Chapter 94: Reaping the Bitter Fruit
The one lying on the ground groaning was none other than Zhang Yanfei.
His left leg was twisted at an unnatural angle, and his skin was cut in several large gashes by the rocks. The wounds looked deep, and the seeping blood had soaked through his combat uniform.
Zhang Yanfei lay on the ground, her face covered in cold sweat from the pain, cursing as she clutched her wound.
"Which bastard shoved me... My leg is ruined, my leg..."
Ning Tang composed herself and instead of going over to bandage him, she calmly looked around.
The red team and the blue team are easy to distinguish; just look at the color of the scarf tied around each person's arm.
All those standing here are from the red team, so it seems Xu Qiaofeng and his group are alright.
Ning Tang breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that she was standing there and not coming over to treat his wounds, Zhang Yanfei suddenly exploded and couldn't help but shout:
"Ning Tang!"
"You're a doctor, you see me injured and just stand by and do nothing, huh?"
Zhang Yanfei was already rolling on the ground in pain, crying out for his parents, and had long forgotten his plan to coax Ning Tang to bed.
Everyone knows that Ning Tang is a skilled doctor. She deliberately didn't come to help him because she saw that he was injured; she wanted to see him bleed to death.
Indeed, the most poisonous heart is that of a woman.
The more beautiful a woman is, the more ruthless she is.
Ning Tang then withdrew her gaze, slowly walked up to Zhang Yanfei, and looked down at him with her pretty face, her sweet voice filled with sarcasm.
"It is our duty as doctors to treat and save lives. The moment we saw Captain Zhang, my colleagues were already treating your wounds as quickly as possible."
"I told you to handle this, don't you understand?" Zhang Yanfei looked at the doctors squatting beside him, and angrily swung his arm, shoving them to the ground.
Everyone has a temper.
Besides, they were all raised by their parents, so why should I take my anger out on them?
This angered the doctors who had just been treating Zhang Yanfei's wounds. One of the female doctors, who wore glasses, stood up from the ground.
He patted the sand off his hands and said coldly, "Captain Zhang, we're here to rescue people, not to be bullied by you!"
"If you don't cooperate, we can treat this wound however we want. But if it gets infected and requires amputation, don't come blaming us!"
"Exactly! If Dr. Ning hadn't reminded us to bring the disguise, it's questionable whether you would have even made it to the hospital with that leg. And now, you're actually cursing at us."
Even Zhang Yanfei's teammates on the surrounding red team couldn't stand it anymore.
Someone muttered under their breath, "How could our Captain Zhang do that? The doctors were trying to help, why did he push them like that..."
"I think that Dr. Ning Tang looks pregnant; her belly is quite round. Isn't it normal for a pregnant woman to have difficulty squatting down? Why is Captain Zhang deliberately picking on her?"
"You don't know this, do you? I heard that Ning Tang is the wife of Xu Qiaofeng from the Blue Team next door. Zhang Yanfei and Xu Qiaofeng don't get along, so if he can't deal with Xu Qiaofeng, he can only find fault with his wife."
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Amidst the constant chatter around her, Zhang Yanfei's face turned pale with anger, and her whole body trembled with pain from her wound.
Damn it, where did that idiot Ning Xin go? Wasn't it agreed that the stone would be moved when Xu Qiaofeng and the others came? How come when he arrived, the stone seemed to have eyes and was chasing after him?
Already feeling aches and pains all over her body, and with all the chatter around her, Zhang Yanfei stiffened her neck, trying to appear like a captain.
"Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that?"
"No matter who you are, in front of a doctor, there are only patients, not you who have the privilege to act arrogantly." Ning Tang smiled slightly and, under Zhang Yanfei's terrified gaze, reached out and touched the wound on his leg.
Zhang Yanfei cried out in pain.
Ning Tang acted as if she hadn't seen it and continued, "If your leg is delayed any longer, it's hard to say whether you'll be able to stand up or even walk normally in the future."
"Now you either cooperate with my colleagues to handle the situation, or you lie on the ground and wait to die. You choose one."
Looking at Ning Tang's expressionless face, and then at his own legs, which were twisted in a frightening way, Zhang Yanfei finally lost his previous arrogance.
He clenched his teeth, his voice trembling: "...I'll cooperate, please handle it quickly."
Ning Tang didn't move.
She also prevented her colleagues from moving.
Zhang Yanfei's eyes widened. "Ning Tang, I've already made my choices. What do you mean by not letting them move?"
