Peerless Divine Doctor in the City of Flowers
Chapter 356: Naive and Slightly Green

Chapter 356: Chapter 356: Naive and Slightly Green

"Bang!"

Chu Tianyang slammed the office door in a fit of rage.

But at this moment, the thick scent of flowers was so overpowering that it made one restless.

Ning Mengyao looked at Lin Fan, her face flushed with embarrassment.

She couldn’t stay in this room any longer.

"I’m going to the restroom. Wait for me in the reception area," she said.

As she stood up and left the office, she immediately called her secretary.

To have them throw away all the flowers.

From now on, no flowers were to be brought into the office ever again.

"Why is Mr. Ning acting so strangely? He used to like them, even instructing the cleaning staff to take good care of the replaced flowers. Why suddenly change his mind now?"

"Yeah, it is really weird. To just throw away so many flowers, what a pity."

As Ning Mengyao left, Lin Fan also exited the office.

The secretaries’ whispering reached his ears, prompting a bitter smile to appear on his face.

So she really did like the flowers, and even thought they were sent by him.

It seemed like he wasn’t doing a very good job as her husband.

He hadn’t even provided the most basic romantic gestures.

He would have to pay more attention in the future.

He made his way to the reception area and not long after, Ning Mengyao walked in.

She held a contract in her hand and flung it down in front of Lin Fan.

"You didn’t sign carefully last time, causing me a lot of trouble. Luckily, we had your previous share transfer contract. I’ve added supplementary terms, and now you are the second largest shareholder of Ning Group."

"Is this your way of leaving me a way out? Afraid that I, as the son-in-law of Prince Zhen Nan, will run out of money to spend?"

Lin Fan didn’t even look at the contract.

Instead, he stared directly into Ning Mengyao’s eyes.

His words took her aback.

"Son-in-law of Prince Zhen Nan? I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I’m just giving you what you deserve," she replied.

"Cut the act. When I beat up Prince Zhen Nan the other day, he told me everything."

Ning Mengyao felt dizzy at Lin Fan’s words.

This guy had the audacity to beat up Prince Zhen Nan.

"Have you lost your mind? That’s Prince Zhen Nan. If you offend him, do you think you can still have good days ahead?" she protested.

"I don’t take his military pay, so what’s wrong with beating him up? Besides, the rules in our troops are simple: Might makes right. He couldn’t beat me, so he had to suffer. And from what angle do you think I’d covet the position of Prince Zhen Nan’s son-in-law?"

Lin Fan crossed his legs.

The incident had happened, and he had to set things straight.

"That’s not what I meant... I just think Prince Zhen Nan is right. With your abilities and strength, you’re top-notch. You don’t need to waste away in some small place out of a sense of downfall. You need a bigger stage to showcase your talents," she explained.

By now, Ning Mengyao could no longer deny anything.

"My talent doesn’t need a stage, and I don’t need to be someone’s son-in-law, climbing up by stepping on others’ shoulders. If that’s what I wanted, I wouldn’t have come to Jiangning. I’ve never regretted anything I’ve done, including marrying you," he said.

Lin Fan stood up with a smile and sat down next to Ning Mengyao.

He took her delicate, boneless hand in his.

"But... why bother? With your capabilities, are you truly prepared to waste them on me? I’m just an ordinary woman, not worth a great hero sacrificing for," she murmured.

Ning Mengyao pursed her lips.

She had seen Lin Fan’s talents on the deserted island with her own eyes.

With such skills, he was undoubtedly a great hero.

Such a man would surely be a dazzling new star who captured everyone’s attention on the battlefield.

Yet, in her presence, he only bore the reputation of being a kept man.

"I haven’t sacrificed for anyone, nor do I see myself as a hero. I’ve only done what I needed to do. It’s someone else who seems to have forgotten her own words. Failing to keep promises is not good at all and must be punished, at the very least with a spanking."

Lin Fan looked at Ning Mengyao with a mischievous smile on his face.

"How did I not keep my promise?"

Ning Mengyao’s cheeks blushed as she quickly retorted.

"When we were on the boat, you promised that once we got back, I could do whatever I wished. Yet the moment you returned, you dragged Xu Zhi Rou to live in my room. Tell me, shouldn’t that be punished?"

Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, licking his lips.

Looking at the ravishing beauty before him.

He had been promised a taste of her, and now she was keeping him at arm’s length.

This was indeed breaking her promise.

"I said you could taste but never specified when. That’s not going back on my word."

Ning Mengyao could see the greed in Lin Fan’s eyes.

She quickly withdrew her hand.

Was this guy planning to take things that far right here?

"Then shouldn’t you explain to your husband about Chu Tianyang? When you were drunk, you called out his name. Could it be he was a first love?"

Lin Fan pulled Ning Mengyao into his arms.

Looking at her slightly flushed cheeks with a naughty smile.

"Not at all, I’ve never been in a relationship... At most, it was just a crush during a naive time."

Ning Mengyao hastily denied, "It was all high school stuff. He was the captain of our school’s basketball team and also the president of our poetry club. You know... when a girl’s affections are first stirred, she tends to be a bit poetic. Back then, Chu Tianyang was the big man on campus, and it was normal to have a crush on him."

"So it was just an unrequited love, and here I was thinking he was an ex-boyfriend. But someone as beautiful as you must have been the belle of the school. How could he have been so blind?"

Lin Fan squinted his eyes, gazing at Ning Mengyao.

Setting aside all other qualities and behavior.

Just her face and figure alone were enough to cause chaos among men.

Who would not want such a beautiful woman?

After all, for someone to be secretly admired, all it would take is a beckoning finger to bring them running.

"It just shows that sometimes beauty can’t compete with family background. His standards for choosing a girlfriend were a bit more practical. Back then, there was a transfer student from a big city studying at our school, rumored to be from an immense family. Although she wasn’t as pretty, she was a trendsetter. Everything from her clothes to her taste was completely different from ours."

Leaning on the couch, Ning Mengyao shared a secret hidden deep in her heart.

"I used to think it was a matter of fate not being on my side, but looking back now, it’s clear he was just a jerk. We were actually close to taking the plunge into a relationship, but that girl’s sudden appearance completely mesmerized him. He instantly fell under her spell, and I was sillily running love letters to her dorm for him. In the end, after high school graduation, he went abroad for his studies with her. As for what happened after that, I have no idea."

"This guy is such a scumbag!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Fan frowned, "His return this time probably bodes ill."

"Whether he has good intentions or not no longer matters to me; I’m not that clueless girl anymore. He can’t fool me!"

Ning Mengyao curled her lips as she spoke.

Little did she know, this rotten peach blossom would also bring significant trouble.