Married to Officer, Pregnant Specialist becomes the Winner!-Chapter 123 - 122: Yes, He Truly Is Brave—It’s As If He’s Wearing the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt
Gu Jia Ning closed her eyes, trying hard to hypnotize herself to sleep. After a while, she still helplessly opened her eyes.
Mumbling helplessly, "Gu Jia Ning, you’re not a child anymore. Do you still need someone to sleep next to you to fall asleep?"
"For the past seventeen years at home, you slept alone, and slept well."
"Adapt, adapt."
Tossing and turning, until the latter half of the night, Gu Jia Ning finally fell into a deep sleep.
At this time, Sheng Zexi and his comrades were temporarily resting in a remote village because of rushing to travel, and the comrades were all asleep.
Sheng Zexi looked out the window, hands behind his head, similarly thinking about the little wife in the military district.
Wondering if she slept well without him there, what to do if she kicked off the quilt and caught a cold.
Before, he was the one who helped tuck the quilt; now there’s only Ningning left.
In the Northwest Military Region, the next morning, Gu Jia Ning discovered most of the quilt had fallen to the ground and found her nose was somewhat blocked.
However, after getting up and moving around for a while, it got better.
She knew her sleeping posture wasn’t good last night, likely kicked off the quilt again, but thankfully she had the system-given Pregnancy Comfort Pills to ensure no illness during the entire pregnancy.
Gu Jia Ning realized that habit was indeed a terrifying thing.
In just a few short months, she had adapted to life with Sheng Zexi, or rather, Sheng Zexi had infiltrated all aspects of her life.
Nowadays, many times, when she does something or thinks of something, she subconsciously calls out "Brother Xi."
Whenever the door makes a sound, she always hopes—is he back from completing his mission?
Unfortunately, each time ends in disappointment.
However, Gu Jia Ning kept trying to console herself. By the fifth night without Sheng Zexi, she hugged Sheng Zexi’s pillow to sleep. Yet upon smelling that the pillow no longer carried his familiar scent, she couldn’t hold back the redness in her eyes.
Gu Jia Ning pouted, her voice slightly choked, as though she was meekly pouring out her grievances to the pillow acting as Sheng Zexi.
"When are you coming back?"
"This pillow, after a few days without you laying on it, it’s lost your scent."
"Brother Xi, I miss you. Please come back soon."
After muttering to the pillow for a long time, Gu Jia Ning drowsily fell asleep, with a crystal-clear tear still hanging from the corner of her eye.
At this time, far away Sheng Zexi had just completed a battle and achieved victory.
Moreover, Sheng Zexi was always at the forefront, earning the most merit and also killing the most enemies.
At this time, during rest post-battle, the comrades praised Sheng Zexi’s bravery, saying also that it was because Sheng Zexi was at the front; otherwise, if it were them, they might have gotten injured or shot.
Sheng Zexi raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
Actually, the reason Sheng Zexi did this was because of the invisible bulletproof vest.
The day before yesterday, they encountered an ambush. At that moment, for the sake of his comrades, a bullet from the enemy came directly towards Sheng Zexi’s heart area.
At that time, Sheng Zexi couldn’t react quickly enough.
Under such circumstances, all he could do was try to avoid the heart area.
But getting shot was inevitable.
In fact, Sheng Zexi wasn’t hit.
The bullet seemed to be hindered by something when it was about 5 centimeters from Sheng Zexi’s chest, suddenly falling to the ground.
That miraculous scene was only seen by Sheng Zexi.
Sheng Zexi’s shock naturally was indescribable.
He immediately realized that it was the invisible bulletproof vest Ningning mentioned at work.
Although he believed Ningning’s words, hearing wasn’t as impactful and authentic as seeing.
Throughout the process, Sheng Zexi felt nothing else, nor did he discover anything abnormal.
He recalled Ningning saying that this invisible bulletproof vest enveloped his entire body, including his head, body, hands, and feet.
Also, the bulletproof frequency was unlimited, as long as Ningning didn’t allow the vest to be removed, it would continue to function.
Sheng Zexi thought: If this is the case, isn’t he invincible in the barrage of bullets? Can he charge even further ahead?
With this thought, Sheng Zexi acted accordingly.
Thus, Sheng Zexi was at the very front.
While the comrades worried that Sheng Zexi might get hurt or sacrifice himself in such a barrage, unexpectedly, Sheng Zexi not only eliminated all the enemies but returned safely without a scratch.
If Gu Jia Ning were here, she’d know that in the future flash she saw, someone was originally going to get sacrificed and injured in this battle.
Even Sheng Zexi was severely injured in this battle.
However, now, because Sheng Zexi wasn’t hurt and charged ahead, taking out most of the enemies, this battle not only achieved rapid victory but also resulted in zero injuries and zero sacrifices.
While everyone praised Sheng Zexi’s bravery, if those annihilated enemies could speak now, they’d definitely say: Yes, truly brave. It’s as if he wore a golden bell shield and Iron Cloth Shirt; the bullets didn’t even reach him, they just fell off. So what could they fight? Who wouldn’t be brave like that? What could they fight? As soon as they reacted, their heads were shot.
To keep from missing Sheng Zexi so much, Gu Jia Ning could only keep busy.
During the day, she’d go to class at the training course, and at night, she’d enter the space to study or make plaster pills.
As it proves, keeping busy did have some effect, Gu Jia Ning’s mood improved somewhat.
Zhang Shuwan naturally noticed Gu Jia Ning missing Sheng Zexi; sometimes, while eating or chatting, she’d see Gu Jia Ning zoning out, her eyes full of longing.
As someone who’s been through this, Zhang Shuwan understood that it’s Gu Jia Ning missing Battalion Commander Sheng.
Zhang Shuwan could only comfort Gu Jia Ning that as a military spouse, her man was a hero protecting the country, so she needed to be more courageous.
"Sister Shu Wan, I understand."
To make Gu Jia Ning’s mood better, Zhang Shuwan would come by to chat when she was free and ask Guoguo to accompany her.
One day, Zhang Shuwan knocked on Gu Jia Ning’s door, "Tonight is Lantern Festival, the Beijing City Art Troupe will perform tonight; do you want to go watch? If so, let’s go together."
"I heard they’ll leave after the performance tonight."
Gu Jia Ning thought for a moment, then nodded, "Then let’s go together."
For the human trafficker incident, she hadn’t settled accounts with Li Shuyao; Gu Jia Ning was quite vengeful.
Soon, evening arrived. Gu Jia Ning and Zhang Shuwan walked with Guoguo at the back, while Lin Xing walked ahead; the group quickly reached the main hall.
Sitting in the main hall, Gu Jia Ning couldn’t help but remember that the last time she was here, she was with Sheng Zexi; this time, Brother Xi wasn’t by her side.
Suppressing the sadness in her heart, Gu Jia Ning leaned over to chat with Zhang Shuwan while searching through the system exchange mall in her thoughts.
