Tiny Genius Alert! Mom & Dad Better Make Peace-Chapter 545 - 500: Jun and Your Liangsheng Ending, Part 2: Do You Still Like Me? 2
"What can be done?" Ruan Chen asked in a deep voice.
"Use medication to stabilize her emotions and guide her out of the shadows of her past." Shi Lang pursed his lips, his tone uncertain.
Ruan Chen looked up at him, "Do you think medication will still work on her now?" 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Shi Lang remained silent.
Ruan Chen’s face grew cold, "Shi Lang, I invited you here not to hear these useless suggestions and treatment methods."
Shi Lang’s expression slightly changed, he lowered his gaze, looked at Jian Liangtong, and sighed, "Mr. Ruan, in order to cure Miss Jian’s illness, you had previously told me about what Miss Jian had gone through. Honestly, given everything Miss Jian experienced, any woman going through the same wouldn’t be in a better state than her now."
"So what?" Ruan Chen stared at him.
"..." Shi Lang didn’t speak for a while.
Ruan Chen’s eyes narrowed, his expression becoming sharper.
"There is one way."
For a long time.
Shi Lang looked up at Ruan Chen and spoke slowly.
After waking up, Jian Liangtong was no different from ordinary people.
She didn’t even remember what had just happened to her.
"Mr. Shi Lang, my condition..."
"Miss Jian, be mindful of controlling your emotions and maintaining a good mood, for now, there’s no problem." Shi Lang said before Jian Liangtong could finish.
"..." Jian Liangtong was stunned, looking at Shi Lang doubtfully.
Shi Lang’s expression was serious as he handed a box of medicine to Jian Liangtong, "Do not take the previous medication anymore, Miss Jian."
"What is this?" Jian Liangtong took the medicine, looking at him in confusion.
"It’s to help with sleep. If Miss Jian has trouble sleeping or doesn’t sleep well, take half a pill before bed." Shi Lang said.
"Oh." Jian Liangtong opened her bright almond eyes, looked at Shi Lang, and tentatively asked, "Mr. Shi Lang, am I really okay?"
Shi Lang clasped his hands on his lap, shrugged, and asked, "Does Miss Jian feel there’s something wrong with herself?"
"...No." Jian Liangtong’s eyebrows twitched as she spoke.
Shi Lang nodded, "Trust your intuition. You’re fine."
Jian Liangtong’s almond eyes flickered slightly.
Leaving Ruan Chen’s house, Jian Liangtong looked somewhat confused.
"What’s wrong?" Ruan Chen smiled and asked, looking at her scrunched-up profile.
"..." Jian Liangtong lowered her eyelashes, then looked up at Ruan Chen, "After seeing so many psychologists, I never felt much. But today, after just meeting with Mr. Shi Lang, I feel much better, and I’m a lot more relaxed."
As she spoke, Jian Liangtong nodded approvingly, "No wonder you invited a senior professor from Canada; it’s different."
Ruan Chen, "..."
"He said I didn’t have any issues, just need to keep a good mood. Even the previous medication isn’t needed, as it’s useless. He only gave me a bottle of medicine to help with sleep." Jian Liangtong talked to herself.
Ruan Chen’s expression showed some loss of control, frowning as he curiously watched Jian Liangtong’s self-talk.
"Actually, I also feel I don’t have big problems, just more emotionally rich. It’s normal for girls to be sentimental."
Ruan Chen, "..."
"Let me treat you to dinner!" Jian Liangtong changed the subject abruptly, her big eyes sincerely looking at Ruan Chen, making a serious expression while inviting him to dinner.
Ruan Chen, "..."
This was the first time that someone, namely her, had proactively invited him to dinner!
All because of Shi Lang’s "She’s actually okay"!?
A French restaurant.
Jian Liangtong ordered foie gras and a sirloin steak, while Ruan Chen ordered the restaurant’s two signature dishes.
Jian Liangtong seemed hungry, burying her head in her food continuously.
Ruan Chen initially had little appetite, but seeing her eat with such relish, he surprisingly felt a bit hungry too.
So he picked up the knife and fork and began eating gracefully.
The taste was alright, edible, but not delicious.
Hence Ruan Chen stopped eating after a couple of bites.
"You’re not eating?" Jian Liangtong asked, puzzled, looking at him.
Ruan Chen raised an eyebrow, "I’m not that hungry."
"Oh." Jian Liangtong didn’t say anything more and continued with her meal.
Ruan Chen watched her, a glimmer of light flickered in his eyes, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Jian Liangtong’s eating manner was never particularly elegant; even when sauce smeared the corners of her mouth, she didn’t care.
Ruan Chen gazed at the sauce by her lips and her continuously moving mouth, a faint dark light passed through his eyes, and he raised his hand toward the corner of her mouth.
Her lips suddenly felt covered, Jian Liangtong’s almond eyes fluttered in surprise, she raised her head in shock to stare at Ruan Chen.
Because it was too sudden, Jian Liangtong was so startled she didn’t have time to react, and allowed his fingertip to linger at the corner of her mouth.
Yet this scene fell into the eyes of someone parked outside the restaurant, making them feel extremely glaring.
"Brother Huo..."
Guan Yu had just arrived in S City this morning and didn’t know that Huo Shaojun and Jian Liangtong had already met.
Through the glass window, looking at the "intimate" behavior of the man and woman inside the restaurant, Guan Yu felt as if his heart was about to explode.
Especially the man sitting in the back seat of the car, whose face was clouded with a dark aura, ready to explode at any moment.
