Upstairs bedroom.
Lin Fan brought over a large basin of warm water and a towel for Gao Lu.
"I don't live here often, so I haven't repaired the water heater since it broke."
"There are some clothes my sister-in-law used to wear in the closet. Please don't mind, they're all clean."
"You should wipe yourself down and change quickly, otherwise you'll catch a cold easily."
Gao Lu didn't speak, but gave Lin Fan a charming look.
"Oh, I'll be right out."
Lin Fan chuckled and turned to leave, closing the door behind him.
Although his clinic was a two-story building, the renovation was very old-fashioned.
Especially the bedroom door, the upper half was not wood, but glass!
A thin curtain hung on the glass, vaguely revealing a curvaceous figure within.
The sound of running water could be heard intermittently, and Lin Fan couldn't help but conjure up pleasant images in his mind.
In school, during the age of awakening for young boys and girls.
Generally, girls tried their best to hide their developing figures for the sake of appearances, but Gao Lu boldly wore clothes that accentuated her body shape.
Her jet-black hair reached her waist. During breaks, she would sit under a large tree on the playground, engrossed in reading a romance novel.
In that era of flying love letters, both boys and girls preferred simplicity and purity.
Gao Lu's forwardness and boldness led to her being ostracized by her classmates.
The girls thought she was cheap and deliberately avoided her.
The boys secretly mocked her, calling her "Big Cow."
Lin Fan was different.
He remembered a gathering of over a dozen boys discussing which girl they liked.
Lin Fan pointed at Gao Lu, who was sitting under the big tree, and said, "I think she's nice."
"Tch, she's cheap and slutty, what's so good about her?" a classmate sneered.
Lin Fan chuckled, "This is called womanly charm, what do you guys know!"
"Those girls you like, they seem proper on the surface, but who knows what they're like inside."
"Even if you go back ten thousand steps, Gao Lu has ample bosom, at least she won't let a child starve."
Even back then, Lin Fan knew what womanly charm was.
And he firmly believed that a woman not only needed a good figure but also a generous personality; otherwise, she was likely not a good woman.
This principle he had followed unchanged until today.
The dozen or so classmates who didn't understand this principle later married the girls they secretly admired back then.
As a result, more than half of them were either cuckolded or divorced, regretting it deeply!
"Xiao Fan, you don't mind me wearing your clothes, do you?"
Gao Lu finished wiping herself and put on one of Lin Fan's t-shirts.
Her voluptuous figure was revealed, and a pair of fair and smooth legs were exposed below.
Lin Fan brought over a case of beer and took out roast duck and braised beef.
With a plate of peanuts, the two sat down and began to eat and drink.
After a few bottles of beer, Gao Lu clearly became tipsy.
Her eyes were hazy as she looked at Lin Fan and giggled, "Xiao Fan, they all say you secretly liked me in school, is that true?"
Lin Fan frowned slightly, "Gao Lu, you've had too much to drink."
"I can hold my liquor, there's no way I'm drunk."
Gao Lu picked up a whole bottle of beer and drank it down in one gulp.
She herself had drunk more than half of the case of beer!
"Drowning your sorrows only makes your sorrow deeper. Knowing this man doesn't love you, why are you torturing yourself like this," Lin Fan advised.
He then activated his dantian, circulated his spiritual energy, and dispelled the alcohol in his body.
He was afraid he would get too drunk and lose consciousness later.
"Xiao Fan, my heart aches..."
Gao Lu cried and laughed, recounting how she and her husband fell in love, how she worked hard to start her business.
Finally, how they got married and how hard they tried to have a child.
"A few days ago, I confronted him. As long as he broke ties with that vixen and lived properly with me, I was willing to have his child and forgive him."
"This scumbag agreed very nicely on the surface, but guess what happened?"
Lin Fan shook his head. Although he didn't know the specifics, he could guess the general idea.
"This scumbag colluded with that vixen, and they found a large truck to try and run me over, planning to split my millions in savings and run away!"
"Xiao Fan, it's fortunate you gave me the protective charm. It saved my life at a critical moment and made me recognize this scumbag's true face!"
"He wanted to kill me and take all my wealth, but I'll make sure he doesn't get a single cent!"
Gao Lu placed one foot on the chair, tears streaming down her face, but her eyes held a smile.
"Xiao Fan, I'm going to get a divorce."
"Although my company is pre-marital property, a lot of the income was generated after marriage. If we really go to court, my fortune will likely be halved by this pair of dogs and bitches."
"Then what do you plan to do?" Lin Fan asked.
Gao Lu shook her head, "I don't know."
"Sigh."
Lin Fan sighed. There was nothing he could do in such a situation.
Gao Lu sank back into her misery.
Her husband was snatched away, and the money she worked so hard to earn would be split with this pair of dogs and bitches. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt.
Time flew by, and soon the sun rose.
As the first rays of dawn sprinkled into the courtyard, Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes.
After a night of cultivation, the spiritual energy in his dantian had increased a little more.
"Xiao Fan, you're awake."
Gao Lu emerged with a hint of laziness on her face and greeted him.
Lin Fan smiled slightly, "I just woke up too. Are you hungry?"
Gao Lu nodded gently, "Of course I'm hungry. Let's go to the city later for a good meal, my treat."
At this moment, Xia Xue called, "Xiao Fan, if the clinic isn't busy, come back for breakfast quickly."
"Sigh."
Lin Fan sighed, "It's going to be busy today. I need to go to the city to apply for a machine to swipe medical insurance cards, so I won't be home for breakfast. I'll just have some food from the villagers."
"Oh, okay."
Xia Xue hung up the phone.
Applying for a machine was a good idea, saving him from treating people for free every day.
She thought about going to the clinic to see if she needed to accompany him.
However, before she even reached the clinic, she saw Lin Fan helping a woman who couldn't walk steadily into a BMW.
Xia Xue was also a woman and knew what such a walking posture implied.
For no reason, her heart ached with a surge of pain!
But she quickly came to her senses.
"One leaves, another comes. You can't blame Xiao Fan for this."
"When beautiful women throw themselves at you, anyone who can resist is not a man."
Xia Xue shook her head with a wry smile and quietly left.