Ning Yuan frowned slightly, but didn't say anything, only staring at Su Xueming and Su Xiaoli.
Didn't Su Xiaoli leave after delivering the snacks?
Su Xueming, however, only paused for a moment before releasing Su Xiaoli and calmly saying—
"Don't be too sad about your aunt and uncle's passing. I'm busy with work and can't go back to our hometown with you, but I can give you a week off."
He paused for a moment: "If you don't come back by this time, I'll have to find someone else to replace you."
Su Xiaoli looked at him blankly, and upon hearing his words, she froze: "Brother, you..."
Su Xueming interrupted her and said calmly, "We grew up together, but don't blame me for being heartless as your cousin. Aunt Chu is not in good health and can't be away from people for too long."
Su Xiaoli stared at him blankly: "You...you only have that woman in your heart..."
Then, she saw Ning Yuan, suddenly covered her face, lowered her head and cried as she turned and rushed out.
I almost bumped into Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan nimbly dodged Su Xiaoli, who rushed past her like a cannonball.
After Su Xiaoli ran away, Su Xueming turned to Ning Yuan and said, "I'm sorry, I've made you two laugh at my family affairs."
Looking at his open and honest demeanor, Ning Yuan was momentarily at a loss as to whether she was judging a gentleman by her own petty standards, or whether Su Xueming was simply putting on an act.
She's also a seasoned veteran of the workings of society, subtly making sarcastic remarks—
"It's nothing, everyone has their own troubles. I just didn't know that Comrade Su and my cousin had such a good relationship."
Su Xueming's gaze swept over the small butterfly-shaped knife in Rong Zhaonan's hand, then he said calmly—
“My uncle and aunt left their hometown a long time ago. Xiaoli was raised by my mother. We are cousins, but we are no different from biological siblings.”
Ning Yuan smiled and said, "Is that so? It's so late. It wouldn't be right for Comrade Su not to take his sister home, given the recent security situation."
Su Xueming said helplessly, "You're right. I've spoiled my younger sister. I accompanied Hongyu to school to register, and this girl ran over here without a care in the world. I have to go find someone first."
After saying that, he nodded to Ning Yuan, and also nodded tactfully to Rong Zhaonan, who was standing behind Ning Yuan: "Goodbye."
Watching Su Xueming's figure disappear down the road.
Ning Yuan suddenly asked, "Rong Zhaonan, what do you think of this person? Is he telling the truth?"
When it comes to judging people, Boss Rong has a better eye than her.
Rong Zhaonan said leisurely, "Based on my own experience interrogating people, he was telling the truth most of the time."
Ning Yuan seemed thoughtful: "Most of them..."
That means there's a high possibility that there's still some truth to it.
Su Xueming is quite shrewd.
“Sister Hongyu is a smart woman herself. Does she even know what kind of man she likes?” Ning Yuan frowned.
Rong Zhaonan sheathed the butterfly knife, the blade of which was about the length of a palm, and said indifferently—
"A smart person can only deceive herself if she wants to be clear-headed."
Ning Yuan sighed and didn't say much more: "Mm."
Rong Zhaonan looked at her and reminded her, "If you speak ill of him to your roommate without any evidence, it's very likely that you won't be able to remain friends in the end."
He doesn't understand women very well, but he understands people's hearts.
Ning Yuan suddenly remembered that in her past life, she had a very close junior high school classmate, who was practically her best friend.
The two had been friends for decades and could talk about anything.
She accidentally discovered that her partner's husband was having sex with prostitutes and getting foot massages, so she told her partner about it.
She accompanied her old classmate to the hospital for a checkup and discovered that her classmate was infected with several types of high-risk HPV.
The mildest form is genital warts.
That old classmate broke down in the hospital, filled with anger, resentment, and tears, vowing to take the child and divorce her husband, leaving him with nothing.
She hugged her old classmate and cried, comforting her that it was fortunate that she was infected with the HPV virus, not HIV.
Two days later, she and her husband had a fight, made up, and were sleeping in the same bed again.
The man who solicited the prostitute even came to her house and threatened to beat her, saying that she had ruined his reputation and was a troublemaker.
Her old classmate of several decades stood in the hallway, watching her silently.
Li Yan angrily got into a fight with the man who had solicited prostitutes, and injured him.
But Li Yan knew a lot of people at that time, and the man who solicited the prostitute didn't get any benefit and was even detained, so he didn't dare to cause her any more trouble.
But her old classmate still criticized her in the classmate group, saying that she couldn't win her husband's heart, which is why she couldn't stand seeing other couples having good relationships.
When close friends fall out, the secrets they've shared become sharp swords that can hurt each other.
This matter caused quite a stir, and Ning Yuan was completely stunned.
Li Yan simply went abroad on a business trip, and was gone for half a year.
The end result was that she and her classmate of several decades never spoke to each other again.
A few years later, I heard that my old classmate had been infected with HPV and never tested negative. He developed cervical cancer and died in his forties.
Ning Yuan wasn't surprised when she heard it.
HPV can be gradually cleared up by the body's immune system if it is strong. In severe cases, surgical intervention such as spinal resection may be necessary.
