The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 589 - 512 Luo Shangqing Finale Part 2

Chapter 589: Chapter 512 Luo Shangqing Finale Part 2
Mu Chenxi: "..."
"By the way, Mu Chenxi, how are you considering it?" Gao Xing scratched his head, "I used to think you and Li Xiaoming were together, but then he said you’re just friends, so that’s why I dared to boldly pursue you."
Mu Chenxi hurriedly waved her hands: "I’m sorry, Gao Xing, I already have a boyfriend."
"Ah? Who is it? Do I know him? How come I’ve never seen you two together."
"He is..."
"Finished the twenty laps?" Suddenly, a deep voice sounded from the darkness, followed by Luo Shangqing leisurely strolling over, his face half-hidden in the play of light and shadow, "Or do you want to run another twenty laps?"
"Professor Luo." Gao Xing immediately wilted and obediently went to run laps.
Mu Chenxi, seeing Luo Shangqing who had disappeared for a day suddenly appear, joyously rushed over to him, lifting her clear black and white eyes to look at him with a smile: "What are you doing here?"
Luo Shangqing looked at her with a faint gaze, his thin lips lightly pursed, showing no intention of answering.
Mu Chenxi gently tugged at his clothes, pleadingly saying: "The task you assigned was too hefty, I couldn’t get it done."
"Had time for a barbecue at the beach, but no time to work on the data?" His words were oddly phrased, but Mu Chenxi still detected the trace of jealousy in them.
Last week’s beach barbecue was simply to relax before the exams. When he called her, she was busy grilling skewers. This man hadn’t managed to ask her out, so naturally, he felt miffed, but he hadn’t shown it. However, he sure kept it in mind, waiting for an opportunity to let it out.
Mu Chenxi found it extremely funny, walked over and hugged him, "Professor Luo, has anyone ever told you that you look... very cute when you’re jealous?"
Luo Shangqing still maintained a stern face, hands tucked in his pockets, chin tilted slightly upward, ignoring her show of affection.
"Professor Luo, conflating public matters with personal grievances, where’s your teacher’s ethics?" Mu Chenxi teased him, "Making someone run laps."
"Oh? I just thought his confession over the broadcast today lacked confidence, he needed to improve his physical fitness."
"Pff." Mu Chenxi laughed, not at all unhappy with his reticence. Instead, she took a quick look around and, finding no one around, boldly wrapped her arms around his waist, "Don’t be mad, the trip to the beach was just to release some stress. Plus, I really didn’t notice Gao Xing was interested in me, and just now, I made it clear to him that I already have a boyfriend."
Mu Chenxi gently shook him: "Professor Luo, handsome Luo, little Luo Luo, don’t be mad, please!"
Luo Shangqing finally consented to remove his hands from his pockets, lowered his head to cup her face, his eyes sparkling under the starlight, "I didn’t realize that our little dummy is quite in demand."
"Scared now, aren’t you?"
"Scared of what? More people are chasing after me than you think." Luo Shangqing was not at all threatened, but he did firmly hold her hand,
This hand, once held, he had no intention of ever letting go.
"Really? Like Doctor Cheng, the nurses at your hospital, and that model neighbor..." Mu Chenxi listed, fiddling with her fingers, "Oh right, the old lady at the apartment gate seems fancy you too."
A tap landed on her head, "Mu Chenxi, believe it or not, I’ll punish you to run laps."
At that moment, Gao Xing ran over panting, and when he saw the two flirting, his shock was beyond words. Only after they walked away did he begrudgingly admit: "So Professor Luo is the boyfriend Mu Chenxi mentioned. Sigh, I’m completely out of the picture..."
Better just keep running those laps.
Extra 2: Job Application
Mu Chenxi brought up the topic of sending out her resumes to Luo Shangqing, who was adjusting a prepared focal distance under the microscope, before saying, "What kind of job do you want to do?"
"Of course I want to be a nurse, that’s the major I studied!"
"Actually, changing your field isn’t impossible; your SCI papers are certainly good enough to give you an edge in that area." Luo Shangqing squinted at the microscope.
"I still decided to start from the basics, and besides, those hospitals have pretty high requirements, without any preferential treatment for soon-to-be graduates like us interns." Mu Chenxi sighed and handed him the materials for the experiment.
For a long time, they had developed a certain tacit understanding working together; sometimes, without him saying a word, just a subtle movement, a glance devoid of any emotion, and she would know what he wanted.
She was his girlfriend, and now she had also become his right-hand assistant in the laboratory.
"How many hospitals have you applied to?" Luo Shangqing still spoke in his indifferent tone.
Mu Chenxi rattled off the names of five or six hospitals, notably excluding the hospital where Luo Shangqing worked.
It was only then that he straightened up, frowning to show his dissatisfaction: "Mu Chenxi, did you just directly PASS over my hospital?"
Mu Chenxi knew he would react this way and hurriedly explained: "You see, we’re together doing experiments every day, together at school, and if we also work together, wouldn’t that get tiresome over time? I think, seeing me less may spark a sense of novelty."
Upon hearing her reasoning, Luo Shangqing stopped his experiment, removed his white gloves, and looked at her.
Mu Chenxi felt confident in her argument and met his gaze openly. Don’t they say absence makes the heart grow fonder? Isn’t that the idea?
Luo Shangqing picked up two test tubes filled with liquid and tapped them together: "You and I are like the contents of these two test tubes; if they aren’t mixed together, how can they react?"
Mu Chenxi was at a loss for words at his analogy, listening as he continued: "The beauty of distance is just a self-consolation invented by people who can’t be together. Remember, time and distance only dilute everything and don’t create any so-called beauty."
Mu Chenxi was almost persuaded by him, but stubbornly refused to be swayed, taking the two test tubes and saying: "Let’s get back to the experiment, back to the experiment."
Not long after that, Mu Chenxi received an employment offer from Luo Hospital, even though she had never applied there.
The roommates in the dorm were well aware of what was going on, but others who were unaware were dying of envy. Getting a job at a renowned hospital like Luo Hospital was what many in the medical school dreamed of.
Mu Chenxi could only sigh silently to herself; surely, her words carried no weight against Professor Luo.
In the end, Mu Chenxi became an intern nurse, mainly responsible for Luo Shangqing’s routine surgical arrangements, and sure enough, she had fallen into the Hunter’s trap, a trap she would never manage to escape for the rest of her life.
Side Story 3: What Do You Call Me
They say the honeymoon period is sweet, but Mu Chenxi and Professor Luo’s honeymoon travel hadn’t even started when a particularly important surgery called Professor Luo back from the airport with an urgent request.
Mu Chenxi dragged two suitcases back to their new home, she liked his previous apartment, so they just did some simple renovations and moved in.
Luo Shangqing has always been low-key, and Mu Chenxi isn’t someone who likes to show off, so their wedding was no big splash, just a simple affair attended by friends and relatives from both sides.
Although the honeymoon was delayed, and Mu Chenxi’s excitement turned out to be for naught, as a medical professional, she naturally understood the hardship and the inevitability of such situations.
So upon returning home, she took to cooking dinner herself.
By the time her candlelight dinner was ready, Luo Shangqing had also returned.
Seeing his newly-wed wife busy in the kitchen, and then looking at the beautifully arranged candles and tableware on the table, he smiled knowingly; his love may have taken a foolish path, but in the end, he hadn’t missed it.