Chapter 20: Does a little sincerity during a rainy season not count as sincerity?

Liang Yanzhe was temporarily dismissed, and Ye Zhan and Tian Ying took over Lin Fei's task.

It was Lin Fei's first time attending a high-level summit like a medical summit, and his heart was pounding with anxiety, worried that he would be turned away at the door.

That would be awkward.

On the way to the venue, Lin Fei grabbed Tian Ying's sleeve and asked anxiously, "If we're stopped, will the police arrest us?"

"Don't worry, Madam, it definitely won't happen. Besides, we're not going to the main venue; we're going to eat some cakes." Tian Ying patted Lin Fei's hand.

Lin Fei felt much more at ease after hearing that last sentence.

She just came here to freeload; she didn't deserve to be arrested and taken to the police station.

Ye Zhan changed the subject to distract Lin Fei and began introducing today's menu.

As expected of Liang Yanzhe's students, they were very considerate. Once inside the restaurant, they took care of everything except for her eating.

Lin Fei was the same age as them, and the two of them were also students at Jiangdu University, so they had even more to talk about.

The three of them even created a small group chat.

Ye Zhan changed the group name to "Dr. Liang's Support Group", and Tian Ying also changed the group nickname.

Dr. Liang posted a raw, unedited photo: "[If your wife needs anything in the future, just let us know in the group chat. I'm willing to go through fire and water for her.]"

Dr. Liang's Empty Bottle Team: [Me too! I report any news or event at the hospital immediately.]

Lin Fei laughed so hard that she also changed her name to "Liang Sheng's fangirl".

"What if he finds out?" she asked.

Ye Zhan said righteously, "Although we are gathered here because of Teacher Liang, the three of us are alumni, and this friendship is more precious than anything else."

“Yes, what is our motto at Jiangdu University? Unity, Self-reliance, Innovation, and Dedication!” Tian Ying encouraged, “We are united.”

The three of them were practically ready to put their hands together and shout slogans to cheer each other on.

After they got closer, the two became interested in their love story.

Lin Fei forked a piece of beef and brought it to his mouth. After a few seconds, under their eager gazes, he stammered, "My cousin is Zhong Shuwen. They are good friends. He introduced us."

They didn't have a romantic history; it was just a silent competition and tug-of-war between them.

Liang Yanzhe simply compromised with her.

Having already told the lie, all she could do was silently apologize to her cousin in her heart, facing the direction of Jiangdu.

"So that's how it is. Dr. Zhong was the quickest to act." Tian Ying suddenly realized. "No wonder they have a good relationship. It turns out it's because you two are in love, making your family even closer."

Lin Fei buried his head in his food and stopped talking.

Based on her years of experience living in Chunxi Old Street, she knew that no secret could be kept where there were people.

If Chung Shu-wen knew what she was saying outside, she would probably throw a huge tantrum.

It's really strange, how come such a handsome guy is such a talkative man?

After a while, Liang Yanzhe and a middle-aged doctor came over.

Lin Fei saw them from afar and stood up to wave.

"Are you hungry? I got you some food." Lin Fei took Liang Yanzhe's arm and greeted the doctor who was with her, "Hello Dr. Song, I've heard my son Yanzhe mention you before, and I've been wanting to take the opportunity to say hello to you."

Dr. Song chuckled and asked, "This must be your wife, right? It's not that she's timid, as you say."

Lin Fei looked at Liang Yanzhe, puzzled.

She is indeed somewhat resistant to social interaction and has a bit of social anxiety, but if people come to her, she can only greet them with a smile.

The typical approach is either to avoid socializing altogether, or to engage in social interaction while providing ample emotional value to the other person.

Liang Yanzhe remained unfazed. "Just a joke, take it with a grain of salt."

After taking their seats, Lin Fei whispered in Liang Yanzhe's ear, "You're afraid I'll ask them about you, aren't you?"

That's a pity, she and his students had already created a group chat.

“Madam is a righteous person, she wouldn’t do that.” Liang Yanzhe placed a tall hat on her head.

