Chapter 168: Chapter 168: Returning Home
Vice Admiral Wu choked for a moment. Then, with a look of pleasant surprise, he asked, "Is that true? You aren’t just making things up to comfort this old man so I won’t feel sad, are you?"
Gu Weilan shook her head. "No, no. What I’m telling you is the absolute truth."
Enduring the aching and swelling in her arm, Gu Weilan took out a few bottles from her Space Button. "These are all from the parasitic insect clan. I’m not sure if they are still alive, though."
Vice Admiral Wu took the bottles and hurriedly told her to get some proper rest.
Before leaving the ward, he turned back to her. "Rest up for a few days, then hurry back! We definitely can’t let you stay here any longer.
"In three days, a Starship will be heading from the frontline back to the Central Star. You’ll take that ship home!"
Gu Weilan curled her lips. "You aren’t even going to let me recover properly here!"
Vice Admiral Wu’s face sternly fell as he looked at her in disapproval. "Your group this time was full of wounded soldiers—just about a hundred Beastman warriors, plus a few dozen penalized individuals sent to the frontline."
Glancing at Xuanshuo, he continued, "With a total force of less than three hundred, you managed to hold off an Insect Clan army several times your size. You will definitely be targeted by the Insect Clan now!
"Now that we have these samples of the parasitic insect clan, we will undoubtedly develop a vaccine as soon as possible. You really shouldn’t stay on the frontline anymore.
"Oh, right. Grandma Rong asked me to pass on her apologies. She feels terrible for failing to guard the frontline properly, allowing such a large swarm of the Insect Clan to sneak into the frontline medical station."
Gu Weilan waved her hand with some difficulty. "Sigh, how can we blame her for that? The enemy was simply too cunning.
"And when you are researching this stuff, remember to eat your meals on time! You aren’t getting any younger, so don’t wear yourself out!"
Vice Admiral Wu was left momentarily speechless. He simply waved his hand and left the ward.
When Gu Weilan departed, Vice Admiral Wu did not see her off personally, but he had a medical soldier deliver a Space Button to her. Inside were numerous centipede, scorpion, and blister beetle Poison Sacs.
These were exactly what Gu Weilan wanted—excellent ingredients essential for the Body Refining Bath!
Gu Weilan immediately opened the System Mall in her mind, using her newly saved points to redeem a medicinal diet recipe book meant to nourish vital energy and blood. This book contained twenty-eight congee and soup recipes and cost her thirty thousand points!
She added the medical soldier’s Light Brain contact and sent over the recipes for four of the congees and four of the soups.
She earnestly instructed, "Please make sure to cook one of these soups or congees for Vice Admiral Wu every single day! Insist that he eats it. We must prevent his body from breaking down due to overwork or anemia."
The medical soldier smiled politely and nodded in agreement, looking slightly awkward. At first, he didn’t take the matter to heart, simply treating it as a kind gesture from the female.
After all, they were medical soldiers! What could their Medical Hospital possibly lack? They had plenty of nutritional supplements and energy-replenishing potions. Even if they had to shortchange someone, they would never shortchange Vice Admiral Wu!
It wasn’t until a few days later, when these very soups and congees caused several senior researchers in the lab to nearly come to blows over a taste, that he realized their true value. Later on, when the legion’s higher-ups even offered exorbitant sums just to buy a share, the medical soldier secretly rejoiced that he had accepted the recipes and added Gu Weilan’s Light Brain contact that day.
Of course, that was a story for another time.
Supported by others, Gu Weilan boarded the Starship.
Xuanshuo stood below the Starship, his lips pressed tightly together in anger.
He thought, "I like the female Gu Weilan so much, so why won’t she even spare me a single glance? I was only sent to the frontline to serve my sentence because I was convicted of malicious competition. I specifically used my family’s intelligence network to find out she was heading to the frontline. I literally risked my life to block an attack for her! How can she not be moved at all?"
