Chapter 103: Oh my god! A ghost!
"Hey, if you dare say it again in front of me, I'll tear your stinking mouth apart!"
"You've been targeting our Tangtang since just now. What, did Tangtang dig up your ancestral graves?" Wang Yingying rolled up her sleeves, so angry that she wanted to rush in and drag the woman out.
Fearing trouble, Ning Tang gently took Wang Yingying's hand.
He shook his head to indicate that she shouldn't worry, and that it wasn't worth getting angry and harming her health over someone like that.
"No need to change it, I'm not that delicate."
After saying that, Ning Tang carried her luggage to another bed. Just as she was about to put her things down, Pei Yan Ning suddenly stretched out her leg and hooked the edge of the bed.
The neatly folded blankets on the bed couldn't withstand the force of inertia and fell to the floor, looking somewhat dirty.
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry." Pei Yanning apologized insincerely, raising her chin high, her malice barely concealed.
She smiled and said, "Your hand slipped, Dr. Ning, you don't mind picking it up yourself, do you?"
"After all, you're pregnant now. Exercising more is good for the baby, and it will make it easier for you to give birth."
Wang Yingying's fiery temper exploded on the spot.
He rolled up his sleeves again, strode forward, and argued: "You did this on purpose! You clearly hooked it with your foot, why pretend it was a slip of the hand!"
"So what if I hooked it with my foot?"
Pei Yanning raised her chin, looking completely smug: "She dropped this thing, why should I pick it up for her? Besides, she's pregnant and still showing up everywhere. If she can't even do this little thing, what kind of doctor is she?"
Wang Yingying got even angrier: "Do you believe I'll go out and call someone over right now?"
"Go ahead and go, do you think I'm scared?"
Pei Yanning didn't care about Wang Yingying's threats at all.
There are only three people in this room, and everyone knows that Ning Tang and Wang Yingying are close. She will just deny it to the death. Even if someone comes, what can they do to her?
Ning Tang had already seen through Pei Yan Ning's ulterior motives.
She pulled Wang Yingying behind her, bent down to pick up the blanket from the floor, and when she looked up at the woman sitting on the edge of the bed, a dangerous smile appeared on her lips.
For some reason, Pei Yanning felt a little scared.
I have a feeling that something is about to happen.
Ning Tang smiled and said, "Yes, Dr. Pei really reminded me. There are only three people in this room, so no one will know what we do."
What are you going to do?
"Ning Tang, if you dare to lay a finger on me, believe me, I'll make you regret it!" Pei Yanning instinctively stepped back, threateningly retorting.
The moment the words left his mouth.
A blanket came over and covered Pei Yanning completely.
The blanket was thick and heavy, and it covered my head, plunging me into complete darkness.
Pei Yanning panicked and frantically tried to pull it apart.
She yelled, "Ning Tang! Are you crazy? Get away from me right now!"
Ning Tang didn't move, but reached out and pressed down on the blanket, preventing her from struggling free.
After Wang Yingying realized what was happening, she also pressed down on him. With the two of them on top of each other, Pei Yanning was already panicked and covered in sweat from struggling.
"Let go! I'm going to call for help!"
"Ning Tang, you wicked woman! If Xu Qiaofeng knew your true, vicious nature, he would definitely regret marrying you!"
"Go ahead and shout." Ning Tang still wouldn't let go, and even sat down while gripping the edge of the blanket.
Wang Yingying followed suit, realizing that she wanted to teach Pei Yanning a lesson.
The two sat down against the edge of the blanket.
"Tangtang, I'm suddenly a little hungry. Let's go downstairs to the guesthouse and ask me what we can eat after we're done, okay?" Wang Yingying rubbed her rumbling stomach, looking rather dejected.
Ning Tang nodded.
After several hours of meetings, she is now carrying two people on her own, making her more prone to hunger than the average person.
Even if Wang Yingying didn't say anything, she would still have to go eat something later.
As if remembering something, Ning Tang suddenly said, "I think I smelled braised pork when I came up here just now."
Upon hearing that there was braised pork, Wang Yingying immediately perked up.
In the 1970s, guesthouses generally provided meals, but you needed two meat coupons to eat there.
Xu Qiaofeng was worried about Ning Tang when he came to the neighboring city, so he specially brought her all the meat coupons he had saved up for several months.
Let alone a plate of braised pork, if Ning Tang wanted to eat, she could buy up all the meat dishes in the guesthouse.
Hearing the two people above talking about braised pork, Pei Yanning was furious.
But she dared not move, for if she did, she would feel short of breath and as if she were about to faint.
Despite his defiant resistance for a long time, he eventually gave up, exhausted.
"I was wrong, please let me out..."
"Ning Tang, I promise I won't make you angry anymore. I'm about to suffocate, please let me out..."
Hearing the sound, Ning Tang gestured for Wang Yingying to loosen her grip, and the two of them moved away together.
