Wei Heng looked at Rong Zhaonan, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes: "Captain Rong is joking. My little sister is young and inexperienced, and her family situation is complicated, but that doesn't mean no one is there to support her. Anyone can be her brother."
Rong Zhaonan said calmly, "Indeed, not just anyone can be an older brother. In this respect, I am not as good as Battalion Commander Ning."
He never wanted to be the older brother; who wants to be the older brother to their wife?
Ning Yuan sat between the two "brothers," curled up like a quail, behaving herself obediently.
Rong Zhaonan answered swiftly, as if he would swallow his pride, leaving Wei Heng speechless.
He frowned, feeling that Rong Zhaonan was mocking him and wanted to say something more.
Chen Chen quickly said, "Battalion Commander Ning, we'll arrive in Guangzhou this afternoon. What would you like to eat? It's on me."
Wei Heng looked at Chen Chen, his expression softening considerably: "Captain Chen, you're too kind. Let's go to the guesthouse to drop off our luggage first."
The atmosphere eased a little, and Ning Yuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, giving Chen Chen a thumbs-up.
It's rare to see someone so simple-minded with such keen eyesight!
With lunchtime approaching, Ning Yuan eagerly offered to invite Rong Zhaonan, Wei Heng, and the others to eat at the dining car.
She was trying to make her older brother find her brother-in-law more agreeable.
Wei Heng was reluctant to let his sister spend money, so he gently patted her hand and said, "The food cart is expensive. We brought our own food. Don't waste your money, little sister."
Ning Yuan was very touched, but the next second she realized that Wei Heng's hand hadn't landed on hers; instead, Comrade Rong Zhaonan had neatly grasped it.
Rong Zhaonan calmly grasped his brother-in-law's large hand, but his gaze was fixed on Ning Yuan: "The Mapo Tofu and Kung Pao Chicken on this train are quite good."
All his money goes to his wife. Even when he goes on business trips, he still takes advantage of government funds, earning only twenty yuan a month.
Of course, it's about eating his wife's food.
As he spoke, Rong Zhaonan calmly said, "Brother may not know, but Ning Yuan opened a coffee shop at Fudan University and also sells sparkling water. Business is booming, so don't be shy."
Ning Yuan's body trembled as she saw the words "tea talk" on Young Master Rong's body.
Wei Heng's hand was held by Rong Zhaonan, who spoke to him in a familiar and intimate tone, as if he were intimate with Ning Yuan.
His face turned cold, and he pulled his hand away from the man's intimate grasp.
Wei Heng resisted the urge to wipe his hands and tried to speak: "Little sister..."
Ning Yuan interrupted him with a dry laugh: "Let's go, let's go. Brother, give me some face and let's go eat. We can talk about everything later."
Does Comrade Rong Zhaonan have some serious illness?
He said he wanted to maintain his single image at work, so what kind of manipulative male supporting character is he playing now?!
But apart from Chen Chen, who understood the unspoken tension between the three, the young company commander was completely baffled.
I don't understand why the battalion commander and Captain Rong, who used to have a good relationship, suddenly started to get along.
Wei Heng couldn't bear to put Ning Yuan in a difficult position, so he remained silent for a while before saying, "Okay, let's go to the dining car for dinner."
In a little while, he'll have to find out the relationship between the two of them to see if he's really overthinking things.
Ning Yuan walked through two carriages, then suddenly remembered something and slapped her forehead—
"I forgot I had a friend in the sleeper car. You guys go ahead, I'll go find him."
She was so busy being embarrassed and trying to cover up her lie that she completely forgot about the big white goose!
Rong Zhaonan and Wei Heng both looked at her: "Shall I go with you?"
The two spoke in unison.
Rong Zhaonan and Wei Heng exchanged a glance, their eyes seemingly sparking with icy light, before both staring intently at Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan froze. What kind of chaotic situation was this?
In an instant, she felt like a two-timing woman, and she even preferred the manipulative guy's relationship.
Ning Yuan quickly replied, "I can go by myself. You guys go to the dining car and wait for me!"
After saying that, she didn't dare to look back and turned to crawl into her sleeper compartment.
As soon as Ning Yuan left, Rong Zhaonan suddenly reverted to his usual indifferent and calm demeanor, nodding to Wei Heng: "Big brother, shall we go to the dining car first?"
Wei Heng frowned as he watched the man turn and leave.
Big brother?
After my sister left, this person suddenly changed his attitude, becoming unpredictable!
But he followed anyway.
Chen Chen wiped away non-existent sweat and muttered to himself, "The captain was pretending to be a good guy and trying to build a relationship with his brother-in-law."
When he saw how his sister-in-law and brother-in-law interacted, he suddenly changed his expression. What was he thinking?
...
Ning Yuan squeezed through two carriages before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
Seriously, being caught in the middle is awful!
She sighed inwardly and turned to walk towards the sleeper car.
As she passed by the family, lost in thought, she didn't notice the hostile look in their eyes.
"Damn it, these mentally ill people deserve to die!" a man muttered under his breath.
An old woman covered her swollen face, gritting her teeth: "That's right... this kind of mentally ill person with a bad brain should be chained up, how dare they let them out!"
At this moment, a middle-aged couple sitting next to them exchanged glances.
The middle-aged woman suddenly asked, "You said that little girl was mentally ill, but she didn't seem like it."
The man was about to say something, but the old woman holding the child quickly interrupted him—
"Doesn't it seem like it? That little bitch has big, lifeless eyes; she's just an unreasonable, heartless idiot!"
The middle-aged woman seemed curious and inquired about the details: "What exactly happened?"
A young woman with a bump on one side of her forehead, holding her listless child in her arms, gritted her teeth—
"Yes, she even hit our well-behaved child, and her brother didn't stop her. What else could she be but a mentally unstable lunatic?"
After she finished speaking, the young wife embellished the story of Ning Yuan's conflict with them.
After saying that, she spat on the ground: "It's because of them that we can't use the sleeper tickets we bought for a lot of money!"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman seemed to ponder: "She's still a violent madwoman who would resort to violence. What a pity. She's quite pretty and likable; she doesn't seem like the type to hit children."
These words immediately earned him eye-rolls from the whole family.
The seven-year-old boy, sitting in the old woman's lap, even stuck his foot out from under the small table and kicked her angrily: "You're crazy, you're crazy!"
A middle-aged woman was caught off guard and kicked in the stomach by her child.
Seven-year-olds are not small children, and the two children were raised to be strong and healthy. This kick...
The middle-aged woman's face immediately turned pale: "Ah!"
The middle-aged man instantly glared angrily at the child: "What are you doing!"
His ferocious expression ruined his originally kind and honest face.
The child was startled and, pale-faced, shrank into the old woman's arms.
The old lady was already seething with anger, and she was shocked to see that the other party was just an ordinary, thin, middle-aged couple.
She immediately glared at him and hugged her grandson tightly: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Stop pretending! How heavy can a child's kick be!"
The young man had been humiliated yesterday, and now he saw someone yelling at his precious son.
He was also enraged and slammed his fist on the table, shouting, "They're just kids! What do you want? You're all adults! Would it kill you to give way a little?!"
As she spoke, the old lady's grandson in her arms began to sob and shed tears.
The young wife wiped away her child's tears and said sarcastically, "People these days have no love for children at all; they've all given their love to the dogs."
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