He also had his own selfish reasons; it was a rare opportunity for them to have lunch together, so they could talk more.

Because Lin Fei is the type of person who thrives when faced with a strong opponent, she becomes even more outgoing when she encounters Dr. Song, a social butterfly, and quickly strikes up a conversation with him, even managing to add him on WeChat before leaving.

Lin Fei: "I'm not righteous, it's good enough if there's someone righteous in the family."

As Liang Yanzhe had predicted, what happened next was exactly what he expected.

She chatted with Dr. Song the whole time, while Ye Zhan and Tian Ying also had a lively conversation, their attention entirely focused on his colleagues and students.

He receives very little attention.

Lin Fei and Dr. Song added each other on WeChat, and he happily invited them to visit his home sometime.

After finishing his lunch, Lin Fei left a little early.

After the person left, Dr. Song praised Lin Fei highly: "Your wife is quite interesting. No wonder you didn't like any of the other doctors who introduced you to her."

"I will convey your praise." Liang Yanzhe's lips curled slightly when he heard outsiders praising Lin Fei.

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Lin Fei walked to the street he had passed the night before.

A large crowd gathered in front of the billboard, forming small groups of two or three, wearing clothes or accessories related to game characters, and taking photos with the characters on the billboard.

Some people even cosplay game characters, and other friends will come up to "collect photos".

She also remembered that today was the birthday of a character she had painstakingly created.

I used to often attend similar events with Shuangming.

Standing at a distance and watching everyone's happy smiles brings me joy.

But now she's all alone.

With some time left before the meeting ended, Lin Fei went to a nearby shopping mall and bought some new merchandise.

She hadn't shopped in a long time, and there were many new items, making her dizzy with choices.

When Liang Yanzhe arrived, Lin Fei was still hesitating about which blind bag badge to choose.

When she saw him, an idea popped into her head, and she waved to him: "Dr. Liang, come here."

Liang Yanzhe walked over, took the basket from Lin Fei's hand, and weighed it.

I bought quite a lot.

Lin Fei picked up a box and held it with both hands: "Dr. Liang, could you draw one for me? I want this one."

She pointed to the example image on the side of the box.

"Me? Are you sure?" Liang Yanzhe hesitated.

Lin Fei nodded vigorously: "You're not in the industry, so there's a newcomer protection period. You'll definitely be fine."

Liang Yanzhe took one, seeing her expectant gaze.

Lin Fei also randomly picked one.

After paying, the two opened their blind bags in the rest area next to the cashier.

Liang Yanzhe took it out and showed it to her: "I'm sorry to disappoint you."

It wasn't what she wanted; it was another game character.

Lin Fei opened the blind bag in her hand.

It was exactly the badge she wanted.

They bounced happily, then carefully put it away.

"Since Dr. Liang is here, let's draw a few more today." Lin Fei hadn't drawn blind boxes at the merchandise store in a long time, and with Liang Yanzhe in the newbie protection period, he figured he had to have his fill.

But she soon discovered a fact.

—Liang Yanzhe has terrible luck.

After personally selecting the badge he liked once again, Lin Fei asked in confusion, "Dr. Liang, are you having really bad luck?"

Liang Yanzhe touched his nose: "Yeah, it's never been good."

I thought she would be disappointed because the newbie protection period I mentioned several times earlier didn't apply to him at all.

"It's okay, we'll use the process of elimination from now on. I won't smoke the ones you like," Lin Fei said optimistically. "That way, the probability will increase."

Liang Yanzhe's smile deepened, and he said "okay" with doting affection.

Lin Fei wanted to buy more dolls, so she took Liang Yanzhe to another section.

As Lin Fei passed the pillar with the mirror, she noticed that Liang Yanzhe was too serious and seemed out of place.

He was also wearing neatly pressed trousers and a white shirt, with a crisp dark gray overcoat and a perfectly tied tie.

But he didn't care at all, following behind her with a basket, letting her stuff cute trinkets and toys into his hands.

