Chapter 59: The Handsome Guy Who Makes My Heart Flutter
Ning Tang hung up the phone and bumped into several nurses who had just arrived at the hospital.
They were young, and their department was far from the Traditional Chinese Medicine department, so they didn't know much about what had happened at the hospital these days; they only had a general idea.
"Did you hear? There was crying coming from the dean's office just now. The older nurses said that it was an old doctor who was being scolded inside."
"Really? There are so many doctors in our hospital, how did you know?"
"Someone saw it, didn't they? I heard that the old doctor did something that the hospital director found out about. Apparently, he was embezzling money and secretly accepting bribes from patients' families!"
Ning Tang paused, turning to look at the nurses who were gossiping quietly.
She politely asked, "Excuse me, when was this doctor you're talking about?"
Ning Tang is pretty. Since she was off work, she wasn't wearing a white coat. The nurses exchanged glances and assumed she was there for a medical appointment, so they spoke without any hesitation.
"It happened around 3 or 4 pm. I heard from others that the doctor is probably going to be taken away for investigation."
"Serves her right. Who told her to go too far? I heard that all the colleagues in the department went to the dean's office to report her."
"That's right. They often use their position to secretly target new employees in the department. They fine anyone who is late, and no one dares to speak out against it."
...
The nurses were still talking, clearly immersed in the story.
After all, they had just entered society, and when they suddenly encountered such a thing, their sense of justice surged up.
Ning Tang pondered for a moment.
She couldn't believe things could be such a coincidence.
Zhou Hairong had just announced that the position of head of surgery would be replaced when a doctor at the hospital was reported this afternoon.
This unlucky person is obviously Wang Yan.
But, who told her to speak ill of Zhou Hairong's daughter behind her back?
Even though she is only newly pregnant, Ning Tang thought that as a mother, everyone has the instinct to protect their child.
The fact that Wang Yan and Zhang Jiaman, these two nieces, dared to gossip behind each other's backs shows what kind of upbringing they had. Now they've ended up being betrayed by everyone, which is a consequence of their own actions.
Moreover, this is a good thing for her.
If Ning Tang continued to work under the same roof as Zhang Jiaman and Wang Yan in the same department, she was certain that she would be schemed against in the future.
I said goodbye to the nurses and left through the back door of the hospital.
He had only taken a few steps when he was stopped by Wang Yan, who had been waiting under the tree for a long time.
Her clothes, clean every day, stood tall and neatly arranged, her hair, not a single stray hair left, now lay loosely on her shoulders.
He looked extremely disheveled.
Seeing Wang Yan like this, Ning Tang was stunned for a moment, then a look of vigilance flashed in her eyes.
Ignoring her, he slowly moved towards the gate that people often passed by.
Wang Yan: "Ning Tang!"
“I know that Jiaman and I were wrong in this matter, but I know you are kind-hearted, especially since I was the one who brought you to the hospital in the first place. For this reason, you will definitely help me talk to the hospital director, right?”
Ning Tang didn't stop walking.
She was about to leave the hospital.
Wang Yan gritted her teeth and grabbed her hand.
"Ning Tang, are you even listening to me?"
There were only the two of them, her and Wang Yan, and Wang Yan was still very agitated. Even for the sake of the baby in her womb, she couldn't easily provoke her.
After carefully considering the pros and cons, Ning Tang turned sideways and took a few steps back to create a safe distance.
"Director Wang, please let go of my hand first."
"This is the entrance to the hospital, there are many people coming and going. Do you want more people to see you like this?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yan quickly let go of her hand.
She cared a lot about her image, and the thought of being watched made her subconsciously reach out and tidy her appearance.
Wang Yan said, "That bitch Zhou Hairong went to the dean to complain, and pinned all the unfounded accusations on me!"
"I've spent almost half my life at this hospital, and the higher-ups are about to promote me. I'm not willing to leave now!"
"Ning Tang, you are the commander's granddaughter-in-law. It's just a matter of a word from you. Ask Commander Xu to help me, and I will definitely repay you in the future!"
When Ning Tang heard the name Grandpa Xu, she frowned slightly, her expression turning cold.
She said in a deep voice, "Director Wang, the dean has already made a decision on this matter, and it cannot be changed by anyone's words."
"If you feel wronged or have been wronged, you can produce evidence. I believe that after the dean finds out the truth, he will clear your name."
Wang Yan is on the verge of a breakdown.
Where does she get the evidence?
That old bitch Zhou Hairong, the things she reported about her are all true. She knows this, which is why she thought of asking the more powerful and influential Commander Xu to plead for her.
Wang Yan forced herself to speak, her words faltering slightly: "The dean is already adamant about his case. Even if I have evidence, what good is it? It's not as effective as your word."
Ning Tang looked at her self-deceiving appearance and sneered inwardly.
