Chapter 86: The couple were arrested while eating melons together.
The muffled thud was particularly noticeable in the quiet office.
Before Wang Yingying and Xu Qiaoyan could even begin their argument, it was abruptly cut off as they both turned to look at the source of the noise.
Xu Qiaofeng propped himself up from the ground, facing the two men's gazes, his face still showing the astonishment he hadn't had time to conceal.
How embarrassing.
He got caught by the person involved while just watching a melon.
Ning Tang was also startled. She subconsciously reached out to pull Xu Qiaofeng, but unexpectedly, the man grabbed her wrist and pulled her out instead.
Half an hour later.
The room was eerily quiet.
Ning Tang and Xu Qiaofeng stood side by side, their hair disheveled, and they lowered their heads, not daring to look Xu Qiaoyan in the eye.
After all, they were eavesdropping, so they were in the wrong.
I feel very guilty.
"Qiaofeng, why aren't you training with the team during the day? What are you doing at the hospital?" Xu Qiaoyan forced a calm expression. "And what were you doing pulling your sister-in-law under the table? She's pregnant. You should know your place and not cause trouble."
Wang Yingying, standing to the side, looked up at the sky and down at the ground, refusing to meet Ning Tang's gaze.
The two are colleagues and get along quite well.
Especially since she was just now cursing Xu Qiaoyan, Ning Tang's nominal second brother-in-law...
For a moment, all four of them felt a strange, inexplicable unease.
Finally, Xu Qiaofeng broke the silence, trying to appear normal: "My hand is injured. Have Tangtang help me change the dressing. As for going under the table..."
He paused for a moment.
"Something fell down just now, and I'm looking for it for Tangtang."
Xu Qiaoyan: "..."
He realized that his younger brother had an unparalleled thick skin.
Ning Tang's face was already red to the roots of her ears. She gently tugged at Xu Qiaofeng's clothes, signaling him to shut his mouth.
That's a better reason than not looking for it at all.
Ning Tang said, "Second Brother, we have something to do, so we'll head out first."
After saying that, he pulled the still clueless Xu Qiaofeng out of the room and closed the door behind him.
The two didn't go far and sat down on a chair in a nearby corridor.
The hospital is so well soundproofed that I can't hear what's going on inside.
Ning Tang wasn't worried about Wang Yingying getting the short end of the stick. Judging from the way Wang Yingying spoke just now and her usually decisive personality, it was hard to say who would suffer the loss.
"Tangtang, do you still not know about your second brother's past with your colleague?"
"I don't know? Do you know something?"
From their previous conversation, Ning Tang could vaguely guess that there was some emotional entanglement between the two, but she wasn't sure of the specifics.
Xu Qiaofeng also became interested and simply told him everything he knew in one go.
It took quite a while.
Ning Tangcai barely managed to come to her senses from the overwhelming amount of information.
It turns out that Wang Yingying wasn't chasing after Xu Qiaoyan; rather, Xu Qiaoyan deliberately took her things and didn't give them back in order to attract her attention. Wang Yingying was just there to make up the numbers.
Moreover, the two had dated before.
No one knows what misunderstanding existed between the two, but during the coldest part of winter that year, Xu Qiaoyan waited for Wang Yingying under the bridge all night.
When he returned the next day, he didn't mention his former lover at all.
Less than half a month later, Xu Qiaoyan got drunk at a party and said the next day that he wanted to marry Wenya.
It took Ning Tang a long time to process these reversals, and she couldn't help but mutter, "How come it's completely different from what I imagined... Second Brother seems quite composed, but his past was so wild."
"My two older brothers did a lot of wild things when they were young."
“When we get home tonight, I’ll soak your feet while I tell you a story,” Xu Qiaofeng said with a smile, showing no sign of reluctance.
Ning Tang's body is getting heavier and heavier.
During the day, I had to walk around the hospital, and when I got home at night, my legs were a mess, severely swollen.
No one knows where Xu Qiaofeng learned this method, but whenever he is home, he will bring hot water for Ning Tang to soak her feet and massage them with a special technique.
"Your hand isn't healed yet, so don't keep trying to do these things. I can just soak it in hot water myself. It's not that delicate."
"That's different. The pressure I apply is the most comfortable. How can you soak in the water yourself as well as I do?"
Xu Qiaofeng pursed his lips, somewhat angry because Ning Tang wouldn't let him soak his feet and get a massage; his face was full of stubbornness.
"Besides, how is serving my wife considered trouble?"
Ning Tang is such a young child, but because of her pregnancy, she suffers from morning sickness and a poor appetite. Now that the baby is getting bigger, she has also developed the habit of waking up frequently at night.
Xu Qiaofeng saw this and felt extremely distressed.
He wasn't the kind of man who just talked a good game. Since he couldn't help his wife get pregnant and have a baby, he focused on being attentive to other small details.
