“My surname is Lu. My mother was a professor of medicine, so I grew up around medicine and learned quite a bit from her. If you trust me, let me try.”
Lu Xinran spoke calmly.
“All right. We don’t have any other options now.”
They could only treat a dying man as though there were still hope. As long as there was even the slightest chance, they could not give up.
“Please don’t leave too many people here. I’m going to treat his wounds, and I’m not used to having people around me while I work. It will distract me. I hope you understand.”
Lu Xinran added that because she actually wanted to test the effects of the spiritual spring water.
She wanted to see whether it was really as miraculous as the description claimed—capable of treating injuries and neutralizing all kinds of poison.
The state security officer hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing.
The injured man was their captain, and time was of the essence. They had to make a decision immediately.
“All right.”
Lu Xinran then asked them to bring over a basin of clean water.
Once everything had been prepared according to her instructions, they cleared the carriage, leaving Lu Xinran alone inside.
There was no time to waste.
Lu Xinran immediately began cleaning his wounds.
She cut away his clothes and examined the injury.
The wound was indeed very deep. The knife had gone in far enough that his life was genuinely in danger.
Lu Xinran took some spiritual spring water from her space and used it to clean the wound.
She also made him drink a cup of spiritual spring water.
Fortunately, she had bought some medicine for external injuries before leaving.
About twenty minutes later, she finished treating the wound.
She called the others back inside.
“Comrade, I’ve treated his wound. Once we reach the station, you should still get him to a hospital as soon as possible.”
The train police, attendants, and the other state security officers gathered around.
They noticed that their captain’s complexion seemed to have improved somewhat.
“Comrade Xiao Lu, thank you so much!”
“Where are you headed? Would you mind leaving us your name and contact address? This is very important to us.”
The state security officer spoke sincerely.
They could not disclose the details of the incident, and Lu Xinran understood.
After thinking for a moment, she said, “I’m going to Anshi in the northwest to find my fiancé.”
In the end, she gave them her name and the address written on her letter of introduction.
The state security officer beside him took out a pen and carefully wrote it down.
Lu Xinran also casually bandaged her own injuries.
The results had proven that the spiritual spring water really was miraculous.
“I’ll go back to my berth now,” Lu Xinran said.
After all the chaos, she returned to her berth and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
She only hoped the rest of the journey would go more smoothly.
Perhaps train security inspections in this era were not yet particularly strict, which was why the enemy agent had been able to bring a knife onto the train.
Or perhaps he had simply hidden it well.
Ever since transmigrating into the novel, Lu Xinran had been drinking spiritual spring water every day to improve her health. She already felt much stronger than before.
It was now past nine in the evening.
After the major incident, the carriage gradually settled down again.
The lights in the sleeper carriage were turned off, and everyone entered their nighttime rest period.
Perhaps because Lu Xinran had played such an important role in apprehending the enemy agent, the attendants brought her hot rice whenever it was mealtime afterward.
It made Lu Xinran feel rather embarrassed.
Fortunately, after spending two nights on the train, she finally arrived in Anshi, in the northwest, on the morning of the fourth day.
The Beginning of Spring had already passed, and it was early March.
The weather was warming up, yet there was still a chill in the air, and the winds in the northwest were fierce.
When the wind hit her face, it felt as though it were scraping her skin with blades.
She saw many people wearing headscarves.
It was only a little after eight in the morning.
From the train station to the military camp, she still had nearly two hours of travel by tractor.
This time, Li Yanfeng had received no advance notice of her arrival, so she would have to handle everything herself.
She carried a suitcase, which was actually empty.
She had already put everything inside her space.
Once she got close to her destination, she would take the things out again.
Fortunately, the people here were simple and warmhearted. As long as she was willing to ask, she would eventually find someone who knew the way.
She successfully found a ride and headed toward Li Yanfeng’s military camp.
Northwest Military Region Camp.
Li Yanfeng, commander of the Chemical Defense Regiment, was sitting in his office reading documents when a series of hurried knocks sounded at the door.
“Come in.”
It was his guard, Xiao Chen.
He was usually a very steady person, so why did he seem so flustered today?
