Ultimate Village Doctor-Chapter 392 - 424: Scene Therapy

Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty-Four

As they walked out of the cinema with the crowd,

Bai Susu seemed to still be immersed in that warm and loving feeling.

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Unlike other couples, Long Xiaoshan didn’t get handsy with her; from beginning to end, the closest contact they had was him wrapping his arm around her waist. But that feeling intoxicated her, making her unwilling to wake from the dream. It was as if she had truly returned to those early days of love, dating her beloved.

With his arm still around Bai Susu’s waist, Long Xiaoshan led her out to the square outside the cinema.

A gust of cold air blew over Bai Susu as they stepped outside, snapping her back to reality somewhat.

She really wanted to leave the embrace of Long Xiaoshan, yet her heart wasn’t willing to let go. As she was torn, Long Xiaoshan brought her to the cotton candy stand to queue up.

The cotton candy stand was surrounded by teenagers and young couples in their early twenties.

Bai Susu felt quite embarrassed.

As an adult, it was somewhat embarrassing to indulge in cotton candy like those young couples. Yet every time she thought to pull Long Xiaoshan away, she held back. After a while, when it was their turn, Long Xiaoshan bought two sticks of cotton candy, one white and one pink.

Long Xiaoshan handed the pink, heart-shaped cotton candy to Bai Susu. Read new adventures at novelbuddy

When Bai Susu took the cotton candy and put it into her mouth, a wave of sweetness flooded straight to her heart. For some reason, it tasted incredibly sweet, as if she had never experienced anything quite as delightful.

"Dude, you’re awesome," a young man nearby interjected.

Long Xiaoshan turned around, "Do we know each other?"

"Haha, you don’t know me, but I know you. A few days ago, you bought out all the flowers sold by that girl over there, right? It must have been several thousand bouquets. You’re really something, man. Not even a few days later and you’ve switched girls, and each one is so pretty. Damn impressive, bro, I admire you. Money really does make the world go round, huh? Buy as many flowers as you like, get any girl you want. It’s a shame that flower-selling girl hasn’t been around these days, else you could’ve done it again, and made any girl’s heart flutter." The young man looked at Bai Susu beside Long Xiaoshan with eyes full of envy.

Last time, Long Xiaoshan was accompanied by an exceptionally pure and beautiful woman, and although this one was slightly older, the mature charm she exuded was incredibly alluring, making men drool with desire. She was the epitome of a perfect "mature woman" that only a man of taste could appreciate – the kind that would thrill any man.

Money is so damned good to have, playing with whatever woman you fancy.

Long Xiaoshan nearly stuffed his cotton candy into the young man’s big mouth, thinking, why do you have to run your mouth off like that, not seeing what’s going on? Are you purposely trying to ruin my act here? He had finally created an atmosphere for Bai Susu to relax into.

As expected, he felt his arm being released, and Bai Susu was no longer holding onto his hand, her expression also looking somewhat unhappy.

Even though this was a pretend relationship for treatment,

she couldn’t help feeling a bit uncomfortable inside. Moreover, hearing about Long Xiaoshan bringing a girlfriend here before and buying all the flowers, how romantic that must have been. That meant he already had a girlfriend, and all her recent feelings were just a dream, all fake – Long Xiaoshan was simply treating her illness.

Bai Susu’s mood plummeted.

No longer did she have the mood to play such a house-game.

She said, "I’m a bit tired. Let’s go home."

Long Xiaoshan quickly walked up to her, taking Bai Susu’s hand, and said, "Auntie Su, actually what that guy said was a bit off. Let me explain."

Bai Susu turned her head calmly and said, "Xiaoshan, you don’t need to explain to me. I’m not blaming you. I just feel there’s no need to keep up the act. It’s normal for you to have a girlfriend, how could I possibly blame you for that? Thank you for keeping me company all night, I am indeed a bit tired and would like to rest."

Although Bai Susu spoke calmly, without a hint of anger,

Long Xiaoshan had a premonition that if he let Bai Susu leave now, she definitely would not let him treat her ever again. Bai Susu was soft on the outside but firm on the inside. If he wanted to break through her psychological defenses again, the chances would be very slim, and her androphobia might even get worse.

He firmly grasped Bai Susu’s hand and said, "Auntie Su, I’m not trying to explain anything. I do have a girlfriend, but the incident that night didn’t have much to do with her. I wanted to tell you the story about the little girls selling flowers."

"The little flower girls?" Bai Susu said, her eyes flickering with a trace of doubt, "What happened to those little girls?"

"Actually, it’s like this..." Long Xiaoshan recounted the tale of the little girls in ragged clothes selling flowers in the square, how he pitied them and bought all their flowers, which led to the unfolding of a chain of events where those little girls were being controlled... he narrated the whole sequence.

Of course, he left out things he couldn’t mention, like the conflict with the Qiu Family.

This, however, brought tears to Bai Susu’s eyes.

She was a soft-hearted person.

Hearing how pitiful those little flower girls were, she forgot all about feeling jealous, and she thought Long Xiaoshan was really amazing for buying so many flowers from someone he didn’t even know, and for rescuing them from the clutches of those evildoers.

Such young people were truly rare nowadays.

So handsome, dashing, wealthy, and capable, but what was even more valuable was his upright and warm heart—how he seemed the perfect lover. Such a rare gem of a man, and she had the luck to encounter him; within her, envy and resentment even bubbled up—an envy of Long Xiaoshan’s girlfriend and a wistful lament that she couldn’t be twenty years younger.

If she were twenty years younger, she would recklessly dive into a passionate romance with Long Xiaoshan.

"Auntie Su," Long Xiaoshan shook Bai Susu’s hand.

Bai Susu blurted out, "Xiaoshan, could you not call me Auntie Su in private, please?"

"Ah, what should I call you then?" Long Xiaoshan said.

Bai Susu realized her forwardness after she spoke, but since the words were already out, she felt embarrassed to backtrack: "I mean, you’re treating me, and we’re pretending to be a couple; calling me ’Auntie’ feels awkward."

Long Xiaoshan laughed, "You’re right. Given the circumstances of the therapeutic treatment, it is indeed inappropriate to call you that; it might easily break the act... How about this? When we’re alone, I’ll call you Susu Sister, alright? A brother-sister love affair shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

"What brother-sister love affair... We’re just pretending, it’s part of treating my condition," Bai Susu said with a glance at Long Xiaoshan: "Pretending, yes..."

She repeated it, as if to affirm it to herself.

Long Xiaoshan chuckled softly, suggesting, "How about I take you to see those kids? Right now, I’ve arranged for them to stay at the hotel."

"Sure, sure," Bai Susu replied eagerly: "But it’s not right to just go like this. You go with me to the mall first; I want to buy some gifts."

"Okay."

Long Xiaoshan drove Bai Susu to the mall where they purchased a huge pile of things—clothes, food, and all kinds of electronics. They couldn’t fit everything into the Ferrari, so they hired another car and headed to the Sihai Hotel.

Just as they got out of the car, a bright yellow Audi TT came barreling out from an angle.