Chapter 22 The medicine has arrived, Dad, don't cry.
The night grew deeper.
The family compound was quiet, with only the whistling sound of the wind blowing through the sand dunes.
Lin Jianguo carried Zhaodi home and boiled a large pot of water.
He took a towel and carefully wiped the engine oil off his daughter's body, bit by bit.
The engine oil is very sticky and difficult to wash off.
Zhao Di's little face was rubbed red.
"Does it hurt?"
Lin Jianguo asked with heartache, his movements as gentle as if he were wiping a fragile piece of porcelain.
"It doesn't hurt."
Zhao Di shook her head and obediently sat in the large bathtub playing in the water.
After taking a bath, change into clean little clothes.
Zhao Di smelled delicious.
Lin Jianguo tucked her into bed and then prepared to go to sleep himself.
He was exhausted after a whole night of running around.
Especially that leg, it hurts so much right now it feels like someone is sawing it.
But he was used to enduring it.
Just as he was about to turn around.
A soft little hand tugged at the hem of his clothes.
"Father, don't go."
Zhao Di crawled out of bed and winked mysteriously.
"I've got something good for you."
As she spoke, she reached her little hand under the pillow.
It was like a magic trick.
He pulled out a green glass bottle.
The bottle was only the size of a palm, and the liquid inside was a vibrant green that was faintly glowing.
It looks like the kind of soda sold in supply and marketing cooperatives.
But with the system's support, this thing is now a priceless [biological cell repair fluid].
What is this?
Lin Jianguo was stunned for a moment.
"Soda?"
He thought it was a snack that Old Chen or Commander Zhang had secretly given to the child.
"Father, this is medicine."
Zhao Di shoved the bottle into Lin Jianguo's hand.
The bottle was still warm.
"It was given to me by the fairy uncle; it's specially for curing leg problems."
"The pain will go away after drinking it."
Lin Jianguo's hand suddenly trembled.
Medicine given by a deity?
He looked at the unremarkable little bottle in his hand.
That last bottle of spray had already shown him what a "miracle" was.
After spraying it, the leg that was about to rot was saved.
This time... was it from drinking?
"This is too valuable."
Lin Jianguo instinctively tried to push the bottle back.
"Zhao Di, you keep it."
"The world is not peaceful these days, what if you get a headache or fever someday..."
"Dad's leg has been useless for several years. Whether it's cured or not, it's all the same."
"As long as you can walk, there's no need to waste such good things."
This is a father's instinct.
When there are good things, my first instinct is always to save them for the children.
Even if it kills me, I can't let my child suffer.
As soon as Zhao Di heard that her father wasn't going to drink, her little mouth immediately pouted.
"I don't!"
"This is for Dad!"
"If Dad won't drink it, I'll... I'll smash it!"
The little girl got angry and pretended to snatch the bottle and smash it on the ground.
Lin Jianguo was startled and quickly protected the bottle.
"Don't fall! Don't fall! Daddy's going to drink! Daddy's going to drink, isn't that enough?"
He was most afraid of his daughter crying, and even more afraid of ruining her good intentions.
"Then... Dad, shall you have a taste?"
Lin Jianguo asked tentatively.
"Drink it all! Not a single drop can be left!"
Zhao Di stood with her hands on her hips, looking stern, like a strict little supervisor.
Lin Jianguo had no choice.
The only solution is to remove the cork.
A refreshing herbal scent wafted out; it smelled wonderful.
He tilted his head back and poured the green liquid into his mouth.
It doesn't have any strange taste, it's a little sweet, like mint water.
"I've finished drinking."
Lin Jianguo turned the empty bottle upside down to show Zhao Di.
"Alright, you little busybody?"
He smiled and wanted to pat his daughter's head.
However, the hand was only halfway out.
Suddenly, they froze.
"Well……"
A muffled groan rolled out from deep in Lin Jianguo's throat.
That instant.
A fiery hot current rushed down the esophagus and directly into the injured leg.
No.
It's not just about the heat.
It's itchy.
It's an excruciating itch!
It was as if thousands of ants were gnawing at the crevices of his bones.
It's as if an invisible hammer is breaking and resetting those crooked bones!
