Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 320 - 289 Want to go back, Hua City (1 update)_1

Chapter 320: 289 Want to go back, Hua City (1 update)_1

After Tang Su entered the house, Su Yangming had already left for his night shift at the hospital. Tonight, apart from the live-in housekeeper, it was just their family of four.

Knowing that she would eat dinner outside and return, Su Ruoan had prepared a pot of sweet soup in the evening—fermented rice and silver ear mushroom soup.

Tang Su really loved this sweet treat. In Hua City, many people would make and sell sweet fermented rice during winter. Consequently, Tang Su’s breakfast during winter would consist of fermented rice dumplings or fermented rice "pouch" eggs.

This time, Su Ruoan had couriered a lot of sweet fermented rice, five kilograms for each household. The Su Family all loved it, especially Tang Su’s grandmother. Even when she was abroad, she enjoyed it.

No matter how expensive the shipping cost was, Su Ruoan would always find a way to send her mother the sweet fermented rice she loved.

Su Ruoan also left five kilograms at Su Yangming’s place. Su Yangming did not like it much, but the old lady did, so he kept it anyway. After all, this stuff had a long shelf life and could be eaten gradually.

There was no need to worry about it going bad.

"Thank you, mother," Tang Su said, seeing her favorite dessert with the silver ear mushroom soup thick and smooth to the taste. She was in high spirits and called her mother again.

"You’re welcome." Su Ruoan sat opposite her, served herself another bowl, and joined her, "How was the classmate meetup today? I see you’re in a much better mood. It seems you still need to interact with peers of the same age more often."

In Hua City, Tang Su kept busy and fulfilled with her daily store operations, having few opportunities to feel agitated.

"Yeah, it was pretty good. The reason we had the gathering today was a coincidence, mainly because our dorm leader Liu Ting saw that other dorms had taken photos of reunions after graduation, so she eagerly got us together to take one as well," Tang Su explained.

"I think this first time will surely lead to a second, a third, countless more to come. Just you wait and see," Tang Su commented with a slight tease.

"That’s all right. You’ll be traveling between Hua City and Beijing quite often in the future, and since they all live in Beijing, you can meet up whenever you have the time," Su Ruoan didn’t mind their gatherings.

The affection shared with classmates is precious and even more so with those you continue to associate with after graduation.

"Actually, everyone has their own life and work, and moreover, Liu Ting lives in her hometown. She now occasionally goes on business trips to Beijing. What happens in the future is uncertain," Tang Su said.

"That’s true. Before we go back, do you want to meet up with them again?"

"Forget it. Liu Ting is here on a business trip this time. It was not easy for her to spare this half-day," Tang Su declined.

"Besides, we have so much going on at home."

"Right. Did Lu Han contact you today?"

"He went to Beijing University to see Professor Song today, and we bumped into each other on campus. In the evening, he joined us for dinner, and he just dropped me off on his way home," Tang Su recounted.

Tang Su told her mother everything about meeting and dining with Lu Han that afternoon, not hiding a thing from her.

"You child, Lu Han brought you all the way home, why didn’t you invite him in for a while? There’s no outsider here," her mother chided her.

"No, his phone kept flashing while he was driving. I thought he must have something to do. Besides, that girl his grandfather sponsors has returned this year—it’s a happy occasion for his family," Tang Su explained.

"Oh, I see. It wouldn’t be good to keep him for too long then," her mother realized.

Seeing that Tang Su had finished her bowl of silver ear mushroom soup, Su Ruoan reached out to take her empty bowl. "Let me get you another bowl."

"Thank you, mother."

"No need to be polite. Rest a bit after eating before going to sleep."

"Okay."

After Su Ruoan brought a new bowl of silver ear mushroom soup to Tang Su and finished her own, she said, "I’m going back to my room now. You tidy up these two bowls later."

"Sure."

Once Su Ruoan left, Tang Su picked up her phone. Besides a lot of unread messages in her roommates’ group chat, there was not a single message in the chat interface with Lu Han.

Tang Su thought for a moment and took the initiative to send a message, "Have you gotten home?"

Lu Han didn’t reply, so Tang Su snapped a photo of the silver fungus soup, "Delicious silver fungus soup, when we get back to Hua City, I’ll simmer some for you too, okay?"

After waiting a little while, there was still no message from Lu Han.

Tang Su wasn’t disheartened and posted the photo of the silver fungus soup on her social circle, with the caption—Courtesy of her majesty, mom.

Sun Qing liked and replied, "I want to drink it too, it’s also my favorite, you even added distiller’s grains and pineapple, auntie truly knows how to simmer it, (thumbs up)."

Chen Xiaoxiao: "That’s sweet glutinous rice, right? I remember back in our school days, whenever winter came, you would always receive parcels from your mom, and all of us got to share the fortune, so fragrant, can it still be made like this?"

Ke Jie: "Wow, envious, jealous but not resentful."

Liu Ting: "I posted today’s group photo and individual ones in the group chat, remember to pick your favorite ones to post on your social circle."

Lin Jiaojiao: "Kids with moms are treasures."

Seeing Lin Jiaojiao’s reply, Tang Su thought of how Lin Jiaojiao had also said she was coming to Beijing, just a few days after them. She wondered whether Jiaojiao had arrived yet.

Each day in Beijing, Tang Su felt so tired, she longed to return to Hua City, to open the shop, tend the shop, count money, and then go to the little tavern to drink.

Those days were truly comfortable.

No wonder the young people these days don’t like visiting relatives, really, if you don’t mesh well with the relatives, it’s better not to visit them at all.

Tang Su replied to everyone: she told Sun Qing to come to her uncle’s house if she wanted to drink, as there was plenty, enough to make her tired of it.

She replied with a "yes" to Chen Xiaoxiao.

She sent a smiling face to Ke Jie.

And she replied with an "okay" to Liu Ting.

When it was Lin Jiaojiao’s turn, Tang Su replied, "Jiaojie, where are you?"

Lin Jiaojiao had been drinking alone in the tavern for several days, with Old Tan away, she also gave her employees a few days off. The plane ticket to Beijing was actually for today, but she didn’t go to the airport, and she didn’t cancel the ticket either.

Lin Jiaojiao replied, "Drinking, have you guys taken your family photo yet?"

Tang Su: "Yeah, it’s done. When are you coming to Beijing? I want to go back already, to drink with you at the little tavern."

Lin Jiaojiao: "Then come back, I don’t feel like going to Beijing anymore."

Tang Su: "??? What about Tan Ge, what if he misses you?"

Lin Jiaojiao chuckled and typed, "If he misses me, he can come back, it’s just a few hours by plane."

"..."

That’s true, Old Tan wasn’t going to stay in Beijing and not come back.

She really was being silly.

As Tang Su was zoning out, Lu Han’s voice message came through, "I’ve been home for a while now, we had guests over, was socializing for a bit, sorry, didn’t mean to keep you waiting."

"Want to drink."

Listening to Lu Han’s deep and magnetic voice, Tang Su’s ears heated up inexplicably, "Okay, Lu Han, I want to go back to Hua City."

Beijing is a big city, very prosperous, bustling, and advanced, but it can’t provide the peace and comfort she wants like Hua City can.