Chapter 1096: Always Looking for Faults to Provoke Her

Liu Xin'ai did not speak, but only retorted in her heart.

No.

It is not like that.

Everyone's understanding of happiness is different.

But no matter how it is defined...

It has nothing to do with her.

Because her happiness had long since been worn away completely by a failed marriage.

It will not happen again.

A bouquet of flowers filled the vase.

Liu Xin'ai also sat back down beside Liu Tengnian.

Seeing Liu Xin'ai, Liu Tengnian could not help but sigh again: "You should have a child with Qin Yiyan."

Why is it this request again!

Liu Xin'ai felt resistant, and opened her mouth to say words of refusal.

But Liu Tengnian spoke first: "Dad doesn't want to pressure you either, but you are a doctor yourself, you know that the golden age for childbearing is good for you and the child, and also..."

Glancing toward the doorway, Liu Tengnian continued: "A child is also a lubricant for a family; with a child, the relationship between husband and wife can be more intimate."

"

Liu Xin'ai could not accept this viewpoint.

She had always believed that a child should come into this world accompanied by love.

If she could not provide a child with a life environment full of love...

Then she would rather not have one!

Seeing Liu Xin'ai not speaking, Liu Tengnian sighed: "You still don't want a child?"

"Mm, work is too busy."

"That's an excuse, isn't it."

Liu Xin'ai's lips moved, and she said against her will: "It's not an excuse, I am truly busy, and doing research is mentally exhausting and involves contact with dangerous chemical reagents, which is a major taboo when preparing for pregnancy."

"So, it's me who is delaying you from having children." Liu Tengnian was dissatisfied.

Liu Xin'ai felt anxious and hurriedly said: "You are exaggerating, I just..."

"... want to wait a year or two."

A year or two...

Liu Tengnian looked at the ceiling and muttered: "I hope I can live to see the day I hold my grandchild."

Liu Xin'ai had wanted to use a lie to soothe her father.

Just like Qin Yiyan had done just now.

But every time she opened her mouth, it felt as if her throat were being strangled.

She simply could not say words against her will.

Just at this moment, Qin Yiyan finished his call and walked back into the hospital room.

He looked at Liu Tengnian apologetically and said: "I originally wanted to chat with you a while longer, but there is something urgent at the company..."

Liu Tengnian nodded understandingly: "Young people should still prioritize their careers, go ahead and get busy. Xin'ai, you go too, pay attention to rest, don't let yourself get too busy..."

After Liu Tengnian finished speaking, he gave Liu Xin'ai a meaningful look.

Liu Xin'ai immediately felt the pressure.

Fortunately, Qin Yiyan did not know the secret code between father and daughter.

He stood at the door, waiting for Liu Xin'ai to walk over.

Afterward, they went to the parking lot together.

But Liu Xin'ai did not get in the car, instead saying: "You go to the company, I'll take a taxi home."

Qin Yiyan did not try to persuade her, but only asked: "Do you guess your father will walk to the window and watch us lingeringly?"

This guy...

He really knows how to hit where it hurts!

Liu Xin'ai ultimately got into the car.

Once she was seated, Qin Yiyan also closed the car door.

However, he did not rush to start the car, but asked: "I have fulfilled a husband's duty today, so what about you, shouldn't you also do what you are supposed to do?"

What she is supposed to do?

That is...

Before Liu Xin'ai could figure it out.

She discovered that Qin Yiyan's upper body had already leaned over!

This immediately made her feel as if she were facing a great enemy, and she immediately used her bag to block the space between her and Qin Yiyan.

But in the air, a "click" sound came.

Then followed Qin Yiyan's sneer.

He had already sat back, one hand on the steering wheel, his posture free and easy.

Then he deliberately drew out his voice: "It was just buckling the seatbelt, so nervous? Do you think you are so stunningly beautiful that I would lose control the moment I saw you?"

Liu Xin'ai stiffly put down her bag.

Adjusting her sitting posture, she then feigned calmness and said: "That wouldn't go that far, but you will find faults to provoke me."

Liu Xin'ai felt she was not wrong.

With no outsiders present, the nasty side of Qin Yiyan was immediately revealed.

What Liu Xin'ai did not expect, however, was that Qin Yiyan did not deny her conclusion.

And...

She did not know if it was Liu Xin'ai's imagination.

She felt that Qin Yiyan's mood at this moment seemed quite good.

The next day.

After a surgery—Liu Xin'ai walked out of the operating room with a weary look on her face.

But facing the family members, she still maintained a smile and informed them that the surgery was a success.

The family members, who had been nervous for a long time, expressed their gratitude repeatedly.

One of them even burst into tears.

Liu Xin'ai was already used to such scenes; she offered a few words of comfort and prepared to return to her office.

On the way back, however, she ran into a colleague.

Seeing how exhausted she looked, the colleague hurriedly asked, "Doctor Liu, did you just finish a surgery?"

"Yes."

"Then you must have missed mealtime again."

Mealtime?

Liu Xin'ai checked the time and realized it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

At this hour, there was nothing left in the staff cafeteria, ordering takeout was slow, and bread and biscuits...

She really did not want to eat those.

Seeing Liu Xin'ai's conflicted expression, the colleague offered an idea: "Why not go to the convenience store downstairs and buy a rice ball? I've had one before, and it tastes pretty good."

"Thank you."

Liu Xin'ai took the advice and prepared to go after she finished writing her report.

But her body protested; she had only written a few lines of the report when her stomach began to rumble.

Helpless, Liu Xin'ai had no choice but to go downstairs first.

Walking into the convenience store, Liu Xin'ai took a rice ball from the glass display case.

She had intended to pay and leave immediately.

But the clerk said the rice ball needed to be heated in the microwave and asked her to wait a moment.

Since the work at hand was not urgent anyway, she stood in front of the glass window to wait.

The convenience store's glass window faced a small plaza.

Hospitalized patients would come here to bask in the sun when the weather was nice.

Because there was foot traffic, merchants also came here to promote their businesses.

There were many ways to promote: handing out flyers, hanging banners, or setting up promotional boards.

At this moment, Liu Xin'ai was attracted by the content on one of the promotional boards.

She even stared at it intently.

"Is Doctor Liu also interested in this kind of lecture?"

A young nurse walked up from behind and took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Liu Xin'ai.

Liu Xin'ai stared at the board, which featured a lecture by a marriage and relationship expert.

The promotional slogan was quite seductive: Does the longevity of a marriage necessarily require love?

Liu Xin'ai felt touched by it, which was why she had been dazed.

She had not expected to be caught by a colleague.

Liu Xin'ai exhaled softly, then answered as if nothing were the matter:

"The promotional board seems to have been placed in the wrong spot; these are all patients, and they would be more interested in health care."

"But there aren't just patients in the Hospital; there are doctors and nurses too! Our line of work is too busy, and it's easy to neglect one's significant other. It wouldn't be bad to find time to listen to a lecture!"

The young nurse was eager to attend the lecture.

But then she changed the subject and said regretfully, "It's a pity the lecture is being held tonight, and I can't find the time; otherwise, I would definitely go to listen in person!"