Paranoid Doctor Only Loves Me
Chapter 581 - 544 Who’s calling someone a fool? (2 updates)

Chapter 581: 544 Who’s calling someone a fool? (2 updates)

Tang Su then explained the situation to Su Ruoan, who, seeing how well-behaved the little one was, immediately accepted the little grandchild in her heart.

"All the formalities have been completed?" Su Ruoan asked.

"Yes."

"That’s good." Su Ruoan nodded, "Tongtong, Granny will change her clothes and come out to play with you in a bit, okay?"

"Okay, Granny." Tongtong nodded.

While Su Ruoan went to change her clothes, she called Zhao Xinlan in.

Zhao Xinlan handed the fruit she had bought on her way back to Tang Su, "Tang Bao, wash some fruit for Tongtong to eat."

"Okay."

Tang Su washed some strawberries and peeled the grapefruit for her.

"Eat less fruits, we’re about to have dinner. This little one looks a bit pale; eat more nutritious things," Tang Shengyi said.

Family accepted by his wife and daughter, even without blood relation, is still family who should call him Grandpa, and Tang Shengyi was very caring towards Tongtong.

"I know, a little bit of fruit is fine." Tang Su wasn’t worried; she knew exactly how much Tongtong would eat.

"As for the name on the household registration, should we change it? I think, since we’re adopting him, we should change it to the Lu surname. It’s not about disrespecting his parents, but to give the child a sense of belonging when he grows up. What do you think?"

"Mhm, Lu Han discussed it with Tongtong already. Lu Han and I came up with several names overnight, and in the end, Tongtong liked the name Lu Kang."

"Lu Kang? That’s a good name, simple and easy to call."

Most importantly, it carried a good expectation, who wouldn’t hope for a healthy body?

"I’ll take the fruits to Tongtong. If you need help, just call me, Father Emperor."

"Go on, go on, no need for your help."

"I can help too, Grandpa." Tongtong said crisply.

"No need, no need. When our Tongtong is a little older, Grandpa will teach you cooking. For now, you’re still too small, not even as tall as the kitchen counter."

"Thank you, Grandpa."

"No need for thanks. Go play outside, and make sure to drink the milk every day, got it? If you’re thirsty, you can have some."

"Okay."

**

In the room.

Su Ruoan simply changed her coat, and Zhao Xinlan had thought she would be treated to a fashion show. Instead, Su Ruoan just took off one coat.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Su Ruoan looked at Zhao Xinlan and asked.

"Hm? What could I possibly be hiding from you? Isn’t it just the matter with Tongtong and you becoming a grandmother? You know all about it now."

"Don’t try to change the subject. It’s about your romantic affairs," Su Ruoan cut to the chase and pointed it out directly.

Throughout the trip, Zhao Xinlan hadn’t said much. That was because she had been preoccupied with Tongtong’s secret, and her silence was due to her best friend secretly planning to become her sister-in-law, keeping it so well hidden from her.

Had it not been for that day at the Su Family gathering, where her sister-in-law Xie Lan accidentally overheard Su Yangming on the phone and caught the word ’Lanlan’, she might still be in the dark about the whole thing, unaware of how long the two intended to keep it from her.

In fact, she had suspected something was off between the two last time.

At that time, she didn’t take it seriously, thinking that whether it was Zhao Xinlan or her brother, if something had happened, neither of them would have kept it from her.

Besides, if the two of them really did fancy each other, she would have been completely supportive.

So, there was no need to keep it a secret from her.

But as it turned out, they had deeply hurt her.

She even had to be the one to ask, and still he hemmed and hawed, refusing to speak outright.

Both of them were not young anymore. If they really saw eye to eye, they’d better get their marriage certificate sooner rather than later, on the account that her sister could still have children—she could even have a godson or goddaughter for her.

Oh, no, their kids would have to call her aunt.

"What personal matters of the heart? I really don’t have any..."

"Really don’t have any?" Su Ruoan leaned in close to her, looking straight into her eyes, making her do the same.

However, Zhao Xinlan just kept dodging, not as brave as Su Ruoan.

After all, Zhao Xinlan felt incredibly guilty inside, having silently slept with someone’s younger brother. It really wasn’t intentional; she was just...

Just what, she couldn’t quite explain. How was she to know that Su Yangming, that guy, was so infatuated with her that he confessed his feelings so movingly while drinking with her that night.

She was a woman, after all. Having been Pua-ed by that jerk Jiang Tao for so many years, she had always thought she had lost her feminine charm.

So when Su Yangming said he liked her, and had liked her for many years, her heart—the heart of an old maid—couldn’t help but be moved.

She had tried to resist it, thinking that in city life, if adults have a one-night stand, let it be casual and don’t take it seriously—just get over it. But Su Yangming was impossible to shake off.

He was still Su Ruoan’s little brother, her biological brother, whom she would have to face frequently, unless she went back to Harbor City and decided she no longer recognized Su Ruoan as her best friend.

And to give up Tang Su and Tang Feng, the dear godson and goddaughter she cherished.

She just couldn’t do it.

She couldn’t just abandon her best friend of many years and the lovely Tang Su and Tang Feng just to avoid Su Yangming.

Keep in mind, she was counting on growing old together with Su Ruoan.

Whether living in a retirement home or getting a house of their own, when Tang Su and Tang Feng came to visit their mother, they could easily drop by to see their godmother as well—what a wonderful setup.

Without children of her own, she still wasn’t afraid of growing old.

In the end, unable to resist Su Ruoan’s pressure, Zhao Xinlan lowered her head, "How did you find out?"

"Ha, finally willing to admit it?" Su Ruoan snorted coldly. How did she find out?

There’s no such thing as a wall that doesn’t let the breeze through. Can paper ever contain a fire?

Isn’t that just a joke?

"I admit it, but how exactly did you find out?"

"At that dinner, my sister-in-law overheard Yangming calling you. Oh, it was obvious—he kept calling you ’Lanlan.’ My sister-in-law didn’t dare tell anyone else but me. I thought maybe she heard wrong, so I decided I would ask you before telling her."

"Your sister-in-law? Xie Lan?"

"Who else? I only have one sister-in-law. Of course, I’ll be having a sister-in-law-in-law quite soon, won’t I?" Su Ruoan said with a smile.

"You’re not going to stop us? You don’t mind that I’m older, that I’d ’corrupt’ your precious little brother?" Zhao Xinlan was forthright.

Age-gap romances where the woman was older were, despite having slept with him, still something she felt was not entirely respectable.

An older man courting a younger woman often sparked talk, and here she was, an older woman wooing Su Yangming, who was so much younger—she really...

"Ha, you’ve already ’corrupted’ him. Do you think it’s too late now for me to have concerns?"

"..."

"Come on, what era are we living in? It’s not like some backward old times. There are plenty of older woman-younger man couples out there. Besides, you’ve taken such good care of yourself, no one can tell you’re older. And more to the point, my brother likes you."

"I could never figure it out, why a fine young man like him kept dragging his feet about getting married. He’s not marriage-phobic; he’s healthy in body and mind, no reason to reject marriage."

"Now, I get it. He’s been waiting for a fool all along."

"..."

Zhao Xinlan pouted. Who’s the fool here?