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Chapter 128: Chapter 128: I Brought Up the Water
"Sister Yanmei, you can’t just stand by!" Qian Niannian, who was enjoying the clash between Tong Yao and Chen Yanmei, was shocked when Chen Yanmei decided not to intervene. She became anxious and broke down in tears again. "Tong Yao has been bullying me like this, if you all don’t do anything, won’t I be bullied to death? Isn’t there anyone in our large hospital who could stand up for justice?"
Hearing Qian Niannian’s words, Chen Yanmei, in a strange tone, yelled out loud at everyone.
"It’s not that I don’t want to intervene, it’s just that she didn’t give a damn about me. You all heard what she said, in her eyes, I am less than nothing. I’d rather not bother. Everyone just watches and does nothing, so I won’t interfere. Let’s see who’ll solve their own problems when troubles come to their door. Now, it’s clear to me that there’s a man-eating tigress in our compound, and no one living here can escape her."
Chen Yanmei’s words were cleverly phrased, implying not only that Tong Yao was arrogant, overlooking her, but also suggesting subtly that Tong Yao was a troublemaker who bullied Qian Niannian today and might bully others tomorrow.
No one stands out now when Qian Niannian is being bullied, and no one will when it’s their turn tomorrow.
Having lived in the family dormitory for a month and had run-ins with Chen Yanmei twice, Tong Yao had always thought that Chen Yanmei was a woman with a big chest but no brains, who merely gossiped behind others’ back without any real strategic moves. But after witnessing Chen Yanmei’s words now, Tong Yao had to re-evaluate her opinion.
Turns out, it’s not that Chen Yanmei lacked brains, but she simply felt too disdainful to use them.
"What’s going on? Instead of sleeping at night, why are you all making a fuss here?" A clear and beautiful voice suddenly came from behind the crowd, sounding a bit mildly angry.
Everyone stepped aside, making way for someone. Qian Niannian was unsure about whom to call for backing her up when she saw Yu Shiya appearing like a life-saving straw.
"Doctor Yu, good timing! Please help me out."
If it were a quarrel with someone else, Qian Niannian wouldn’t have the nerve to ask Yu Shiya for help, let alone whether Yu Shiya would take her side. But it was different with Tong Yao as her opponent. Tong Yao had stolen the man Yu Shiya loved, she was her love rival.
Previously, Yu Shiya never looked for trouble with Tong Yao, not because she didn’t want to, but simply because she didn’t have the opportunity. Now that an opportunity was right in front of her, she didn’t believe Yu Shiya would miss it.
"What happened to you?" Upon seeing Qian Niannian all soaked, Yu Shiya frowned.
"I was sleeping soundly in my room when Tong Yao suddenly came in and poured a bucket of water on me without uttering a word. I don’t know how I offended her." As Qian Niannian recounted, she sobbed, appearing utterly wronged as if she had swallowed a jin (0.5 kg) of Coptis root, which is extremely bitter.
"Oh! Sis, were you sleepwalking?" Li Nuanchun squeezed out of the crowd and hinted at Tong Yao repeatedly. Whatever happened, the quarrel at this moment had blown up too big. With so many onlookers present, they needed to find an excuse first.
Over this period of time, Li Nuanchun benefited a lot from Tong Yao which made her believe Tong Yao is pretty good as a person. If Tong Yao was kicked out of the dormitory, she would lose a decent amount of income each month. 𝚗o𝚟pub.𝚌𝚘𝚖
"Sleepwalking?" Shiya raised her eyebrows, looking at Tong Yao, "Do you have a habit of sleepwalking?"
Li Nuanchun quietly tugged at Tong Yao’s coat. Before Tong Yao could speak, Qian Niannian said, "What sleepwalking! Do you guys think she looks like she’s sleepwalking?"
Everyone present was a doctor or a nurse, they knew very well the symptoms of sleepwalking. This excuse is incredibly weak.
Chen Yanmei watched Tong Yao, taking pleasure in her misfortune, thinking that now the Dean’s daughter herself is here, she wondered how Tong Yao would explain herself.
"I don’t have sleepwalking syndrome, and I wasn’t sleepwalking." Tong Yao denied the sleepwalking claim.
"Sis..." Li Nuanchun was so worried, she was almost on her tiptoes.
"..."
All the others heard Tong Yao’s words, and all silently shook their heads. Li Nuanchun was even giving her a way out, but she refused to take it. If Tong Yao admitted that she was sleepwalking, even if others knew it was not true, they had no hard evidence to refute it. By just whisking it away, this matter could still have been resolved. But now it has become a deadlock - irreversible.
Previously, they had thought Tong Yao was smart, but it seems that she simply is blessed with looks and not any brains.
"If you don’t have a habit of sleepwalking, why did you pour water on Qian Niannian’s bed?"
Yu Shiya furrowed her brows while looking at Tong Yao and was about to question her further when Si Chen suddenly stepped forward standing next to Tong Yao. She felt a surge of sadness and threw the question to Si Chen, "Doctor Si, are you just going to stand by and watch your wife splashing water on people?"
Seeing this, the audience was instantly thrilled.
One is his wife, and the other is the person who likes Dr. Si. Now, there’s going to be a drama worth watching, and they wondered who Dr. Si would favour.
"I didn’t just stand by and watch." Si Chen said, his brows were furrowed.
"What do you mean?"
Yu Shiya raised her eyebrows, about to ask if he meant that he failed to stop the act, but heard Si Chen saying,
"The water was brought by me."
Everyone: "..."
Upon hearing this, Qian Niannian was almost out of breath due to anger.
Yu Shiya’s face quickly darkened too, her hands clenched into fists, and her nails were almost piercing her palms. She suppressed the turmoil of emotions in her heart and said, "Doctor Si, don’t you think you are over-indulging your wife? There are so many doctors and their families living in the dormitory. We all get along well and no one dares to cause trouble like this. How do you expect others to live here if you act this way?"
Si Chen is typically an easygoing person and hardly causes any trouble. The fact that he would help Tong Yao in bringing water to splash on someone was completely unexpected. If she hadn’t heard it herself, Yu Shiya wouldn’t have believed him.
Besides her beauty, what was so special about Tong Yao that makes Si Chen so indulgent towards her?
"Can I have a say?" Tong Yao, who couldn’t bear the back and forth accusations any longer, interrupted. She was the one involved, and yet, she had no chance to speak.
With her words, everyone’s eyes landed on Tong Yao. Tong Yao stared at Qian Niannian, making her feel guilty. Out of nervousness, she began clutching her clothes restlessly.
"I splashed water on Qian Niannian because she threw out my clothes while I was taking a bath, making me unable to leave the bathroom. Anyone who thinks what Qian Niannian did is right and should not be retaliated with water, step out and say it. Next time, I’ll do the same to you while you are taking a bath."
"It was not me, I didn’t." Qian Niannian instinctively refuted,"I was sleeping in the room all the time. Guo Nan can prove this."
Qian Niannian was sure that no one saw her throwing away the clothes, as long as she didn’t confess, this would be an unsolved case.
With this thought, Qian Niannian felt a bit more at ease.
Guo Nan pursed her lips and dared not utter a word. Usually, she and Qian Niannian would bathe together. Today, as Qian Niannian was a bit pissed at her, she didn’t accompany Guo Nan to bathe. Therefore, Guo Nan had no idea what Qian Niannian did.
