The night was as dark as ink. Inside the earthen house, only a single dim kerosene lamp burned.
Su Wantang curled up in the corner of the kang bed, her fingertips digging tightly into the rough cotton quilt. Cold sweat soaked through her thin clothes.
“I’ve never even held a man’s hand before… how am I supposed to have a child?”
She buried her face in her knees, her shoulders trembling silently.
In her eighteen years of life, she had panicked so badly when Zhao Jianguo once handed her a wildflower that she had knocked over a water ladle.
Yet now the system demanded that within seventy-two hours, she had to be with a strange unconscious man…
Just thinking of the burning sensation in the haystack from her dream made her ears turn bright red.
[Mission reminder: Complete conception with Lu Zhanye within 72 hours.
Reward: Life value extension of 30 days + Beginner Spirit Spring Space (1 cubic meter)
Failure consequence: Life value reaches zero. Real death.]
“I can’t do it…”
She shook her head while choking back tears, her nails digging into her palm.
“How is this any different from killing someone?”
[Host emotional breakdown detected.]
The system’s voice unusually slowed down.
[Additional explanation: Target Lu Zhanye is unconscious due to severe injuries, making conventional conception impossible. Emergency solution activated—]
A new notification appeared on the glowing screen:
[“Bloodline Attraction” program activated. As long as the host has skin contact with the target (such as holding hands), the system will extract a small amount of genetic material and catalyze the opportunity for life within the Spirit Spring Space. The entire process causes no pain and will not harm the target’s health.]
A small line at the bottom slowly glowed:
[Note: This is the core ability of the “Good Pregnancy System.” It does not follow real-world medical logic.]
Su Wantang froze.
So…
she didn’t have to do those humiliating things?
“Just… touch his hand?”
She murmured to herself.
But the moment her fingers relaxed, the image of Su Wanrou wiping Lu Zhanye’s cheek flashed through her mind—the look in her sister’s eyes that said “she would definitely get him.”
Why had her sister been waiting by the river ahead of time?
Why was she being so attentive to an unconscious military officer?
If she really was a reincarnated person, then she must know that Lu Zhanye would hold tremendous power and influence in the future…
“If I don’t even dare to touch his hand, then I won’t even have the chance to fight.”
Su Wantang suddenly lifted her head. A desperate, determined flame burned in her eyes.
At three quarters past midnight, Su Wantang used the excuse of “going to the latrine” to sneak out of the house.
The cold autumn dew soaked through her cloth shoes as she pressed herself against the walls and quietly made her way toward the village clinic.
A faint light leaked through the wooden window lattice.
The door was slightly ajar—
Su Wanrou really was still keeping watch.
Holding her breath, Su Wantang crouched beneath the window and heard suppressed sobbing from inside.
“Comrade Lu… you must get better…”
It was Su Wanrou’s voice, gentle enough to melt water.
But in the next moment, her tone suddenly turned cold and sinister.
“In this life, the position of your lifesaver can only belong to me.”
“Su Wantang? She doesn’t even deserve the chance to get close to you.”
Su Wantang’s entire body stiffened.
Sure enough…
Her sister was acting!
At that moment, the sound of porcelain lightly knocking together came from inside.
It seemed Su Wanrou had gotten up to go to the kitchen to add hot water.
An opportunity!
Su Wantang slipped inside.
Moonlight leaked through the cracks in the window and illuminated the sharply defined face lying on the earthen bed.
Lu Zhanye’s eyes were tightly closed. His lips were pale, and the bandages around his waist were stained with dark red blood.
But when Su Wantang’s gaze moved to his right hand resting at his side, her breathing suddenly stopped.
His fingers were long and slender. His tiger’s mouth had thin calluses.
They were exactly like the hand that had gripped her waist in her dream…
[Please touch the target’s right hand.]
The system notification softly rang.
Trembling, Su Wantang stretched out her hand.
When her fingertip was only an inch away from his skin—
Lu Zhanye’s eyelashes suddenly trembled slightly.
“Don’t wake up… please don’t wake up…”
She closed her eyes and whispered.
Her fingertip finally touched him.
In an instant, a warm current flowed from the point of contact toward her lower abdomen.
A strange heat spread through her stomach.
The light screen flashed wildly.
[Genetic material extraction successful!]
