Chapter 268: Xiao Fei
“So how did you do it?”
This time Gao Zhong Dui didn’t wait for Chang Ning to speak and directly said: “You’ve gotten bold, huh, actually…”
At this point, Gao Zhong Dui realized they were still in the field hospital, lowered his voice, and continued: “Actually defying orders—defying orders on the battlefield can get you shot! If you want to go to military court, I won’t stop you!”
Gao Zhong Dui sat on the edge of the bed and unleashed a torrent on Chang Ning; his originally dark face turned red with anger.
After venting his anger, Gao Zhong Dui felt less angry inside.
He continued: “Luckily, only the three of us know about this. You kid should just secretly rejoice.
Hui Lang and I discussed it—this matter stays in our bellies, but no next time!”
Hearing Gao Zhong Dui’s words, Chang Ning felt completely relieved.
He knew that if his behavior was thoroughly investigated, even expulsion from the military would be light.
“Thanks, Gao Zhong Dui.”
Chang Ning casually picked up the fruit brought by his B Group comrades and handed it to Gao Zhong Dui with a fawning smile.
Without Gao Zhong Dui protecting him, he would be done for.
“You kid, stop causing me trouble from now on!”
Seeing Chang Ning’s fawning appearance, Gao Zhong Dui felt quite unaccustomed for a moment.
“Alright, I’ve said what needed to be said. I’m leaving first.”
He had nothing more to say to Chang Ning; once the matter was discussed, it was time to go.
The exercise was over, and a pile of matters awaited him to handle. If not for Chang Ning causing this trouble, he might not have come at all—he was really too busy.
Chang Ning didn’t stay long in the field hospital before following the medical staff back to the Military Region General Hospital to continue treatment and recuperation.
Since seeing them once during the exercise, he hadn’t crossed paths with Xiao Ying or Xiao Fei again.
It wasn’t that he fancied those two girls. After all, Xiao Ying was Xiao Zhuang’s girlfriend, and he was Xiao Zhuang’s comrade; rounding it off, they could be considered acquaintances.
Those two girls were Chang Ning’s only connections in the Military Region General Hospital.
Just after the exercise ended, both participating sides were surely busy with various summaries and reports; his comrades couldn’t spare time to visit him for the moment.
This left Chang Ning as a lonely veteran in the hospital, of course excluding his attending medical staff.
Bored Chang Ning would go downstairs every day for a stroll; he wouldn’t wander around causing trouble for others.
That day, after his IV drip, Chang Ning went downstairs for a walk as usual and solved the lunch issue along the way.
For cases like his, someone would usually deliver meals, but after Chang Ning could get out of bed himself, he stopped having them delivered.
Sunlight filtering through layers of leaves speckled Chang Ning’s body, making him feel warm all over.
A perfectly timed breeze carried away the stifling summer heat enveloping him, making him feel extremely comfortable.
Bathed in warm sunlight and fanned by the gentle breeze, Chang Ning’s mind emptied and sleepiness gradually rose.
Xiao Fei hurried past holding information, glancing at Chang Ning dozing on the bench.
“That person just now looked so familiar.”
So Xiao Fei, who had already walked several meters away, turned back; she wanted to take a good look at this familiar guy to see who it was.
Xiao Fei stood in front of Chang Ning, quietly looking at the person before her.
She remembered—this was Xiao Ying’s boyfriend’s comrade, who seemed to have eliminated the Blue Team special forces leader during the exercise.
For things like this, as long as she was willing, she could hear bits and pieces whether actively or passively.
Knowing who the person on the chair was, Xiao Fei lost her curiosity, turned around, and left; she had things to do.
Actually, upon sensing someone nearby, Chang Ning’s sleepiness vanished instantly, but he didn’t open his eyes.
The exercise was over—why keep his nerves on edge?
Was there anyone in the Military Region General Hospital who would harm him?
Until he felt the person lingering without leaving, Chang Ning sensed something was off.
This person knew him?
With doubt, Chang Ning opened his eyes just in time to see Xiao Fei turning to leave.
Seeing it was Xiao Fei, how could Chang Ning let her leave?
It was rare to run into her here; he still wanted to ask about Xiao Zhuang’s situation.
“Hey, wait.” Chang Ning called out to Xiao Fei.
“Something wrong?” Xiao Fei turned and asked.
“I’ve seen you before—you were next to Xiao Ying during the exercise.” Chang Ning started finding an entry point; he couldn’t just directly ask for help, that would be too abrupt.
“So? What do you want to say?”
“Nothing, just ran into an acquaintance after so long, saying hi.”
Just as Chang Ning was about to ask about Xiao Zhuang, the words reached his lips and he sensed it was inappropriate.
