Chapter 124 : Chapter 124

Chapter 124. A Fiancée Who Costs Nothing and Even Comes Bearing Her Own Dowry

In just a few short minutes, the right arm had completely regenerated.

Lei Zhen was utterly stunned by the miraculous sight and stood there frozen in place.

Su Linyu’s bright eyes widened as well. Along with her astonishment, she also felt a pang of regret for her father.

A divine treasure like this... Brother Yichen probably only had this one bottle.

Dad, once I get home and tell you that Uncle Lei regrew his severed limb, you’ll know what regret feels like. That’s what you get for not believing Brother Yichen, Su Linyu grumbled inwardly.

Jiang Yichen examined Lei Zhen’s regenerated arm and nodded slightly.

So this was the power of the System. This speed of limb regeneration really deserved praise.

“How does it feel?” he asked.

Lei Zhen finally snapped out of his shock and nodded firmly. “It fits perfectly. It doesn’t feel unfamiliar at all. Boss, this is unbelievable.”

The more miraculous it was, the more it proved how priceless this divine treasure had to be.

He did not even know how he could begin to repay the Boss.

“That’s good. Now that the Huaxia Team League is over, we’ll be heading off for the Military District Internship as well.”

“Lei Zhen, you told me before that if your right arm were restored, you wanted to guard the frontier and protect the weak, just like the child you once were.”

There was approval in Jiang Yichen’s eyes, like a superior admiring a capable subordinate. “Go, then. Do what you want to do.”

Lei Zhen trembled all over, and tears immediately welled up in his eyes.

He had been a soldier for so many years, always reminding himself that a real man could bleed without crying.

But now, he simply could not hold back his tears. They poured from his eyes like a flood.

“B-Boss, can I really?”

Jiang Yichen nodded with a smile. “Of course. If you don’t do what you truly want to do in life, then what meaning does life have at all?”

That was exactly how he viewed his own slacking life now. He did whatever he wanted to do.

In his previous life, he had lived for others. In this life, he wanted to live for himself.

“Boss...” Lei Zhen wiped the tears from his face, stood ramrod straight, and said with utmost solemnity, “Lei Zhen of Spark Team will never fail the Boss’s expectations.”

Jiang Yichen gave a quiet hum and smiled faintly. Not bad. He really was a good employee.

After chatting with Lei Zhen for quite a while, Jiang Yichen let him sign up for military service.

Then Jiang Yichen turned to Su Linyu and saw that she was sitting by the table, her eyes holding a complicated tangle of emotions.

When Su Linyu had just seen Lei Zhen’s right arm regenerate, there had been both delight and disappointment in her eyes.

Naturally, Jiang Yichen understood exactly what was on her mind. He walked over and slowly sat down beside her.

“You’re not happy that Lei Zhen got his arm back?” he asked in a deliberately cheeky tone.

Su Linyu shook her head. “I am happy. It’s a wonderful thing that Uncle Lei could regrow his right arm.”

“Brother Yichen, you don’t need to feel burdened at all. My father was the one who didn’t believe you. That isn’t your fault.”

Jiang Yichen marveled again at how thoughtful Su Linyu was. She clearly knew what he was thinking, yet she always looked at things from his perspective.

After smiling to himself for a moment, he took out another bottle of Spring of Life from his System Space, placed it on the table, and pushed it toward Su Linyu.

“Linyu, after the Military District Internship, I’m going to marry you. Would this do as a betrothal gift?”

At his words, Su Linyu slowly raised her head. The jade bottle glowing with emerald light appeared before her eyes.

She froze, and shock gradually filled her face. “Brother Yichen, you still have another divine treasure like this? Another one that can regenerate severed limbs?”

Jiang Yichen laughed. “Why is that so strange?”

Not strange? It was downright absurd.

Su Linyu did not know whether to laugh or cry. Staring at the Spring of Life before her, she said with a helpless expression, “Brother Yichen, I’m really not worth that much. If you use the Spring of Life as the betrothal gift, then even if I sold myself, I still couldn’t provide a matching dowry.”

