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  • Undesirable Marriage

    Chapter 8.1✿

    We’re both doctors and we have the same ideals. 

    So, was that why he smiled at her? Because he had finally found a woman who understood him and who could work hand in hand with him to chase after his dreams together. And because they were both doctors, of course, they could best understand each other’s pain, joy, sorrow and happiness…

    “Dai Xingren, do you believe so too?” Mo Chuan Ya murmured, her eyes focused on the cover of a newly released magazine.

    On the cover, he was walking handsomely out of the airport lobby, followed by Zhu Xiang Lin, smiling sweetly. Lest the world be chaotic, the gossip reporter used delicate words and a wealth of imagination to write about the two of them as like-minded lovebirds. But unfortunately, their love was hampered by a first wife at odds who refused to let go.

    Obviously the love was dead, so why not divorce already?

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    The reporter had the same question as Zhu Xiang Lin. They thought they were self-righteous and made an ungrounded assumption: the Mo family wouldn’t be able to stand the scandal of a divorce, and insisted on not letting the troublesome son-in-law regain his freedom. Now she had become the bad woman who had gotten in the way of the couple. Mo Chuan Ya pursed her lips in self-deprecation, forcing herself to calm down and continue reading the story. 

    It was obvious that the reporter sympathised with Dai Xingren. He had dedicated a lot of space to describing his great achievements, praising what a remarkable doctor he was and how his exquisite medical skills saved the life of dying grandmother Mo. He also quoted Zhu Xiang Lin as saying ‘the way he operated was comparable to art.’

    And since he was such an excellent doctor, a rare talent in Taiwan, he should be preserved as a national treasure and cherished. Not being played with by some arrogant woman.

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    This time, she wouldn’t take the initiative to approach him. Not again, absolutely not.

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    Moreover, even if she was thick-skinned and took the initiative to approach, what about it? He already had another woman by his side. A woman who was not inferior to her in any aspect. What she could give him, that woman could also. Not to mention, they were both doctors and shared common ideals.

    Don’t think a brief separation was okay, who knows how many years he will be gone? Maybe he’ll come back and things will be different. Maybe he will be a different person and you’ll miss each other forever, can you bear that to happen?

    In her mind, her friend’s advice to her rang out, which she refused to listen to at that time.

    So, have things changed? Did she and he really have to miss out?

    Think about it, could she really let him go?

    “I can, I can ……” she murmured silently, stubbornly ignoring the waves of regret rolling over her heart. Even as her voice wavered from the pain of her wounds. “I really can…”

    Yes, she could. She had no regrets. She banished him to the United States to pursue his ideals. She had no regrets…

    The phone rang unexpectedly, waking Mo Chuan Ya from a daze. She pressed the intercom button and the clear voice of her secretary came through.

    “Chairman, it’s time for the meeting.”

    She took a deep breath and traced her fingertips into the palm of her hand, replacing the bitterness that filled her chest with pain.

    __________________

    Where was she?

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    Throughout the day, Dai Xingren shuttled back and forth in the hospital, but he couldn’t meet Mo Chuan Ya. Either she was busy or he had been dragged to a meeting by some doctor to discuss a case. Even when he visited grandmother Mo in her ward and talked with her for almost half an hour, he still wasn’t able to see her as he wished for.

    He suspected that she was avoiding him on purpose, but because of this, he became even more determined to see her. During sunset, he came to knock on her office’s door again but her secretary said she was in a meeting.

    He couldn’t wait any longer, so he went straight to the conference room to meet her instead of waiting for her. In place of her, he heard the dean complaining to several department directors.

    “What’s wrong with that girl today? Did she eat something strange?” The dean’s voice was discontented, clearly holding in indignation. “She doesn’t even realise it. I consented in honour of her grandmother’s and mother’s wishes, else how would a young girl who knows nothing about hospital practices make it this far?”

    “The chairman was really strange today, she even scolded the vice-president! Didn’t she respect him the most?” One of the department heads interjected, sounding a bit gloomy. “Did you see that? Professor Xiong’s face is almost swollen to the colour of a pig’s liver!”

    A few of the department heads laughed at this, but only the dean could not, still fuming in face of the humiliation. 

    As Dai Xingren listened to their conversation, he guessed that Mo Chuan Ya had been in a bad mood and had offended both the Dean’s and the Vice President’s factions by giving everyone a hard time during the meeting. “What do I care what she does with Xiong Jianming?” The dean barked angrily. “If she dares to provoke me, I must  retribute the humiliation!”

    “What does the dean plan to do?”

    “I’ll call her mother and give her a choice of whom to keep. Her or me!”

    Wow, that was a big deal.

    Everyone looked at each other. Although the dean had always disliked the chairman’s proximity to the vice-president, he had never openly expressed his displeasure. But this time, he was really determined.

    How did it come to this?

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    As Dai Xingren heard all this, his eyebrows drew together. His wife should not have been  a person incapable of restraining her temper. She had lectured him on his inability to behave before. Now, why was it that she lost her temper during a meeting apparently without reason?

    The fact that she was a young woman and the chairman of the board of directors of one of the most respected hospitals was enough to impress. He was sure that there were many people in private who did not want her to meddle in the administrative businesses of the hospital. If she was smart, she would be careful when dealing with these prestigious medical leaders and not upset them. 

    “Xingren, what are you doing here?” The dean raised his voice in surprise when he spotted him, his eyes growing cold instantly. The dean probably thought he was going to tell him off, didn’t he? Rather than let the dean’s anger grow deeper and allow him to go to the former chairman, potentially creating a disturbance in the hospital, Dai Xingren could be the mediator here and cool people’s mood down.

    “Dean, I’m sorry, I heard what you said earlier and I’m very sorry for you.”

    “What did you say?” The Dean’s eyes widened in horror. “You said you feel sorry?”

    “Yes.” He smiled warmly. “It seems like Chuan Ya’s temper was too forthcoming and has offended the dean. I don’t think she meant it, so please don’t take it personally, okay?”

    “So you’re saying that you’re going to apologise to me in place of your wife?” The dean still looked incredulous.

    “Yes.” He bowed slightly. “I am sorry.”

    Oh my God! Not only was the dean shocked, but several other department heads were also flabbergasted. They were all senior doctors in this hospital and they had all known him from back in those days. They knew how arrogant and unruly he had been at the time and how he did his own things. He even refused to bow his head when he offended the Vice-President of the Legislative Yuan. Now he was voluntarily taking up another’s mistake and apologising in their place?

    “Xingren, you…” The dean’s voice was hoarse with confusion. “It seems to have changed.”

    Dai Xingren smiled faintly. He admitted that he had changed in some ways, and after five years, who could remain exactly the same?


    Edited by: TsumiHokiro

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