Chapter 149: 120 Tang Su: Why bow your head? (2nd update)_1 Chapter 149: 120 Tang Su: Why bow your head? (2nd update)_1 Next to the round-arched gate leading into the bamboo grove, Tang Su heard the Jiang Family speaking ill of her Lu Han in such a sardonic tone that several times she wanted to burst out, but the calm Sun Qing firmly held her back.

Lu Han was so impressive, just look at how he was able to do battle alone with the sharp tongues of the whole Jiang Family. How formidable, right?

By himself, whether it was verbal or body language, he managed to infuriate all the Jiangs, making them look sour-faced. At this moment, her dashing out to defend him wouldn’t help Lu Han.

Instead, it might easily be turned into a joke by the Jiang Family, that he, a poor doctor, still needed to hide behind a woman, to be protected by a woman.

That was clearly not the case, and if Tang Su rushed out to be overprotective, it could easily leave her open to such criticisms.

“Sun Qing, why are you pulling me back? Didn’t you hear how they’re insinuating things about Lu Han?” Tang Su, not wanting Lu Han to discover her hiding and eavesdropping, kept her voice very low.

“Is your Doctor Lu at a disadvantage? Does he need your help? Look at how capable your man is, you rushing out now, wouldn’t that harm him instead?” Sun Qing directly countered her.

This girl, her head heats up seeing Lu Han being badmouthed, not really seeing that Doctor Lu is not just taking it lying down.

Tang Su: “…”

When did he become her man?

The principle is right, but could Sun Qing phrase it more subtly?

After all, she’s still an unmarried maiden in the bridal chamber, so to speak.

Besides, whether Lu Han needs help or not, it’s his business, but whether or not to give Lu Han help is her choice as his girlfriend.

Hiding here, eavesdropping, and watching like a bystander, not coming forward to defend her person, is that really correct?

“Whether or not I am worthy, it’s not for you to decide. Whether or not I care for your respect, that’s something I can determine,” Lu Han retorted.

“Shanshan, did you hear that? He said he doesn’t care for anything to do with our Jiang surname. This kind of person, and you’re still defending him?” Jiang Qimeng interrupted the others and addressed Jiang Shanshan directly, forcing her to make a decision.

Showing respect to Lu Han was because Jiang Shanshan liked him, meaning he could potentially become part of the Jiang Family. Since he was practically family, natural respect was due.

Jiang Shanshan knew what Jiang Qimeng meant by asking this. With Lu Han saying such things, it was clear he had truly irritated the daughter of the hospital director.

Jiang Qimeng wasn’t only the daughter of a hospital director, she also had an influential godfather.

He was the sworn brother of Jiang Qimeng’s birth mother, doting on Jiang Qimeng immensely, and held status and power in Hua City. It was said he had both the dark and the light sides at his command.

So, Tang Su and her best friend going to ask for compensation with a lawyer in tow at the Qimeng Restaurant was only feasible because the restaurant was at fault to begin with. Otherwise, if Jiang Qimeng’s godfather had found out, Tang Su and her friend would have been targeted and retaliated against long ago.

Whether Tang Su was retaliated against or not, Jiang Shanshan didn’t care.

All she knew was that if Jiang Qimeng pressed her not to protect Lu Han, then Lu Han’s career would be over, and who knows if he could even stay as the department head for long.

The salary for the head of the department wasn’t very high, and if he were just an ordinary doctor, the salary would be even lower.

Most importantly, she couldn’t bear to see Lu Han being ostracized by his colleagues at the hospital, nor could she stand to watch him being given a hard time.

“Lu Han, Lu Han, can’t you just bow your head?” Jiang Shanshan refused to answer Jiang Qimeng’s question, instead looking earnestly at Lu Han, hoping he’d pick up on the message she was trying to get across.

On this side, Tang Su, who really couldn’t stand by and just watch anymore, finally shook off Sun Qing and bounded out.

“He didn’t do anything wrong, so why should he bow his head?” Tang Su walked over, stood beside Lu Han, and asked Jiang Shanshan.

“What’s it to you? Tang Su, if you really care about Lu Han’s well-being, you should be urging him to bow his head. After all, you can’t help him with his job.”

Jiang Shanshan looked at Tang Su, a girl who didn’t seem to understand the ways of the world, utterly protected by her parents.

“Oh, so not bowing his head will affect his job? What are you saying, Doctor Jiang, as the head of Hua City Central Hospital, is so protective that he’d reach out this far to interfere with the job of a frontline doctor at Huanan Hospital?”

“Doctor Jiang, I must not have learned my Chinese well. Can you explain to me, does this mean that if Lu Han doesn’t bow his head today, Jiang Qimeng’s boss will ask her dad, Doctor Jiang, to make things difficult for Lu Han?”

Jiang Shanshan: “…”

She wasn’t foolish enough to admit to such baseless accusations.

It was then that a member of the Jiang Family pointed at Tang Su and scoffed, “Ha, you actually know our uncle is the head of the hospital, huh? What is it with you nowadays, faking integrity and righteousness just for show?”

“Faking integrity and righteousness is considered showing off? The attitude of the Jiang Family, tsk tsk, I’ve really opened my eyes today. No wonder the old saying goes ‘wealth does not last beyond three generations’—it seems the Jiang family’s glory days are numbered. Lu Han, let’s go.”

Tang Su grabbed Lu Han’s hand, ready to lead him away.

Lu Han was very cooperative; he had long since wanted to stop wasting words with these irrelevant people.

“Tang Su, today is my dad’s birthday, and his wife is your godmother, right? She’s also part of the Jiang family. Have you considered her before cursing our Jiang family?”

Jiang Qimeng stopped the two of them.

“Considered it, part of the Jiang family? Jiang Qimeng really flatters my godmother. If she had borne children for Doctor Jiang, maybe, she could be called part of the Jiang family. But Doctor Jiang, in order to please you, didn’t he forbid her from having children?”

“So, her last name is Zhao, her name is Xinlan, and in my eyes, she has nothing to do with your Jiang family. And don’t worry, if she grows old, my brother and I will be there to take care of her. What does it matter if she doesn’t have her own children?”

“As for Doctor Jiang, who knows if Jiang Qimeng will have time to take care of her father when the time comes?”

“What? Godmother? Doctor Jiang? You didn’t even acknowledge my dad as your godfather, so what right do you have to blame me for not acknowledging your godmother?” Jiang Qimeng hadn’t expected Tang Su, a young girl, to be so sharp-tongued.

“Well, it’s because Jiang Qimeng played her hand first before I did mine,” Tang Su retorted.

Unable to refute Tang Su, Jiang Qimeng turned her head to look at Lu Han, who was utterly indifferent towards them yet warm and affectionate towards Tang Su. She realized clearly that Jiang Shanshan had lost to Tang Su.

Emotionally.

But is love enough to sustain a marriage nowadays?

Were these two unaware of the harsh reality?

Unfamiliar with the practical aspects of life?

“Doctor Lu, the Jiang family you disdain can help you climb the ladder of success, helping you cut down at least twenty years of struggle. The condition is to marry Shanshan. Are you really not choosing Shanshan, and instead opting for a girl of such ordinary background who can’t help you with anything?”

Just as Tang Su was about to retort, Lu Han pulled her back, turned around, and asked Jiang Qimeng coldly, “Do you think your Jiang family is that impressive?”

“…”