Sheng Ning was also in the line for dinner, holding her lunchbox and eating quickly with her head down. She had packed a portion for Dabao and needed to finish her own meal as soon as possible so she could deliver Dabao’s before it got cold.
"President..." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt
Comrades stood up one after another to greet him.
A smile finally appeared on Shen Feihu’s serious face. He happened to see Sheng Ning, who had just finished eating and was about to wash her dishes, and he whispered an instruction to Xiao Tao.
Xiao Tao scurried across the public area and approached Sheng Ning. "Comrade Sheng Ning, our President wants to see you."
"Yes!" Sheng Ning didn’t dare to hesitate and walked up to Shen Feihu’s table with a hint of nervousness, quickly greeting him.
Shen Feihu looked at the lunchbox in her hands, "Whose meal have you packed here?"
"It’s for Lu Dabao from our General Union Dance Troupe." Sheng Ning guessed in her heart that the President deliberately calling her over must have something to do with showing esteem, and that reason was definitely related to Living Yama. Warmth instantly filled her heart. This must be what it meant in ancient times to take pride in one’s husband, right? She would have to try doubly hard in the future to make Living Yama proud of her as well.
"By the way, deliver another box to Yang Xiaoman, who’s in solitary confinement." Shen Feihu couldn’t possibly remember everyone’s names.
Upon hearing this, Sheng Ning’s eyes lit up. Did this mean that Yang Xiaoman had been released?
"Okay, thank you, President!"
"Mm! Get to it then!"
On her way back to the dormitory, Lu Xiaoshuang and Zheng Meilin from the General Union Dance Troupe both tried to subtly inquire what the President had said to her. Sheng Ning skillfully steered the conversation away.
By the time she returned to the dormitory, Lu Dabao was so anxious she was preparing to get out of bed.
"You sit down right now, be careful or you might end up with lasting problems," Sheng Ning said sternly.
Wu Youli took the opportunity to tattle, "I’m telling you, Dabao has been wanting to get out of bed just now, and she wasn’t happy when I wouldn’t let her."
"Is that so?" Sheng Ning sneered, "Starting tomorrow, all the snacks are gone."
"No, please! I’m sorry, good Sheng Ning, I won’t dare again."
Lu Dabao apologized, but Sheng Ning pretended not to hear and handed the meal she had packed for Yang Xiaoman to Wu Youli, asking her to help deliver it. Her relationship with Yang Xiaoman had never been particularly good, especially after Liu Yilan’s incident, whenever Yang Xiaoman saw her she would always scoff.
"Xiaoman has been released?"
"Great! I’ll go right now."
Wu Youli hurried off with the lunchbox, while Lu Dabao sat obediently on her bed with a small table in front of her, eating her meal. Sheng Ning grabbed a basin and towel to wash up, and by the time she came back, Dabao had just finished eating. She washed the lunchbox before getting into bed.
As the winter temperature was low, her nose was red from the cold when she returned. She had to place a hot water bottle in the bed before it would warm up. Once it got a bit warmer, she put the small table that Dabao used to eat on the bed and took out her notebook to write "Phoenix."
Since the outline and details had long been rehearsed in her heart countless times, Sheng Ning’s writing flowed quickly, without almost any hesitation. The room was filled with the rustling sound of her writing, and Dabao, being very understanding, didn’t disturb her and quietly flipped through her favorite magazines on the bed.
Sheng Ning wrote until it was almost time to turn off the lights, then stretched to relieve her stiff arms and neck.
"Hasn’t Wu Youli come back yet?" She had been so focused that she had only just noticed Wu Youli hadn’t returned from delivering the food.
Dabao yawned, just about to speak when Wu Youli came in through the door.
"Why haven’t you gone to sleep?"
"We were waiting for you to come back," Dabao seized the opportunity to act cute.
Wu Youli smiled and prepared to go to bed after taking off her shoes.