Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 329 - 298 Thick Bonds and Righteousness (1 Update)_1

Chapter 329: 298 Thick Bonds and Righteousness (1 Update)_1

Luckily, Tang Su is a novelist; otherwise, it would have been very difficult for someone without any imagination or creativity to accept that such a shameless woman could exist in this world.

How did she come to exist, and how did she manage to survive?

Even someone like Lu Maoyan could be so calculated by her?

From the perspective of God, she truly might not be able to accept that Lu Maoyan, such a smart and capable man, was played by a genuine, uneducated rural woman.

But from a human perspective, the empathy that exists between people, if she were a part of the Lu Family, and Lu Maoyan’s elder brother was his lifesaver, who turned foolish from a head injury incurred while saving him...

For this reason alone, as a man of deep feelings and loyalty, and since it involved his own flesh and blood, Lu Maoyan would be willing to make any sacrifice for his elder brother.

Moreover, Wang Cuilan was his elder brother’s wife.

The three children were the children of the Lu Family, his own nieces and nephews. When Wang Cuilan proposed that she didn’t want the three children to be bullied and wanted him to temporarily let them call him "Dad," there were no issues.

At that time, his only desire was to dedicate himself to the nation, to bring glory to his clan, to ensure his family lived a peaceful life.

As for his personal issues, he never even considered them.

His family situation was complicated; his elder brother finally married a wife, and he liked her so much. Whatever his elder brother was unable to protect, he, as the younger brother, had to safeguard his brother’s hard-won possessions.

However, nobody expected the seemingly honest and reliable Wang Cuilan to play the sympathy card, to be manipulative, and to trample their trust and sincerity in such a way.

It was truly deplorable.

Yet, when Lu Han asked his father if he hated Wang Cuilan,

Lu Maoyan said that before Wang Cuilan died, she insisted on him visiting the hospital. She asked him the same question, whether he hated her even a little bit now?

The answer to this question was always the same.

He did not hate Wang Cuilan.

Why not?

Because...

To him, Wang Cuilan was his elder brother’s wife, the mother of his three nieces and nephews, the woman he called "sister-in-law."

Beyond that, there was nothing else.

If Wang Cuilan wished to be a daughter-in-law of the Lu Family, then they were relatives; if she no longer wanted to be part of the Lu Family, then they were strangers.

Whether a stranger or a relative, neither scenario warranted such an intense emotion as hate.

The opposite of hate is love.

Love or hate, it means that the person occupies a certain weight in your heart.

Aside from the previously mentioned roles, Wang Cuilan held no other weight in his heart.

He treated Wang Cuilan well because she was the wife of his elder brother and the mother of his nieces and nephews. He respected her for her willingness to marry his elder brother and was willing to shield her from the storm for the sake of the people around her with his own strength.

However, what Wang Cuilan always desired was a lifetime with Lu Maoyan, not just a moment.

Regrettably, things did not go as she wished.

After doing so much to harm Bai Wei, she ultimately lost Lu Maoyan’s respect for her.

She left this world with regrets, dying with her eyes still open.

Tang Su had not expected to hear such an emotionally charged story today from Lu Han. If she wasn’t his girlfriend, and if these events had not happened to the Lu Family,

she would have wanted to collect and organize the events, and then write a story out of them.

But these incidents happened to the Lu Family; she couldn’t write about them. Lu Han had started reading novels, and if one day he discovered her pen name, she feared it would be over.

Tang Su only had that momentary lapse in her thoughts, and quickly she reeled them back in. She felt so heartbroken for Lu Han, who had been forced to live as an illegitimate child all these years just because of a woman named Wang Cuilan.

From Lu Han’s perspective, she truly despised that woman named Wang Cuilan.

How could she be so selfish?

The Lu Family hadn’t done anything to wrong her, yet she could hurt the Lu family members so deeply.

It just goes to show, one can’t necessarily expect a kind heart in return for showing one; sometimes what you get in return is nothing but malicious intentions.

Seeing Tang Su’s eyes turning red with glistening tears, as if she were about to cry, Lu Han reached out and pulled her back into his embrace.

"All of that is in the past, you don’t need to feel sad for me. We need to live in the present, look forward to the future, not dwell on the past. Otherwise, my parents would have been overwhelmed with distress long ago."

"Mhm." Tang Su didn’t struggle this time, she nestled into Lu Han’s arms and nodded emphatically.

Su Yu, who had intended just to have a cigarette and take a breath: "..."

The next second, Su Yu snuffed out the cigarette he had just lit and turned to leave.

As Su Yu turned, Tang Su caught sight of him.

She disentangled herself from Lu Han’s embrace. Having met Su Yu before, as he was Tang Su’s older brother, Lu Han naturally recognized him.

"Cousin," Tang Su called out to him.

Su Yu had always kept to himself since he was young and they had an age difference of over four years.

Tang Su called out loudly, so naturally, Su Yu heard her.

Both Tang Su and Tang Feng were unaware of the Su family’s group chat incident, so of course, they also didn’t know that Su Yu had left the group after speaking out for justice.

Su Yu was cold to everyone, but Tang Su was used to it. However, Su Yu had never said anything in front of her that made her feel uncomfortable.

She respected this cousin of hers quite a bit.

He was the only child of her Second Uncle and Second Aunt.

Second Aunt had a high annual salary, and they doted on him, but Su Yu wasn’t raised to be a profligate.

Now, Su Yu also worked at the company founded by his maternal grandfather, serving as a department manager. He collected his generous salary punctually every month, but Tang Su always felt he didn’t seem very happy.

"I just wanted to have a smoke, but since you two are here, I’ll go up and take a look," Su Yu said, his voice detached.

To Su Yu, having wealth or a prestigious status like Lu Han’s didn’t matter. Money wasn’t the most attractive thing in the world to him.

What did it matter whether one was rich or poor? After all, a day still has twenty-four hours, the same for everyone.

Su Yu wouldn’t act like a fawning dog to Lu Han.

"It’s fine, we’re done talking. If you want to smoke, have one before you go upstairs," Tang Su looked at him, unsure whether it was the cravings or some agitation that made him want to smoke for relief.

If he wanted to smoke, he might as well go ahead.

"Alright." Su Yu glanced at Lu Han, took out his pack of cigarettes, flicked one out, and offered it to Lu Han, "Want one?"

"Thanks, cousin, I don’t need it," Lu Han declined.

Su Yu didn’t seem to mind, kept silent as if acknowledging Lu Han’s address as ’cousin,’ and began to smoke on his own.

Consequently, there was a brief silence among the three of them; the atmosphere was a bit dense and slightly awkward, primarily from Tang Su’s perspective. Interacting with the Su family relatives was never as comfortable as with her father’s side of the family.

Both Lu Han and Su Yu seemed fairly comfortable confronting each other.

Fortunately, a timely phone call from Wu Jie provided Tang Su with a slight distraction.