Seeing Xu Qiaofeng's serious expression, Ning Tang's voice softened:
"I know you feel sorry for me, but I feel sorry for you too. Once your hand is healed, you can massage it for me every day, okay?"
"Okay, I'll listen to my wife."
Xu Qiaofeng's expression softened a bit, as if he had thought of something, and he quickly added:
"But you still need to massage tonight. I'll take it slow and won't hurt your hand."
Actually, I was grazed by a new recruit during training today. It bled a lot and looked scary, but it didn't hurt at all.
Xu Qiaofeng couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have come to Tangtang to play the victim and seek comfort.
Ning Tang was unaware of his ulterior motives. At this moment, Xu Qiaoyan finally came out of the house.
A very obvious handprint was clearly imprinted on his fair face.
Hmm... and it's really popular.
Xu Qiaoyan, however, showed no sign of embarrassment and spoke to Ning Tang with a calm expression:
"Sister-in-law, there's something I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"Second brother, we're all family, no need to be so polite. Just say what's on your mind."
Xu Qiaoyan nodded and smiled: "That's right, my lab teacher's wife suffers from dizziness for many years, so severe that she can't get out of bed."
"My teacher had heard of your reputation and had always wanted to invite you to see his wife, but he never had the time. After learning about our relationship, he finally came to me for help."
Ning Tang was taken aback, feeling quite embarrassed.
She waved her hand and said, "Second Brother, I'm just an ordinary traditional Chinese medicine doctor, I don't have any reputation..."
"However, I can go and check on your teacher's wife, but I need to understand the plot first, such as how the dizziness occurs and whether there are any other reactions."
"I don't know the specifics. The teacher only said that I've seen many Western doctors, but the results haven't been good. Recently, with the hot summer weather, it has actually gotten worse."
Despite having been slapped in the face, Xu Qiaoyan's composed demeanor remained unchanged.
"Sister-in-law, if it's convenient for you, how about I accompany you there myself after you get off work?"
"Okay, second brother."
Ning Tang thought for a moment, and realized that she had finished get off work early in the afternoon and didn't have anything to do.
Moreover, during the time Xu Qiaoyan had been at the Xu family's house, although he was usually not very talkative, he would bring home any good things he found outside and share them with her and Su Ying.
We're all family, so of course we should help each other if we can.
After discussing the matter, Ning Tang also got busy.
Xu Qiaofeng had two meetings to attend in the afternoon, so he went with Xu Qiaoyan.
——
soon.
Time flew by and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon.
After treating the last patient, Ning Tang came out of the ward, changed out of her white coat, and went downstairs.
At this moment, Xu Qiaoyan was already waiting downstairs.
I just didn't expect Xu Qiaofeng to be standing next to me.
From a distance, the two look very similar, but their styles are different.
Although Xu Qiaofeng was the youngest brother, he had been in the special forces for many years, and his eyes and brows carried a sharp and heroic air. He stood there with his back straight, just like a young poplar tree growing in the wind.
Xu Qiaoyan wore gold-rimmed glasses, had a gentle gaze, and exuded a calm, scholarly air. Even standing in front of Xu Qiaofeng, he did not appear out of place at all.
As Ning Tang approached, Xu Qiaofeng quickly walked over.
I naturally took the things from her hands and was surprised by the weight of the bag.
He raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's inside?"
"These are the things I'll need for the consultation later."
Xu Qiaofeng nodded knowingly and didn't ask any more questions, but he made his movements much lighter.
Xu Qiaoyan led the way.
The three of them soon arrived at the foot of a three-story residential building.
These apartments were distributed by higher authorities, and Xu Qiaoyan should have received one too, but he declined.
The old professor was already waiting at the door, and his temperament was exactly the same as Xu Qiaoyan's; he was clearly a cultured person making a living through culture.
Upon seeing Ning Tang and the others arrive, they immediately stepped forward to greet them.
After exchanging pleasantries, the four went upstairs.
As soon as Ning Tang entered the room, she felt very uncomfortable.
It's not the body, but the mind.
The front door faces the toilet directly, and there are very few windows inside. It's sunset now, but the room is almost completely dark.
From an environmental perspective alone, living here for a long time can easily lead to depression.
These were all recorded in the medical books in the space. Ning Tang didn't believe them when she first read them, but now she truly believes them.
Xu Qiaofeng, who was standing next to him, also frowned. The room was indeed stuffy. Not to mention a patient who had been living there for years, he felt a tightness in his chest and couldn't breathe after only a short while in.
No one noticed Ning Tang's unusual behavior.
"Honey, come out quickly, Dr. Ning is here."
"They're here."
A person slowly emerged from the house, his face deathly pale, even more frighteningly pale than the wall behind him.
