Chapter 131: If Something Happens to You, How Will I Explain It to Commander Sheng?

Watching as those patients who had been gravely injured and on the brink of death under their care were quickly stabilized and saved by Gu Jianing, with her swift assessments and precise treatments, all the doctors present were truly astonished.

Honestly, if it weren’t for the urgent need to save lives and their lack of time, they would have loved to observe Gu Jianing’s methods more closely and learn from her.

During this time, Elder Chen also came by. After hearing about the situation and witnessing Gu Jianing’s treatment process, he didn’t say much, but he nodded approvingly in secret.

Gu Jianing was completely focused on saving the wounded, to the point that she didn’t even have time to pay attention to the system in her mind.

She had set the system so that every patient brought before her would be automatically bound. So, with every person she saved, the system’s voice would ring in her mind.

[Congratulations, Host, for saving Patient No. 23, Li Guihua. You are awarded 28 points and 3 military coats.]

[Congratulations, Host, for saving Patient No. 32, Li Ping’an. You are awarded 50 points, one brand-new Phoenix bicycle, and 10 bottles of injury medicine.]

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Every time she saved an injured person, she would receive points. The more severe the injury, the higher the points and the more valuable the physical rewards.

These rewards covered all aspects of daily life—food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—and were distributed randomly.

As soon as Gu Jianing received them, the system would automatically store them in her space.

Normally, Gu Jianing would be eager to check what rewards she’d gotten, but this time, she didn’t have the luxury.

She kept working nonstop, barely taking a break except to drink some water.

As the light dimmed and night fell, kerosene lamps were lit inside the tents, and the rescue efforts continued both inside and outside.

Fortunately, the rain had finally stopped for the time being.

Many people silently prayed that it wouldn’t rain again anytime soon, or else the rescue work would become even more difficult.

Under the dim lights, the rescue continued in an orderly fashion.

Gu Jianing didn’t pay attention to anything around her. As long as a wounded person was brought to her, she would treat them.

It seemed that many had noticed her exceptional skills and quick treatments, so most of the severely injured were sent her way. Gu Jianing didn’t complain—those who are capable should do more.

Meanwhile, word had quietly spread throughout the military district about the arrival of a beautiful, fairy-like young female doctor with outstanding medical skills.

“Next,” Gu Jianing said after finishing stitching up her current patient.

“Dr. Gu, there are no more wounded for now.”

Gu Jianing was stunned. No more patients?

She could finally take a short break.

Just as she was about to get up, a wave of dizziness hit her. Her legs gave out, and she nearly collapsed.

“Jianing!” Zhang Shuwan had been searching tent by tent for Gu Jianing. Just as she reached this one, she saw Gu Jianing about to fall and was scared out of her wits.

She rushed forward to catch her, and the others quickly came to help, settling Gu Jianing down onto a seat.

Once seated, the dizziness faded, and her vision cleared. The first thing she saw was Zhang Shuwan’s anxious, worried face.

“Shuwan-jie, what are you doing here?” Gu Jianing asked.

“If I hadn’t come, I wouldn’t have known you hadn’t rested at all. You’re pregnant, you need to take care of yourself! If something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to Commander Sheng?”

Before Sheng Zexi left on his mission, he had specifically asked Zhang Shuwan to look after Gu Jianing.

Ever since she learned yesterday that Gu Jianing had come to the disaster area to help, Zhang Shuwan had been worried.

So the moment she arrived today, she started looking for Gu Jianing.

Heaven knows, when she saw Gu Jianing nearly collapse just now, she was scared out of her mind.

What?! Dr. Gu is pregnant?

Pregnant, yet she’d been working nonstop to save so many people, and they’d even sent her the most difficult and severely injured cases. They really shouldn’t have.

The people around them all looked guilty, but Gu Jianing didn’t notice—her attention was on Zhang Shuwan.

She saw that Zhang Shuwan’s eyes were red, and her hands were trembling as she held her. Clearly, she was truly worried and had been frightened.

Gu Jianing quickly explained, “I’m fine, really. I probably just squatted for too long, so when I stood up, I got a bit lightheaded from low blood sugar. I’ll be okay after a short rest.”

“Hmph, you definitely haven’t rested for a whole day and night, and you haven’t eaten either.”

A whole day and night?

Gu Jianing glanced around and finally realized that, without noticing, it was already morning.

She really had been working for a full day and night.

During that time, aside from drinking water, she’d only snatched a few bites of steamed bun in between treating patients. Would the baby be okay?

[Host, don’t worry. The babies are fine, but you should eat as soon as possible.]

Hearing the system’s reassurance, Gu Jianing breathed a sigh of relief.

Earlier, she hadn’t felt hungry because her attention was focused on saving lives. Now that she’d stopped, hunger hit her all at once.

Right on cue, her stomach growled.

“You!” Zhang Shuwan said, “Wait here for me. Don’t get up. I’ll be right back.”

Zhang Shuwan left for a moment and quickly returned, carrying a steaming bowl of porridge, topped with some pickles and peanuts.

“Here, drink this porridge quickly. Your hands are freezing—this will warm you up and keep you from getting hungry,” Zhang Shuwan said, then turned to the other medical staff in the tent. “There’s more porridge outside. Since there are no patients right now, everyone should go have some.”

Everyone was already hungry, so at her words, they all went out to get porridge.

Gu Jianing reached out to take the bowl, but Zhang Shuwan didn’t hand it over. Instead, she pulled out a hot water bottle from her coat and put it in Gu Jianing’s hands.

“I filled this hot water bottle before I left. Warm your hands up first. I’ll feed you the porridge.”

“That’s not necessary—I can do it myself.” Gu Jianing tried to take the bowl, but Zhang Shuwan moved it away and glared at her. “Look at your hands—can you even hold it steady?”

Gu Jianing paused and looked down, noticing her hands were trembling slightly.

She immediately understood—it was from overuse.

Just as she looked up, a spoonful of porridge was brought to her lips. “You’re Guoguo’s godmother, and I treat you like my own little sister. Are you really going to argue with me about this now?”

Gu Jianing was taken aback, then smiled and lowered her head to drink the porridge.

The porridge was warm, not too hot—just right.

As it slid down, it warmed not only her stomach, but her heart as well.

“Shuwan-jie, I know you’re doing this for me. Thank you.”

“There’s no need for thanks between us. Come on, eat up. Try to finish the whole bowl.”"