Flash Marriage: He is a Wife-pampering Addict

Chapter 1471: 1470 You as a man

“Who told you that Dad and Mom slept together last night?”

Gu Kai couldn’t help but twitch his lips and asked Tongtong with amusement.

Tongtong blinked her eyes, looking clever and sly, “Other kids’ parents sleep together.”

“Stop asking, if you keep asking, Tongtong might come up with something outrageous.”

Bai Yiyi stopped Gu Kai after sitting down at the dining table.

Gu Kai laughed, “Tongtong, this is our new home. From today, you’ll live here with Mom and Dad. Are you willing?”

“Willing, willing, Tongtong is willing.”

Tongtong shouted excitedly, “Dad, let’s go to sleep.”

“…”

**

After breakfast, Gu Kai asked Bai Yiyi to accompany Tongtong while he went to work at the hospital.

After ward rounds, he received a call from his mentor, who said he had already bought a ticket and would arrive in G City tomorrow night.

After hanging up, Gu Kai went to the director’s office to discuss the surgery with his father.

“…You can definitely perform this type of surgery independently; you did very well in Qian Xiaojun’s surgery before.”

Gu Yan had always been proud of his son Gu Kai.

Gu Kai raised an eyebrow and teased, “Dad, thank you for your trust in me.”

After discussing the surgery, Gu Yan changed the topic, “Do you and Yiyi really not want to have a grand wedding?”

“Dad, it’s true. Yiyi said she doesn’t want to go through the hassle. We’ll just have a ceremony at the church and invite a few tables of family and friends. I don’t want to make it extravagant either.”

“Alright then, since it’s your decision, just invite some relatives and friends for a meal.”

Gu Yan paused for a moment, “Ah Kai, have you not completely let go of what Bai Yuqin did back then?”

Gu Kai’s smile suddenly froze.

Gu Yan sighed softly; from the change in Gu Kai’s expression, he had his answer.

“Ah Kai, you and Yiyi are now husband and wife. Her elders are your elders too.”

Gu Kai was smart; he understood exactly what his father was implying.

Lowering his eyes, he pressed his lips together and spoke in a low voice, “Dad, I’m not used to calling another woman ‘Mom’ yet.”

That woman was indirectly responsible for his mother’s death.

Gu Kai could detach Bai Yiyi from the past events, could calmly face Bai Yuqin, but when it came to addressing her, he found it hard to change.

“Ah Kai, Yiyi doesn’t care about how you address her mother, which means she doesn’t want to make things difficult for you. But as a man, you must adapt to your current role soon.”

The implication was that calling Bai Yuqin “Mom” was not for Bai Yuqin’s sake but for Bai Yiyi’s.

When Gu Kai’s mother was alive, Gu Yan was famously devoted to his wife. Now that his son was married, he naturally needed to impart this wisdom to him.

Gu Kai nodded, “Dad, I understand.”

***

Three days later was the day Gu Kai would lead the surgery, with his mentor assisting him, for Lu Zhiyan’s cousin Dan Xi.

That morning, Lu Zhiyan came with Fang Zhiwei alongside him.

Seeing Gu Kai again, Fang Zhiwei seemed to have moved on; her eyes didn’t show the excitement or admiration they once did.

After greeting him, Fang Zhiwei went over to talk to Dan Xi.

“You two?”

Gu Kai glanced at Fang Zhiwei, a knowing smile forming at the corner of his mouth.

Lu Zhiyan pretended not to understand the hint in his gaze, “Ah Kai, I’m entrusting my cousin to you. I have to accompany Zhi Wei over there.”

Gu Kai nodded and stood aside, watching Fang Zhiwei speak encouraging words to Dan Xi.

A few minutes later, after they were finished speaking, he gestured to the nurse and then turned to enter the operating room.

“Zhiyan, let’s go.”

As the door to the operating room closed, Fang Zhiwei said to Lu Zhiyan. Her expression was calm and serene; if not looked at closely, the sadness deep in her eyes would go unnoticed.

Once in the car, Lu Zhiyan smiled and praised, “You did well just now.”

He was referring to how Fang Zhiwei no longer focused all her attention on Gu Kai, or forgot who she was upon seeing him.

Fang Zhiwei smiled faintly, but the smile did not reach her eyes.

She leaned her head slightly, looking at Lu Zhiyan in his police uniform beside her, and said softly, “You and Grandma were right. No matter how good Gu Kai is, if he doesn’t treat me well, he means nothing to me. Even if I go to any lengths to get him, in his eyes, I’d only ever be a woman he despises.”

Lu Zhiyan’s eyebrows knitted slightly, and a hint of pity flashed in his eyes, “Buckle up, and let’s get going.”

Fang Zhiwei nodded, fastened her seatbelt, and before the car even started, Lu Zhiyan’s phone rang.

It was a call from the police station.

Fang Zhiwei sat quietly next to him, listening to his conversation. She couldn’t hear what the other person was saying, but from Lu Zhiyan’s increasingly serious expression and his responses, it was clear that this assignment was quite severe…

“You’d better head back; I’ll take a taxi,” she said.

In the morning, it was Lu Zhiyan who picked her up to go to the hospital. Now that Lu Zhiyan had to return to the police station, she could only take a cab to the psychological clinic.

Hesitation flashed across Lu Zhiyan’s eyes as he was still uneasy about her taking a taxi alone.

Fang Zhiwei saw his hesitant look, and her heart warmed unexpectedly. A smile appeared on her face as she unbuckled her seatbelt and got out of the car.

Before closing the car door, she said to him, “Stay safe, I’ll go see Dan Xi.”

Lu Zhiyan’s eyes shifted slightly as he grasped the steering wheel, “I won’t be reachable for the next few days. Take good care of yourself and Grandma.”

“I know, hurry back,” Fang Zhiwei said, closing the car door.

**

Wen’s Pharmaceutical Factory

When Jing Xiaocha’s phone rang, she had just handed the printed materials to Bai Yiyi and was about to go to the lab.

Seeing it was a call from Lu Zhiyan, a bit of surprise flashed in Jing Xiaocha’s eyes.

“Hello, Brother Lu.”

“Xiaocha, would you go to the psychological clinic to find Zhi Wei and accompany her through the therapy…”

Jing Xiaocha blinked blankly and nodded in realization after hearing, “Okay, Brother Lu, don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Sister Fang in the coming days.”

“What’s the matter?”

Bai Yiyi asked, looking at Jing Xiaocha with concern.

Putting the phone in her pocket, Jing Xiaocha replied, “Brother Lu called. He went back to the police station unexpectedly. This case will take several days, and he can’t be in contact with the outside world. Sister Fang is currently at Kangning Hospital. She might take a cab to the clinic, so he asked me to accompany her.”

“Then you should go. It seems Lu Zhiyan has been accompanying her all these days, but now with his assignment, Sister Wei is suddenly alone. You should hurry over there, and I’ll visit the lab myself.”

“No, Brother Wen instructed that you’re not allowed to go to the lab anymore. I’ll go tell Brother Wen and have him arrange someone else instead.”

Although Jing Xiaocha agreed to Lu Zhiyan, she didn’t forget Wen Jin’s prior warnings. After speaking, she turned and ran out of the office before Bai Yiyi could say anything.