?

Jiang Yichen was speechless. Just what kind of logic was this? In most people’s eyes, it was perfectly normal for a man to offer some betrothal gifts when taking a wife.

“So, are you saying you’re cheap?” he asked, amused.

Su Linyu shook her head and smiled sweetly. “Not cheap. As long as Brother Yichen is willing to marry me, that’s enough. I’ll prepare everything else myself.”

“...” Jiang Yichen’s face twitched. So not only was she free, she was even coming with extra on top of that?

He pinched Su Linyu’s cheek. “What exactly is inside that little head of yours?”

“It’s full of Brother Yichen.” Su Linyu cupped her face in both hands and smiled at him.

What a hopeless romantic... no, a pure love brain.

The corners of Jiang Yichen’s lips lifted slightly.

...

Four days later, one day before the Military District Internship.

Early morning, on the East China border, at the First Military District.

“Chief Instructor, people from the Divine Battle Department have been sent here by higher command to carry out a classified mission. We are to cooperate with them.”

The man in charge of training the new recruits in the First Military District was Zhou Yu, who was also the Zhou Family’s Eldest Young Master. After hearing the subordinate’s report, he slowly frowned.

“The Divine Battle Department? I’ve never heard of such a department.”

His subordinate handed him a document issued from above. There was only a single line written on it.

—The Divine Battle Department’s authority is second only to the Commander-in-Chief of Huaxia. The First Military District of East China must fully cooperate with its actions and satisfy all of its requirements.

The moment he read that line, Zhou Yu, dressed in military uniform, felt his pupils contract sharply.

A rank second only to the Commander-in-Chief. Just what kind of organization was this Divine Battle Department that had appeared out of nowhere?

Zhou Yu was inwardly shaken, and only after a while did he say, “All right. Understood.”

“Oh, right. The Military District Internship starts tomorrow. The academy we’re coordinating with is Central China, correct?”

“Yes, Chief Instructor.”

Zhou Yu nodded and opened the internship roster. With just one glance, he spotted Su Linyu’s name, and the corners of his lips slowly rose.

Linyu, when we were young, I wasn’t outstanding enough. But now I’ve already attained the rank of Major. At last, I can pursue you openly and honorably.

Ring, ring, ring—

Just as he was thinking that, a call came in. It was from the Zhou family’s Chief Clan Elder.

“Elder Zhou, what is it?” Zhou Yu asked as he answered the call.

“Xiao Yu, there’s something I need to tell you. The Jiang and Su families have already decided that after the Military District Internship, the two families will be joined by marriage.”

Boom!

Zhou Yu’s mind shook violently. “What happened? Wasn’t it said that the two families were already on the verge of breaking off the engagement?”

“That was true, but something happened on Jiang Yichen’s side...”

Zhou Mingyuan laid out the full sequence of events. As Zhou Yu listened, his brows drew tighter and tighter.

He found it hard to believe that Jiang Yichen, that useless wastrel, had undergone such a complete transformation in only two months, as if he had suddenly become a different person.

Not only had Jiang Yichen made Su Zhan place his hopes in him once more, he had also made the Jiang family grow stronger and stronger.

Most importantly, the girl he liked, the girl for whom he had worked so hard to become outstanding, was now going to become someone else’s.

Zhou Yu clenched his phone and said in a low voice, “Elder Zhou, then what do we do now? You promised me that I’d be the one to form a marriage alliance with the Su family.”

“Don’t panic, Xiao Yu. I have a way...” Zhou Mingyuan’s voice came through the phone as he subtly told him about the plan with Jiang Dongnian.

Zhou Yu’s expression shifted several times, and in the end he nodded. “All right. Tomorrow, I’ll have a private talk with Jiang Feng.”

He hung up the phone, the veins on his forehead bulging.

“Jiang Yichen, so you’ve set your sights on my goddess. It seems I’ll have to teach you a lesson during the Military District Internship.”

Zhou Yu’s eyes turned cold and sinister.