Jiaojiao Cuts Ties with Her Family and Joins the Army, and the Stoic Powerhouse Falls for Her

“I’ll bet five jin of coarse grain! That delicate, pampered fiancée of Shen’s will be gone within a week!” “I’ll bet ten jin! Look at her soft, tender skin. The Gobi wind could blow her away!” Rumors about Wen Zhiyu grew wilder by the day. No one believed this girl, said to be “too weak to lift a hoe,” could endure the harsh life in the Gobi. Only Wen Zhiyu knew exactly why she had come: to call off the engagement! But who could have guessed that Shen Lifeng, the man she was meant to marry, would be gravely wounded, on the brink of death, and suffering from a deadly poison? Fine. She would treat him and purge the poison first, just to bring this absurd engagement to a proper end. Then she’d be off. But during his treatment, the man proved to be astonishingly considerate. When the wind and sand howled, he stood in front of her. When supplies ran short, he saved the best for her. Even when she casually mentioned wanting fresh vegetables, he remembered and found a way to get them for her. Wen Zhiyu quietly reconsidered. Maybe this man was worth staying for more than just ending the engagement? Later, the girl mocked for being “delicate” revealed medical skills so extraordinary they seemed almost divine...