After being separated from my family, I became a darling of the military region thanks to my medical

The atmosphere in the intensive care unit was unusually eerie.

Gu Zheng gritted his teeth, his forehead covered in sweat, and a rare, twisted expression of pain appeared on his outrageously handsome face.

Ye Zhen remained expressionless, pressing down on his cast-covered thigh with one hand and forcefully pressing down on his quadriceps above his knee with the other.

"Tense, exert force, find the feeling of muscle contraction. Three hundred times, one hundred and eighty more to go."

"Ye Zhen," Gu Zheng squeezed out the two words through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with a frightening light, like an enraged wolf, "you're taking revenge on me."

"No," Ye Zhen didn't even lift her eyelids, "I'm preventing your muscles from atrophying and you from spending the rest of your life in a wheelchair."

Gu Zheng was momentarily speechless, taken aback by her words.

The next second, he suddenly chuckled softly. The vibration in his chest tugged at his wound, causing him to gasp, but damn it, it felt incredibly exciting.

This little wildcat is quite something.

Just as tensions were rising yet strangely harmonious, the ward door was suddenly pushed open with a "bang".

Lin Wan stood at the door with a beautifully crafted thermos in hand, her face full of "surprise," but the next second, her smile froze.

What did she see?

Ye Zhen was straddling the hospital bed, pressing herself against Commander Gu in an ambiguous position! Commander Gu looked pained and was covered in sweat, clearly being "tortured" by her!

Jealousy and ecstasy instantly clouded Lin Wan's mind.

We've caught them! Abusing patients! This is a huge incriminating evidence!

"Ye Zhen! Stop right there!" Lin Wan screamed, slammed the thermos against the cabinet, and rushed over crying.

"How could you do this! Brother Gu was injured while saving someone, and you... how dare you take advantage of his critical condition to do this to him! I'm going to report you to the military court!"

She cried with tears streaming down her face, acting like a saintly woman who was willing to sacrifice herself to save a hero, and reached out to push Ye Zhen.

In her opinion, Ye Zhen, that skinny monkey, would fall over with a single push.

However, before her hand could even touch Ye Zhen's clothes, everything went blurry.

Ye Zhen didn't even turn around. She simply pressed Gu Zheng's hand and lifted it up, swiftly grabbing Lin Wan's outstretched wrist and pressing her fingertips precisely on the numb veins in her wrist.

"what!"

Lin Wan felt a numbness in her wrist, and half of her body went limp. She was pulled forward by a clever force that seemed to deflect a thousand pounds with four ounces of force.

She instinctively reached for the edge of the bed, but Ye Zhen twisted her other free hand in the opposite direction, neatly pinning her arms behind her back.

A smooth, quick combo that's so fast it's dazzling.

Ye Zhen maintained the position of pressing down on Gu Zheng, but turned her head to look at Lin Wan, who was restrained by her with one hand, with the eyes of someone looking at something dirty.

"Who let you into the intensive care unit?"

Lin Wan was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. She was both shocked and furious. She never dreamed that Ye Zhen would dare to lay a hand on her!

"I...I came in to visit Brother Gu! You...you let me go!" She struggled, turning to Gu Zheng on the hospital bed, crying and pleading for help, "Brother Gu, look at her! She's gone mad! She's jealous of me and is taking revenge on the Lin family, that's why she's abusing you! Please make her let go!"

The air fell silent instantly.

Lin Wan cried her heart out. She was certain that any man would feel pity for a frail girl standing up for him, especially since the girl was a rough country bumpkin like Ye Zhen.

Gu Zheng will definitely stand up for himself!

However, what she received was not the scolding and protection she had expected.

Gu Zheng leaned against the headboard, watching the farce unfold before him with amusement. Far from feeling grateful for being "rescued," he instead watched Ye Zhen's clean and efficient capture with great interest, a hint of approval flashing in his dark eyes.

Hmm, that skill level has the flair he had when he was in the army, it's really impressive.

He only finally spoke when Lin Wan's cries became shrill and piercing.

He raised his eyes, his gaze towards Lin Wan devoid of any warmth, as cold as the Siberian frost.

"Who let you in?"

The exact same question Ye Zhen asked, but when he spoke it, it carried a decisive and authoritative pressure, instantly choking Lin Wan's sobs in her throat.

Gu Zheng's gaze swept over her before returning to Ye Zhen, his tone even carrying a hint of impatience at being disturbed.

"Dr. Ye, continue. That pressure was just right."

boom!

Lin Wan's mind went blank.

What did he say?

continue?

Was the force... just right?

That wasn't torture, it was... treatment?

Gu Zheng didn't bother to look at her again and directly ordered Ye Zhen, "Throw her out."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen exerted a little force in her hand, as if lifting a chick, and pulled Lin Wan towards the door.

Lin Wan staggered back a few steps, her high heels twisted, and she fell to the ground in a disheveled state. The chicken soup in the thermos spilled all over the floor, and the greasy smell instantly filled the air.

She sat on the cold ground, looked up, and met Gu Zheng's extremely impatient eyes.

"Also," Gu Zheng's voice was icy, "we're not familiar with each other, so don't call me 'Brother Gu'."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the mess on the ground, his brows furrowing even more, before delivering the final, fatal blow.

"You're disturbing me."

Every word was like a resounding slap across Lin Wan's face.

Humiliation, embarrassment, and resentment bubbled up in her heart like a pot of boiling water.

She thought she was a "hero of justice," but she ended up being the "clown" whose good deed was interrupted! They...they're in cahoots!

Ye Zhen didn't bother with the distraught woman on the ground. She took out two alcohol wipes and carefully wiped Lin Wan's fingers, which she had just touched, as if they had been contaminated with some kind of virus.

After wiping, she precisely tossed the cotton pad into the trash can and turned to Gu Zheng, saying, "Rehabilitation training is suspended. I need an absolutely quiet environment."

"No problem." Gu Zheng nodded immediately, then shouted towards the door, "Guards!"

A young soldier in uniform rushed in from outside: "Present! Commander!"

Gu Zheng pointed his chin at Lin Wan on the ground, his tone brooking no argument: "Get this woman out of here. From now on, no one except Dr. Ye and Head Nurse Liu is allowed to step into this room. Understand?"

"Yes, sir!" The young soldier stood at attention and saluted, then walked up to Lin Wan and gestured for her to come forward. "Comrade, please."

Amidst the disdainful and amused gazes of the guards and the nurses who were peering around, Lin Wan was half-invited and half-carried out of the ward.

She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms. Her face, streaked with tears, no longer showed any trace of vulnerability, only a twisted hatred.

Ye Zhen... Gu Zheng...

You just wait!

A country bumpkin with no education, and a soldier who looks down on everyone just because of his rank!

My dad is the vice president of this hospital! I can kick you out of here with just one word!

Then we'll see how smug you are! We'll see if Gu Zheng will still protect a village girl who's been expelled from school!