Chapter 1344: Chapter 1253: Interstellar Life 24

After fourteen hours of intense work, even someone like Pei Shuangshuang, who possessed freakishly strong spiritual power, was exhausted to the point of dizziness and a splitting headache.

As soon as she stepped out of the Genetic Repair Room, Pei Shuangshuang slumped down on the floor without caring about her image at all. The four Genetic Repairers beside her followed suit, all collapsing onto the ground, their faces full of fatigue.

The beautiful woman holding a child, her face haggard with exhaustion, saw them come out and immediately ran over while clutching the child, asking in rapid-fire succession.

"How’s my husband? Is he out of danger? Is he going to be okay?"

One of the Genetic Repairers looked at the woman with a faint smile and said, "Don’t worry, your husband is doing very well. We’ve completely pulled him back from the brink.

He’ll be able to wake up in a little while. After that, he’ll just need to stay in the Space Hospital under observation for two more days. As long as we’re sure his gene chain won’t collapse again, he can be discharged."

The woman’s knees went weak and she sank to the floor, but her face was all joy. She was crying and laughing at the same time. "That’s good, that’s good. Thank you so much, all of you. You’ve worked so hard."

Beside Pei Shuangshuang, a female Genetic Repairer who had just fought side by side with her said, "You’re really something. So young and your spiritual power is already this strong—your Talent is incredible.

Have you taken the Genetic Repairer exam yet? With your ability, you should be an Intermediate Gene Repairer already. Truly, the back waves of the Yangtze push the front waves, we old waves are about to be slapped dead on the beach."

Pei Shuangshuang leaned her back against the corridor wall and weakly waved a hand. "I haven’t taken it yet. My mentor wants me to intern and observe in the hospital for a few years first, then go take the Genetic Repairer exam."

After going through a smoke-free yet life-and-death-level intense battle together, Pei Shuangshuang and these Genetic Repairers had formed a bit of comradeship. They sat in the corridor, resting and chatting at the same time.

Only when they felt their exhausted spiritual power recover a bit did everyone finally climb back to their feet.

Pei Shuangshuang said goodbye to them and was about to go buy a ticket for a ship. Because she had stayed to save someone, she’d already missed the Cosmic Ship she was supposed to take.

But before she could leave, two people blocked her way. One of them was the beautiful woman who had been holding the child earlier.

Now that her husband had been brought back from the brink, the woman had regained her elegant and composed demeanor. There was no trace of her earlier disheveled state.

Beside the woman stood a tall, handsome young man with a distinctly cold aura.

After stopping Pei Shuangshuang, the woman immediately turned to the handsome young man at her side and said, "Rachel, this is the one I told you about—your brother’s lifesaver.

You’d better properly thank her. If it hadn’t been for her today, your brother would’ve died."

The woman looked excited and grateful, while the handsome, cold-tempered young man studied Pei Shuangshuang with a slightly puzzled gaze and hesitantly said, "Miss, have we met before?"

The corner of Pei Shuangshuang’s mouth twitched with difficulty. Feeling the turbulent mess of emotions churning inside her, she only thought her head was about to explode.

How could they not have met? Was this what they called enemies meeting on a narrow road? The person she’d saved turned out to be Chi Ruiqiu’s older brother?

Forcing down the dark emotions surging in her chest, Pei Shuangshuang hooked up a smile, a teasing glint in her eyes. "Of course we’ve met, Chi Ruiqiu. Aren’t you going to call me big sister?"

Chi Ruiqiu’s face instantly darkened. He finally remembered who was standing in front of him. This was simply the shame of his life!

Back when he was little, he’d actually been tricked by a little girl several years younger than him into calling her "big sister" for nearly half a month. After he grew up, that incident became the black stain he could never bear to think about.

The young woman at the side looked curiously between Pei Shuangshuang and Chi Ruiqiu, hesitating as she said, "Rachel, you know this young lady? She looks younger than you! Why are you calling her big sister?"

Chi Ruiqiu’s face grew even darker. Could his sister-in-law stop poking right where it hurt?

He took a deep breath, then still said to Pei Shuangshuang with a hint of gratitude, "Long time no see, Shuangshuang, little sister. Thank you so much this time for saving my big brother."

Pei Shuangshuang raised an eyebrow and patted Chi Ruiqiu’s shoulder. "No need to thank me. Since I’m studying Genetic Repair, treating and saving people is my duty. It’s what I should do."

A faint happy smile appeared on Chi Ruiqiu’s face as well. Even though his interactions with Pei Shuangshuang were a walking black history, that stretch of time spent together when they were young had actually been very pleasant.

Now that he’d reunited with a childhood friend after so many years, Chi Ruiqiu was naturally happy—let alone the fact that this friend had just saved his older brother.

He then introduced them to each other. "This is my sister-in-law, Lan Ling. The person you saved is my big brother, Chi Rui Ming.

Sis-in-law, this is a childhood friend of mine. Her name is Pei Shuangshuang. We first met right here, and we even spent half a month on the same Cosmic Ship together.

I never thought that after going round and round, we’d end up meeting again in this place—and Shuangshuang even saved my brother. Shuangshuang, I really don’t know how to properly thank you this time.

I heard from my sister-in-law that the Genetic Repairer treating my brother said if you hadn’t taken the lead to perform emergency treatment and help calm my brother’s spiritual power, he would’ve been in real danger.

Shuangshuang, from now on you’re the benefactor of the entire Chi Family. Our whole family will remember what you’ve done."

Chi Ruiqiu’s sister-in-law, Lan Ling, also said with a big smile, "I really didn’t expect you and our Rachel to be friends. That’s fate.

Shuangshuang, little sister, from now on you’re my real younger sister, the same as Rachel in my heart. We have to stay in touch often. How about leaving a contact so we don’t lose touch again in the future?"

Lan Ling was so enthusiastic that Pei Shuangshuang couldn’t refuse. In the end, she could only leave a contact method.

After chatting for a bit more, Lan Ling, worried about her husband Chi Rui Ming, apologized to Pei Shuangshuang and left. Chi Ruiqiu stayed behind to accompany Pei Shuangshuang to buy a ticket to the Capital Star.

On the way, Chi Ruiqiu complained to Pei Shuangshuang with no small amount of resentment, "When we parted back then, I told you I was studying at the Federal First Academy on the Capital Star.

Who knew you’d also come to the Capital Star after going around in circles, and even end up at the Federal First Military Academy. Our schools are so close to each other, but you never came to find me.

Back then when we separated, you didn’t even leave a contact. All these years, not a word from you. I honestly don’t know if you ever saw me as a friend at all."

His words were so full of grievance that Pei Shuangshuang’s heart gave a heavy thump. The emotions that suddenly surged up almost made her lose control, and the Heart Demon Seed in her chest was raging.

After much effort, she finally suppressed the emotions flooding her heart and kept her expression light, smiling as she said, "Life is long and the world is wide. People always meet again. Even if I didn’t leave a contact, didn’t we still end up running into each other again?"

"That’s just an excuse. Forget it, I won’t hold it against you. This time, once you’re back on the Capital Star, remember to contact me."