Liang Yanzhe paid the bill for Lin Fei.

"Is Dr. Liang expressing his apology?" Lin Fei tugged at his coat sleeve and peeked out from behind him.

Liang Yanzhe showed his payment code: "It's understandable that I don't have time to spend with you today."

"I should be the one who bothered you. You were in Haishi for a meeting anyway." Lin Fei even got a free two-day trip to Haishi.

She said, "You're with me now."

Liang Yanzhe took the bag handed to him by the waiter and took Lin Fei's hand: "Let's go back."

When passing by a cake shop, Lin Fei went in and bought a four-inch cake.

Liang Yanzhe was used to it; she had made excuses to buy cakes many times before.

The number of candles blown out in two months is more than what others do in ten years.

"What is it commemorating this time?" Liang Yanzhe walked up behind her, his eyes shining as he looked at her reflection in the glass window.

Lin Fei laughed and said, "Celebrating the birthday of the great magician!"

The magician she mentioned was a character she helped create at the game company; his profession was magician.

He used to think that buying pretty cakes was just her preference and didn't pay much attention to it.

After they broke up, he would buy a small piece of cake whenever he passed by a cake shop.

He usually buys gifts for his colleagues, but he can't break the habit.

I just feel that being able to walk into a beautiful cake shop on an ordinary day makes life seem less gloomy, but I also feel that something is missing.

It took him a long time to understand that what he liked about her was her unique vitality—her ability to find the little joys in life.

She can rave about a cake to the skies, and I absolutely have to buy it today.

She might just be using this as an excuse to buy a pretty and delicious cake.

He might actually find the cake sweet.

Back at the hotel, Lin Fei first took pictures of the cake, and then posted the birthday celebration on her WeChat Moments.

Former colleagues all gave her thumbs up, and some even found out she was in Haishi and wanted to invite her to dinner the next day.

Lin Fei lay on the sofa chatting with his colleagues, with the cake placed to the side.

"It's getting late," Liang Yanzhe reminded him.

Lin Fei didn't care that he had just come out of the shower. He moved closer to him, sat down casually, and said, "I'm having dinner with my colleagues tomorrow, so I might not be back until tonight."

"Okay," Liang Yanzhe said. "Shall I cut the cake for you?"

Lin Fei finally looked up at him and said with a smile, "I've been waiting for you to say that!"

To prevent her from overeating and having indigestion before bed, he only cut a small piece and put the rest in the hotel's refrigerator.

Lin Fei bit her fork, watching the cake getting further and further away from her, and pouted sadly.

"Can't eat anymore?" Liang Yanzhe walked over.

Lin Fei angrily stuffed a large mouthful into his mouth: "This is all the midnight snack I have left, don't even think about taking it away."

Eating habits cannot be changed overnight. After finishing the small cake in a few bites, she felt even emptier inside.

After taking a shower, Lin Fei lay sprawled on the bed, her face buried in the quilt, with Liang Yanzhe's thighs beneath her.

“I’m actually even hungrier now.” She turned her head, her hair obscuring her face.

Liang Yanzhe put down his tablet, tidied her hair gently, but his words were chilling: "Don't think about it."

Looking back on the days when she starved herself to lose weight, Lin Fei forced herself to stop thinking about the small refrigerator in the corner.

"Come here." Liang Yanzhe lifted the blanket and patted the empty space next to him.

Lin Fei sat down next to him and snuggled into his arms.

He picked up the tablet again to look at the paper, which was full of technical jargon she couldn't understand.

"Mr. Liang," she straightened up, looked at him, and asked, "You knew I stole a kiss from you, why didn't you tell me?"

The question she asked last night, without getting the answer she wanted, has stuck in her heart, and she thinks about it from time to time.

Liang Yanzhe raised his eyelids and met her gaze, ultimately succumbing to her persistence.

"Because I can't meet your expectations."

"But... I don't necessarily need you to meet my expectations."

She didn't think too much about it. She could sense that he had feelings for her, and he was very much to her liking. It was only natural that she would do something out of line.

