By the time the sun had climbed to its highest point in the sky, Doctor Tang Ning finally arrived at the Lu residence, inadvertently saving everyone from the suffocating atmosphere that had been lingering since the morning.
The moment the doorbell rang, Lu Shu almost wanted to applaud.
Not because he particularly wanted to see Tang Ning.
But because if the silence continued for another ten minutes, someone in this house was definitely going to suffer brain damage.
Most likely him.
Lu Xie quickly walked to the door and opened it.
Standing outside was a tall and elegant woman in a white coat.
Her black hair was tied neatly behind her head, her expression calm and indifferent.
If someone had never met her before, they would immediately think of the words:
Professional.
Cold.
Unapproachable.
The exact opposite of the woman who had called earlier and nearly sent Lu Mu and Li Qing to the emergency room.
Tang Ning adjusted her glasses.
“Hello, Miss Lu.”
Her voice was calm and professional.
“I came as quickly as possible after receiving your call.
Where is the patient?
Let me examine them first.”
Not a single flaw could be found in her performance.
If Lu Shu had not heard that phone call earlier, he would have believed she was an elite doctor whose greatest hobby was reading medical journals.
Unfortunately…
He had heard that phone call.
Therefore every word she spoke now felt incredibly suspicious.
Lu Xie immediately understood Tang Ning’s intention.
She didn’t want the examination to go wrong because of nervousness.
So Lu Xie cooperated.
“Doctor Tang, it isn’t one patient but two.
My parents both need a check-up.
Please come inside.”
Tang Ning nodded calmly.
“Understood.”
The two women walked into the villa together.
Inside the living room, Lu Shu and Lin Mo were already waiting.
The moment Tang Ning entered, everyone’s expressions became extremely strange.
Especially Lu Shu’s.
Lu Shu’s thoughts: Amazing.
Truly amazing.
If I didn’t know the truth, I would never connect this iceberg doctor with the person who called herself Peach Cake thirty minutes ago.
Human beings are terrifying creatures.
Women are even more terrifying creatures.
Lin Mo quietly looked at Tang Ning.
Surprisingly, he felt no anger.
No hatred.
No resentment.
No disgust.
Instead…
He felt a strange sense of inferiority.
Lin Mo’s thoughts: She’s very beautiful.
Elegant.
Successful.
A respected doctor.
Compared to her…
I really don’t seem worthy of Xie’er.
Lu Shu almost choked after watching Lin Mo’s expressions.
He immediately understood what Lin Mo was thinking.
Lu Shu’s thoughts: Dog of holiness.
The man has reached a new realm.
His wife cheated on him and his first thought is that he’s not good enough.
At this point I don’t know whether to admire him or call an ambulance for his brain.
Meanwhile, Lu Shu quietly activated his Heaven-Eye Technique.
His gaze landed on Tang Ning.
A moment later his eyes widened slightly.
Lu Shu’s thoughts: Interesting.
Very interesting.
This woman has an enormous amount of positive love energy surrounding her.
Pure positive energy.
No resentment.
No hatred.
No malice.
Especially for someone working in a hospital.
As a former sorcerer, Lu Shu knew very well what hospitals represented.
Hospitals were among the greatest producers of negative emotions.
Pain.
Fear.
Despair.
Death.
Regret.
Every day countless people generated those emotions there.
If cursed spirits existed in this world, hospitals would practically be breeding farms.
Yet Tang Ning’s love energy was so powerful that it was continuously dispersing the negative energy around her.
Lu Shu’s thoughts: Impressive.
Her love for sister Xie is pure love not any scheming love of a 3rd party.
(Technically Lin Mo is the third party in their relationship.)
Her love is so potent that even Special Grade curses would suffer emotional damage if they stood next to her long enough.
About twenty minutes later, the examination was finished.
Tang Ning carefully put away her stethoscope and medical equipment.
The atmosphere in the room had finally become much lighter.
Li Qing slowly sat up on the bed.
The headache from earlier had mostly disappeared.
Beside her, Lu Mu also looked much better after resting.
“Thank you, doctor,” Li Qing said sincerely.
“We worried you by calling you over so suddenly.”
Lu Mu nodded as well.
“Thank you for making the trip.
We are fine now.”
Tang Ning maintained her professional demeanor and smiled politely.
“It was nothing.
Both of you only suffered from emotional shock.
