frightfiction Chapter 245 Lu Zhiqiang's Confidante
Chapter 245 Lu Zhiqiang's Confidante
Yang Tingting stood up straight, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes gleaming, staring at Lu Zhiqiang without any fear.
Li Ju'an pondered for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh and remembered: "You're the nurse who works in the production team's clinic?"
Last year, when he first went into the mountains to hunt wild boar near the production team, Lu Zhiqiang got injured and was hospitalized at the clinic. He almost refused to pay the hospital registration fee. Yang Tingting was the one who received the two of them that day.
Yang Tingting had a beautiful smile, with two shallow dimples under her lips. She called out with a beaming smile, "Li Pao'er, it's me! I never expected that you and Cousin Weimin are neighbors."
There are many hills in the Xingan Mountains, and even more young hunters. After graduating from nursing school, she was assigned to work at the village clinic. However, during those few months, all three nurses at the production team's clinic were on maternity leave, leaving them with no one to spare. They had to apply to higher authorities to temporarily transfer young nurses from nearby clinics for a month or two.
As luck would have it, Yang Tingting, who had just graduated, spotted Lu Zhiqiang, who had also just started hunting in the mountains, and even gave him a shot in the butt. He was in so much pain that he didn't know whether to cover his white buttocks or pull up his pants; he was both ashamed and angry, grimacing and howling.
Lu Zhiqiang avoided her gaze and said, "Miss, you've mistaken me for someone else."
Yang Tingting was very bold and enthusiastic. Standing in front of Lu Zhiqiang, she glared at him with her almond-shaped eyes and said, "How could I mistake you for someone else? I'm the one who gave you those two halves of your butt. Back then, the whole clinic thought I had done something to you and they were going to investigate me."
She shouted loudly, surrounded by young hunters, open and honest, displaying the professionalism and concern of a nurse for her patients, which made Lu Zhiqiang extremely embarrassed.
Having lived two lives, Li Ju'an naturally knew the subtle thoughts of young women when facing a group of people. When a young woman is surrounded by a group of young men, the person her gaze falls on is the one she's interested in. Right now, Yang Tingting was standing right in front of Lu Zhiqiang, staring intently at him with her beautiful eyes. If it were one young man staring intently at another, the two would surely start fighting within moments.
But Yang Tingting was beautiful, enthusiastic and bold. Staring at Lu Zhiqiang like that made him so embarrassed that he wanted to dig an ice hole and crawl into it.
Song Desheng, always eager for a good show, chuckled and said, "Hey, Lu Pao Tou'er, what's going on here? When did you meet this soulmate? Why don't you introduce her? Come to my house later, and I'll have your sister-in-law cook a good meal and heat up some wine so we can sit down and chat."
The villagers around him laughed uncontrollably, shouting, "The youngest son of the He family has taken a liking to you! You better watch out, hahaha!"
Yang Tingting is known for her boldness in the fishing village of Huma River. From a young age, she would follow her mother to her maternal grandparents' house for New Year's visits, constantly chasing and fighting with her cousins. She even had the glorious experience of making Sun Weimin cry during a New Year's celebration. Now that she's older and has a stable job, her family is urging her to go on blind dates and get married, but she's hesitant and always says she hasn't found anyone she likes.
Her mother, her face flushed with anxiety, asked her, "The matchmaker has introduced you to several people: Xiao Zhou, the apprentice at the steel mill next door; Xiao Zhao, who runs a delicatessen in the city; and that Xiao Chen from the faculty canteen, who brings you breakfast every day. You haven't liked any of them. If you keep dragging this out, you'll get too old, and you won't be the one choosing them anymore, but the one being chosen."
Her family was extremely anxious. Young women in the village had stable jobs and found it easy to find partners. But Yang Tingting simply didn't like the young men who came for blind dates. She either complained that they were all pretty boys, nagging and not manly enough, or that they chased after her every day, bringing her breakfast and showering her with attention, making her have absolutely no desire to date.
Her mother was frantic. If her daughter kept being picky, she'd get too old, and matchmakers would probably avoid them altogether. Why couldn't her daughter see this?
Yang Tingting stood in front of Lu Zhiqiang without any shyness. She boldly raised her face, her bright almond-shaped eyes sparkling, and said to him, "Lu Zhiqiang, my name is Yang Tingting. Do you have a boyfriend?"
Such a bold statement was rare at the time. Everyone around immediately turned to look. Lu Zhiqiang had never seen anything like it. He would rather carry the unorthodox spear passed down from the Lu family patriarch and stab an old sow in the back of the neck, only to be flipped over, than be stared at like this by a pretty girl.
He scratched the back of his head awkwardly, staring at his toes as usual, without saying a word.
Li Ju'an laughed at him and said to Lu Jinyang, "Jinyang, is your brother like this in front of the old man all the time?"
Lu Jinyang grinned and said, "How could that be? If my brother had even a little bit of his current well-behaved attitude, Grandpa wouldn't be chasing him around the kang (heated brick bed) and beating him every day."
"Isn't this also helping the old man strengthen his muscles and bones? If it weren't for Lu Zhiqiang being so fierce, and your old man chasing after him to beat him every day, the old man's legs and feet wouldn't be so agile."
The group burst into laughter. Lu Zhiqiang, enraged, spat at them and shouted, "What kind of trash are you? You backstabbing bastards, go catch some fish!"
Li Ju'an was puzzled and said, "So you're not going to fish?"
Lu Zhiqiang raised his eyelids and glanced at Yang Tingting, only to find her still boldly staring at him with her almond-shaped eyes. He quickly lowered his eyes again, staring at his toes, and said impatiently, "What are you trying to catch? We've run into a nemesis, shouldn't we have a good talk? I've been beaten by her countless times."
Yang Tingting was displeased upon hearing this. She glared at her big, dark eyes and shouted, "How did I hit you? You have to explain clearly when I hit you. Don't spread rumors and make it difficult for me, a woman, to hold my head up."
Lu Zhiqiang got really excited when he heard this, and raised his voice angrily, "You haven't given me the injection yet? Who gave me all those injections? Other nurses give injections properly, but you, why are you hitting my butt so hard with your hand? Only my old man has ever spanked me. You, a woman, are you hitting my butt like that?"
The surrounding crowd burst into laughter.
Several children gathered around, dragging an ice sled, and earnestly argued on Yang Tingting's behalf, saying, "Your big brother is so unreasonable. Sister Yang is a nurse. Didn't you ever get a shot at the clinic when you were little? They always take your pants off, pat your bottom, and then stick the needle in. What, other nurses can give you shots, so why can't Sister Yang give you shots? Are you looking down on our big sister?"
The child, speaking without restraint, suddenly adopted a serious demeanor, almost like an adult, when he put on a stern face to reprimand someone. The adults around him burst into laughter, while Lu Zhiqiang's face was a jumble of colors, a complex and fascinating mix of emotions.