Chapter 91: Scaring Yourself
She stopped and turned around. Her face was expressionless; she simply looked at the girls who were talking with her beautiful eyes.
The girl in the lead was named Tao Lanxin, and she seemed to come from the best family among them.
She deliberately rolled up her sleeves high, revealing a Shanghai-brand women's watch on her wrist.
Seeing that Ning Tang didn't speak, Tao Lanxin assumed she was an easy target and stepped forward with a provocative tone.
"I'm asking you a question. Which hospital are you from?"
"Don't you know it's very rude to eavesdrop on other people's conversations here?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Tang raised an eyebrow. So she knew it was impolite to talk badly about others behind their backs.
"If you're so polite, then why do you still point fingers at others behind their backs?"
Tao Lanxin's expression immediately changed.
She didn't expect that this woman would actually hear what they were saying and dare to expose them to their faces.
His face was filled with guilt, and realizing so many people were watching, he immediately stiffened his neck and tried to explain:
"When did I point fingers? We were just having a normal chat. It's you who's been sneaking out of the tent and eavesdropping on our conversation; who knows what you're up to!"
The girl next to Tao Lanxin immediately chimed in.
"Exactly, stop pretending. We're all women, we know exactly what you're up to. You just want to steal the men we've got our eyes on, don't you?"
"Don't you even take a piss and look at yourself? If you're so desperate to get married, why don't you just pick up any man on the street!"
When Ning Tang was scolded by a group of people, her first reaction was not to get angry, but to touch her face.
She was somewhat suspicious.
From childhood to adulthood, her most confident feature has always been her beautiful face.
These people actually said it looked bad; I guess I need to see an ophthalmologist.
Ning Tang said very seriously, "I think I'm prettier than all of you."
Upon hearing this, Tao Lanxin and the others were stunned, as if they hadn't expected Ning Tang to be so blunt.
Tao Lanxin was the first to react, and with a chuckle, she looked her up and down: "What's the use of being good-looking? Look at how dowdy you are, with your hair tied up haphazardly, you look like a country woman, it's disgusting."
"If you don't dress like this for work, are you supposed to wear a skirt?"
“But you’re right about one thing: being good-looking is useless, living a good life is what matters.” Ning Tang smiled slightly, her eyes open and honest. “At least I didn’t gossip about others behind their backs, and I certainly didn’t try to steal other people’s husbands.”
These words were like a slap in the face to Tao Lanxin.
Her face instantly turned a deep purplish-red, and she reached out to grab Ning Tang's hair.
Tao Lanxin retorted angrily, "How dare you make sarcastic remarks about me being ugly?"
In the blink of an eye.
Ning Tang dodged to the side, then grabbed Tao Lanxin's arm with her other hand, applying slight pressure to immobilize her.
"I'm sorry, I'm just stating the facts. If it touches on your heart, there's nothing I can do about it."
"You bitch, ahhhhhh! You're going to make me so angry!"
Tao Lanxin felt so angry that her heart was about to stop, and she glared fiercely at Ning Tang.
"Who are you anyway? What business is it of yours what we say behind your back?"
"Besides, I didn't steal a man. Captain Xu is so outstanding, even if he's married, he should have better options!"
"A better choice?" Ning Tang burst out laughing. "You don't mean to say that the better choice is you, do you?"
"..." Tao Lanxin's face turned even uglier after her secret was exposed.
Seeing that her best friend hadn't come to help her after so long, Tao Lanxin glared at her fiercely.
After being glared at, those people didn't dare to go up.
They had just witnessed Ning Tang come out of the leader's tent.
Moreover, the leader even personally escorted her a long way.
Either the relationship between the two is unusual, or this woman is extraordinary.
They couldn't afford to offend either of these two guesses.
"Lansing, how about we just let this go?"
"Yes, yes, it was our fault to begin with. We'll all be working together for the next few days, so let's not go too far."
Tao Lanxin was so angry when he heard his companion's words that he almost jumped up and down.
He turned around, wanting to devour them, and roared, "What do you mean, 'calculate'?!"
"She's really pushing her luck, are you two still friends? You're even siding with an outsider!"
The girls exchanged glances, resentment flashing in their eyes.
Over the years, Tao Lanxin outwardly maintained good relations with them, but secretly dumped all the dirty and tiring work on them.
They were called friends, but they were not even as good as lackeys; they were just servants who served the empress in ancient times.
They wouldn't be foolish enough to do this for a sinner like Tao Lanxin.
So they all took a few steps back, and no one dared to step forward.
Tao Lanxin was isolated and helpless, her wrist still being gripped by Ning Tang. She couldn't say it hurt, but the suppressed sense of shame was tormenting.
