My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 178

Chapter 178 Like Strangers
Feng Rubing gritted her teeth and said the threatening words, making Mu Yu feel a chill down her spine and reflexively took a sharp breath. Feng Rubing immediately noticed that someone was behind her and she instantly ended the call. She turned around with a hint of panic in her eyes. When she saw that it was Mu Yu, she forced herself to remain calm and asked, “What are you doing here?”

Compared to her frosty attitude back in the forensic doctor’s office, she sounded more gentle at the moment.

“Uh, well, Chief Rong requested that I get some information from you. It was the one I mentioned to you yesterday.”

“Sure.” Feng Rubing had started speed walking back to the office when she replied.

Mu Yu followed behind Feng Rubing in silence even though she wanted to ask if she had encountered any troubles. However, she also knew very well that Feng Rubing would not confide in her based on her current relationship with Feng Rubing and Feng Rubing’s own personality. Therefore, she did not press on and only debated whether or not to inform Rong Jian about this incident.

Not long after they returned to the forensic doctor’s office, Feng Rubing stood up from her seat, grabbed her bag and pointed at the computer. “I’ve emailed you the information he wanted. I’m not feeling well today and I have to go home early. If there’s anything urgent in the unit, just give me a call.”

“Oh, are you okay?” Mu Yu hurriedly expressed her concern, which Feng Rubing muddled through with a grunt. Then, she walked straight out of the office. At the door, she paused and turned around to address Mu Yu, “Do what’s expected of you and don’t worry about things that are none of your business.” After that, she finally left the office.

“Hey, what did she mean by that?” Feeling Feng Rubing’s animosity, Jiang Wenwen stared at her disappearing figure in dismay.

“She’s probably concerned that I’d waste my time having fun with you instead of working.” Mu Yu chuckled and attempted to explain the situation away. In fact, she knew that Feng Rubing had just warned her not to report the incident just now to Rong Jian.

Mu Yu instantly felt conflicted. It seemed that Feng Rubing had encountered a huge problem, but she was reluctant to accept any help from Rong Jian. Instead, she chose to deal with it alone even though she was incapable of doing so. If Feng Rubing could solve it, she would not have to resort to threats over the phone.

Mu Yu was worried that Feng Rubing might land herself in hot water if there was no help. However, if she ignored Feng Rubing’s warning and recklessly decided to involve Rong Jian in this matter, she was afraid that she might receive blame instead of gratitude from Feng Rubing.

“Yu? What are you thinking about?” Mu Yu was shoved by Jiang Wenwen and belatedly realized that her friend was talking to her. She was pulled back to the present and hurriedly grinned, “What were you talking about?”

“I knew you were daydreaming.” Jiang Wenwen laughed and poked her on her temples. “Were you thinking of Young Master Qin again?”

Feeling embarrassed, she slapped away Jiang Wenwen’s hand. “We’re not as lovey-dovey as you imagine. I was thinking about work matters. What did you say just now? I missed it.”

“I just felt a bit odd.” Then, Jiang Wenwen’s gaze swept past Feng Rubing’s seat. “She’s a senior forensic doctor and must be very close to the senior police officer Chief Rong. But why didn’t he get the information directly from her and instead wanted you to act as a middleman? In the same manner, she emailed the information to you instead of him. She wanted you to pass it along. Is there a conflict between them?”

After the reminder from Jiang Wenwen , Mu Yu finally realized that something was wrong between Rong Jian and Feng Rubing. Before this, Rong Jian would loiter at their office with myriad excuses now and then. However, since his last drunken antics at the Organic Food Restaurant at the Old Street, he had not once visited the forensic doctor’s office. Even when he needed some information from Feng Rubing, he did not come over and instead sent Liu Xiaofan here to receive it or called her to become the messenger.

Could it be that Chief Rong had resigned from his romantic pursuit of Madam Feng? But it had been a long six years. How could he give up easily?

