Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 120 - 098 Turn Back Home, Want Some Affection (1 Update)_1

Chapter 120: 098 Turn Back Home, Want Some Affection (1 Update)_1

When the phone rang, Tang Su hadn’t started picking a TV show yet, and she curiously looked at the two boxes of shortbread candies. One box, Lu Han hadn’t even opened.

The other box was open, but the candies were still full, as if untouched by anyone.

???

Doesn’t Doctor Lu love shortbread candies?

How many days has it been already?

If it were her own favorite food at home, she would’ve finished it within three days; how could it stay untouched for so long?

The ringing of the phone broke Tang Su’s perplexity. After Lu Han had put the water on for boiling, he walked out of the kitchen. The incoming call on the screen was from a local number and didn’t display a name.

Lu Han instinctively hung up, but soon enough, the same number called again.

This time, Lu Han chose to answer.

He didn’t move over to the balcony or step away from Tang Su. He stood right in front of her as he answered the call, "Hello, who’s this?"

"Doctor Lu Han, hello, I’m Jiang Tao. We met before at the launch ceremony for the project in Huaxi Village—do you remember?" Jiang Tao had held back for more than a day but ultimately couldn’t resist calling Lu Han.

"Director Jiang, hello, is there something you need late at night?" Lu Han certainly remembered Jiang Tao, the director of Hua City Central Hospital and the direct superior of Tang Su’s parents.

Out of consideration for Tang Su, Lu Han didn’t end the call immediately, but the two of them weren’t in the same unit, though they were in the same system, so there shouldn’t be any reason for a director of another hospital to call him in the middle of the night.

"Actually, there’s no big issue, just a small favor I want to ask of you, little Lu, is that okay?"

"Director Jiang, please tell me what it is first. Without knowing, I can’t say whether it’s okay or not."

"How about this, where do you live? I’ll send my driver to pick you up and come over for a tea at my place, or we could find a place to talk. How does that sound?"

"I’m sorry, but Director Jiang, I have to work tomorrow morning and I keep a regular schedule. I have to be asleep by ten o’clock, so it might not be convenient."

Jiang Tao understood that Lu Han was declining his invitation.

This young man is rather interesting.

He had someone check on Lu Han’s background; Lu Han was raised by his mother, with an unknown father.

Such a background was even less than that of the average person.

Of course, it was precisely because of such a background that Lu Han, from a young age, knew how to strive and tapped into all his potential, achieving results as an adult that ordinary people couldn’t compare with.

Despite his poor background, he had encountered many benefactors along the way.

For example, Professor Fang from Beijing, still holding a prestigious position in the medical field, conducted academic research that was admired by many juniors. According to the records, Lu Han was one of his most favored students.

Another favored student of Professor Fang was Su Ruoan, the director of the ENT department at their hospital.

Moreover, the former director of Huanan Hospital was Lu Han’s mentor.

Lu Han had been able to become the head of a department at such a young age thanks to this mentor, whereas if it had been him, he wouldn’t have let such an unsociable, blunt-spoken young man take such a position so easily, regardless of his capabilities.

To do well as the leader of any department, it’s not only about professional skills but also about social skills.

Just like Su Ruoan, as he had once told his wife, he never denied Su Ruoan’s medical skills. However, to lead a department, just being skilled in medicine is far from enough.

He knew that Su Ruoan thought he was targeting her, but he was not.

Now that Su Ruoan no longer wanted to climb up the ladder, having become a director, she should understand that mediating between higher-ups and subordinates is not so easy.

You have to be accountable to the higher-ups and pacify those below, ensuring that frontline doctors aren’t disheartened or mistreated.

Striking the right balance is indeed difficult.

After being so rigidly refused by Lu Han, Jiang Tao couldn’t help but sympathize with Ke Chenggong. With such a thorn like Lu Han in his side, he really had it tough.

But no matter how difficult, he still had to venture down the path laid out by Elder Wu.

"Alright then, next time. Sorry to bother you," said Jiang Tao before quickly hanging up the phone.

Lu Han then put the cell phone back on the coffee table. The kettle had boiled the water, which was now singing a tune to alert its owner.

