Chapter 92 Chapter 92 Bringing a man back again
Tao Ning hadn't recovered from the fact that two months had passed until he boarded the bus back home. Suddenly, the person next to him approached him, crossed his arms, and said with disgust, "Tsk, you country bumpkin! What's that white thing? It's disgusting! Did the crew clean up after them? Shit, what the hell is this? It's disgusting."
Tao Ning followed Song Yucong's gaze.
In fact, buses traveling between cities and rural areas have been improved a lot in the past two years. In the past, the seats on the buses were all made of plastic. It takes at least one or two hours, and up to four or five hours to go from a remote place to a city. You can imagine the physical pain of sitting on hard benches all the way.
Nowadays, most of the seats on urban and rural buses have been replaced with soft cushions. Although this relieves a lot of physical pain, this kind of cushion has a very troublesome problem, which is that it is not resistant to dirt. Urban and rural buses do not have strict management in this regard. Once everyone gets on the bus, what kind of seat they can sit on depends entirely on luck, except for the speed at which they grab a seat.
Unfortunately, they had neither speed nor luck, and the perpetrators kept on talking.
The reason was that Song Yucong learned that Tao Ning was planning to go back to his hometown after the exam, so he insisted on following her after being discharged from the hospital. He also said with a guilty look on his face that he would treat him as a slave along the way and would not allow anyone else to follow him.
Tao Ning couldn't convince him, so she let him follow her.
Tao Ning had only a small amount of luggage, but Song Yucong insisted on buying a lot of electronic toys and cosmetics, so after packing, they had three full bags. Song Yucong arrogantly said to him, "You can carry all these things."
"Oh." Tao Ning picked it up casually but didn't move it.
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After glaring at him fiercely, Song Yucong picked up almost all the luggage with a cold face, and only wrapped one or two lightly on Tao Ning.
So Song Yucong, carrying his bags, followed Tao Ning. Tao Ning looked back at his colorful expression along the way. From initial curiosity, to shock when she saw the green train, and finally to anger when she saw the dilapidated rural bus, Song Yucong was so angry that he jumped up and down: "I can tolerate that shabby train, but what is this black car? I want to take a private car, you hurry up and take a taxi."
Tao Ning lied to him, saying, "I don't have much money left, and taxis can't get to my house."
Their journey was full of twists and turns. Song Yucong's wallet was unfortunately lost on the way to the airport. When he found it, he had already arrived in Province X and it was too late to get it back, so the expenses for the second half of the journey were all paid by Tao Ning.
Tao Ning was very thrifty and was very short of money. After taking into account the travel expenses for the two of them to return to Haizhou, she certainly would not agree to Song Yucong's unreasonable request, because a taxi ride to his house would cost over a thousand yuan, and they only had a thousand yuan left.
Although he had a very unhappy life in the Song family, Song Yucong was indeed a young master who had been born with a silver spoon in his mouth for almost twenty years. Let alone taking a train, he had never even taken a taxi. When he was about to take a bus with tires and iron sheets covered with a thick layer of mud, Song Yucong's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
It was only after the driver's urging and Tao Ning's gentle persuasion that Song Yucong reluctantly got on the bus. They had already wasted a lot of time before getting on the bus, and the clean and good seats had already been taken.
In the end, there were only two seats next to each other left. Tao Ning deliberately left the seat by the window for Song Yucong, and the latter's expression looked a little better.
But it was only a little better. When he saw the white unknown object stuck on the cushion in front of him, Song Yucong could no longer suppress the anger in his heart, and began to pick on things with a look of disgust on his face.
Tao Ning took a look and said calmly, "That's chewing gum."
"vomit--"
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When the two finally arrived at the entrance of Huangmeng Village, Song Yucong was too tired to be picky, and Tao Ning's face was pale. Even though he took medicine day after day, his physical condition was getting worse, especially the unexplained bruises were increasing.
Fortunately, it was winter and Tao Ning was wearing many clothes, so she was not discovered.
As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, just as I remembered, I saw a dazzling beam of light in the distance, followed by Tao Yuan's loud and happy voice: "Ningning! Over here!"
And the children's cries: "Uncle! Uncle! I'm here!"
The two groups approached at the same time. Tao Yuan saw Tao Ning's pale face and his eyes suddenly turned red. His calloused hands grabbed Tao Ning's arm and refused to let go. He even choked up and said, "You little brat, why are you so pale? Did you get sick on the way? Come on, hurry up and come back with me."
The person next to him coughed softly, and Tao Yuan finally noticed Song Yucong next to Tao Ning. He was about to cry out of heartache, but he held back the tears and muttered, "Oh my god, where did this handsome pretty boy come from? He looks like an actor."
"Uncle! Why did you bring a man back again!"
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Because he hadn't told Tao Yuan in advance that he would bring anyone back, when three pairs of eyes swept over at once, one of the phoenix eyes was about to spit fire. Tao Ning sighed silently inwardly, as if he could see the three of them quarreling and having no peace in the future. He had no choice but to step forward and act as a peacemaker: "Well, let's go home first."
