Chapter 18

Shen Nanxing’s eyes were sore from Lu Zhanye’s burning gaze.

She didn’t dare look up at Lu Zhanye again.

Shen Nanxing was afraid that she would never be able to escape his control from now on.

The cool night breeze blew the poplar leaves against the car window, making a slight rustling sound.

The man who pulled the trigger on the execution ground in the original novel was completely different from Lu Zhanye in front of him.

At this moment, his temperature was so close to her that Shen Nanxing didn’t dare to touch him.

Her mind was in a mess, the original book was so different from reality.

Shen Xiaoman was not dead. There were only twenty days left before he was falsely accused and taken away.

If they were really taken away, the brother and sister would eventually not be able to escape death.

“I thought…”

“You thought I was the executioner?”

Lu Zhanye put out his cigarette and reached out to touch her.The ends of her hair trembled slightly when his fingertips brushed behind her ear.

“What on earth are you thinking about, silly girl?

What happened to Lao Chen on the battlefield three years ago made me realize that in this world, innocence is the least valuable thing.

Your brother’s medicine, everything you own, can become a handle for others to use against you at any time.”

Lu Zhanye pointed at his shoulder straps.

“Look carefully, I’d rather let the medicine I bought for these injuries rot in my hands than let you make the same mistake as Old Chen. Do you understand?”

Shen Nanxing thought of the tampered medicine bottles.

It turns out that behind every tit-for-tat confrontation is his clumsy protection.

He actually gave you, Shen Xiaoman, the share of anti-inflammatory drugs that the military district approved for him to treat his back injury.

“Why didn’t you explain? Why did you let me misunderstand?”

“Will the explanation be helpful?”

Lu Zhanye smiled bitterly and spread his hands.

“Which of my words did you listen to?”

Shen Nanxing felt a little ashamed, but still had doubts about Lu Zhanye.

“I know you have hatred in your heart.

Although I don’t know why you hate me and don’t believe me.

So, even if I take my heart out to you, you will just think it is a trick.

Rather than just talking, it’s better to prove it with actions.”

Lu Zhanye coughed violently after he finished speaking, and leaned his lower back against the seat.

At this moment, his face was as pale as paper.

Shen Nanxing frantically searched for his first aid kit.

Ever since I left the silver needle box in the duty room last night, the first thing I did when I got to the office today was to put Yunnan Baiyao, the silver needle box, and various first aid bandages into my first aid kit.

She didn’t know why she did this.

The military blanket on the small bed was soaked with cold sweat last night.

Lu Zhanye’s stiff back as he bent over to serve porridge touched her heart.

Now, Shen Nanxing only felt that Lu Zhanye needed these…

“Come, I’ll change your dressing.”

Shen Nanxing no longer thinks about the “executioner” in the ending of the original novel.

“You can no longer mix Yunnan Baiyao with frostbite cream.”

Lu Zhanye endured the pain and smiled faintly at her.

“Why, are you so touched? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll eat you?”

“You, Jian Shou, are a lunatic!”

Shen Nanxing felt like crying.

This was the first time she had felt this way since her father’s death.

“Wound infection can be fatal!”

“It’s better to die in your hands than to see you being wrongly accused.

Shen Nanxing, I never thought of being a hero.

Killing the enemy on the battlefield is my duty, protecting you and Xiaoman… is my selfish desire.”

Shen Nanxing watched Lu Zhanye get inflamedwound.

“Don’t…don’t talk!”

Shen Nanxing wanted to pull back her hand that was being tightly held by Lu Zhanye.

Who would have thought that Lu Zhanye clenched his hands even tighter, as if he was going to try his best.

“Let me go. Do you want to change the medicine?”

“Promise me you won’t break the contract again.

In my heart, from the day you moved into the compound, you have been my wife, Lu Zhanye.”

Shen Nanxing was about to speak when the sound of a car engine suddenly came from the distance.

Lu Zhanye became alert instantly.

He endured the pain and got out of the car to check.

Shen Nanxing also got off the bus and stood behind him.

The oncoming headlights pierced the darkness, and a jeep slowly stopped in front of the two.

The car window rolled down, and Director Wang stuck his head out:

“Captain Lu, leaving the hospital with your family is a serious violation of your conduct and has a huge impact.”

“It’s none of your business to interfere in my affairs.”