Gu Weilan had no idea what Xuanshuo, Mo Jincuan, and Ji Yanqing were thinking down below the Starship. Naturally, she didn’t care either.
She was currently lying in a lounge aboard the Starship, looking over at Lu Xuyin. "Did you give the three of them my thank-you gifts?"
Lu Xuyin nodded. "I gave it to them."
However, he didn’t quite approve of her approach. "Female Master, I can’t help but feel that once Commander Ji Yanqing, Junior Priest Mo Jincuan, and the male Xuanshuo use the Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid you gave them, their strength will increase, and they’ll just continue to pester you relentlessly.
"The thank-you gift you gave them was a bit too generous."
Gu Weilan nodded, but then wagged her finger. "I had you present those gifts to them in front of many Beastmen precisely to put it on the public record.
"It’s not about whether they deserve something so good. It’s about the fact that my life is worth something that precious!
"They saved my life, and I gave them what I consider to be highly valuable items in return. That officially repays the debt of gratitude.
"Favors are the hardest debts to pay! By settling this with precious items, it would be extremely impolite of them to keep pestering me.
"When that time comes, no matter what I say or do, public opinion will be completely on my side!"
Shi Lingfeng cast a cold glance at Lu Xuyin. He refused to believe that Lu Xuyin couldn’t understand such basic logic and actually needed their Female Master to teach him.
He thought, "Hmph—what a scheming male! He’s merely seizing the opportunity to act cozy with our Female Master, pestering her into talking to him!"
Lu Xuyin nodded slightly. "That makes sense."
What Gu Weilan had given the trio was merely the basic Bloodline Purification Bath Liquid. The ones she provided for Lu Xuyin, Shi Lingfeng, and the others to soak in were already Mid level bath liquids.
Upon arriving at the Central Star and returning to the villa assigned by the academy, Zhan Heng and Xie Jing’s eyes instantly turned red as they saw Gu Weilan being supported inside by Shi Lingfeng and Lu Xuyin.
Lorenzo and Samuel pursed their lips, their fingers trembling slightly by their sides.
Meanwhile, Shen Mianzhou, who had the Incubation Pod hanging in front of his abdomen, supported it with one hand as tears rolled freely down his cheeks.
Right at that moment, Shen Mianzhou gasped sharply. "The baby... the baby is about to be born!"
Shen Zhiqiu, who had noticeably lost a significant amount of weight, was so startled that he hurriedly flashed an awkward smile at Gu Weilan before frantically supporting Shen Mianzhou. "Quick, quick! Take the elevator upstairs with me!"
Gu Weilan raised an eyebrow. She was just about to say something when Samuel Riel tightly gripped his father beside him. His knuckles had turned a pale white from the sheer force.
"No... I-I think..."
Samuel’s father hastily instructed, "Breathe! Take a deep breath... now exhale!"
Gu Weilan watched as both Shen Mianzhou and Samuel were ushered into the elevator together. Shen Mianzhou’s father immediately turned around and rushed up the stairs to see if anything else needed to be prepared.
Gu Weilan gave a slight nod. "Looks like the little ones are quite eager to welcome me back!"
Lu Xuyin stared in utter dumbfoundment at the Little Qilin and the Gray Wolf cubs running all over the floor.
Pointing upstairs, Gu Weilan said to Shi Lingfeng, "Carry me up there. I want to see the babies being born."
Shi Lingfeng immediately scooped Gu Weilan up into a princess carry. He glanced at Zhan Heng and spoke in a steady voice, "I’ll tell you the details later. For now, let’s accompany our Female Master to see the babies."
Zhan Heng then nodded.
Xie Jing followed behind Zhan Heng, quietly sizing up Lu Xuyin.
Meanwhile, Lu Xuyin was also covertly looking Xie Jing up and down.
They both thought, "This guy isn’t in the six Beast Husbands’ group chat, is he? Where did he come from?"