When they got home, Tao Yuan learned about Song Yucong's identity and that he was the one who funded Tao Ning. His cautious attitude, which had been a lesson learned from the previous incident, immediately changed 360 degrees. He warmly invited Song Yucong to dinner, picking up food for him while talking to him non-stop:
"Xiao Song, you can't buy these ferns in the city, especially rich people like you. You should try them. And this free-range chicken, I stewed it all day until the bones are rotten! It's definitely better than your frozen chicken with all that coloring. And this spicy and sour fish, the chilies in it are freshly picked from our mountains... Hey? Ningning, come on, eat it. Why are you picking up some food for me?"
Whenever there are guests at home, Tao Yuan will always entertain them warmly, unless they are unwelcome. Tao Ning knows that her behavior and words are deeply influenced by the people in the mountains, and may sound awkward to others, but she has no bad intentions and is just speaking the truth according to her own logic.
But the host was Song Yucong, who would get angry if something didn't go his way. And according to Tao Ning's observation, Song Yucong always ate separately...
Afraid that Song Yucong would lose his temper on the spot and they would not be able to eat because of the quarrel, Tao Ning hurriedly picked up some food for Tao Yuan, interrupted her words, glanced at Song Yucong, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Although Song Yucong frowned slightly, Tao Ning knew that this was a sign of his anger. Unexpectedly, Song Yucong, who always had a very bad temper, did not put down his chopsticks. Instead, he picked up a piece of chicken with some reserve and ate it slowly. Finally, he gave Tao Yuan a very faint smile.
If someone didn't know Song Yucong's bad temper, they would be fooled by his polite and courteous behavior and mistakenly think that he was a noble young man raised in a truly wealthy family.
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Feeling Tao Ning's slightly weird and indescribable gaze, Song Yucong immediately stopped smiling and glared at him coldly.
Tao Yuan asked in surprise, "Xiao Song, are you having eye cramps? I have a bottle of Fengyoujing (Chinese wind oil essence) over there. Apply a little on your eyelids and your eyes will stop twitching overnight. Don't underestimate this folk remedy; it works every time."
Song Yucong looked at Tao Ning's smiling mouth and bit the chicken leg fiercely. His gnashing expression looked as if he was not eating the chicken leg, but biting someone's flesh.
After dinner, Song Yucong, looking unhappy, still obeyed and took his clothes to the back of the plastic shed to take a shower. Tao Yuan took this opportunity to pull Tao Ning to a corner and asked, "Stinky boy, what is your relationship with this guy?"
"...a friend who also funded me."
"Really?" Tao Yuan was skeptical.
"Um."
Her face, which had wrinkles early on due to doing too much rough work, was full of confusion. Time was extremely cruel to mountain women like Tao Yuan, and her early maturity was deeply influenced by the feudal ideas of the previous generation. But when she looked at Tao Ning's lonely cheek, she couldn't help but feel distressed.
After hesitating for a long time, Tao Yuan finally made up her mind and said, "Ningning, after you went to study in the city, Zhao Jingqun actually came to see you... Will you blame me for not telling him where you were studying?"
Tao Ning lowered his head. He could no longer say anything against his will, especially since he missed Zhao Jingqun so much. He could only answer with silence. Suddenly, he felt a soft warmth on his head. Tao Ning raised his eyes and saw the apology and love in Tao Yuan's eyes.
Tao Yuan reached out and hugged her only brother, "Ningning, I'm sorry... I feel really guilty. Ever since you went to study in the city, Zhao Jingqun has been coming to the village every day for a while. Rain or shine, he'd stand at our door all day long. But I was confused at the time and kept it a secret."
"Ningning, I only realized it later. He truly loved you as his partner... When I broke you up, it wasn't just for your future, but I was also worried you'd get cheated. A man and a woman can get married, which at least provides some security. But there are so many couples who break up after marriage, let alone two men? If he took advantage of you and ran off, where would I go to seek justice for you?"
Tao Ning said, "I know, I don't blame my sister."
Tao Yuan let him go, gave a bitter and helpless smile, and raised his hand to touch his head.
"No, I was wrong," she said gently. "...I just want you to be happy right now. If Ningning still wants to be with a man in the future, I'll support her...but if that man dares to bully you, I'll chop his dick off even if it means I die!"
After a moment of hesitation, Tao Ning smiled and nodded heavily.
"good."
Unable to bear the cold weather, Song Yucong came out of the shower after taking a few minutes and stood in the shadow behind the wall. He did not hear their conversation, but only saw the warm scene of Tao Ning and Tao Yuan getting along with each other. He looked at Tao Ning's thin back with some longing and attachment.
When it was time to go to bed, Tao Ning and Song Yucong lay in the same bed. Compared to the hustle and bustle of the town at night, there was silence in the mountains. The only sounds they could hear were the whistling of the cold wind outside the window and the rustling of branches.
Sleepiness came over him little by little, and Tao Ning closed his eyes in a daze. Just when he was about to fall asleep, the quilt next to him was suddenly lifted, and cold wind blew in, and then he felt heavy.
In the darkness, Song Yucong held his shoulders, his phoenix eyes gleaming frighteningly with anger. He gritted his teeth and asked, "I remember now. What did that brat mean when he said you brought a man back this time?"
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