Zhou Rang slowly sat up by holding the edge of the bed. He couldn't help frowning and gasping in pain as he moved.
After finally sitting up, he hunched over and turned on the bedside lamp. The moment the light came on, he squinted his eyes uncomfortably.
After a long pause, he put the paper in his hand on the pillow, and then picked up the gauze and medicine that were placed on the bedside last night.
Zhou Rang carefully lifted up the sweater he was wearing. The whole process was extremely slow, and the cold sweat on his forehead was getting more and more. It took him a long time to lift it up to his chest, revealing his waist and abdomen wrapped in a circle of gauze.
The originally snow-white gauze had already been stained red with blood, and had even dried up on it.
Zhou Rang's hands trembled uncontrollably in pain, but he still quickly untied the gauze. Circles of gauze fell to the ground, revealing the hideous wounds inside.
Blood and flesh rolled around, and the wound appeared as a round hole the size of a coin. Yellow liquid continued to seep out of the wound, and even the surrounding area was bluish-purple.
He frowned, dipped a cotton ball in a small amount of disinfectant, and gently applied it to the wound. Although his movements were gentle, his strength involuntarily increased. As soon as it touched the flesh, he couldn't help but let out a "hiss".
His eyebrows were knitted together, and there was a hint of annoyance in his movements.
After finally changing the medicine and wrapping the gauze, his back was soaked with sweat and he had no strength left. He lay on the bed and fell asleep again.
*
There are still two days until the Lantern Festival. The art troupes from other cities have all moved into the dormitory building, and the atmosphere has become lively.
That night, Su Nan had just returned to her dormitory with a thermos filled with hot water when she saw a person standing at the door from a distance. It was dark at night and she couldn't tell who it was.
It was not until I got closer that I could see who it was.
"It's so late, I wonder what Comrade Shen can do for you?" Su Nan put the thermos at his feet, shook his sore wrist, and asked expressionlessly.
Chen Qiu was still wearing the training uniform of the Bairi Art Troupe. When she heard Su Nan's words, her expression became unnatural, but she still raised a friendly smile and said affectionately, "Sister Su, let's go in and chat?"
Su Nan raised her eyebrows slightly, stood there with her arms folded, and showed no intention of taking the key to open the door and go in to chat.
Seeing this, Chen Qiu clenched her fists, and a surge of anger rose from the soles of her feet, making her face red. But when she thought of the purpose of her visit, her anger subsided and the smile on her face deepened.
"Sister Su, when we first met, I was young and ignorant of manners, and I had a bad temper, so I got physical. Can you please forgive me?"
Chen Qiu took a step forward humbly, appearing sincere on the surface, but no one knew what he was thinking in his heart.
Su Nan stared at Chen Qiu with an extremely calm expression. He glanced at her lazily and said lightly, "Oh, I see. Is there anything else? If not, I'm going to go to bed."
Chen Qiu was choked by Su Nan's cold reaction. He bit his lower lip, laughed dryly, and finally said the reason for his visit without any patience: "I have a box of flower cakes that I asked someone to buy from Shanghai. If..."
"Not interested." She almost vomited after eating the Shanghai flower cakes.
Being suddenly interrupted, Chen Qiu's face finally darkened and he could no longer maintain his smile. His face was filled with a hint of solemnity and hatred.
"Su Nan, I know you hate me because of what happened when we first met, but there's no need to be mean to a nice person, right? As long as you give me the best makeup look on the Lantern Festival night, and make everyone else look better, there will be more benefits than just that."
"You came from a small place like Sang'an County. If it weren't for me, you probably wouldn't have heard of anything like this, right? Don't be ungrateful. People should know what's good for them, right?"
"If you don't listen to me, I can make you go back the same way you came here."
Chen Qiu had already inquired about Su Nan's background, so he said this with confidence. He wanted to use threats and inducements to make this stubborn woman obey him.
Women from small places can just be scared.
Seeing that Su Nan didn't say anything for a long time, Chen Qiu thought he had won. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, took a step forward, poked her shoulder with his index finger, and said with disdain: "Wouldn't it be better if you just obeyed earlier? Why do you make me waste so much time and effort?"
Every word he spoke was filled with contempt and disdain, and his condescending look was truly disgusting.
Su Nan grabbed Chen Qiu's index finger and twisted it downwards with great force. The next second, he heard the other person's painful cry.
"Su Nan, let me go." Chen Qiu couldn't help but hunch over in pain, his tone sharp.
Such a loud noise naturally attracted the attention of the girls living in the nearby dormitories. After a while, they heard the sound of people opening the doors and coming out to check the situation.
Seeing more and more people coming, Chen Qiu subconsciously covered half of her face with her long hair, and resisted with more and more strength. Unexpectedly, at this moment, Su Nan suddenly let go of her hand. She was not paying attention for a moment and was thrown out fiercely, falling to the ground in embarrassment.
Before Chen Qiu could start cursing, Su Nan's next words pinned him to the spot, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"I want to report Comrade Chen Qiu for bribing the makeup artist late at night. You are all witnesses, and these things are evidence." Su Nan kicked the box of beautifully packaged flower cakes that Chen Qiu placed at the door of her dormitory.
As soon as the words fell, Su Nan cast a disdainful look at Chen Qiu, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shrugged and sneered, "Why didn't you just obey and leave earlier? Why did you have to make such a fuss?"
Chen Qiu's pupils constricted and he slumped on the ground in dejection.
Night should be a good time to fall asleep, but at this time the art troupe's training room was brightly lit, and the troupe leader, deputy director, and Teacher Xie all rushed over.
It is really annoying that such a scandal happened when the Lantern Festival Gala was approaching and the perpetrators were caught red-handed.
"How should we deal with this?" Chen Junping turned his head to look at the other cadres, his fingertips tapping on the back of the chair.
"Deal with it severely and show no leniency." Director Zhang of the art troupe slammed the table hard, his eyes fell on the trembling Chen Qiu in front of him, and he snorted coldly.
Teacher Xie moved the corners of his mouth and finally expressed his concerns: "But the evening party is in two days, and Chen Qiu has a lot of performance parts. If we remove her from the list now, without one person, it will be a mess."
"This..." Upon hearing this, Captain Zhang pondered for a moment, and his tough attitude softened a little.
Hearing this, Chen Qiu's eyes lit up and his tense expression relaxed. He looked at Su Nan, who was standing next to him, with a half-smile, quite provocatively.
Unexpectedly, Su Nan curled the corners of his lips, and the smile was even bigger than Chen Qiu's.
For some reason, when Chen Qiu saw Su Nan smile, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
"For the sake of the overall situation, let's postpone the handling..." Before Captain Zhang finished his words, he was interrupted by a soft voice.
"Can't we ignore the basic rules for the sake of the overall situation?"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Su Nan staring at Captain Zhang, motionless.
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