Chapter 55: Binding Sheng Zexi as Patient No. 2, Numerous Rewards

Otherwise, if they had heard that, they would have strongly objected: If someone as beautiful as Jianing is considered unattractive, then there’s no such thing as good-looking people in this world.

Gu Jianing got into the passenger seat and finally pulled down her red scarf, revealing a delicate, radiant, and fair face.

She turned to look at Sheng Zexi, who was starting the car, and said, “Brother Xi, I didn’t expect you to get along so well with your comrades and their wives.”

She had thought that, with such a sharp tongue, he wouldn’t have many friends.

Sheng Zexi: Heh, those people used to always try to set me up on blind dates.

But it was probably best not to tell this little girl about that.

“By the way, Brother Xi, what did everyone mean by ‘warming the house’ just now?” Gu Jianing asked.

Sheng Zexi explained it to her.

When a newlywed soldier is assigned housing and brings his wife to live with him, he’ll invite close comrades or neighbors over for a meal—a tradition called “warming the house.” It’s a lively gathering that helps everyone get acquainted and makes future socializing easier.

“So that’s what it means. Should we prepare one too?” Gu Jianing asked.

“We could, but hosting everyone would mean preparing a lot of food. I might be busy with training and not have time.”

He was still on leave today, but starting tomorrow, he’d officially return to training, and sometimes even have to go out on missions.

When that happened, he wouldn’t have much time to spend with Ningning, nor would he be able to cook for her as often.

She’d have to eat at the canteen instead.

Thinking about it, Sheng Zexi felt a bit troubled and guilty, as if he was letting Ningning down.

“What should we do then?” Gu Jianing felt that the housewarming was still important. “I’ll ask Sister-in-law Zhang about it another day.”

“Alright.”

Gu Jianing didn’t really want to cook herself, but she figured she could ask someone to help and offer them some compensation. Or, she could use the super scanner in her eyes to give everyone who helped or attended the housewarming a free health checkup—that should be a pretty nice gesture too.

The car drove out of the military compound and headed toward the mountains.

As they drove, Gu Jianing suddenly remembered that she had promised to treat Sheng Zexi’s health issues.

“System, bind Sheng Zexi as a patient!” Gu Jianing said silently to the system.

[Ding! Sheng Zexi has been bound as Patient No. 2. He has been scanned. You can view his medical conditions in the patient section of the learning space.]

[Ding! Detected that Patient No. 2 is the host’s husband and a main quest character. Rewards for successfully treating Patient No. 2 are as follows: National Beauty Pill*1, Immunity Pill*10, Invisibility Bulletproof Suit*1, Points*200.]

Previously, patients No. 2 to No. 10 were the pigs in the pigsty at Huaihua Village, but after treating those nine pigs, Gu Jianing unbound them.

As for Patient No. 1, that was her sister-in-law, who hadn’t been unbound yet. She could still monitor her sister-in-law’s health in real time. Right now, her sister-in-law was fully recovered and in her fertile period.

Once her sister-in-law got pregnant, the first quest would be complete, and she’d receive the Pregnancy Sacred Body Pill.

At this moment, Gu Jianing looked at the rewards and couldn’t help but exclaim inwardly.

These rewards are amazing!

The National Beauty Pill, as the name suggests, would make her more and more beautiful, even more so than she already was, and she’d have a natural fragrance.

That was exactly what beauty-loving Gu Jianing dreamed of.

The Immunity Pill was easy to understand too—take one, and you’d be immune to all poisons. That was pretty great. She could save a couple for herself and Brother Xi; after all, there were ten of them.

The Invisibility Bulletproof Suit, as the name implied, was both bulletproof and could make the wearer invisible. Once she received the reward, Gu Jianing could tell the system who she wanted to wear it, and the system would automatically put it on them. The wearer wouldn’t know or notice anything unusual, and wouldn’t realize they were wearing an invisible suit.

Unless a bullet happened to bounce off the suit and the person was particularly perceptive, they might sense something was off.

But it would still be invisible.

Gu Jianing was thrilled.

This was perfect for Brother Xi.

Sheng Zexi was a soldier, often sent on missions, sometimes even to the front lines to fight ruthless enemies.

And bullets don’t have eyes—whenever Sheng Zexi was on a mission, there was always a risk of injury.

If he could wear the invisible bulletproof suit, he could avoid that risk.

So, she had to heal Brother Xi as soon as possible to get the rewards quickly.

While Sheng Zexi was driving, Gu Jianing opened the patient section with her mind to check his health status.

About fifteen minutes later, the car stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Maybe because it was so cold, there wasn’t a soul in sight in this area except for them.

“Come on.” Sheng Zexi got out first, then carried Gu Jianing out of the car and took her hand, leading her into the mountains.

The terrain was a bit tricky, but fortunately Sheng Zexi seemed very familiar with the area. After several twists and turns, they stopped in front of a large rock about ten minutes later.

Huh?

Gu Jianing looked at the big rock in front of her, puzzled.

She watched as Sheng Zexi stepped forward and pushed the rock aside with force.

The next second, a cave over a meter high was revealed behind the rock. There seemed to be light coming faintly from the other end of the cave.

“I never would’ve guessed there was a cave behind this rock,” Gu Jianing marveled.

“Follow me, bend down, and go in slowly. Don’t bump into the rocks,” Sheng Zexi instructed.

“Okay.”

Although she was a bit doubtful—could they really fit through such a small opening?—Gu Jianing trusted Sheng Zexi. She let him lead her, bent down, and followed him inside.

At first, it was indeed a tight squeeze. Gu Jianing was petite, so it wasn’t too bad for her, but Sheng Zexi, at 1.9 meters tall, had to half-crouch the whole way. Just watching him made Gu Jianing feel uncomfortable for him.

But soon, Gu Jianing noticed a change.

The further they went, the higher and wider the passage became.

Before long, Gu Jianing could stand upright, and soon Sheng Zexi could too.

“Hey, it’s getting brighter up ahead. Why do I feel like it’s getting warmer?”

She’d bundled up tightly before coming out, but now she was getting hotter and could clearly feel the temperature rising around her.

“Brother Xi, are we almost there?”

“We’re here.”

Huh?

As Gu Jianing took another step forward and looked up, the view suddenly opened up before her.

Right in front of her was a large pool, surrounded by clusters of various flowers. Steam was rising from the water, and there was a faint smell of sulfur in the air.

Rocks encircled the pool, and the only way in or out was the path they’d come from, plus a hole overhead where light streamed in.

It wasn’t dark at all—in fact, it was quite bright.

“Wow, this must be a hot spring!” Gu Jianing hurried over to the pool, reached out, and tested the water, feeling its pleasant warmth."