His tone remained completely calm: "I don't have that much power in the Xu family, and Grandpa Xu won't listen to me."
"How could that be!" Wang Yan's eyes widened in disbelief. "You're carrying the Xu family's only great-grandson right now. You could have the moon in the sky for anyone, let alone something as trivial as me just asking for a few words!"
In Fengtian, everyone knows that the Xu family men are infertile and are on the verge of extinction.
Ning Tang's mother entered the Xu family because of her son's status, but now she says her words have no effect; even ghosts wouldn't believe her if she were lying.
“The Xu family doesn’t only have me as their granddaughter-in-law. If everything were as simple as we think, then there would be no difficult things in this world,” Ning Tang said deliberately.
She wasn't lying.
Wenya, this second sister-in-law, clearly doesn't like me.
She is now all alone and cannot confront Wang Yan head-on.
Even if Wang Yan tries to find out about her relationship with Wen Ya later, she won't be able to find anything wrong.
Sure enough, after hearing Ning Tang's words, Wang Yan thought of Wen Ya, who was difficult to please.
The panicked and distraught expression vanished instantly, replaced by a mocking look of anticipation.
"That's true. All of Commander Xu's granddaughters-in-law are well-matched in terms of social standing. You, a capitalist's daughter, probably don't even have the right to sit at the table."
"You're only glamorous on the surface now. If you're carrying that baby for ten months and it turns out to be a worthless baby girl..."
"Hmph, they'll probably be kicked out of the Xu family then."
Wang Yan acted superior, as if she were Xu Qiaofeng's mother or Ning Tang's mother-in-law.
Ning Tang wouldn't put herself in a dilemma just to show off her verbal skills.
Seeing that Wang Yan already believed what she said, she deliberately pretended to be hesitant to speak, as if her inner thoughts had been read.
Wang Yan looked down on Ning Tang even more.
I originally thought she was the Empress Dowager of the Xu family, but I never expected her to be someone who was even worse than a servant.
"Why didn't you say so earlier? You've made me waste so much time standing here arguing with you!"
Wang Yan waved her hand and walked away with a speechless and disgusted expression.
Only after her figure completely disappeared from sight did Ning Tang finally relax.
She is not a sexist when it comes to the gender of the baby in her womb.
She couldn't guarantee the Xu family's future, but as a mother, she would give her child more leverage, ensuring she would be favored.
She wanted her child to be free from any hardship after birth.
In a family like the Xu family, feelings may change, but real value will never change.
Ning Tang had thought it through clearly: her only advantage was her medical skills. Grandma Xu and Grandpa Xu were in poor health and could not do without her medical skills.
These are the sources of her confidence.
Just then, Grandma Xu was about to run out of her Chinese medicine, so on her way home from get off work, Ning Tang went to the Chinese medicine shop to get more medicine herself.
The experienced pharmacist already recognized her and greeted her with a smile when he saw her arrive.
"Comrade, shall we get the same prescription as last time?"
"right."
Ning Tang nodded, handed over the prescription she had prepared in advance, and gave her special instructions.
"Please be careful when selecting these herbs, especially the angelica and astragalus; they should be freshly dried recently."
"Alright, comrade, you can sit and wait."
With that, he turned around and went to work at the medicine cabinet.
Ning Tang didn't move, standing in front of the counter carefully observing each herb and its weight in grams; she wanted to check it herself.
Just as I was about to leave, the table near my wrist suddenly became hot.
Then, a voice sounded in my head.
"Tang girl, there's something good at the garbage dump next door. Hurry up, I'll take you to scavenge for the scraps, or they'll take care of them!"
Ning Tang subconsciously looked around.
The heat on my wrist hadn't subsided when the woman's voice urged me on again.
"Don't just stand there!"
"That thing can help you, it will be good for you, but if you're late, it might all be burned to the ground!"
Ning Tang composed herself, knowing that the woman in the bracelet's space wouldn't harm her.
He quickly walked out of the traditional Chinese medicine shop and followed the woman's directions to the nearby garbage station.
It was an open-air, makeshift garbage dump, where several elderly men in their forties and fifties were digging holes in the ground with shovels.
The air was filled with the smell of decay.
Ning Tang frowned, suppressing her pregnancy nausea.
"Young man, this place is filthy, what are you doing here?" Old Liu noticed Ning Tang, who seemed out of place, and advised, "Don't stand there, or you'll get your clothes dirty again."
"Grandpa, I lost my diary. It's very important to me. I wanted to come and see if I could find it."
Old Liu was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.
"Diary? We have a lot of trash here, and we're going to put it away and burn it soon. If you're looking for something, you'd better hurry, or everything will be gone once it's burned."
"Thank you, sir." Ning Tang quickly thanked him and took out a few White Rabbit milk candies from her pocket and handed them over.
