Chapter 586 His Love For Her
When he met Huo Ling’s gaze, Su Shaoqing’s expression darkened. Huo Ling stubbornly pretended not to be afraid, only casting a cold glance at Su Shaoqing. “Still trying to act tough? Fu Ling must be sick because of you!”
Su Shaoqing pursed his lips and remained silent for a long time. It was undeniable that Huo Ling’s words were harsh, but they were true. Because of him, Fu Ling became ill.
“Hey, why aren’t you saying anything?” Seeing that Su Shaoqing remained silent, Huo Ling continued, “Are you-”
“Because I still have other things to attend to, I’ll entrust you with the medicine. If there’s still anything missing, feel free to tell me directly!” As he said that, he cast a few more glances at the mansion before reluctantly withdrawing his gaze. “Please don’t tell her I’m related to these things!”
The one thing he was most afraid of at the time was Fu Ling’s refusal to let him assist her.
Huo Ling looked at Su Shaoqing, puzzled as to what he meant. “If you still like her, then why don’t you tell her?”
Upon hearing that, Su Shaoqing narrowed his eyes without responding to her question.
After he left, Huo Ling returned with a big bag of medicinal herbs.
Both Shen Qianan and Pei Huan were present at that time, eating with their respective children. Huo Ling then went into the kitchen with the medicine. However, she lacked practical skills.
She walked out in distress after being unable to find what she was looking for despite extensive searching. Shen Qianan noticed Huo Ling’s distressed expression. She placed her cutlery on the table and approached the latter, asking, “What’s the matter?”
Huo Ling scratched the back of her head and looked at Shen Qianan worriedly. “Ms. Qianan, do you know if there’s anything else here that can be used to boil medicine? It’s the type of pot used for such purposes.” Because the Huo family specialized in traditional medicine, everything Huo Ling prescribed was traditional medicine that had to be boiled. Unfortunately, she was unable to locate the pot she was planning to use.
“I’m not sure if anything like that exists here. Perhaps you should ask Nuan instead!” As she said that, Shen Qianan remembered that Shi Nuan was taking a nap at that moment. “Wait, I’ll ask the cook instead!”
Finally, it was discovered that Wutong Residence did not have such a thing, so a housekeeper was dispatched to purchase an entire set back. Huo Ling then set up a temporary stove in the courtyard of Wutong Residence. She remembered the Huo family telling her that the traditional medicine should be boiled with gentle, not hot, flames. Because of that, she designated a time for the housekeeper to tend to the fire, and after a few hours, the pot that was initially full of traditional medicine was reduced to a small portion. Huo Ling was disgusted by the color because it was so dark.
Fortunately, Fu Ling did not ask any questions and simply drank it all at once. Huo Ling felt uneasy when she saw Fu Ling finish the medicine by herself in one go, her brows knitting together. “If it’s bitter, Fu Ling, I have some candy with me. At first, I considered putting some candy in the medicine itself, but doing so would reduce the medicine’s effectiveness.”
“Sure, thanks!” Fu Ling did find it too bitter after drinking it all at once, causing her expression to become distorted. She felt much better after putting the candy in her mouth.
Upon noticing that, Huo Ling hurriedly recorded a video and sent it to the group with a message. The message read: Fu Ling didn’t mind the bitterness when she drank her medicine. Big respect!
As Huo Ling had previously joined the group and befriended everyone in it, when she posted the video of Fu Ling, everyone immediately checked it out and responded with some emoticons. Su Shaoqing was the sole person who did not respond.
Su Shaoqing was staring at the screen of his phone at the time, his gaze fixed on Fu Ling in the video.
Even though they had only met the day before, he felt as if he had not seen her in a long time.
“Are you paying attention, Shaoqing?”
Lin Shuqin frowned and looked at him when he did not respond. “You’ve finally come home, but what are you doing now? I’m talking to you, and you’re not even paying attention!”
With that, she was about to look at Su Shaoqing’s phone, but he quickly put it away and looked at her blankly. “So, why are you looking for me?”
Lin Shuqin became irritated when she saw Su Shaoqing’s indifferent expression. “Shaoqing, you are no longer a child. Yan and Heng, your friends, are married and have children of their own already. Look at yourself, you’re still single. Now tell me, are you actually listening to what I’m saying?”
She had the impression that something was wrong with him ever since Fu Ling returned. He used to happily speak to her in the past, but he did not want to pay attention to them right now.
Su Shaoqing lifted his head. “I hear you, but aren’t things like feelings supposed to be decided by fate? It’s not my fault that I haven’t found my other half. Furthermore, I’m only thirty years old. You don’t need to be so anxious!”
