Chapter 34: Stunned! The wild woman is my fiancée?!

That shout, loud and full of energy, instantly drew everyone's attention.

The tense atmosphere was shattered by this sudden turn of events.

The resentment on Shen Qingqing's face had not yet dissipated, and the cold aura around Gu Beichen had not yet subsided. Both of them looked at the old man who had suddenly barged in with astonishment.

The nurses and military wives around them craned their necks, completely baffled.

Goddaughter?

who?

Shen Congwen's gaze searched through the crowd for a moment before finally settling precisely on Su Yue.

His eyes lit up, and he rushed over in three steps, grabbing Su Yue's uninjured hand and looking her up and down, his tone full of heartache.

"Oh my dear Yueyue, what happened to you? How did you get hurt? Which blind brat hurt you!"

This affectionate and protective attitude made everyone present almost pop their eyes out.

Especially Shen Qingqing, who is her third son!

She never imagined that Su Yue, whom she had called a "wild woman," was actually the goddaughter of the Third Duke.

How is that possible!

Just then, Old Master Shen Congwen also saw Gu Beichen next to Su Yue.

He paused for a moment, then recognized him and patted Gu Beichen's strong arm.

"You little brat, Beichen, you're here too?"

"I heard from Jianguo that Yueyue came to seek refuge with you. Why did you let her go into the mountains alone and get all injured?"

The old man's tone carried the familiarity and reproach of an elder towards a younger generation, yet it also subtly revealed the extraordinary relationship between the two families.

Gu Beichen stood at attention, and his tense jawline relaxed slightly as he faced the old commander whom even his father respected.

"Mr. Shen, it was my oversight."

His voice was still deep, but it carried a greater sense of respect.

Shen Congwen snorted, then, as if remembering something, turned around, put his arm around Su Yue's shoulder, and solemnly announced to all the stunned people present:

"Let me introduce you all. This is my newly adopted goddaughter, Su Yue. From now on, she's someone I, Shen Congwen, will protect in Hainan. Anyone who dares to bully her is going against me, Shen Congwen!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Jianguo, who got out of another car, quickly stepped forward and stood on the other side of Su Yue, demonstrating his stance through his actions.

This completely gilded Su Yue's identity.

The goddaughter of the Shen family in Beijing!

This title is enough to make one act with impunity throughout the entire military region.

Shen Qingqing's face turned as white as a sheet of paper in an instant.

She felt her blood run cold, her hands and feet were icy, and she stood there, unable to utter a single word.

The military wives and nurses who were watching the spectacle around her instantly changed their gaze, from watching a good show to looking at her as a fool.

In front of Chief Engineer Shen, he called someone's precious granddaughter a wild woman?

This has really created a huge mess.

After comforting Su Yue, Old Master Shen Congwen turned his gaze to Shen Qingqing, whose face was ashen.

The smile on his face faded, and although his eyes were gentle, they carried an imposing pressure.

"You bastard!"

Shen Qingqing trembled and forced out a smile that looked worse than crying.

Greetings, Your Excellency.

"Hmm." Shen Congwen nodded and spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears, "I heard that you are a top student who graduated from the Beijing Medical College and are a junior in our Shen family. Since you are a junior, you should act like one. As a person, you should be more open-minded, especially as a doctor, you should have a compassionate heart."

He paused, then continued, his words carrying a pointed meaning.

"Don't bring those messy thoughts into your work, and especially not into the military. I've watched Beichen grow up, and his marriage was approved by us old guys. Do you understand?"

Every sentence is a piece of advice, every word is like a slap in the face.

Shen Qingqing's face turned from white to red, then from red to green, and finally turned a deep liver color.

She wanted to explain, to say that she was just joking, but when she met Shen Jianguo's warning gaze, she couldn't utter a single word. She could only bite her lower lip tightly, swallowing all the humiliation and resentment.

Gu Beichen's gaze was as deep as the sea.

He stared at Su Yue, who was being protected by the Shen family grandfather and grandson. The doubts in his heart not only did not dissipate, but instead grew larger and larger.

Just how many identities does this woman have?

She is the daughter of a Shanghai capitalist, his fiancée whom he has never met, a mysterious person with strange skills in the mountains, and now she has become the goddaughter of the Shen family.

Each of her identities is full of contradictions, yet they are strangely integrated into one person.

The mystery in his heart grew ever larger.

He pulled himself out of his reverie, turned his gaze to Shen Qingqing who seemed about to split open, and said in an unquestionable, commanding tone:

"Dr. Shen, take Comrade Su Yue to the treatment room and treat her wounds again with the best medicine."

This is an order, but also a form of disguised punishment.

He wanted to make Shen Qingqing serve the person she had just insulted, and make her bow down to Su Yue.

Shen Qingqing's eyes reddened with humiliation, but faced with Gu Beichen's military order, she dared not disobey and could only squeeze out a single word through gritted teeth: "Yes."

Inside the treatment room.

Shen Qingqing suppressed the turmoil in her heart and unwrapped the gauze from Su Yue's arm.

A fleeting sense of pleasure crossed her mind when the deep, bone-revealing wound was exposed to the air.

But when she saw the signs of treatment around the wound, that sense of pleasure was instantly replaced by immense shock.

The bleeding was stopped thoroughly, the wound was cleaned completely, and even the smallest tissue was handled meticulously.

This...this is absolutely the skill of a surgical genius!

She suddenly looked up at Su Yue, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Su Yue simply watched her quietly, a half-smile playing on her lips, her eyes seeming to see right through all the jealousy and resentment in her heart.

After treating the wound, Gu Beichen personally drove Su Yue home to her family compound.

The atmosphere inside the military jeep was terrifyingly oppressive.

Su Yue leaned against the car window, watching the scenery rushing past outside, but she was making plans in her mind.

Gu Beichen's reaction was strange. He looked at her with a scrutinizing gaze, not like he was looking at a fiancée, but more like he was interrogating a criminal.

What exactly is he suspecting?

Could it be... that he was thinking about Shanghai?

While sitting in the driver's seat, Gu Beichen appeared to be focused on driving, but in reality, all his attention was on the small figure in the rearview mirror.

The images of the two women kept overlapping in his mind.

One is a mysterious woman with extraordinary medical skills who calmly removed the bullet from him in an abandoned old house in Shanghai.

One is Su Yue, who lives deep in the mountains of an island and is ruthless, capable of defeating enemies with a single move.

Could it be the same person?

The thought made his heart race, and an unprecedented emotion surged in his chest.

He needs to figure it out.

The jeep stopped in front of the courtyard where Su Yue lived.

Just as Su Yue was about to open the car door and get out, Gu Beichen suddenly spoke.

His voice was deep and hoarse, carrying a strong sense of oppression in the confined space.

"Comrade Su Yue."

Su Yue paused in her action of opening the door and turned to look at him.

Gu Beichen also turned his head, his deep and sharp eyes locking onto her like a hawk in the dim light.

"Who exactly are you?"

He leaned forward slightly, his powerful aura completely enveloping Su Yue.

“Those bandits in the mountains are no ordinary people. And your skills are certainly not those of a capitalist’s daughter.”