"Have you forgotten something? You just pushed them over, aren't you going to apologize?"
Zhang Yanfei's expression froze instantly, as if someone had grabbed his neck, and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
Throughout his life, whether at home or in the team, he has always been a man of his word, and he has never suffered such humiliation at the hands of a woman.
Looking at his leg, which was throbbing with pain, and then at Ning Tang's expression that showed no intention of negotiating, he could only grit his teeth and forcefully squeeze out a few words.
"I...I'm sorry!"
The sound was so faint it was like a mosquito's buzz.
Before Ning Tang could speak, Dean Gou frowned and said, "Captain Zhang, can you at least show some sincerity in your apology?"
"We're here to save you, not to give you attitude. With this attitude, who would dare to treat you?"
He encountered many such people when he was young; they were the most ruthless when they caused trouble for medical staff.
When Zhang Yanfei saw that it was the director of the military hospital, he knew he couldn't afford to offend him, so he could only swallow his profanities.
After taking several deep breaths, he raised his voice and said, "It was my fault just now. I shouldn't have pushed you because of my emotions. I'm sorry, please help me treat my wound."
Hearing an apology, whether it's sincere or not, just makes me feel good.
Ning Tang then gave her colleagues a look.
The doctors were very grateful to Ning Tang for speaking up for them earlier. Seeing her gaze, they immediately stepped forward and quickly opened their medical kits.
Because he was angry, he deliberately used more force when he applied the alcohol-soaked cotton swab to the wound.
Zhang Yanfei shuddered in pain, but dared not utter another sound.
By the time he finished, there was enough sweat to wring out a whole bucket from his combat uniform.
Throughout the entire process, Ning Tang stood to the side, her gaze sweeping across the steep slope not far away.
She went over to take a look. The stones there had obviously been disturbed, and there were traces of someone digging in the soil. There were also footprints on the ground around her, about the same size as her.
Just as I was making plans in my mind, I suddenly heard footsteps behind me.
Looking back, I saw Xu Qiaofeng leading several members of the Blue Team over.
It turned out that the leaders heard that someone was injured, and quite seriously so, so they immediately stopped the training and asked Xu Qiaofeng to come and see what happened.
The man approaching her had very long legs; Ning Tang suspected they reached all the way to her chest.
Xu Qiaofeng walked over quickly, his eyes first falling on Ning Tang, as if to confirm her safety and make sure she was unharmed, before reluctantly casting his gaze on Zhang Yanfei on the ground.
He raised an eyebrow, his tone indifferent: "Captain Zhang, I heard you had an accident here?"
"We were training elsewhere just now and thought someone on the blue team was injured, so we came over to check on them."
When Zhang Yanfei saw her nemesis, her eyes instantly turned resentful and vicious.
Those damned scoundrels, no wonder they got together, they're birds of a feather.
"Captain Xu, you're too kind. I was just too focused on training and didn't notice for a moment."
Xu Qiaofeng raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhang Yanfei: "Too focused?"
"Captain Zhang, you've really worked hard. Many leaders know about your injury, and they want you to take good care of yourself."
“A large rock suddenly slid down the hillside. The leaders felt something was wrong and have ordered an investigation. We guarantee that you, the victim, will receive a fair resolution.”
Zhang Yanfei's face suddenly turned pale.
What are you investigating?
He had Ning Xin loosen the large rock above, and even the trap under the rock was prepared for Xu Qiaofeng and his Blue Team.
If his superiors criticize him, he'll definitely be in deep trouble.
Zhang Yanfei swallowed hard, then waved his hand, trying to appear calm: "No need to trouble yourself, Captain Xu. This was just an accident. It's normal for rocks to shift in the wind in the mountains. There's no need to trouble your comrades with your time."
As he spoke, another layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead.
Half of it was pain, and the other half was fear.
If they really investigate, that idiot Ning Xin might confess everything in just a few words.
He just returned to the team. If he's investigated again for personal reasons, it won't just be a dismissal investigation; he'll be fired...
Xu Qiaofeng seemed to see through Zhang Yanfei's little scheme, and looked at him with a half-smile, his beautiful eyes full of understanding.
He said casually, "An unexpected surprise?"
"But when I came over just now, I saw a hole at the bottom of the steep slope, and there were several mousetraps inside the hole, covered with rust."
"Luckily no one fell in, otherwise, if someone got bitten by a mousetrap, they would definitely get tetanus."
Zhang Yanfei was initially worried about being exposed, but upon hearing the words "tetanus," he was visibly stunned and instinctively asked:
"Tetanus? Can you get tetanus from a minor cut?"
