Chapter 74: She Didn’t Know How Long She Could Keep It From Sheng Zexi, Given How Close They Were as Husband and Wife

She made sweet rice wine eggs for Gu Jianing again.

After eating, she felt much better and finally drifted off into a deep sleep.

Maybe it was the hot water bottle Sheng Zexi gave her on the first day, or maybe the sweet rice wine eggs helped, but when Gu Jianing woke up the next day, aside from a bit of bloating, she didn’t feel any other discomfort.

But before bed last night, Sheng Zexi had repeatedly reminded her not to touch cold water under any circumstances. If anything needed to be done, she should wait until he got back and he’d take care of it.

He wanted her to rest more.

Gu Jianing was feeling lazy anyway and didn’t really want to move. With the weather so cold, she was even less inclined to leave the warmth of the heated brick bed.

For the next few days, Gu Jianing spent most of her time curled up on the bed resting. Only when she felt like moving did she get up to make rheumatism ointment and stomach-protecting pills.

The first batch of ointment and pills she finished, she had Sheng Zexi take some of the stomach pills to Li Yong, and some of the rheumatism medicine to Chai Jianguo.

As for the rest, she gave them all to Sheng Zexi to keep in his office, so he could give them to whoever he wanted. After all, stomach problems and rheumatism were pretty common among the soldiers, and many of Sheng Zexi’s comrades suffered from them. Giving them to Sheng Zexi meant he could distribute them as he saw fit.

But...

That afternoon, as Gu Jianing was eating lunch, she started to mutter to herself.

“Say, why haven’t Captain Cui and Sister Jiang come to me for treatment? Do they think I’m not up to it?”

She had told them before that if they wanted treatment, they could come and make an appointment with her. She’d been waiting for them these past few days.

But neither of them had come.

What was going on?

Did they think she was too young and not reliable?

Thinking of this, Gu Jianing couldn’t help but feel a little discouraged. She was still looking forward to the generous mission rewards.

When Sheng Zexi heard her say this, something seemed to dawn on him. He slapped his forehead and looked at Gu Jianing a little sheepishly. “Ningning, that’s actually my fault…”

Huh?

After Sheng Zexi explained, Gu Jianing finally understood. It wasn’t that they didn’t trust her because she was young, but because she was on her period and not feeling well.

Sheng Zexi wanted her to rest, so he’d gone to Cui Bin, Chai Jianguo, and the others and told them that Gu Jianing wasn’t feeling well lately, and if they wanted treatment, it would be best to wait a week.

“…Ningning, you’re not mad at me, are you?” Sheng Zexi asked cautiously.

Gu Jianing couldn’t help but laugh. “So that’s what happened.”

She shot Sheng Zexi a look. “You did it for my sake. Why would I be mad at you?”

Actually, after all her studies in the Miracle Doctor’s Space and passing the exams, even if she was on her period, as long as she wasn’t feeling too unwell, it wouldn’t affect her ability to treat patients.

She just hadn’t expected Sheng Zexi to put her health first and ask Cui Bin and the others to wait a week before coming to her for treatment.

Although it was unexpected, Sheng Zexi did it out of concern for her. How could she blame him? On the contrary, knowing he cared so much warmed her heart and filled her with sweetness.

Maybe that’s what it means to truly care about someone—always putting them first, always thinking of them.

Sheng Zexi’s love was something Gu Jianing had never felt from Wen Zhuqing in her previous life.

Wen Zhuqing only ever used her.

Fortunately, after living one lifetime, she saw things clearly.

And fortunately, she got a second chance in this life, a chance to choose again.

And luckily, the person she chose again was Sheng Zexi.

Sheng Zexi really was wonderful.

Maybe it was really because Sheng Zexi had told them to wait a week.

As soon as the week was up—on the eighth day—Cui Bin, Sister Yu, Chai Jianguo, and the Jiang couple all came to see her at the same time.

They all wanted to set up treatment appointments.

“How about this, Sister Jiang, you can come for treatment this afternoon. I’m all prepared.”

“Captain Cui, as for you, see when you can get leave. I can treat you then. Your leg will need surgery, and you’ll need to rest for at least three days afterward.”

So they had to coordinate the timing.

“Okay, I’ll go request leave right away,” Cui Bin agreed immediately.

That afternoon, Jiang Baihe came with Chai Jianguo accompanying her.

Actually, Jiang Baihe could have come alone, but Chai Jianguo wanted to be by his wife’s side, so he took half a day off to come with her.

It was obvious their relationship was very good.

Jiang Baihe had blocked fallopian tubes. The treatment, besides taking Chinese medicine, also involved acupuncture to help unblock the tubes.

While Chai Jianguo waited outside, Gu Jianing took out thin silver needles and performed acupuncture on Jiang Baihe.

Jiang Baihe lay quietly on the bed, her heart pounding with nerves.

But deep down, she was happy and full of hope.

As long as her sister-in-law treated her, she and Jianguo could finally have a child.

Chai Jianguo waited outside until half an hour later, when Jiang Baihe finally came out.

“How did it go?” Chai Jianguo immediately asked.

Gu Jianing handed them a prescription she had written in advance.

“For the next six days, come at this time every day for acupuncture, and take this prescription at home. After a week, you’ll be fine,” Gu Jianing said.

Chai Jianguo took the prescription carefully, as if it were a treasure.

Jiang Baihe, a little stunned, asked Gu Jianing to confirm, “Sister-in-law, do you mean that after a week, my body will be fine and I’ll be able to get pregnant normally?”

“Yes.”

“Great, great! Thank you, sister-in-law, thank you!”

Even though today was only the first day of treatment and there was no sign of a child yet, Jiang Baihe saw hope and was deeply grateful to Gu Jianing.

That evening, Sheng Zexi didn’t come home for lunch. When he returned at night, Gu Jianing told him about treating Jiang Baihe and about treating Cui Bin the next day.

“Ningning, are you confident?” Sheng Zexi didn’t ask anything else, just this.

Actually, whether it was Cui Bin or Jiang Baihe, it had nothing to do with Ningning. She wasn’t close to them, and even if she didn’t treat them, it wouldn’t matter.

But once she did, if it went well, that would be great.

If something went wrong, he was afraid good intentions would backfire and people would blame her.

If that happened, Sheng Zexi would rather Gu Jianing not treat them at all—after all, she wasn’t obligated to.

He wanted Ningning to always put herself first.

“Brother Xi, I’m confident. Trust me,” Gu Jianing said firmly, holding Sheng Zexi’s hand.

Gu Jianing knew Sheng Zexi was worried about her and only said this out of concern.

Because he didn’t know about her Childbirth System or the Miracle Doctor’s Space, it was normal for him to worry.

In fact, Gu Jianing knew that since she had bound herself to the Childbirth System, she would probably use its functions and items more and more in the future.

She didn’t know, as a couple who spent every day together and were so close, just how long she could keep it from Sheng Zexi."