Teacher Xu Qiaoyan's surname is Liu, and his given name is Liu Jialong.
The teacher's wife's surname was Li, and her name was Li Rong.
After Li Rong came out, he sat for a long time to catch his breath before he managed to force a polite smile: "It's really troubled to make you come all this way."
"Please don't be so polite."
"Sit down and let your heart rate catch up before I take your pulse."
As she spoke, Ning Tang gestured for Xu Qiaofeng to take the pulse pillow out of his bag and place it on the table.
Li Rong carefully placed her hand on it.
For a moment, no one spoke in the room; only the sound of each other breathing could be heard.
Ning Tang withdrew her hand after a short while.
“Aunt Li, your pulse is weak and floating. Besides the summer heat and dampness, the main reason is that you have been staying in dark and damp places for a long time. Your yang energy is insufficient, and your blood circulation is slow. In addition, you are born with anemia, which is why you feel dizzy and uncomfortable.”
Li Rong was stunned for a moment.
She could hardly believe it: "I was born anemic?"
"Yes, and a large part of it is due to genetics."
In her past life, Ning Tang knew a female educated youth who had hereditary anemia. She was fine most of the time, but on special occasions, her face would turn completely pale, which was quite frightening.
For someone like Li Rong, who is older and spends long hours working in the research lab with no time for exercise or sunshine, it's even more unacceptable.
"No wonder..."
“My mom used to get dizzy all the time. I thought it was just because she was getting old, but it turns out it was caused by anemia.”
“When I went to the hospital for a checkup before, the doctor only said that I was too tired from work and prescribed some sleep aids, but they didn’t help. I didn’t expect it to be so simple.” Li Rong was a little amused and exasperated. Before, she always thought she was like Lin Daiyu, often shedding tears in front of her lover.
Li Rong looked at Ning Tang, who in her eyes was practically a god descended to earth, and asked with eyes full of anticipation.
"Dr. Ning, is there any chance my illness can be cured?"
"The dizziness I feel every day is really torturing me. Don't laugh at me, sometimes I'm so dizzy that I think about ending it all."
Ning Tang quickly comforted her, "You'll get better, Auntie, don't worry. I'll prescribe a medicine for you. Also, do more exercise and get some sunshine, and you'll gradually get better."
As she spoke, she took out paper and pen from her bag and began writing down the prescription.
They even meticulously noted down small details such as the appropriate heat level.
By the time they finished, it was almost six o'clock, and Teacher Liu insisted that they stay for dinner.
Meals weren't so convenient to eat at this time.
Every household was short of food, and no matter how polite they were, no one would agree to stay for a meal.
After leaving Teacher Liu's house, Ning Tang planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative.
She just got paid today and wants to buy some gifts for her grandparents.
The salary may not be much, but it's all out of goodwill.
Xu Qiaofeng and Xu Qiaoyan naturally had no objections and went along with them.
As soon as she entered, Ning Tang's eyes were drawn to the polyester jacket hanging on the wall.
The coat is dark blue, made of very comfortable fabric, and most importantly, it suits Grandpa Xu perfectly.
The old man always wore a military uniform when he was in the unit, but at home he only had those two pieces of clothing.
Ning Tang didn't hesitate and immediately asked for the coat.
She knows how to sew, and since she happens to have a sewing machine at home, she bought a piece of fabric that wasn't too brightly colored and made a new dress for her.
When it came time to pay, Xu Qiaoyan and Xu Qiaofeng both rushed to do it.
"Stop arguing, I'll do it myself."
Ning Tang pushed past the two people and deftly handed the money and tickets to the sales clerk.
Seeing that she was determined, the two brothers stopped arguing.
"Wife, why didn't you use the money I handed in?" Xu Qiaofeng asked, frowning.
He had just seen it; Ning Tang's wallet only contained a few bills and some money, which looked like today's paycheck.
After buying the items, there wasn't much left.
“I’m saving your money and coupons. I’ll use them to buy things for Xiaobao. There will be many places where we need them in the future.”
“My salary is enough to live on, and I can even buy some pastries with the rest. Don’t you like sweets? It’s my treat.” Ning Tang smiled and coaxed Xu Qiaofeng with just a few words.
This skill left Xu Qiaoyan, who was standing next to him, in awe.
Is this still the same troublemaker he used to be?
If my older brother were here, his eyes would definitely pop out in surprise.
As they were talking, a sharp voice suddenly rang out from behind them.
"Ning Tang, you're so rich! You spend money so lavishly! I knew you were behind the burglary at our house!" Ning Xin's eyes widened in anger, wishing she could pounce on Ning Tang and snatch all her money!
"You swindler and thief, give me back the money in my house right now!"
"If you don't give it to me, I'm going to the police station across the street right now to file a complaint!"
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