Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 301 - 270 A Long-Cherished Scheme (Mass Release 4)_1

Chapter 301: 270 A Long-Cherished Scheme (Mass Release 4)_1

When Lu Han called, Lu Zhu had just left her unit and gotten into Mingxiu’s car.

"Yeah, if there’s no traffic, we’ll definitely be home in half an hour. If there’s traffic, then I don’t know, just wait for us for half an hour. If we’re not back by then, don’t wait for us."

"Got it, tell your brother-in-law to drive slowly and be safe, no rush."

"Okay."

After Lu Zhu hung up, Mingxiu had overheard Lu Han’s careful instructions.

Mingxiu was holding the steering wheel with one hand, while subconsciously reaching to hold his wife’s hand with the other. Lu Zhu pulled away, "Lu Han just told you to drive carefully, and here you are pulling my hand while driving, which is a very unsafe behavior."

It was completely deliberate.

"You are so busy, and when we get home there are so many people you won’t let me hold you, so what’s wrong with letting your husband hold you for just a little while?" Mingxiu complained; his hands, with their distinct knuckles and elegant length, were admired by many girls who couldn’t even get a chance to hold them. And here, with his wife, he faced rejection?

"Mingxiu, you’re going to be my future sister-in-law’s teacher," Lu Zhu reminded him. It was a reminder to pay attention to his role as a teacher, as someone who’d been married for so many years should not be so nauseatingly affectionate still.

Old couples often grow tired of each other, and it’s with that kind of dynamic they manage to grow old together.

Being too mushy isn’t necessarily a good thing.

This theory was something Lu Zhu heard from the older generation—it seemed that couples who bicker and fuss their way through life aren’t so quick to divorce.

On the contrary, those couples who seem calm and loving in front of others, when you don’t stay in touch for a while and finally do, you find out they’ve been divorced for quite some time.

It was a bit like them now.

Actually, Lu Zhu sometimes really wanted to argue with Mingxiu. Last time, she completed her work very well and her boss specifically rewarded her with two days off, which she didn’t tell Mingxiu about in advance.

Then, silently, she went to Mingxiu’s school, only to encounter a senior girl confessing her love to Mingxiu, saying she liked him.

Upon hearing this, she turned and ran, even took a video as evidence, just to deliberately find an excuse to argue with Mingxiu.

Resulting in Mingxiu, a man of integrity and righteousness, who did not fear ghosts knocking on his door because he was guilt-free, deliberately taking her, who wanted to pick a fight, to the school’s surveillance room to watch the entire process that she had missed.

He truly wasn’t afraid of losing face.

The latter part showed that Mingxiu was absolutely without compassion for beauty, completely indifferent to how pitiable the girl looked, and he sternly informed her that he was married and had a loving wife.

He even told her that aside from his wife, he had no interest in any other woman for the rest of his life.

He also reminded her that since she was a university student, and had worked hard to get into this school, she should cherish what she now had, and not engage in immoral actions like trying to break up someone else’s family.

It had to be said, her Mingxiu was a good teacher with both moral integrity and intelligence.

"Just an elective teacher, for only two semesters, that hardly counts as a ’real’ teacher," begrudgingly admitted Mingxiu, who never expected that the girlfriend Lu Han brought home would turn out to be one of his students.

Huh—

Speaking of this, Mingxiu suddenly remembered the incident from a few years back where several photos had gone missing from his study.

"Wife—"

"Hmm?" Lu Zhu had just finished applying lip balm to her lips and turned to look at him.

Seeing Lu Zhu’s lips glistening and the beautiful color, Mingxiu involuntarily swallowed twice, but after all, he was driving and had to stay focused.

Mingxiu quickly turned his head back, looking straight ahead, gripping the steering wheel tighter, wary of it wanting to wander where it shouldn’t right now, "Do you remember, a few years ago, several photos disappeared from my study?"

Lu Zhu frowned and thought for a bit; she was so busy with work every day, and even on her days off, she mostly spent her time studying to improve her knowledge, or accompanying Mingxiu for sketching, or going to libraries with him to read books and research.

When they dated, unlike average couples who would often go shopping, watch movies, and eat out, the places they frequented the most were the outdoors and the library.

Lu Zhu couldn’t remember the incident of his photo not falling.

Song Mingxiu also remembered it suddenly.

"I guess those few photos were taken by Lu Han. Before, you said he was acting strange during that period, right? To get him to stay in Beijing, Dad even specially established a hospital, but he couldn’t be persuaded to stay. He was all about noble integrity, insisting on going out to provide medical support to remote areas," Song Mingxiu explained.

"Song Mingxiu, that’s my brother. My brother has always been a person of noble integrity. How come when you say it, it sounds so different?" Lu Zhu remained a protective older sister.

She hadn’t been protective before because she, too, had misunderstood, believing that she and her brother, Lu Han, should not have been born into this world.

She thought their existence was evidence of their parents’ immorality.

Later, when the family discussed it openly and knew that their parents had endured a lot of grievances and misunderstandings for the sake of their conscience, their hearts softened. Once Lu Zhu learned the truth, she naturally felt sympathy for their entire family.

"It’s just my guess. Whether it’s true or not, we can ask Lu Han when we get the chance," Song Mingxiu suggested.

"Why would he take your photos for no reason? Tell me," Lu Zhu inquired.

"If Tang Su was in the photos, what would you say he did it for?" he retorted.

Lu Zhu: "..."

Was this kid harbouring intentions toward Tang Su for a long time?

But the incident with Song Mingxiu’s photos not falling had happened years ago. If Lu Han really had feelings for Tang Su, why would they only get together now?

Shouldn’t they have been together much earlier?

Seeing Lu Zhu genuinely pondering, Song Mingxiu didn’t have the heart to trouble her and pinched her tender hand, "Alright, it was just a speculation. Whether it’s true or not, only Lu Han knows, and he might not even admit it."

"You men often say that women’s hearts are as hard to find as a needle in the sea, but I think that when you men start scheming, it’s even more outrageous than us women."

"Men only plot and scheme when they are determined to win over something, just as I was with you back then. Otherwise, men wouldn’t bother spending the time and effort on such matters," he admitted.

"Heh, Teacher Song, do you have the guts to repeat that so I can record it? You’re finally admitting that you schemed to win me over, aren’t you?" she teased.

"Let’s record it tonight; your voice sounds better when you’re screaming," Song Mingxiu winked, teasing her.

Lu Zhu blushed: "..."

Sometimes she really wanted to unveil his faux-scholarly disguise in front of his students, but she couldn’t. This rascal was only shameless with her.

In front of others, Teacher Song was absolutely a teacher who received praise from everyone.

After calming down, Lu Zhu noticed that Song Mingxiu was driving as slow as a snail and couldn’t help but urge him, "Teacher Song, could you please drive a bit faster?"

At this rate, how would they get home within half an hour?

Today’s guest at home was so important.

If they were dawdling like this, it would be showing disrespect.

Clearly enjoying teasing his wife, Song Mingxiu arched his eyebrows while unbuttoning the top two buttons of his shirt, revealing his alluring Adam’s apple, "Miss Lu, you think I’m driving too slow?"

It took a moment for Lu Zhu to recover, and she didn’t forget that Song Mingxiu had just been shamelessly flirting with her, "Teacher Song, if you keep talking dirty, I’ll get out of the car and take a taxi home by myself."

Seeing that his wife was really getting angry, Song Mingxiu decided it was best to back down and pressed the accelerator all the way down, "Then I’ll speed up."

"..."