“What is it?”
His voice was deep, and his features were sharp.
His first impression on others was always that he looked intimidating.
He had monolids and slightly long eyes, and when he was silent, he naturally gave off a strong sense of pressure.
“Commander, I just came from the family compound. A female comrade who claims to be your fiancée has come looking for you. She has a letter of introduction too. I’ve asked Sister-in-law Xu to take her to the Women’s Federation office and look after her for now. You should go back and see her.”
“Oh, right. She said she came from Shanghai.”
“She came all the way from Shanghai, so she must have spent three or four days on the train, right? She looks pretty exhausted.”
Li Yanfeng’s sword-like brows furrowed slightly.
His fiancée?
He did indeed have a fiancée.
His parents had arranged the engagement for him.
They had met twice, but the woman had apparently been unwilling. She had kept delaying the wedding and wanted to break off the engagement.
Actually, he did not really care.
If she wanted to call off the engagement, then he would simply agree.
There was no point forcing it.
A forced melon was never sweet.
He was usually very busy and had no time to take care of a family, especially not a delicate young lady from the city.
The conditions and environment in the northwest were poor as well. It was perfectly understandable that she did not want to come.
But his parents did not want to cancel the engagement.
He was already twenty-eight.
His two older brothers were both married, and their children were already in elementary school.
He was the only one left unmarried and alone.
They wanted him to settle down as soon as possible.
He had already given up hope.
And now she had actually come looking for him herself?
“Did she come alone?”
Li Yanfeng was already on his feet.
Regardless of the circumstances, since she had come all this way to find him, he had to go back and see her.
“Yes. She’s carrying a large leather suitcase.”
“I’ll go take a look.”
Family Compound.
Women’s Federation Office.
Lu Xinran was sitting on a small stool.
After two hours of being bounced around on a tractor, her internal organs felt as though they had been shaken into a mess.
She was feeling terrible.
Sister-in-law Xu was the wife of the military region’s political commissar and worked at the Women’s Federation.
“Comrade Xiao Lu, please wait a little longer. Commander Li’s guard has already gone to call him. He should be back soon. The camp isn’t far from here.”
Sister-in-law Xu smiled as she spoke.
She had indeed heard that Commander Li had a fiancée, but it had been a long time.
She had never seen Commander Li make any plans to get married, and everyone had said the marriage was probably going to fall through.
Who would have thought the woman would actually come all the way here herself?
Look at that skin—so fair and smooth, like a freshly peeled egg.
With that appearance and temperament, she clearly looked like a city girl who had never done any hard labor, delicate and pampered.
She was also exceptionally beautiful.
Large eyes, a high nose, and long eyelashes.
She was even prettier than the women in the art troupe!
She was far too striking!
Sister-in-law Xu could not understand it.
With such a beautiful fiancée, why didn’t Commander Li want to marry her?
But she quickly found her own explanation.
Perhaps she was simply too beautiful.
A woman like that might be difficult to keep in line.
Lu Xinran met her scrutinizing gaze.
At times there was envy in those eyes, and at other times, something that was not particularly friendly.
There were also many people gathered outside the door to watch the excitement, chattering among themselves.
“Oh my, what a beautiful girl! I heard she’s Commander Li’s fiancée! You really couldn’t tell!”
“No way. He’s so fierce. Would a girl like that really dare to marry him?”
“Could she have been forced to come?”
“How could that be? Commander Li is a regiment commander, after all!”
“Then there must be something wrong with this girl.”
Lu Xinran: “…”
So that man, Feng Ping, was really that terrible?
Was he really that intimidating?
Her heart sank halfway.
She did not say anything.
She had never been particularly talkative and was even somewhat socially anxious.
So conversations with her often ended in awkward silence.
The awkward staring contest was rather difficult to endure.
Sister-in-law Xu was good at ideological work and was usually eloquent, but even she did not know what to say to Lu Xinran.
Whenever she asked Lu Xinran something, Lu Xinran would answer.
Once she finished answering, she had no idea what else to say.
Fortunately, there was suddenly a commotion at the doorway.
Someone shouted—
“Commander Li is back!”