Xin Yu was forced to experience the extremes of heat and cold!
Her body was burning hot, yet her heart was filled with utter desolation!
Fortunately, when she woke up in the morning, Mu Yichuan had already left her room.
And she began her three-week military training!
Changing into her training uniform, Xin Yu suddenly felt a sense of security, the peace of blending into the large group without being recognized.
The uniformity of the troops somewhat alleviated her inner pain and various wild thoughts.
But at midnight, lying in bed, she couldn't help but think about Mu Yichuan, and Zhang Wan…
Xin Yu had witnessed her allure and cunning; would Mu Yichuan treat her the same way—
She abruptly pulled a cup over her head, counting repeatedly, trying to extinguish the images in her mind.
"Hey, isn't our instructor so handsome? I wonder if he has a girlfriend?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm even thinking of writing him a love letter!"
"Pshaw, your taste! You guys don't know, the other day when I was cleaning the auditorium, I saw a man who was incredibly handsome!"
"Really?"
"I'm lying! And that guy looked like the commander!"
"Holy crap—" someone exclaimed in surprise.
"Go to sleep!" A beam of light suddenly shone into the dormitory, followed by a cold shout!
Xin Yu's world suddenly fell silent. She wondered if she was the only one awake all night...
It was another day, exactly the same. A sense of unease welled up inside Xin Yu, whether from exhaustion or from not sleeping well for the past two weeks.
Today, she practiced marching as usual.
But a commotion arose beside her.
Completely different from usual.
Everyone around her looked over, but Xin Yu kept her gaze fixed on the ground, her mind blank.
She felt someone touch her arm and tilted her head slightly.
Gao Min rolled her eyes disdainfully. "You're not going to tell me you're using such a clumsy trick to get the instructor's attention, are you?"
"..." Xin Yu straightened her head, too lazy to pay her any attention. For the past two weeks, Gao Min had been constantly trying to get her attention; she wondered if Gao Min wasn't tired.
"It's tough that you're a graduate student at 21. How naive!" Gao Min continued her "chat," completely undeterred.
"Not at all, only someone with your IQ—"
"You two, step forward!" the instructor suddenly shouted, pointing at Gao Min and Xin Yu.
Xin Yu bit her lip. How could she be so unlucky? She really wanted to curse!
"What are you saying, making such a fuss!"
"Reporting to the instructor, she was the one who kept bothering me to talk!" Gao Min raised her head high, accusing Gao Min first.
"Irrelevant answer. One hundred push-ups each!" The instructor showed no mercy; after one sentence, Gao Min's face instantly turned pale. "Instructor, Xin Yu told me..." she said, her eyes darting around (she absolutely refused to do push-ups), "Commander Nan is so handsome!"
"He really is handsome!" someone in the crowd chimed in, instantly igniting a frenzy among the girls; the entire drill ground practically erupted in cheers.
Suddenly, silence fell.
Xin Yu inwardly groaned, "I don't know any Commanders Nan or Bei!"
But this sentence, which no one would have heard otherwise, was clearly uttered.
"And Commander Bei?" a deep, resolute voice rang out.
A somewhat familiar voice?
Xin Yu instinctively looked up, following the sound.
Frozen.
Eyes widened.
Stunned.
Her heart felt like it was being choked, unable to breathe.
Nan Juechen's gaze sharpened as he looked at Xin Yu. It was her?
The little girl he bumped into twice at the Imperial View Pavilion?
"What? Do I look like Commander Bei?" Nan Juechen didn't understand why the little girl was looking at him like that. She hadn't seen his face at the Imperial View Pavilion last time, had she?
Xin Yu couldn't stop the tears from streaming down her face, stubbornly turning her head away.
Nan Juechen frowned. Was he that scary?
He'd actually frightened a little girl to tears!
"Continue," he said to the instructor, regaining his stern expression.
"You two, one hundred push-ups—" Before the instructor could finish speaking, Xin Yu collapsed to the ground. "Hey, what's wrong with you?"
Nan Juechen turned around and saw Xin Yu lying unconscious on the ground, her face still wet with tears.
What happened to her…
Was she scared? She wasn't usually such a timid girl!
…
"Ninth Brother, fainting during military training is perfectly normal!" Qiu Zhi genuinely felt that Mu Yichuan was making a mountain out of a molehill. "Do you know how much my entire convoy of medical personnel is worth in the capital?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" When Mu Yichuan arrived at the suburban training base with Qiu Zhi, Xin Yu was still lying unconscious on the hospital bed in the infirmary.
Before Qiu Zhi even approached, he felt Mu Yichuan's powerful aura!
"Ninth Brother, really—" Qiu Zhi stopped mid-sentence. The little girl lying on the bed had lost a lot of weight, her face pale and lifeless. "She's in military training, not some kind of hellish training, is she?"
She seemed to have suffered greatly!
Without daring to say another word, Qiu Zhi personally examined Xin Yu. Perhaps sensing Qiu Zhi's actions, Xin Yu actually spoke.
"It hurts..."
"It hurts?" Qiu Zhi rolled her eyes, and tears streamed down her face.
But Xin Yu only repeated that one word, offering no further response.
