Surrounded by the Billionaire's Deep Doting

Chapter 982: Chapter 680: Beauty’s Fleeting Fate (Part 2)

"Cough cough... Here we go again, Mrs. Yin, how many times do you plan to use this to slander me?"

Su Xiaomeng raised her eyebrows high, while Yin Shixiu listened from the side, chuckling softly.

Xiao Anhe’s gaze swept back and forth over the couple, put down his utensils after consuming two bowls of porridge.

Watching as the couple occasionally served each other dishes...

His eyes were filled with admiration.

"My late wife wasn’t as lively and playful as you, but she was an exceptionally gentle and kind woman."

"..."

"..."

Xiao Anhe often talked about his late wife, but this time there was an unmistakable melancholy in his words.

The perceptive Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng noticed it, exchanging a glance.

"She was also a doctor, a... true doctor. People often use the term ’angel in white’ to describe those who work in the medical field, describing those in white coats who save lives..."

"I’ve worked in the medical field for many years, and these angels are scarce, most... are just people, and some... wielding demon wings beneath angelic facade."

"..."

"Brother Yin wasn’t wrong. My father, an old revolutionary, you see, was stubborn. I, as his obstinate son, could be nothing but more stubborn."

"Back then, the daughter of the National Science Academy’s dean was the daughter-in-law my father approved of."

"My wife was simply an ordinary student graduating from a medical college, accepted school allocation after graduation, coincidentally assigned to the same organization as I was."

"I was fond of that young girl! Truly fond of her from the bottom of my heart."

"Back then..."

Xiao Anhe’s gaze drifted afar, with a glimmer of nostalgia flashing across his eyes,

"The entire hospital’s patients knew her, she’d greet every patient warmly, offering reassurance, comfort, patience, compassion..."

"Her mere salary was entirely used to cover medical expenses for disadvantaged patients."

"Such gentleness in her words, gentle in actions too, just one gentle smile could melt one’s heart..."

Xiao Anhe spoke, this fifty-one-year-old man, with admiration and affection manifesting in his demeanor...

Su Xiaomeng, unconsciously, listened intently.

A gentle woman, gentle enough to melt one’s heart...

An image seemed to form in her mind.

"Let me tell you, when she was first assigned here, every male doctor in this hospital met her like foes! No care for the girl’s thoughts, as long as anyone spoke with her, we’d treat that person as a rival in love!"

"Haha! In those days when even holding hands was daring..."

"I was fond of her, picked her out at first glance..."

Xiao Anhe spoke while rubbing his palms, as if time could rewind, returning to when life was just beginning...

"I pursued her! Back then, you see, the son of Xiao Kaicheng, how many could compete with me!"

"Cough cough..."

Yin Shixiu, amused by Xiao Anhe’s pride, couldn’t stop chuckling, that laughter turned into coughs.

Su Xiaomeng glanced at him, Yin Shixiu quickly explained,

"It’s just laughter, just laughter..."

"Oh come on, are you listening or not? I’m in the middle of an exciting part!"

"Cough cough... Listening, listening!"

Yin Shixiu promptly replied.

Xiao Anhe’s expressions changed by the second, indeed comical.

"And then, the daughter of the National Science Academy’s dean was also sent to the hospital... How fond the old man was of this young lady? He continuously organized things between me and her."

"I didn’t want it. I had someone I liked, people must follow their hearts in their actions! Especially in matters of marriage and love!"

"Don’t you agree?"

Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaomeng exchanged smiles.

"Yes."

Yin Shixiu replied.

Under the table, their hands unknowingly intertwined, fingers interlocked.

"My wife was gentle, but too gentle, kind-hearted, fretted too much, once she heard I was going to break with my father for her, she immediately refused."

"I was heartbroken at that moment..."

"Then, do you know what I did?"

"Would love to hear the details."

Yin Shixiu responded calmly.

"I, ah, stole the household registry from home and stood at my wife’s door. My wife would go to work and return from work as usual, without sparing me a glance."

"..."

"You say such a kind-hearted person... Such a soft-hearted person... How could she be so harsh to me back then?"

Xiao Anhe shook his head as he spoke.

"Three days, I stood there for three days, even on one of those days, just like now, there was a heavy rain outside, the raindrops felt like stones hitting you."