Pei Yanning suddenly threw off the covers, gasping for breath.
His hair was wet and clung to his face, his eyes were filled with fear, and his previous arrogance was gone.
"Remember this feeling."
Ning Tang stood up, patted the corner of her clothes, and said in a cold tone, "If you say anything that bothers me again, it won't be that simple."
Wang Yingying also stood up.
She stood with her hands on her hips, glaring back at him: "Did you hear me?"
"If you dare to cause trouble again, we won't be so easy to talk to!"
Pei Yanning shrugged, still feeling resentful, but remembering what had just happened, she didn't dare to say anything more hurtful.
She watched Ning Tang and Wang Yingying's departing figures.
Suddenly realizing that this woman was not as harmless as she seemed, and was not someone she could afford to offend.
Pei Yanning was unwilling to suffer in silence.
Just as he was thinking of a way to avoid exposing himself while making Ning Tang look bad.
There was a sudden knock on the door.
Pei Yanning got up to open the door, and her eyes narrowed when she saw the person outside.
The two locked eyes.
Birds of a feather flock together.
I instantly understood what the other person meant.
Pei Yanning led the people in, checked if anyone was outside in the corridor, and then quickly locked the door from the inside.
"Speak, what brings you here?"
*
The first floor of the guesthouse.
The place that Dean Wang arranged for them was already the best in the city.
When Ning Tang and Wang Yingying went downstairs, the aroma of braised pork wafted over, making their mouths water.
"Tangtang, did you bring the hostage?"
"If you didn't bring any, I have some here, let's eat together."
As Wang Yingying spoke, she generously pulled out several meat tickets from her pocket.
Ning Tang felt a warmth in her heart.
She shook her head and explained, "No need, thank you, I have money in my hand."
Seeing that she had it, Wang Yingying was immediately relieved.
The two walked hand in hand toward the restaurant.
There weren't many people at the guesthouse; almost all the empty rooms were occupied by doctors from other cities.
There weren't many people eating, and even those who were mostly ordering noodles or something similar.
Meat coupons and grain coupons were precious, and most of them were adults with elderly parents and young children to support, so they were reluctant to use them to eat braised pork.
Seeing that Ning Tang and Wang Yingying each ordered a serving of braised pork and white rice without hesitation.
They all turned their gazes in that direction.
Ning Tang took a bite of the braised pork. It was on the sweeter side, fatty but not greasy, and went perfectly with rice.
She ate several pieces in one go, then stopped eating and instead picked up some vegetables.
Wang Yingying asked curiously, "Tangtang, isn't it tasty?"
But she thought it tasted pretty good, even better than what the cafeteria ladies made.
Ning Tang smiled and shook her head: "No, it's just that I can't eat anything too greasy right now."
"I can't digest it in a short time. My stomach feels uncomfortable at night, and I feel nauseous and want to vomit."
Actually, she was just tired of eating meat.
Life is tough these days; even Grandpa Xu, who is a commander, has a limited amount of money each month.
Fortunately, the Xu family is large, and the meat ration coupons they pool together are enough to feed them for a month.
The Xu family gathered for a meeting and unanimously voted to save the meat for Ning Tang, who was pregnant, to help her recover.
Wang Yingying picked up a piece of lean meat and stuffed it into her mouth, saying indistinctly, "That's true, pregnant women are all like this. If you don't like it, I'll help you eat it!"
As he spoke, he reached out with his chopsticks to pick up the braised pork from Ning Tang's bowl.
Ning Tang was amused by Wang Yingying's greedy look. Since it would be a waste not to eat it anyway, she let Wang Yingying take it away.
He slowly ate the white rice with stir-fried vegetables.
As I was eating, I caught a glimpse of two little girls, not even three years old, at a table not far away. They were covering their mouths with their hands and looking over at me with longing eyes.
A middle-aged woman was sitting next to the little girl, holding a one-year-old boy in her arms.
The little boy saw Ning Tang and the others eating meat and was throwing a tantrum, demanding that his mother take the meat away from him.
The woman shoved the two little girls and said in an unfriendly tone, "You two good-for-nothings, go beg her for a few dollars to take back for your little brother to eat."
"If you don't get it, come back empty-handed and see how I deal with you!"
The two little girls were pushed and stumbled, then timidly moved in front of Ning Tang.
His little head drooped, and he didn't dare to utter a sound for a long time.
Ning Tang put down her chopsticks and was about to speak when she heard the middle-aged woman shout with her hands on her hips.
What are you dawdling about?
"Didn't you see there's still some in their bowl? Talk to the auntie nicely and ask her to share some with your little brother!"
This self-righteous and shameless tone drew everyone's attention.
Ning Tang frowned, tugged at Wang Yingying's sleeve, signaling her to ignore her.
Although Wang Yingying felt sorry for the little girl having such a mother, she didn't even have enough braised pork for herself and couldn't bear to give it to her.
