Chapter 99: Chili Water

Ning Tang paused in her movements, looked up at Zhang Yanfei, her beautiful eyes devoid of any extraneous emotion.

After returning from the wilderness, Xu Qiaofeng told her the whole story of Zhang Yanfei digging his own grave.

Those in higher positions naturally knew the reason.

But someone somehow managed to call the military region and cover up Zhang Yanfei's violation of regulations.

He should be recuperating in the hospital right now, but instead he's come to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department asking for some ointment. Clearly, he's in a hurry to get back to the team and is afraid that Xu Qiaofeng will say something.

"The ointment is for repairing external injuries. Your leg has a comminuted fracture, so the primary task is to rest in bed. Don't fantasize about anything else."

Ning Tang continued what she was doing, and after giving Zhang Yanfei the doctor's advice in one breath, she pointed to the door, indicating that Zhang Yanfei could leave.

Zhang Yanfei became anxious upon hearing this.

He threw away his cane, slammed it hard on the ground, and made a sound that was both angry and fierce:

"You just don't want to give it to me! It's just a cheap ointment. If Xu Qiaofeng can use it, why can't I?"

"I think you're biased. As a doctor, how can you treat patients differently? I'm going to report you to the hospital director!"

The afternoon was the busiest time, and the corridor was full of patients queuing up.

Upon hearing Zhang Yanfei's roar, countless eyes instinctively turned towards him.

Ning Tang wasn't annoyed; she simply got up and opened the door wider, kindly allowing the onlookers outside to see the scene clearly.

She pointed to Zhang Yanfei's bound legs: "Comrade Zhang, I am a doctor. I only treat illnesses, not personal grudges."

"Given your current condition, the only medical advice is to rest in bed. It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, and you'll need at least two months. If you force other methods and your bones heal crookedly, you'll have difficulty walking in the future, let alone training. Can you accept that?"

"Or are you saying you don't care about any of this and are just waiting for things to happen so you can cause me trouble later?"

Ning Tang was blunt, her tone so cold it was as if ice shards were about to fall from her lips.

Zhang Yanfei was rendered speechless by the rebuttal.

His face turned a deep liver color.

He knew that fractures heal slowly, but seeing his comrades going on missions, and even his arch-rival Xu Qiaofeng frequently shining on the training field, he was deeply moved.

Zhang Yanfei was the only one lying in the hospital, and he was so anxious that he wished he could be discharged the next day.

Unexpectedly, Ning Tang saw right through his thoughts with just a few words.

Zhang Yanfei had indeed considered that if something went wrong, he would blame Ning Tang for her poor medical skills.

Now caught in the middle and unable to back down, Zhang Yanfei, with a dark expression, decided to pretend she didn't understand.

Hearing this, he flew into a rage and slammed his fist on the table with a deafening roar.

"It's no use telling me this. I'm not a doctor. My only request as a patient is to be discharged next week!"

Ning Tang looked at Zhang Yanfei's face, which was flushed with anger, and all traces of indifference had vanished from her eyes.

"Comrade Zhang, your decision to be discharged from the hospital is not something you can make by banging on the table, nor is it something I can decide."

“I’m just a junior doctor in the Traditional Chinese Medicine department. You’re not my patient. You should go see an orthopedic doctor.”

After saying that, Ning Tang got up and walked out of the corridor, and shouted to the security guards who happened to be patrolling nearby: "Security guards, there is an uncontrollable patient here. Please take him away quickly."

Upon hearing her call for help, Zhang Yanfei instinctively jumped up from the stool in a panic.

He panicked as the security guards slowly approached.

Without a second thought, he reached out to grab Ning Tang, stopping her, saying, "You damned woman, shut your mouth right now!"

Ning Tang was prepared and dodged to the side the second before the person got close.

He quickly pulled a small bottle from the pocket of his white coat and sprayed it on Zhang Yanfei's face without hesitation.

Zhang Yanfei felt a sudden numbness before her eyes.

The pungent sensation instantly surged in his eyes, stinging them so much that he couldn't open them. He instinctively backed away, waving his hands wildly.

He cried out in panic, "What is that?!"

"Ning Tang! You shameless woman, how dare you lay a hand on me!"

Ning Tang stepped back until she was at a safe distance before slowly putting the pepper spray back into her pocket.

Her tone was cold and flat, but strangely gave the impression that she was in a good mood: "This is what I keep for self-defense after my night shift. I was scared when you started pulling on me."

At this moment, the security personnel rushed over.

Zhang Yanfei, who was lying on the ground and rubbing her eyes with both hands, was supported by one person on each side.

