The handsome guy next door loves to flirt.

Xu Ruo mustered up her courage and asked, "Dad, can you promise me you won't find me a stepmother again?"

After listening, Xu Yang looked at Xu Ruo carefully, and then felt very sad. He felt that he was still a bad father to Ruo, making her worry about him remarrying all the time. Oh well, from now on, he should keep his distance from those women, even her... Forget it, he should cut ties with her to avoid making Ruo worry and ruining her good youth.

"Hmph! You keep calling me old man, but I'm not young anymore. Don't worry! Dad won't do anything to hurt you again!" It turned out that the child was still worried about this matter, which made Xu Yang feel a little guilty.

Xu Ruo sat down and hugged her father, then said gratefully, "Dad, thank you!"

Xu Ruo sometimes felt that he was a bit selfish. Her mother had been gone for twenty years, and her father had been raising her all by himself. But she said she couldn't stand those vixens who were after her father's money, and they were always surrounding him.

Xu Yang smiled wryly, suddenly realizing that his daughter had grown up. He sighed and said, "It's my fault for making you worry, but you can't just mess around with yourself. Isn't this a good thing? Girls need to have boyfriends when they grow up. No wonder you didn't have one before. You don't need to worry about this anymore. Your dad keeps his word. As long as you work hard to win over Dr. Chen and get married soon, your dad won't have to work so hard anymore."

“Dad, I don’t know what he means to me. He’s a very aloof person and doesn’t talk much, but I feel like he’s a good person.”

“Okay, so he works at the same hospital as Yun Shu, right? Dad will check his family background and his character first. Even if he's handsome, you can't just go after him recklessly.”

"I get it. Ashu said he's doing well at the hospital, he's the head of the emergency department. By the way, his name is Chen Mingyuan. Hehe, a lot of girls at his hospital are chasing after him, but he doesn't seem to like any of them." After saying that, Xu Ruo was still a little smug, kicking her legs a few times in excitement. She actually managed to get with such a tall and mighty guy, hehe!

Xu Yang couldn't bear to look at the lewd expression on his daughter's face. Although his daughter had changed drastically, as if she had been reincarnated as a different person, that was only on the surface. Her personality was still the original Xu Ruo. However, seeing her happy, his mood improved as well.

Seeing that it was already past 11 o'clock, he said, "It's getting late, go upstairs and go to sleep! You'd better get up early tomorrow morning, otherwise if you keep being this lazy, even ten Dr. Chens will be scared away by you!"

"Okay, Dad, I know. You should get some rest too. Goodnight!"

After a night of commotion, Xu Ruo was exhausted. As soon as her father spoke, she immediately left to go back to her room to wash up and go to sleep.

Not long after Xu Ruo went upstairs, Xu Yang's phone rang.

Xu Yang frowned as he looked at the familiar number on his phone, hesitating whether to answer the call. He struggled with the decision for a long time, and only answered when the person dialed the third number.

"Okay, don't wait for me. I have something to do tonight, and it's late already, so I won't be coming over. Also... I'll probably be very busy next, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come over for a while... You... go to sleep."

He couldn't bear to tell her not to wait for him. This woman had waited for six years; she was only in her early thirties. He had helped her once before, and later she went to work at his company. They spent a lot of time together and eventually got together. But this woman never asked for any recognition; she just stayed by his side to take care of him. Although he had several women around him, they were only taken out for social occasions. This woman was the only one truly by his side. However, he had undergone sterilization a long time ago for Xu Ruo's mother and for Xu Ruo herself. Ahao stayed by his side simply to take care of him. He had explained his situation to her a long time ago, but this woman was foolish; she kept waiting for him, not caring about having children or a formal relationship. He couldn't bring himself to say anything too harsh to reject her.

But thinking about what Xu Ruo had just said, and considering that A Hao is only thirty years old this year, it would be better for everyone to separate from her. He sighed, now only hoping that Xu Ruo could find a good man to take care of her, so he wouldn't have to worry about her so much in the future.

The woman on the other end of the phone, sitting on the edge of the bed, held her phone, tears slowly streaming down her face. She had known long ago that she couldn't love that man; it was hopeless. He loved his daughter so much, he wouldn't let her suffer even the slightest grievance. She had waited so many years, missing the best years of her youth, but she still couldn't win his heart. Yes, he had told her long ago that he had wronged Xu Ruo's mother, that the position of Mrs. Xu would always belong to Xu Ruo's mother, and that she was free to marry if she ever wanted to stop waiting. But she had remained foolish, living in a dream. What should she do? That man had just called, his tone clearly distant. What holiday was it today? He had promised to come and be with her today. Could it be… he had a new lover? She knew about those other women, but only superficially; none of them had managed to climb into his bed like she had.

If he were at home, she would continue to wait for him; but if he had other women, there was no point in her staying with him. The woman figured this out, then turned off the light and went to sleep.

After washing up, Aruo lay in bed. She was very tired, but she couldn't fall asleep. She looked at her phone and saw that it would be 12 o'clock in ten minutes. Valentine's Day was almost over.

That evening, she accepted Chen Mingyuan as her boyfriend and also talked to her father, who promised he wouldn't remarry. Just thinking about it made her happy.

Thinking of Chen Mingyuan, he was clearly going to buy her clothes tonight, but he stubbornly insisted it was for his girlfriend. In the end, all three outfits were for her, and he even said his girlfriend didn't like them, so he gave them all to her. He's such a closet pervert, caring about her without saying it outright, would it kill him to say it? Hehe! Just thinking about it makes me feel so happy! And that man, his looks and physique are top-notch, it's just a pity she was drunk that time and doesn't know the details. Tsk tsk, but judging from the bruises on her body that day, you can tell that man is very strong in bed too, ah! ...I can't think about it anymore, besides being a fujoshi (a female fan of male-male romance), is she really going to be labeled a pervert, as Ashu said?!

But thinking of that man, she chuckled, picked up her phone, sent him a few messages, and then Xu Ruo finally felt at ease enough to go to sleep.

Chen Mingyuan was already asleep, but when he opened his phone the next day and saw the text message, a smile crept onto his face. It seemed that woman wasn't stupid after all; she had remembered her identity.

The message Xu Ruo sent him was: "Dr. Chen, does your girlfriend think of you when she can't sleep?"