Lu Han went to the kitchen, poured out the boiling water, and let it cool in a basin until it reached the right temperature. He then took out the sweet osmanthus honey and made Tang Su a cup of sweet osmanthus honey water.

After he brought it over to Tang Su, she still hadn’t picked out a TV program. When she saw Lu Han come out, she curiously asked, "Was that Director Jiang just now? It couldn’t be Jiang Tao, right?"

"It is Jiang Tao," Lu Han sat down beside her, very close, and while Tang Su was completely focused on wondering why Jiang Tao would call Lu Han so late, she didn’t notice that she was half-ensconced in Lu Han’s arms. "Do you know him?"

"He’s my godmother’s husband."

"...Godfather?" Lu Han’s expression changed slightly.

"No, my godmother’s husband. It’s not necessary for me to call him godfather. When I see him, I’m used to calling him Director Jiang. Even if I called him godfather, he might not agree to it."

Tang Su did call Jiang Tao godfather at first, but he pretended not to hear it; later on, Tang Su realized it was normal to not hear once or twice, but if it was every single time, it meant he did not want to agree.

So, Tang Su stopped calling him godfather. Every time she met him, she called him Director Jiang, and he would straightforwardly agree, or at least he would respond.

It wasn’t like before, when he would pretend not to hear and act deaf.

Lu Han understood, in earlier years, he and his mother had not been strangers to the coldness and disdain of this world.

"So if I reject his invitation, you won’t be angry, will you?" Lu Han felt much relieved and stretched out his hand to smooth her hair.

"Of course not, Doctor Lu. We are in a relationship, but please rest assured, I definitely won’t interfere with your work. You should reject it if you need to, as long as it doesn’t affect your job. Don’t take my feelings into account."

"What if I don’t respect your parents, would you also not be angry?"

"..."

Tang Su stayed silent. How could that be the same?

Doctor Lu was really bad, swindling concepts like that.

Tang Su explained seriously, "It depends on the situation. If you have academic disagreements with my mother, naturally, you should listen to whoever is right, and it’s okay not to respect her. As for other aspects, you still need to respect her since she is, after all, your future mother-in-law."

As she spoke, Tang Su’s face turned red.

What was she even saying? During the meal, she had told Lu Han that there was no rush to get married, and now she was shamelessly claiming her mother was Lu Han’s future mother-in-law?

Tang Su’s shy demeanor was adorable.

Lu Han’s heart melted, and he took the opportunity to pull her tightly into his arms. "My girlfriend is right, she is my mother-in-law, and I must respect her, she is also my senior in academia, and deserves my respect even if she is wrong."

Tang Su might have been shy, but this made Lu Han extremely happy.

Men fear mother-in-law and daughter-in-law conflicts, and women are actually quite afraid too, of their parents not getting along with the person they love.

Even if such a situation was unlikely to happen in their family, there’s always an ’if’, isn’t there?

There’s a saying, ’It’s not the ten thousand things one fears, but the ’just in case’.’

There were certain things Tang Su dared not guarantee.

Lu Han touched Tang Su’s now normal forehead, feeling much more at ease. "Have you taken your medicine tonight?"

"The doctor said if my temperature is back to normal, I don’t need to take it anymore, those are fever-reducing medicines."

"Alright, then let’s follow the doctor’s advice," Lu Han agreed.

In the moment their eyes met, those silent electromagnetic waves called love were spreading and blossoming within the room.

There were some things Lu Han had long wanted to do.

The little girl had already let him whisk her away to his home; if he didn’t act, would he still deserve to be her boyfriend?

Lu Han reminded himself, he had given flowers, held hands, a kiss would be enough.

Just as their heads were irresistibly and naturally moving closer and closer, Tang Su’s phone in her bag rang. Tang Su didn’t want to deal with it; she was looking at Lu Han.

Her desire to be close was no less than Lu Han’s.

In the quiet room, the ringtone of the phone was especially clear and jarring. Under such circumstances, Lu Han couldn’t continue his move, especially since not long after Tang Su’s phone rang, Lu Han’s also started ringing.

With the duet of rings, the two had to temporarily part ways, sitting at opposite ends of the sofa, each answering their calls.