[“Bloodline Attraction” program activated… Spirit Spring Space (1 cubic meter) unlocked!]
[Conception opportunity implanted. Confirmation of implantation within 24 hours. Countdown continues: 70 hours 41 minutes.]
“It worked?!”
Before the joy could fully rise—
The door hinge let out a sharp creak.
Su Wanrou stood frozen in the doorway, holding a basin of water.
The corner of her lips curled into a cold smile.
“Wantang…”
Su Wanrou’s voice was soft like spring willow fluff, but her eyes were frozen.
“It’s so late. What are you doing here?”
Su Wantang’s back pressed tightly against the earthen wall.
The warmth from Lu Zhanye’s fingertips still lingered in her palm.
That brief moment when he had seemed to squeeze her hand back felt like an electric current shooting through her entire body.
She opened her mouth, but her throat was dry.
“I… I heard Comrade Lu was badly injured. I wanted to come see if there was anything I could help with.”
“Help?”
Su Wanrou gave a soft laugh.
Holding the basin, she slowly walked inside.
“Why didn’t you come during the day?”
“You had to wait until the middle of the night, when I happened to go out to get water?”
Before she could finish speaking—
A very low groan suddenly came from the bed.
Both women turned at the same time.
Lu Zhanye’s thick eyelashes trembled violently.
His brows tightened.
His pale lips moved slightly, as if he was trying to say something.
The blood seeping through the bandages around his waist looked almost black under the dim yellow lamp.
“Comrade Lu?”
Su Wanrou immediately changed into an expression of concern.
She hurried to the bedside and leaned down.
“Are you awake? Where does it hurt?”
Su Wantang stood frozen, watching as her sister naturally placed her hand on Lu Zhanye’s forehead to check his temperature.
Her fingertips brushed faintly across his tightly pressed lips.
That movement…
was exactly the same as what she had done by the river.
[Warning: Abnormal frequency of physical contact between “Su Wanrou” and mission target detected. Host is advised to maintain distance and avoid conflict.]
The system’s voice sounded in her mind.
Su Wantang bit her lower lip and quietly stepped back.
What could she say?
That Lu Zhanye might have briefly awakened just now?
That her sister was pretending?
“Water…”
Lu Zhanye’s hoarse voice broke the silence.
Su Wanrou immediately turned around to pour water.
Her movements were smooth, as if she had practiced them countless times.
But the moment her back turned—
Su Wantang clearly saw that through the gaps between his closed eyelashes, Lu Zhanye’s eyes flashed with an extremely sharp light.
Was he awake?
Or only half-conscious?
“Wantang, what are you still standing there for?”
Su Wanrou turned back with the water bowl.
Her tone carried the authority of an older sister.
“Comrade Lu needs rest. Go back first. I’m enough here.”
The dismissal was gentle, but impossible to refuse.
Su Wantang clenched the corner of her clothes.
Her nails dug into her palm.
On the system panel, the life countdown continued:
[Remaining: 70 hours 32 minutes]
In the mission column, “Become pregnant” still showed the glaring:
(0/1)
But beneath it was a new line:
[Bloodline Attraction program activated. Conception opportunity implantation in progress…]
She needed time.
She needed this twenty-four-hour implantation confirmation period.
“Then… I’ll leave first.”
She lowered her head, her voice as quiet as a mosquito’s buzz.
She turned and pushed open the wooden door.
The moment she stepped over the threshold, Su Wantang inexplicably looked back.
On the bed—
At some point, Lu Zhanye had slightly turned his head.
Those tightly closed eyes…
were facing the direction where she had left.
The next morning, Su Family Village exploded with gossip.
“Have you heard? That soldier at the clinic is seriously injured!”
“Doctor Li said he probably wouldn’t make it. He lost too much blood, and the wound soaked in river water is rotten almost to the bone!”
“But that Wanrou girl refused to give up. She ran to town before dawn to find medicine…”
Su Wantang squatted in the courtyard washing wild vegetables.
The icy well water made her fingers turn red.
Aunt Liu’s loud voice carried through the fence.
[System notification: Target Lu Zhanye’s vital signs fluctuating. Infection worsening. Conventional antibiotics ineffective.]
“How could this happen…”
Su Wantang murmured.
The vegetable leaves in her hand were crushed, releasing juice.
When she left last night, Lu Zhanye had clearly still been conscious.
And he had…