A pampered young lady from a wealthy family is reborn, choosing a rich wife over a rich man.

The air inside the carriage seemed to freeze, so quiet that only the roar of the engine could be heard.

Feng Tingyun stood ramrod straight, his fists clenched slightly on his knees, his knuckles turning a cold, hard white from excessive restraint.

He forced himself to ignore the black lace bra lying by his shoes, but it was almost useless; he shamefully glanced at it again.

The rustling sounds behind him kept disturbing him.

But when there was no sound behind him, he frowned, worried that something was wrong with the person behind him.

Thinking of the pale face, the tightly furrowed delicate brows, the lips that were bloodless from the cold that I had seen before... my worries only intensified.

"Are you... ready?" Feng Tingyun asked, his voice low and slightly hoarse, sounding very stiff due to embarrassment.

But there was no response from behind, only increasingly heavy breathing.

Feng Tingyun sensed something was wrong, frowned, and turned his head with slight hesitation, only to see a scene that was extremely shocking.

The pale, pretty girl was only halfway through putting on her military trousers when she seemed to run out of energy, and the trousers bunched up at her fair, straight calves.

The contrast between green and white was so striking that it made her skin appear as white as snow and incredibly delicate.

She was wearing his white shirt, which was too big and she was too petite, so the shirt hung loosely on her body, making her look even more pitiful.

Two of the shirt buttons were fastened incorrectly, and the collar was not fastened either.

Her open neckline tilted to one side due to her posture, revealing a large expanse of delicate skin below her collarbone, pale from the cold.

Through the crooked curve of the button, he seemed to catch a glimpse of cherry red, which then vanished beneath his shirt.

Suddenly, the car bumped slightly due to the uneven road surface, and the woman's body moved accordingly, causing her shirt to ripple with white waves.

Feng Tingyun: "...!!!"

His heart was pounding like a drum. He quickly and awkwardly looked away, instinctively raising his hand to turn the temperature in the carriage to the highest setting.

After a while, he calmed down a bit.

Looking worriedly at the young woman's face, he noticed the abnormal flush on her cheeks, as if she had a fever, when suddenly the car jolted again, and she, who wasn't wearing a seatbelt, fell off her seat like a puppet with its strings cut.

Feng Tingyun was startled. He stretched out his long arm and quickly and precisely pulled the person into his arms, but when he realized what was happening, his body stiffened.

What does "warm and fragrant jade" mean...?

Having grown up in a military camp and rarely interacting with women, this was the first time he had a direct understanding of the meaning of this idiom.

This situation is extremely dangerous and would be a tremendous test for any man.

He didn't mean to offend, but what should he do now?

Feng Tingyun closed his eyes briefly, slightly opened the front and rear panels of the car, and solemnly instructed Lao Zhang, the driver in front, "Go to the military hospital."

Old Zhang immediately replied, "Yes!"

He shouted again, "Little Du, Little Du, navigate to the military hospital."

A sweet female voice replied, "I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said."

"You're so stupid! I'm just a regular soldier!" Old Zhang shouted to Zhang Qi in the passenger seat, "Xiao Zhang, manually navigate to the military hospital."

Zhang Qi freed one of his arms from holding the child and obediently said, "Okay, Uncle Zhang."

Feng Tingyun: "..."

He pulled the front and rear panels back up.

I can't just leave the girl next to me alone, otherwise what will I do when she gets off the bus?

After a moment's thought, Feng Tingyun took several deep breaths and made up his mind.

With his eyes closed, he fumbled to unbutton the wrongly buttoned shirt of the girl beside him and button it up again.

He picked up her wool coat, took one of her hands and tucked it into the sleeve, letting her lean against him. He then tucked her other hand into the other sleeve.

After finishing this, he glanced at the green military pants piled up at her calves, picked up the waistband, closed his eyes again, half-huddled her in his arms, and struggled to put them on her.

After going through all these procedures, he was covered in sweat, and his palms were damp.

I must have turned the car's air conditioning up too high just now...

Feng Tingyun pondered deeply.

Just then, the girl, who had a high fever, suddenly snuggled up to him and buried herself in his arms. Her icy hands reached into his collar, treating him like a hand warmer without any hesitation.

His first reaction was to pull her away, but she was calling out a name he couldn't hear, sounding aggrieved and as if she was about to cry at any moment, which made him hesitate.

The person she was calling out to must have been her boyfriend, right?

She's so beautiful, she must have many suitors and is definitely taken...

For some reason, thinking about this made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

The car drove to the military hospital.

Feng Tingyun carried Meng Zhixue out of the car, his movements still maintaining a stiff politeness.

But he didn't realize that he was holding the girl very tightly, as if he was afraid someone would snatch her away.

Even after they arrived at the emergency room and both people who had fallen into the water were on IV drips, Feng Tingyun's brows were still tightly furrowed.

Standing in front of the hospital bed, looking at the girl's pale face, he inexplicably pulled over a chair and sat down beside the bed.

"Commander, are you planning to stay here and keep watch?" Zhang Qi volunteered. "Let Uncle Zhang take you back to rest. I'll keep watch here."

Feng Tingyun said, "No need."

No one can be as reassuring as him guarding the place as anyone else.

She can't find her phone, so there's no way to reach her family and friends in her contacts. He'll have to wait until her fever breaks and she's fully awake to contact her family, friends, or boyfriend.

The thought of the word "boyfriend" made Feng Tingyun's already cold and hard face darken even more.

……

8 PM, Villa No. 15, Jiangshan Dijin Villa District.

Zhou Yu sat in his study, his phone screen lighting up every minute.

Since they broke up, he sent Meng Zhixue several WeChat messages, but she didn't reply from afternoon to evening.

This has never happened before.

If that weren't a big deal, the fact that her phone was always off when he called made him suspicious; something was definitely wrong.

He had noticed that Meng Zhixue was someone who wouldn't allow her phone battery to drop below 60% and always carried a power bank when she went out, which ruled out the possibility that her phone had run out of battery and shut down.

Did your phone get stolen while you were shopping?

Thinking of something, Zhou Yu hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly made a call to Xie Lingfeng: "Didn't you install a lot of surveillance cameras at Villa No. 28? Check and see if Zhixue has gone back."

"Tsk, why aren't you calling her 'baby' now?" Xie Lingfeng first made a sarcastic remark, then, realizing what Zhou Yu had said, immediately asked, "Holy crap! What's going on? Wasn't she with you? You lost her?"