"Let me go right now, or I'll call the hospital!"
"Go ahead and shout," Ning Tang said, easing her grip a little. "Let everyone judge and see who's more likely to become famous."
Anyway, she's the kind of person who responds better to gentle persuasion than force.
Threats are useless.
Tao Lanxin also saw through Ning Tang's thoughts.
The woman is right. If she really calls the person over, she'll be the one who loses face.
She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with resentment, and could only suppress her anger as she said, "I know I was wrong, please let me go."
Seeing that she had given in, Ning Tang let go of her hand.
Tao Lanxin rubbed her wrist, looking at Ning Tang with a resentful expression.
Ning Tang was too lazy to pay attention to this brat.
She lived two lifetimes, so the combined age of those lifetimes should be greater than hers.
Coupled with her concern for her colleagues' work, Ning Tang turned around and wanted to leave.
"Wait a minute," Tao Lanxin called out to her.
"Who exactly are you? Are you a friend of Xu Qiaofeng's wife?"
Otherwise, she couldn't understand why this woman would speak up for a stranger.
Ning Tang stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Tao Lanxin's puzzled expression.
“I am not her friend. I am Xu Qiaofeng’s wife, and I am the ugly woman you just mentioned.”
"You're his wife?!"
Tao Lanxin looked as if she had been struck by lightning, her eyes wide open as if they were about to pop out of her head, and she instinctively dared not meet his gaze.
She had only heard during the day that the captain of the Cobra team had gotten married, and none of the team members had ever seen what the legendary "little sister-in-law" looked like.
Everyone says he must be incredibly ugly, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten pregnant and not brought his wife out to show his brothers who have risked their lives for him.
Tao Lanxin never expected that the woman in front of him, who was as beautiful as a figure in a painting, was actually Xu Qiaofeng's wife!
Moreover, judging from the white coat he was wearing, he was a doctor at a military hospital.
Thinking about the embarrassing things she had just said, Tao Lanxin's face turned ashen, and she even had trouble breathing.
What to do, what to do!
I heard that Commander Xu is particularly fond of this granddaughter-in-law. What if she goes and complains to him?
Ning Tang pretended not to see Tao Lanxin's panic and was about to leave when she suddenly saw a flash of light in the grass in the distance.
Ning Tang immediately thought of Zhang Yanfei.
It doesn't make sense that someone who was temporarily dismissed and investigated suddenly returned to the team to participate in large-scale training.
Coincidentally, Ning Xin, like her, was someone who had lived a second life.
She wouldn't believe that Ning Xin wasn't involved in Zhang Yanfei's affair.
At this time of day, anyone lurking around the camp like this is most likely Ning Xin.
Ning Tang stopped arguing with Tao Lanxin and turned to run into the dean's tent.
Tao Lanxin was unaware that Ning Tang had run away because of Ning Xin and Zhang Yanfei's affair.
She thought Ning Tang had gone to complain to someone, and the words "I've gotten into trouble" filled her mind.
He only snapped back to his senses after Ning Tang's figure disappeared from sight.
In a panic, she led her friends back to their hospital tent, too scared to even breathe.
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On the other side...
Ning Xin was lying on the edge of the pit, half of her body hidden in the grass, holding a half-burnt candle in her hand.
His eyes kept glancing towards the camp, his face full of anxiety.
Zhang Yanfei promised to leave the group under the cover of night, so why hasn't he arrived yet?
Damn it, nobody told her there were so many mosquitoes in the mountains.
In just half an hour, Ningxin's face and exposed skin were covered with mosquito bites the size of a thumb.
I scratched myself until I bled, and it was still incredibly itchy.
Just as Ning Xin was complaining, a cool breeze suddenly blew up behind her.
The mountains are damp by nature, and this wind carried an indescribable chill, as if someone had breathed cold air into her ear.
To make matters worse, the candle in his hand was also blown out.
Ning Xin swallowed hard, not daring to turn around, only cautiously glancing behind her.
There was no one behind them, and the bushes were completely still.
But she felt increasingly terrified, so much so that she got goosebumps.
"Who...who's behind us?"
Ning Xin's voice trembled, and she was so frightened that she stopped breathing: "Brother Yanfei, is that you?"
"Ugh, don't scare me, just come out already."
call--
Another gust of cold wind blew by.
Ning Xin mustered her courage and looked back, but there was no one behind her.
Could it be a wild animal from the mountains? But because they were coming for joint training, the area had been cleared out early on.
Could they be patrolling soldiers? But Zhang Yanfei said that the team members are all participating in training at this time, and no one would come to this wasteland.