Even after being apprehended, Zhang Yanfei remained uncooperative, shouting, "Let me go! I'm going to file a complaint against you! Your hospital condones doctors assaulting people!"

"Aaaaaah! My eyes hurt so much! Someone, please help me!!"

Ning Tang found it too noisy and had watched enough of the show, so she turned her head away, too lazy to pay attention to Zhang Yanfei, who was twisting and contorting in an embarrassing state on the ground.

She turned to the security guards and said, "He is an orthopedic inpatient who forcibly entered the Traditional Chinese Medicine department to cause trouble and even tried to attack me. Please take him back and call the police for me."

After saying that, Ning Tang smiled slightly at the patients queuing in the corridor and said, "Who's next? You can come in now."

On the other side.

Ning Xin was wearing her newly bought dress when she went to the state-run coffee shop to meet Lu Niannian.

She could see Lu Niannian standing at the door from across the street.

I don't know what happened during this time, but Lu Niannian's face looked much more haggard than when we first met.

Even with makeup, she couldn't hide her unpleasant expression.

Seeing this, Ningxin happily raised her head.

She just bought that dress yesterday for over a hundred yuan; there are probably no more than five people in the whole city who own one!

Ning Xin, wearing the little leather shoes they had bought together, deliberately swayed her skirt and stopped in front of Lu Niannian. She turned around, her tone revealing a hint of smugness.

"Miss Lu, what do you think of my new dress? I just bought it at the department store yesterday. It cost 120 yuan. I heard that only ten of them were sold in the whole city."

Lu Niannian frowned, looking him up and down.

Upon seeing that it was a domestic brand, he let out a disdainful sneer.

Lu Niannian shook her head with a smile: "I thought it was something serious, Ningxin. All the dresses in my house are imported from abroad. Even the worst ones are bought by relatives from big cities."

Ning Xin's smile froze.

Pshaw, what are you pretending for? Her family was even more powerful before this happened.

She raised her chin, defiantly saying, "What's wrong with domestic products? This material feels soft to the touch, and not everyone can afford to buy it for 120 yuan."

This dress represents a month's income for an average family, and she didn't see many people wearing it on the street.

Ning Xin felt that Lu Niannian was jealous. She spoke so nicely, but she had the ability to produce evidence to prove that the dress was from abroad.

However, Ning Xin dared not say these words for the time being; she still had to rely on Lu Niannian.

Lu Niannian, however, put on airs.

She pointed at Ningxin's clothes, her tone disdainful: "Being willing to buy and being worth buying are two different things."

"Look at the stitching on this collar, it's all crooked and messy. If you wore this to a formal occasion, people would say you're unsophisticated."

As Lu Niannian spoke, she deliberately gave Ning Xin a sincere smile.

She suffered a loss at Ning Tang's hands, so it would be nice to vent her anger on Ning Xin.

Lu Niannian's smile pierced Ning Xin's heart. Ning Xin was so happy when she bought it yesterday that she didn't look at the details carefully at all.

Now this woman has said it in front of everyone, and passersby keep glancing over here.

Lu Niannian felt her face burning; she had never suffered such humiliation in her entire life.

Enraged, she retorted with a cold laugh: "I don't go to formal occasions! I just stroll around and be comfortable. Unlike you, no matter how well you dress, your face looks like a dying ghost. Even the best clothes won't suit you."

Lu Niannian's face darkened almost instantly.

She hasn't been sleeping well lately because of Ning Tang and Xu Qiaofeng's situation.

Now that Ning Xin had exposed her, she was both angry and annoyed, but she still tried to remain calm: "I was just tired from studying lately, unlike you, a leisurely housewife."

"By the way, what brings you here today? You're Ning Tang's older sister, so let's try to see each other less often in the future, lest others see us."

Ning Xin immediately grasped the key point and subconsciously asked, "Review? What are you reviewing?"

“I’m going to work in a few days, and I’m not like you, a nobody.” Lu Niannian deliberately dragged out her words. “Oh right, you don’t know this, do you? I’ve been recuperating abroad since I was a child, and I went to school there. I studied medicine.”

Ning Xin's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief.

Medicine? Is she going to work at a hospital?

If Lu Niannian really goes to the hospital, wouldn't she be able to meet Ning Tang every day?

What if that idiot Lu Niannian refuses to cooperate with her and goes after Ning Tang? That wouldn't be a good thing.

Seeing Ning Xin's shocked expression, Lu Niannian felt a surge of smugness, but she deliberately avoided mentioning the important points.

"Yes, I pulled some strings. You know my parents are both directors of military hospitals, so this is nothing to them."

"I'll be reporting to the hospital in a few days. Maybe you'll see me again when you come to the hospital in the future."

