Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

Su Wanqing gripped Zhou Yanshen's hand tightly.

It's not because I love you so deeply that I can't bear to let go, but because of the new spatial ability I activated a few days ago—

Emergency shelter!

Instantly, a pale blue spiritual spring barrier covered her entire body. She pulled Zhou Yanshen along, and the barrier spread outwards, enveloping both of them.

A split second before the collision, Su Wanqing had a sudden thought and instantly withdrew all the mud and pork.

But she underestimated inertia.

Despite being wrapped in clothes and scarves, and even having protective shields, the two were still thrown away by the enormous inertia. The previous restraints couldn't hold them up at all, and Zhou Yanshen's belt even broke off!

With a loud thud, the two crashed heavily to the ground.

Su Wanqing's heart was bleeding.

After the passive defense is triggered, it immediately switches to paid mode. The shield covering two people consumes ten times the amount of resources—spatial information refreshes rapidly.

[Deducting 500 grams of precious metal power] Once per second, it took a full four seconds!

The power of two kilograms of precious metal is gone!

Zhou Yanshen's eyes widened in fury, and he instinctively rolled over to protect her. Strangely, even though they were both thrown into the air, and Su Wanqing crashed heavily onto him, he felt almost no pain. But in this life-or-death situation, he couldn't think of such things.

"Wanqing! Wanqing! How are you? Where does it hurt? I'll carry you to the hospital right now!"

Thank goodness for the cheat code; thank goodness the Rubik's Cube Space upgraded this ability a few days ago, otherwise today... would have been far too dangerous!

Su Wanqing slowly exhaled and got up, no longer caring about acting.

If you asked her where it hurt right now, Zhou Yan would shatter on the spot. She quickly patted the snow off herself and jumped around a couple of times:

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm really fine! I'm not hurt at all! Look, I can still jump!" She jumped up and down, shaking off the snow. "The snow was probably too thick, it felt so soft when I fell. It's just a little cold, get up!"

The snow fell heavier and heavier, blanketing our faces and stinging with cold. We drank plenty of spring water, but this awful weather was just too cold.

Zhou Yanshen slowly exhaled, feeling for the first time that his legs went weak and he couldn't get an erection.

He struggled to his feet, grabbed the flashlight from the tractor, and felt Su Wanqing from head to toe—there was no bleeding, no bruising, and his wife's complexion was normal.

He finally breathed a long sigh of relief:

"But we can't be careless. You're a doctor, you know best about these situations where everything seems fine at first, but problems arise later. If you feel unwell anywhere, you must tell me immediately."

Su Wanqing patted the snow off her clothes and walked towards the tractor. She simply put on another layer of thermal underwear and a sweater, wearing everything she could. She should have bought two thick cotton-padded coats if she'd known it was going to snow. Sigh.

"Quickly check yourself to see if you're alright? Does your body hurt?"

She was just casually expressing her concern.

Actually, with the protective shield in place, Zhou Yanshen definitely wasn't injured. Otherwise, wouldn't her precious metal power of two kilograms in four seconds have been wasted? Wouldn't her cheat code have been activated for nothing?

She originally consumed 50 grams of precious metal energy per second, but with one more person, it increased tenfold to 500 grams per second. If Zhou Yanshen were to still be injured after paying such a high price, she would definitely have to confront the space itself about it.

Zhou Yanshen looked puzzled and touched his body: "That's strange. I was thrown from such a height, and I don't even have a scratch? My clothes aren't torn, and I don't feel any pain. This is too weird..."

Su Wanqing coughed lightly and looked away: "Alright, the snow is thick, and we're lucky. Now let's think about what to do and hurry up and catch up with the others."

She glanced at the luggage scattered in the snow—food and supplies were rolled everywhere. Luckily, after everyone jumped down, she reacted quickly and put most of the bags into her spatial storage; otherwise, they would not only have all vanished, but they would probably have been crushed by the soil.

Zhou Yanshen raised his flashlight, the beam piercing through the heavy snow, reducing visibility to less than ten meters. "It's about ten kilometers from here to the 65th Regiment. It'll be late at night before we can walk back. The problem is this blizzard..." He glanced at the overturned tractor. "The tractor is completely totaled and can't be driven now. The most urgent thing is to find those five people. Wanqing, can you walk? I'll carry you."

Su Wanqing was also worried. Walk back? Walking ten kilometers in a blizzard would be too much for her. But spending the night in this desolate wilderness…

Just as I was thinking this, my face suddenly felt cold—not the gentle touch of snowflakes, but the stinging pain of ice shards hitting my face.

Her heart tightened, and she suddenly remembered what Gu Zhixing had said: "After the blizzard comes the hail!"

"Yanshen, we can't leave!" She grabbed Zhou Yanshen's arm. "The snow is about to turn into hail! We need to find somewhere to hide! Otherwise, we'll get crushed to death on the road!"

Zhou Yanshen believed her completely and immediately scanned the surroundings. The place where the tractor had overturned was backed by a mountain hollow, forming a natural sheltered angle from the wind. He quickly judged: "Right here! I'll build an earthen wall here to block the wind and snow. Let's get through the hail first, and then build a fire. Tomorrow, when the snow lessens, I'll run back and call for help."

Ten kilometers, he can get there in half an hour if he runs fast, and at most an hour even if the wind and snow are heavy. Of course, he has to wait for the hail to stop, otherwise he'll get hit all over his head while running.

Su Wanqing nodded: "Okay, as long as we bring enough food and can start a fire, it will be easy."

Zhou Yanshen settled Su Wanqing at the deepest part of the mountain valley—to her right was the overturned tractor canopy, providing shelter from the wind; behind her was the mountain wall, keeping her out of the cold. Afraid she'd get cold, he took out all the new socks, gloves, scarf, and sweater he'd bought that day and dressed her up warmly. He then piled the bag of snacks and three large bags of luggage beside her, creating a small fortress around her.

After settling his wife in, he took out his entrenching tool and began digging and building a wall around the outside of the tractor. He then gathered some dry branches, took out a flint and steel, and quickly started a fire.

The flames rose, dispelling the darkness and chill. Su Wanqing huddled in a corner, her breath steaming in the air, feeling as if she had come back to life.

Zhou Yanshen hung his flashlight on the wreckage of the tractor, the beam shining straight into the distance to guide the people behind. If no one came looking for him after a while, he would go and find him.

The first group to arrive were Wang, a former educated youth, and Aunt Zhang. The two of them trudged through the deep snow, and when they saw the overturned tractor and the shattered mountainside in the distance, their legs went weak.

"My goodness, the car's in this state... Could it be that Dr. Su and Comrade Zhou...?"

"Look! There's a fire over there!"

The two stumbled over, circled the tractor, and discovered a hidden gem behind it—a warm, sheltered corner enclosed by an earthen wall. Inside, Su Wanqing was comfortably sitting on a thick cushion, holding some food in her hand.

Wang Zhiqing's eyes reddened: "Dr. Su! Are you alright? The car is all wrecked, and you..."

Su Wanqing quickly waved, "It's alright, it's alright! Yan Shen and I are both fine, not hurt at all! Come over and warm yourself by the fire!"