Ning Xin suddenly remembered that when she came here during the day, she heard villagers at the foot of the mountain say that the mountain had been haunted before, and there were crying sounds late at night.
Ning Xin initially didn't believe it, thinking it was all nonsense.
Just then, it sounded like someone was talking behind me.
Ningxin's back was instantly soaked with sweat. When the wind blew, the grass swayed, as if there were figures moving around.
"Who's playing tricks? Get out here right now!"
"If you come out now, I might spare your life. But if I come and arrest you later, you bitch, you're as good as dead!"
"..."
The answer to Ning Xin was an ever-growing wind.
Ning Xin could no longer hold on. She used both her hands and feet to crawl out of the pit, forgetting even to take the dry food on the ground.
Terrified, he scrambled down the mountain to where there were people.
While running, she always felt something following her, as if it was constantly chasing her.
Ning Xin was so frightened that her legs went weak. She didn't dare to look back and could only grit her teeth and run forward as fast as she could.
I didn't dare stop and catch my breath until I reached the foot of the mountain in one breath.
Just as Ning Xin was about to find a place to stay, she suddenly remembered Zhang Yanfei and her plan.
If we just leave like this, won't our original plan fall through?
This time, Zhang Yanfei was determined to avenge her previous defeat in the joint training exercise.
This left those who had previously looked down on him, as well as Xu Qiaofeng, a son who had climbed up the ranks thanks to his commander grandfather, dumbfounded.
"No, I have to go back."
"It would be terrible if Brother Yanfei misunderstood me. We've just reconciled, so we absolutely can't fight again."
Ning Xin gritted her teeth, turned around, and headed into the mountains.
After walking for a long time, the night wind picked up again, and the feeling of someone behind them grew stronger.
Just as I was scaring myself, someone suddenly patted my shoulder.
Ning Xin turned her head and met a face that glowed green.
With a loud scream, it scared me so much that my eyes rolled back and I fainted.
Pang Bo looked at the woman who had fainted in front of him, completely bewildered. He had just kindly asked his fellow villager why she had been possessed in the middle of the night and why she had fainted.
"Captain, have we gotten ourselves into trouble?"
"This woman was running like crazy up the mountain, faster than us soldiers. She might have fainted from exhaustion."
"Oh my god, this woman looks so familiar! You guys take a look."
Upon hearing this, Pang Bo looked down.
Only then did they realize that the woman who had fainted in front of them was actually Zhang Yanfei's wife!
As a mutual friend of Xu Qiaofeng and Ning Tang, Pang Bo naturally knew that the couple had no good intentions.
It's definitely haunted to be here in the middle of the night like this!
Pang Bo snorted coldly: "What are you looking at? You guys tie him up and take him back so Captain Xu can see how to handle it."
In any case, we can't just hand people over to Zhang Yanfei so easily.
Several team members immediately responded, found a sturdy vine, carefully tied Ning Xin up, and carried her on their shoulders toward the camp.
Pang Bo followed behind, pondering his next move.
Zhang Yanfei acted strangely as soon as he joined the training team, and now his wife is out fooling around in the mountains late at night. These two are definitely up to no good and are probably trying to sabotage Captain Xu and his wife.
When Xu Qiaofeng returned to the Blue Team camp, he was discussing matters with his teammates.
When he saw someone being carried back, especially Ning Xin who had already fainted, his face instantly darkened.
Xu Qiaofeng asked, "What happened? What is she doing here?"
“Captain Xu, we encountered her while patrolling down the mountain. She was acting suspiciously in the middle of the night and even fainted from fright. We found out she was Zhang Yanfei’s wife.” Pang Bo recounted what had just happened and added, “I saw that she only had mosquito bites on her body and no other injuries. I guess she just scared herself into fainting.”
When the others heard that she was Zhang Yanfei's wife from the neighboring Red Team, they immediately surrounded her.
Xu Qiaofeng coldly told them to continue their training.
He then signaled to Pang Bo to quickly send the person to Ning Tang's side.
At this moment, Ning Tang was unaware that Ning Xin had already been captured.
She was counting the medicines with the dean in the tent when she frowned in confusion upon learning that nothing was missing.
Given Ning Xin's personality, since she had infiltrated the mountains, there was no reason for her not to take action against the medicine. Was she overthinking things? Or had her plan been interrupted by something?
"Dean, should we double-check the quantity of emergency water?" Ning Tang still felt uneasy. "Several people said they saw suspicious figures just now. I'm afraid someone might be after the emergency supplies."
The dean nodded, and was about to speak when the tent flap was lifted—
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