Chapter 423: Maid Xiao Jiu's Bed-Warming Service!

Extracting genetic material from a skeleton and reshaping it into a life is not difficult for an advanced civilization.

Since bringing back the skeleton suspected to be Zhang Jie's, the human female has begun reconstructing his body.

As long as she has a new body, plus the technology of spiritual ascension to recall the soul, she can see again this son of hers who is not related by blood.

But unfortunately, she failed; when she saw that completely unfamiliar face, the human female felt both relief and worry.

"No...... how could this......?"

"Not Zhang Jie... not Zhang Jie... but that's fine."

"That's fine......"

If possible, she would rather keep mistaking people each time, as that would mean her little Zhang Jie might still be alive.

"Miss, what should we......"

"Go back, keep looking."

That day her emotions were truly unstable; later, upon reflection, there were indeed many strange aspects.

Thinking of this, the gloom that had weighed on her heart for months instantly dissipated, and the human female felt as if she had come back to life.

She returned to that extremely familiar garbage star, and this time she came not just with a single starship.

A large amount of advanced equipment began an extremely thorough scan here, leaving no trace unchecked.

Finally, beneath another wasteland hill not far away, the human female finally found something different.

It was a shelter bearing traces of human habitation, with a workshop, a bedroom, and most importantly, the human female saw the half-built warship she had originally wanted to assemble herself.

"It's actually here......"

She touched the dust-covered starship, and her thoughts drifted back to the past.

Back then, she was still overly idealistic, thinking that before being found, she could build a starship herself and take Zhang Jie to live elsewhere.

But obviously, hand-building the starship was the smallest problem in that immature plan.

And could the fact that this starship is left here indicate that Zhang Jie hasn't died?

Or even that he built the starship in dire straits and left this planet?

Not far away there was also the remains of a humanoid lifeform, its engine and shell stripped away, which made the human female suspect that Zhang Jie might very well have left.

But after glancing at the already dead scrap star, the human female still worried about how to deal with Zhang Jie possibly starving to death here.

Here, not to mention wasteland dwellers, even the radiation beasts have starved to death completely.

"Keep looking; inform me promptly of any new findings."

She still couldn't rest easy; of course, what she must do now is trace Zhang Jie's whereabouts from another possibility.

"22 years old: With sufficient nutrition, your body grows at lightning speed, quickly catching up to your initial fully developed form"

"And that motherly Xiao Jiu has finally been repressed by you again, though she seems to have gradually grown accustomed to something during the time she actively cared for you"

"Even if you have recovered now, she will still voluntarily wake you up and take on the duty of cooking"

"Now Xiao Jiu is like a constantly spinning top; she not only has to look after your meals, but also go out to scavenge junk, and moreover take on the responsibility of trading at Luzhou"

"But she seems never to tire, always full of energy each day, and in getting along with you she has become increasingly reliant on you"

"For example, the maid Xiao Jiu has actually developed a new business: free bed-warming service!"

"......"

Watching Xiao Jiu constantly wriggling in his blankets, Zhang Jie finally couldn't hold back and slapped her.

The blanket worm stopped its wriggling, and then Xiao Jiu's head emerged.

"What are you doing, human?"

"What am I doing?"

Zhang Jie stared in disbelief; this guy actually clung to his own blanket, sniffing it over and over, with not a shred of shame!

"You're wriggling on my bed and still asking what I'm doing!"

"I! I'm not warming your bed for you, huh!"

Xiao Jiu pulled her head back in, the blanket worm wriggled again, and for this shameless ship girl, Zhang Jie was utterly at a loss.

But he just wants to sleep now, can't wait even a second! He's not like Xiao Jie, that nuclear-powered ship girl; he needs sleep!

So regardless of how Xiao Jiu wriggles, Zhang Jie simply throws off the blanket, flops onto his big bed, and falls asleep headfirst.

Xiao Jiu's body instantly stiffened, her eyes fixed on Zhang Jie in disbelief, a flush slowly creeping up her cheeks.

"Human... human! (softly)"

"What are you doing?!"

Zhang Jie didn't respond for a long while, and just as Xiao Jie wondered, a loud snore suddenly burst out.

Xiao Jie stared, going from initial bewilderment to eventual relief.

She even thought Zhang Jie had become enlightened!

Who could expect this idiot to understand her thoughts?

Xiao Jie felt helpless, gazing at the old Zhang sleeping with his back to her, she pouted her little mouth and moved her body closer....

A sleepless night....

The next morning, Zhang Jie, having slept well, opened his eyes and felt that this sleep was exceptionally refreshing.

He lowered his head, only to meet a pair of moist, large eyes.

"Morning, human!"

"Mm... morning...."

Zhang Jie narrowed his eyes, smacked his lips twice, and casually ruffled Xiao Jie's dog head.

He remained calm, but Xiao Jie was quite dissatisfied.

"Human, you don't have anything to say, do you?!"

"Haqie.... huh?"

"Hmm.... it's soft to hold, next time I suggest continuing."

Zhang Jie isn't the type who howls upon hugging a woman; before, he often slept with human females, and in his view, the two situations are actually quite similar.

After all, he's just a scavenger who grew up on Feitu.

"........ Gone?"

"Otherwise?"

"Nothing."

Zhang Jie looked puzzled, while Xiao Jiu pursed her lips, resignedly rolled over, and went to prepare food for Zhang Jie.

"Xiao Jiu's cooking skills could be called disaster-level; she can turn all good ingredients into an indescribable lump, but that's only for others."

"For you, who's used to the strange-tasting protein bars on Feitu, these things at most just leave a weird feeling in the throat."

"However, since you always eat with relish, Xiao Jiu inexplicably gained a mysterious confidence in her own cooking, until you had her taste a mouthful of the meat soup she made herself."

"One sip, and she immediately lay peacefully for half an hour, causing the child to directly develop a bodily rejection reaction; only when Xiao Jiu woke up again did she realize how pathetic the cooking she'd been proud of actually was."

"Meanwhile, Xiao Jiu's daily routine now includes an additional task: warming your bed and keeping you company as you fall asleep."

"She now completely trusts you, although life is currently very happy...."

"But she has always had a dream: to truly become a starship, taking Zhang Jie to roam the Star Sea."

"(Happy National Day, all you godfathers!)"