No one had told him Xiao Zhuang took live ammunition; if he asked, he couldn’t explain.
“I have things to do; I’ll come see you when I’m not busy.” Xiao Fei said.
She had taken on a chunk of work to let Xiao Ying spend more time with her boyfriend; she’d been extremely busy lately.
These words weren’t perfunctory; after all, he was Xiao Zhuang’s comrade, and they’d met before, so they were acquaintances. Visiting the patient when she had time was nothing.
“Alright, go ahead with your work.”
No excuse, and she had things to do, so Chang Ning let Xiao Fei leave first.
Looked like he’d have to find another opportunity.
Chang Ning thought to himself: today’s encounter was pure chance, and the result wasn’t ideal—nothing to say about it.
“Hey!”
While Chang Ning was plotting the next “chance” encounter, he didn’t expect Xiao Fei to turn back.
Looking at Xiao Fei, Chang Ning was full of doubt: “Is there something?”
“What’s your name? So I can find you next time.”
Thinking she was just being polite, Chang Ning didn’t expect he’d misjudged her.
“Chang Ning.”
“You can call me Xiao Fei.”
After learning Chang Ning’s name, Xiao Fei left her own name in a whirlwind and departed.
This time she was really in a rush; she’d wasted quite some time at Chang Ning’s, and the director was waiting for her information.
The girl’s fragrance lingered at Chang Ning’s nose; watching Xiao Fei’s departing figure, he didn’t know how to describe today’s encounter for a moment.
“The situation isn’t that bad!”
Now that he knew Xiao Fei, he’d eventually learn about Xiao Zhuang’s situation, and she said she’d come visit him.
By then, unless Xiao Zhuang was discharged first, which was obviously impossible.
He was just overly fatigued; a couple days of rest and he’d be fine.
If Xiao Zhuang, who took two shots to the chest, got discharged faster than him, he’d suspect Xiao Zhuang had a system.
With the matter on his mind mostly resolved, Chang Ning continued basking in the sun contentedly.
These days in the hospital had no early mornings or late nights, and Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t throw tear gas grenades on his bed in the middle of the night; every day was very idle.
For Chang Ning, accustomed to training, this was a bit unaccustomed, but he cherished this recuperation time—who would like waking up every day to training and scolding? He wasn’t a pervert.
Xiao Fei wasn’t as comfortable as this patient Chang Ning; just as she expected, she got mildly reprimanded by the director over the information delay.
That was because the director had heard something about Xiao Fei’s background and didn’t dare go too far.
If it were anyone else dawdling with information delivery, they’d have been scolded bloody.
“Director, no next time.”
Xiao Fei’s head was bowed to her chest, looking like she wouldn’t dare next time.
A place like the hospital demanded efficiency; treating patients required racing against the clock!
You could afford to wait, but the patient couldn’t afford the delay.
Seeing Xiao Fei’s attitude was proper, the director let her go back to work.
Actually, the director quite favored this diligent young girl.
He’d heard she had background, but she didn’t use her family to do evil, her skills were decent, no dandy habits.
Reprimanding Xiao Fei was to correct her attitude, not wanting her to delay patients over such things in the future.
If it really came to that, there’d be no regret medicine.
Seeing the director let her off, Xiao Fei leaned against the wall outside the office to adjust her emotions.
She didn’t want Xiao Ying to know about this.
Otherwise, knowing that girl as she did, if she found out Xiao Fei got scolded by the director, she’d definitely feel guilty.
No Xiao Ying at the nurse station, nor in the break room—toe-wiggling obvious she was with her boyfriend.
So Xiao Fei took the elevator to prepare to go to the top floor of the inpatient department, where patients with severe conditions like Xiao Zhuang or special statuses were placed.
“Ding~”
The elevator reached the top floor of the inpatient department; few people came here carrying big and small gifts to visit patients.
First, this was the special care area; patients inside were either special-status requiring advance notice and limited numbers for visits, or severely injured not allowing visits.
Xiao Zhuang was arranged in this ward area for treatment; Xiao Ying would come up to accompany him whenever she had something or nothing.
If it were anyone else doing this, they’d have been disciplined long ago—who let her have a good best friend willing to share work, and this best friend had some background to boot; the leader didn’t want to meddle since the work wasn’t falling behind anyway.
“Whew, today tired me to death. Xiao Ying, after this wave, you gotta compensate me well.”
Xiao Fei pushed open the hospital room door and saw Xiao Ying and her boyfriend whispering; the two gazing at each other with eyes full of affection.
This scene made Xiao Fei feel all cloyed inside.
“You two continue, I’ll come back later.”