"father?!"
Zhao Di was startled.
She saw her father's face instantly turn a deep liver color.
The veins on his forehead bulged out one by one, writhing like earthworms.
Lin Jianguo slid off the stool and fell to the ground.
He gripped the sheets tightly with both hands, his knuckles turning white.
"Don't...don't be afraid..."
Lin Jianguo squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth.
He didn't want to frighten the child.
But it hurts so much!
This pain is worse than when a piece of flesh was torn off by shrapnel on the battlefield back then!
This is the excruciating pain of growing up!
That's dead nerves coming back to life!
That's the atrophied muscle regenerating!
"ah--!!!"
Lin Jianguo finally couldn't hold back any longer and let out a low roar.
His whole body was convulsing, and his clothes were instantly soaked with sweat.
Zhao Di panicked.
She didn't know the medicine would hurt so much.
The system only said it was a "repair," it didn't say it would hurt this much!
"Uncle! What's wrong with Daddy?!"
Zhao Di shouted in her mind.
[Normal reaction.]
That's reshaping the skeleton.
It's basically the pain of growing taller, only magnified hundreds of times.
Just bear with it, and you'll be a hero if you can endure it.
Zhao Di didn't understand what growing pains meant.
All she saw was her father rolling on the ground, trembling with pain.
"Dad! It doesn't hurt! It doesn't hurt!"
Zhao Di jumped off the bed and pounced on Lin Jianguo.
She held Lin Jianguo's sweaty head in her small, still-smelling hands.
She pressed her little face against her father's face.
"Whoosh—"
"Zhaodi, give Huhu—"
"Whoosh, the pain will go away..."
The little girl cried as she desperately blew air into Lin Jianguo's face.
That was a traditional method she learned in the village.
If you bump or bruise yourself, Mom will blow on it and it will be fine.
Lin Jianguo felt the warm breath on his face.
I could feel my daughter's soft little body.
That moment.
He gritted his teeth and forced back his screams.
You can't call it that.
I can't let my daughter be scared.
I am the father.
I am this girl's everything.
Lin Jianguo closed his eyes tightly, using all his strength to fight against the tearing pain.
His consciousness began to fade.
In a daze, he seemed to see white bones growing and red muscles filling out inside that leg.
I don't know how much time has passed.
It may be a century, or it may be just a moment.
The excruciating pain receded like the tide.
Instead, there was an unprecedented sense of ease.
There's another kind...
A sense of power.
Lin Jianguo was panting heavily, as if he had just been pulled out of the water.
He slowly opened his eyes.
He saw Zhao Di lying on his chest, her eyes swollen from crying.
"Father...don't die..."
“Zhao Di doesn’t want the medicine anymore… Zhao Di only wants her father…”
Lin Jianguo's heart melted.
He tried to move his injured leg.
It moved!
My ankle can rotate now!
My toes can now bend!
He even felt like he could kick a cow to death!
That heavy, stiff, and numb feeling has completely disappeared!
"Daughter..."
With a hoarse voice, Lin Jianguo reached out and gently wiped away the tears on Zhao Di's face.
"Father is not dead."
"Dad is all better."
He held onto the edge of the bed and slowly stood up.
No cane was used.
No exoskeleton was worn.
Both feet were firmly planted on the ground.
That feeling of being grounded brought tears to his eyes once again, even though he was a tough man.
"look."
Lin Jianguo took two steps.
Steady and reliable.
It is vigorous and powerful.
He scooped up Zhao Di from the ground and lifted her high above his head.
I walked around the room.
"Daddy's all better! Daddy can carry you and run now!"
Zhao Di was stunned for a moment.
Then he stopped crying and started laughing.
"Giggle giggle—"
"Father, fly! Father, fly!"
The crisp laughter carried far and wide in the quiet night of the Gobi Desert.
The system silently watched this scene from within Zhao Di's mind.
That string of code, which was originally cold and impersonal, seemed to have softened a bit.
[Task complete.]
The host's guardian's physical functions have recovered to their peak state (or even slightly improved).
Now, finally, I have a capable bodyguard.
Next...
It's time to take this little girl to see the real stars and the sea.
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