Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 573: The landlady fainted in the wine cellar (2 more updates)

Chapter 573: The landlady fainted in the wine cellar (2 more updates)

What?

What do you mean by ’feeling it’s him’?

If it’s not Elder Tan, then who else could it be?

This was the question that Tang Su and Lin Jiaojiao both found puzzling at the same time.

Lu Han, with a serious face, was waiting for Lin Jiaojiao’s answer. Seeing her incredulous expression, he explained, "Because you and Elder Tan are the two closest people, I need you to think carefully and then give me a serious answer."

Lin Jiaojiao panicked all of a sudden. With Lu Han being so serious, what was he trying to say?

Could it be that the person she had been in contact with all this time wasn’t Elder Tan?

But the voice, it was definitely Elder Tan’s.

"Lu Han, don’t scare me."

"I’m not trying to scare you. I’m just discussing the issue with you," Lu Han tried to explain in a more relaxed manner. "I mentioned it because my wife complained that Elder Tan has been very busy lately, not calling you proactively, so I wanted to ask."

"So that’s it. There’s really nothing wrong, right?"

"What could be wrong? If there’s any issue, it would be with Tan Rongrong."

"You really scared me just now. Yes, I can confirm that it was Elder Tan’s voice."

"Good, I’ve got it," Lu Han nodded.

Then it must be an issue with Elder Tan himself, as Lin Jiaojiao was the one who confirmed that the person she spoke to on the phone was Elder Tan. Lu Han decided to set aside his doubts for the moment.

He hoped that Ms. Wei’s case was just a simple coincidence rather than a deliberate act. Maybe Professor Ming was just overworried.

To confirm this, before lunch, Lu Han had Lin Jiaojiao make a video call to Elder Tan.

"Is it necessary?" Lin Jiaojiao still wanted to put on airs. This old man, after such a long time, he hadn’t sought her out proactively, and now she had to video call him?

What was she thinking?

Lin Jiaojiao wanted to remain aloof, but Lu Han was insistent, so she reluctantly dialed a video call from her phone.

Just like before, when she dialed the first time, that deadbeat Elder Tan had the nerve to hang up on her video call again.

"See, Elder Tan has grown some nerves now. I’m not calling anymore. If you want to call, you do it."

Angry, Lin Jiaojiao flung her phone onto the table and moved to a spot far away, as if she was disgusted with her own phone.

"I’ll go to the kitchen to see if they’re done cooking," said Lin Jiaojiao, who didn’t just stop there but stood up and went straight to the kitchen.

Looking at the phone Lin Jiaojiao left on the table, Tang Su said, "Why don’t you call Elder Tan then?"

"Mm, okay."

Lu Han used his own phone to call Elder Tan, and this time Elder Tan didn’t hang up but answered the call, "Hello, Lu Han, what’s up?"

"Can’t I call you if there’s no problem?" Lu Han raised an eyebrow.

"No, that’s not what I meant. You know that Rongrong’s condition isn’t very good, and we haven’t found a kidney donor yet. I’m just not in the best of moods," Elder Tan said.

"Being in a bad mood means you neglect Jiaojiao?" Lu Han continued with a pointed question.

Elder Tan was stunned: "..."

It wasn’t that he was neglecting Jiaojiao, but at the moment, Rongrong’s problem was more important, more urgent. His years of affections for Jiaojiao were steadfast, and he knew she would wait for him.

Jiaojiao was an understanding woman, otherwise, he wouldn’t have liked her so much over the years.

Since it wasn’t a video call, Lu Han didn’t see that when he mentioned the name ’Jiaojiao,’ a stark red bloodshot appeared in Elder Tan’s eye. His whites were very white, making the bloodshot very noticeable.

The color was also a bit strange, like blood, yet not quite like blood.

Just as Lu Han was waiting for Elder Tan to reply, Lin Menmen’s voice suddenly came through the phone, "Doctor Lu, hello, I am Lin Menmen."

Lu Han: "???"

Lin Menmen was actually by Elder Tan’s side.

"The way you just spoke to Elder Tan, Doctor Lu, was inappropriate, and you have wronged Elder Tan. For so many years, Elder Tan has been by Lin Jiaojiao’s side, and it was Rongrong and I—mother and daughter—who endured humiliation and carried heavy burdens, creating their twosome world together."

"Now, Rongrong is seriously ill in bed, no doctor dares guarantee if she can take her college entrance exams a few months from now. Elder Tan has been under considerable pressure recently. You’re a good friend of his and a doctor as well. Yet you spoke about him this way, I think it’s not suitable, Doctor Lu, don’t you agree?"

"Um, Mrs. Tan, I also find it quite inappropriate," Lu Han agreed with Lin Menmen.

Tang Su: "..."

With that call of Mrs. Tan from Lu Han, Tang Su instantly understood who the other party was.

Her face turned grim as she looked towards the kitchen, fortunately, Lin Jiaojiao had not yet come out from there.

If Jiaojiao were to hear that Elder Tan’s phone was in Lin Menmen’s hands, and that Lu Han had called her Mrs. Tan, with Jiaojiao’s temperament, she might cut off contact with them for good.

Lu Han’s address of Mrs. Tan truly pleased Lin Menmen, who smiled, "Doctor Lu, I’ve always felt that among Elder Tan’s friends, you’re the most loyal, and indeed I wasn’t wrong."

"You flatter me, Mrs. Tan," Lu Han replied indifferently.

It wasn’t flattery, but sincerity, "I heard that your wedding with Mrs. Lu is set for spring. I wonder if I could have the chance to attend and drink to your happiness? As Mrs. Tan."

"Of course, that’s only appropriate."

"Thank you, Doctor Lu. Elder Tan has gone out to buy food, so shall we talk another time?" Lin Menmen looked at the man collapsed at her side, his head resting on her lap, with a tender yet proud expression.

Actually, Elder Tan should be just like this, obedient, how nice.

They were husband and wife, even if there was only a wedding without a marriage certificate, in her eyes, they were spouses, the kind that would be buried in the same grave when they died.

"Okay."

Lu Han hung up the phone.

A pair of handsome eyebrows were tightly knitted together, not relaxing for a long time.

"What’s wrong?" Tang Su reached out her hand to hold Lu Han’s tightly. She could feel that Lu Han had been preoccupied with something significant since returning from his studies, but if he chose not to talk about it, she wouldn’t know how to ask.

"It’s nothing," Lu Han replied with a tight-lipped smile to her. He found it odd that Elder Tan would let Lin Menmen answer his phone.

He didn’t answer Jiaojiao’s calls earlier, but he took his call right away?

Even if the person talking to him on the phone was indeed Elder Tan, there seemed to be an issue with this Elder Tan.

Was he being threatened?

Was his personal freedom taken away?

That shouldn’t be the case.

"No, you..."

Tang Su wanted to say he was troubled when a chef who was cooking in the kitchen rushed over in a panic, saying, "Doctor Lu, Mrs. Lu, the boss’s wife has fainted in the wine cellar."

"Jiaojiao—"

Anxious and worried, Tang Su quickly got up and ran towards the wine cellar.

Lu Han paused for a second before stretching his long legs and following her out. The couple had just reached the entrance of the wine cellar when they saw another server had already carried the unconscious Lin Jiaojiao out.

Then explained, "We only went in after we heard the sound of a wine jar being smashed."

"Okay, take her to the hospital," Lu Han nodded, bowing his head to dial 120.