Chapter 149: Tip-off Hotline
Ning Tang was prepared and dodged to the side.
The hand behind him missed its target.
She looked up, and if the coldness in her eyes could materialize, Zhang Yanfei would be frozen solid by now.
Ning Tang said coldly, "Comrade Zhang, men and women should not touch each other. What you are doing is a bit too inappropriate."
Zhang Yanfei missed his target, but he wasn't angry. Instead, his gaze lingered on Ning Tang's round belly before finally settling back on her cold and alluring face.
He clicked his tongue a few times: "Dr. Ning is really beautiful. No wonder everyone treats you like a treasure. But speaking of which, why are you so temperamental as a pregnant woman? Be careful not to upset the baby."
His words, though seemingly concerned, actually carried a hint of frivolity, making Ning Tang feel nauseous.
She suppressed her discomfort and said coldly, "My affairs are none of Comrade Zhang's concern. Make way."
"Give way."
Zhang Yanfei spoke slowly.
His feet didn't move an inch; instead, he took another half step forward.
"But Dr. Ning, you see that Xin Xin's stomach is uncomfortable right now. You are a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, so it shouldn't be difficult for you to give her a prescription to help with the pregnancy, right?"
Upon seeing this, Ningxin immediately clutched her stomach, frowned, and began to groan.
"Tangtang, I know you're a good doctor, please help me. This child in my belly is the apple of my and Yanfei's eye. If anything happens to him, how can I live?"
As she spoke, her eyes reddened, and her frail and pitiful appearance would make an uninformed person think that Ning Tang was heartless.
Who is Ke Ningtang?
She's lived two lives; what kind of demons and monsters hasn't she seen?
Ning Xin's clumsy acting skills were child's play in her eyes.
"I said, if you need to see a doctor, go to the first floor to register." Ning Tang's voice was completely calm.
"Hospitals have their rules, and I can't make exceptions. Besides, you're the eldest daughter of the Ning family, surrounded by renowned doctors. Why force a lowly doctor like me?"
These words struck a nerve with Ning Xin.
Since her rebirth, things have taken a completely different turn from her previous life.
Her home was first ransacked, and then Ning's mother was sent to work in the countryside in the Northwest.
Ning Xin no longer has the luxury of being willful. If she wants to have a good life right now, she can only cling to Zhang Yanfei with the child in her womb.
But recently.
Even God seemed to be working against her; she was going to lose the baby in her womb.
Right now, Ning Tang's medical skills are renowned in the city, even surpassing those of some veteran traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.
She came today determined to get Ning Tang to prescribe a medicine for her.
"Ning Tang!"
Ning Xin's voice suddenly rose, and she no longer cared about pretending to be weak.
"Don't push your luck! Don't forget how you've managed to get to where you are today! If it weren't for my mother helping you behind the scenes, do you think an orphan like you could have achieved what you have?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Tang's lips curled into a faint smile.
"Is that so? Then I must thank Madam Ning properly. However, I entered the hospital based on my genuine medical skills, not on anyone's charity. If you want to repay a debt of gratitude, you don't need to do it this way."
Her words, neither too soft nor too hard, left Ning Xin speechless.
Lu Jiaxiang, who was standing to the side, also came to his senses at this moment.
Seeing Ning Tang being harassed, he quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "Comrade Zhang, Xin Xin, let's talk this out. Don't frighten Tang Tang. She's pregnant and can't take any more stress."
As he spoke, he tried to get closer to Ning Tang, and his concerned expression made Ning Tang feel a chill.
Zhang Yanfei glanced at Lu Jiaxiang and sneered, "Director Lu, you'd better mind your own business. Don't forget, your current situation is entirely in my hands."
Lu Jiaxiang's face paled instantly, and he instinctively stopped in his tracks.
He knew that Zhang Yanfei was right.
He was now like a fish on a chopping board, with no chance of resistance whatsoever.
The atmosphere in the ward instantly plummeted to freezing point.
Looking at the chaotic scene before him, Zhou Hairong felt like his head was about to explode.
She tugged at Lu Jiaxiang's sleeve and lowered her voice, saying, "Jiaxiang, why don't we just give up? Ning Tang doesn't want to, so let's not force her."
"never mind?"
Lu Jiaxiang abruptly shook off her hand, his eyes bloodshot. "How can we let this go? Tangtang is my own daughter, I can't watch her suffer!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Tang felt a throbbing sensation in her temples.
She finally understood that Lu Jiaxiang was completely beyond saving.
