Binglan brought her books, and settled down comfortably.
Delun made himself scarce, except for the first day when he helped her move and arrange her stuff.
Meanwhile, FanShan dropped multiple hints as to let BingLan move in permanently.
"I have plenty of grand sons, Doctor Xue. You can choose any one of them, young, old or weird. Someone as talented as Doctor Xue is more than welcome into our family." he continued.
However, Bing Lan soon noticed a pattern in his speech.
President Shan is very fond of her, but he never included Delun in the grandsons he recommended.
Just from this simple detail, she could tell Delun is the pride of the family.
If Fan family really knows she is Delun's contract wife, then she would suffer even without a mother-in-law, it seems.
Soon, her routine has become fixed.
She wakes up at six, does blood pressure and sugar tests for president Shan, tells the kitchen about his daily diet, making sure to put together the correct sort of meal.
Then, she goes to hospital, joins rounds as the measly intern, works like a slave till six in the evening. Then she does another test, insulin injection, and meal monitoring.
After dinner, she keeps company with president Fan, along with his grandson of the day.
Yes, you did not hear that wrong. 'Grand son of the day'.
President Fan, as the rumored underworld boss, has plenty of testosterone in his home.
There is Fan sports, Fan muscle, Fan pervert, Fan metro, Fan retro , Fan steamy, Fan dreamy, and even a Fan Baby.
That's how Bing lan differentiated between the grandsons, for remembering their names is far too cumbersome.
Today's grandson is Fan sports. Real name is Fan Deng, he is only sixteen, but he measured a foot and a half over Bing Lan already.
He had a crush on her, and is making more appearances than needed recently.
" Doctor Xue ! our Deng'er is quite good at his studies. Do you think at this rate, he would go to Tsinghua ? Then our family will also have a Tsinghua graduate. What do you think? You think it's possible ? I will believe Doctor Xue's words. " President Fan extended a copy of the report card to herself.
Bing Lan glanced at the scores.
She had always known that the Fan family is a little weak on the scholarly side, but makes up for it in talent and such.
By themselves, the grades in the report card have no problem whatsoever.
They are the grades of a good student, who could get into key universities anywhere in the country.
Only.. these grades belong to lower tier students of key universities.
Now that President Fan added a moniker like Tsinghua, the grades look especially poor.
It's a good thing BingLan is strong on EQ, and especially well practised on poker face these days.
Otherwise, her opinion would have shown all too clearly on her face.
"Ah ! These are very good grades. However, I am an early admission student. I can not tell whether these scores are enough to get into TsingHua or not. " She handed the report card back.
Fan Deng took them back with a disappointed face. It seems he expected praise for these scores.
Bing Lan may have high EQ, she does not have the habit of handing out empty compliments. These scores barely meet her bottom line. She could not even fathom that someone is expecting a compliment for these scores.
Delun entered at this moment, taking over the report card from Fan Deng's hands.
" You have improved ", he said simply.
It seems those are the correct words to say, for Fan Deng's face lit up like a thousand watt bulb.
He seems to idolize Fan Delun far too much.
"Little uncle ! It seems Doctor Xue is an early admission student like yourself. " he informed Delun eagerly.
" How early were you admitted ? " President Fan asked, almost in reflex.
Old people are nosy like this no matter how cool they have been in their early days.
BingLan is flustered, for she has once again been mesmerized by Delun's appearance.
,
"Fourteen .. very near to fifteen." She answered, with a bit of stutter.
" Ah! Doctor Xue ! How old are you now ? " Fan Deng asked, surprised.
He had always thought BingLan looked a bit young to be a doctor, but he hadn't known she was really young.
"That .. I am twenty now." she answered.
" Twenty turning twenty one soon ? " Fan Deng asked once more.
He has begun schooling later than most kids. He grew up listening to his uncle Delun's legend, so he admired people similar to his uncle. Only, he was under the firm belief there's only his uncle in this world who could achieve a feat such as this.
He never expected to meet another such person in the form of Doctor Xue. If he liked her before as a pretty girl, now, that feeling has turned into worshipping a goddess.
"No… I turned twenty last month." BingLan answered on auto pilot.
Looking at the situation she immediately understood.
President Fan wanted to brag, but Delun also entered the school at a similar time. So, his achievements can't beat BingLan's.
' Damn … I should have joked or directed the conversation away from here.', BingLan thought internally.
Once it comes to academics, the next to be inquired will be family, assets, etc. It's the rhythm of old people, no matter how cool their personalities are.
BingLan did not want to inform them anything about her family.
Fan family is great, and president Fan is a good boss, but she is not a clear hearted white lotus.
She could very much see that president Fan is considering her as a source of good genes, thus, trying to set her up with various grandsons who are ranked lower in the family hierarchy.
President Fan could more than take advantage of her family as long as he wants. However, BingLan absolutely did not want to hand such information over freely.
Thankfully, Delun intervened at this moment.
"Grandfather! Do you want to play a game of Go ? " he asked casually.
The intervention couldn't have come at a better time.
"Ah! Am I going to watch the famous battle scene ? Doctor Xue! Come watch with me. Grand Pa and Uncle Delun are both awesome at Go. " Fan Deng invited Binglan with a glowing smile.
Binglan smiled in response.
Sometimes, she thought this boy is all too clear in his heart.
"Maybe another time. I have to study." She declined politely.
Then, she went to her room to finish her assigned reading, while Delun and company moved over to a balcony overlooking the skyline.
It's a beautiful view unlike the view from her french window.
All the same, she liked the silence and sunlight the window provided to herself.
She opened the books and laptop together, started reviewing the videos and books together for the surgeries.
It is an extravagance for a first year resident to review surgeries, yet, she did it anyway.
This was the world that was completely lost to her in her last life.
She couldn't even step on the entrance to the surgical department after her hands got ruined.
While she was immersed in her studying, Delun played Go with his grandfather eagerly.
" How is the bid for hundred and eighty three? Are you confident you will win ? " his grandfather asked him leisurely.
" Ah! It's making progress, grandfather. We are solving as much as possible lawfully." Delun answered, placing insistence on 'Lawfully'.
He has already put half of his uncle's and father's men behind the bars.
Since he has so many connections in the legal and law execution department, there is no need to make people who aimed at him sit comfortably.
The time where gangsters should solve everything outside their circles has long since passed.
Since his father and uncle dared take cheap shots at him, then he may as well make them suffer as much as possible with as little as he can.
" Do you want Grandfather to help? There is no point putting more effort where you could put less." His grandfather opined.
Delun disagreed.
" Grandfather! I can handle this much! Trust your grandson. I am not helpless." Delun answered back.
With this, he is sure.
His father and uncle acted independently, and his grandfather neither agreed, nor disagreed.
However, one eighty three is too big of a project, and his grandfather will not let him complete it without asking for his help at least once.
Anything is acceptable in a mafia group except for independence.
Now that straight line is over, it will probably reach out to his personal life.
" How about that girl you met? How is she ? " His grandfather asked him sweetly.
" She was alright, but I don't think she is for me. She looks like it takes one too many hands to look after her. The Assemblyman was doing well till now, isn't he ? Let's trust in him." Delun answered.
The girl was a headache, and given their family's origin as gangsters, the girl was pawned off on him. However, if her father is this desperate, that means there is some internal situation, and it is not a quagmire Delun is willing to get in at the moment.