Lu Zhanye buttoned up his military uniform and protected Shen Nanxing behind him.

“I think you should spend more time on the accounts in the pharmacy.

I heard that the destroyed drugs ended up on the black market.”

Director Wang’s face turned pale:

“Lu Zhanye, what are you talking about…”

“The eyes of the masses are indeed sharp.”

Lu Zhanye suddenly took out an envelope and threw it over, and photos scattered all over the floor. It was the scene of Xu Manli and Director Wang’s secret meeting.

“I remember the military district’s regulations stated that cadres’ work style issues must be dealt with strictly.”

Director Wang’s face suddenly changed when he saw the photo. “You! This is a false accusation!”

“False accusation?” Lu Zhanye sneered.

“Have the security department check the safe in your office? The documents stolen last time should be in there.”

Director Wang grabbed all the photos on the ground, glared at the two of them, got into the car and drove away.

As the jeep bumped into the military compound, Shen Nanxing was still a little nervous as he held onto the corner of his clothes.

Lu Zhanye stopped the car, gripped the steering wheel tightly, and unbuckled her seat belt.

“Don’t move, everyone is watching.

Do you remember the second clause of the contract?

Should I ask you to review the content again?”

In the twilight, neighbors in groups of three or four peeked out.

Wang Guiying’s voice was particularly clear as she ate the melon:

“Oh, those who are getting married for the second time are different. They are carried back home by their husbands in broad daylight…”

When Shen Nanxing heard this, his face turned pale instantly.

Lu Zhanyeji draped his military uniform over her neatly, and with his arm naturally around her shoulders, they walked towards the dormitory building for the regimental officers.

“What are you looking at! Don’t you want to cook?”

Lu Zhanye glanced at the crowd of onlookers.

“Whose windows are not cleaned? I want the soldiers from the third battalion to help.”

Everyone scattered like birds and beasts, leaving only whispers echoing.

Inside the house, Shen Nanxing took off his military uniform and was about to rummage through his suitcase.

However, there were very few clothes in her suitcase.

Shen Nanxing, whose self-esteem was getting the better of her, felt Lu Zhanye’s gaze behind her and she didn’t dare to stand up.

Lu Zhanye leaned against the door frame, looking at her figure which was vaguely visible because her clothes were not dry yet, and his Adam’s apple moved unconsciously.

“Go take a hot bath first. We just installed a new water heater at home.”

A bath towel was thrown towards Shen Nanxing and covered her head first.

Water heater?

He did so much in one morning?

Shen Nanxing remembers that in the 1980s, water heaters were a luxury item and ordinary families could not afford to install them.

How much did Lu Zhanye spend?

Could it be that he earned it by using his own military merits?

“Don’t even think about it, I won’t make any special arrangements, everything is approved according to procedures.

It’s just that… the political commissar and the director are really worried about my marriage.”

Shen Nanxing pulled off the towel from his head and threw it on the sofa with a cold face:

“Captain Lu, the relationship between us is just a contract…”

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhanye was already approaching.

The unique sandalwood scent mixed with the smell of gunpowder made Shen Nanxing a little flustered.

“Doctor Shen, you seem to be used to talking about the word ‘contract’, right?”

Lu Zhanye’s aura was overwhelming, carrying with it a deterrent force that would not tolerate rebellion.

“I have the final say in this contract and can change the terms at any time.”

Shen Nanxing turned her face away stubbornly, but he lifted her chin with his index finger, and his warm breath swept across her lips.

“For example, from today on, I’m going to sleep in the master bedroom.”

The sound of the water heater starting up came from the bathroom, and steam filled the living room.

Shen Nanxing suddenly pushed Lu Zhanye away:

“Lu Zhanye! Don’t forget, I did this to save my brother…”

“So I asked Political Commissar Zhou to approve the import of streptomycin.”

He suddenly took out the medicine box and threw it on the table.

“The premise is that you have to stay with me and take care of yourself.”

Shen Nanxing stared at the label on the medicine box and hated himself for being so weak.

We are constantly controlled by imported drugs.

She reached out to grab the medicine, but he grabbed her wrist:

“Take a shower first, otherwise you’ll catch a cold and then how can you give me an injection?”

His tone was undeniably tough, but his eyes concealed subtle worry and tenderness…