Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 204 - 173 Tang Feng’s Call, Breaking the Charm (1st Update)_1

Chapter 204: 173 Tang Feng’s Call, Breaking the Charm (1st Update)_1

In the end, Lu Han couldn’t bring himself to push Tang Su too hard. When Tang Su’s legs went weak and she began to slide down, it was Lu Han who reached out to catch her.

He had wanted to be more intimate, but the well-timed phone call from Tang Feng shattered the amorous mood.

When the phone rang, Tang Su saw that it was Tang Feng’s number, and she instantly snapped to clarity. The infatuation in Lu Han’s eyes also dissipated the moment he saw Tang Su’s reaction.

Tang Su silently mouthed to Lu Han that it was her older brother, Tang Feng.

Tang Feng had been in closed training for a while now, and Tang Su really missed her big brother, especially after she got slapped by Ye Sichen. During those couple of days, she wanted to berate Tang Feng, asking him if he knew he had the potential for domestic violence, being the good brother that he was supposed to be?

"Hello, big brother," Tang Su tried to call out with what she thought was the calmest tone she could muster.

"Hmm, what’s with your voice? Got a cold?" His sister, whom he had doted on and cared for all her life, was definitely off, and even through the phone line, he could sense something was amiss.

"No... not at all, have you finished your closed training?" Tang Su didn’t want to keep the conversation focused on her voice. Lu Han’s desire just then had been so obvious, and she wasn’t a little girl—she could sense it.

Her inner world was already like a stampede of horses, her emotions tumultuous. That she could regain her composure to this extent was already quite remarkable.

So, she hoped her big brother wouldn’t push her too hard.

"Of course, who do you think your big brother is? I reached the target ahead of schedule, finished the training two days early. I’ve got to tell you, big brother here made a great contribution this time, even the Chief of the General Staff personally approved it, I’ve got forty days of leave to visit family."

"Wow, that’s a long time! Mom and Dad must be thrilled. By the way, brother, grandma and uncle are going to settle back in the country, they bought a house in Beijing, we’re heading there next Friday."

"I know, I already called Mom and Dad. We’ll go to Beijing together. When you were little, didn’t you always beg for Beijing roast duck? This time, I’ll treat you to a feast."

"...Okay," Tang Su hesitated slightly before responding.

Seeing that her phone call wouldn’t end anytime soon, Lu Han gestured to her that he was going to go back first, and Tang Su nodded in acknowledgment.

Because she wasn’t fully attentive, she missed a very important question from Tang Feng.

Coming back to her senses, Tang Su heard an unhappy Tang Feng asking her, "What? Is someone at your place? It’s so late, a man or a woman?"

"Huh? Big brother, what did you say?" Tang Su frowned in confusion.

What did he mean by a man or a woman?

What exactly was her big brother talking about?

"I asked you earlier if there was something you wanted to tell me. You didn’t respond for a long time, so I thought someone might be with you. You’re at home, aren’t you?"

"I am at home. Today, just by chance, some friends came over for a barbecue, Sun Qing was also there. I just sent them off and cleaned up the house."

"Oh, I see," Tang Feng always knew that Tang Su was more sociable than him, her big brother.

He didn’t have many friends; the kids he played with when he was younger drifted away as they grew up.

Later, in college, he did make a friend, Ye Sichen, who only kept in touch because he dated his sister. Otherwise, they probably would have drifted apart as well.

"With the strong smell of barbecue, why didn’t you take your friends out to eat instead of doing it at home?" Tang Su thought of the smell of barbecue smoke and frowned.

It was one thing to enjoy it outdoors where the breeze could carry away the smell, but at home with doors and windows closed, how long would it take to get rid of that odor?

"Big brother, you’ve been in the military and haven’t been home for almost two years, so you wouldn’t know. Nowadays, home barbecues are smokeless. They’re delicious and there’s no smoke, how great is that?"

"Hah, smokeless barbecue? Is that even still called barbecue?" Tang Feng curled his lip, realizing that his beloved sister was insinuating that he, her big brother, was out of touch.

His knowledge differed from hers, each in their respective fields.

Anyway, he decided not to argue with her about it.

"Let’s not talk about the barbecue. Is there anything you want to tell your big brother?"