"Director Lu, I'll say it one last time," Ning Tang said, taking a deep breath and enunciating each word clearly.
“I am not your daughter, and I have absolutely no relation to your Lu family. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will call the police immediately.”
"Call the police?" Lu Jiaxiang seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "Tangtang, how could you treat your father like this? I know you're angry, but I really want to acknowledge you as my father!"
As he spoke, he actually started to kneel down in front of Ning Tang.
Ning Tang was startled by his action and quickly took two steps back, her face turning ashen: "Don't come any closer!"
But Lu Jiaxiang acted as if he hadn't heard a thing.
Almost instantly, he knelt down on the ground with a thud.
"Tangtang, Daddy knows he was wrong. Daddy knows he neglected you before, but Daddy really wants to make it up to you now. Please accept me as your father, okay?"
His kneeling startled Ning Tang, causing her to step back, and even Zhou Hairong panicked.
She rushed over, trying to pull Lu Jiaxiang up, and said urgently.
"Jiaxiang, what are you doing! Get up! How can a grown man kneel before a junior!"
Lu Jiaxiang, however, seemed to be rooted to the spot, and no matter how Zhou Hairong pulled him, he wouldn't budge.
He stared intently at Ning Tang, his voice trembling with tears.
"Tangtang, I know you resent me, resent that I didn't recognize you all these years. It's all this woman's fault!"
He suddenly pointed at Zhou Hairong, his eyes filled with hatred that was almost overflowing.
"She hid you back then! She lied to me for over a decade! If it weren't for this yearly incident, I would never have investigated what happened back then, let alone discovered this shocking secret!"
Zhou Hairong was so angry at his sudden accusation that she trembled all over, and tears welled up in her eyes once again.
This time, she was so angry that she cried and cursed at the same time.
She pointed at Lu Jiaxiang, her lips trembling.
"Lu Jiaxiang, you're absolutely insane! What makes you say that? I was already back in the city when Ning Tang was born! How could I possibly hide her?"
"You still dare to argue!"
Lu Jiaxiang seemed to have been hit where it hurt, and his voice suddenly rose.
Afraid of startling Ning Tang, he quickly lowered his voice.
"You stayed in the countryside for so long back then, who knows what you did? Maybe it was during that time that you switched my biological daughter with that bastard Lu Niannian's child!"
Lu Niannian, lying on her hospital bed, was initially blinking her bewildered eyes as she looked at everything before her.
Hearing the words "bastard child" made him shudder as if he had been hit, and his eyes instantly turned red.
She opened her mouth, then began to sob softly, "Daddy... I'm not a bastard..."
Anyone who sees him like this would feel sorry for him.
Actually, let alone Zhou Hairong, everyone in the hospital thought these two must be father and daughter.
There's no other reason than that Lu Jiaxiang and Lu Niannian are practically identical.
If word got out that this person wasn't their biological child, who would believe it?
But Lu Jiaxiang, absorbed in his own obsession, didn't hear what she said at all.
Ning Tang looked at Lu Jiaxiang kneeling on the ground and felt a chill run from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
She had lived two lives and seen shameless people, but she had never seen anyone as shameless as this.
In order to deny that Lu Niannian was his daughter, he actually forced himself to have a father, and even went so far as to kneel down to gain sympathy.
"Director Lu, why are you doing this?"
Ning Tang's voice was as cold as ice, "I'll say it again, I'm not your daughter, and I have absolutely no relation to your Lu family. If you continue to make trouble like this, I'll call the police right now."
As she spoke, she turned and headed toward the security office, making a gesture as if to call them over.
When Lu Jiaxiang saw her actions, his face turned deathly pale.
He scrambled forward two steps, trying to block Ning Tang's path, pleading, "Tangtang, don't call the police! Please, Daddy!"
Ning Tang dodged to the side, her disgust deepening: "Don't come any closer!"
Just then, Zhang Yanfei suddenly chuckled, breaking the chaotic situation.
He leaned against the doorframe with his arms crossed, watching the farce unfold with amusement, as if he were watching a comical play.
"Director Lu, why are you doing this?"
Zhang Yanfei spoke slowly, her tone full of sarcasm, "Dr. Ning has already said she's not your daughter, yet you insist on claiming kinship. Aren't you just humiliating yourself?"
He paused, his gaze falling on Ning Tang with a hint of ill intent.
"But speaking of which, Dr. Ning, look, Director Lu has even knelt down and begged you. Can you really bear to do this? At least give him some face and prescribe a prescription. That would be helping Xin Xin, wouldn't you say?"
