Chapter 34: The One Who Saved Her Son Was Actually Li Xia?

Once, twice, three times—she continued… 

At that moment, the child in Li Xia’s arms suddenly spat out a piece of candy, followed by a loud wail: 

“Waahhh—!” 

“Chenchen! Chenchen, wuwuwu, you scared Mommy to death!” 

The woman was none other than Lin Jinghe. She had the day off today and had taken her child to the market. When her son wanted candy, she bought him some, never expecting that he would choke on it. 

She had been so terrified that her body went weak, her mind unable to function. The only thought in her head was that if anything happened to her child, she wouldn’t want to live either. 

Now that her child was saved, Lin Jinghe immediately scooped him up and held him tightly, then turned to her savior and bowed deeply.

Lin Jinghe pulled out her wallet from her pocket, not even bothering to count the money before shoving it all toward Li Xia. 

“Comrade, I really can’t thank you enough today. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known what to do. You didn’t just save my child’s life—you saved both of us. If anything had happened to him, I wouldn’t have wanted to live either. Please, take this money as my way of repaying your life-saving kindness.” 

Li Xia’s hands trembled uncontrollably. She still felt shaken but relieved—relieved that the child was safe, that she had pulled him back from the hands of death. 

Saving someone’s life felt incredible. Li Xia’s heart was at ease. 

“There’s no need for that. Please put the money away,” she said, waving her hand dismissively. “You have to be extra careful when feeding such a small child. Avoid giving them anything with this kind of granular texture.” 

Seeing that Li Xia refused to accept the money, Lin Jinghe hesitated before asking, “Then… Comrade, what’s your name? If you won’t take the money, I at least want to know the name of my child’s savior. Where do you live?”

Lin Jinghe continued pressing for an answer, determined to visit in person another day to properly express her gratitude. 

At first, Li Xia didn’t want to reveal her name—she even considered jokingly calling herself Lei Feng.

But seeing the mother’s persistence, Li Xia knew that if she didn’t say something, the woman would probably insist on offering her some kind of gift as thanks. 

So, she smiled and said, “My name is Li Xia. I’m a military spouse and live on the army base.” 

“My husband is a soldier who defends our country. As a military spouse, even though I can’t fight on the battlefield with him, I can still do what I can in daily life to help others. That, to me, is something truly rewarding.” 

“Comrade, you really don’t need to think about how to repay me,” Li Xia added with a gentle smile. 

The moment Lin Jinghe heard the name “Li Xia,” her face froze in shock. 

…

Note:

Lei Feng: A Chinese soldier famous for his selflessness and dedication to helping others, often used as a symbol of altruism in China.

The beautiful and kind-hearted woman who had just saved her son—was actually Li Xia, the so-called “country bumpkin” wife of Gu Weicheng?! 

… 

Not far from the scene, Shen Zhengwei’s wife, Cao Hongying, had also witnessed everything. 

The moment she saw Chenchen’s lips turning purple, her legs went weak, and she could barely stand. A buzzing filled her mind as she was overcome by memories from more than a decade ago. 

Her first child had choked to death on an egg. The elders in the family didn’t understand what to do, and just like that, the child had suffocated right in front of them. By the time they reached the hospital, the tiny body had already gone cold. 

So, when she saw such a similar situation unfolding before her eyes, she was paralyzed with fear. The mere thought of another child suffering the same fate was unbearable. 

But then, out of nowhere, a young female comrade had stepped in and, with just a few swift actions, saved the child’s life. 

As Chenchen let out a loud, healthy cry, tears welled up in Cao Hongying’s eyes.

If only her child had been saved like this back then… 

The female comrade had mentioned she was a military spouse. Cao Hongying found her face somewhat familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere before. 

She thought carefully, and then it hit her—wasn’t this the wife of Commander Gu? The one who had just recently come from the countryside to join him? 

Without another thought, Cao Hongying abandoned her trip to the market and hurried toward the army base. She needed to tell Political Commissar Shen about this immediately.

… 

When Li Xia went back to look for the old master, he was nowhere to be found. 

It was as if he had completely vanished from the marketplace, as though he had never been there at all. 

Li Xia recalled the words he had spoken—he had said that this was where she truly belonged, that her soul had finally returned to its rightful place. 

So, she really was the original Li Xia all along. 

Thinking back to the time before she had transmigrated, Li Xia had often felt unwell. She would suddenly experience dizziness and ringing in her ears. 

At the time, she had assumed there was something wrong with her body. But after undergoing a full medical examination at the hospital, the doctors found nothing. Every indicator in her health report had been completely normal.

Later, she inexplicably transmigrated into a book… 

Before this, she had always believed she had entered a fictional world within the novel. 

But from what that old master had implied, this world truly existed. Perhaps she hadn’t simply transmigrated into a book, but had instead arrived in some kind of parallel world? 

“Xiao Li, what are you thinking about so deeply?” 

Beside her, Sister-in-law Tao had called her name several times before Li Xia finally snapped out of her thoughts. “It’s nothing. Sister-in-law Tao, what were you saying just now?” 

“I was saying that you’re really amazing. That child’s lips had already turned purple—I thought there was no way to save him.”

“I never expected that just a few movements from you could snatch him back from the hands of the King of Hell. Xiao Li, have you studied medicine before?” 

There had been cases in their village where children choked, and she had witnessed it firsthand. In just a matter of minutes, the child was gone. 

She knew how dangerous such situations were, which made her admire Li Xia even more. 

Sister-in-law Tao looked at Li Xia with unconcealed admiration in her eyes. 

Not only was she strikingly beautiful, but she was also an incredible cook. And as if that weren’t enough, she even had the ability to save lives!

“Tsk, tsk,” Sister-in-law Tao thought to herself. Previously, when she saw how much Commander Gu doted on his wife, she simply thought Li Xia was lucky to have married such a good man. 

But now, she didn’t see it that way at all. This wasn’t about Li Xia being lucky—Commander Gu was the lucky one for marrying such a capable and beautiful wife! 

“Medicine? Sister-in-law Tao, you’ve misunderstood. I haven’t studied medicine,” Li Xia said. 

She didn’t know how to explain that she had simply used a very basic first aid technique to save the child. 

She also understood that while many people would know about these life-saving techniques decades later, in this era, very few did. 

She felt fortunate that back in university, she had volunteered as a social worker to earn extra credits and had learned various first aid methods.

These methods could truly save lives in critical moments. 

“This is a first-aid technique I read about in a book. If you’d like to learn, Sister-in-law Tao, I can teach you when we have time,” Li Xia offered. 

Sister-in-law Tao immediately responded, “Really? That would be amazing! I’ll definitely learn it seriously!” 

Recalling the old master from earlier, Li Xia lowered her voice and cautiously asked, “Sister-in-law, I want to ask you something—are there any fortune tellers around here?” 

This was a sensitive topic in this era since promoting feudal superstitions was not allowed. 

Sister-in-law Tao also lowered her voice and replied, “I don’t know about fortune tellers, but there’s a mountain nearby with a temple on it. A few years ago, during the ‘Four Olds’ campaign, the temple was sealed off, and the monks were driven away. But let me tell you this secretly—don’t spread it around. I heard there was a monk in that temple who was incredibly accurate at fortune telling. Too bad he disappeared. Otherwise, I would have loved to get my fortune read.” 

Since Sister-in-law Tao had been a military spouse for a long time—having joined the base before the political campaigns began—she was quite familiar with these matters. 

Li Xia fell into deep thought. A monk? Could it be the same person she had just met?