Xu Qiaofeng insisted on giving it to her, fearing that she would have low blood sugar due to being too tired at work.
She had kept it in her pocket without eating it, but she never expected it to come in handy today.
Old Liu's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the White Rabbit milk candy being handed to him.
This is a rare treat; ordinary families can only afford to eat it during the Lunar New Year.
He quickly accepted it, and his tone became warmer.
"Go inside and look for it. I'll keep watch outside for you, don't worry!"
Ning Tang thanked her and, following the woman's words in her head, began rummaging through the trash can.
She couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is this thing?"
"It's a medical book!"
"It's an old medical book passed down from the previous dynasty. It contains many prescriptions for difficult and complicated diseases, especially prescriptions for regulating women's bodies. It's good for you!"
Ning Tang paused.
My heart started pounding.
In my past life, I lived in the countryside. There was a university professor who had been sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution and lived in a cowshed.
His ancestors were imperial physicians, and they had secretly told Ning Tang about the value of these medical books.
Many recipes have not been passed down, which is a regret for the whole world.
She thought it was just a story at the time, but she never expected to actually encounter it.
Ning Tang was excited as she searched through the garbage pit, not caring about the filth, and almost lay down on the ground.
As the saying goes, perseverance pays off, and soon he found a particularly thick book.
There are two bricks stacked together, which is thick.
Ning Tang hugged the book to her arms and quickly walked out of the garbage dump. "Grandpa, I found it. Thank you!"
Old Liu nodded, indicating that it was getting dark and she should hurry back.
Ning Tang didn't linger and put the book into her crossbody bag.
We drove all the way back to the military compound.
Wenya frowned as she smelled the unpleasant odor on Ning Tang, about to speak in a sarcastic tone.
Ning Tang didn't even glance at her before walking away.
Wenya was so angry that her face turned pale.
My liver is so angry it hurts!
After Ning Tang went up to the second floor, she went inside and closed the door.
Just as I was about to open the book, I heard footsteps coming upstairs.
From far to near.
Ning Tang subconsciously threw the book under the bed. When Xu Qiaofeng pushed the door open, he saw the woman with a flushed face because she was anxious.
He frowned slightly. Had someone been bothering her at the hospital again recently?
"Qiaofeng, you're back so early?" Ning Tang asked curiously, panting.
If she had known it was Xu Qiaofeng, she wouldn't have hidden it.
Xu Qiaofeng nodded, took long strides, and quickly stepped forward to touch Ning Tang's face.
"It's hot."
Are you feeling unwell? Have you caught a chill?
Ning Tang subconsciously shook her head: "No, it's just that I went upstairs too fast and my blood rushed to my head."
"Don't walk so fast next time."
Seeing that she was alright, Xu Qiaofeng was relieved and turned to hand her the gift box wrapped in colored paper that he had hidden behind his back.
Although his handsome face didn't show much expression, it was rare to notice...
A strange tension lingered.
Even her ears and neck had turned a little red.
"This is for you." Xu Qiaofeng's voice was deep, his gaze fixed on Ning Tang in front of him. "I passed by the supply and marketing cooperative on my way to a mission today and saw this. I thought you might like it."
Ning Tang paused for a moment, then reached out and took the gift box.
She looked up at the man, and when she saw him awkwardly look away, she couldn't help but smile.
She teased him on purpose: "What good stuff is inside? You even hid it in the back. Is it a surprise?"
Looking at the woman's playful and cute appearance.
Xu Qiaofeng's Adam's apple bobbed, but he didn't speak. He just coughed lightly, trying to appear calm, and urged her to open it and take a look.
Ning Tang unwrapped the packaging paper, and inside was a thin silver tube with a small bow at the top.
It's a lipstick that just became popular in the Soviet Union.
This stuff is in high demand; you can't find it in ordinary supply and marketing cooperatives at all.
Unscrew the cap, and a faint rose scent wafts out.
Ning Tang had seen Zhang Jiaman apply makeup every day, except that hers was bright red, while Xu Qiaofeng bought a dusty rose color.
The color is not too bright, which matches Ning Tang's pure and elegant appearance perfectly.
Before even trying it on his lips, Xu Qiaofeng thought it looked beautiful. For some reason, he suddenly leaned close to Ning Tang's ear and whispered a few words.
Ning Tang's ears immediately turned red.
"Glib-tongued".
"You used to dislike me so much, how come you're getting sweeter and sweeter now?"
From Ning Tang's perspective, Xu Qiaofeng, dressed in his special combat uniform, looked almost too handsome.
It's that kind of itchy, hormonal surge.
To be honest, Ning Tang was certain that with such a handsome father, the baby in her belly wouldn't be too bad either!
The two stood facing each other, their heads slowly touching.
Just as they were getting close, a loud, clear voice rang out from downstairs!
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