Mu Yu could not figure it out at all and her silence prompted Jiang Wenwen to think that the guess was correct and she snorted, “If they are in a conflict, it must be because of that woman!”

“Why do you say so?” Mu Yu stared at Jiang Wenwen in astonishment.

“Do you even need to ask me? I’ve interacted with Chief Rong before. He is an easygoing, upright and courageous man. As for Doctor Feng, I feel that she is quite odd from my first interaction with her today. She is rude and unfriendly. A woman like her must be hard to talk to. If she is involved in a conflict with Chief Rong, it must be all her fault.”

“You have misunderstood Madam Feng. She’s a little aloof to people but she is very kind. We always have those days when our mood is down. She’s very irritable today and I suspect that she has encountered…” At first, Mu Yu only wanted to take Feng Rubing’s side, but she thought of Feng Rubing’s warning and shut up promptly.

“Encountered the love of her life?” Jiang Wenwen immediately sensed that some juicy gossip was going on and inched closer to Mu Yu with curiosity. “Tell me, what type of man would a woman with her nasty attitude fall for? Is it a mature guy with six-pack or a handsome young male? Or maybe… Hmm… What are you doing?”

Jiang Wenwen was shocked by Mu Yu who suddenly stood up. “Wait, didn’t Chief Rong ask me to send the information to him? You stay here. I’ll be back soon.”

“Didn’t that woman email you? Just forward it. You don’t have to go over to him.”

“I have something else to discuss with him. Don’t worry. I’ll be back soon.” She had stepped out of the office when she replied.

On her way to meet Rong Jian, Mu Yu forwarded the email to Rong Jian on her phone. She reached his office and knocked before entering.

“Yu?” Rong Jian, who was sitting in front of his office table and staring at the screen saw her coming in and immediately stood up to greet her. He expressed his astonishment at her visit. “What’s up?”

“Have you received the email?”

“Yes. I was reading it just now. Sorry for the trouble.”

“Not a problem at all. Chief Rong, did you have a fight with Madam Feng?” Mu Yu did not go about it in a roundabout way and fired the question at him. He did not foresee that question coming and his lips twitched in shock as he forced a smile at her. “No.”

“Are you sure?”

Rong Jian smiled wryly. “We don’t even talk to each other much daily. What conflict could there be?”

“Have you decided to give up on Madam Feng?”

Rong Jian was stunned by her direct question. He looked down and sighed. “Give up or not, the outcome is still the same.”

“How could that be? If you give up now, you will not have any hope of getting her. If you keep going, you will still have some hope. After all, Madam Feng is still single now.”

“Who told you that she’s single?”

“Wait, what?” Mu Yu was shocked. “Are you telling me that she has a boyfriend? That is impossible.”

“She told me in person.”

“When was that?” She was still in disbelief.

“When I was with her at the Old Street Organic Food Restaurant, she even showed me their couple selfie.” When Rong Jian replied to her, he tried to make himself appear calm but he could not suppress the bitterness that was seen in his pursed lips.

“Well, maybe they have broken up now. Madam Feng is…”

“Yu, I do not wish to discuss this topic anymore.”

“What if…”

He interrupted her once again, “No matter what her relationship status is, her happiness or her misfortune has nothing to do with me anymore.” Then, he let out a long sigh, his eyes full of sorrow. “Yu, I finally managed to persuade myself to give up on her. So, please do not try to persuade me anymore. The feeling of constantly going after something impossible was really horrible.”

After that, he sat down in front of his office table and stared at his computer screen. His fingers clicked slowly on the mouse as if he had plunged himself into another focused work session.

His evasive attitude suggested that he was struggling. It hurt Mu Yu to look at him in this state. After giving it some thought, she decided not to inform him about the phone conversation of Feng Rubing that she had overheard. After all, she could not confirm if Feng Rubing had really encountered some trouble. It could well be some minor annoyance in life. Plus, Feng Rubing had warned Mu Yu earlier to keep out of her business.