“If everything goes off track, my irresponsible departure would hurt you.”

Caring about someone shouldn't be driven by emotions or desires.

His moral compass wouldn't allow him to do that.

"Feiwen, what about you?"

"When you came close to me, was your sincerity greater than your desire for revenge?"

Lin Fei lowered his eyes in a panic, his heart pounding wildly.

How could he know?

Liang Yanzhe was his maternal grandfather's favorite student and frequently visited the Zhong family.

Both his maternal grandfather and his uncle's family liked him very much. His maternal grandfather often mentioned that he and the Liang family were old friends.

Evil thoughts began to emerge.

—She wanted to ruin this family friendship.

Nineteen-year-old Lin Fei is immature, prickly, always wearing her emotions on her sleeve, and dares to think and act.

This was her original purpose in repeatedly approaching him after moving into the apartment.

"I...didn't do anything." Her explanation sounded particularly weak.

Liang Yanzhe reached out and put his arm around her from behind, his large hand holding her waist, and said gently, "I didn't mean to blame you."

Lin Fei leaned on his shoulder, gently nuzzling him: "The night I left, Hong Kong was hit by the biggest rainstorm in nearly a century. I was alone in the waiting room, looking at this foggy city, and I found that I didn't feel the same disgust I had when I arrived. Mr. Liang, so what if my motives weren't pure? Does a little sincerity mean it's not sincerity?"

Just when everyone thought he was about to soften his tone, Lin Fei had his own logic, and he spoke with a straight face even when he was being sincere.

Liang Yanzhe chuckled, stroking her long hair, and said with a hint of helplessness, "I've never cared."

Once a person develops the desire to have an intimate relationship with another person, how can their motives be completely pure and innocent?

"I'm not responding because I don't want you to misunderstand that I'm lusting after your young body."

Lin Fei suddenly raised his head: "Liang Sheng, can you put your useless sense of morality aside? Isn't life all about enjoying the moment?"

“They are different.”

You can't treat her casually.

But she seemed to be interested in him.

She proactively planted a wet kiss on the corner of his lips, jokingly saying, "And now? You had no morals last night."

She still hasn't recovered.

"Are you really not going to sleep?" he asked.

She was very stubborn: "Don't change the subject."

Liang Yanzhe casually placed the tablet on the bedside table and turned off the room lights.

His movements were more skillful than before, and he easily restrained her.

Lin Fei panicked.

I woke up this morning with random thoughts. At Liang Yanzhe's age, he shouldn't be very interested in this kind of thing; it might only happen once every two weeks.

But she was wrong; people with high energy levels have higher libido than the average person.

The opportunity to call a halt had passed, and she was powerless to resist any longer.

His training was very successful; the foreplay was shorter than last night.

Once the main story begins, he sheds his former gentleness and becomes ruthless.

Say it again.

How much is a little bit of sincerity?

"In that case, they should be punished."

He had a firm grasp on the sense of superiority.

Lin Fei's consciousness was repeatedly pulled in different directions; she adored his cold tone and passionate touch.

Panic resurfaces—

She seemed to be the one he had pulled into the game.

"Turn around."

"Turn your back to me."

Lin Fei shook his head: "I don't like that, it's too... deep."

"You talk too much."

"Can't you just bear with it?"

He spoke in an extremely gentle tone.

This is not a scolding, but an encouragement.

She shakily propped herself up and did as she was told.

This night was even longer than the last.

...

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Fei woke up feeling like he was going to collapse. The moment his feet touched the ground, he went limp and lay down on the edge of the bed.

She buried her head in the blanket and gently pounded it a few times.

Damn it, my knees are all red...

The commotion she made was heard, and the culprit came in from the living room and kindly helped her up.

"Are you hungry?" he asked softly, as if the ruthless man from last night was not him.

Having already escaped danger, Lin Fei dared to show his claws even at a young age.

"I'm exhausted... carry me."

