Chapter 189: Chapter 187: Maintaining Relationships
The desire deep within could no longer be suppressed, and in Zhang Hao’s eyes, Lin Wan was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
The moistness between her legs indicated that Lin Wan desperately needed a powerful release.
Just as Zhang Hao had taken off his shirt, he received a call from He Qianhui.
This call instantly dragged down the passionate desire that had already engulfed them both.
But Lin Wan did not want to miss such a good opportunity, so to keep Zhang Hao from leaving, she sat up.
While he was on the phone, she quickly removed his underwear and had just licked it with her tongue when Zhang Hao hung up the call.
"I’ve got something to take care of, another time, okay?"
Lin Wan had anticipated this outcome, and a sense of disappointment instantly climbed her cheeks.
"The person on the phone, they must be very important to you, right? Then go back to them."
Noticing that her mood was a bit off, Zhang Hao didn’t have a choice but to get dressed again.
As he was about to leave, he said something out of concern.
"We can’t keep doing this, you should find a boyfriend."
When Lin Wan heard him say this, she angrily threw a pillow from the bed.
Zhang Hao caught the pillow with a backhand and walked back from the door, placing the pillow on the headboard.
"Who exactly is that person, to make you leave me behind? Or maybe you’ve always been heartless."
"You mean to say you’ve never liked me all this time?"
Facing Lin Wan’s incessant chatter, Zhang Hao still spoke with a sincere attitude.
"Do you mean to say you were with me because you wanted to marry and settle down?"
At that, Lin Wan fell silent, no longer stopping Zhang Hao from doing whatever he had to do.
"Tonight might be windy, remember to close the windows and don’t catch a cold," Zhang Hao said.
Unable to stop Zhang Hao from leaving, Lin Wan was left alone, sorrowful and dejected.
She could almost forget what it felt like the last time they were together.
She thought today there could have been a chance to rekindle that feeling, but in the end, she felt like a joke.
Back at home, He Qianhui was busy in the kitchen.
It was clear that she was happy.
"I passed by the vegetable market after work today and bought your favorite food, wash your hands and come eat."
Zhang Hao, having already eaten dinner, wasn’t really hungry at this point.
But he did not want to let He Qianhui’s efforts go to waste.
"Alright, this morning when I was going to work, I ran into that male neighbor again. He said our noise at night is too loud and it must have disturbed his rest. I told him we would try to keep it down in the future."
He Qianhui was silent for a moment, not expecting the neighbor to be so troublesome.
"If he keeps on nosing around, I’ll just stick a note on his door, and if he really can’t take it, he’ll move out," she said.
Zhang Hao came out of the bathroom, took a piece of paper towel from the dining table, and dried the water on his hands.
"I don’t think so, in fact, I think he quite enjoys it. I bet he’s really looking forward to hearing those sounds again these next few days," Zhang Hao remarked.
He Qianhui, carrying a dish from the kitchen, said, "You said you’d buy the large pack, why did you get the ribbed ones?"
"Are ribbed ones not good? Don’t they satisfy you more?"
He Qianhui looked down and smiled, "I don’t have such a big need."
That night, Zhang Hao did not spend it with He Qianhui as usual.
The two of them lay side by side in bed, an unspoken understanding between them.
The next day when Zhang Hao went to work, he found that Lin Wan hadn’t come.
He felt a bit strange, as she was never late.
Could it be that because of his behavior the previous night, Lin Wan had decided to emulate Zhao Qing and not come to work in a fit of anger?
Then one day, out of the blue, it was time to leave again.
With some doubts, Zhang Hao temporarily attended to Mrs. Wang, who had come with her husband for health treatment.
"Doctor Zhang, your place is quite tranquil, huh."
"The patients haven’t arrived yet, wait until they do, and you’ll see it’s not tranquil."
Mrs. Wang was visiting the Chinese medicine clinic for the first time, so everything seemed novel to her.
"Mr. Zhang, let me tell you something, but you mustn’t spread it around."
Zhang Hao, who was taking Mrs. Wang’s husband’s pulse, looked up at her: "What is it, is it some hospital gossip again?"
Mrs. Wang chuckled and said, "Mr. Zhang is indeed astute. That nurse, Xia Jing, seems to have taken a liking to you."
Xia Jing?
Zhang Hao thought for a moment, finally recalling who she was.
"I’ve hardly spoken a few words to her, how could she have taken a liking to me? Don’t talk nonsense here," Zhang Hao denied.
"I’m not talking nonsense; that girl was staring at you all of yesterday, she’s probably got her eye on you."
"Besides, you don’t have a girlfriend, why not give it a try? The girl is decent and pure," Mrs. Wang said.
"If she’s decent and pure, then she certainly shouldn’t be with me," Zhang Hao replied.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by that? Don’t tell me you’re in some shady relationship with someone from our hospital?"
Before she had finished speaking, Lin Wan arrived late.
"Even if there was, I couldn’t tell you," Zhang Hao said.
Mrs. Wang chuckled: "It’s all normal, no one’s a saint, and everyone has needs."
"As long as it’s consensual, everyone can turn a blind eye. If only I could be seven or eight years younger..."
Before Mrs. Wang could finish her sentence, she was sternly glared at by her husband.
Mrs. Wang also knew she had misspoken just now, and slapped her mouth twice with her hand.
"Look at my big mouth, always saying what I shouldn’t, please don’t take it to heart, sir."
Later, Zhang Hao withdrew his hand and examined other areas as well, meanwhile asking Mrs. Wang’s husband about any underlying conditions in the lower body.
Only this way could he prescribe the right treatment.
After gaining a comprehensive understanding, Zhang Hao finally wrote a basic prescription for Mrs. Wang’s husband.
"Go get the medicine at the pharmacy first, take it for half a month, and if it works, I’ll increase the dosage. It’s not a big problem, but you need to adjust your mood," Zhang Hao said.
Mrs. Wang kept thanking Zhang Hao for his help: "Mr. Zhang, we’re so fortunate to have you, otherwise, my happiness in the second half of my life would be gone."
Zhang Hao felt that Mrs. Wang was exaggerating a bit.
"Actually, there are many solutions, and technology is advanced now. If all else fails, just buy some toys."
Mrs. Wang sighed: "Doctor Zhang, you don’t understand. Between husband and wife, it’s that very thing that maintains the relationship."
"When you have a wife, you’ll understand. Back when I was young, I had a terrible temper."
"Whenever I argued with him, he wouldn’t say a word, just pick me up, toss me onto the bedroom bed,"
"poke around with his meat stick. In less than half an hour, all my anger would dissipate, and I’d happily cook and make tea for him."
When Mrs. Wang spoke these words, she didn’t think there was anything inappropriate.
But the speaker meant no harm while the listener took it to heart. Yesterday evening’s incident still troubled Lin Wan.
That’s why she braced herself mentally this morning before going to work.
Unsure of how to face Zhang Hao, she even considered resigning from the hospital.
After all, she was competent and would not worry about finding a job elsewhere.
But then she thought, she hadn’t done anything wrong, so why should she be afraid to see Zhang Hao?
All she had done was to test if Zhang Hao was up for it!