Ning Xin immediately went along with him, clutching her stomach and whimpering, "Tangtang, I know you're soft-hearted, please help me. My baby can't be harmed."
Ning Tang glanced at her coldly and said nothing.
She knew perfectly well that Zhang Yanfei was using this opportunity to exert pressure.
He knew that Lu Jiaxiang was now completely obedient to him, and that as long as he gave in, Lu Jiaxiang would definitely cooperate even more in joining the joint medical mission.
But she refused.
In her life, Ning Tang hated nothing more than being forced to do things she didn't want to do.
"Comrade Zhang, Miss Ning."
Ning Tang's voice was calm.
"Hospitals have their rules, and I won't make exceptions. If Miss Ning is really feeling unwell, go to the first floor to register, and I will treat you according to the procedures. But if you're trying to force me by throwing a tantrum, then you've come to the wrong person."
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Lu Jiaxiang, who was still kneeling on the ground, and said indifferently.
“Director Lu, if you don’t get up, I’m really going to call the police. Then you’ll lose all face as the head of surgery.”
Lu Jiaxiang's body trembled violently.
He, a dignified head of surgery, knelt before a younger relative, pleading desperately to acknowledge their kinship, but the other party remained completely unmoved.
He acted like a clown, putting on a ridiculous show in front of everyone.
Zhou Hairong seized the opportunity to grab his arm forcefully, her voice filled with disdain: "Jiaxiang, get up! You may not be ashamed, but I am!"
Lu Jiaxiang swayed and was half-pulled, half-draggled up by Zhou Hairong.
Seeing this, Zhang Yanfei, who was standing nearby, couldn't resist watching the excitement unfold.
"Dr. Ning, you're certainly assertive. However, I advise you not to take yourself too seriously. In this city, you can't just do whatever you want."
Ning Tang looked up and met his gaze coldly.
“Comrade Zhang, I’m only being polite to you because I respect you as a soldier. But if you’re thinking of using your position to intimidate me, you’ve miscalculated. I, Ning Tang, am upright and honest, and I’m not afraid of anyone’s threats.”
"Doing things uprightly and honestly?" Zhang Yanfei scoffed as if he had heard a joke.
"Dr. Ning, don't forget, you owe your success today to the Ning family. Now that the Ning family is in trouble, you turn your back on them. What kind of upright and honest person is that?"
Ning Tang's expression darkened.
She retorted with a cold laugh, "What? You picked me up from outside, but you won't give me a single bite to eat and you're always beating me. Is this what you call kindness?"
Her worldview was truly shattered by the people in front of her.
Indeed, shamelessness knows no bounds.
Their skin is as thick as pig skin.
Ning Tang sneered, ignored them, and turned to walk towards the door of the ward.
"Stop right there!"
Ning Xin suddenly screamed and lunged forward, trying to grab Ning Tang's arm.
Ning Tang was prepared and dodged to the side. Ning Xin missed her target, staggered forward a few steps, and almost crashed into the wall.
"Ning Tang! You ungrateful wretch!" Ning Xin cursed angrily, her eyes filled with hatred. "So what if my mother hit you? She still raised you! Now that you're all grown up, you think you can turn your back on her? Let me tell you, no way!"
Ning Tang stopped and slowly turned around, her gaze falling coldly on Ning Xin, her tone carrying a hint of murderous intent.
"Ningxin, I advise you not to force me. I'm pregnant now and don't want to do anything, but if you dare to talk nonsense again, I won't hesitate to let you experience what it means to regret it."
Her gaze was so cold that Ning Xin felt a chill run down her spine and subconsciously took two steps back, not daring to go any further.
Seeing this, Zhang Yanfei quickly stepped forward and pulled Ning Xin aside, saying to Ning Tang in a deep voice, "Dr. Ning, always leave room for maneuver, so that we can meet again in the future."
"So we can meet again in the future?" Ning Tang looked at him, a mocking smile playing on her lips. "There's no need for me and you to meet again."
After saying that, she ignored everyone and strode out of the ward.
Everyone thought Ning Tang was just all talk, but to everyone's surprise, after leaving, Ning Tang went straight to the dean's office.
She directly revealed the private matters between Lu Jiaxiang and Zhang Yanfei.
The dean couldn't believe that these two dared to openly scheme against the military region's interests.
Dean Gou immediately made a report.
The higher-ups take this matter very seriously.
Less than half an hour later, a military vehicle was parked outside the hospital.
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