Liang Yanzhe smiled and tolerated all her unreasonable behavior, carrying her to the bathroom to wash up.

Half an hour later, the takeout arrived. Lin Fei was too lazy to lift a finger, so Liang Yanzhe prepared everything for her, almost feeding her.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Fei's anger subsided.

To be honest, Liang Yanzhe got the hang of things too quickly, requiring no adjustment period at all, and handled their game with ease.

She believed the saying that top students are better at having fun than anyone else.

Lin Fei didn't forget that there was a dinner party that evening. She couldn't catch up on sleep after eating, and she had left in such a hurry that she hadn't brought her makeup. So she could only go to a makeup appointment.

Liang Yanzhe's meeting was over, so I accompanied her out.

She went to a dinner party, so he waited for her at a nearby coffee shop.

Lin Fei certainly wouldn't let him sit idle, so she gave him a list to help scour the market for cultural and creative products, which would be of great use to her.

The company has a great atmosphere, and even after leaving, everyone still has endless topics to talk about, just like before.

We also celebrated the birthday of a game character.

As the former lead writer for the magician, she was the one who planned this year's birthday event before she resigned.

The online response has been positive so far. Everyone was planning to go out and celebrate, and they were especially happy to see Lin Fei. They even put a paper birthday crown on her head.

To outsiders, they would have thought they were just online game friends.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Lin Fei came out of the restaurant, where Liang Yanzhe was already waiting.

A colleague who was going out with me joked, "Team leader, everyone's saying you resigned and went back to Jiangdu to get married to your girlfriend."

"Yeah, is it worth it?" Lin Fei asked frankly, not afraid of their jokes.

Liang Yanzhe's physique and looks speak for themselves, and his clothing suggests he's better off financially than most. Everyone agrees he's worth it.

Lin Fei also introduced Liang Yanzhe to his colleagues.

"My husband, Liang Yanzhe, is now a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Jiangdu City."

Lin Fei quickly pointed out a colleague who was about to hide in the back to take the picture, "Find a good angle to take the picture, what if people say I'm doing poorly after going home?"

Her words amused everyone.

Liang Yanzhe stayed quietly by his side, occasionally chiming in.

The Didi car arrived, and two of Lin Fei's former subordinates came forward and hugged her.

Tell her to come back more often when she has time; they'll visit her in Jiangdu during their holidays.

After saying goodbye to my colleagues, my two-day trip to Haishi officially came to an end.

Before Lin Fei could even express his feelings and share some strange and irrelevant thoughts with Liang Yanzhe, Chi Yao called.

"What's wrong?" Lin Fei answered the phone. "The mission is complete? You were quite efficient this time, you deserve a compliment."

Chi Yao interrupted urgently, "Big sister, don't think about those things. Where are you? After arguing with you, Grandma couldn't eat or sleep and even fainted. Please come back and check on her!"

Lin Fei felt a pang of panic and instinctively looked at Liang Yanzhe.

"Grandma fainted." Her voice was trembling.

Liang Yanzhe calmly took the phone and said, "You call 120 first, I'll contact the hospital, and they'll be there to meet you."

Chi Yao: "The hospital..."

Lin Fei noticed that something was wrong with Chi Yao and quickly took the phone back. After taking a few breaths to calm herself down, she said, "I'm in Haishi. I'll buy a return ticket right away. Take good care of Grandma. I'll be home soon."

Without waiting for Chi Yao's reply, Lin Fei hung up.

"What's wrong?" Liang Yanzhe asked.

Lin Fei scoffed coldly: "That damned Chi Yao, he betrayed me, so I'll play along with him to the very end."

Liang Yanzhe understood.

The grandfather and grandson are going to engage in a battle of wits.

"Back to Chunxi tonight?" He suddenly felt things were taking an interesting turn.

Lin Fei smiled and said, "I must go back."

The fact that Grandma was willing to let Chi Yao deliver the message means there's hope.

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Author's note: [Sprinkling flowers] Here I am, still 66, love you all!

Still asking for nutrient solution and comments, mwah!