would leave all of us with nowhere to go.”

Lu Chenzhou proudly raised his jaw.

Cheng Xi couldn’t help but laugh. “Then, great master, please help me understand why I’m nervous.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Chenzhou finally looked somewhat speechless, somewhat helplessly asking her, “Do you think of me as a fortune teller?”

Cheng Xi laughed.

This topic passed without any further comment. Cheng Xi didn’t explain why she was nervous, and neither did Lu Chenzhou ask. As he watched her leave, his gaze slowly became cold.

Perhaps it was because of him, but Cheng Xi’s feelings eventually calmed down at the final juncture.

But, that day she wasn’t able to meet up with Lin Fan on time because his mother had directly come to the hospital.

At that time, Cheng Xi still hadn’t gotten off of work. While she was arranging the last batch of medical records for her patients, she received a call from Lin Fan’s mother’s.

On the phone, her voice was superficially calm and gentle. “I’m sorry for the short notice, and I know we’ll see each other soon. However, before then, I’d like to meet you first. Is that fine?”

“Where?”

“I’m at the hospital.”

Cheng Xi went out, and indeed saw Lin Fan’s mother right outside. But she wasn’t alone; with her was another girl that Cheng Xi also recognized. That girl had a very youthful face and a delicate and charming look. Before she spoke, she was the epitome of grace and demure elegance.

Upon seeing Cheng Xi, she raised her eyes slightly. Within her gaze was an unsavory hint of provocation.

Before Lin Fan’s mother could speak, she said, “Dr. Cheng, we meet again.”

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