Chapter 170

Lu Weiguo gestured towards Professor Chen’s family and said, “My wife is here now, you all can go back.”

Professor Chen’s wife, perceptive as she was, noticed that Lu Weiguo’s thoughts were entirely on his wife. So, she took her husband and daughter back home.

They had a lot to deal with since just returning to the country.

Lu Weiguo then glanced at the young soldier standing aside and asked Shi Tingyu, “Do you need anything else to take? Let Xiao Zhao help you with it; he’ll be back to training tomorrow.”

Shi Tingyu thought for a moment and replied, “Could you bring my bicycle over?”

While Lu Weiguo was hospitalized, she wanted to cook nutritious meals for him, and having the bicycle would make it easier for her to commute.

Lu Weiguo asked, “What do you need the bicycle for?”

“I thought I could use it to go back to the family quarters and cook some meals for you. It would be convenient with the bicycle,” she explained.

“It’s over an hour’s ride one way. It’s too troublesome. We can just buy food when we need it,” Lu Weiguo suggested.

Shi Tingyu wanted to cook herself, primarily to incorporate some spiritual spring water into the meals.

“Home-cooked meals are nutritious,” she insisted.

Lu Weiguo looked at Shi Tingyu, his eyes flickering slightly. “My injury isn’t serious; I can recover well even with ordinary meals.”

Shi Tingyu’s heart skipped a beat. She felt that Lu Weiguo wasn’t telling her everything.

“If there’s nothing else you need, Xiao Zhao, you can head back to the camp,” Lu Weiguo said.

Xiao Zhao glanced at Shi Tingyu. Hearing that she didn’t have anything else to add, he left.

Now, only Shi Tingyu and Lu Weiguo were left in the hospital room.

Shi Tingyu stood up to fetch a thermos to heat water, but Lu Weiguo stopped her.

“There’s hot water in the thermos already; no need to heat any,” he said.

“In that case, shall I go wash the strawberries for you?” Shi Tingyu offered.

Lu Weiguo looked at the strawberries Shi Tingyu had brought. After a moment’s pause, he nodded.

Shi Tingyu breathed a sigh of relief and left with the strawberries.

Watching her evasive departure, Lu Weiguo pondered whether he should tell her that he had already discovered her secret.

As a reconnaissance soldier, he noticed everything unusual at home—the exceptionally well-kept flowers, the delicious vegetables in the garden, and the increasingly rapid recovery of his hidden injuries.

He even noticed that sometimes the fruits his wife bought were exceptionally delicious, similar to the vegetables grown in their garden, or even better than them.

Sometimes the fruits were just average in taste.

Recalling the time when his leg was injured but recovered extremely quickly, he speculated that his wife possessed something that could heal wounds and even enhance the vitality of plants and animals.

Before he set off on the mission, his wife insisted he take the water with him.

It was then that he confirmed what his wife possessed.

It was precisely because he knew that he refused.

He had picked up Professor Chen, a specialist in biology, from abroad.

If he had used that magical water and was found out by the other party, there might have been a risk of exposing his wife’s miraculous abilities.

That’s why this time he refused to let his wife go home to cook and instead opted to buy meals, not only because it was too tiring to commute back and forth, but also out of safety concerns.

He had seen the extent of his elder cousin’s recovery, so he couldn’t let his wife use that water to cook for him. If his wound recovered too miraculously, there was also a risk of suspicion.

Even though the probability of suspicion was low, he didn’t want to take that chance.

At this moment, Shi Tingyu came in with a large teapot filled with washed, bright red strawberries.

She fed them to Lu Weiguo one by one by his bedside.

Lu Weiguo ate them all.

After finishing the strawberries, Lu Weiguo suddenly said, “Wife, from now on, just eat these kinds of fruits at home. Don’t bring them out.”

Shi Tingyu looked up at him in astonishment.

Lu Weiguo held her cold hand with his left hand. “Wife, prioritize your safety. Things that are too miraculous can easily attract unwanted attention.”

Shi Tingyu opened her mouth as if to say something, but she realized she didn’t even know where to begin.

When Lu Weiguo said such words, she was shocked, nervous, but not afraid.

Perhaps it was because of this that she didn’t always guard against him when using the space and Spiritual spring.

Seeing his wife like this, Lu Weiguo smiled slightly. “There are some things you don’t need to say, and I won’t ask. Let’s just be good, better than anything else.”

Shi Tingyu nodded heavily.

Thinking of Lu Weiguo’s injuries, Shi Tingyu took advantage of the absence of others and finally asked, “How did you get injured?”

Lu Weiguo now had a fractured arm and a grazing gunshot wound on his chest.

Compared to injuries he had sustained on the battlefield before, these were much lighter. When his wife asked about them, he told her the truth.

“When we were bringing Professor Chen back, we encountered an ambush. We had to detour through the woods, but we were unfamiliar with the terrain. Fortunately, the forest provided good cover for both hiding and ambushing.”

“There was a steep slope over two meters high in the woods at that time. I had two soldiers go down first to provide support below, and those above jumped down.”

At this point, Shi Tingyu had a rough idea. “So the girl was too scared to jump and delayed?”

Lu Weiguo praised, “My wife is really smart.”

Shi Tingyu continued, “What happened next?”

Lu Weiguo explained, “The American mercenaries hired by them caught up, and I got injured trying to save her.”

Shi Tingyu pursed her lips, feeling angry that the delay of others caused her man to be injured during the escape.

But this was Lu Weiguo’s mission; protecting their safety was his responsibility, and she couldn’t say anything about it.

Lu Weiguo lifted his hand to gently pinch Shi Tingyu’s cheek. “This injury is nothing, so don’t worry.”

What else could Shi Tingyu do? She couldn’t possibly throw a tantrum in front of Lu Weiguo who was injured.

She sighed and said, “Just be honest; you’re still injured.”

Lu Weiguo smiled and didn’t move around unnecessarily to avoid worrying her.

For lunch, Shi Tingyu ate at the hospital cafeteria. The taste wasn’t as good as homemade, but Lu Weiguo enjoyed it nonetheless.

As long as his wife was well, he would willingly eat tasteless food for the rest of his life.

In the evening, Shi Tingyu slept on another bed in the hospital room.

Originally, she was willing to make do with a chair, but Lu Weiguo adamantly refused. After consulting the doctor, they found out that the adjacent bed was vacant, so Shi Tingyu slept there.

The next day, Professor Chen and his family brought a lot of nutritional supplements.

Chen Wenting, the girl who caused Lu Weiguo’s injury, felt somewhat guilty whenever she saw Shi Tingyu.

She felt a bit intimidated by the consequences of her actions that had injured someone else’s husband.

They say, “Don’t hit a smiling person.” The Chen family kept a low profile, and Lu Weiguo didn’t make things difficult for them.

He simply stated it was their duty and told them not to bring anything next time.

Chen Wenting breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. She was actually somewhat afraid of this commanding officer Lu.

He looked too stern.

She couldn’t understand how he managed to marry such a beautiful wife.

She glanced back at Shi Tingyu’s face.

She’s really beautiful…

But the more she looked, the more familiar Chen Wenting felt as if she had seen her somewhere before.