After Lu Niannian had finished showing off, she remembered her parents' advice not to talk nonsense before things were settled, so she immediately changed the subject.

She frowned and asked, "Alright, what did you want to ask me out for? If you don't tell me, I'm leaving."

"Don't go, don't go." Ning Xin also remembered the purpose of her visit. "I wanted to ask Miss Lu for another favor. Brother Yanfei has been stuck in the captain's position for years. Could you help him improve a little bit?"

As if afraid that Lu Niannian would disagree, he quickly added.

Ning Xin said, "We don't need to improve too much. As long as we can keep Brother Yanfei from bowing down to Xu Qiaofeng, that's enough."

Xu Qiaofeng is now the captain of the Cobra Squad.

Although Zhang Yanfei is also a team leader, he only manages a small, ordinary team.

In terms of resources and achievements, they are far inferior to Xu Qiaofeng's Cobra Squad.

Every time the military region held a meeting, Zhang Yanfei had to sit below Xu Qiaofeng, and even his speech had to be at the back. He had been holding this grudge for several years.

Ning Xin had witnessed it all over her two lifetimes, and it hurt her even more than if she had suffered injustice herself.

After listening, a hint of hesitation flashed in Lu Niannian's eyes.

She wouldn't mind having more help, and she could help Zhang Yanfei, but Zhang Yanfei is currently recovering in the hospital, and she heard that there was some negative news about her before.

If we help him secure a position now, and someone finds out that he violated some rules, it will only implicate ourselves and our parents.

But then I thought, what if Zhang Yanfei could suppress Xu Qiaofeng...

Zhang Yanfei remembers the good things he did, and now he has another great general under his command, who can also indirectly cause trouble for Ning Tang.

All things considered, it seems like we're not at a loss.

Lu Niannian's lips slowly curved into a smile as she slowly said, "Helping him isn't out of the question, but you have to tell Zhang Yanfei to behave himself lately."

"Although my parents had influence in the military region, they couldn't stop him from causing trouble and willingly throwing his life away."

Upon hearing that there was hope, Ning Xin immediately nodded vigorously.

She tugged at Lu Niannian's clothes and repeatedly assured her, "I know, I know!"

"When I get back, I'll immediately tell Brother Yanfei to stay quiet and make sure he doesn't cause any more trouble for Miss Lu."

Lu Niannian pondered for a moment, then added, "Also, we can't rush the job application. We have to wait until he recovers from his injury and returns to the team before submitting it at a suitable time."

“I’ll ask someone to put in a good word for him with the boss, but whether it works out in the end depends on his own performance. Don’t blame me if it doesn’t work out.”

Ning Xin shook her head frantically.

She now wishes she could kneel on the ground and swear an oath.

Now, even the roads seem much more pleasing to the eye.

Ning Xin said, "No! As long as Miss Lu is willing to help, we will definitely remember your kindness!"

"If there's anything you need us to do in the future, please don't hesitate to ask!"

Seeing Ning Xin's overjoyed expression, Lu Niannian smiled smugly.

You idiot.

She wasn't genuinely helping Zhang Yanfei; she was just using this incident to control both Zhang Yanfei and Ning Xin, giving her two pawns to use against Ning Tang in the future.

Even if she uses this to threaten Zhang Yanfei after the matter is exposed, Zhang Yanfei will definitely suffer in silence.

Ning Xin was unaware of Lu Niannian's ulterior motives. At that moment, she was happily running to the hospital, wanting to tell Zhang Yanfei about this surprise.

When they arrived at the hospital, they found Zhang Yanfei's bed empty.

Ningxin was told by her fellow patients that Zhang Yanfei had gone to the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine and had not returned yet.

Fearing something might go wrong, Ning rushed to the Traditional Chinese Medicine department.

I happened to pass by the security office and saw a man standing inside. He was tied up and looked very disheveled.

But the more she looked at him, the more familiar he seemed...

Ning Xin watched for a while and, upon realizing that the person inside was Zhang Yanfei, immediately rushed in.

"Brother Yanfei! What are you doing! Let them go!"

Ning Xin rushed in and threw herself at Zhang Yanfei, reaching out to pry the hands of the security guards away, her voice filled with anger and worry.

Zhang Yanfei's hair was a mess, her face was covered with swollen red marks, and her eyes were burning like walnuts.

Seeing Ning Xin arrive, he couldn't help but roar, "Ning Xin, you don't need to waste so much breath on them, just let me go!"

"That woman Ning Tang, she sprayed something in my eyes and made them trap me here! Please save me!"

Zhang Yanfei shouted and struggled to break free of her restraints, but the movement was too big and aggravated the injury on her left leg. She gasped in pain and almost fainted!