But the husband who frequented prostitutes was a HPV carrier. He probably slept with his wife while also seeing prostitutes, and he didn't use condoms. Men don't die from HPV infection, and apart from genital warts causing warts on the genitals, there are no other obvious symptoms.
However, the likely consequence of repeated HPV infections in women is cervical cancer, which can be fatal.
Growing up in the hospital's family ward, Ning Yuan knew that 99% of cervical cancer cases were caused by HPV infection through sexual intercourse.
The guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention specifically emphasize that high-risk HPV types that can cause cervical cancer are all sexually transmitted!
Simply put, cervical cancer is basically transmitted through sexual partners.
Most doctors say there may be other routes of infection, such as toilet seats, swimming pools, or hotel towels.
Those are all low-risk HPV types, such as small warts on the fingers or neck, which are not fatal.
In medicine, nothing is 100% certain, and the medical environment decades from now will not be as peaceful as it was in 1980.
Back then, doctors were afraid that female patients' husbands or boyfriends might cause trouble at the hospital or even attack them with knives because of potential financial losses, so they dared not make any definitive statements.
For example, didn't her old classmate's husband come to her door and beat her up?
She didn't even attend his funeral, only hearing six months later that the man who frequented prostitutes had remarried.
She took out a photo of herself and her old classmates from junior high school, looked at it, and sat there crying for an entire afternoon.
She didn't gloat over her old classmate's self-deception that led to his death from cancer, leaving behind two teenage children.
Only endless sorrow remains...
She and her old classmate are just different microcosms of countless women.
Unfortunately, those bygone years and... a friendship that once accompanied us, which we thought was deep but turned out to be thin and broken.
Why do men cover for each other when they solicit prostitutes or have affairs, even if they are just casual acquaintances?
If the other party's wife or girlfriend calls, they'll help cover for them; if women can't do this kind of "mutual assistance," then so be it.
Many people have also been betrayed by their friends who stood up for them because of men.
Is friendship really less valuable than love?
Ning Yuan was lost in her memories and stared blankly for a long time.
Rong Zhaonan said nothing, quietly standing beside her with his arms crossed.
After a long pause, Ning Yuan smiled somewhat absentmindedly: "I know, just like if someone accuses you of having a woman outside without any evidence, I'm afraid I would also get angry."
Rong Zhaonan looked down at her absent-minded appearance and said calmly, "A wolf only has one mate in its lifetime, and I am yours."
Ning Yuan looked up at him with her big eyes, stunned, remembering that in her previous life he had indeed stayed by one person's side for his entire life.
At least that's what it looks like from the outside: a lifelong, loving couple.
A man like Rong Zhaonan never makes promises lightly, but once he does, he will do everything in his power to keep them.
In this lifetime, he said he was hers... he was hers...
Ning Yuan felt a mix of emotions. Suddenly, she reached out and hugged him, pressing her face against his chest—
"Yes, Rong Zhaonan, you are mine!"
Rong Zhaonan hugged the girl tightly and gently stroked her back.
His cold, narrow eyes deepened. Just now, for whom was that weary and sorrowful look on her face?
...
After parting ways with Rong Zhaonan, Ning Yuan returned to her dormitory.
"Oh, isn't this Boss Ning? You're finally back!" Chu Hongyu was applying face cream and looked at Ning Yuan with a smile.
Ning Yuan looked at her, her feelings a little complicated, and just smiled: "Yes, you've all finished washing, right?"
Yan Yangyang smirked: "No, that's right. The pampered man came. Although he can't come up to the dormitory, he personally filled several kettles of hot water for her to take a shower and even called the housekeeper to deliver things."
Chu Hongyu showed a rare hint of embarrassment and snorted, "Envious and jealous? Then hurry up and find a boyfriend."
Yan Yangyang muttered, "I don't like clingy men who just agree with whatever you say, like they have no temper and no bottom line."
Chu Hongyu rolled her eyes, flicking her finger to apply nail polish: "So you don't like men who go along with you and pamper you, but prefer men who go against you and make you angry?"
Ning Yuan suddenly added abruptly: "Everyone has a temper. I've only ever seen people who completely suppress their personality and obey everything in the business world. They all have ulterior motives."
Chu Hongyu was taken aback, looking Ning Yuan up and down with a strange expression: "Oh my, why is our Ningning suddenly speaking so philosophically?"
Ning Yuan could tell that Chu Hongyu didn't take it to heart and was just teasing her.
She just smiled, picked up a cup to brush her teeth, and asked Chu Hongyu, "Sister Hongyu has always been very shrewd. Tell me, am I right? Only Goujian could endure hardship and humiliation, and only then could three thousand Yue soldiers conquer Wu."
Chu Hongyu thought for a moment, but hadn't said anything yet.
While Ding Lan was curled up in bed reading, who had been mostly unnoticed, suddenly blurted out a sentence—
"That's right. Who would suppress their desire to please others for no reason? They must be after something in return."
Chu Hongyu, Ning Yuan, and Yan Yangyang all looked at her in unison: "..."
What kind of trouble is this woman up to now?
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