Chapter 295: The Gentle Psychiatrist (65) (End)
With Cheng Ying here, the life Tang Meng would live would not go well, whether in public or private.
This was only the beginning of the bad days that were to come.
Yue Ran: He he.
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The business of the Lu family is growing bigger and bigger with every passing day, and Yue Ran has not yet severed her ties with Lu Yuan. For the time being, she still needs to give her cute puppy a goal to move forward.
Nevertheless, she believes that soon Cheng Ying will be able to reach a much higher level.
Watching the young man turn into a person with a character she likes bit by bit, growing up according to her own desires from the inside out, really gives an indescribable comfort, even if Yue Ran herself has long been tired of this method. At the end of the day, this is still the wish of this original body, so Yue Ran does not mind dabbling in old and outdated tricks.
On the other hand, Cheng Ying became cold and merciless because all his emotional ups and downs were dedicated to Yue Ran alone. The young man has never felt that living is such an easy thing. All he has to do is entrust his everything to another person, listen to the other person's orders, and make sure that he becomes a competent person and a valuable asset to her.
His life was just that simple and easy to live in.
The young man is like a knife in Yue Ran's hand, which can stab the enemy or defend her from harm. He uses pain as food to strengthen his spirit. Up until this point, the dark and claustrophobic spaces had turned into nothing. Darkness had become a common sight to him, and it no longer swallowed him up like it did in the past.
When the heart is full, there is the power to face fear.
This way of life is ideal for Cheng Ying, who was once depressed and mentally traumatized and who has been living the majority of his years in the dark. There will be no happier life for him than this.
The young man only needs Yue Ran's affirmation and approval, so he naturally does not care about what other people think of him, and he feels considerably more at ease. Added to that, how could Yue Ran, the one who taught and shaped the male protagonist into the person he is now, not be happy with what she had created?
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On this day, Yue Ran got off work in the evening.
Due to the heavy rain outside, Yue Ran went off work fairly late. Liu Zi was adamant about sending Yue Ran back home since Yue Ran, by chance, was not able to drive to the clinic today because of a car repair.
"Doctor Yue, you have worked hard today," Liu Zi said, striking up a conversation once they were comfortably seated inside her car. "But I see that you have always been living alone, so have you ever made any plans on settling down with someone in the future? Like Lu Yuan, for example. He has been running to the clinic more times than ever before, even if there are no set appointments. He must be interested in you!"
Liu Zi has known Yue Ran for a number of years, and the relationship between the two is more like close friends than it is to that of a boss-subordinate relationship, so these topics could naturally be talked about freely and would not be avoided.
"Settling down?" Yue Ran let out a slow hum of thought. "Well, rather than settling down with someone, I have got myself a dog instead."
"A dog?" Liu Zi's ears perked up. Her eyes widened, and her smile brightened. "That is good. At least you have a companion now. But I have heard that it is rather troublesome to keep a dog, right? You have to walk the dog regularly; it is quite active and naughty, and there are also furs that are shed from its body that would be hard to clean up..."
"Oh, no," Yue Ran answered in a gentle sing-song voice. "The dog I raised is very well-behaved and obedient. It does not shed any hair, apart from the fact that it was a little difficult to deal with at the beginning."
After Liu Zi heard this, she surmised that the breed of dog that Yue Ran raised may just be a French Bulldog or another kind of dog breed with short hair. Listening to Yue Ran's gentle tone, which was filled with obvious joy, Liu Zi began to wonder if she should also get herself a pet of her own.
It did not take long for the car to arrive and be parked in front of Yue Ran's house.
"Doctor Yue, we are here," Liu Zi said. "I will help you hold the umbrella."
"Thank you, Xiao Zi." Yue Ran agreed gently and did not turn down Liu Zi's show of kindness. "I did not bring an umbrella, so thank you for this and for sending me back as well."
Since someone wants to hold the umbrella for her in the rain, why would she hold onto it herself? This matter is a service that has been offered to her for free, so why not accept it?
"It is okay! It is okay! There is no need to be so polite to me," Liu Zi said in response, feeling a little flattered by the kind and gentle attention she was receiving from someone she respected with all her heart.
In Liu Zi's eyes, Yue Ran is just like an idol in a shrine to her. Yue Ran is the person that she admires the most in her heart.
Liu Zi held up an umbrella for Yue Ran until they arrived at the front door of the house.
When Yue Ran opened the lock on the door, she smiled and said goodbye to Liu Zi. Liu Zi nodded her head once in response and also said, "Goodbye, Doctor Yue," before pausing in her steps for a moment.
The young woman's curiosity had gotten the better of her. She was a little curious about what the dog of someone like Doctor Yue would look like and what kind of breed it was.
Is the dog of someone like Doctor Yue big, medium, or small in size? Does it have short hair or long hair? Does it look cute or fierce? Is the dog active or lazy? Is the dog clingy or not? What color is its coat? Is it capable of carrying out any cool tricks? Is it clever or foolish?
There were so many questions that remained unanswered in her head. It was for this reason that Liu Zi bravely took a peek through the gap when Yue Ran opened the door to see if she could spot her dog inside the house.
With a short glance, Liu Zi caught a glimpse of something. In that one brief look, she could only see a long iron chain, and at the end of it sat an unmoving dark mass.
The unmoving dark mass must be the dog that Doctor Yue was referring to before. Too bad it was completely shrouded in the shadows, making it impossible for Liu Zi to tell what the dog looked like at all.
At least, there was one thing that she knew for sure, though.
"It must be a large dog," Liu Zi muttered to herself before turning away when the front door was fully closed by Yue Ran.
At the end of the chain, with a red collar fastened to its neck, a well-behaved dog is waiting for its owner to return home and play with him.