Their true feelings revealed: the beastly husbands are working themselves to the bone every night.

Chapter 190 190 Seemingly an Old Friend Returns 6
As the year draws to a close, Su Mo's small clinic is quite busy.

She hired a doctor and two nurses to help, but she was still quite overwhelmed, and things only got a little better in the last two days of the year.

Early on New Year's Eve, Fu Ying hung up a "Closed for Business" sign for her, intending to let Su Mo rest for a few days.

Anyway, there are plenty of clinics in the south of the city. If they don't open here, there are always other places that will.

At noon, the three of them gathered at Su Mo's house to make dumplings. In addition to the three of them, there were also Fu Ying's three succubus husbands and some friends, including Xuan Qing and He Yuan.

The room was bustling with people.

After everyone arrived, Fu Ying chatted with them, while Xiao Jiu served tea and water.

Su Mo was in the kitchen arranging for dumplings to be cooked.

Xuan Qingqi helped her, standing beside her and asking, "Do you do this every year?"

Su Mo smiled and said, "No, it's just been these past few years. A few years ago, when my clinic first opened, things weren't very stable. They argued and even fought with me. But we gradually got to know each other and naturally became closer."

Xuanqing understood; perhaps their reunion came too late.

Fortunately, her personality allows her to attract friends wherever she goes.

She seems to possess a kind of magic that unconsciously draws people closer. Standing next to her right now, it feels like you can more truly experience the warmth and vibrancy of the world.

In the afternoon, everyone gathered together to chat and play cards. In the evening, they helped clean up the trash and headed to the restaurant.

For the past few years, we've had our family reunion dinner at this restaurant every year. We also frequent it in small groups on ordinary days, and the owner and her family are very familiar with each other.

Looking at the two unfamiliar faces in the crowd, I couldn't help but laugh and say, "A new member this year?"

Xuanqing and Heyuan greeted her with smiles.

After seating them, the proprietress served them some snacks: "Eat first, and we'll bring out the main dishes in a bit."

As she passed by Su Mo, she quietly asked, "Long Yan hasn't come back yet?"

"almost."

Su Mo's eyebrows curved into a smile.

He was supposed to come back at the end of the year, but he had another assignment at the last minute, so he has to wait.

Soon the dishes were served one after another, and the wine followed.

In such situations, everyone inevitably drinks a few glasses, but Su Mo's alcohol tolerance remains as poor as ever.

She quickly became slightly tipsy, and someone beside her teased, "What are Dr. Su's criteria for choosing a partner? Tell us so we can all help you decide."

Fu Ying, holding her wine glass, glanced at Xuan Qing beside Su Mo and deliberately said, "Under twenty-five years old, good-looking, with abs! Obedient, docile, and sensible, someone you can take out and bring home. Capable in both the living room and the kitchen!"

Su Mo smiled, her eyes narrowed, and said drunkenly, "That's right! Young age... big abs! Anyone over twenty-five... no way!"

Someone laughed and said, "You really don't want to compromise yourself at all, huh?"

"Of course, of course!" Su Mo was truly drunk, cupping her face and starting to spout nonsense: "Someone as beautiful as me won't compromise myself! From now on, you'll look for someone according to this standard, you hear me!"

"I heard you, I heard everything!" Fu Ying glanced at Xuan Qing's still calm eyes and popped a piece of fruit into her mouth: "I'll arrange it for you after the New Year!"

She just wanted to drive this taciturn guy crazy!
He Yuan sidled up to Xuan Qing and mocked her without any politeness, "It's such a pity. You don't meet Dr. Su's criteria for a partner at all? Tsk, what a disaster..."

Xuan Qing glanced at him indifferently, exuding a strong sense of pressure.

He Yuan suppressed a laugh and corrected, "You misspoke. You do fit two of those criteria! Your abs are big enough... and you're still presentable enough to be seen with... but unfortunately, you're stuck on your age! That's a fatal flaw, there's no saving you!"

After dinner, everyone went home.

In previous years, Xiao Jiu had spent this day with Su Mo, and Xiao Jiu originally planned to do the same this year.

However, just as she was about to walk towards Su Mo, Fu Ying stopped her.