Mu Yichuan pulled Qiu Zhi away and leaned close to Xin Yu. "Ayu, wake up." "..." She didn't react.
Qiu Zhi crossed his arms. When had his ninth brother ever been so flustered?!
"Ninth Brother, let me check you. I promise I'll give you back a healthy little girl! OK?" Saying this, Qiu Zhi stood beside Xin Yu, about to check her pulse.
His hand was grabbed.
"Ayu, it hurts..."
Qiu Zhi was startled, looking at the slightly cool, white hand in his own.
Mu Yichuan was also startled. Even though he knew Xin Yu was unconscious, his heart still ached.
"It hurts, Mommy..." Xin Yu began to turn her head from side to side, as if struggling in pain, "Ah, don't go, Mu Yichuan, don't go, I'm in pain!"
Hearing his name, Mu Yichuan snatched Xin Yu's hand from Qiu Zhi's.
"What's wrong with her?" He roared, furious.
He had barely managed to suppress his emotions these past two weeks, and now, seeing her like this?!
"Mu Yichuan, you...don't bully me..." Xin Yu's tears flowed even more freely, "You...I hate you!"
Didn't he give her a ring?
He promised not to give things away casually, but once he did, shouldn't he keep his word for life?!
Why did he bring Zhang Wan to the capital?
Listening to her murmurs, his thin lips pressed into a straight line, he gently stroked the ring on her ring finger.
Hate him? Then he'd tie her to his finger for life!
Qiu Zhi sighed, helplessly continuing the examination under these circumstances, while also instructing and supervising the team of doctors outside. Since they were already there, they might as well use it. Consider it practice.
The final conclusion: "Nothing serious, lack of sleep and malnutrition, leading to exhaustion."
"Are you sure?" Mu Yichuan raised an eyebrow, stroking Xin Yu's small face; he knew her body well.
Qiu Zhi stood lazily at the foot of the bed. "And another thing, she's too preoccupied. Look at what she just said!"
What she said…that he bullied her!
Mu Yichuan's pupils contracted, and he wearily loosened his collar.
Afraid something might happen to Xin Yu, he personally watched over her, but not only did she not wake up, she developed a high fever in the middle of the night.
If Commander Nan hadn't arrived, Mu Yichuan would have torn this place down!
"Nothing serious? Hmm?"
Qiu Zhi touched his nose. "As a doctor, I sincerely suggest that Mr. Jiu leave for a while."
With that overwhelming aura of hostility, let alone the little girl, even he felt uneasy standing there!
Commander Nan quickly ushered Mu Yichuan out…
"Why did you get a fever again?" Qiu Zhi touched Xin Yu's forehead. "You usually seem so stubborn, but you're actually so frail." "With your skills, you don't even need to study medical texts; you'll become a doctor through long-term illness..."
Without Mu Yichuan present, and Xin Yu lying there unresponsive, Qiu Zhi relentlessly mocked and ridiculed her. After examining her again, he finally put her on an IV drip.
"Where's your mother? You seem to miss her a lot?"
As if sensing the topic, Xin Yu murmured, "Mom..."
"Let me tell you—"
"Grandma, Grandpa will get better... he'll definitely..."
Qiu Zhi suddenly froze, his peach blossom eyes becoming more profound than ever before.
If he hadn't personally examined her just now, he would have really thought she was faking illness!
But she wasn't. He truly hadn't expected that in such a short time, she would be thinking about her grandparents!
"Perhaps, you really are suitable to fill the void left by Grandma's love and regret for my sister." "Qiu Zhi finished speaking slowly, stood up, and left.
When Xin Yu woke up, she saw Mu Yichuan's perfect profile.
She was startled and instinctively closed her eyes.
Mu Yichuan raised his hand and gently stroked her trembling eyelashes. "Awake?"
Xin Yu didn't want to admit it. If she had known he was there, she would have stayed asleep until he left.
But in the end, she reluctantly opened her eyes and asked indifferently, "Why are you here?"
Why is he here? How dare she ask!
"Get up and drink some porridge, take your medicine." Mu Yichuan reached out and picked her up, sitting her against the edge of the bed.
"Take medicine?"
"Uh, right, she seems to have fallen yesterday!"
"Because…!"
Xin Yu's small hands clenched tightly under the covers. Remembering yesterday's scene, she trembled again. Commander Nan was the man she saw at school during the Mid-Autumn Festival!
"A man who looks remarkably like her mother!
Why is this happening!
Can strangers in this world look so alike for no reason?
Their eyes are both large double eyelids, and their noses are higher than average, their mouths, face shapes, even their ears.
The more closely they compared, the more they realized they were practically identical!
One was gentle and refined, the other cold and hard!
"Um… who is Commander Nan?" Xin Yu had to ask Mu Yichuan.
He raised an eyebrow and uttered two chilling words, "Porridge." "This woman really doesn't learn her lesson!
She's been sick like this for the past two days, and now she's awake and all she does is be curious!
Why doesn't she care about herself at all!
'Knowing to drink porridge, looks like the fever hasn't damaged her brain.' Qiu Zhi sauntered in.
Xin Yu twitched her lips, put down her bowl, and said, 'Has Dr. Qiu lost his mind? Doesn't he know to knock before coming in?'"