The Young Urban Doctor
Chapter 1361: Two Discordant Women

Chapter 1361: Chapter 1361: Two Discordant Women

"Ziling, what are you busy with?"

Caught off guard by the voice, Luo Ziling, who had been daydreaming, jumped.

Turning around, he saw Luo Yuqing walking up to him with a face full of curiosity.

"Finished chatting with mom?" Luo Ziling asked with a smile, turning to Luo Yuqing, "What did you two talk about?"

"You haven’t answered my question yet!" Luo Yuqing huffed, "Sneaking off to the garden alone, ignoring us, are you secretly sweet-talking some girl?"

"Lin Lan is out on a mission, her life and death unknown." Luo Ziling sighed, "Alright, it’s the New Year’s, let’s not talk about such depressing stuff. It’s almost midnight, let’s go back and keep the older generation company."

"Okay!"

Though Luo Liansheng was getting on in years, he was in good spirits today and hadn’t gone to sleep, still chatting with others in the back hall.

When Luo Ziling and Luo Yuqing returned, he was sitting with Ouyang Huihui, quietly discussing something.

Wuyue was seated between Ling Ruonan and Luo Xusheng, the three of them whispering to one another.

Strictly speaking, it was Ling Ruonan and Wuyue talking, as Luo Xusheng hardly said a word.

In his youth, Luo Xusheng was someone who preferred silence, completely different from Luo Ziling.

Luo Ziling’s tendency to be talkative likely came from Ling Ruonan, as she was quite lively when she was young; her current composure was probably due to the ordeal she experienced. Luo Ziling is now quite eloquent, which also has something to do with the many women around him.

Shaped by their "tutoring," he was of course accused by them of becoming increasingly slick and glib.

How could he make them happy without being slick and glib?

As it approached midnight, the sound of firecrackers outside started to intensify.

Luo Liansheng instructed Luo Ziling to set off all the fireworks they had bought, except for those reserved for the ’opening crackers’ the next morning.

Neither Luo Ziling, Luo Yuqing, nor Luo Xusheng knew about these rural traditions in the South.

However, after twelve at night marks the new year, and celebrating with some fireworks was, of course, natural.

So, he immediately called over Luo Yuqing and Wuyue to join him in setting off the fireworks.

Seeing Luo Ziling and the others go to play with fireworks, Ouyang Huihui ran over without being called.

Unsurprisingly, she received Luo Yuqing’s disdain.

Luo Yuqing and Ouyang Huihui had butted heads at school before.

But this was not in school, and Ouyang Huihui was not as confident, so facing Luo Yuqing’s rejection, all she could do was shamelessly stick close to Luo Ziling. Seeing Ouyang Huihui so "shameless," ignoring her disdain, Luo Yuqing felt even more annoyed.

She also knew, the relationship between Luo Ziling and Ouyang Huihui was not that simple anymore. At school, she had heard plenty of the entanglements between Ouyang Huihui and Luo Ziling, but she still thought back then, since Luo Ziling was engaged to Ouyang Feifei, there shouldn’t be any inappropriate behavior between him and Ouyang Huihui; Ouyang Huihui’s frequent seeking out of Luo Ziling should have had to do with Ouyang Feifei’s matters.

But today, on New Year’s Eve, in the snowy weather of Yuezhou, Ouyang Huihui had come to see Luo Ziling and wanted to stick close to him regardless of others present. Just from these two points alone, it’s clear that Ouyang Huihui’s feelings for Luo Ziling are not simple.

Although she now sees herself as Luo Ziling’s sister, she still can’t distinguish whether her feelings for Luo Ziling are fraternal or romantic.

In fact, even siblings who grew up together can feel hostile towards their sibling’s boyfriend or girlfriend.

When you’re the elder brother, you don’t want to see your sister get swooped up by someone; when you’re the sister or elder sister, you also don’t want another woman stealing your brother away. Many conflicts between sisters-in-law and brothers’ wives arise from this very reason.

While Luo Yuqing was at school, she was always vying for attention with Ouyang Huihui, neither willing to concede to the other. Certainly, neither of them would want to see the other get close to Luo Ziling.

Ouyang Huihui had roughly figured out the relationship between Luo Yuqing and Luo Ziling and noticed they really did look alike. Therefore, like Ouyang Feifei, she regarded Luo Yuqing as Luo Ziling’s elder sister.

If Luo Yuqing really was Luo Ziling’s elder sister, it wouldn’t be good to offend her, as there would surely be no benefit in doing so.

So even though Luo Yuqing looked down on her, she didn’t take it to heart, at least not outwardly. After all, tonight Luo Ziling didn’t shun or despise her, and was willing to play with her, so she stuck around and set off fireworks and firecrackers together.

Seeing a group of young people playing happily together, Wuyue also joined their ranks, and Ling Ruonan was quite pleased.

A harmonious family is, of course, what everyone hopes for.

Seeing that Luo Liansheng was in a good mood, she didn’t spoil anyone’s fun either.

After midnight, Luo Liansheng was ready to go to bed.

Ling Ruonan and Luo Xusheng also wanted to rest.

Luo Liansheng naturally wanted to sleep in the old mansion, and though Ling Ruonan wasn’t very keen on staying there, she didn’t go against the old man’s wishes and didn’t head into the city but rather slept in the room arranged for them by Luo Liansheng.

The bedroom that Luo Liansheng prepared for Luo Xusheng and Ling Ruonan was a complete small garden.

On both sides of the back garden, there were several sets of complete small gardens, meaning that one could walk from the large courtyard of the back garden through a garden gate into another world. Inside was a small garden with several rooms alongside it, including a bedroom, study, bathroom, and a small pond in the middle of the garden, covering an area of about two hundred square meters. In fact, such small gardens are the envy of ordinary people, a luxury villa that they can hardly enjoy.

Ling Ruonan quite liked these South-styled garden houses, but since these back garden rooms had been uninhabited for a long time and were newly renovated, she felt somewhat uneasy. The wooden windows and ordinary tile walls didn’t give her a sense of security.

But ultimately, she stayed here for two reasons: a sense of duty and the presence of Luo Xusheng.

There were two sets of such small gardens in the back garden, one on each side of the larger garden.

The other set was, of course, reserved for Luo Liansheng.

Luo Ziling chose a garden in the Zhongting that was even larger than the two in the back garden, probably about three hundred square meters. But since it was not yet refurbished, it wasn’t inhabitable.

If they wanted to sleep tonight, they could only stay in the guest rooms on Luo Liansheng’s side.

However, as the wooden house wasn’t great for soundproofing, Luo Ziling didn’t want to disturb Luo Liansheng and therefore didn’t plan on sleeping.

On New Year’s Eve, isn’t it customary to stay up late? Therefore, he decided to make noise all night long and not sleep.

Just right for four people, he suggested playing card games.

Luo Yuqing didn’t want to go to sleep either, so she immediately agreed.

Ouyang Huihui was actually quite tired, but thinking that she definitely wouldn’t rest easy staying here, she also agreed.

Wuyue felt similarly and, though she had no interest in playing cards, ended up agreeing as well.

So, one man and three women gathered in the back hall, playing mahjong by the fire.

What Luo Ziling didn’t expect was that Luo Yuqing and Ouyang Huihui almost came to blows over the game of mahjong.

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