“Don’t be anxious? How can I not be anxious? When you first brought a girl home, I assumed you two were in a relationship with the intention of marrying. I’ve even chosen a date for you, but what happened in the end? You and that-” She was about to say Fu Ling’s name when she realized Su Shaoqing’s eyes were filled with rage, and she stopped herself. “I don’t care what you think about it. To cut a long story short, you have to meet her!” Lin Shuqin ultimately demanded.
Hearing that, Su Shaoqing massaged his temples. He was already preoccupied with tasks at the hospital, so he was surprised when Lin Shuqin approached him and forced him to return home. To make matters worse, after he came back, the only thing she talked about was the upcoming blind date for him.
Su Shaoqing did, in fact, consider the blind date. However, after attempting it twice, he no longer wished to do so solely to please Lin Shuqin. Everyone was the same to him if that person was not Fu Ling.
Lin Shuqin, not knowing what he was thinking, blamed it all on Fu Ling. “Can you tell me what good you saw in her? You said you had nothing to do with her back then, so why is she back now?”
“Enough already, Mom!” Su Shaoqing stood up and looked at his mother with bated breath. “It has absolutely nothing to do with her. I’m the one who refuses to go on a blind date!”
“Are you still trying to cover up for her? Didn’t you promise me that you’ll go on the blind date before? Something is strange about you now that she’s returned!”
“Mom, I’ll say it one last time. She didn’t return this time because of me, nor did she intend to bother me. It was I who was determined to bother her.” Su Shaoqing stared at her coldly and added, “I know you didn’t like her, and even more so, you despised her background. Rest assured, she will never fall in love with me again. She’s made it clear to me, that it wasn’t her who was bothering me all this time. I was the one who was bothering her. Are you satisfied now?”
“You…” Lin Shuqin’s mouth dropped open. She clearly did not expect her son to speak to her in that manner. For a brief moment, she was at a loss for words.
“If there’s nothing else, I’m going to go back first!”
“Stand right there!” She was so enraged by his attitude that she trembled with rage. “This is your home. Where do you think you’re going?”
Upon hearing that, Su Shaoqing turned around and said coldly, “And where do you think I’m going back to?”
Lin Shuqin’s face turned pale as she remembered how he had left the Su family in the past. At that time, something bad happened to Fu Ling. Despite the fact that nothing seemed to change with Su Shaoqing after she left, he took the initiative to move out.
She initially assumed that he simply needed time to cool down and calm down. As proof, he did nothing during that time while maintaining a good relationship with the Su family. She also let him do as he pleased at the time, but she never imagined that Su Shaoqing, who tossed Fu Ling aside, would claim that he was the one bothering her.
“Since you said she didn’t love you and you’re no longer young, let’s go on a blind date starting tomorrow. The daughters of the prestigious families I arranged for you are all very nice, so go and meet them when you have the opportunity!”
“It is clear that you did not understand what I meant. Whether Ling loves me or not has no bearing on my feelings for her. As for the blind date, I’ve already gone as per your request, so I’m not going again!”
“Shaoqing, Shaoqing!” Lin Shuqin called his name, but he turned and walked away without looking back.
“Su Shaoqing, do you even care about me?” she bellowed once more.
Unfortunately, he had already gone far away and could no longer hear her words.
Su Yunwan, who was standing near the staircase, gently shook her head and sighed when she saw that.
Meanwhile, Su Shaoqing came out and got into his car, holding a cigarette in his hand and staring at his phone with a darkened gaze.
The WeChat group was created by Shi Nuan and Fu Chengyan. At first, Su Shaoqing was uninterested, but after Shi Nuan brought them together, Su Shaoqing began to type in the group chat on occasion. He always kept an eye on Fu Ling’s condition after learning that she had been added to the group as well.
Nonetheless, Fu Ling rarely spoke in the group, and despite his attempts to add her as a friend, she never accepted his friend request. As a result, all he could do was go to Fu Ling’s WeChat profile and check her updated status every day. And because he was not on her friend list, he couldn’t see all of her status updates, so he had to refresh it every day.
Su Shaoqing felt that he himself was a stalker with unrequited love. Although he didn’t know how Fu Ling got his information in the past, he knew he was like a patient with an incurable disease who didn’t want to be cured at all at that moment.
Everyone in the WeChat group was having a good time, especially Huo Ling, who was the newest member of the group and was probably curious about everything. She would post pictures and tag her friends every now and then, clearly enjoying herself.
Shen Qianan was also added into the group chat, so the chat room was filled with their messages.
Huo Ling, on the other hand, had been secretly photographing Bao and Yu and posting them to the group, claiming that they were her family’s babies.
Su Shaoqing was casually browsing through the photographs when he noticed Fu Ling in one of them.
Fu Ling appeared to be playing with Bao, and she was smiling brightly. Su Shaoqing’s heart felt warm all of a sudden after seeing that. He then looked at her photograph for a long while before saving it to his phone.
