Before anyone could react, Miao Qihuai said directly, "Comrade Gu didn't wear a straw hat while planting trees, and she worked too hard, which caused her to faint from heatstroke on the Gobi Desert. We kindly carried her to a shady place."

After saying that, he pointed to the male comrade who had called Xu Wenshu, "We asked him to find a doctor, but Comrade Gu's heatstroke symptoms were very severe, so Comrade Su wanted to use the water in the thermos to cool her down."

Who knew Aunt Wang would suddenly arrive, shoving Comrade Su aside and accusing him of being the culprit behind her daughter's heatstroke! Comrade Su had only splashed water because he saw Comrade Gu's condition was urgent, and yet Aunt Wang had given him a thorough dressing-down.

Looking at Su Miaoyan, who remained calm and showed no sign of grievance, Miao Qihuai sighed and said, "This Comrade Su is truly tolerant!"

Xu Wenshu frowned slightly, his gaze falling on the people around him. "Is that what she said?"

Everyone nodded vigorously.

Wang Xiuzhen was a little embarrassed, so she pointed at everyone and said, "You guys are all lying through your teeth!"

Gu Shanqing's expression was complicated, and her head was dizzy. Was it because she had heatstroke?

And that cool sensation that seemed to save her—was it the water Su Miaoyan splashed on her?

Was it Su Miaoyan who saved her?

“Aunt Wang, please don’t get agitated. Comrade Gu is fine now, but since I’m here, I’ll definitely report the reason to the military region.”

His gaze fell on Su Miaoyan again. "So, in that case, the only temporary measure taken throughout the entire process was the bottle of water that Comrade Su splashed on Comrade Gu."

In principle, severe heatstroke requires hospitalization and medication.

But the idea that a bottle of water can relieve heatstroke symptoms is... a bit too miraculous.

In all his years of medical practice, this was the first time Xu Wenshu had encountered such a situation.

I couldn't help but glance at this comrade named Su Miaoyan a few more times.

He said, "Comrade Su, may I have a look at your thermos?"

Su Miaoyan was fine with it, since there was no water left inside anyway.

She handed him the thermos.

Almost as soon as he got his hands on it, a chill ran through him. Xu Wenshu was surprised, "This... used to contain icy snow water?"

Glacial meltwater?

Everyone was taken aback.

It should be noted that glacial meltwater is only found in the Lamagan Mountains, which are very far from the military region.

It is May now, and there is only a small amount of glacial meltwater.

Su Miaoyan was somewhat bewildered, but quickly realized that this might be an excuse.

She neither admitted nor denied it, saying, "All I know is that I poured it from a thermos at home."

Xu Wenshu took it as a tacit agreement, saying, "Perhaps Comrade Gu's symptoms are not serious, so a bottle of water can just temporarily lower her temperature."

Furthermore, given that this water comes from glacial meltwater, it is indeed possible to achieve this.

Xu Wenshu nodded. "Comrade Su, you did the right thing."

Su Miaoyan thought to herself that it was all thanks to the spirit spring water, and laughed it off, saying, "Thank you."

Since Xu Wenshu had said so, everyone present assumed that Su Miaoyan's thermos contained icy snow water.

For a moment, his eyes were filled with envy as he looked at her.

Chief Lu really loves his wife; he loves her so much that he's willing to go to the mountains to fetch water from the snow!

This young lady is so lucky!

Wang Xiuzhen had no idea about icebergs and snowmelt. She shouted, "So, Dr. Xu, are you saying that my daughter was saved by this capitalist's daughter?"

A capitalist's daughter?

Upon hearing this address, Xu Wenshu realized the other person's identity, and said without changing his expression, "Yes, so Aunt Wang, you should thank Comrade Su."

"Pah!" Wang Xiuzhen spat fiercely. "I don't believe she can save Shan Qing!"

As she was about to launch into another tirade of accusations, Gu Shanqing reached out and grabbed Wang Xiuzhen's sleeve.

"Mom, forget it. It was Su Miaoyan who saved me."

Wang Xiuzhen's ferocious expression showed a slight surprise. "Shan, Shan Qing, what did you say?"

Gu Shanqing repeated, "Mom, it was Su Miaoyan who saved me."

For some unknown reason, Gu Shanqing always felt a sense of familiarity towards Su Miaoyan.

But it wasn't there before she fainted.

This made her unable to resist defending Su Miaoyan.

Wang Xiuzhen touched Gu Shanqing's forehead. "Shanqing, are you alright?"

Gu Shanqing grabbed her hand. "Mom, I'm really fine. Besides, it was my own fault. I threw the straw hat myself. I'm too competitive and wanted to plant more to win first place!"

Wang Xiuzhen was completely dumbfounded. She never expected that her daughter would actually speak up for this capitalist's daughter.

She stammered, "You, you're usually in the top three, aren't you? This capitalist's daughter looks so frail, and you can't even beat her?"

People around Gu Shanqing looked at her with pity.

It really hurts when your own mother says those things!

Before speaking, Gu Shanqing definitely wanted to save face.

But for some reason, I suddenly felt that being outshone by Su Miaoyan wasn't such a big deal.

She readily admitted, "Yes, I really can't compare."

Wang Xiuzhen was even more incredulous, "How many trees did she plant?"

Gu Shanqing replied, "I don't know, but that whole area was planted by her."

As he spoke, he pointed to the Gobi Desert not far away.

Following the direction of her finger, Wang Xiuzhen saw a large patch of saxaul trees.

He was immediately exasperated and said, "It's only a couple hundred trees, didn't you compete today?"

Gu Shanqing's eyes widened. "Who said it's only one or two hundred?"

At this moment, Sang Xinxin took out the registration book she had just prepared and placed the number in front of Wang Xiuzhen to look at it. "Aunt Wang, it's not one or two hundred, it's one thousand!"

one thousand?!

Wang Xiuzhen rubbed her ears, shocked, and said, "Are you kidding me? This capitalist's daughter planted a thousand trees on her very first day here?!"

Sang Xinxin nodded and waved the registration book in her hand. "It's a thousand, but I don't know how many live seedlings are in it. I think it should be no less than eight hundred."

Seeing the number one and three zeros written on it, Wang Xiuzhen finally believed it completely.

This capitalist heiress whom she looked down on actually planted a thousand trees!

He completely outperformed his own daughter.

Not only that, but her own daughter also suffered from heatstroke because she wanted to outdo others!

Not only did she suffer from heatstroke, but she was also rescued by someone—her daughter's savior!

This, this...

She just said those things.

Wang Xiuzhen felt a pang of regret, her face turning pale and then flushed.

She cursed her daughter's savior!

Oh no, I've really embarrassed myself. If Lao Gu finds out about this, I'm sure I'll get a lecture tonight.

Su Miaoyan didn't care about Wang Xiuzhen's changing expression; she had another purpose in planting the trees.

Seeing that things had calmed down considerably, Su Miaoyan's gaze fell on Sang Xinxin.