“Qiao Lin, go to the labor market first. Recruit a dozen or so former soldiers. They can start work tomorrow. Also find someone who understands the law. I’m going to the car dealership myself.”
After giving her instructions, Su Cheng headed outside.
Tall buildings stretched along both sides of the street, and traffic flowed endlessly.
Honestly, the technology in this small world never ceased to amaze her.
A metal box could actually race along the roads at incredible speeds.
Su Cheng had no idea how any of it worked.
It was comparable to the spirit boats of the cultivation world.
According to the original owner’s memories, there were even airplanes—things that could fly faster than a sword cultivator’s flying sword.
There were almost more cars on the roads than people.
“Someone help! I think he’s stopped breathing! Where’s his family?”
“Does anyone know him?”
“Call 120 and get him to the hospital!”
“Someone already called! The ambulance hasn’t arrived yet!”
A crowd had gathered ahead, and a cacophony of voices drifted over.
Su Cheng walked closer and saw an elderly man, around sixty years old, lying on the ground.
She quickened her pace.
“Please move aside! Everyone, make some room!”
The crowd instinctively stepped aside, making way for her.
Su Cheng crouched down and placed her hand beneath the old man’s nose.
His breathing was extremely faint, almost imperceptible.
If she didn’t intervene immediately, he probably wouldn’t make it.
Su Cheng felt a pang of reluctance as she gathered spiritual energy into her palm and gently patted the old man’s chest.
She couldn’t just stand by and watch someone die.
She could always find a way to absorb more spiritual energy later.
A human life only came once.
Almost instantly, the old man slowly opened his eyes.
“What happened to me?”
Fu Zhengguo vaguely remembered walking down the street when he suddenly suffered a heart attack.
After that, everything had gone blank.
“That young lady is incredible! She just gave him a light pat and brought him back!”
“Exactly! He was barely breathing just now, and she brought him back with one little pat. Amazing!”
“Excuse me, who called the ambulance?”
“He’s already been saved by this young lady.”
Su Cheng saw that the old man was still dazed.
“You should still go to the hospital and get checked out. Heart disease is something you need to take seriously. Why don’t I go with you?”
The old man looked at her and shook his head.
His voice was hoarse.
“No need. I’m already feeling much better. Thank you for saving me.”
Just then, a doctor approached.
“The ambulance is here. You should still go and get examined. With your condition, there’s always a risk of something happening. It’s better to get checked out at the hospital.”
“I’ll accompany you. I happen to need to go in for a prenatal checkup anyway.”
Only then did the old man lower his gaze and notice Su Cheng’s slightly rounded belly.
The doctor looked at Su Cheng seriously.
“The patient’s heart condition is quite severe. He absolutely needs someone around him at all times. He should avoid emotional agitation, and excessive worry or stress will put additional strain on his heart. His family needs to pay close attention to him. His condition could become life-threatening at any time, so you need to be mentally prepared.”
“I found him on the street and saved him,” Su Cheng said calmly.
The doctor froze for a moment.
People who saved strangers and even paid their medical expenses out of their own pockets were rare these days.
He had assumed she was the patient’s daughter.
He had completely misunderstood the young woman.
Fu Zhengguo, meanwhile, was puzzled.
His attack had come on suddenly, yet after regaining consciousness, he felt much better than usual.
The tightness and pain in his chest had eased considerably. There was still some mild discomfort, but nothing like before.
Normally, every attack left him in worse shape.
Could this really just be a coincidence?
“Are you feeling better?” Su Cheng asked.
“Oh, much better.”
Fu Zhengguo looked at her gratefully.
“If you hadn’t been there today, this old life of mine would have been over. Thank you.”
“With your condition, you really should have someone around you. I can help you contact your family.”
At those words, Fu Zhengguo’s expression turned sorrowful.
He was completely alone.
All his life, he had conducted himself with integrity. He had never done anything he was ashamed of.
Yet now that he was old…
He pulled himself together and asked, “Young lady, where do you live? I’d like to visit you personally and thank you. I’d also like to pay my respects to your family.”
“I’m temporarily staying at a hotel. I’m currently looking for a house. There’s only me and my son at home, along with the child I’m carrying.”
“What about the child’s father? Is he—”
Fu Zhengguo suddenly realized he had been too forward, asking such personal questions right after meeting her.
