Chapter 78
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
Qian Shaowen was discharged from the hospital. Yan Ruowen didn't go back with him; instead, she got into Li Xin's car.
"We'll have to wait a bit longer before announcing our relationship to the reporters. Let's wait until Shaowen and I finish the divorce procedures," Yan Ruowen said blankly. Then she closed her eyes. Her relationship with Li Xin wasn't honorable. With everything exposed to the public eye, there would inevitably be gossip. Yan Ruowen furrowed her brows slightly as she thought about it.
Li Xin knew that Yan Ruowen was different from her. Unlike her, who didn't care at all about how others saw or talked about her, Yan Ruowen was different. She was the type who cared a lot about what others thought.
"Yan Ruowen, I'm not forcing you to do anything. I just want you to acknowledge my feelings and accept my affection," Li Xin said, looking at Yan Ruowen with her eyes tightly closed. In reality, Yan Ruowen still didn't understand her own heart. She was actually very easy to please. As long as Li Xin said a few comforting words, she would go along with whatever she wanted.
Yan Ruowen slowly opened her eyes and looked at Li Xin. Li Xin looked back at her, her eyes filled with a certain sadness. This kind of sadness seemed very out of place on Li Xin's face. The Li Xin Yan Ruowen remembered never showed such expressions. She often smiled mischievously, a very charming smile that seemed to constantly entice others.
"What do you want me to do?" Yan Ruowen asked. Her tone was as if she was handling business affairs. When it came to matters of the heart, she wasn't very knowledgeable, but she had already started treating Li Xin as a business matter. When it came to business matters, she always took them very seriously. Whatever Li Xin wanted her to do, she would comply.
Li Xin felt bitter in her heart. Yan Ruowen was treating her as a task to be dealt with. In the past, official business always came before her, but now she was being treated as official business. At least it showed that she had moved forward a step in Yan Ruowen's heart.
"What I want you to do and what you want to do are two different things," Li Xin redirected her gaze away from Yan Ruowen and said lightly, emphasizing the vast difference between the two.
"Indeed, liking you is my own business. Liking you doesn't mean you will like me back. I've been trying to force a fruit that wasn't meant to be mine," Li Xin said self-deprecatingly. But even if the forcibly obtained fruit isn't sweet, she still wants it. Perhaps she is just naturally obsessive.
Yan Ruowen pursed her lips. She didn't like Li Xin's tone. She had never actively provoked her; it was always Li Xin who came to provoke her. Yet Li Xin portrayed herself as the victim. It was truly unlikable.
"You could simply choose not to pick it. You have the right to choose. Since you picked it, even if it's bitter, you should swallow it yourself. There's no need to blame others," Yan Ruowen said coldly. Li Xin, who forcefully picked the fruit, felt wronged. But isn't the fruit that was picked without a choice also feeling wronged? However, feeling wronged serves no purpose. Debts owed must always be repaid.
"Yan Ruowen, you really are an unlikeable woman. Why do I insist on being infatuated with you?" Li Xin stopped the car, turning her body toward Yan Ruowen, her face pressing closer. Yan Ruowen's words angered her. If she could choose, she wouldn't have spent these five years so miserably. But this heartless woman still had the audacity to speak coldly.
"That's for you to answer," Yan Ruowen completely ignored Li Xin's increasingly vibrant face due to anger. She also wanted to know why Li Xin insisted on choosing her.
Upon hearing this, Li Xin became calmer despite her anger. Yan Ruowen was indeed innocent. She hadn't fallen for her; it wasn't her fault, was it? Acting like this now would probably make her even more disliked. As a surgeon, she was usually quite level-headed as long as it didn't involve emotions. But when it came to matters of the heart, she was a mess.
"Yan Ruowen, what kind of person do you like?" Li Xin asked calmly, her fingertips gently caressing Yan Ruowen's cheek as she raised an eyebrow as if she had never asked Yan Ruowen this question before.
In fact, if Li Xin hadn't been so aggressive just now, Yan Ruowen wouldn't have initiated an argument with her. Seeing Li Xin's subdued demeanor, Yan Ruowen also calmed down. Yan Ruowen has always been someone who becomes strong when faced with strength and weak when faced with weakness, just like when she encountered the little tricks set by Shi Yunyang, which only fueled her greater determination and resilience.