Oh well, she was nothing but an outsider. It was probably the best for her to pretend as if she knew nothing about it. She silently returned to her office.

At that moment, Jiang Wenwen was sitting at Mu Yu’s table and toying with a small gift box. When she saw Mu Yu return, she immediately asked, “Do you think the wrapping paper is a bit too gaudy and colorful? Would Zeyu dislike it?”

“It looks decent.” As Mu Yu was still mulling over the matters between Rong Jian and Feng Rubing, she answered her friend absentmindedly.

“If it’s decent, it’s not good then. I should have used a wrapping paper that’s more plain. I need to change the wrapping paper right now.”

“Where are you going?” Mu Yu immediately stopped Jiang Wenwen from leaving.

“Gift shop. Is there any gift shop around here?”

“Don’t change it. It looks great!”

“Just now, you said it was decent.”

“What I meant by ‘decent’ was ‘good enough’. If you take it apart and wrap the gift again, I’m scared that you’d damage the gift itself!” Since it was cold out there and there was no gift shop in the vicinity, Mu Yu did not wish to see Jiang Wenwen get into trouble.

“Ah!” When Jiang Wenwen was reminded by Mu Yu, she carefully placed the gift back on the table and inspected the contents of the gift box. When she saw that the gift itself was in perfect condition, she let out a sigh but instantly got anxious over something else. “Yu, are you sure that Zeyu would like this gift? This is my first time giving him something. I’m so nervous!”

“Of course! You have to believe in Huan. Based on his understanding of Zeyu, the choice of your gift must be right!” Mu Yu comforted her friend once again.

The gift in question was an out-of-print comic book series. According to Qin Jinhuan, he and Wen Zeyu loved to collect comic books about sixteen or seventeen years ago. The two collectors even had their own special shelves to keep the comic books.

They once got into a huge fight. In order to provoke Wen Zeyu, Qin Jinhuan had torn apart Wen Zeyu’s favorite comic books. When Wen Zeyu heard about it, he was extremely furious and grabbed Qin Jinhuan’s books, setting them up in flames in the garden. In revenge, Qin Jinhuan threw the rest of Wen Zeyu’s books into the drain, where they were damaged by the water. They did not talk to each other for half a year over this fight. After that, thanks to the meditation by grandpa, Uncle Zhongguang and Aunty Lan, the two finally reconciled.

“After that incident, I heard from Uncle Zhongguang that the comic book series I tore up was a gift from his mother before her death. He treated those books like his treasure and placed them beside his bed before sleep. When I damaged his books, he lost sleep for a long time. I felt extremely sorry over my action and had always wanted to make it up to him. So, I tried to collect every book from that series. Sadly, the book was off the market many years ago. I had to put in a lot of effort to complete the collection.”

“It happened that Zeyu had left to study abroad. When he was back, I totally forgot to give him the books. When you asked me about his favorite stuff today, I’m reminded of these books. I think Zeyu will be elated if you give them to him,” Before Qin Jinhuan took out the books for Mu Yu, he explained the background to her.

“Yu, I am so fond of Zeyu. You have to figure out a way for me to touch his heart.” This was the first time that Jiang Wenwen displayed the shyness of a girl in love in front of Mu Yu.

Today was Wen Zeyu’s birthday, and it happened that Rong Ying was about to bring Qin Chengxi back to the city post-surgery. It was double happiness for everyone, and Qin Jinhuan had arranged a celebration party at Gloria Hotel for the occasion. In order to get into the party, Jiang Wenwen braved the winter winds to visit Mu Yu on a working day.

Mu Yu thought of Rong Ying and reminded her friend once more, “Of course I’m willing to help you. But Zeyu now has his heart on…”

Her words were interrupted by the ringtone. When Mu Yu saw that it was a call from Qin Jinhuan, she glanced at the wall clock to check the time and quickly took the call. She asked with a smile, “It’s only 11 in the morning. We aren’t going to the airport this early, are we?”

“Something happened to the flight that Ying and Xi are on!”