Five minutes passed.
Seeing that Ning Tang was truly ruthless and hadn't touched the meat, and noticing that the meat in her bowl was dwindling, the woman immediately raised her voice:
"What? You eat the meat all by yourself, but you don't care when the kids are craving it?"
"And you're supposed to be a mother someday, how can you be so heartless!"
Ning Tang put down her chopsticks, looked up at Wang Yingying, and asked in confusion, "Yingying, did you hear the dog barking?"
Wang Yingying was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.
She looked around and said, "Yeah, where did that dog barking come from? There aren't any dogs in this guesthouse!"
These words were a veiled insult, both overt and covert.
Even the most clueless woman would have figured it out.
Her face instantly turned a deep purplish-red with embarrassment, and she pointed at Ning Tang, starting to throw a tantrum.
"Who are you calling a dog? You little whore, how dare you talk to me like that!"
"Do you know who I am? Do you know what my status is in our village?!"
"I never said you were a dog," Ning Tang said slowly, leaning back in her chair.
"I just heard dogs barking incessantly, disturbing my meals."
"After all, dogs don't know any better. They try to snatch meat when they see it. It's no big deal for you if I curse at the animal a couple of times, is it?"
The people around burst out laughing instantly.
His face was full of mockery of begging.
The woman was speechless after being rebuked, and her precious son, seeing that there was no meat to eat, started crying and making a fuss.
In her anger, she raised her hand to hit her daughter, yelling, "You two good-for-nothings! You can't even get a piece of meat!"
The two children were so badly beaten that they dared not move, and even when the soles of their shoes hit their faces, they dared not run away.
After hitting her for a while, seeing that Ning Tang had no reaction, the woman hit her even harder.
Finally, a few men couldn't stand it anymore and came over to stop her, snatching the shoes from her hands.
Are you out of your mind?
"This is a place to eat. If you have family matters to attend to, go outside and don't disturb us while we're eating!"
Upon seeing that there were several burly men, the woman, fearing she would be beaten, immediately grabbed her son and ran away.
He paid no attention to his daughters standing behind him.
The two girls were still standing there long after the others had left.
Ning Tang beckoned them over, then got up, took the tickets, and exchanged them for a bowl of braised pork and two bowls of rice.
She said very seriously, "You can only eat here, you can't take it back."
"And you're not allowed to tell your mother about this, understand?"
The two girls timidly looked up.
Their dark, grape-like eyes were filled with fear, but the aroma of braised pork so close at hand made them swallow hard.
It took him a long time to slowly nod and whisper thank you.
Ning Tang placed the braised pork in front of them and then distributed bowls and chopsticks. Seeing their expressions of wanting to eat but not daring to, she didn't say anything more.
He simply turned his head and continued eating his meal with Wang Yingying.
While eating, Wang Yingying glanced at the two children out of the corner of her eye as they ate their meat in small bites.
Unable to resist, he leaned close to Ning Tang's ear and whispered something.
"These two kids are so pitiful. They have such a mother, and they can't even get a hot meal."
Ning Tang didn't reply, but simply picked up a piece of green vegetable with her chopsticks and handed it over.
She knew very well that the preference for sons over daughters was deeply ingrained in people's minds.
Even if a great man says that women can hold up half the sky, some people still disagree.
All she could do was offer to provide this meal.
Before long, Ning Tang and Wang Yingying were full.
After a while, it was already dark outside.
After washing up, Ning Tang and Wang Yingying parted ways.
She pushed open the door and looked up to meet Pei Yanning's face.
They were dressed neatly, looking like they were going out.
Ning Tang wasn't in the mood to ask any more questions, so she stepped aside to let Pei Yan Ning pass, and Pei Yan Ning obediently went out as well.
Half an hour later.
Ning Tang had just come out of the space and was about to turn off the lights and go to sleep when there was a knock on the door.
"Who is it? Is something wrong so late?"
"..."
No one spoke outside the door.
Ning Tang turned over and ignored her.
The person outside seemed surprised that she didn't respond; the knocking paused briefly before resuming quickly.
Another hour passed.
Pei Yanning's legs were almost numb from standing.
The corridor outside was quiet, with only occasional muffled thuds, like something falling to the ground.
Originally, he wanted to pretend to be a ghost to scare Ning Tang, but he didn't expect her to ignore him at all.
Pei Yanning was a little scared outside, so she spoke up: "Ning Tang, it's me."
"I forgot my keys when I came out. Could you open the door for me?"
After she finished speaking, she pressed her ear against the door.
The room was extremely quiet.
Pei Yanning was instantly shocked; Ning Tang had actually fallen asleep!
What will she do then? Stand outside all night?
Just as I was thinking this, a cold wind suddenly blew across my neck.
Pei Yanning was terrified and jumped up, exclaiming, "Oh my god! There's a ghost!"
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