He was not yet the decisive, shrewd, and composed figure who later became a powerful figure navigating the international arena.
He was still young and hated her mocking his naivety.
Like an angry big kid trying to prove something, he groped her all over inappropriately.
He hadn't gotten anything out of it, but he was panting heavily, his delicate eyes reddening, even the tip of his high nose was red, and he looked at her with a mixture of shame and indignation.
Ning Yuan suppressed the strange sensations he had created, closed her eyes, and whispered, "Even if something unexpected happens, Captain Rong will know. The hospital offers abortion procedures... um!"
Rong Zhaonan froze, then suddenly gripped her chin tightly with his other hand, his eyes filled with cold malice: "You dare!"
Ning Yuan groaned softly as he pinched her, then looked at him and said, "Why wouldn't I dare? Rong Zhaonan, you probably won't be able to keep an eye on me all the time in the future, will you?"
She paused, then asked with a hint of mockery, "Or perhaps you intend to use your restored job and connections to lock me up?"
Like those romance novels decades from now where the domineering CEO falls in love with me, and then starts playing a game of illegal imprisonment at the slightest disagreement?!
Rong Zhaonan stared coldly at the girl beneath him, who calmly looked back at him.
How could she, under him like this... coldly say she would abort the unplanned child?
She was the one who said those hurtful things, but it's as if he's the one being unreasonable!
In front of her, he felt like a naive young man who had no psychological advantage whatsoever when facing a mature older sister.
Even when facing enemies several times stronger than himself on the battlefield, he never felt this kind of defeat.
The only time he felt this way was when he was forced to leave the team and retire!
Rong Zhaonan gritted his teeth: "Ning Yuan, you're really something. Everyone else is thinking about being a good wife and mother, but you've taken selfishness to the extreme. You're even willing to abandon your child!"
What's wrong with being his wife and bearing his children? He will support her for life and ensure she has no worries about food or clothing.
Ning Yuan asked calmly, "As the saying goes, a great man's ambition lies in the world, not in his family. If it's selfish to only strive and achieve for oneself, then haven't most men been doing the same thing for thousands of years?"
Why should women be criticized?
Rong Zhaonan coldly replied, "That's different!"
Ning Yuan curved her dark eyes: "What's the difference? Because women have uteruses and are born to bear children, so they must give way to their families and childbirth?"
Rong Zhaonan laughed in exasperation: "What, you want to discuss life's principles with me at a time like this?"
Ning Yuan looked at him and suddenly raised an eyebrow: "Do you know that there was an article in the Xinhua Daily in 1942 entitled 'On the Virtuous Wife and Loving Mother'?"
That was an article published in 1942 by a great man who had no children in his life, yet whose death brought crowds to line the ten-mile-long streets of Beijing to weep and bid him farewell.
Rong Zhaonan looked at her with a cold expression and didn't say anything; of course he knew.
Ning Yuan said calmly, "As early as 1942, Mr. Zhou criticized the term 'virtuous wife and good mother' in his article, believing that the term meant that women must first serve the family and men, and were not living, independent individuals, which was unequal."
It's a truth that great men understood decades ago, but unfortunately, even in the 21st century, many men and even women still don't understand it and demand that girls be virtuous wives and good mothers.
Rong Zhaonan propped himself up and looked at the girl beneath him, his expression uncertain—
"Ning Yuan, you even have to set conditions before sleeping with me, engage in debates and negotiations, and even quote classical texts. It's a shame you're not a diplomat!"
He was an extremely perceptive person and could tell that she was also attracted to him; otherwise, she wouldn't have wanted to become a real couple.
She clearly had feelings for him, yet she still negotiated terms before sleeping with him? What kind of woman is she? Even a female spy wouldn't do something like that!
He pulled his hand away from her, released her, and sneered self-deprecatingly, "I can't argue with you. If you really don't want to be with me, then forget it. I'm not so shameless as to force you to spend your whole life with me!"
After saying that, Rong Zhaonan turned around, got out of bed, and left without expression, grabbing his police uniform and documents.
"Bang!"
The door slammed shut, sending dust swirling down.
Ning Yuan froze for a moment; this was the first time he had ever sworn in front of her.
She silently straightened her torn and disheveled clothes, and sighed softly with mixed feelings.
Ning Yuan's perfectly normal thoughts in 2023 would certainly be hard for Rong Zhaonan, who lived in 1979, to accept.
Let's just assume she's realistic and worldly-wise.
She would still negotiate terms with men she liked and admired after sleeping with them, without feeling ashamed, but rather proud!
She set the conditions; whether he accepts them or not is his business.
In 1979, Rong Zhaonan would probably only have thought her ideas were bizarre, outrageous, and ridiculous.
It's better to let a man submit than to be infatuated with him.
Like a headless fly, or a bird flying into the forest, they love without restraint, burning themselves out for what they like, ignoring everything else, and sleeping with a man without a condom after being coaxed a few times.
The kind of melodramatic youth literature that involves getting pregnant and then having an abortion or giving birth is something only naive young girls who have read too many romance novels and like to be moved by their own stories would do.
Unfortunately, Ning Yuan only has a youthful and innocent appearance; beneath her skin lies an old and mature heart.
She's been taught a lesson by life her whole life; she can't do something so love-struck.
Ning Yuan closed her eyes and tugged at the corner of her lips.
...
The night was deep. Rong Zhaonan sat on the roof of Chen Chen's dormitory with his long legs bent, and asked him expressionlessly, "Got a cigarette?"
Chen Chen was exhausted, but he could only obediently sit next to him and hand him a cigarette to light.
What's wrong with the captain? He's like a cannon that's exploded in the middle of the night. What terrible thing happened? Is it some kind of ghost? Why would someone come to him for a smoke in the middle of the night?
Has something happened in the capital again?
Rong Zhaonan took the cigarette, took two puffs, and suddenly felt that the cigarette tasted a bit damp.
He frowned, looked down at the cigarette in his hand, its white body stained with a little water.
It was through her that he first learned what it was like to be a woman, and realized that when a man's desire is aroused, he is no different from a wild beast.
Rong Zhaonan's eyes blazed with a gloomy flame and an unquenchable desire.
No wonder they say women are made of water...
Does this mean she felt the same way he did?
But that woman… what kind of brain does she have? Who taught her to be like that?!
She had an innocent and naive appearance, but she was full of scheming and had a cold-blooded bourgeois mentality, which was completely different from girls nowadays!
Rong Zhaonan took a cold drag on his cigarette.
The conditions she set... does she expect him to be old enough to be a grandfather before he can see his son?
Rong Zhaonan expressionlessly stubbed out the cigarette in his hand, which still carried Ning Yuan's scent.
Since you don't want to be his wife, then—never mind!
He curled his lips in a cold, mocking smile. She was right about one thing: they were just one step away from taking the final step. They had done everything. He was a man, and he wouldn't be at a disadvantage!
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