Guan Yu called out to Huo Shaojun with a trembling voice, and cold sweat slid down his forehead.
Since Jian Liangtong disappeared four years ago, others only knew Huo Shaojun to be indifferent as usual, seemingly no different from ordinary people, as if Jian Liangtong was just someone unimportant to him.
But he clearly witnessed how dissolute and painful Huo Shaojun was.
In public, he pretended nothing had happened, remaining the high-and-mighty, dazzling Huo Tianwang in the eyes of the masses.
Behind the scenes, he lived a life of drunken stupor, numbing himself with alcohol, as if residing in another world — one where the person cherished in his heart existed.
Guan Yu wasn’t clear on what happened back then between Jian Liangtong and Huo Shaojun, only knowing that their conflict was related to Huo Chengjin.
And in these years, the relationship between Huo Chengjin and the brothers Huo Shaojun has become increasingly antagonistic, almost reaching the point of irreconcilable hostility.
No one knows why.
Huo Shaojun’s relationship with Fang Jingting also plummeted to rock bottom.
Originally, he often gathered with Rong Mochen and others, but in the past four years, unless necessary or unavoidable, he would attend. The rest of the time, he was either drinking or already drunk!
Guan Yu tried countless ways to enlighten him, to pull him out of this vicious cycle and into a normal life.
However, his efforts were in vain every time.
Due to his state, the notices for his appearances were mostly declined by him over these years.
In fact, he was almost out of the entertainment circle now!
Guan Yu deeply understood.
Huo Shaojun’s transformation into his current state was definitely connected to Jian Liangtong.
So at this moment, seeing Jian Liangtong being intimate with another man, Guan Yu felt not only an extreme discomfort but also intense worry.
Guan Yu tightly gripped the steering wheel, cautiously observing Huo Shaojun’s face, which was as dark as it could be, through the rearview mirror, his whole body was tense.
"Investigate him." Huo Shaojun said hoarsely.
"..." Guan Yu was stunned, and after a while, he understood his meaning. Hastily, he took out his phone from the dashboard, opened the camera, and took a few shots of the man and woman inside the restaurant.
After taking the pictures, Guan Yu looked at Huo Shaojun questioningly.
Huo Shaojun’s eyes were fixed on Jian Liangtong’s face in the restaurant, the depths filled with coldness that couldn’t be dispelled.
Guan Yu felt his back hairs stand on end.
Inside the restaurant.
Time paused for over ten seconds, Jian Liangtong caught her breath and retreated swiftly, pursing her lips at Ruan Chen.
The soft sensation under her fingertip vanished; Ruan Chen seemingly regretfully bit his lip and withdrew his hand.
No explanations, no words.
Jian Liangtong felt as if something incompatible had wedged into her heart, unsettling her, causing her small face to fall immediately. Her almond eyes staring at Ruan Chen contained obvious displeasure, "Mr. Ruan, I really appreciate you going through the trouble to invite Mr. Shi Lang to treat me, but that doesn’t mean you can treat me casually."
"Was I casual?" Ruan Chen asked with a smile, looking at Jian Liangtong’s serious little face, unaffected.
Seeing this, Jian Liangtong’s displeasure on her small face became more apparent, "Even a one-year-old can differentiate gender now; I don’t believe Mr. Ruan wouldn’t know the principle of the separation between men and women!"
"Even a one-year-old can do it now?" Ruan Chen deliberately ignored the focal point of Jian Liangtong’s words, pretending to be confused.
"..." A flame suddenly flared up in Jian Liangtong’s heart!
She wasn’t stupid!
How could she not know he was deliberately playing dumb with her!
Jian Liangtong wasn’t an antique conservative, but she wasn’t overly permissive either.
In her value system.
Ruan Chen’s recent actions towards her felt frivolous and made her very uncomfortable!
Although maybe they weren’t so detestable!
It’s just that Jian Liangtong was well aware, Ruan Chen was interested in her.
Assuming she just glossed over what he did lightly, who could guarantee he wouldn’t do worse things later?
The more important issue.
Jian Liangtong didn’t want her current ambiguous attitude to give him the wrong impression!
Regarding feelings, Jian Liangtong perhaps couldn’t decisively cut ties with someone she liked.
But when dealing with someone she didn’t like and could never like, she wouldn’t be indecisive.
To like is to like, to dislike is to dislike, there is no middle ground!
His kindness to her is one matter, feelings are another; they mustn’t be confused!
Having settled the bill, they left the restaurant.
"Where to? Home or the office?" Ruan Chen looked at Jian Liangtong’s icy little face and asked softly.
Jian Liangtong glanced at him coolly, "I’m going to the office."
"I’ll drive you." Ruan Chen said.
"No need, I’ll take a taxi myself." Jian Liangtong said as she walked toward the roadside and reached out to hail a taxi.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she reached out, her wrist was clasped by Ruan Chen from behind, and she was turned half around.
Jian Liangtong’s brows tightened immediately, her almond eyes mixed with irritation as she looked at Ruan Chen.
Ruan Chen stared at her cold face, took a small breath, shrugged, and said, "I apologize."
Jian Liangtong’s long lashes fluttered slightly, she didn’t speak.
Ruan Chen saw she was still keeping a stiff face without any signs of softening.
After pressing his lips together for a few seconds, he looked at her seriously, "Tongtong, I have not been casual with you. If my actions today made you feel disrespected, OK, I promise, it won’t happen again, alright?"