"When are you coming back?" Tang Su asked because she wondered if she could make time to introduce Lu Han to her big brother, before their whole family went to Beijing.

"I haven’t finalized the details, but I’ll definitely be home before next Friday."

"Oh, alright then."

"What’s the matter? Disappointed? Missing your big brother?"

"Yes, I am," Tang Su nodded, her nose tingling with emotion. She remembered the year her big brother decided not to go to college and join the army instead. When he was packing up his things at home, she clung to his legs and cried her eyes out, just like a three-year-old who hadn’t gotten the candy she wanted.

At that time, Su Ruoan initially thought it wasn’t a big deal. Her son wanted to join the military, which was a good thing, and since he wanted to do it, she and her husband naturally let him go.

The calmness of her heart was disrupted by Tang Su’s loud crying, making her nose tingle and her eyes redden.

They had only one son, Tang Feng. If their family had three children, two sons and a daughter, losing one son to military service wouldn’t matter much.

But with only one son, after Tang Feng left, Su Ruoan’s mother-in-law couldn’t understand and would often come over to scold her, wondering how she could be so heartless.

To let their only son join the army and actually be happy about it.

Was it really that hard for her to restrain her own son, as a mother?

She even said that Tang Su knew to use tears to try to keep her older brother, although in the end, she failed, but at least she had tried her best as a sister.

In contrast, she as a mother, was exceptionally ruthless.

In the end, it was Tang Shengyi and his son, Tang Feng, who had to step in to calm the old woman down.

"Brother misses you too, I’ll bring you a sugar-coated hawthorn stick, okay?" Tang Feng’s memory still lingered from the times when Tang Su loved eating sugar-coated hawthorns.

Tang Su went from tears to laughter, somewhat helplessly, "Bro, I’m about to turn twenty-five."

After the New Year, after her birthday, she would be twenty-five.

"Really?" Tang Feng mulled over this, had time really passed that quickly?

This made him three years older than Tang Su.

But after a statement from Tang Feng, Tang Su couldn’t hold back her tears anymore.

"Su Su, in your big brother’s eyes, you can always be three or four years old."

"..."

Not forever eighteen, but always three or four years old.

Soon, Tang Feng heard Tang Su sobbing, which sent him into a panic, "Don’t cry, Tang Bao, your brother shouldn’t have said that, I made a mistake, please don’t cry."

"No, brother, Tang Bao will always love you," Tang Su professed her love to her brother fervently.

Fortunately, Doctor Lu had the sense to leave early; otherwise, the room would be filled with the scent of jealousy.

"Good, your brother feels the same, is Ye Sichen treating you well? Has he bullied you? If he has, just tell your brother, and I’ll come back to teach him a lesson."

Tang Feng’s throat grew tight too, but what concerned him more was whether Ye Sichen was properly doting on Tang Su.

He had asked his parents the same thing when he called them earlier, but they had been evasive, saying they’d talk when he got back.

Being impetuous, he decided after some thought to call Tang Su and get things clear over the phone.

"He..." Tang Su hesitated. Her brother had already called their parents, and she didn’t know if they had told him about her and Ye Sichen’s situation.

Was he inquiring, or testing whether she would lie?

If he didn’t know, it meant the parents hadn’t said anything; they surely had their reasons for being silent.

So she should keep silent for now too.

"Brother, let’s wait until you come back," Tang Su gave the same answer her parents had.

Although it had been some time since Tang Feng left home, he knew his biological parents and his sister’s temperaments very well, and that wouldn’t change with time.

When everyone gave the same response, there must be a problem.

Anxiety surged through Tang Feng, "Let’s talk about it now, Su Su, if you still consider me your brother, don’t lie to me."

Actually, Tang Feng had also called Ye Sichen, but he hadn’t picked up.

Though his leave to visit family had been approved, he was still with the military, where rules must be followed, and one couldn’t simply use their phone whenever they wished, even though there were opportunities to call family every day. But since he was going home soon, there was no need for daily calls.

Tang Su felt threatened, Tang Feng would always be her big brother.

"I broke up with Ye Sichen," Tang Su admitted, unable to dodge the topic any longer.

"I see, that’s why the kid didn’t pick up my calls," Tang Feng’s brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed deep once again.

"Why did you break up? What did he do to upset you?"