Chapter 127

Lu Manman saw the familiar lotus and spiritual spring water in the space, a long-lost joy.

It was just that she always felt something was a bit strange.

"Strange, why does the jade pendant space feel a circle smaller than in my previous life?"

Lu Manman looked up and tasted a mouthful of spiritual spring water; was it a bit astringent?

No, it must be her imagination.

It must be that after such a long separation, she wasn't used to the taste of the spiritual spring water.

But that didn't matter; even if it was a circle smaller, it was still a spiritual spring space!

As long as it could store items normally and produce spiritual spring water normally, this slight change could be ignored.

A recovered spiritual spring space was more important than anything!

With the spiritual spring, she could re-enter a hospital and reveal her superb medical skills; she wouldn't be Physician Lu, but Doctor Lu!

Section Chief Lu—Director Lu—Deputy Hospital Director Lu—Hospital Director Lu!

With honors added to her, Tingchen would surely love her just like in her previous life, praising her as the pride of the Gu family and his capable helper!

With the space, she could use her memories from her previous life to collect antique cultural relics that were about to appear in the world into the space in advance. When the era changed one day, she could just take out a vase and trade it for a siheyuan in the Capital!

Thinking of these things, she couldn't stay any longer; she had to leave the guesthouse now, take a boat to the train station, and immediately board the train back to the Capital!

No sooner said than done, Lu Manman immediately packed her luggage, her expression arrogant, changing from her previous submissive demeanor, and went downstairs to check out.

"Yo, leaving so soon? Not staying a bit longer?"

Wang Mingkui remarked sarcastically, only feeling that this woman was strange.

"What's it to you? Mind your own business."

Lu Manman snorted; it was this old woman who spread her deeds, causing her to be met with eye-rolls these past few days!

Now that she had obtained the spiritual spring space, let alone not needing to curry favor with Shen Man, once her wings were full in the future, she would come back and settle the score with this old woman together!

"Hey, did you eat gunpowder? If it weren't for the fact that you have a bun in the oven, believe it or not, I'd give you a few slaps right now?"

Wang Mingkui had seen all kinds of monsters and demons, but this was the first time she had seen someone who flipped their face faster than turning a page.

This woman was truly a character who knew how to bend and stretch!

Forget it, don't argue with her; since she wants to leave, then let her get lost!

It would save her from staying and adding to Xiao Shen's troubles!

Lu Manman took back the returned deposit, dropped the key, and left without looking back.

Behind her, an undisguised sound of spitting came out—

"Pah!"

Instantly, the anger in her heart surged up.

A wise person doesn't suffer immediate losses; just wait, she would be back!

Next time they met, she would definitely make this old woman pay!

In the evening, Pei Yan Ting returned with a bunch of local bananas.

She had had enough of the hospital food these past two years; this bunch of bananas was something she had specifically brought home for her sister to taste.

"Eh? You bought a bicycle?"

Entering the courtyard next door, she saw a new women's bicycle in the yard.

"Sister-in-law, this was given to me by Lu Manman. She really bled heavily today; for the sake of a jade pendant, she gave me her savings of over five thousand, as well as the coupons she had on her..."

Regarding her sister-in-law, Shen Man didn't specifically mention the jade pendant space, but she gave a general account of Lu Manman's behavior today.

After hearing this, Pei Yan Ting became instantly alert, grasping the key point, and felt a bit worried:

"Is there something special about that jade pendant? She went to such lengths to curry favor with you and bled so heavily; could it be that there's something special about that jade pendant?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, that jade pendant is just a plain 'nothing-to-do' plaque made of ordinary jade; it has no special meaning. At most, it's just a family heirloom passed down for generations in the Lu family."

Shen Man shrugged, found a few bags of pastries on the table, and while explaining, handed them to her sister-in-law:

"Sister-in-law, I know what I'm doing; I won't be deceived. Lu Manman's sugar-coated bullets aren't enough to make me lower my guard.

I just think that a fat sheep that delivers itself to the door shouldn't be spared."

"Pfft."

Pei Yan Ting laughed, tapped her clever sister's head, and said gently:

"You're smarter than your brother; you know not to throw an egg against a rock, and you know how to play the pig to eat the tiger. Not bad, not bad."

"Hehe, Sister-in-law, although my brother is a bit stupid, he is wise in a way that seems foolish, and he married such a good wife as you; things will definitely turn for the better in the future."

Shen Man chuckled, saying some nice things about her brother in front of her sister-in-law.

A harmonious relationship between sister-in-laws is conducive to long-term family relations.

She only had one brother; how could she not help him out a bit?

"You, alright, I'm going back to boil water, get ready to take a bath and wash my hair. If you need anything, come to my house and find me, okay?"

Pei Yan Ting laughed helplessly; if her own man had even half of her sister's cleverness, he wouldn't look so silly.

"Okay, Sister-in-law."

Shen Man nodded, signaling for her sister-in-law to take the pastries in front of her; she had plenty!

Lu Manman paid for them, so why not eat them?

Pei Yan Ting didn't stand on ceremony with her sister and readily took away a few bags of pastries.

Shen Man looked at the sky and then at the time on her wristwatch; it was time for dinner.

What should she have for dinner?

Because Brother Jiang Ye wasn't home, she went into the kitchen without any concerns.

She fried two eggs for herself and Tangyuan, one fried egg for each person and cat.

She made a bowl of noodles and blanched some small greens grown in the space; delicious!

Tangyuan didn't like eating noodles, so it only licked the fried egg in its own bowl.

After eating and drinking her fill, Tangyuan crawled into its little nest, lazily exposing its belly and purring.

Gathering spiritual energy to create a fake jade pendant to cut the space still took a bit of a toll on it.

If the big boss were still at home, it could cuddle at any time and absorb purple qi, which could quickly replenish its spiritual energy.

Now that the big boss wasn't home, it could only recover slowly...

As long as it could help its master, it had no regrets!

If it had to choose again, it would still help its master!

Shen Man cleaned up the kitchen and boiled a pot of water.

Sure enough, it's easy to go from frugal to luxurious, but hard to go from luxurious to frugal.

Ever since she came to the Sea Island, Brother Jiang Ye had been responsible for her food, clothing, housing, and transportation; she had almost never lifted a finger and had been taken care of very well.

Now that it was only the first day Brother Jiang Ye had left, she already missed him a little...

Sigh, she wondered if the food on the warship was good and if Brother Jiang Ye was used to it.

How long would the military exercise last?

Would he get hurt?

When the courtyard became quiet and the sky grew darker, the longing in her heart surged like a tide, unstoppable.

Tonight, all the newlywed military wives in the entire family compound experienced, for the first time in their military-dependent lives, the feeling of being worried and unable to sleep alone due to separation.

And the officers drifting on the distant ocean were also tossing and turning, unable to sleep all night...