Lu Mingzhe’s tone was therefore impolite.
"I said, my business with her doesn't require your input."
"This is a hospital, and I don't want to argue with you. Mr. Tang, please show some self-respect."
Tang Haichao ignored Lu Mingzhe and looked at Xiang Wan.
"Say something, what's going on with you? Don't forget what you just said a few days ago..."
The two of them, speaking one after another, sandwiched Xiang Wan in the middle, giving her a headache.
"Alright, stop talking."
She interrupted Tang Haichao.
"It was just a coincidence that he encountered Grandma's situation and helped out, nothing more. He's already married. It's impossible for him and me, don't overthink it."
Lu Mingzhe: "..."
"You should go back first. I'll definitely look for you when I need to. I don't want to make a scene and embarrass myself."
For Xiang Wan's sake, Tang Haichao gave Lu Mingzhe a look of disgust and vigilance before turning and leaving.
Lu Mingzhe had lost this three-way battle.
Hearing Xiang Wan evaluate their relationship like this made his heart ache.
"Is it true between you two? Have you really gotten together with him? Are you really planning to let him be Niannian's father?"
Xiang Wan hadn't expected him to react so strongly.
After all, he was already married.
Although he had indeed helped her with her grandmother's matter yesterday, why did he have the right to interfere in her personal life?
"Lu Mingzhe, the only reason we can stand here and talk now is because you are Niannian's father."
"You have no right to interfere in my personal affairs, and I have no obligation to explain to you. Please don't look at me like that."
Lu Mingzhe knew he shouldn't look at her like that, that he had no right to.
It was all because he had foolishly married Fang Shuya at that time, and he regretted it to death!
Every second since he had reunited with Xiang Wan, he had been regretting it.
And now she was going to use that as a painful excuse to provoke him?
"Will you only speak to me properly if I don't get a divorce?"
Xiang Wan couldn't help but sneer.
"What do you want me to say? Thank you for taking time out of your wife's schedule to see me? I'm so happy you're spending these days with me?"
"Or should I say I love being a third wheel the most? I'll wait here obediently with my daughter, who can't see the light, waiting for you to come whenever you want, being your backup forever?"
Xiang Wan had that ability.
With the most sophisticated gentle face in the world, she could utter the most heartless words.
Every word was so true, so real, piercing Lu Mingzhe's heart like a needle, yet he couldn't refute it.
"Give me time. I will divorce Fang Shuya. You know better than anyone who I truly love and who I can't let go of!"
"Others can look at me like that, curse me, but you can't!"
"If you hadn't been so heartless and abandoned me so cruelly back then, we wouldn't be in this situation."
"Half of today's predicament is your fault, and you deserve to wait for me!"
"Half of it is my fault?"
Xiang Wan was almost amused by his twisted logic.
"Why don't you say it's all my fault? If I hadn't had the strength to endure your various difficulties, would I have wronged you?"
"I've already stated my position on my mother's matter and apologized to you. If you can't let it go in this lifetime, I can accompany you for the rest of my life and never return to Nancheng!"
"So please stop using her as an excuse. I'm talking about us now. You can't be with Tang Haichao. It doesn't matter if you two were together before, or how close you were, I can pretend it never happened and not care!"
"But from now on, you break up with him! Wait for me to go back and handle the divorce!"
"I will always be Niannian's daddy, and you are her mommy. We can only be her sole parents!"
On the surface, it sounded reasonable, and he seemed wronged. Xiang Wan should have been moved.
But she really couldn't be moved.
"Lu Mingzhe, Fang Shuya is also a person, with flesh and blood and emotions. You married her just like that, and you're going to discard her, what do you take her for?"
"Don't you think saying something like that makes you sound like a complete scumbag?"
Lu Mingzhe threw caution to the wind and looked at her self-mockingly.
"That's right, I am a scumbag."
"From the moment I saw you again and couldn't stop my heart from beating for you, feeling pain for you, and worrying about you, I already knew."
"Because of you, I'm destined to bear a lifetime of infamy. But I accept it!"
"Who told me I'm so useless and just like you, and can't live without you?"
"Even if I have to give everything to Fang Shuya, kneel and apologize to her, even if I become a rat crossing the street that everyone wants to beat in Nancheng, I will divorce her."
"In this life, you can only be mine. No matter what I become, you can only be mine. I won't allow you to be with anyone else."
"If you dare to be with him, I'm not done with you."
She really didn't know how to respond to him.
She imagined that scene, and honestly, she didn't want to see him become a pariah.
Even if she had to suffer a bit more herself, work harder, she didn't want to ask Lu Mingzhe for a title or force him to turn his current life upside down.
She could only retreat to her room to hide.
Lu Mingzhe grabbed her wrist, preventing her from leaving: "Promise me."
"Promise you what?"
"Promise me, you'll wait for me. Wait for me to finish the procedures and come back for you. Promise me you won't get together with Tang Haichao, promise me!"
Xiang Wan fought back the urge to cry.
"You're over thirty years old, can you stop being so childish? Life isn't just about romance, there are so many other things to consider..."
"Don't tell me that. My mind is filled with nothing but romance."
At this moment, Lu Mingzhe was like a drowning man who had finally grabbed Xiang Wan, a life-saving driftwood, and he refused to let go, even if it meant death.
"I can give up my career, my parents, even my life, but I can't give you up, Xiang Wan, promise me!"
Xiang Wan was starting to get scared of him.
She knew his temper; he was willful and reckless. She didn't want to watch him destroy himself.
"Lu Mingzhe, can you stop being crazy?"
"No. I've endured and endured these past few days, and I haven't laid a hand on you or said anything.
"Now that everything is out in the open, I don't need to hold back anymore. If you don't promise me, I'll kiss you until you promise. Hurry up and promise me."
Xiang Wan's face flushed: "The more you talk, the crazier you get. This is a hospital, and Grandma is right next to us. Can you have some dignity?"
"No, I've always been shameless, and I'll become even more so. Everyone will scold me, and I don't care about your few words."
"You!"
Lu Mingzhe didn't give her any more time to argue. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her into his arms.
He cupped the back of her head, spun her around, and pressed her against the wall. The familiar scent and warmth instantly enveloped her lips.