"Have some sense of observation, will you? Don't be a third wheel."

Xiao Jiu glanced at the people not far away and suddenly understood.

Fu Ying called out to the people not far away, "That Xuan Qing, Su Mo will teach him to you. We're going back now."

After saying that, she pulled Xiao Jiu away, saying, "Come to my place tonight."

Xiao Jiu looked back reluctantly and saw Xuan Qing carrying Su Mo away under the dim streetlights.

Su Mo's long, dark curly hair swayed gracefully in the soft yellow light.

Was it just her imagination? She found the scene strangely familiar...

When Xuan Qing carried Su Mo to the door, she suddenly woke up. She struggled to jump out of his arms and stumbled inside.

Then, leaning against the door, her little face flushed, she thanked him adorably; "Thank you, Xuanqing~ Goodnight~"

Just as the door was about to close, the person outside suddenly reached out and pushed it open again, and he stepped inside.

Su Mo frowned at him, still half asleep, and asked, "You...aren't you going back?"

"I'd like to talk to you."

"Talk about what?" She suddenly stepped forward, grabbed his collar, and asked drunkenly, "Talk about love? That stuff, even dogs don't talk about it!"

After saying that, she turned to leave, but unexpectedly, the person behind her easily picked her up by the waist and placed her on the cabinet next to her.

Su Mo opened her eyes, ready to jump, but was grabbed by the waist by the person in front of her.

Her burning palm held her captive, forcing her to look directly at the person in front of her.

Xuan Qing stared at her with his dark eyes and asked, "You only like women under 25? They have to be good-looking, have big abs, and be able to handle both social and domestic duties?"

Su Mo squinted and nodded vigorously.
"Why do I stop liking women over 25?"

"Who isn't young and impetuous? Don't you... like it?"

Xuan Qing remained silent for a few seconds, then gazed into her hazy, drunken eyes and said, word by word.

"I don't like anyone but you... I don't like anyone else."

Su Mo frowned and pointed at herself: "Me?"

"Yes, I like you, only you."

Fearing she hadn't understood, he repeated it again.

“Apart from age, I meet all your criteria for a partner. So… Dr. Su, could you relax your requirements a little?” His Adam’s apple bobbed slightly, his voice low and restrained: “This time, before you consider others, could you give me priority?”

With the flickering light and shadows, Su Mo was momentarily unsure whether it was the light that was making her dizzy or the person under the halo of light that was causing her to lose her composure.

He mumbled in a daze, "Then, let's check the abs first?"

"it is good"

Xuanqing carried the person to the sofa, then slowly unbuttoned his shirt, revealing a captivating spring-like color.

Although Su Mo was drunk, she vaguely realized that something seemed a little off.

She turned to run away

He stepped forward and gently pressed her back down.

Before Su Mo could react, he picked her up and sat her on his lap.

"Weren't we supposed to do a test? Let's begin."

He grabbed her hand and let it roam freely, his voice seductive: "Where do you want to start the test? I'll cooperate. Here? Or here?"

On the sofa, Su Mo's face was flushed, and she knelt on him in an ambiguous position.

At first, he was still somewhat rational... but later he lost all rationality and his hands went about their own business recklessly.

From her crimson lips, she would occasionally utter some... shocking and outrageous words.

Seeing that her hand was becoming increasingly out of control, Xuan Qing grabbed it and asked in a hoarse voice with reddened eyes, "Is the test done? How does it feel?"

"The feel is not bad... but the person is a bit disobedient..." She pulled her hand away from his grasp: "You're so stingy, I'd rather not..."

She blushed and angrily tried to walk away, but the next second the person pulled her into their arms with a strong pull.

Xuanqing protected her head, pressed her against the corner of the sofa, and kissed her.

Su Mo felt a bit short of breath and her head was spinning.

A dark current surged in his eyes as he gazed at her crimson lips, then stared into her dreamy eyes and asked, "Dr. Su, you've touched me, you've kissed me, are you going to take responsibility?"

Su Mo opened her mouth, about to speak, when the man lowered his head and kissed her again.

He panted as he nuzzled her neck and asked, "Will you take responsibility?"

"To be responsible for..."

"Just take responsibility."

(End of this chapter)