"Dr. Lin, your fortune-telling is so accurate, you should have said so earlier!"
Zhou Yi walked up to Lin Fan and said with a smile, "Take a look at me, and I'll give you an extension, ah, no..."
She stopped herself midway and corrected, "I mean, I'll pay you extra."
"I..." Lin Fan hadn't quite figured out fortune-telling and could only feign profundity, "Fortune relies on misfortune, and misfortune hides within fortune. I can only say this much."
"Ah?" Zhou Yi frowned, "Dr. Lin, are you saying something bad will happen to me too?"
Lin Fan continued to feign profundity, "Heaven's secrets cannot be divulged."
He looked at Su Yurou for help, "I'm here today to see patients. Fortune-telling is not my specialty."
Su Yurou understood and immediately stepped in to smooth things over, "Sister Zhou, Xiao Fan's words must have their reasoning. Be careful lately and cautious in all matters."
She turned to the beautiful women and apologized, "Sisters, I'm truly sorry today..."
As she spoke, she was interrupted by a younger, beautiful woman, "Sister Yurou, this has nothing to do with you. Who could have imagined that Sister Wang Ying... alas!"
"Since that's the case, let's all disperse for today."
"We'll come again tomorrow!"
Su Yurou finished speaking, and the beautiful women nodded in agreement.
Then, with Su Yurou's warm farewell, the beautiful women left the beauty salon together.
"Darling, you did a great job today."
"I never knew you could tell fortunes. Can you take a look at me sometime?"
Su Yurou was in a good mood and linked her arm with Lin Fan as soon as they were outside.
"You want me to look at you?"
Lin Fan gazed at the stars in the sky and bantered with Su Yurou.
"Look at you, so capable."
Seeing that Lin Fan looked a bit tired, Su Yurou didn't say much more.
This was her cash cow, and she couldn't let him get too tired.
"I'll drive you home. Let's go get the money first."
Su Yurou extended five fingers and dangled them in front of Lin Fan's eyes, then said, "Xiao Fan, Sister will give you this amount today."
Lin Fan nodded, his expression extremely calm.
It was strange, really. Opening a proper medical clinic hadn't been as profitable as seeing patients at the beauty salon.
How ridiculous!
On the way home, Lin Fan unknowingly dozed off.
Seeing that he was about to fall asleep, Su Yurou said softly, "Xiao Fan, do you want to lie on my lap again?"
"Sure," Lin Fan replied without hesitation.
He thought to himself, "I helped you out so much, what's the big deal about sleeping on your lap?"
It wasn't like they hadn't done it before.
Without any hesitation, Lin Fan lay down on Su Yurou's lap.
Su Yurou's heart was filled with a thousand emotions.
She took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down.
But some things were beyond her control.
For example, emotions.
Over the years, she had never craved a man's closeness so much.
Why was it a child?
Su Yurou looked at Lin Fan's profile and thought, "No, no, it's definitely not because he's young."
"Perhaps he has a special charm?"
"Like, he's devotedly thinking of his sister-in-law."
Damn it!
What kind of charm was this?
Su Yurou's mind was in chaos, her heart beating faster and faster, even her breathing became rapid.
While waiting for the traffic light, Su Yurou tapped Lin Fan's head, "Xiao Fan, you'll get a stiff neck sleeping like this. Turn your head inwards."
Lin Fan was asleep and didn't respond.
At this moment, Su Yurou felt a string beneath her feet. If she stumbled, she would fall into an abyss.
However, there was a fire burning within her, growing hotter and hotter, forcing her to take the risk.
She reached out her right hand and turned Lin Fan's head.
The light turned green.
The dim light reflected her nervous yet excited expression.
"I'm also a woman."
"What's wrong with me doing this?"
Su Yurou kept cheering herself on, trying to counteract the sliver of guilt in her heart.
Boom! Boom!
The sports car's engine roared to life, and it sped through the night.
Two hours later.
Creak!
With a screech of brakes, Su Yurou stopped the car at the stone monument outside the picking garden.
Looking down, Su Yurou looked at the still sleeping Lin Fan, "Xiao Fan..."
Her voice was so low that she had no intention of waking Lin Fan.
"You've made it so hard for Sister."
She touched Lin Fan's head, complaining softly.
The silence around them created a romantic atmosphere.
Suddenly, Lin Fan mumbled twice, "Mmm, mmm!"
He felt a tickle on his head and a sense of suffocation.
"Little brat!"
Su Yurou chuckled and patted his head.
"Ah!"
Lin Fan woke up abruptly and sat up straight.
His eyes were blurry, and he was momentarily confused.
Su Yurou was startled and said angrily, "Having a nightmare?"
"I, I, I, I..." Lin Fan stammered out more than ten "I"s.
He scratched his head and finally managed to say a coherent sentence after a while, "I wasn't having a nightmare, I just felt very stuffy, like I was going to suffocate."
Su Yurou avoided his gaze, her face flushed with embarrassment, "I couldn't wake you just now, so I pressed your head. Perhaps I used a bit too much force. I'm sorry."
After saying this, Su Yurou changed the subject, "You've drooled so much again. Let me wipe it for you."
"No need," Lin Fan waved his hand. "I'll wipe it myself."
After sleeping, Lin Fan felt much more energetic.
He also sensed Su Yurou's unusual demeanor.
Before, no matter how she called him "darling," anyone could see she was just pretending.
But now, her shy, alluring, and dazed appearance was not fake.
Her expression was far more exaggerated than anything he had seen in movies.
Lin Fan knew something was amiss and immediately said, "I need to go."
Su Yurou threw him a brown paper bag and said angrily, "Scram, go find your sister-in-law!"
Lin Fan said "Oh," took the bag, and got out of the car.
Su Yurou watched him with a complex expression.
Only after he disappeared into the moonlight did Su Yurou turn the car around and head back.
Lin Fan soon returned home.
As soon as he entered the door, he heard his sister-in-law's voice, "Xiao Fan, why are you home so late again?"
Xia Xue's complaining tone contained at least seven parts genuine concern.
Without waiting for Lin Fan to respond, she asked again, "Why are you sweating so much?"
Lin Fan blinked and replied, "It's not sweat. I washed my face at the pond when I passed by."
His face felt numb, but it wasn't visible in the darkness.
Su Yurou was truly...
Quite exasperating.
On the way back, he had been complaining the whole time.
Complaining that Su Yurou had forced his head inwards.
Just like last time, it had suffocated him and made him drool profusely.
He was afraid his sister-in-law would notice something, so he washed his face by the pond.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you?"
"The food is in the pot. I'll stoke the fire and warm it up for you."
Xia Xue said and went into the kitchen.
"No thanks, Sister-in-law. I'm not hungry. I'm going to bed."
Lin Fan called out from behind and then went into his room.
He had been holding the brown paper bag, and Xia Xue hadn't paid much attention to it, so he had forgotten to mention what was inside.
"I'll talk about it tomorrow. It's not urgent anyway."