There was a special first aid course in the army before, and an instructor once talked about tetanus, but he was sleeping at the time and didn't listen carefully at all, only vaguely remembering some words.
Zhang Yanfei was too nervous to recall it for the time being.
Dean Gou, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but chime in, "What scratched you? Your leg injury doesn't look like it was caused by a mousetrap."
Zhang Yanfei quickly shook her head and explained, "I was just curious about the risks of bleeding from a cut caused by rusty iron."
Damn it,
Last night, when he was setting mousetraps in the hole, he couldn't see clearly in the dark and accidentally scratched his thumb, causing it to bleed.
The wound wasn't shallow, and it still hurts.
He wouldn't be stupid enough to admit he was scratched by a mousetrap; it's so obvious, it would definitely expose him.
Upon hearing this, Dean Gou kindly explained, "Rusty iron tools are most likely to harbor tetanus bacteria. As long as the wound is deep and contaminated, it is possible to get infected, no matter what caused the injury."
"If any of you get scratched by something rusty in the future, even if the wound looks small, disinfect it immediately. Otherwise, bacteria will multiply inside, and when symptoms such as muscle stiffness and difficulty opening your mouth appear, even a god can't save you."
Zhang Yanfei's heart skipped a beat.
He still tried to remain calm and stubbornly insisted that he was just curious.
Despite saying that, on the way down the mountain and back, anyone could see that he looked terrible; his face was whiter than a white wall, and he had lost all his color.
Ning Tang took in his little actions from the side, and a subtle smile appeared on her lips.
Once they reached the foot of the mountain, Ning Xin, who had been waiting for a long time, suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
She was excitedly waiting for Xu Qiaofeng to be carried out, but when she saw that the man on the stretcher was Zhang Yanfei, her legs went weak and she almost collapsed to the ground.
"Brother Yanfei? It's you? Where are the Blue Team members?"
As soon as she said that, the people around her who had been whispering stopped and all eyes turned to her.
Zhang Yanfei, lying on the stretcher, was so angry upon hearing this that she almost sat up. The pain from her wound made her gasp, and she glared at Ning Xin in exasperation.
"Shut up, who let you out?"
Ning Xin belatedly realized something was wrong. Seeing the strange looks from the people around her, and then meeting Zhang Yanfei's murderous gaze, she immediately knelt on the ground.
"Brother Yanfei, I know I was wrong, please don't hit me..."
As he spoke, he hid behind the onlookers, looking as scared as a mouse seeing a cat.
Especially given the previous rumors of Zhang Yanfei's domestic violence within the team, everyone's expressions were quite intriguing.
Zhang Yanfei was really about to be driven mad with anger.
He didn't know what sins he had committed in his past life to have met Ning Xin, a woman who loved to act.
At home, even if I really hit her, she would only submit to it the first few times, but later she became more independent and even dared to fight back.
Now they even have the audacity to badmouth him in front of a crowd, as if they're afraid he won't die anytime soon.
Zhang Yanfei glared fiercely at Ning Xin, wishing he could skin her alive.
Seeing this, Ning Xin cried even louder. Those who didn't know the specifics comforted her, and even Zhang Yanfei was casually put into a car to go to the hospital.
Ning Tang was watching, and Xu Qiaofeng, who was standing next to her, was also watching.
The couple exchanged a glance and raised their eyebrows.
It seems Ning Xin has learned her lesson this time, knowing to take advantage of the chaos to steer the conversation to something else. As soon as they heard that she had been beaten, those who had been doubting Zhang Yanfei instantly shifted their attention.
That's a really clever trick.
Xu Qiaofeng said, "Don't worry, the higher-ups have already discovered some problems and sent people to investigate. We just need to wait for the results."
"Training is ending early, so we should head back soon. I'll rest this afternoon and take you to the department store to browse around. We can also buy some things for the baby, okay?"
Ning Tang subconsciously touched her lower abdomen, her ears turning red as she nodded: "It just so happens that my eldest brother and second brother are almost finished with their medicine, so let's buy it on the way."
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Time flew by and it was already afternoon.
Xu Qiaofeng and Ning Tang tidied up briefly at work and went directly to the department store after get off work.
There were no arguments; when buying things for the baby, I always picked the best ones.
After wandering around for a while, Ning Tang was also hungry. The two were about to go to a nearby state-run restaurant for a meal when Xu Qiaofeng saw someone and stopped in his tracks—
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