Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 558 - 521 If you don’t keep your word, you have to pay the price (1 more)

Chapter 558: 521 If you don’t keep your word, you have to pay the price (1 more)

When Lin Wenming went to help, he realized his whole body was sore and aching. It was only after he found the on-duty security guard to help that he managed to get the tall and heavy Tan Lixin into the car.

Lin Menmen came out after finishing the phone call. She didn’t wait for the Tan Family’s night watch to arrive, simply nodded to the on-duty medical staff, and left.

After getting in the car, Lin Menmen didn’t show concern about where Lin Wenming was hurt from the fight with Tan Lixin for her sake. She just perfunctorily asked him, "Brother, do you need me to send you?"

"No need, I’ve already called our family driver to pick me up. It’s very late, and you still have to deal with this jerk. Go back and rest early."

"Okay, then I’m leaving first."

"Hmm, drive slowly on the road."

"Alright."

**

It was midnight.

Lin Jiaojiao stared at the silent phone screen. She had waited all night and still hadn’t received a call from Elder Tan to update her on Tan Rongrong’s condition.

There wasn’t just no phone call; there wasn’t even a single message.

After everyone had dinner and left the hotel to head straight to the KTV, she had thought about going to the hospital to see what was going on, but she really didn’t want to run into those two families.

She had no choice but to endure, setting her limit at midnight.

In the end, Elder Tan truly made it happen by not contacting her even until midnight.

Could it really be that Tan Rongrong was in a serious condition?

She couldn’t have failed to be saved, could she?

That shouldn’t be the case. If Tan Rongrong hadn’t been saved, Elder Tan, with his character, would have come to her for comfort long ago.

And if Tan Rongrong was alright, with his character, he should have come back to be carefree with her long ago, right?

So, what exactly happened on his side?

How could he bear it, not contacting her for so many hours?

"Sister Jiaojiao, you haven’t sung a single song tonight," Chen Duoduo, slightly drunk from the alcohol, handed the microphone to Lin Jiaojiao, urging her to sing.

Chen Duoduo wouldn’t be so innocently insistent if she wasn’t drunk, and she wouldn’t put someone in such a difficult position.

The sober Chen Duoduo was very considerate.

"Duoduo, Sister Jiaojiao won’t sing. She only sings love songs with Tan Ge. Since Tan Ge isn’t feeling it tonight, Sister Jiaojiao doesn’t have a partner. Here, I’ll sing for you," Bai Simen, similarly a bit tipsy, took the microphone from Chen Duoduo’s hand.

Bai Simen was somewhat tone-deaf. She had a nice voice, speaking was pleasant, but singing really wasn’t her thing, always off the musical staff.

For Bai Dingkai, it was sheer torture when she sang.

As soon as she opened her mouth, Bai Dingkai covered his ears. However, Su Yu next to him appeared completely immersed in the divine singing.

Bai Dingkai was utterly speechless at that.

As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but when did ’singing talent is in the ear of the lover’ become a thing?

It’s exactly what people call being ’love-brained’.

Being love-brained is not good, doesn’t this guy know that?

After Bai Simen and Chen Duoduo sang the last song together, Lu Han instructed someone to settle the bill, and today’s gathering came to an end.

Bai Dingyang wanted to take Chen Duoduo home, but Lu Han wouldn’t let him.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" Bai Dingyang raised an eyebrow. Was Lu Han mistrusting him?

Lu Han indeed did not trust him, after all, not every man could keep his composure like he had done in the past, and his brother still harbored a wild beast that had been locked away for over thirty years. If it were released, it would be disastrous.

Today, it was his and Tang Su’s turn to play host and organize the gathering, which meant they were responsible for ensuring everyone’s safety.

Even if Sister Duoduo really did end up completely devoured by Bai Dingyang tonight, Bai Dingyang would still take responsibility for her. But he wished that this accident would not happen tonight.

"It’s nothing special, Sister Duoduo will stay at the Lu Family house tonight, and we are on the way, so Tang Su and I will take her."

"..."

Bai Dingyang was not pleased, but he knew that Lu Han was doing this for his own good, and for Duoduo’s sake as well.

For so many years alone, it was her fortune amidst a lonely life to have met her aunt’s family, who were kindhearted people. She shouldn’t live so self-consciously.

Look at her, she’s doing so well in the photography industry, she’s truly a big shot.

It was only after he started to investigate Chen Duoduo’s background did he realize that she was outstanding, very capable, but when interacting with people she knew, she couldn’t hide her deep-seated feeling of inferiority.

However, that was only with people she knew. When facing strangers, especially clients, she didn’t exhibit such inferiority and her confidence was utterly unforgettable.

"Fine, then we’ll trouble you guys."

"Simen, let’s go home." On the other side, Bai Dingkai was also speaking to Bai Simen.

"I think Menmen should come back to the Lu Family house with us as well," Lu Han told them. "That way, Sister Duoduo will have some company."

"Wait, Lu Han, what’s this, with Aunt and Uncle Lu Zhu away, has your Lu Family become a refuge, taking in whoever shows up?" Bai Dingkai was discontent.

He seriously suspected that Tang Su had whispered something to Lu Han’s ear, so for the sake of his cousin, Lu Han just didn’t care about his other cousins?

What for?

To openly matchmake Su Yu and Bai Simen, right?

"Can’t help it—both of them get along with my Tang Bao at home. Otherwise, let’s just ask the person involved, whether she wants to go with you or with us."

Bai Dingkai was at a loss for words. "..."

Bai Simen now felt annoyed just at the sight of him, so how could she possibly choose to go with him?

In the end, the three Bai brothers went home on their own, while Lu Han and Tang Su took both Bai Simen and Chen Duoduo back to the Lu Family house.

Lin Jiaojiao, on the other hand, was escorted back to the hotel by the three Bai brothers.

Only after they saw that she was safely inside the hotel did the Bai brothers leave.

Elder Tan treated her very well, hence she was staying in a presidential suite at a five-star hotel, high up and with a wide view.

When Lin Jiaojiao stepped out of the elevator, she saw an uninvited guest standing at their room’s door — Lin Menmen.

Lin Jiaojiao did not back down; she never owed anything to Lin Menmen, and even though Elder Tan had spent so many years living in Hua City with her, she didn’t feel that she owed Lin Menmen anything.

On the contrary, Lin Menmen always hoarded things that didn’t belong to her and showed no remorse. Why should she fear Lin Menmen then?

"Lin Jiaojiao, there is a price to pay for not keeping your word, you know that?" Lin Menmen took a drag from the cigarette in her hand, her eyes seductively cold.

Even as a woman, Lin Jiaojiao had to admit that Lin Menmen, showing up here in the middle of the night, was beautiful, enchanting, and attractive.

"When did I not keep my word?" Lin Jiaojiao raised an eyebrow. Lin Menmen’s blame-shifting tactic had improved greatly since a few years ago.

"I told you never to come back to Beijing again. Don’t you remember?"

"What, you bought Beijing?" Lin Jiaojiao snorted coldly.

She should be more aware than anyone of why such a negotiation had taken place back then.

If it hadn’t been for Tan Rongrong, if it hadn’t been for the Elder Tan lady of that time, would she and Elder Tan have made such a concession?