"I don't know," Yan Ruowen answered truthfully. She hadn't thought about that question before. She used to be straightforward. In her mind, the image of a prince charming was someone like Qian Shaowen. However, taking care of Qian Shaowen and managing the Qian family consumed too much of her energy, leaving her with no strength to consider anything else. The seeds of love and affection, still immature and undeveloped, had long withered away.
"Why not give it some thought now?" Li Xin coaxed.
Yan Ruowen scanned her brain, which had long lacked romance, with a very rational attitude. It felt dry, and she couldn't imagine anything at all.
"I can't think of it, but I think liking your type is a bit difficult," Yan Ruowen said honestly.
This answer made Li Xin feel defeated. "Why?" Li Xin asked indignantly, not understanding what was wrong with herself. Li Xin believed she was a perfect lover, not realizing that what Yan Ruowen wanted wasn't a perfect lover, but a normal person.
"Firstly, you're a doctor with professional expertise, yet you're neglecting your duties to become a mistress, indicating a frivolous attitude towards life. I dislike people who aren't serious about life. Secondly, as a doctor, you should have professional ethics, but you disregard them for personal reasons. Although it involves me, it shows that you lack strong principles. Thirdly, you spend money recklessly, indulging in extravagance and focusing too much on appearances, which seems superficial. Lastly, your appearance is unsettling and doesn't inspire trust; you don't look like a good woman. However, even though I dislike you as a mistress, it won't prevent me from fulfilling my obligations," Yan Ruowen meticulously listed four reasons why she didn't like Li Xin.
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
Li Xin listened and felt like crying. The first two points weren't because of someone in front of her, the third point was something Zuo Qinghuan had already reminded her about, and she had been paying attention to it. As for the fourth point, it was even more unfair; her appearance was shaped by her mother, and she couldn't do anything about it. She also wished she could look like Zuo Qinghuan and be a little fairy, but she was definitely a good woman, and Zuo Qinghuan could attest to that.
"The first two points only show that I value emotions over material things, which means I'm emotionally committed and would make a good partner who prioritizes you throughout life. As for the third point, I can change, and regarding the fourth point, discriminating based on appearance is wrong!" Li Xin argued vehemently, emphasizing that the interpretation of the same situation could vary.
“Sophistry," Yan Ruowen remarked, unconvinced.
"Do I not have any advantages?" Does she not have even a little bit of advantage in Yan Ruowen's eyes?
In the past, other than being good in bed, Li Xin didn't really have any noteworthy qualities in Yan Ruowen's eyes. But now, she suddenly recalls Li Xin's reassuring smile before and after Qian Shaowen's surgery, which calmed her heart.
"Your medical skills seem to be quite good." Yan Ruowen is an objective person. Although Li Xin's professional ethics may be lacking, her medical skills are impressive. Despite the low success rate of Qian Shaowen's surgery, Li Xin succeeded. She truly has talent in medicine. It's a shame about those five years, otherwise, how many more lives could she have saved?
"Anything else?" Li Xin felt that this wasn't the main point, whether it's about skills in bed or medical expertise, the former is more valuable.
"Nothing else." Yan Ruowen couldn't think of any other strengths Li Xin might have.
"I'm a master chef, excellent at household chores. All household tasks will be my responsibility from now on. Plus, I have a great figure, meeting the golden ratio standards..." Since Yan Ruowen couldn't recall her own positives, Li Xin decided to volunteer some of her own strengths, giving Yan Ruowen a full understanding of her qualities.
"Do you not drive?" Yan Ruowen interrupted Li Xin, who was veering off-topic, reminding her that they had been parked on the side of the road for a while. Li Xin's unreliable and unserious speech, combined with her unserious appearance, didn't give off the impression of a serious woman.
"Don't you not think I'm good?" Li Xin persisted, like a child who won't give up until they get their candy.
"I'm really good, you should give me a try..." Li Xin, seeing no reaction from Yan Ruowen, persisted like an unrelenting salesperson insisting on offering a trial to the customer.
Yan Ruowen found Li Xin's persistence amusing; she had never realized Li Xin could be so amusing.
Author's Note:
Li Xin is indeed quite amusing...
After Huanhuan's vacation, it's probably time for some scenes of catching cheaters...
In the next chapter, would you like to see more of Huanhuan or Xinxin?"
