The aloof beauty always has weak legs; the crazy boss is too ruthless.

Chapter 157 Secret
For dinner, the two of them chose hot pot.

During meals, Song Nuan did most of the talking, while Lu Siqi listened.

She would only answer a few words when Song Nuan asked her questions.

Song Nuan said that she couldn't be like this, and that she would be easily bullied when she got to her husband's family. "You're getting engaged to Sheng Huai'an the day after tomorrow. You really need to change your personality. Being so submissive makes you easy to be bullied."

Lu Siqi: "Don't worry, I won't let myself be bullied."

"Lin Chen bit you like that, and you still say you won't be bullied?"

Lu Siqi put down her chopsticks, a cold smile playing on her lips: "I bit him pretty hard too."

At that moment, Lin Chen, who was receiving expert consultation at the Lin family home in Hong Kong, felt a sudden, sharp pain from the teeth marks on his shoulder. "Ouch..."

Doctor Zhou Xiangnan was disinfecting the wound on his shoulder, thinking he had hit too hard. "Did I hit too hard?"

After Zhou Xiangnan stopped, seeing his pained expression, he couldn't help but tease, "Hey, weren't you supposed to be pretty resilient? You can't even handle this little bit of pain?"

Zhou Xiangnan and Lin Chen were born in the same year and were childhood friends.

Zhou Xiangnan is currently an expert lecturer at Gangcheng Medical University and a surgical expert at Gangcheng First People's Hospital.

Upon hearing that Lin Chen had returned from studying abroad and finally received his diploma, Zhou Xiangnan originally intended to tease him as usual after meeting him. However, after seeing that his wound was actually a gunshot wound, and recalling the "male actor" who looked very similar to him being injected with drugs, Zhou Xiangnan immediately realized that Lin Chen must be hiding something from him.

Zhou Xiangnan was smart from a young age and knew that saying too much could lead to mistakes. After treating Lin Chen's wound, he didn't ask any more questions. He took off his disposable gloves, tidied up the first-aid kit, and asked, "Are you leaving again this time?"

"I'm not leaving." Lin Chen put on a gray shirt, covering all the wounds and tattoos on his upper body. He put on his glasses and regained his refined and scholarly appearance. "You know how the old man is. I should come back and spend more time with him."

"Then I'll come to the Lin family more often these next few days. When I visit the old man, I can also check on how your wound is healing."

"Don't worry, this injury won't kill you." Lin Chen picked up a lighter, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and knowing that Zhou Xiangnan didn't smoke, he didn't let him have it.

To everyone's surprise, the kid actually took out a cigarette from his cigarette case, lit it, and put it in his mouth with the gesture of a seasoned smoker.

"What's going on? Didn't you never smoke?" Lin Chen smiled. "Don't tell me you started smoking because you were hurt by a woman."

"You guessed right." Zhou Xiangnan didn't hide anything from him and briefly recounted his painful experience of being dumped by his girlfriend after a three-year secret relationship. "Everyone says my sister is good, gentle, and when she's good to you, she's fucking good. But when she's ruthless, she's fucking ruthless too!"

So it turns out it's a relationship between an older woman and a younger man. Lin Chen nudged him with his elbow, "You look so scholarly, but I didn't expect you to be so adept at this."

"How can I compare to you?" Zhou Xiangnan deliberately glanced at his bitten left shoulder. "Bitened by a woman, right?"

Lin Chen did not deny it. After taking a puff of his cigarette, he, with his strong counter-surveillance ability, heard that someone had already arrived in his yard and gestured to Zhou Jin to be quiet.

He buttoned up his shirt, walked to the door, opened it, and saw his mother, Meng Xianjin, tiptoeing towards him. "Mom, I'm a little hungry. Can you ask the kitchen to prepare some late-night snacks for me and Xiang Nan?"

"Okay, Mom will have someone prepare it for you and Xiangnan right away." Meng Xianjin turned around warmly and saw Zhou Xiangnan also coming out of the room. "Xiangnan, do you have any dietary restrictions? You haven't come to Auntie's house for meals for several years, and Auntie has almost forgotten what you like to eat." "Auntie, I'm very easy to take care of, I'm not picky about food." Zhou Xiangnan smiled and waved goodbye to Meng Xianjin. After watching her go down the stairs and out of the yard, he whispered to Lin Chen, "Do you think Auntie has really forgotten those things?"

Lin Chen knew he was referring to the fact that his father, Lin Weidong, had kept a mistress more than ten years ago. After all, his father had kept it a secret, and not many families knew about it.

Aside from the Zhou and Sheng families, almost no one in Hong Kong knows that Lin Weidong, who has a "good husband" image, has had a past "house collapse".

“My mom’s eyes are only on my dad now. Whether she’s really forgotten or not, at least she’s quite happy now.” Lin Chen walked downstairs helplessly. “That’s enough. As long as she’s happy, that’s all that matters.”

Zhou Xiangnan had a similar experience and could understand why he said those words. "I think it's good that your aunt is like this. It's much better than my mom living in resentment every day after she divorced my dad."

Sitting downstairs on the sofa, Zhou Xiangnan rubbed his aching temples. The thought of his mother's constant complaints about his father's betrayal made him shudder. "I think you were right to stick to your principles of not getting married. Marriage really is a grave."

“It’s not all graves.” Thinking of Lu Siqi’s past docility and gentleness in bed, Lin Chen suddenly had the thought that life would be wonderful if he could spend the rest of his life with such a woman. “When you meet the right one, you should hold onto her first, lest someone else beats you to it.”

"Why do I feel like you've become a completely different person since you came back this time?"

"I'm well into my thirties, it's normal to change a bit." Lin Chen got up and took a bottle of red wine from the wine cabinet. "Would you like a glass?"

Zhou Xiangnan used to be abstainer from both cigarettes and alcohol, but now... he tries them all. He feels that since he had a relationship, he has become more down-to-earth.

After confiding many of his secrets to Lin Chen, he didn't forget to tentatively ask, "Shouldn't you also tell your brother some of your secrets?"

Even before choosing to show Zhou Xiangnan his gunshot wound, Lin Chen had no intention of hiding it from him.

Especially after returning to Hong Kong, the only person Lin Chen could trust was Zhou Xiangnan.

Lin Chen asked him, "I have many secrets. Which one would you like to hear first?"

Zhou Xiangnan swirled the wine in his glass. "Shall we start from when you left Hong Kong to study?"

……

We ate a late-night snack until after 3 a.m.

After listening to Lin Chen recount his experiences over the past decade, Zhou Xiangnan admired this "unsung hero" from the bottom of his heart.

In the past, Lin Chen's impression on them was that of a playboy with a big heart, who relied on being a rich second-generation to squander his wealth. They never expected that this guy would quietly do so many great things in the past few years.

Zhou Xiangnan couldn't think of any words to praise him, so he raised his glass and toasted him several times.

"I truly admire you, Lin Chen. Everyone outside is talking about you, but you remain unmoved and quietly accomplish so many great things. It makes me feel ashamed," Zhou Xiangnan said. "Although I am considered a young talent in the eyes of outsiders, having achieved success in the medical field at such a young age, to be honest, what I really want to do is simply treat patients and save lives. There's no need to go through the hassle of getting an appointment with a specialist."

"But look at me now, I'm being pushed so high, and even seeing a doctor requires patients to make an appointment in advance. I really think it's meaningless."

He patted Lin Chen's shoulder lightly, his eyes filled with admiration and envy. "You did what I've always wanted to do. I really need to learn from you."