Su Cheng merely smiled and didn’t answer.
Fu Zhengguo immediately filled in the blanks himself.
She must have met an irresponsible man.
Sigh.
In this world, good women always seemed to end up with the wrong men.
Realizing he had gone too far, Fu Zhengguo quickly changed the subject.
“You just said you’re looking to buy a house. Where are you thinking of buying?”
“Anywhere is fine, as long as the environment is good and it’s close to a school.”
“Huating Garden.”
Fu Zhengguo immediately thought of a place.
“It’s a new development with a pretty good environment. It’s quiet, and some of the units come fully furnished, so you can move in right away.”
“It’s also close to No. 2 Middle School. It’ll be convenient when your children start school later. I can take you there to have a look now.”
Su Cheng smiled faintly.
“No need. You should stay in the hospital for another couple of days and have yourself monitored. With your condition, you need to keep a calm state of mind. I can go take a look myself later.”
“It’s fine.”
Fu Zhengguo waved it off.
“I actually feel much better than usual today. I know my own body. This time, the attack felt much lighter, and the pain wasn’t nearly as bad.”
“I don’t want to stay in the hospital anyway. Someone will be coming to pick me up later.”
He got down from the hospital bed.
“You can just call me Uncle Fu.”
He smiled.
“What should I call you?”
“My surname is Su. Su Cheng.”
“Then I’ll call you Little Su.”
Fu Zhengguo suddenly remembered something.
“By the way, weren’t you going to have a prenatal checkup?”
“No need. Let’s look at the houses first. I only had a checkup a few days ago.”
The original owner really had undergone a prenatal examination just a few days earlier.
As for Su Cheng herself, she had already begun cultivating with the spiritual energy she absorbed from the jade yesterday.
Her body was perfectly healthy now, and her strength had increased considerably.
Fu Zhengguo looked at Su Cheng with affection.
This was a kind-hearted girl.
She had probably only accompanied him to the hospital because she was worried about him.
“Uncle Fu, let’s go.”
The two of them had just reached the lobby when a furious-looking man approached them.
He had a heavily pregnant, seductive-looking woman on his arm.
“Second Uncle, what are you doing at the hospital?”
The man looked at Su Cheng, then back at Fu Zhengguo.
“Who is she?”
His expression became even angrier.
“Second Uncle, how can you possibly face my cousin? He hasn’t even been gone for a year, and you’ve already gotten another woman pregnant!”
“A woman like this is only after your money! That child definitely isn’t yours. You’re already sixty years old. How could you possibly still father a child?”
“Shut up!”
Fu Zhengguo’s face turned red with anger.
“Fu Xiaoyun, shut your mouth!”
The seductive woman beside him looked at Su Cheng with open contempt.
In a soft, mocking voice, she said, “You little vixen. You’re willing to sleep with a sixty-year-old man just for money?”
“Who’s the real father of that bastard? And now you’re trying to pin the child on my second uncle?”
As she spoke, she reached out to shove Su Cheng.
Her eyes were filled with malice.
Su Cheng simply stepped aside.
The woman nearly lost her balance and fell.
The man immediately reached out and caught her.
He glared viciously at Su Cheng before raising his hand and swinging it toward her.
Su Cheng’s eyes turned cold as ice.
She kicked him hard.
“AAAH!”
The man was sent flying nearly three meters and crashed to the ground.
He lay there for a long while, unable to get back up.
Su Cheng immediately flicked out a Misfortune Talisman.
The talisman shot forward at incredible speed and sank into the man’s body.
He had actually tried to hit a pregnant woman.
Someone like that deserved whatever misfortune came his way.
“Bitch! You dare kick me?”
The man glared at her viciously as he struggled to get up.
“I’ll beat you to death!”
Fu Zhengguo hurriedly stepped in front of Su Cheng to shield her.
“Fu Xiaoyun…”
He was breathing heavily, struggling to get the words out.
“From now on, I… I no longer have any… any family relationship with you people.”
He gasped for breath before continuing.
“Go back and tell your father… that one steamed bun from back then… I’ve already paid it back. I don’t owe your family anything anymore.”
“We… we don’t need to have anything to do with each other from now on.”
After forcing out those words, Fu Zhengguo began panting heavily.
Seeing how difficult it was for him to breathe, Su Cheng quietly transferred some more spiritual energy into his body.