Your bodies are healthy.
Just rest properly today and avoid excessive stress.”
Li Qing felt relieved after hearing those words.
At least she and her husband were not suffering from any hidden illness.
For a moment, she even thought this young doctor was quite good.
Professional.
Calm.
Polite.
Reliable.
Compared to some people in this family who specialized in giving heart attacks, this doctor seemed almost saintly.
Lu Mu shared the same opinion.
A young doctor who rushed over immediately after receiving a call and carefully checked two patients without any complaints was naturally worthy of respect.
Neither of them knew that the same doctor had nearly caused their collapse half an hour ago through a phone call.
Seeing her parents recover, Lu Xie finally let out a breath she had been holding.
Then she looked at Tang Ning.
Then she looked at her parents.
After a brief hesitation, she made a decision.
“Father.
Mother.”
Both turned toward her.
“There is something I should tell you.”
Li Qing immediately became alert.
Whenever Lu Xie used that tone, it usually meant trouble.
“What is it?”
Lu Xie looked at Tang Ning before speaking.
“This is Doctor Tang Ning.”
“She is also my girlfriend.”
Silence.
“She is the person I love.”
The room became completely quiet.
Lin Mo lowered his head.
Tang Ning stood beside Lu Xie without speaking.
Several moments later, Li Qing finally asked, her voice carried the quiet devastation of a mother trying to understand what had happened.
“What happened?”
“When it all started?”
“Who started it all?
Her voice wasn’t angry.
It was confused.
Even Lu Mu couldn’t understand how things had reached this point.
Lu Xie slowly sat down on bed.
“The day Ji Boda left for abroad, I was driving to the airport.”
Both parents remembered that day.
At the time they were told she had gone on a long tour to relax.
Now it seemed there was more to the story.
“I was speeding because I wanted to see him one last time before his flight.”
Lu Xie lowered her head.
“Then I got into a car accident.”
Li Qing’s heart tightened.
“A very serious accident.”
“My right kidney was completely destroyed.”
Both parents froze.
They had never heard this before.
“The doctors managed to save my life.”
“I recovered, but my kidney was gone.”
Li Qing stared at her daughter.
A wave of guilt suddenly appeared in her heart.
Her daughter had suffered something so serious.
Yet as parents, they knew absolutely nothing.
Lu Xie continued quietly.
“I didn’t want father, mother and sisters to worry.”
“I didn’t want the family to see me in that condition.”
“So I lied.”
“I said I was going on a five-month tour around the country.”
Li Qing suddenly understood.
Those missing five months.
The vague answers.
The refusal to video call.
Everything made sense now.
“During those five months, Tang Ning took care of me.”
Lu Xie looked toward Tang Ning.
“Every day.”
“When I couldn’t move properly, she helped me.”
“When I couldn’t sleep, she stayed beside me.”
“When I became depressed, she encouraged me.”
“When I lost hope, she gave me hope again.”
Tang Ning remained silent.
Lu Xie continued.
“At the second month of my recovery, she found a compatible donor and arranged the transplant.”
“Without her, I wouldn’t have recovered so quickly.”
The room became quiet again.
This time the silence was much gentler.
Li Qing looked at Tang Ning.
Then looked at her daughter.
As a mother, she felt pain.
Her daughter had nearly died.
Her daughter had gone through such a dangerous surgery.
Her daughter had spent months recovering alone.
Yet she hadn’t been there.
She hadn’t protected her.
She hadn’t even known.
Li Qing’s thoughts: How much fear was Xie’er carrying during those days?
How desperate was she after losing a kidney?
How lonely was she while recovering?
For the first time, she understood why Lu Xie’s feelings toward Tang Ning ran so deep.
Lu Mu also fell silent.
As a father, he felt a similar guilt.
His daughter had suffered through one of the hardest periods of her life.
Yet he had remained completely unaware.
He had been handling company matters while his daughter was lying in a hospital bed.
No parent would feel comfortable hearing such a story.
Lu Shu had been quietly listening the entire time.
Then he activated Heaven-Eye Technique to check on Lu Xie.
A moment later, his expression became strange.
Then came shock.
Then disbelief.
Then confusion.
Then complete incomprehension.
Lu Shu’s thoughts: Oh my God.
Lord of Holy Mother.
What the fuck is going on in this world?
Chapter End.